UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 6, 2023
Pyxus International, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant, as specified in its charter)
Virginia | 000-25734 | 85-2386250 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission file number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
8001 Aerial Center Parkway
Morrisville, North Carolina 27560-8417
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(919) 379-4300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01 | Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement |
On February 6, 2023 (the “Settlement Date”), Pyxus International, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries Pyxus Parent, Inc. (“Pyxus Parent”) and Pyxus Holdings, Inc. (“Pyxus Holdings” and, together with the Company and Pyxus Parent, the “Holding Companies”), and certain other of the Company’s direct and indirect subsidiaries completed the previously announced exchange transactions (collectively, the “Exchange Transactions”), that included, among other things:
• | the exchange by holders of 100% of the outstanding term loans (the “DDTL Facility Loans”) under the Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement, effectuated pursuant to that certain Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2022 (the “DDTL Credit Agreement”), by and among Intabex Netherlands B.V., as borrower (“Intabex”), the guarantors party thereto, the administrative agent and collateral agent thereunder, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto, of all of their DDTL Facility Loans for (i) an equal principal amount of new senior secured term loans due December 31, 2027 with Pyxus Holdings as the borrower (the “New Intabex Loans”) and (ii) additional New Intabex Loans in a principal amount equal to 2% of the principal amount of such holder’s exchanged DDTL Facility Loans on account of an exit fee payable under the DDTL Credit Agreement (the “DDTL Facility Exchange”); |
• | the exchange by holders of 100% of the outstanding term loans (the “Exit Facility Loans”) under the Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2020 (the “Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement”), by and among Pyxus Holdings, as borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the administrative agent and collateral agent thereunder, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto, of (i) 40% of their Exit Facility Loans for an equal principal amount of New Intabex Loans and (ii) 60% of their Exit Facility Loans (plus accrued and unpaid PIK interest thereon) for an equal principal amount of new senior secured term loans due December 31, 2027 with Pyxus Holdings as the borrower (the “New Pyxus Loans” and, together with the New Intabex Loans, the “New Term Loans” and the foregoing exchange, the “Exit Facility Exchange”); and |
• | the exchange by holders of approximately 92.7% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 10.000% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2024 issued by Pyxus Holdings (the “Existing Notes”) pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of August 24, 2020 (the “Existing Notes Indenture”), by and among Pyxus Holdings, the guarantors party thereto and the trustee, collateral agent, registrar and paying agent thereunder, of all of their Existing Notes for an equal principal amount of Pyxus Holdings’ new 8.50% Senior Secured Notes due December 31, 2027 (the “New Notes” and, together with the New Term Loans, the “New Secured Debt”), pursuant to the terms described in the confidential offering memorandum and consent solicitation statement, dated January 5, 2023, as amended (the “Notes Exchange”). |
In conjunction with the Notes Exchange, Pyxus Holdings received consents from requisite holders of Existing Notes to amend the Existing Notes Indenture, the Existing Notes and the related intercreditor and security documents to, among other things, (i) eliminate most of the restrictive covenants and certain of the affirmative covenants in the Existing Notes Indenture, (ii) eliminate the change of control repurchase obligation in the Existing Notes Indenture, (iii) subordinate the Existing Notes in right of payment to existing and future senior indebtedness (including the New Secured Debt), (iv) eliminate certain events of default and (v) release all of the collateral securing the Existing Notes.
The Holding Companies also entered into an amendment to the ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2022 (the “ABL Credit Agreement”), among the Holding Companies, borrowers party thereto, the lenders party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative and collateral agent (the “ABL Agent”) to, among other things, (i) permit the Exchange Transactions and the incurrence of the New Secured Debt (and the related liens and priorities), and (ii) modify certain covenants to be substantially consistent with those governing the New Secured Debt.
The Exchange Transactions and the related material definitive agreements are described in more detail below.
New Intabex Credit Facility
On the Settlement Date, Pyxus Holdings entered into the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2023 (the “New Intabex Credit Agreement”), by and among, Pyxus Holdings, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Alter Domus (US) LLC (“Alter Domus”), as administrative agent and senior collateral agent, to establish a term loan credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of approximately $189.0 million (the “New Intabex Credit Facility”), under which term loans were deemed made in exchange for (x) $100.0 million principal amount of DDTL Term Loans (plus an additional $2.0 million on account of the exit fee payable under the DDTL Credit Agreement) pursuant to the DDTL Facility Exchange and (y) approximately $87.0 million principal amount of Existing Term Loans, representing 40% of the outstanding principal amount thereof (plus accrued and unpaid PIK interest thereon) pursuant to the Exit Facility Exchange.
Borrowings under the New Intabex Credit Facility bear interest, at Pyxus Holdings’ option, at either (i) a term SOFR rate (subject to a floor of 1.50%) plus 8.00% per annum or (ii) an alternate base rate plus 7.00% per annum. The New Intabex Credit Facility is stated to mature on December 31, 2027.
The New Intabex Credit Facility may be prepaid from time to time, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty. With respect to alternate base rate loans, accrued interest is payable quarterly in arrears on the last business day of each calendar quarter and, with respect to SOFR loans, accrued interest is payable on the last day of each applicable interest period but no less frequently than quarterly.
The New Intabex Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants (subject, in each case, to exceptions and qualifications) and events of defaults, including covenants that limit the Company’s and its restricted subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness or issue disqualified stock or preferred stock; make investments; pay dividends and make other restricted payments; sell certain assets; incur liens; consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all their assets; enter into transactions with affiliates; and designate subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries.
New Pyxus Credit Facility
On the Settlement Date, Pyxus Holdings entered into the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2023 (the “New Pyxus Credit Agreement”), by and among, Pyxus Holdings, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Alter Domus, as administrative agent and senior collateral agent, to establish a term loan credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of approximately $130.5 million (the “New Pyxus Credit Facility”), under which term loans were deemed made in exchange for 60% of the outstanding principal amount of Existing Term Loans (plus accrued and unpaid PIK interest thereon) pursuant to the Exit Facility Exchange.
Borrowings under the New Pyxus Credit Facility bear interest, at Pyxus Holdings’ option, at either (i) a term SOFR rate (subject to a floor of 1.50%) plus 8.00% per annum or (ii) an alternate base rate plus 7.00% per annum. The New Pyxus Credit Facility is stated to mature on December 31, 2027.
The New Pyxus Credit Facility may be prepaid from time to time, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty. With respect to alternate base rate loans, accrued interest is payable quarterly in arrears on the last business day of each calendar quarter and, with respect to SOFR loans, accrued interest is payable on the last day of each applicable interest period but no less frequently than quarterly.
The New Pyxus Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants (subject, in each case, to exceptions and qualifications) and events of defaults, including covenants that limit the Company’s and its restricted subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness or issue disqualified stock or preferred stock; make investments; pay dividends and make other restricted payments; sell certain assets; incur liens; consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all their assets; enter into transactions with affiliates; and designate subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries.
New 8.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2027
On the Settlement Date, Pyxus Holdings issued approximately $260.5 million in aggregate principal amount of New Notes to the exchanging holders of the Existing Notes, pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of February 6, 2023 (the “New Notes Indenture”), among Pyxus Holdings, the guarantors party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Alter Domus, as collateral agent.
The New Notes bear interest at a rate of 8.50% per annum, computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the New Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on June 15, 2023. The New Notes are stated to mature on December 31, 2027.
At any time and from time to time, Pyxus Holdings may redeem the New Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of New Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date.
The New Notes Indenture contains customary affirmative and negative covenants (subject, in each case, to exceptions and qualifications) and events of defaults, including covenants that limit the Company’s and its restricted subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness or issue disqualified stock or preferred stock; make investments; pay dividends and make other restricted payments; sell certain assets; incur liens; consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all their assets; enter into transactions with affiliates; and designate subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries.
The New Notes and the guarantees thereof have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state or other securities laws. The New Notes may not be offered or sold except pursuant to an exemption from or in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable state securities laws.
Guarantees and Collateral
The obligations of Pyxus Holdings under the New Secured Debt are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company, Pyxus Parent and all of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries and certain of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries, subject to certain limitations (the “New Secured Debt Obligors”). In addition, Intabex and Alliance One International Tabak B.V. (which were obligors under the DDTL Facility Loans) guarantee the New Intabex Credit Facility (together, the “Specified Intabex Obligors”) but do not guarantee the New Notes, the New Pyxus Loans or the ABL Credit Agreement.
The New Secured Debt is secured by (i) a first-priority lien on substantially all assets of the New Secured Debt Obligors other than certain exclusions and certain collateral for which obligations under the ABL Credit Agreement are secured on a first-priority basis (the “ABL Priority Collateral”) and (ii) a second-priority lien on the ABL Priority Collateral. In addition, certain assets of the Specified Intabex Obligors (which were pledged as collateral for the DDTL Facility Loans) are pledged as collateral to secure the New Intabex Loans (the “Intabex Collateral”) but do not secure the New Notes, the New Pyxus Loans or the ABL Credit Agreement. The New Secured Debt shares a single lien, held by Alter Domus, as senior collateral agent (the “Senior Collateral Agent”), on the Collateral (excluding the Intabex Collateral) subject to the payment waterfall pursuant to the intercreditor arrangements described below.
Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement
On the Settlement Date, the New Secured Debt Obligors, together with the representatives for the holders of the New Secured Debt and the Senior Collateral Agent, entered into the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2023 (the “Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement”), pursuant to which the Senior Collateral Agent serves as joint collateral agent for the benefit of the holders of the New Notes, the New Pyxus Loans and the New Intabex Loans with respect to all common collateral securing such indebtedness (the “Collateral”; which, for the avoidance of doubt, excludes the Intabex Collateral). The Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement provides that any Collateral or proceeds thereof received in connection with or upon the exercise of any secured creditor remedies will be distributed (subject to the provisions described in the next paragraph) first to holders of the New Notes and the New Term Loans on a pro rata basis, and then to holders of any future debt secured by junior liens on such Collateral on a pro rata basis (and in each case permitted refinancing indebtedness thereof).
Exercise of rights and remedies against the Collateral and certain rights in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding (including the right to object to debtor-in-possession financing or to credit bid) by the Senior Collateral Agent will be controlled first by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the New Term Loans (including, in any event, each holder holding at least 20% of the New Term Loans as of the Settlement Date, provided such holder holds at least 15% of the New Term Loans as of the date of determination), second, after repayment in full of the New Term Loans, by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the New Notes and last, after repayment in full of the New Term Loans and the New Notes, by holders of a majority in principal amount of any future junior debt secured by the Collateral. Any such future junior debt will be subject to certain customary waivers of rights in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent, including, but not limited to, with respect to debtor-in-possession financing, adequate protection and credit bidding.
Limited Consent and Amendment to ABL Credit Agreement
On January 5, 2023, Pyxus Holdings entered into the Limited Consent and Amendment to ABL Credit Agreement (the “ABL Amendment”), which became effective concurrently with the consummation of the Exchange Transactions on the Settlement Date. The ABL Amendment, among other things, (i) permits the Exchange Transactions and the incurrence of the New Secured Debt and related liens and priorities, and (ii) modifies certain covenants in the ABL Credit Agreement to be substantially consistent with those governing the New Secured Debt.
In addition, on the Settlement Date, the New Secured Debt Obligors entered into the amended and restated intercreditor agreement, dated as of February 6, 2023 (the “Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement”), to amend and restate the intercreditor agreement, dated as of August 24, 2020, to govern the relative rights of the ABL Facility on the one hand, and the New Secured Debt on the other hand, in the Collateral. The ABL Facility will retain a senior lien on all ABL Priority Collateral while the New Secured Debt will have a senior lien on all Collateral other than the ABL Priority Collateral.
Second Supplemental Indenture to the Existing Notes Indenture
On the Settlement Date, Pyxus Holdings entered into the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 6, 2023 (the “Existing Notes Supplemental Indenture”), to the Existing Notes Indenture, pursuant to which the Existing Notes Indenture, the Existing Notes and the related intercreditor and security documents were amended to, among other things, (i) eliminate most of the restrictive covenants and certain of the affirmative covenants in the Existing Notes Indenture, (ii) eliminate the change of control repurchase obligation in the Existing Notes Indenture, (iii) subordinate the Existing Notes in right of payment to existing and future senior indebtedness (including the New Secured Debt), (iv) eliminate certain events of default and (v) release all of the collateral securing the Existing Notes.
The description of the New Pyxus Credit Agreement, the New Intabex Credit Agreement, the New Notes Indenture (including the New Notes), the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, the ABL Amendment, the Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement and the Existing Notes Supplemental Indenture set forth herein are qualified in their entirety by references to such documents, filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 4.1, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 and 4.2 hereto, respectively, which are incorporated by reference herein.
Item 1.02 | Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On the Settlement Date, as a result of the consummation of the DDTL Facility Exchange and the Exit Facility Exchange, Pyxus Holdings terminated the DDTL Credit Agreement and the Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement.
In addition, on the Settlement Date, as a result of the effectiveness of the Existing Notes Supplemental Indenture, Pyxus Holdings terminated the collateral documents that secure the Existing Notes.
Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The information set forth in Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On February 6, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the Exchange Transactions.
A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
(Registrant) | ||
By: | /s/ William L. O’Quinn, Jr. | |
Name: | William L. O’Quinn, Jr. | |
Title: | Senior Vice President – Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |
Date: February 10, 2023
Exhibit 4.1
PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC.
8.50% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2027
INDENTURE
Dated as of February 6, 2023
Wilmington Trust, National Association,
as Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent
and
Alter Domus (US) LLC,
as Collateral Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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Section 1.01 | Definitions | 1 | |||||
Section 1.02 | Other Definitions | 32 | ||||||
Section 1.03 | Incorporation by Reference of the Trust Indenture Act | 33 | ||||||
Section 1.04 | Rules of Construction | 33 | ||||||
Section 1.05 | Calculations; Etc | 34 | ||||||
ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES |
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Section 2.01 | Form and Dating | 34 | ||||||
Section 2.02 | Execution and Authentication | 35 | ||||||
Section 2.03 | Registrar and Paying Agent | 35 | ||||||
Section 2.04 | Holder Lists | 36 | ||||||
Section 2.05 | Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust | 36 | ||||||
Section 2.06 | Transfer and Exchange | 36 | ||||||
Section 2.07 | Replacement Notes | 47 | ||||||
Section 2.08 | Treasury Notes | 47 | ||||||
Section 2.09 | Temporary Notes | 47 | ||||||
Section 2.10 | Cancellation | 48 | ||||||
Section 2.11 | Defaulted Interest | 48 | ||||||
Section 2.12 | Additional Notes | 48 | ||||||
Section 2.13 | CUSIP/ISIN Numbers | 49 | ||||||
ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT |
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Section 3.01 | Notices to Trustee | 49 | ||||||
Section 3.02 | Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased | 49 | ||||||
Section 3.03 | Notice of Redemption | 50 | ||||||
Section 3.04 | Effect of Notice of Redemption | 50 | ||||||
Section 3.05 | Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price | 51 | ||||||
Section 3.06 | Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part | 51 | ||||||
Section 3.07 | Optional Redemption | 51 | ||||||
Section 3.08 | Mandatory Redemption | 52 | ||||||
Section 3.09 | Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds | 52 | ||||||
ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS |
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Section 4.01 | Payment of Notes | 53 | ||||||
Section 4.02 | Maintenance of Office or Agency | 54 | ||||||
Section 4.03 | Reports | 54 | ||||||
Section 4.04 | Compliance Certificate | 57 | ||||||
Section 4.05 | Taxes | 57 | ||||||
Section 4.06 | Stay, Extension and Usury Laws | 57 | ||||||
Section 4.07 | Restricted Payments | 58 |
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Section 4.08 | Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries | 61 | |||||
Section 4.09 | Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock | 63 | ||||||
Section 4.10 | Asset Sales | 67 | ||||||
Section 4.11 | Transactions with Affiliates | 69 | ||||||
Section 4.12 | Liens | 70 | ||||||
Section 4.13 | Business Activities | 70 | ||||||
Section 4.14 | Corporate Existence | 70 | ||||||
Section 4.15 | Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control | 70 | ||||||
Section 4.16 | Additional Note Guarantees | 72 | ||||||
Section 4.17 | Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries | 72 | ||||||
ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSORS |
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Section 5.01 | Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets | 73 | ||||||
Section 5.02 | Successor Corporation Substituted | 74 | ||||||
ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
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Section 6.01 | Events of Default | 75 | ||||||
Section 6.02 | Acceleration | 77 | ||||||
Section 6.03 | Other Remedies | 77 | ||||||
Section 6.04 | Waiver of Past Defaults | 77 | ||||||
Section 6.05 | Control by Majority | 78 | ||||||
Section 6.06 | Limitation on Suits | 78 | ||||||
Section 6.07 | Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment | 78 | ||||||
Section 6.08 | Collection Suit by Trustee | 78 | ||||||
Section 6.09 | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 79 | ||||||
Section 6.10 | Priorities | 79 | ||||||
Section 6.11 | Undertaking for Costs | 80 | ||||||
ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE |
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Section 7.01 | Duties of Trustee | 80 | ||||||
Section 7.02 | Rights of Trustee | 81 | ||||||
Section 7.03 | Individual Rights of Trustee | 83 | ||||||
Section 7.04 | Trustees Disclaimer | 83 | ||||||
Section 7.05 | Notice of Defaults | 84 | ||||||
Section 7.06 | Compensation and Indemnity | 84 | ||||||
Section 7.07 | Replacement of Trustee | 85 | ||||||
Section 7.08 | Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. | 85 | ||||||
Section 7.09 | Eligibility; Disqualification | 86 | ||||||
Section 7.10 | Consequential Damages | 86 | ||||||
ARTICLE 8 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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Section 8.01 | Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance | 86 | ||||||
Section 8.02 | Legal Defeasance and Discharge | 86 |
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Section 8.03 | Covenant Defeasance | 87 | |||||
Section 8.04 | Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance | 87 | ||||||
Section 8.05 | Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions | 88 | ||||||
Section 8.06 | Repayment to Company | 89 | ||||||
Section 8.07 | Reinstatement | 89 | ||||||
ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER |
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Section 9.01 | Without Consent of Holders of Notes | 89 | ||||||
Section 9.02 | With Consent of Holders of Notes | 90 | ||||||
Section 9.03 | Revocation and Effect of Consents | 91 | ||||||
Section 9.04 | Notation on or Exchange of Notes | 92 | ||||||
Section 9.05 | Trustee, Collateral Agent, Paying Agent and Registrar to Sign Amendments, etc. | 92 | ||||||
ARTICLE 10 COLLATERAL AND SECURITY |
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Section 10.01 | Security Interest | 92 | ||||||
Section 10.02 | Intercreditor Agreements | 93 | ||||||
Section 10.03 | Collateral Agent | 94 | ||||||
Section 10.04 | Authorization of Actions to Be Taken | 97 | ||||||
Section 10.05 | Release of Liens in Respect of Notes | 98 | ||||||
Section 10.06 | Relative Rights | 99 | ||||||
Section 10.07 | Further Assurances; Liens on Additional Property | 99 | ||||||
ARTICLE 11 NOTE GUARANTEES |
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Section 11.01 | The Note Guarantees | 100 | ||||||
Section 11.02 | Limitation on Guarantor Liability | 101 | ||||||
Section 11.03 | Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee | 102 | ||||||
Section 11.04 | Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms | 102 | ||||||
Section 11.05 | Releases | 103 | ||||||
ARTICLE 12 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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Section 12.01 | Satisfaction and Discharge | 104 | ||||||
Section 12.02 | Application of Trust Money | 105 | ||||||
ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 13.01 | Notices | 106 | ||||||
Section 13.02 | Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent | 108 | ||||||
Section 13.03 | Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion | 108 | ||||||
Section 13.04 | Rules by Trustee and Agents | 108 | ||||||
Section 13.05 | Governing Law | 108 | ||||||
Section 13.06 | No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements | 109 | ||||||
Section 13.07 | Successors | 109 |
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Section 13.08 | Severability; Entire Agreement | 109 | ||||||
Section 13.09 | Counterpart Originals | 109 | ||||||
Section 13.10 | Table of Contents, Headings, etc. | 110 | ||||||
Section 13.11 | USA Patriot Act | 110 | ||||||
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Section 13.12 | Force Majeure | 110 | |||||
Section 13.13 | Delegation | 110 | ||||||
Section 13.14 | Withholding Tax | 110 |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A |
FORM OF NOTE | |
Exhibit B |
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER | |
Exhibit C |
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE | |
Exhibit D |
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR | |
Exhibit E |
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS | |
Exhibit F |
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS |
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INDENTURE dated as of February 6, 2023 among Pyxus Holdings, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the Guarantors (as defined herein), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, registrar and paying agent and Alter Domus (US) LLC, as collateral agent.
Each of the parties agree as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) of the Notes:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
144A Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes issued in reliance on Rule 144A.
ABL Administrative Agent means PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent under the ABL Credit Agreement, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
ABL Collateral Agent means PNC Bank, National Association, as collateral agent under the ABL Credit Agreement, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
ABL Credit Agreement means that certain ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2022, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, providing for revolving credit borrowings, including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced in any manner (whether upon or after termination or otherwise and whether with the original lenders or otherwise) or refinanced, in each case, in whole from time to time with any other bona fide asset based credit facility, including any extension of the maturity thereof or increase in the available amount of borrowings thereunder.
ABL Intercreditor Agreement means the amended and restated ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Company, the Guarantors, the ABL Administrative Agent, the ABL Collateral Agent, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the administrative agent under the New Pyxus Credit Agreement, the administrative agent under the New Intabex Credit Agreement and the other parties from time to time party thereto.
ABL Obligations means the Indebtedness and other obligations under the ABL Credit Agreement which are secured by a Lien on the Collateral permitted by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Liens and any post-petition interest, fees and expenses at the applicable rate, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the ABL Obligations and the Secured Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
ABL Priority Collateral has the meaning assigned to such term in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
Acquired Debt means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
Additional Notes means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued in compliance with the terms of this Indenture.
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, control, as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with have correlative meanings.
Agent means the Collateral Agent and any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such action.
Asset Sale means:
(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be subject to Sections 4.15 and 5.01 and not Sections 3.09 and 4.10; and
(2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the Companys Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests in any of the Companys Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:
(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $20.0 million;
(2) a transfer of assets or rights between or among the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or of a Parent Guarantor to the Company, any Parent Guarantor or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or of a Parent Guarantor;
(4) the sale, lease or other transfer of products, services or accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business and any sale or other disposition of damaged, worn-out, obsolete, surplus, redundant or excess property or assets in the ordinary course of business (including the
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abandonment or other disposition of intellectual property that is, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries taken as whole);
(5) (a) the sale of accounts receivable permitted pursuant to clause (10) of the definition of Permitted Debt and (b) the sale of accounts receivable arising from sales of tobacco, which accounts receivable are sold pursuant to a factoring arrangement without recourse or securitization facilities consistent with past practice;
(6) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims in the ordinary course of business;
(7) the granting of Liens not prohibited pursuant to Section 4.12;
(8) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;
(9) a Restricted Payment that does not violate Section 4.07 or a Permitted Investment;
(10) Specified Sales;
(11) the sale, lease or other transfer of property or assets (a) to an unrelated party not in the ordinary course of business (other than Specified Sales), where and to the extent that they are the result of a Recovery Event or (b) the sale, lease or other transfer of machinery, parts and equipment no longer used or useful in the conduct of business of the Company, the Parent Guarantors or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, as appropriate, in the Companys or any Parent Guarantors reasonable discretion;
(12) dispositions resulting from any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of the Company, the Parent Guarantors or their Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such taking or condemnation would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the business, operations, property, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and
(13) any Corporate Restructuring Transactions.
Attributable Debt in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that if such sale and leaseback transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of Capital Lease Obligation.
Bank Product Obligations means, all obligations and liabilities (whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due or now existing or hereafter incurred) of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement
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obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with any treasury, investment, depository, clearing house, wire transfer, cash management or automated clearing house transfers of funds services or any related services, to any person.
Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
Beneficial Owner has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms Beneficially Owns and Beneficially Owned have a corresponding meaning.
Board of Directors means:
(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
(2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors, managing member or members or controlling committee of managing members of the general partner of the partnership;
(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and
(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
Business Day means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
Cannabis Related Business means the ownership of assets or property constituting a business related to the manufacture, distribution or dispensing of cannabis or the ownership of Equity Interests comprising a Cannabis Related Business.
Capital Lease Obligation means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
Capital Stock means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and
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(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.
Cash Equivalents means:
(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition (Government Obligations);
(2) Investments in deposits in (including money market funds of), or certificates of deposits, bankers acceptances, export notes, trade credit assignments, guarantees and instruments of a similar nature issued by, (i) any bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having capital and surplus in excess of $100,000,000, (ii) any international bank organized under the laws of any country which is a member of the OECD or a political subdivision of any such country, and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, or (iii) leading banks in a country where the Company, the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary making such Investment does business; provided, that all such Investments mature within 270 days of the date of such Investment; and provided, further, that all Investments pursuant to clause (iii) above are (A) solely of funds generated in the ordinary course of business by operations of the relevant investor in the country where such Investment is made, and (B) denominated in the currency of the country in which such Investment is made or in Dollars, UK pounds sterling, Euro, Japanese Yen, Hong Kong dollars or Chinese Renminbi;
(3) commercial paper maturing within 270 days and having one of the two highest ratings of either S&P, Moodys or Fitch Investors Service, Inc.;
(4) money market funds (other than those referred to in clause (3) above) that have assets in excess of $2,000,000,000, are managed by recognized and responsible institutions and invest solely in obligations of the types referred to in clauses (1), (2)(i) and (ii) and (3) above;
(5) repurchase agreements with a bank or trust company or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or directly and fully guaranteed by the United States; and
(6) obligations of any state of the United States or any political subdivision thereof for the payment of the principal and redemption price of and interest on which there shall have been irrevocably deposited Government Obligations maturing as to principal and interest at times and in amounts sufficient to provide such payment.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Pyxus International and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person (including any person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act)) other than any Permitted Holder or combination of Permitted Holders;
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(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of Pyxus International;
(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation), the result of which is that any Person (including any person (as defined above)) other than a Permitted Holder or any combination of Permitted Holders becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of Pyxus International, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or
(4) Pyxus International ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Corporate Restructuring Transactions shall not constitute a Change of Control pursuant to any of clauses (1) through (3) above.
Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
Collateral means any asset or property of the Company or any Guarantor securing, or purporting to secure, the Secured Obligations pursuant to any Security Document, (i) including, for the avoidance of doubt, any asset or property of the Company or any Guarantor on which a lien has been granted to secure obligations under any Junior Lien Debt, and (ii) excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Excluded Assets.
Collateral Agent or Senior Collateral Agent means Alter Domus (US) LLC, in its capacity as shared collateral agent for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Security Documents, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent will also be serving as the shared collateral agent for the holders of the New Pyxus Loan Obligations and New Intabex Loan Obligations pursuant to the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement.
Company means Pyxus Holdings, Inc., a Virginia corporation, and any and all successors thereto.
Confirmed Order means an order or other indication of interest, in accordance with industry standards, by a customer not an Affiliate of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries which has been accepted in the ordinary course of business by representatives of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.
Consolidated EBITDA means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:
(1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale for such period, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
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(3) the Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such Fixed Charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(4) any foreign currency translation losses (including losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such losses were taken into account in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(5) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash charges and expenses (excluding any such non-cash charge or expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash charges or expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash charge or expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges or expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus
(6) any foreign currency translation gains (including gains related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such gains were taken into account in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus or minus (as applicable)
(7) non-cash items increasing or decreasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business; plus
(8) one-time or non-recurring items decreasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period related to restructuring, asset impairment, reorganization, taxes or any other non-operating costs and expenses, including without limitation, professional fees, exit bankruptcy fees and financing fees, expenses, premiums and similar charges incurred in connection with the Transactions to the extent such items were actually deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income;
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the net income (loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis (excluding the net income (loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person), determined in accordance with GAAP and without any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, plus, to the extent deducted in determining such net income (or net loss), the Transaction Costs and any costs incurred in connection with any Corporate Restructuring Transactions; provided that:
(1) all extraordinary gains (but not losses) and all gains (but not losses) realized in connection with any Asset Sale or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale or the disposition of securities or the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, together with any related provision for taxes on any such gain, will be excluded;
(2) the net income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;
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(3) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07, the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that net income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders;
(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded; and
(5) non-cash gains and losses attributable to movement in the mark-to-market valuation of Hedging Obligations (including the application of FASB ASC Topic 815) will be excluded.
Consolidated Net Worth means, with respect to any specified Person as of any date, the sum of:
(1) the consolidated equity of the common stockholders of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date; plus
(2) the respective amounts reported on such Persons balance sheet as of such date with respect to any series of preferred stock (other than Disqualified Stock) that by its terms is not entitled to the payment of dividends unless such dividends may be declared and paid only out of net earnings in respect of the year of such declaration and payment, but only to the extent of any cash received by such Person upon issuance of such preferred stock, less (a) all write-ups subsequent to the date hereof in the book value of any asset owned by such Person or a consolidated Subsidiary of such Person (other than purchase accounting adjustments made, in connection with any acquisition of any entity that becomes a consolidated Subsidiary of such Person after the date hereof, to the book value of the assets of such entity), (b) all investments as of such date in unconsolidated Subsidiaries and in Persons that are not Subsidiaries (except, in each case, Permitted Investments), and (c) all unamortized debt discount and expense and unamortized deferred charges as of such date, all of the foregoing determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth means, with respect to any specified Person as of any date, the sum of (1) Consolidated Net Worth, minus (2) the amount of such Persons intangible assets at such date, including, without limitation, goodwill (whether representing the excess of cost over book value of assets acquired or otherwise), capitalized expenses, patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, franchises, licenses and deferred charges (such as, without limitation, unamortized costs and costs of research and development), all determined for such Person on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Continuing means, with respect to any Default or Event of Default, that such Default or Event of Default has not been cured or waived.
Corporate Restructuring Transactions means one or more series of intercompany transactions, whether consummated simultaneously or from time to time, that do not adversely impact in any material respect the structure, priority or aggregate value of the guarantees in respect of, and the Collateral that secures, the Secured Obligations, provided that (A) any necessary replacement guarantee or Collateral (determined after giving effect to such transactions) with respect to the foregoing shall be subject to Section 11.05(e) and (B) in furtherance of the foregoing clause (A), the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into local law pledge and security agreements in favor of the Collateral Agent to the extent reasonably necessary to perfect Liens on any material Collateral governed by the laws of, or located in, any foreign jurisdiction on substantially the same basis as with respect to any Foreign Guarantor so replaced.
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Corporate Trust Office means the address of the Trustee specified in Section 13.01 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
Credit Agreements means one or more debt facilities, debt instruments, indentures or other evidences of Indebtedness (which may be outstanding at the same time and including, without limitation, the ABL Credit Agreement, the New Pyxus Credit Agreement and the New Intabex Credit Agreement), commercial paper facilities or other agreements providing for revolving credit loans, debt securities, notes, term loans, receivables financing, letters of credit or other Indebtedness and, in each case, as such agreements may be amended, refinanced, restated, replaced, refunded, increased, extended or otherwise restructured, in whole or in part from time to time whether in the bank or debt capital markets (or combination thereof) (including increasing or decreasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder or adding or removing Subsidiaries as additional borrowers, co-issuers or guarantors thereunder or changing the maturity of any Indebtedness incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby) with respect to all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements, and in each case including all agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with the foregoing (including any notes and letters of credit issued pursuant thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, mortgages or letter of credit applications and other guarantees, pledges, agreements, security agreements and collateral documents) and whether by the same or any other agent, lender, group of lenders or institutional lenders or investors.
Custodian means the Registrar, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
Deemed Capitalized Leases means obligations of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries that are classified as capital lease obligations under GAAP due to the application of FASB ASC Topic 840 or any subsequent pronouncement having similar effect and, except for such regulation or pronouncement, such obligation would not constitute a Capital Lease Obligation.
Default means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
Definitive Note means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto.
Depositary means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
Discharge of ABL Claims has the meaning provided in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
Disqualified Stock means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a
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sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company or any Parent Guarantor to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company or such Parent Guarantor may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.07 hereof. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.
Domestic Subsidiary means (1) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any Parent Guarantor or (2) any Subsidiary of the Company or any Parent Guarantor that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any Parent Guarantor, in each case, that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.
Dutch Pledge means the Dutch law governed pledge over shares dated the Issue Date between Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd., as pledgor, Intabex Netherlands B.V. as the company, and the Collateral Agent, as collateral agent, in respect of the pledge by Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd. over its shares in Intabex Netherlands B.V.
Eligible Inventory means, as of any date, all inventory of the Company, any Parent Guarantor and any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, wherever located, valued in accordance with GAAP and shown on the balance sheet of the Company for the quarterly period most recently ended prior to such date for which internal financial statements of the Company are available.
Eligible Receivables means, as of any date, all accounts receivable of the Company, any Parent Guarantor and any of their Subsidiaries arising out of the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business, valued in accordance with GAAP and shown on the balance sheet of the Company for the quarterly period most recently ended prior to such date for which internal financial statements of the Company are available, including without limitation receivables and related proceeds of Alliance One International, LLC arising from the sale of tobacco financed by Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank in connection with the Secured Pre-Shipment and Export Finance Facilities Agreement, as amended and restated by the Fourth Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated June 27, 2022, by and between Alliance One Tobacco (Malawi) Limited, Alliance One Tobacco (Tanzania) Limited and Alliance One Zambia Limited, as borrowers, Pyxus International, Pyxus Parent and the Company, as parent guarantors, and Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, as mandated lead arranger, original lender, agent and security agent, providing for revolving credit borrowings, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced in any manner (whether upon or after termination or otherwise and whether with the original lenders or otherwise) or refinanced, in each case, in whole from time to time with any other asset based revolving credit facility, including any extension of the maturity thereof or increase in the available amount of borrowings thereunder (the TDB Facility).
Equity Interests means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock); provided that no Indebtedness of the Company or a Parent Guarantor shall constitute an Equity Interest by virtue of being convertible into Capital Stock.
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Euroclear means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Excluded Assets has the meaning assigned to such term (or any similar term) in the Pledge and Security Agreement or in any other Security Document (including the UK Debenture).
Excluded Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor (a) that is prohibited by applicable law (whether on the Issue Date or thereafter) or contractual obligations existing on the Issue Date (or, in the case of any newly acquired Subsidiary, in existence at the time of acquisition but not entered into in contemplation thereof) from guaranteeing the Secured Obligations, or if guaranteeing the Secured Obligations would require governmental (including regulatory) or other third-party consent, approval, license or authorization (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been obtained), (b) with respect to which the Board of Directors of Pyxus International determines in a commercially reasonable manner that the burden or cost or other consequences of providing a Guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Holders therefrom or (c) with respect to which the provision or maintenance of a Guarantee by it could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to the Company, the Parent Guarantors or their Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by Pyxus International).
Existing Notes means the outstanding 10.000% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2024 issued by the Company pursuant to the Existing Notes Indenture.
Existing Notes Indenture means the Indenture, dated as of August 24, 2020, by and among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, collateral agent, registrar and paying agent, as modified by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 24, 2020, and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the Issue Date, and as further amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
Existing Notes Obligations means Obligations under and as defined in the Existing Notes Indenture, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the Existing Notes Obligations and the Secured Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
Existing Indebtedness means all Indebtedness of the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries (other than the Notes, the Other Indebtedness and the Existing Notes Obligations and lines of credit of Foreign Subsidiaries) in existence on the date hereof, until such amounts are repaid.
Fair Market Value means the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party, determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Pyxus International (unless otherwise provided in this Indenture).
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings, borrowings under Seasonal Subsidiary Debt and Guarantees of Grower Indebtedness) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement
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of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the Calculation Date), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect (in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including all related financing transactions and including increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date, or that are to be made on the Calculation Date, will be given pro forma effect (in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, but giving effect to Pro Forma Cost Savings) as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period;
(2) the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded;
(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date;
(4) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period;
(5) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period; and
(6) if any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the Calculation Date in excess of 12 months).
Fixed Charges means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) the consolidated interest expense (other than interest expense in respect of letters of credit) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, noncash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of bankers acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations in respect of interest rates; plus
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(2) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus
(3) any interest on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus
(4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of Pyxus International (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; minus
(5) to the extent added in consolidated interest expense in clause (3) above, contingent obligations so long as such obligations remain contingent; minus
(6) the interest income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.
Foreign Guarantor means any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Foreign Subsidiary.
Foreign Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Forsyth County Facility means the fee owned facility located on Big Oaks Drive, in King, Forsyth County, North Carolina.
Funded Debt means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money or advances; or
(2) evidenced by loan agreements, bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof).
For the avoidance of doubt, Funded Debt shall not include Hedging Obligations or Bank Product Obligations.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time (including applicable fresh-start accounting principles), provided, however, that lease liabilities and associated expenses recorded by the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries pursuant to ASU 2016-02, Leases, shall not be treated as Indebtedness and shall not be included in consolidated interest expense or Fixed Charges, unless the lease liabilities
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would have been treated as Capital Lease Obligations under GAAP as in effect prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-02, Leases (in which case such lease liabilities and associated expenses shall be treated as Capital Lease Obligations, and the interest component of such Capital Lease Obligation shall be included in consolidated interest expense and Fixed Charges).
Global Note Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
Global Notes means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(3), 2.06(b)(4) or 2.06(d)(2) hereof.
Government Securities means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit, in US dollar denominations.
Grower Indebtedness means indebtedness incurred by tobacco farmers that supply tobacco to the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries for the purpose of financing the growing of tobacco crop.
Guarantee means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (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).
Guarantors means, collectively, the Parent Guarantors and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
Hedge Agreement means, with respect to any Person, any agreement entered into to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates, or currency or raw materials values, including, without limitation, any interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement, or similar arrangement between such Person and one or more counterparties, any foreign currency exchange agreement, currency protection agreements, commodity purchase or option agreements, or other interest or exchange rate or commodity price hedging agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Hedge Agreement shall not include any other hedging agreements (or substantively equivalent derivative transactions) with respect to the Companys or a Parent Guarantors Equity Interests.
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreement.
Holder means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
Holding Company means any Person so long as such Person directly or indirectly holds 100% of the aggregate Voting Stock of Pyxus International, and at the time such Person acquired such Voting Stock, no Person and no group (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Issue Date), including any such group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than any Permitted Holder or combination of Permitted Holders, shall have beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the aggregate Voting Stock of such Person.
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Immaterial Subsidiary shall mean, at any date of determination, any Subsidiary that is neither a Material Domestic Restricted Subsidiary nor a Material Foreign Subsidiary.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money;
(2) evidenced by or issued in exchange for bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(3) in respect of bankers acceptances;
(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations or Attributable Debt in respect of sale and leaseback transactions;
(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services due more than six months after such property is acquired or such services are completed; or
(6) representing any Hedging Obligations or other Bank Product Obligations, if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit, Attributable Debt and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, but excluding Deemed Capitalized Leases.
In addition, the term Indebtedness includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.
Indebtedness shall be calculated without giving effect to the effects of FASB ASC Topic 815 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Indenture as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness.
IAI Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes issued to Institutional Accredited Investors.
Indenture means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
Initial Notes means the $260,452,340 aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued on the Issue Date.
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Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding means:
(1) any voluntary or involuntary case commenced by or against the Company or any Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization, receivership, liquidation or adjustment or marshaling of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any Guarantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Company or any Guarantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Company or any Guarantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary;
(2) any liquidation, dissolution, marshaling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Company or any Guarantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or
(3) any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Company or any Guarantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.
Institutional Accredited Investor means an institution that is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.
Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement means the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Company, Guarantors, the Trustee, the administrative agent under the New Pyxus Credit Agreement, the administrative agent under the New Intabex Credit Agreement, the Senior Collateral Agent (as defined therein) and the other parties from time to time party thereto (as amended, restated, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof).
Intercreditor Agreements means the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement and any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Investments means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or such Parent Guarantor, the Company or such Parent Guarantor will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Companys or such Parent Guarantors Investments in such Restricted Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.07. The acquisition by the Company, a Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined according to the final paragraph of Section 4.07. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.
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Issue Date means February 6, 2023.
Junior Lien means a Lien granted, or purported to be granted, at any time, upon any property of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor to secure Indebtedness, which Lien is junior to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations pursuant to a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Junior Lien Collateral Agent means in the case of any series of Junior Lien Debt, the trustee, collateral agent or representative of the holders of such series of Junior Lien Debt who is appointed (for purposes related to the administration of security interests) pursuant to the applicable Junior Lien Document governing such series of Junior Lien Debt, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.
Junior Lien Debt means any Funded Debt (including additional notes, and letter of credit and reimbursement obligations with respect thereto) that is secured by a Junior Lien and that was permitted to be incurred and permitted to be so secured under each applicable Secured Debt Document; provided that in the case of any Indebtedness referred to in this definition:
(1) such Indebtedness does not have a maturity date or any mandatory or scheduled payments or sinking fund obligations prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes (except as a result of a customary change of control or asset sale repurchase offer provisions);
(2) on or before the date on which the first such Indebtedness is incurred by the Company or any Guarantor, the Company shall deliver to the Collateral Agent, and the ABL Collateral Agent complete copies of each applicable Junior Lien Document (which shall provide that each secured party with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subject to and bound by the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement), along with an Officers Certificate certifying as to such Junior Lien Documents and identifying the obligations constituting Junior Lien Obligations;
(3) on or before the date on which any such Indebtedness is incurred by the Company or any Guarantor, such Indebtedness is designated by the Company, in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Junior Lien Collateral Agent and the Collateral Agent, and the ABL Collateral Agent, as Junior Lien Debt under this Indenture;
(4) a Junior Lien Collateral Agent is designated with respect to such Indebtedness and executes and delivers the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement (including, as applicable, a joinder thereto) on behalf of itself and all holders of such Indebtedness; and
(5) all other requirements set forth in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as to the confirmation, grant or perfection of the Liens of the holders of Junior Lien Debt to secure such Indebtedness or obligations in respect thereof are satisfied.
For the avoidance of doubt, the ABL Obligations, the New Pyxus Loan Obligations, the New Intabex Loan Obligations and the Existing Notes Obligations shall not constitute Junior Lien Debt for purposes of this Indenture.
Junior Lien Documents means, collectively, any indenture, note, security document and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing any Junior Lien Obligations, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any Junior Lien Obligations, to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, in each case as each may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed, extended or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time, and any other credit agreement, indenture or other agreement, document or instrument evidencing, governing, relating to or securing any Junior Lien Debt.
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Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement means an intercreditor agreement which subordinates the Liens on the Collateral in favor of the holders of the Junior Lien Debt to the Liens on the Collateral in favor of the holders of Secured Obligations and the holders of all Other Indebtedness (to the extent then outstanding) in form and substance materially consistent with prevailing market practice.
Junior Lien Obligations means Junior Lien Debt and all other obligations in respect thereof including, without limitation interest and premium (if any), and all guarantees of any of the foregoing.
Legal Holiday means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
Lien means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
Material Domestic Restricted Subsidiary means any Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any Parent Guarantor, which would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, except that for purposes of this definition all references therein to 10.0% shall be deemed to be references to 5.0%.
Material Foreign Subsidiary shall mean any Foreign Subsidiary of the Company or any Parent Guarantor that would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor.
Material Real Property means, for so long as such Real Property is owned by the Company or any Guarantor, the Value Added Processing Facility, the Forsyth County Facility, the Pitt County Facility, the Wilson County Facility and any other Real Property located in the United States and owned in fee simple by the Company or any Guarantor with a Fair Market Value (measured at the time of acquisition thereof) of more than $15,000,000.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
Mortgage means any deed of trust, mortgage, deed to secure debt, or other similar document creating a Lien on the Mortgaged Property in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company and in form reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, in each case, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, extended or otherwise modified from time to time.
Mortgage Policy means a title insurance policy (Form 2006).
Mortgaged Property means any Material Real Property which is required to be encumbered by a Mortgage pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any Security Document.
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Net Proceeds means the aggregate cash proceeds and Cash Equivalents received by the Company, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment or indemnification obligations in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.
New Intabex Credit Agreement means the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent, the Collateral Agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
New Intabex Loan Obligations means Obligations under and as defined in the New Intabex Credit Agreement, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the New Intabex Loan Obligations and the Secured Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
New Pyxus Credit Agreement means the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent, the Collateral Agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
New Pyxus Loan Obligations means Obligations under and as defined in the New Pyxus Credit Agreement, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the New Pyxus Loan Obligations and the Secured Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
Non-U.S. Person means a Person who is not a U.S. person.
Note Documents means this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents securing the Obligations in respect thereof.
Note Guarantee means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Companys Obligations under this Indenture and the Notes provided pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
Note Lien means a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent on Collateral securing the Secured Obligations.
Notes means the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes that may be issued in compliance with the terms of this Indenture.
Obligations means any principal (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit whether or not drawn), interest (including, to the extent legally permitted, all interest accrued thereon after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at the rate, including any applicable post-default rate, specified in the applicable Secured Debt Documents, even if such interest is not enforceable, allowable or allowed as a claim in such proceeding), premium (if any), fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, expenses and other liabilities payable under any Secured Debt Documents.
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OECD means the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and any successor thereto.
Offering Memorandum means the Confidential Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated January 5, 2023, relating to, among other things, the Companys offer to exchange Existing Notes for the Initial Notes.
Officer means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company or a Parent Guarantor by any Officer of the Company or such Parent Guarantor, that meets the requirements of Section 13.03 hereof.
Opinion of Counsel means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 13.03 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any Parent Guarantor, any Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor or the Trustee.
Other Indebtedness means the ABL Obligations, the New Pyxus Loan Obligations and the New Intabex Loan Obligations (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof secured pursuant to clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Liens).
Parent Guarantors means Pyxus International and Pyxus Parent, and their respective successors, and any other direct or indirect parent entities of the Company that provides a Note Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
Permitted Advances on Purchases of Tobacco means advances of cash or crop-related materials made by the Company, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to growers and other suppliers of tobacco (including Affiliates) and tobacco growers cooperatives in the ordinary course of business to finance the growing or processing of tobacco only to the extent that the aggregate principal amount of such advances outstanding at any time to any Person and such Persons Affiliates does not exceed 30% of the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Company for the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available.
Permitted Business means any business that is the same as, or reasonably related, ancillary or complementary to, any of the businesses in which the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Issue Date.
Permitted Encumbrance means, with respect to any Mortgaged Property, such exceptions to title as are set forth in the Mortgage Policy delivered with respect thereto, all of which exceptions must be commercially reasonable.
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Permitted Holders means each of (i) Glendon Capital Management LP, Monarch Alternative Capital LP, Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P. and Intermarket Corporation and any Affiliate of the foregoing, and any fund managed by any of the foregoing or any Affiliate thereof, (ii) any Person who is acting solely as an underwriter in connection with a public or private offering of Equity Interests of Pyxus International or any of its direct or indirect parent companies, acting in such capacity, (iii) any group (within the meaning of Rules 13(d)(3) and 13(d)(5) under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Issue Date) of which any of the foregoing are members and any member of such group; provided that in the case of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, Persons referred to in clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the total Voting Stock of Pyxus International or any of its direct or indirect parent companies held by such group and (iv) any Holding Company. Any Person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.
Permitted Investments means:
(1) any Investment in the Company, in a Parent Guarantor or in their Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(3) any Investment by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
(a) | such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor; or |
(b) | such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; |
(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale, other than pursuant to clause (8) of the second sentence of the definition of Asset Sale;
(5) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Pyxus International;
(6) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (a) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or (b) litigation, arbitration or other disputes;
(7) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations;
(8) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5.0 million at any one time outstanding;
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(9) loans and advances to growers and other suppliers of tobacco (including Affiliates) in the ordinary course of its business in an aggregate outstanding principal amount consistent with past practice of the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Affiliates;
(10) repurchases of any Notes, New Pyxus Loan Obligations or New Intabex Loan Obligations that are approved by the Board of Directors of Pyxus International;
(11) any guarantee and any guarantee of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09;
(12) any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the date hereof and any Investment consisting of an extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to a binding commitment existing on, the date hereof; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased (a) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the date hereof or (b) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;
(13) Investments acquired after the date hereof as a result of the acquisition by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of another Person, including by way of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 5.01 after the date hereof to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
(14) Investments made in the ordinary course of such Persons business in export notes, trade credit assignments, bankers acceptances, guarantees and instruments of a similar nature issued in connection with the financing of international trading transactions by:
(a) | any commercial bank or trust company (or any Affiliate thereof) organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia having capital and surplus in excess of $100.0 million; or |
(b) | any international bank organized under the laws of any country which is a member of the OECD or a political subdivision of any such country, and having a combined capital and surplus in excess of $100.0 million; |
(15) any Investment for consideration consisting of common stock of Pyxus International and any other Investment for cash or Cash Equivalents, other securities or properties of the Company, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (valued in good faith by the Board of Directors of Pyxus International), the assumption of any Indebtedness (valued at the principal amount thereof), any other consideration (valued in good faith by the Board of Directors of Pyxus International) or any combination of the foregoing; provided that (a) the aggregate value of all such consideration for all Investments of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries made during any fiscal year, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (15) that are at the time outstanding, shall not exceed 12.5% of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth as at the end of the previous fiscal year and (b) no Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately before or after giving effect to such Investment on a pro forma basis;
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(16) any Investment in accounts receivable owing to the Company or a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms of the Company, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary;
(17) the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries may make advances in the form of a prepayment of expenses to vendors, suppliers and trade creditors consistent with their past practices, so long as such expenses were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary; and
(18) the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries may make additional Investments described on Exhibit F.
Permitted Liens means:
(1) (x) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred pursuant to clause (1)(A) of the definition of Permitted Debt, (y) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred pursuant to clauses (1)(B) through (E) of the definition of Permitted Debt and/or (z) Liens securing Hedging Obligations and/or securing Bank Product Obligations, in each case, subject to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, as applicable;
(2) Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (3) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
(3) Junior Liens securing Junior Lien Obligations permitted by clause (17) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
(4) Liens in favor of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries;
(5) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or the Parent Guarantors or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor or such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor;
(6) any Lien on any asset of any Person existing at the time such Person is merged or consolidated with or into the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries and not created in contemplation of such event;
(7) any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries and not created in contemplation of such event;
(8) Liens securing the performance of bids, tenders, leases, contracts (other than for the repayment of Indebtedness), statutory obligations, and other obligations of like nature, incurred as an incident to and in the ordinary course of business;
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(9) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (4) of the definition of Permitted Debt covering only the assets acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness;
(10) Liens existing on the date hereof (other than Liens on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries securing foreign lines of credit of such Foreign Subsidiaries and Liens securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred pursuant to clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt);
(11) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;
(12) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers, warehousemens, landlords and mechanics Liens, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(13) Permitted Encumbrances and zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, covenants, conditions, waivers, restrictions on the use of property or other minor encumbrances or irregularities of title which do not materially impair the use of any material property in the operation of the business of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or the value of such property for the purpose of such businesses or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(14) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; provided, however, that:
(a) | the new Lien is limited to all or part of the same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Indebtedness (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); |
(b) | the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, committed amount, of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged with such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such renewal, refunding, refinancing, replacement, defeasance or discharge; |
(c) | the new Lien is not senior in priority to the Lien it is replacing; and |
(d) | the original Lien was not incurred under clause (1), (21) or (22) of this definition of Permitted Liens; |
(15) Liens (not securing Indebtedness) which are incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, social security and public liability laws and similar legislation;
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(16) attachment, judgment or similar Liens arising in connection with court proceedings; provided, that the execution or other enforcement of such Liens with respect to judgments or decrees involving in the aggregate a liability of $40.0 million or more is effectively stayed, the claims secured thereby are being actively contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, shall have set aside on its books, if required by GAAP, appropriate reserves for such Liens;
(17) Liens on cash, Cash Equivalents or other property arising in connection with the defeasance, discharge or redemption of Indebtedness;
(18) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods (and the proceeds thereof) of any Person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances issued or created in the ordinary course of business for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(19) any Lien securing any obligations and liabilities arising under or in connection with any cash management arrangements entered into prior to, on or after the date hereof, including, without limitation, any netting or set-off system for the calculation of interest with respect to debit balances and credit balances under such arrangements; provided that the assets subject to any such Lien shall be limited to the assets held from time to time at the financial institution providing such cash management arrangements;
(20) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business solely with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents in favor of a creditor depositary institution solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to bankers liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with such creditor depository institution, provided that such deposit account is not intended by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, to provide collateral to the depository institution;
(21) Liens not otherwise permitted under Section 4.12 with respect to obligations that do not exceed $20.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(22) (x) any Lien on the assets of a Foreign Subsidiary and (y) Permitted Receivables Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by clause (14) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
(23) (a) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to other Persons in the ordinary course of business which do not (i) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) secure any Indebtedness for borrowed money or (b) the rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(24) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business not prohibited by this Indenture to the extent such Liens do not attach to any assets other than the goods subject to such arrangements and are not intended as security for financing transactions; and
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(25) any Lien on accounts receivable arising from transactions permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred pursuant to clause (10) of the definition of Permitted Debt and/or transactions permitted under clause (5) in the exclusion in the definition of Asset Sales.
Permitted Payments to Parent means
(i) payments to any direct or indirect parent companies of the Company (including any Parent Guarantor) in amounts required to pay fees and expenses (including franchise or similar taxes) required to maintain their corporate existence, to pay customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of any such parent of the Company and to pay general corporate overhead expenses of any such parent of the Company (including relating to such parents financial reporting obligations); and
(ii) for so long as the Company is a member of a group filing a consolidated or combined tax return with such parent companies, payments to such parent companies in respect of an allocable portion of the tax liabilities of such group that is attributable to Pyxus International, the Company and their Subsidiaries (Tax Payments). The Tax Payments shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the amount of the relevant tax (including any penalties and interest) that Pyxus International or the Company would owe if Pyxus International or the Company were filing a separate tax return (or a separate consolidated or combined return with its Subsidiaries that are members of the consolidated or combined group), taking into account any carryovers and carrybacks of tax attributes (such as net operating losses) of the Parent Guarantors, the Company and such Subsidiaries from other taxable years and (ii) the net amount of the relevant tax that such parent companies actually owe to the appropriate taxing authority. Any Tax Payments received from Pyxus International or the Company shall be paid over to the appropriate taxing authority within 30 days of such parent companies receipt of such Tax Payments or refunded to Pyxus International or the Company, as applicable.
Permitted Receivables Liens means Liens on accounts receivable of Alliance One International, LLC and related collections accounts securing, and financed by, Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries incurred under the TDB Facility pursuant to clause (14) of the definition of Permitted Debt.
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:
(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness (including any interest that is paid in kind) and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith);
(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is (a) equal to or greater than the final maturity and Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged or (b) more than 90 days after the final maturity date of the Notes;
(3) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes (other than the Existing Notes
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Obligations), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and
(4) such Indebtedness is (i) incurred either by the Company, a Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor that was the obligor on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged, (ii) guaranteed only by Persons who were obligors on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged and (iii) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is secured, not secured by any assets that do not secure such Indebtedness.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited or unlimited liability company or government or other entity.
Pitt County Facility means the fee owned facility located on 8958 & 8846 West Marlboro Road, in Farmville, in Pitt County, North Carolina.
Pledge and Security Agreement means the Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, by and among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Senior Holders (as defined in the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement) (as amended, restated, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof).
Private Placement Legend means the applicable legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(1) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
Pro Forma Cost Savings means, with respect to any four-quarter period, the reduction in net costs and expenses that:
(1) were directly attributable to an acquisition, Investment, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued operation or other specified action that occurred during the four-quarter period or after the end of the four-quarter period and on or prior to the Calculation Date, and that would properly be reflected in a pro forma income statement prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act;
(2) were actually implemented prior to the Calculation Date, in connection with or as a result of an acquisition, Investment, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued operation or other specified action and that are supportable and quantifiable by the underlying accounting records; or
(3) relate to an acquisition, Investment, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued operation or other specified action and that are reasonably expected to be realized within 12 months of the date of the closing of the acquisition, Investment, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued operation or specified action.
Pyxus International means Pyxus International, Inc. (formerly known as Pyxus One, Inc.), a Virginia corporation, and its successors and assigns.
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Pyxus Parent means Pyxus Parent, Inc., a Virginia corporation, and its successors and assigns.
QIB means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A.
Qualifying Equity Interests means Equity Interests of Pyxus International other than Disqualified Stock.
Real Property of any Person shall mean all the right, title, and interest of such Person in and to land, improvements and fixtures thereon, including freeholds and leaseholds.
Recovery Event means the receipt by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of any cash insurance proceeds or condemnation award payable by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction or damage, taking or similar event with respect to any of their respective property or assets.
Regulation S means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
Regulation S Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes issued in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of such officers and, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and, in each case, who has direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
Restricted Definitive Note means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
Restricted Global Note means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
Restricted Investment means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Period means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.
Restricted Subsidiary of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless the context otherwise requires, Restricted Subsidiary refers to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantors or the Company.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 903 means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 904 means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
S&P means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., or any successor thereto.
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Seasonal Subsidiary Debt means seasonal Indebtedness (under bank facilities) incurred by the Restricted Subsidiaries of Pyxus International (other than the Company or any other Parent Guarantor) and having maturities of no more than one year.
SEC means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental authority succeeding to any or all of its functions.
Secured Debt Documents means, collectively, the Note Documents and the Security Documents.
Secured Obligations means the Notes and all other Obligations in respect thereof including, without limitation interest and premium (if any), and all Guarantees of any of the foregoing.
Secured Parties means the Holders, any other holders of Secured Obligations, the Trustee and each Agent.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security Documents means the Pledge and Security Agreement, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the UK Debenture, the UK Trust Deed, the UK Share Charges, the Dutch Pledge and all other security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, Mortgages, collateral trust or agency agreements, intercreditor agreements, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Company or any Guarantor creating (or purporting to create) a Lien upon any asset in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of any of the Secured Parties, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms and the applicable Intercreditor Agreements.
Senior Holders shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement.
Significant Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a significant subsidiary as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof.
Specified Obligors means Intabex Netherlands B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, Alliance One International Tabak B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, and their respective Subsidiaries.
Specified Sales means (1) the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of inventory and materials in the ordinary course of business and (2) the conversion of cash into Cash Equivalents or Cash Equivalents into cash.
Stated Maturity means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the date hereof (or, if later, the initial date of entry into such documentation), and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
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Subsidiary means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
(2) any partnership or limited liability company of which (a) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (b) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.
Subsidiary Guarantor means any Subsidiary of Pyxus International (other than the Company and any other Parent Guarantor) that provides a Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb).
Transaction Costs means all losses, charges, costs or expenses related to the Transactions.
Transactions means the consummation of the Exchange Transactions as defined in the Offering Memorandum including all transactions related thereto and the payment of fees and expenses related thereto.
Trustee means Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as trustee hereunder, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
UK Debenture means the English law governed debenture dated the Issue Date between Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd. and Pyxus Agriculture Holdings Limited, as chargors, and the Collateral Agent, as collateral agent.
UK Guarantor and UK Guarantors means any Guarantor or Guarantors organized or existing under the laws of the United Kingdom, including of England and Wales or Scotland.
UK Legal Reservations means, in the case of any UK Guarantor or any Secured Debt Document governed by English law or to which a UK Guarantor is party: (i) the principle that certain remedies may be granted or refused at the discretion of the court, the limitation of enforcement by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation, court schemes, moratoria, administration and other laws generally affecting the rights of creditors and secured creditors; (ii) the time barring of claims under applicable limitation laws and defences of acquiescence, set off or counterclaim and the possibility that an undertaking to assume liability for or to indemnify a person against non-payment of stamp duty may be void; (iii) the principle that in certain circumstances Collateral granted by way of fixed charge may be recharacterised as a floating charge or that Collateral purported to be constituted as
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an assignment may be recharacterised as a charge; (iv) the principle that additional interest imposed pursuant to any relevant agreement may be held to be unenforceable on the grounds that it is a penalty and thus void; (v) the principle that a court may not give effect to an indemnity for legal costs incurred by an unsuccessful litigant; (vi) the principle that the creation or purported creation of Collateral over any contract or agreement which is subject to a prohibition on transfer, assignment or charging may be void, ineffective or invalid and may give rise to a breach of the contract or agreement over which Collateral has purportedly been created; (vii) similar principles, rights and defences under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction; (viii) the making or the procuring of the appropriate registrations, filing, endorsements, notarization, stampings and/or notifications of the Security Documents and/or the Collateral created thereunder and (ix) any other matters which are set out as qualifications or reservations (however described) as to matters of law in any legal opinion delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to any Secured Debt Document.
UK Perfection Requirement means any registration, filing, endorsement, notarization, stamping, notification or other action or step to be made or procured in any jurisdiction in order to create, perfect or enforce the Lien created by a Security Document and/or to achieve the relevant priority for the Lien created thereunder.
UK Security Documents means the Security Documents governed by the laws of the United Kingdom, including England and Wales and Scotland.
UK Share Charges means the English law governed share charges dated the Issue Date between (1) Alliance One International LLC (as chargor) and the Collateral Agent (as collateral agent); and (2) the Company (as chargor) and the Collateral Agent (as collateral agent).
UK Trust Deed means the English law governed security trust deed dated the Issue Date between the Company and the Collateral Agent, as collateral trustee.
Uncommitted Inventories means tobacco inventories for which the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries has not received a Confirmed Order, which such inventories are reflected on the books and records of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries as uncommitted inventories in accordance with GAAP.
Unrestricted Definitive Note means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
Unrestricted Global Note means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor that is designated by the Board of Directors of Pyxus International as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of Pyxus International, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:
(1) except as permitted under Section 4.11, is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company or such Parent Guarantor;
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(2) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company, any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Persons financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and
(3) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.
U.S. Person means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities Act.
Value Added Processing Facility means the tobacco processing facility located along Baldree Road and Wilco Boulevard in Wilson, North Carolina.
Voting Stock of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by
(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary of any specified Person means a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares and/or nominal amounts of shares required to be held by Persons other than the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries) will at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person.
Wilson County Facility means the fee owned facility located on Old Stantonsburg Road, in Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina.
Section 1.02 Other Definitions.
Term |
Defined in Section |
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Applicable Law |
13.14 | |||
Asset Sale Offer |
3.09 | |||
Authentication Order |
2.02 | |||
Change of Control Offer |
4.15 | |||
Change of Control Payment |
4.15 | |||
Change of Control Payment Date |
4.15 | |||
Covenant Defeasance |
8.03 | |||
DTC |
2.03 | |||
Event of Default |
6.01 | |||
Excess Proceeds |
4.10 |
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Term Fixed Amounts Freely Disposable Amount incur Incurrence Based Amounts Legal Defeasance Offer Amount Offer Period Paying Agent Payment Default Permitted Debt Purchase Date Registrar Restricted Payments Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of the Trust Indenture Act. (1) This Indenture is not and shall not be qualified by the TIA and no provisions of the TIA are incorporated by reference in
and made a part of this Indenture. Section 1.04 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires: (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it; (2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP; (3) or is not exclusive; (4) including is not limiting; (5) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; (6) will shall be interpreted to express a command; (7) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; (8) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor
sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time; and (9) for purposes of determining compliance with an applicable
covenant, any Indebtedness, Lien, Investment, Restricted Payment or Asset Sale need not be permitted solely by reference to one basket in such covenant, but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof. 33
Section 1.05 Calculations; Etc. (1) Any calculation or measure that is determined with reference to the Companys and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries
financial statements (including, without limitation, Consolidated EBITDA, consolidated interest expense, Consolidated Net Income, Consolidated Net Worth, Consolidated Tangible Net Worth, Eligible Inventory, Eligible Receivables, Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio, Fixed Charges and clause (3)(A) of the second paragraph under Section 4.07(a)) may be determined with reference to Pyxus Internationals financial information at the election of Pyxus International. (2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or
consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Indenture under a restrictive covenant that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, any Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test) (any such amounts, the
Fixed Amounts) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of the Indenture that requires compliance with any such financial ratio or test (any such
amounts, the Incurrence Based Amounts), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts (and any cash proceeds thereof) shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence Based Amounts
in connection with such substantially concurrent incurrence. ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES Section 2.01 Form and Dating. (a) General. The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes
may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $1.00 or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof (or
such other amount as may be necessary to reflect the full amount of the Notes). The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are
hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and any Agent, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the
extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling. (b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon
and the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the
Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount
of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any
endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Registrar or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance
with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof. 34
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication. At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the Company by manual, facsimile or electronic signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be
valid. A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence
that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture. The Trustee will cause an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly
appointed authenticating agent) to manually sign the certificate of authentication of a Note only if (1) the Company delivers such Note to the Trustee; (2) such Note is executed by the Company in accordance with this Section; and
(3) the Company delivers a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an Authentication Order) to the Trustee that (a) requests the Trustee to authenticate such Note; (b) sets forth the name of the Holder of
such Note and the date as of which such Note is to be authenticated; and (c) sets forth statements required by Section 13.02(1) hereof. If such Authentication Order also requests the Trustee to deliver such Note to any Holder or to the
Depositary, then the Trustee will promptly deliver such Note in accordance with such Authentication Order. On the Issue Date, there will
be originally issued two hundred sixty million, four hundred fifty-two thousand, three hundred forty dollars ($260,452,340) aggregate principal amount of Notes, subject to the provisions of this Indenture
(including this Section). The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited but may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company pursuant to
one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent
acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company. Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
(Registrar) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (Paying Agent). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more
co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term Registrar includes any co-registrar and the term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without
notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act
as such. The Company, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. The Company
initially appoints Wilmington Trust, National Association to act as Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company initially appoints The
Depository Trust Company (DTC) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes. 35
The Company initially appoints the Registrar to act as Custodian with respect to the Global
Notes. Section 2.04 Holder Lists. The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
all Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee at least ten Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such
date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes. Section 2.05
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. The Paying Agent shall (or if the Paying Agent is not a party hereto, the Company will
require such Paying Agent to agree in writing that such Paying Agent will) hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will
notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to
pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will
segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. In such case, upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the
Notes. Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange. (a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the
Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by
the Company for Definitive Notes if: (1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is
unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such
notice from the Depositary; (2) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in
part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; or (3) there
has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes, and the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar has received a written request from DTC, or from a holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Note, to exchange
such Global Note or beneficial interest. Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1), (2) or (3) above, Definitive
Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange
for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant 36
to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another
Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof. (b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes
will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth
herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following
subparagraphs, as applicable: (1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any
Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend. Beneficial
interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the
Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1). (2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of
Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either: (A) both: (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and (ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account
to be credited with such increase; or (B) both: (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and (ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such
Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above. Upon satisfaction of all of the
requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Registrar shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s)
pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof. 37
(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A
beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of
Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following: (A) if the transferee will take delivery in the
form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; (B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and (C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable. (4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted
Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following: (A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or (B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a
Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; and, in each such case set forth in this clause (4), if the Registrar or the Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar or the Company, as applicable, to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the
Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. If any such transfer is effected
pursuant to this clause (4) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one
or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to this clause (4). 38
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred
to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. (c) Transfer or Exchange of
Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes. (1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive
Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation: (A) if the holder of such
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof; (B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; (C) if such beneficial interest is being
transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(2) thereof; (D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof; (E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel
required by item (3) thereof, if applicable; (F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or (G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act,
a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, the Registrar shall cause
the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions
a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. 39
Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions in accordance with the
applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein. (2) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if the Registrar
receives the following: (A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange
such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or (B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a
Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; and, in each such case set forth in this clause (2), if the Registrar or the Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar or the Company, as applicable, to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the
Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. (3) Beneficial
Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Registrar will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable
Unrestricted Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate
principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such
beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Registrar will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will not bear the Private Placement Legend. 40
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests. (1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive
Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then,
upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation: (A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note
proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof; (B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect
set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; (C) if such Restricted Definitive
Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (2) thereof; (D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof; (E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of
Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable; (F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or (G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, the
Registrar will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A
Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note, and in all other cases, the IAI Global Note. (2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note
may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the
Registrar receives the following: (A) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a
beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or (B) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; 41
and, in each such case set forth in this clause (2), if the Registrar or the Company so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar or the Company, as applicable, to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that
the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(2), the Registrar will cancel the
Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note. (3)
Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Registrar will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and
increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes. If any such exchange or
transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(A), (2)(B) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred. (e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holders
compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the
Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder
must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e). (1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and
registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following: (A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; (B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or
Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and (C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then
the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable. 42
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any
Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
following: (A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted
Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or (B) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery
thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; and, in each such case set forth in this clause (2), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the
Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with
the Securities Act. (3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted
Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes
pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof. (f) Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and
Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture. (1) Private Placement Legend. (A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (C) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in
exchange therefor or substitution thereof) issued in reliance on Rule 144A shall bear the legend in substantially the following form: THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF
1933 (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS
NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. 43
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS NOTE MAY BE
OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144
THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND
(B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE. (B) Except as permitted by subparagraph (C) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in
exchange therefor or substitution thereof) issued in reliance on Regulation S shall bear the legend in substantially the following form: THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS NOTE MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED,
ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (IV) PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS
REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE. (C)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(2), (c)(3), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2) or (e)(3) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof)
will not bear the Private Placement Legend. 44
(2) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially
the following form: THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN
CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE REGISTRAR MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE,
(2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE REGISTRAR FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.10 OF THE INDENTURE AND
(4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT
IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK,
NEW YORK) (DTC), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. (g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global
Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be
returned to or retained and canceled by the Registrar in accordance with Section 2.10 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the
Registrar or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another
Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Registrar or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase. (h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges. (1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes
and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrars request. 45
(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a
Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other
than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.04 hereof). (3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or
in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. (4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes
issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or
Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. (5) Neither the Registrar nor the Company
will be required: (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection; (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date
and the next succeeding interest payment date. (6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any
Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other
purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary. (7) The Trustee
will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof. (8) All
certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile. (9) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Trustee nor the Registrar shall be responsible for
ascertaining whether any transfer complies with the registration provisions of or exemptions from the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws. (10) Members of, or participants in, the Depositary shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Note held on
their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Note for all purposes
whatsoever. 46
(11) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the
Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and Participants, the operation of
customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security. (12) No Agent shall be liable for
the acts or omissions of the Depositary. Section 2.07 Replacement Notes. If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of any Note, the Company will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustees requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond
must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company
may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note. Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled
to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder. The Notes outstanding at
any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and
those described in this Section 2.07 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.08 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note. If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it
that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser. If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01
hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue. If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue interest. Section 2.08 Treasury Notes. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned
by the Company or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the
purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee actually knows are so owned will be so disregarded. Section 2.09 Temporary Notes. Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order, will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Without unreasonable delay, the Company will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes. 47
Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture. Section 2.10 Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any
Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will destroy canceled Notes
(subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all canceled Notes will be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. Section 2.11 Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent
lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of
the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date may be less
than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) will
give or cause to be given to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid. Section 2.12 Additional Notes. The Company may issue Additional Notes under this Indenture from time to time. Any issuance of Additional Notes is subject to all of the covenants in this
Indenture. The Initial Notes and any Additional Notes subsequently issued under this Indenture will be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to
purchase, and including under the Security Documents; provided that if any Additional Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax or other purposes, such Additional Notes will be issued as a separate series under this
Indenture and will have separate CUSIP and ISIN numbers from the Initial Notes. In authenticating such Additional Notes, and accepting
the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Additional Notes, the Trustee shall receive and, subject to Section 7.01 hereof, shall be fully protected in relying upon: (i) an executed supplemental indenture, if any; and (ii) an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel delivered in accordance with Section 13.02 hereof. 48
Section 2.13 CUSIP/ISIN Numbers. Any Additional Notes issued under this Indenture will not be issued with the same CUSIP or ISIN, if any, as the Initial Notes issued on the
Issue Date unless such Additional Notes are fungible with the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date for U.S. federal income tax or other purposes. The Trustee shall have no liability for any defect in any CUSIP numbers as they appear on any Notes,
notice or elsewhere and any such notice may state that no representation is made as the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change
in the CUSIP numbers. ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee. If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the
Trustee, with a copy to the Paying Agent, at least 5 days (or such shorter time period as the Trustee may agree) prior to the date that the notice of redemption is required to be sent or caused to be sent to Holders pursuant to Section 3.03, an
Officers Certificate setting forth: (1) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;
(2) the redemption date; (3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and (4) the redemption price. Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for
redemption or purchase in compliance with the Applicable Procedures, or if such Notes are not held through a Depositary or there are no relevant Applicable Procedures, on a pro rata basis. In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased will be selected, unless otherwise
provided herein, not less than 15 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption or purchase date by the Trustee (pursuant to any relevant Applicable Procedures) from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase. No Notes in
amounts of $1.00 or less may be redeemed in part. The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for
redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $1.00 or whole multiples of $1.00
in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of
this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. 49
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption. Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.04 and 3.09 hereof, at least 15 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the
Company will give or cause to be given, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, except that redemption notices may be given more
than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 12 hereof. The notice will identify the Notes to be redeemed and will state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the redemption price; (3) the name and address of the Paying Agent; (4) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price; (5) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to
accrue on and after the redemption date; (6) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which
the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; (7) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy
of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes; and (8) any condition precedent to such
redemption, if any. At the Companys request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Companys name and at its
expense; provided, however, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least 5 days (or such shorter time period as the Trustee may agree) prior to the date that the notice of redemption is required to be sent or caused to be sent to Holders
pursuant to Section 3.03, an Officers Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph. Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption. Any redemption and notice may, at the Companys discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent,
including, but not limited to, the completion of another offering, transaction or event. Once notice of redemption is given in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption
date at the redemption price, subject to any conditions set forth in the notice of redemption. If one or more conditions precedent with respect to a redemption are not satisfied (as determined by Pyxus International in good faith) or waived by the
Company on or prior to the redemption date, the redemption date shall be deemed not to have occurred and, at the Companys election, may be (i) delayed for all purposes under this Indenture until such time as any or all such conditions
precedent are satisfied (as determined by Pyxus International in good faith) or waived by the Company, as applicable, or (ii) revoked in the event that any or all such conditions precedent are not satisfied (as determined by Pyxus International
in good faith) or waived by the Company on or prior to the redemption date, or on or prior to the redemption date so delayed. The Company shall give notice of any such non-occurrence, delay or revocation to
the Holders and to the Trustee. 50
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price. Before 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the redemption or purchase date, the Company will deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to
pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Paying Agent will promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the
amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased. If the
Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased
on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any
Note called for redemption or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or
purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part. Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the
Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered upon cancellation of the original Note. Section 3.07 Optional Redemption. (a) At any time after the Issue Date, the Company may on one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes at its option, upon not less
than 15 nor more than 60 days notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, to, but excluding, the applicable date of redemption, subject to the rights of Holders on the
relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the
redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date. (b) [Reserved]. (c)
[Reserved]. (d) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06
hereof. 51
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption. The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds. In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company is required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (an
Asset Sale Offer), it will follow the procedures specified below. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders. The
Asset Sale Offer will remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the Offer Period). No
later than three Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the Purchase Date), the Company will apply all Excess Proceeds (or such lesser amount as provided in Section 4.10) (the Offer Amount) to the
purchase of Notes or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer, in each case on the terms specified herein. Payment for any Notes so purchased will be made in the same manner as interest
payments are made. If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any
accrued and unpaid interest will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company will give a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy to the
Trustee and the Paying Agent. The notice will contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state: (1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of
time the Asset Sale Offer will remain open; (2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date; (3) that any Note not validly tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest; (4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer
will cease to accrue interest on and after the Purchase Date; (5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant
to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in denominations of $1.00 or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof only (or such other amount as may be necessary to reflect the full amount of the Notes); (6) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with
the form entitled Option of Holder to Elect Purchase attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or the Paying Agent at the address specified in the
notice at least three days before the Purchase Date; 52
(7) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company,
the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, an email, PDF, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder
delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; (8) that,
if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company will select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes surrendered (with such adjustments as may be
deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes denominations of $1.00 or integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, will be purchased, or such other amount as may be necessary to reflect the full amount of the Notes); and (9) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer). On or before the Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent
lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and will
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Registrar the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers Certificate (with a copy to the Trustee) stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance
with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, will promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal
to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company will promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company, will authenticate and mail or deliver (or
cause to be transferred by book entry) such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof.
The Company will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date. Other than as specifically provided in this
Section 3.09, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof. ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS Section 4.01 Payment of Notes. The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided
in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the due date money deposited by the
Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code) on overdue principal and premium,
if any, at the rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post- petition interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code) on overdue
installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful. 53
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain in the United States, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee,
Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be deemed an agent of the Company for service of legal process. The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any
or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the United States for
such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The Company hereby designates the Office of the Paying Agent as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03
hereof. Section 4.03 Reports. (a) So long as any Notes are outstanding, Pyxus International shall make available without cost to the Trustee and the Holders: (1) as soon as available but within 90 days after the end of each financial year of Pyxus International, all annual financial
statements that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Form 10-K of Pyxus International, plus a Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations, a presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA of Pyxus International substantially consistent with the presentation thereof in Pyxus Internationals historical public filings with the SEC and derived from such
financial information and a report on the annual financial statements by Pyxus Internationals independent registered public accounting firm. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in this Section 4.03(a)(1) may be satisfied with
respect to financial information of Pyxus International and its Subsidiaries by furnishing Pyxus Internationals (or any parent entitys thereof) Form 10-K filed with the SEC. (2) as soon as available but within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each financial year of
Pyxus International, all quarterly financial statements that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Form 10-Q of Pyxus International, plus a Managements Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and a presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA of Pyxus International substantially consistent with the presentation thereof in Pyxus Internationals historical public
filings with the SEC and derived from such financial information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in this Section 4.03(a)(2) may be satisfied with respect to financial information of Pyxus International and its Subsidiaries by
furnishing Pyxus Internationals (or any parent entitys thereof) Form 10-Q filed with the SEC. 54
(3) promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an event required to
be therein reported by Pyxus International, such other reports (in each case, without exhibits) containing substantially the same information required to be contained in a Current Report on Form 8-K under
Item 1.01 (Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement), 1.03 (Bankruptcy or Receivership), 2.01 (Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets), 2.03 (Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant), 2.04 (Triggering Events That Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangement), 4.02 (Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review), 5.01 (Changes in Control of Registrant), 5.02(a)(1) and (c)(1) (Departure of
Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers) and 5.03(b) (Changes in Fiscal Year). (b) With
respect to the reports required to be furnished by Section 4.03(a): (1) no such reports referenced under clause
(3) above will be required to include as an exhibit or summary of terms of, any employment or compensatory arrangement agreement, plan or understanding between Pyxus International (or any of its Subsidiaries) and any director, manager or
executive officer, of Pyxus International (or any of its Subsidiaries); (2) in no event will such reports be required to
comply with Section 302, Section 404 or Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or related Items 307 and 308 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC; (3) in no event will such reports be required to comply with Item 302 of Regulation S-K
promulgated by the SEC; (4) in no event will such reports be required to comply with Rule
3-10 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC or contain separate financial statement for Pyxus International or its Subsidiaries the shares of which may be pledged to
secure the Notes or any Guarantee that would be required under (i) Section 3-09 of Regulation S-X or
(ii) Section 3-16 of Regulation S-X, respectively, promulgated by the SEC; (5) in no event will such reports be required to comply with Regulation G under the Exchange Act or Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC with respect to any non-GAAP financial measures contained therein; (6) no such reports referenced under clause (3) above will be required to be furnished if Pyxus International determines
in its good faith judgment that such event is not material to the holders or the business, assets, operations or financial position of Pyxus International, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (7) in no event will such reports be required to comply with Item 601 of Regulation S-K
promulgated by the SEC (with respect to exhibits) or, with respect to reports reference in clause (3) above, to include as an exhibit copies of any agreements, financial statements or other items that would be required to be filed as exhibits
to a current report on Form 8-K; 55
(8) trade secrets and other confidential information that is competitively
sensitive in the good faith and reasonable determination of Pyxus International may be excluded from any disclosure; (9)
such information will not be required to include information that is not otherwise similar to information contained in Pyxus Internationals (or its predecessors) historical public filings with the SEC; (10) to the extent that Pyxus International is not a reporting company under the Exchange Act, in no event will such reports be
required to be presented in compliance with the requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; and (11) in
no event will such reports contain compensation or beneficial ownership information. (c) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, to
the extent not satisfied by Section 4.03(a), the Company and the Guarantors will furnish to the Holders and to prospective purchasers of the Notes or Beneficial Owner of the Notes in connection with any sale thereof, upon their request, the
information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
requirements of this Section 4.03 shall be deemed satisfied by posting such reports or information on (i) Pyxus Internationals website (or on the publicly available website of any of its parent companies (including the Parent
Guarantors) or Subsidiaries) or (ii) a password-protected online data system that will require a confidentiality acknowledgment, including Intralinks, SyndTrak or ClearPar provided that access shall also be granted to any bona fide prospective
investor, any securities analyst (to the extent providing analysis of investment in the Notes) or any market maker in the Notes who agrees to treat such information as confidential; provided however, that Pyxus International may deny access to any
competitively-sensitive information otherwise to be provided pursuant to this covenant to any such Holder, beneficial owner, bona fide prospective investor, securities analyst or market maker to the extent that Pyxus International determines in good
faith that the provision of such information to such Person would be competitively harmful to the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries. (e) It is understood that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports
have been posted on Pyxus Internationals website (or the publicly available website of any of its parent companies or Subsidiaries), other online data system or filed with the SEC. The Trustee shall have no duty to review or analyze reports
delivered to it. The posting or delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive notice or knowledge of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including Pyxus Internationals compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers
Certificates). (f) Pyxus International may satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.03 by furnishing financial information
relating to any direct or indirect parent or predecessor thereof. (g) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, Pyxus International
will host a quarterly telephonic conference call (which may be a single conference call together with investors and lenders holding other securities or Indebtedness of the Company, any Parent Guarantors and/or their Restricted Subsidiaries) with the
Holders of the Notes to discuss the Pyxus Internationals results of operations and financial performance for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter and
year-to-date, which shall include a question and answer session. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to attend any such calls. 56
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate. (a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, with a copy to the Paying Agent, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an
Officers Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining
whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed,
performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred,
describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or propose to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in
existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or propose to take with respect
thereto. (b) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, with a copy
to the Paying Agent, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default that remains uncured for five (5) days and what action the Company is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. Section 4.05 Taxes. The Company and each Parent Guarantor will pay, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes,
assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes. Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Company and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead,
or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and
each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted. 57
Section 4.07 Restricted Payments. (a) The Company and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: (1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Companys, any Parent
Guarantors or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted
Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Companys, any Parent Guarantors or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Pyxus International and other than dividends or distributions payable to the Company, a Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor); (2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including without limitation, in connection with any merger or
consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (including the Parent Guarantors); (3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value (i) any
Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Existing Notes Obligations), (ii) any Junior Lien Debt or
(iii) any unsecured Indebtedness for borrowed money, in each case, of the Company or any Guarantor (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company, any Parent Guarantor and/or any of their
Restricted Subsidiaries), and, except, in each case, a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof; provided that the provisions of this clause (3) shall apply only to direct Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor and
shall not be deemed to apply to any Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (including any such Indebtedness guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor); or (4) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as
Restricted Payments); however, the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments if, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment: (1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;
(2) Pyxus International would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such
Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a)
hereof; and (3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the
Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries since the Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3) and (4) of paragraph (b) of this Section 4.07), is less than the sum, without
duplication of: (A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from
the beginning of the fiscal quarter in which the Issue Date occurs to the end of the Companys most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Investment (or, if such
Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus 58
(B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by Pyxus International
since the Issue Date as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Qualifying Equity Interests of Pyxus International or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock of Pyxus International or
convertible or exchangeable debt securities of Pyxus International, in each case that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualifying Equity Interests of Pyxus International (other than Qualifying Equity Interests and convertible or
exchangeable Disqualified Stock or debt securities sold to a Subsidiary of Pyxus International); plus (C) to the extent
that any Restricted Investment that was made after the Issue Date is (a) sold for cash or otherwise cancelled, liquidated or repaid for cash, or (b) made in an entity that subsequently becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any
Parent Guarantor, the initial amount of such Restricted Investment (or, if less, the amount of cash received upon repayment or sale); plus (D) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary designated as such after the Issue Date is redesignated as a Restricted
Subsidiary after the date hereof, the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of the Companys or Parent Guarantors or any Restricted Subsidiarys Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation or (ii) such
Fair Market Value as of the date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the date hereof; plus (E) 50% of any dividends received in cash by the Company, a Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date
from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company or Parent Guarantor, to the extent that such dividends were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for such period. (b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) hereof will not prohibit: (1) the payment of any dividend or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration
of the dividend or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture; (2) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of or with the net cash proceeds of the substantially
concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor) of, Equity Interests of Pyxus International (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity capital to Pyxus
International; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will not be considered to be net proceeds of Qualifying Equity Interests for purposes of clause (3)(B) of the preceding
paragraph; 59
(3) the payment of any dividend (or, in the case of any partnership or
limited liability company, any similar distribution) by a Restricted Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis; (4) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of the Company or any
Guarantor that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Existing Notes Obligations) with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; (5) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries held by any current or former officer, director or employee of the Company or a
Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, shareholders agreement or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate amounts paid under this clause (5) do
not exceed $7.5 million in any fiscal year; provided, further, that the amount paid for such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition in any twelve-month period may be increased by an amount not to exceed: (a) [reserved]; (b) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company, a Parent Guarantor or their Restricted
Subsidiaries after the date hereof; and in addition, cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Parent Guarantor from any
current or former officer, director or employee (or any permitted transferees thereof) of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), in connection with a repurchase
of Equity Interests of Pyxus International from such Persons will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provisions of this Indenture; (6) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options or warrants to the extent such Equity
Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options or warrants; (7) so long as no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of Pyxus International or any preferred stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company or any Parent Guarantor issued on or after the date hereof in accordance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) or any other Permitted Debt; (8) payments of cash, dividends, distributions, advances or other Restricted Payments by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or
any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon (a) the exercise of options or warrants or (b) the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person; (9) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, other Restricted Payments approved by the Board
of Directors of Pyxus International in an aggregate amount, taken together with all Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (9), not to exceed $35.0 million since the Issue Date; 60
(10) [reserved]; (11) [reserved]; and (12) Permitted Payments to Parent. The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or
securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are required to be
valued by this Section 4.07 will be determined by the Board of Directors of Pyxus International, whose resolution with respect thereto will be delivered to the Trustee. Such Board of Directors determination must be based upon an opinion
or appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the Fair Market Value exceeds $20.0 million. The Company and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any
payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value the Existing Notes Obligations (except a payment of scheduled interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof) (x) at any time that a
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof or (y) in contravention of the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements. Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries. (a) The Company and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly,
create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of Pyxus International to: (1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their
Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (except for waiving or
deferring in the ordinary course of business subrogation and reimbursement rights in connection with the guarantee obligations permitted pursuant to Section 4.09); (2) make loans or advances to the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; or (3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted
Subsidiaries. (b) The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) hereof will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by
reason of: (1) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness, the Existing Notes and the Credit Agreements as in effect on
the date hereof and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that the amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings,
replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date hereof; 61
(2) this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees (including any
Additional Notes issued after the Issue Date and the related Note Guarantees in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the date hereof); (3) agreements governing other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 and any amendments,
restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that (a) the restrictions are ordinary and customary with respect to the type of Indebtedness being incurred and
(b) such encumbrances or restrictions will not materially affect the Companys ability to make payments of principal or interest on the Notes, as determined at the time such Indebtedness is incurred in good faith by the senior management
of Pyxus International; (4) applicable law, rule, regulation or order; (5) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of
their Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not
applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this
Indenture to be incurred; (6) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts and
licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business; (7) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the
ordinary course of business and Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature described in clause (3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof; (8) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any Parent Guarantor that
restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition; (9) Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being
refinanced; (10) Liens permitted to be incurred under the provisions of Section 4.12 hereof that limit the right of
the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens; (11) provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of
assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements (including agreements entered into in connection with a Restricted Investment) entered into with the
approval of Pyxus Internationals Board of Directors, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements; 62
(12) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by
customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; and (13) encumbrances or restrictions contained
in agreements relating only to one or more Immaterial Subsidiaries. Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness
and Issuance of Preferred Stock. (a) The Company and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, incur) any Indebtedness (including Acquired
Debt), and the Company and the Parent Guarantors will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary of Pyxus International to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that the Company and the Parent
Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and the Subsidiary Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue preferred stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for Pyxus
Internationals most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or such preferred
stock is issued, as the case may be, would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified
Stock or the preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period. (b) The provisions of
Section 4.09(a) hereof will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, Permitted Debt): (1) the incurrence by the Company, the Parent Guarantors or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness and letters of
credit under: (A) the ABL Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause
(A) (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed the greater of (x) $90.0 million and
(y) the aggregate amount of commitments by lenders to make extensions of credit from time to time under the ABL Credit Agreement; (B) the New Pyxus Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (B) not
to exceed the amount outstanding as of the Issue Date (less the amount of cash repayments thereof, other than cash repayments made with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect
thereof); (C) the New Intabex Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this
clause (C) not to exceed the amount outstanding as of the Issue Date (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof); (D) [reserved]; and (E) the Existing Notes Indenture in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (E) not to
exceed the amount outstanding as of the Issue Date (less the amount of cash redemptions or repurchases thereof, other than cash redemptions or repurchases made with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) (and any Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect thereof); 63
(2) the incurrence by the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their
Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness; (3) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of Indebtedness
represented by the Initial Notes and the related Note Guarantees to be issued on the Issue Date; (4) the incurrence by the
Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of
the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal amount,
including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed $21.0 million at any time outstanding; (5) the incurrence by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under
Section 4.09(a) hereof or clauses (2), (3), (4), (5) or (17) of this Section 4.09(b); (6) the
incurrence by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company, any Parent Guarantor and/or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, that any such Indebtedness
shall be, to the extent owed by the Company or any Guarantor to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, unsecured and expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations then due with respect to the Notes, in the
case of the Company, or the Note Guarantee, in the case of a Guarantor; provided, that if as of any date any Person other than the Company, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries owns or holds any such Indebtedness, such date
shall be deemed the date of incurrence of Indebtedness by the Company, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (6); (7) the issuance by any of the Companys or the Parent Guarantors Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company, to any
Parent Guarantor or to any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided however, that: (A) any
subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Company, a Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor; and (B) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a Person that is not either the Company, a Parent Guarantor or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor; will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred
stock by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (7); (8) the incurrence by the Company, any
Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations entered into in order to manage existing or anticipated interest rate, exchange rate or commodity price risks and not for speculative purposes; 64
(9) the incurrence by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their
Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness owing under documentary or standby letters of credit for the purchase of goods or other merchandise generally; (10) (a) Indebtedness in respect of OECD accounts receivable financings with recourse against the Company, any Parent Guarantor
or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding and (b) non-OECD accounts receivable financings with recourse against the Company,
any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding; (11) the Guarantee by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the Company,
any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent that the guaranteed Indebtedness was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09; provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is
subordinated to or pari passu with the Notes, then the Guarantee must be subordinated or pari passu, as applicable, to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed; (12) the incurrence by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of
workers compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, bankers acceptances, performance and surety bonds in the ordinary course of business; (13) the incurrence by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness owing under
overdraft facilities in connection with cash management arrangements or in respect of Bank Product Obligations; (14) the
incurrence by any Foreign Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (a) $950 million and (b) the sum of (x) 65% of Eligible
Inventory, plus (y) 65% of Permitted Advances on Purchases of Tobacco, plus (z) 85% of Eligible Receivables, and any Guarantees of such Indebtedness by the Company or any Parent Guarantor; (15) Guarantees by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries which are incurred in the ordinary
course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250.0 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding; (16)
Guarantees by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries which are incurred in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of carrying unsold tobacco inventories held against Confirmed Orders and other Guarantees
by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to Uncommitted Inventories in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Uncommitted Inventories; (17) the incurrence by the Company or any Guarantor of unsecured Indebtedness or Junior Lien Debt in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding; and (18) Guarantees by any Subsidiary that is organized
under the laws of the Netherlands under and pursuant to a liability statement pursuant to section 2:403 sub f of the Dutch Civil Code (403 verklaring) and/or by any such Subsidiaries forming part of a fiscal unity (fiscale
eenheid) in the Netherlands or equivalent tax groupings in other jurisdictions. 65
The Company and the Parent Guarantors will not incur, and will not permit any Subsidiary
Guarantor to incur, any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company, the Parent Guarantors or such Subsidiary Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also
contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes and the Note Guarantees on substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no Indebtedness will be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other
Indebtedness of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor solely by virtue of being unsecured or by virtue of being secured on junior priority basis. For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than
one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (18) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Company will be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of
its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Indebtedness described in clause (1) of the definition
of Permitted Debt shall be deemed incurred under the applicable subclause of clause (1) and may not be reclassified. The accrual of
interest or preferred stock dividends, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the reclassification of preferred stock as
Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends on preferred stock or Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an
incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock for purposes of this covenant; provided, in each such case, that the amount of any such accrual, accretion or payment is included in Fixed Charges of the Company as
accrued. For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be utilized,
calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.09, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company, any Parent Guarantor or
any Restricted Subsidiary may incur pursuant to this Section 4.09 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or currency values. The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be: (1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; (2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and (3) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of: (A) the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of determination; and (B) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person. 66
Section 4.10 Asset Sales. (a) The Company and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale
unless: (1) the Company (or the applicable Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives
consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (measured as of the date of the definitive agreement with respect to such Asset Sale) of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(2) at least 75% (100% in the case of lease payments) of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company (or
the applicable Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) is received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided, however, that in the event of an Asset Sale of any property or assets of Pyxus International that are
surplus from the standpoint of Pyxus International as a whole, in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors of Pyxus International (as evidenced by a resolution of such Board of Directors set forth in an Officers Certificate
delivered to the Trustee), at least 60% of the consideration therefor received is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash: (A) any liabilities, as shown on Pyxus Internationals most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the Company, any Parent
Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation
or indemnity agreement that releases the Company or such Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary from or indemnifies against further liability; (B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Parent Guarantor or any such Restricted
Subsidiary from such transferee that are contemporaneously, subject to ordinary settlement periods, converted by the Company or such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion; and
(C) any stock or assets of the kind referred to in clauses (2) or (4) of the next paragraph of this
Section 4.10. (b) Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale other than a sale of Collateral, the
Company (or the applicable Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) may apply such Net Proceeds (to the extent not otherwise prohibited hereunder): (1) to repay, redeem or repurchase Secured Obligations or Other Indebtedness (other than the ABL Obligations); (2) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Stock of, another Permitted Business; provided, if,
after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor, it shall be or become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or such Parent Guarantor; (3) to make a capital expenditure; or 67
(4) to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets under
GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include Cash Equivalents); provided, that the
Company or the applicable Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary will be deemed to have complied with the provisions described in clauses (2), (3) or (4) above if and to the extent that, within 365 days after the Asset Sale that
generated the Net Proceeds, the Company or such Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary has entered into and not abandoned or rejected a binding agreement irrevocably committing the Company or such Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary to an
application of funds of the kind described in clauses (2), (3) or (4) above so long as such application of funds is consummated within 545 days of the receipt of such Net Proceeds. (c) Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale that constitutes a sale of Collateral, the Company (or the
applicable Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) may apply such Net Proceeds (to the extent not otherwise prohibited hereunder): (1) (x) to the extent such Net Proceeds constitute proceeds from the sale of ABL Priority Collateral, to repay permanently any
Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement (and to effect a corresponding permanent reduction in the availability under the ABL Credit Agreement) or (y) to repay, redeem or repurchase Secured Obligations or Other Indebtedness (other than ABL
Obligations); (2) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Stock of, another Permitted
Business if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Guarantor or is merged into or amalgamated or consolidated with the Company or any Guarantor (or in the case of an Asset Sale of
Collateral, to acquire additional Collateral); (3) to make a capital expenditure to purchase assets that constitute
Collateral; or (4) to acquire other assets that would constitute Collateral that are not classified as current assets
under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business; provided, that the Company or the applicable Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary
will be deemed to have complied with the provisions described in clauses (2), (3) or (4) above if and to the extent that, within 365 days after the Asset Sale that generated the Net Proceeds, the Company or such Parent Guarantor or
Restricted Subsidiary has entered into and not abandoned or rejected a binding agreement irrevocably committing the Company or such Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary to an application of funds of the kind described in clauses (2),
(3) or (4) above so long as such application of funds is consummated within 545 days of the receipt of such Net Proceeds. (d)
Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company (or the applicable Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner
that is not prohibited by this Indenture. (e) Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in clauses
(b) and (c) of this Section 4.10 will constitute Excess Proceeds. When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million, within five days thereof, the Company will make an Asset Sale Offer to all holders of
Notes (and, at the option of the Company, make an offer to holders of, or prepay, any Other Indebtedness (other than ABL Obligations) to purchase (or repay, as applicable) the maximum principal amount of Notes and Other Indebtedness (plus all
accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of 68
all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith) that may be purchased (or repaid, as applicable) out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer
will be equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the rights of holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment
date, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this
Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered into (or required to be purchased in connection with) such Asset Sale Offer, together with the aggregate principal amount of Other Indebtedness so prepaid or tendered into (or required
to be purchased in connection with) the applicable offer, exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Excess Proceeds will be applied ratably between the Notes and such Other Indebtedness (based on the outstanding principal amount thereof) and the
Notes to be purchased will be selected pursuant to the Applicable Procedures (or if in definitive form, on a pro rata basis), based on the amounts tendered or required to be purchased (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the
Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1.00, or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof, will be purchased, or such other amount as may be necessary to reflect the full amount of the Notes). Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer,
the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero. (f) Pyxus International will determine in good faith whether, and to what extent, an
Asset Sale is in respect of ABL Priority Collateral. In the event that ABL Priority Collateral and other Collateral are disposed of in a single transaction or series of transactions in which the aggregate sales price is not allocated between the ABL
Priority Collateral and the other Collateral, including in connection with or as a result of the sale by the Company or Guarantor of the Capital Stock of the Company, Guarantor or Subsidiary thereof that owns assets constituting ABL Priority
Collateral and other Collateral, then, solely for purposes of this Indenture, the portion of the aggregate sales price deemed to be proceeds of the ABL Priority Collateral and the other Collateral shall be allocated to the ABL Priority Collateral
and such other Collateral in accordance with their respective Fair Market Values (provided, in any event, the portion thereof allocated to the ABL Priority Collateral shall not be less than the value thereof that such assets contribute to the
borrowing base under the ABL Credit Agreement). (g) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule
14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset
Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof or this Section 4.10, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and
will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 3.09 hereof or this Section 4.10 by virtue of such compliance. Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates. The Company and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction or
series of transactions with any officer, director, shareholder or Affiliate other than (1) transactions between the Company, the Guarantors and/or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices as of the date hereof, (2) transactions on terms and conditions substantially as favorable as would be obtainable in a comparable arms-length transaction with a Person other than an
officer, director, shareholder or Affiliate, (3) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, (4) any Corporate Restructuring Transactions
and the payment of all fees and expenses related to such Corporate Restructuring Transactions and (5) tax sharing agreements between the Company, the Guarantors and/or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries which provide for payments that would
be permitted under this Agreement as Tax Payments if such payments were made as dividends or similar distributions. 69
Section 4.12 Liens. The Company and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or
otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) securing Indebtedness, Attributable Debt or trade payables upon any of their property or assets, now owned or hereafter acquired. Section 4.13 Business Activities. The Company and each of the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage directly or
indirectly in any business other than the businesses engaged in by each of them and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of the date hereof and reasonable extensions thereof and businesses ancillary or complementary thereto. Section 4.14 Corporate Existence. Subject to Article 5 hereof, each of the Company and the Parent Guarantors shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and
keep in full force and effect: (1) their respective corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence
of each of them and their Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any such Subsidiary; and (2) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries;
provided, however, that the Company and the Parent Guarantors shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of their Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors the
Company or any Parent Guarantor shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not
adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes. Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of
Control. (a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will make an offer (a Change of Control Offer) to
each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1.00 or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof, or such other amount as may be necessary to reflect the full amount of the Notes) of that Holders Notes at a purchase price in cash
equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased, to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest
due on the relevant interest payment date (the Change of Control Payment). Within ten days following any Change of Control, the Company will provide a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the
Change of Control and stating: (1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.15 and
that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; 70
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than
30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the Change of Control Payment Date); (3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest; (4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant
to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on and after the Change of Control Payment Date; (5) that
pursuant to the Applicable Procedures, Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled Option of Holder to Elect Purchase attached to the
Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date; (6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business
on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, an email, PDF, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is
withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased; and (7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part
will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $1.00 or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof (or such other amount as may be necessary to
reflect the full amount of the Notes). The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule
14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a
Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of Sections 3.09 or 4.15 hereof, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be
deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 3.09 hereof or this Section 4.15 by virtue of such compliance. (b) On the
Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful: (1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of
Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an
amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered before 10:00 a.m. New York City time; and (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Registrar the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers Certificate
stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent will promptly
provide (but in any case not later than five days after the Change of Control Payment Date) to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail to each Holder a
new Definitive Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any (or in the case of a Global Note, cause to be transferred by book entry). The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of
Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date. 71
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the Company will not
be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.15 and
Section 3.09 hereof and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, or (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, unless and until there is a default in
payment of the applicable redemption price. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditioned upon the consummation of such Change of Control, if a
definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time the Change of Control Offer is made. Section 4.16 Additional Note Guarantees. (a) If (1) the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (x) Guarantees the New Pyxus Loan Obligations,
the New Intabex Loan Obligations or the Existing Notes Obligations (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) after the date hereof or (y) acquires or creates a Material Domestic Restricted Subsidiary after the date hereof
(other than, (i) in the case of clause (x), the guarantee by the Specified Obligors of the New Intabex Loan Obligations and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and (ii) in the case of clause (y), any Excluded
Subsidiary), (2) any Material Domestic Restricted Subsidiary ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary or (3) any direct or indirect parent entity of the Company is formed after the date hereof, then that Restricted Subsidiary, Material Domestic
Restricted Subsidiary or parent entity, as applicable, will become a Subsidiary Guarantor or Parent Guarantor, as applicable, and (1) execute and deliver a supplemental indenture and supplemental Security Documents (including title insurance
and surveys, if applicable) to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent pursuant to which that Subsidiary will unconditionally guarantee all of the Companys Obligations under the Notes, this Indenture and the Security Documents on the terms set
forth in this Indenture which will be secured by a Note Lien on terms substantially similar to the other Guarantors, and (2) deliver an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that, subject to customary assumptions and
exclusions, such Security Documents are enforceable against such Subsidiary or Parent Guarantor, as applicable, and have been duly executed and delivered by such Subsidiary, in each case, within 60 days of the date on which it was acquired, created
or formed (or ceased to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary). (b) The Company may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause any Subsidiary
that is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor to become a Guarantor, in which case such Subsidiary shall comply with the requirements in Section 4.16(a) above, other than the 60 day period described therein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, no Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel shall be required in
connection with the execution and delivery of a supplemental indenture by any subsequent Guarantors to guarantee the Companys Obligations under the Notes. Section 4.17 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries. 72
The Board of Directors of Pyxus International may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be
an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company, the Parent
Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under
Section 4.07 hereof or under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by Pyxus International. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted
Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of Pyxus International may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if that redesignation would not cause a Default. Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing
with the Trustee a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors of Pyxus International giving effect to such designation and an Officers Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was
permitted by Section 4.07 hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture
and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.09 hereof, the Company
will be in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors of Pyxus International may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness
by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof, calculated on a pro
forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation. ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSORS Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets. Neither the Company nor any Parent Guarantor will, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether
or not the Company or such Parent Guarantor is the surviving Person), or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Pyxus International and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless: (1) either: (A) the Company or such Parent Guarantor is the surviving corporation; or (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Parent Guarantor) or
to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia; 73
(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if
other than the Company or such Parent Guarantor) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Company or such Parent Guarantor, as applicable, under the
Notes, this Indenture and the Security Documents pursuant to a supplemental indenture and supplements or amendments to the Security Documents, as applicable, pursuant to Article 9; (3) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and (4) the Company, the Parent Guarantor or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the
Company or such Parent Guarantor), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made: would, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if
the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, (a) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof or
(b) have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio greater than the actual Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for Pyxus International for such four-quarter period. In addition, Pyxus International will not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of it and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person. This Section 5.01 will not
apply to any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company. Clauses (3) and (4) of the first paragraph of this Section 5.01 will not apply to
any merger or consolidation of the Company or a Parent Guarantor: (1) with or into one of its Restricted Subsidiaries for
any purpose; or (2) with or into an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company or any Parent
Guarantor in another jurisdiction. Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of the Company or a Parent Guarantor in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company or
such Parent Guarantor is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the Company or such Parent Guarantor shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Company or such Parent Guarantor,
as applicable), and may exercise every right and power of the Company or such Parent Guarantor, as applicable, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or such Parent Guarantor, as
applicable, herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company or Parent Guarantor, as applicable, shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale of all of the
Companys or such Parent Guarantors assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof. 74
ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES Section 6.01 Events of Default. Each of the following is an Event of Default: (1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes; (2) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on,
the Notes; (3) failure by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with the
provisions of Sections 4.10, 4.15 or 5.01 hereof; (4) other than as specified in immediately preceding clauses (1)-(3),
failure by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single
class to comply with any of the other agreements in this Indenture; (5) 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, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the
Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the date hereof, if that default: (A) is caused by a failure to pay at its Stated Maturity the principal of such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the
grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a Payment Default); or (B) results in
the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity, and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness,
together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $40.0 million or more; (6) failure by the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or
any group of its Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, to pay final judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $40.0 million, which judgments are
not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 90 days; (7) the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted
Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company or any Parent Guarantor that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Code: 75
(A) commences a voluntary case, (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (C) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (E) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; (8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under the Bankruptcy Code that: (A) is for relief against the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company or any Parent Guarantor that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case; (B) appoints a custodian of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company or a Parent Guarantor that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company, a Parent Guarantor or any of
their Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company or a Parent Guarantor that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or (C) orders the liquidation of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company or any Parent Guarantor that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; (9) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Note Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid
or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guarantee; and (10) the occurrence of any of the following: (A) except as permitted by this Indenture or any Security Document, any Security Document ceases for any reason to be fully
enforceable; provided that it will not be an Event of Default under this clause (10)(A) if the sole result of the failure of one or more Security Documents to be fully enforceable is that any Note Lien purported to be granted under such
Security Documents on Collateral, individually or in the aggregate, having a Fair Market Value of not more than $10.0 million ceases to be an enforceable and perfected Lien; 76
(B) except as permitted by this Indenture or any Security Document, any Note
Lien purported to be granted under any Security Document on Collateral, individually or in the aggregate, having a Fair Market Value in excess of $10.0 million ceases to be an enforceable and perfected Lien; or (C) the Company or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any of them, denies or disaffirms, in writing, any
obligation of the Company or any Guarantor set forth in or arising under any Security Document. Section 6.02
Acceleration. (a) In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (7) or (8) of Section 6.01 hereof,
with respect to the Company, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company or the Parent Guarantors that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount
of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Upon any such declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately. (b) If the Notes are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to their Stated Maturity, in each case as a result of an Event of Default
(including, but not limited to, an Event of Default specified in clause (7) or (8) of Section 6.01 (including the acceleration of any portion of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes by operation of law)), the amount that shall then be
due and payable shall be equal to: (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, plus (2) accrued and unpaid interest, to, but excluding, the date of such acceleration, in each case as if such acceleration were an optional redemption of the Notes so accelerated pursuant to clause (a) of Section 3.07.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if
any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture. The Trustee may maintain a
proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not
impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law. Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults. Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the
Holders of all of the Notes rescind an acceleration or waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium or interest on, the
Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however, that the Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal 77
amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such
Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent
thereon. Section 6.05 Control by Majority. Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee or the Collateral Agent. However, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent may refuse to follow any
direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as
applicable, in personal liability. Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits. A Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if: (1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing; (2) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue
the remedy; (3) such Holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense; (4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or
indemnity; and (5) Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have not given the
Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. A Holder of a Note
may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note, it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to determine whether any
action is prejudicial to any Holder. Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired
or affected without the consent of such Holder. 78
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover
judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium and interest remaining unpaid on, the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by
a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or
arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes
or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. Section 6.10 Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order: First: to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent and the Registrar, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under this Indenture
and the Security Documents, including payment of all compensation, expenses, indemnities and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee or any Agent and the costs and expenses of collection; Second: to the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Holders in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or
under the Indenture or any other Note Document but subject, in all respects, to Section 7.06 hereof; Third: to Holders of Notes for
amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium and interest, respectively; Fourth: on a pro rata basis, to pay all other amounts of Secured Obligations; and Fifth: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct. 79
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes
pursuant to this Section 6.10. Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted
by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys
fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant
to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing of which a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge, the Trustee will exercise such
of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such persons own affairs. (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default: (1) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need
perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officers Certificates, Opinions of Counsel or other certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and materially conforming to the requirements of this Indenture, and the Trustee will be
under no duty to make an investigation or inquiry into any statements contained or matters referred to in such instrument. However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements
of this Indenture. (c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own gross negligence or its own willful misconduct,
except that: (1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01; (2) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved
that the Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and (3) the Trustee will not be liable with
respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof. 80
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in
any way relates to the Trustee is subject to this Section 7.01 and 7.02. (e) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. (f) The Trustee will not be liable for interest, investment income or earnings on
any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
herein, in no event shall the Trustee or the Paying Agent be liable for interest on any money received by it (including, but not limited to, any negative interest) except as the Trustee or the Paying Agent may otherwise agree in writing with the
Company. In the event that market conditions are such that negative interest applies to amounts deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent, the Company shall be responsible for the payment of such interest and the Trustee or the Paying Agent
shall be entitled to deduct from amounts on deposit with it an amount necessary to pay such negative interest. For the avoidance of doubt, the compensation, reimbursement and indemnification protections afforded to the Trustee and the Paying Agent
under Section 7.06 of this Indenture shall cover any interest-related expenses incurred by the Trustee or the Paying Agent in the performance of their duties hereunder. (g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Article 7. The provisions of Article 7 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the Collateral Agent, the Registrar and the Paying Agent (provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to impose upon such Person
the duties or standard of care (including any prudent person standard) of the Trustee). (h) The Trustee will have no duty or obligation
to monitor the Companys compliance with the terms of this Indenture or to ascertain or inquire as to the observance or performance of any covenants, conditions or agreements of the Company or the Collateral Agent except as set forth in this
Indenture. Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, judgment, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter
stated in the document. (b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate or an Opinion
of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or
any Opinion of Counsel will constitute full and complete authorization of the Trustee to take, suffer or omit to take any action in good faith in reliance thereon without liability. (c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed
with due care. (d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be
authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture. 81
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction
or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company. (f) The Trustee will be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered the Trustee an indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against the losses, liabilities
and expenses that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. (g) Delivery of reports, information and
documents to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03 is for information purposes only, and the Trustees receipt of the foregoing will not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information
contained therein, including the Companys compliance with any of its covenants under this Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officers Certificate). (h) The permissive rights of the Trustee shall not be construed as duties. (i) The Trustee shall not be liable for any amount in excess of the value of the Collateral. (j) The Trustee shall not be responsible for, nor chargeable with, knowledge of the terms and conditions of any agreement to which it is not a
party, whether or not an original or a copy of such agreement has been provided to the Trustee. (k) The Trustee shall be under no
obligation to effect or maintain insurance or to renew any policies of insurance or to inquire as to the sufficiency of any policies of insurance carried by the Company or any Guarantor, or to report, or make or file claims or proof of loss for, any
loss or damage insured against or that may occur, or to keep itself informed or advised as to the payment of any taxes or assessments, or to require any such payment to be made. (l) The Trustee and Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to acquire possession of or take any action with respect to any property secured
by a mortgage or deed of trust, if as a result of such action, the Trustee and Collateral Agent would be considered to hold title to, to be a mortgagee in possession of, or to be an owner or operator of such
property within the meaning of the Comprehensive Environmental Responsibility Cleanup and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended from time to time, or any equivalent designation in any analogous state or local laws or regulations
promulgated pursuant to said laws, unless such action is reasonably necessary to preserve the Collateral or protect the security interest in the Collateral and the Collateral Agent is (i) reasonably likely to be able to avail itself of a
defense to liability under CERCLA or analogous state or local laws, and has had reasonable opportunity to conduct all appropriate inquiry as defined in 40 C.F.R. Part 312 and/or (ii) receives satisfactory security or indemnity for
any losses, claims, damages and liabilities relating to such action pursuant to the terms herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time, Collateral Agent is required to take any action to preserve the Collateral or protect the security
interest in the Collateral, prior to doing so, the Collateral Agent may require that a satisfactory indemnity bond or Premises Pollution Liability Insurance be furnished to it for the payment or reimbursement of all expenses to which it
may be put and to protect it against all liability resulting from any claims, judgments, damages, losses, fees, penalties or expenses which may result from such action. (m) The Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible or liable for the environmental condition or any contamination of any
property secured by any mortgage or deed of trust or for any diminution in value of any such property as a result of any contamination of the property by any hazardous substance, hazardous material, pollutant or contaminant. The Trustee and the
Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any claims by or on behalf of the Holders or any other person or entity 82
arising from contamination of the property by any hazardous substance, hazardous material, pollutant or contaminant, and shall have no duty or obligation to assess the environmental condition of
any such property or with respect to compliance of any such property under state or federal laws pertaining to the transport, storage, treatment or disposal of, hazardous substances, hazardous materials, pollutants, or contaminants or regulations,
permits or licenses issued under such laws. (n) The Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent, and
nothing in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to indemnify the Collateral Agent. When acting at the direction of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent shall only be entitled to indemnity from the Company, the Guarantors and any Holders, as
applicable. The Trustee shall have no liability to the Collateral Agent in providing any direction or instruction which has been directed or provided to the Collateral Agent by the requisite amount of Holders. Except as
provided herein, the Trustee shall not be required to provide any instruction, consent, approval or other documentation to the Collateral Agent in connection with the Collateral Agents actions hereunder (including under Articles 9 or 10) or
otherwise under any Security Document, except as the Trustee may be instructed by Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (or such other percentage as may be expressly permitted or required). (o) The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of the Trustee, and nothing in this Indenture shall require the
Collateral Agent to indemnify the Trustee. When acting at the direction of the Collateral Agent, the Trustee shall only be entitled to indemnity from the Company, the Guarantors and any Holders, as applicable. The Collateral Agent shall have no
liability to the Trustee in providing any direction or instruction which has been directed or provided to the Trustee by the requisite amount of Holders. (p) The Collateral Agent shall be fully protected in acting according to the instruction of Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes. Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days or resign. Any Agent may do the same with
like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Section 7.09 hereof. Section 7.04
Trustees Disclaimer. The Trustee will not be (a) responsible for and makes no representation as to
the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Notes, (b) accountable for the Companys use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Companys direction under any provision
of this Indenture, (c) responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent or the Collateral Agent, (d) responsible for any calculations or notices to be made under this Indenture by the Company; or
(e) responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes (including Security Documents) or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of
authentication. 83
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee will send to
Holders of Notes and the Collateral Agent a notice of the Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if it is not so known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at such time, promptly after it becomes known to a Responsible Officer,
unless such Event of Default has been waived in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided, however, that, except in the case of an Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest on, any Note, the Trustee will be protected
in withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders. The Trustee will not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless written notice of such
Default or Event of Default from the Company or a Holder is received by a Responsible Officer, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture and states that it is a notice of Default or Event of Default. Section 7.06 Compensation and Indemnity. (a) The Company will pay to the Trustee and Collateral Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture
and services hereunder. The Trustees compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee and Agents promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements,
advances and expenses incurred or made by them in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustees and Agents agents and counsel. (b) The Company and the Guarantors will on a joint and several basis indemnify the Trustee and Agents (and each of their respective directors,
officers, employees, agents and advisors) and hold them harmless against any and all losses, damages, claims, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this
Indenture and Security Documents, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture and Security Documents against the Company and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.06) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted
by the Company, the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its
gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Trustee or Agent will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee or Agent to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company or any of the
Guarantors of their obligations hereunder. The Company or such Guarantor will defend any third party claim and the Trustee or such Agent will cooperate in the defense. The Trustee and such Agent may have separate counsel and the Company will pay the
reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. (c) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.06 will survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and
any such Agent and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. (d) To secure the Companys and the Guarantors payment
obligations in this Section 7.06, the Trustee and each Agent will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. (e) When the Trustee or the Collateral Agent incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7)
or (8) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration for purposes of priority under the Bankruptcy Code. 84
Section 7.07 Replacement of Trustee. (a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor
Trustees acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.07. (b) The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be
discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing at
least 30 days prior to the requested date of removal. The Company may remove the Trustee if: (1) the Trustee fails to
comply with Section 7.09 hereof; (2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is
entered with respect to the Trustee under the Bankruptcy Code; (3) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the
Trustee or its property; or (4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting. (c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company will promptly appoint a
successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by
the Company. (d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the
retiring Trustee (at the expense of the Company), the Company, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with
Section 7.09 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee. (f) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will send a notice of its succession to Holders.
The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.06 hereof.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.07, the Companys obligations under Section 7.06 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee. Section 7.08 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
corporation, the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee. 85
Section 7.09 Eligibility; Disqualification. There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition or is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a bank holding company having a combined capital and surplus of $50.0 million as set forth in its most
recent published statement of condition. Section 7.10 Consequential Damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, in no event will the Trustee, Collateral Agent, Paying Agent or
Registrar (in each case in its capacity as such) be liable under this Indenture for any special, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including loss of profit), even if the Trustee or such Agent has
been advised as to the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. ARTICLE 8 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Company or any Parent Guarantor may at any time, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an
Officers Certificate, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8. Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Companys or a Parent Guarantors exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this
Section 8.02, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes
(including the Note Guarantees) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, Legal Defeasance). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be outstanding only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this
Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Note Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 payments in respect
of the principal of, or interest or premium on, such Notes when such payments are due; (2) the Companys obligations
with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof; 86
(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, indemnities and immunities of the
Trustee and Agents hereunder and the Companys and the Guarantors obligations in connection therewith; and (4)
this Article 8. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company or a Parent Guarantor may exercise its option under this
Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof. Section 8.03
Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Companys or a Parent Guarantors exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained
in Sections 3.09, 4.07 through 4.13, 4.15 through 4.17 hereof and clause (4) of Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied
(hereinafter, Covenant Defeasance), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in
connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed outstanding for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant
Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Note Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant,
whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not
constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes and Note Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Companys or a
Parent Guarantors exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(3) through 6.01(6) and 6.01(9)
through 6.01(10) hereof will not constitute Events of Default. Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant
Defeasance. In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof: (1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Paying Agent, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars,
non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the written opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent
public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium and interest on, the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being
defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular redemption date; (2) in the case of an election under
Section 8.02 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that: (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or 87
(B) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal
income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been
the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred; (3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the
Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant
Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; (4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or
Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit (and any similar concurrent deposit relating to other Indebtedness) and the granting of Liens to secure such borrowings); (5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture and the agreements governing any other Indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced) to which the Company or any of its Guarantors is a party or by which the Company or any of
the Guarantors is bound; (6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that the
deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or others; and (7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including
the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Paying Agent (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held
in trust and applied by the Paying Agent, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Paying Agent may
determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Company will pay and indemnify the Paying Agent against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the
account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes. 88
Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay
to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be
required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. Section 8.06
Repayment to Company. Subject to applicable law, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the
Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its
written request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company
cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such
notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. Section 8.07 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government
Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Companys
and the Guarantors obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the Note Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or the
Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note following
the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or the Paying Agent. ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT
AND WAIVER Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes. Notwithstanding Section 9.02 hereof, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent and the Registrar
may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Notes or the Note Guarantees without the consent of any Holder of Notes: (1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; (2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; 89
(3) to provide for the assumption or Guarantee of the Companys or a
Guarantors obligations to the Holders of the Notes and Note Guarantees by a successor to the Company or such Guarantor pursuant to Article 5 or Article 11 hereof; (4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not
adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder; (5) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes issued
after the Issue Date and the related Note Guarantees in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the date hereof; (6) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or provide a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes; (7) to make, complete or confirm any grant of Collateral permitted or required by this Indenture or any of the Security
Documents or any release of Collateral that becomes effective as set forth in this Indenture or any of the Security Documents; or (8) to enter into additional or supplemental Security Documents and to add any Secured Obligation to the Security Documents and
the Intercreditor Agreements on the terms set forth herein. Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of
Directors authorizing the execution of any such amendment or supplement, and upon receipt by the Trustee and any Agent, as the case may be, of the documents described in Sections 7.02 and 9.05 hereof, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying
Agent and the Registrar will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any such amendment or supplement authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that
may be therein contained, but the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent and the Registrar will not be obligated to enter into such amendment or supplement that affects its own rights, duties, indemnities or immunities under this Indenture
or otherwise. Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes. Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent and the Registrar may
amend or supplement this Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof), the Security Documents or the Notes or the Note Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of at least more than 50% in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07
hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been
rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single
class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be outstanding for
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It is not necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting
as a single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture, Security Documents or the Notes or the Note Guarantees. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment,
supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder): (1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; (2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to
the redemption of the Notes (except as provided above with respect to Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof); (3) reduce the
rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Note; (4) waive a Default or Event
of Default in the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and
a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration); (5) make any Note payable in money other than that
stated in the Notes; (6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the
rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, the Notes; (7) waive a
redemption payment with respect to any Note (other than a payment required by Sections 3.09, 4.10 or 4.15 hereof); (8)
release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or (9) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions. In addition, any amendment to, or waiver of, the provisions of this Indenture or any Security Document that has the effect of releasing all or
substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes will require the consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Section 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents. A consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent
Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the
consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date that the supplemental indenture 91
setting forth the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective under a supplemental indenture in accordance with the terms of the
supplemental indenture and thereafter binds every Holder. After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.03 becomes effective, the Company will mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the
amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture. Section 9.04 Notation on or Exchange of Notes. The Company or the Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated.
The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver. Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.05 Trustee, Collateral Agent, Paying Agent and Registrar to Sign Amendments, etc. Upon the request of the Company, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the
Holders of Notes as aforesaid, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent and the Registrar shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any supplement, amendment or waiver provided for under this Article 9 setting
forth such amendment, supplement or waiver unless such amendment, supplement or waiver directly affects the Trustees or such Agents own rights, duties, indemnities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the
Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent and the Registrar may in their discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture. In executing any amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to Section 9.01 or 9.02, the Trustee or such Agent will be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02) will be fully protected in relying on, an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the execution and delivery of such amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture and the Security Documents and is in compliance with all conditions precedent thereunder; and (B) in the case of the Opinion of Counsel, such amendment or supplemental indenture is valid, binding and enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to customary qualifications and exceptions. Unless otherwise expressly stated therein, an amendment or supplemental indenture shall become effective upon execution and delivery thereof by the
Company, the Guarantors, if any, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent and the Registrar, as applicable. ARTICLE 10 COLLATERAL AND SECURITY Section 10.01 Security Interest. The due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable,
whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium on, if any, and interest (to the extent permitted by law), on the Notes and performance of all
other obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes, the Agents or the Trustee under this Indenture and the Notes (including, without limitation, the Note Guarantees), according to the terms
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hereunder or thereunder, are secured as provided in the Security Documents. Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including,
without limitation, the provisions providing for foreclosure and release of Collateral) as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and authorizes and appoints Wilmington Trust, National
Association, as the Trustee and Alter Domus (US) LLC, as the Collateral Agent. The Trustee hereby authorizes and appoints Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent and each Holder of Notes and the Trustee direct the Collateral Agent to enter into
the Note Documents and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith, subject to the terms and conditions thereof. The Company and each of the Guarantors consent and agree to be bound by the terms of the
Security Documents, as the same may be in effect from time to time, and agree to perform their obligations thereunder in accordance therewith. The Company will deliver to the Trustee copies of all documents delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant
to the Security Documents, and will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be required by the provisions of the Security Documents, to assure and confirm to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent the security interest in the Collateral
contemplated by the Security Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Notes. The Company and the Parent Guarantors shall take, and
shall cause their Subsidiaries to take, any and all actions reasonably required to cause the Security Documents to create and maintain, as security for the Obligations under the Notes and the Note Guarantees and any other Secured Obligations, a
valid and enforceable perfected Lien in and on all the Collateral (subject to, in the case of the UK Guarantors and the UK Security Documents, the UK Legal Reservations and the UK Perfection Requirements), in favor of the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Holders of the Notes and holders of any Secured Obligations. Each Mortgage, when recorded, creates, as security for the
obligations purported to be secured thereby, a valid and enforceable perfected security interest in and mortgage lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein in favor of the Collateral Agent (or such other trustee as may be required or desired
under local law) for the benefit of the Senior Holders, superior and prior to the rights of all third Persons (except that the security interest and mortgage lien created on such Mortgaged Property may be subject to the Permitted Liens related
thereto), subject to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement and any other Intercreditor Agreement. Section 10.02 Intercreditor Agreements. This Article 10 and the provisions of each other Security Document are subject to the terms, conditions and benefits set forth in the
Intercreditor Agreements, including, in the case of the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, the right of the Controlling Holders (as defined therein) to direct the Collateral Agent to the extent set forth therein. The Company and each
Guarantor consents to, and agrees to be bound by, the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement, as the same may be in effect from time to time, and to perform its obligations thereunder in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Holder of the Notes, by
its acceptance of the Notes (a) agrees that it will be bound by, and will take no actions contrary to, the provisions of any Intercreditor Agreement and (b) authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent on behalf of each Secured Party to
enter into each Intercreditor Agreement as Collateral Agent on behalf of such Secured Parties. All Obligations hereunder and all obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under the Note Documents (including without limitation the Pledge and
Security Agreement) constitute Term/Note Claims under the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and Senior Obligations under the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement. 93
Section 10.03 Collateral Agent. (a) Alter Domus (US) LLC is hereby appointed Collateral Agent. The use of the term agent in this Indenture with reference to the
Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or
reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Note Documents, each Holder, by acceptance of its Note(s) agrees that (1) the Collateral Agent shall execute and
deliver the Note Documents and act in accordance with the terms thereof, (2) the Collateral Agent may, upon the instruction, or with the consent, of Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, take
all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to (i) enforce any of the terms of the Note Documents and (ii) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors hereunder
and under the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Note Documents and (3) to the extent permitted by this Indenture, the Collateral Agent shall have power to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings upon the instruction of the Trustee
(acting at the direction of Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes) to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any act that may be unlawful or in violation of the Note Collateral Documents or
this Indenture, and suits and proceedings upon the instruction of the Trustee (acting at the direction of Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes) to preserve or protect its interests and the
interests of the Trustee and the Holders in the Collateral (including the power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may
be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the security interest thereunder or be prejudicial to the interests of the Collateral Agent, the Holders or the Trustee).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, without limiting Section 7.01(g), the Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to take any such action without the direction of the Holders and may, at the expense of the Company, request the direction of the
Holders with respect to any such actions and upon receipt of the written consent of the Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, shall take such actions and shall have no liability or responsibility for
any losses or damages of any nature that arise from any action taken or not taken by the Collateral Agent in accordance with such direction; provided that all actions so taken shall, at all times, be in conformity with the requirements of each
Intercreditor Agreement. (b) Subject to the Note Documents, the Trustee (acting at the direction of Holders of more than 50% in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes) shall direct the Collateral Agent from time to time; provided that in the event of a conflict between directions received pursuant to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements
and directions received hereunder, the Collateral Agent will be subject to directions received pursuant to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements. Subject to the Note Documents, except as directed by the Trustee as required or
permitted by this Indenture, the Holders acknowledge that the Collateral Agent shall not be obligated: (1) to act upon
directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person; (2) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce the Liens
securing any Secured Obligations; or (3) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the Secured
Obligations, the Note Documents or the Collateral. (c) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee
under this Indenture, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified and compensated and all other rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits set forth in Article 7, are extended to the Collateral Agent, and its agents and
attorneys, and shall be enforceable by, the Collateral Agent, as if fully set forth in this Section 10.03 with respect to the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent will not be required to advance or expend any funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers or rights hereunder unless it has been provided with security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any and all liability or expense which may be incurred by it by
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(d) Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of Collateral in its possession,
the Collateral Agent will have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights
pertaining thereto and neither the Collateral Agent nor the Trustee will be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting
or maintaining the perfection of any Liens on the Collateral. The Collateral Agent will be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to
that which it accords property held by it as a collateral agent or any similar arrangement, and the Collateral Agent will not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral by reason of the act or omission
of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Collateral Agent in good faith. (e) The Collateral Agent will
be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the enforcement of the Liens securing the Secured Obligations. (f) Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent will be responsible for the existence, genuineness, sufficiency or value of any of the
Collateral or for the creation, validity, perfection, priority, protection or enforceability of the Liens on any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to act on its part hereunder, for the
validity of the title of the Company to the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral, except to the extent such action
or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent and the Trustee hereby disclaim any representation or warranty to any party, including the present and future Holders concerning
the creation, validity, perfection, priority, protection or enforceability of the Liens granted hereunder or in the value of any of the Collateral. The Collateral Agent may act and rely and shall be protected in acting and relying in good faith on
the opinion or advice of or information obtained from any counsel, accountant, appraiser or other expert or adviser, whether retained or employed by the Company or by the Collateral Agent, in relation to any matter arising in the administration of
the Security Documents. (g) The Collateral Agent shall not be required to acquire title to an asset for any reason and shall not be
required to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the benefit of another. The Collateral Agent is not a fiduciary and shall not be deemed to have assumed any fiduciary obligation. Without limiting the foregoing, if the Collateral Agent in
its sole discretion believes that any obligation to take or omit to take any action may cause the Collateral Agent to be considered an owner or operator under any environmental laws or otherwise cause the Collateral Agent to incur, or be
exposed to, any environmental liability or any liability under any other federal, state or local law, the Collateral Agent reserves the right, instead of taking such action, either to resign as Collateral Agent or to arrange for the transfer of the
title or control of the asset to a court appointed receiver. The Collateral Agent will not be liable to any Person for any environmental liability or any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or
regulation by reason of the Collateral Agents actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to any kind of discharge or release or threatened discharge or release of any hazardous materials into the
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(h) The Collateral Agent and the Trustee shall be permitted to use overnight carriers to
transmit possessory Collateral and shall not be liable for any such items of Collateral lost or damaged in transit. (i) For the avoidance
of doubt, the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Collateral Agent hereunder, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified prior to taking action, shall survive the satisfaction, discharge or
termination of this Indenture or earlier termination, resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent. (j) Without limiting the foregoing,
with respect to any Collateral located outside of the United States (Foreign Collateral), the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to directly enforce, or exercise rights and remedies in respect of, or otherwise exercise any
judicial action or appear before any court in any jurisdiction outside of the United States. To the extent the Holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding amount of Notes outstanding determine that it is necessary or advisable in connection with
any enforcement or exercise of rights with respect to Foreign Collateral to exercise any judicial action or appear before any such court, the Holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding amount of Notes outstanding shall be entitled to direct the
Collateral Agent to appoint a local agent for such purpose (subject to the receipt of such protections, security and indemnities as the Collateral Agent shall determine in its sole discretion to protect the Collateral Agent from liability). (k) The Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notice to the Trustee and the Company, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance
of a successor agent to its appointment as Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent may be removed by the Company at any time, upon 30 days written notice to the Collateral Agent. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may
remove the Collateral Agent by so notifying the Company and the Collateral Agent in writing at least 30 days prior to the requested date of removal and may appoint a successor Collateral Agent. If the Collateral Agent resigns or is removed under
this Indenture, and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor, the Company shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and has accepted such appointment within 30 days after the
Collateral Agent gave notice of resignation or was removed, the retiring Collateral Agent (at the Companys expense) or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities may, at their option, appoint a successor
Collateral Agent or petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor. In any case, the appointment of a successor agent shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Company (which approval may not be
unreasonably withheld). Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the term
Collateral Agent shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring or removed Collateral Agents appointment, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Collateral Agents
resignation or removal hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.03 (and Section 7.06) shall continue to inure to its benefit. In addition, subject to the terms of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent is
authorized and empowered to appoint one or more co-Collateral Agents as it deems necessary or appropriate. If the Collateral Agent consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all
of its assets to, another entity, the successor entity without any further act will be the successor Collateral Agent. The rights of the Holders set forth in this paragraph shall be subject to the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement. (l) In no event shall the Collateral Agent be required to execute and deliver any landlord lien waiver, estoppel or collateral access letter,
or any account control agreement or any instruction or direction letter delivered in connection with such document that the Collateral Agent determines adversely affects it or otherwise subjects it to personal liability, including without limitation
agreements to indemnify any contractual counterparty; provided that nothing in this clause (l) shall be implied as imposing any such obligation on the Company or any Guarantor to obtain any such landlord lien waiver, estoppel or
collateral access letter, or any account control agreement. 96
(m) Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of a written request of the Company signed by an
Officer (a Security Document Order), the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to execute and enter into, and if satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent, shall execute and enter into, without further consent of any
Holder or the Trustee, any Security Document to be executed after the Issue Date (including, without limitation, in connection with any Corporate Restructuring Transactions or any of them). Such Security Document Order shall (i) state that it
is being delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to, and is a Security Document Order referred to in this Section 10.03, (ii) instruct the Collateral Agent to execute and enter into such Security Document and (iii) certify that all
conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of the Security Document have been satisfied. The Holders, by their acceptance of the Notes, hereby authorize and direct the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute, enter into
and perform its obligations under each of the Intercreditor Agreements and Security Documents. (n) To the extent that any Junior Lien
Obligations are incurred by the Company or a Guarantor following the Issue Date, the Company may direct the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to enter into a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, which will have other terms as are
customary or of a technical nature and which are necessary or advisable, as determined by Pyxus International in good faith, in order to establish the junior priority of the Junior Lien Obligations to the Obligations and the junior priority of such
Junior Lien Obligations to the ABL Obligations, the New Pyxus Loan Obligations and the New Intabex Loan Obligations; provided that upon the execution of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee and the
Collateral Agent an Officers Certificate stating that such Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement complies with the conditions relating thereto in this Indenture and the Security Documents, and the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall be
entitled to conclusively rely on such Officers Certificate in executing such agreement and shall execute and enter into such agreement, without further consent of any Holder or the Trustee. By their acceptance of the Notes, the Holders are
deemed to have authorized and instructed the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to enter into such Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and perform their respective obligations and exercise their respective rights and powers thereunder.
Section 10.04 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken. (a) Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of the Note Documents, as originally in effect and as
amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with their terms or the terms of this Indenture, authorizes and empowers the Collateral Agent to act as the collateral agent under the Note Documents, authorizes and directs the
Trustee and the Collateral Agent to enter into and perform the Note Documents to which each is a party and authorizes and empowers the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to bind the Holders of Notes and other holders of Secured Obligations as set
forth in the Note Documents to which each is a party and to perform their respective obligations and exercise their respective rights and powers thereunder. (b) Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee is authorized and empowered to receive for the benefit of the Holders of
Notes any funds collected or distributed to the Trustee under the Note Documents to which the Trustee is a party and, subject to the terms of the Note Documents, to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders of Notes according to the
provisions of this Indenture. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Collateral Agent shall pay all funds collected by it to the Trustee for application according to the provisions of this Indenture. 97
(c) Subject to the Note Documents, the Trustee, at the direction of the requisite percentage
of Holders in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes for any action, shall direct, on behalf of the Holders, or such Holders shall direct the Collateral Agent to take all actions necessary or appropriate in order to: (1) foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any or all of the Liens securing the Secured Obligations; (2) enforce any of the terms of the Note Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party; or (3) collect and receive payment of any and all Obligations. (d) Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements and at the Companys sole cost and expense and subject to the Trustee and the Collateral
Agent having been indemnified by the Holders and/or the Company, the Trustee is authorized and empowered (but is not obligated) to institute and maintain, or direct the Collateral Agent to institute and maintain, such suits and proceedings as may be
reasonably expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders of Notes in the Collateral, including the power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any
legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to
the interests of Holders or the Trustee. Section 10.05 Release of Liens in Respect of Notes. (a) The Collateral Agents Liens upon the Collateral will no longer secure the Notes outstanding under this Indenture or any other
Obligations under this Indenture, and the right of the Holders of the Notes and holders of such other Obligations to the benefits and proceeds of the Collateral Agents Liens on the Collateral will terminate and be discharged: (1) in whole or in part, as ordered pursuant to applicable law under a final and
non-appealable order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction: (2) in
whole upon: (A) satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article 12 hereof; (B) a Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance of the Notes in accordance with Article 8 hereof; (C) payment in full and discharge of all Notes outstanding under this Indenture and all Secured Obligations that are
outstanding, due and payable under this Indenture at the time the Notes are paid in full and discharged; (3) in part, as
to any property that (a) is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Company or any Guarantor (other than to the Company, a Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary) in a transaction not prohibited by this Indenture at the time of
such sale, transfer or disposition or (b) is owned or at any time acquired by a Guarantor that has been released from its Guarantee pursuant to Section 11.05, concurrently with the release of such Guarantees; 98
(4) in whole or in part, with the consent of the Holders of the requisite
percentage of Notes in accordance with Article 9 hereof; (5) in part, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements; and (6) in whole or in part pursuant to Section 11.05. (b) Upon the request of the Company pursuant to an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee and the
Collateral Agent certifying that all conditions precedent thereto hereunder and under the Notes Documents have been met, the Collateral Agent shall, at the sole cost and expense of the Company, execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company or any
Guarantor such instruments of release or disclaimer in the form provided by the Company (to the extent reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent), and shall take such other action as the Company or such Guarantor may reasonably request and as
necessary to effect such release, without further consent of any Holder or the Trustee. (c) The release of any Collateral from the terms
of this Indenture will not be deemed to impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof if and to the extent the Collateral is released pursuant to the terms of this Section 10.05 and the Security Documents.
Section 10.06 Relative Rights. Nothing in the Secured Debt Documents will: (a) impair, as between the Company and the Holders of the Notes, the obligation of the Company to pay principal of, premium, accrued and
unpaid interest, on the Notes in accordance with their terms or any other obligation of the Company or any Guarantor; (b) affect the
relative rights of Holders of Notes as against any other creditors of the Company or any Guarantor (other than holders of other Note Liens or Liens permitted by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Liens); (c) restrict the right of any Holder of Notes to sue for payments that are then due and owing (but not enforce any judgment in respect thereof
against any Collateral to the extent specifically prohibited by the Intercreditor Agreements); (d) restrict or prevent any Holder of
Notes or other Secured Obligations or the Collateral Agent from exercising any of its rights or remedies upon a Default or Event of Default not specifically restricted or prohibited by the Intercreditor Agreements; or (e) restrict or prevent any Holder of Notes of other Secured Obligations or the Collateral Agent from taking any lawful action in an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding not specifically restricted or prohibited by the Intercreditor Agreements. Section 10.07 Further Assurances; Liens on Additional Property. (a) The Company and each of the Guarantors shall do or cause to be done all acts and things that may be required, or that the Collateral Agent
from time to time may reasonably request, to assure and confirm that the Collateral Agent holds, for the benefit of the holders of Secured Obligations, duly created and enforceable and perfected Liens upon the Collateral (including any property or
assets that are acquired or otherwise become, or are required by any Secured Debt Document to become, Collateral after the Notes are issued), in each case, as contemplated by, and with the Lien priority required under, the Secured Debt Documents.
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Without limiting the foregoing, to the extent that any Lien on the Collateral cannot be
perfected on or prior to the date hereof after the use of all commercially reasonable efforts, the Company and each of the Guarantors will use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to do or cause to be done all acts and things that may be
required, including obtaining any required consents from third parties, to have all security interests in the Collateral duly created and enforceable and perfected, to the extent required by the Security Documents, and obtain title insurance
promptly following the date hereof, but in no event later than 90 days thereafter. (b) The Company and each of the Guarantors shall
promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such Security Documents, instruments, certificates, notices and other documents, and take such other actions as shall be reasonably required, or that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, to create,
perfect, protect, assure or enforce the Liens and benefits intended to be conferred, in each case as contemplated by the Secured Debt Documents for the benefit of the holders of Secured Obligations; provided that no such Security Document,
instrument or other document shall be materially more burdensome upon the Company and the Guarantors than the Secured Debt Documents executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors in connection with the issuance of the Notes on or about
the Issue Date. (c) The Company shall, within a reasonable amount of time after receipt of such request, use commercially reasonable
efforts (i) to correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation of any document or instrument relating to any Collateral, and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver,
record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and
other instruments as the Collateral Agent may reasonably require from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Security Documents. ARTICLE 11 NOTE GUARANTEES Section 11.01 The Note Guarantees. (a) Subject to this Article 11, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and Agents and their successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
(1) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee and Agents hereunder, thereunder or
under the Security Documents will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. 100
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for
whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection. (b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability
of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce
the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the
obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture. (c) If any Holder or the Trustee or Agent is required by any court or otherwise to
return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee, Agent or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to
the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect. (d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to
any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the
Holders and the Trustee and Agents, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or
other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due
and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the
exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee. Section 11.02
Limitation on Guarantor Liability. Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the
intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar
federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, Agents, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the
maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution
from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 11, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance. The guarantee given by any Guarantor under this Indenture does not apply to any liability to the extent that would result in
the guarantee being unlawful under any applicable law. 101
If and to the extent a Guarantor that is organized under the laws of Liechtenstein becomes
liable arising out of or in connection with its Guarantee or any other Note Document for the Secured Obligations and if complying with such obligations would constitute a repayment of capital (Einlagerückgewähr), a violation of the
legally protected reserves (gesetzlich geschützte Reserven) or the payment of a (constructive) dividend (Gewinnausschüttung) by such Guarantor or would otherwise be restricted under applicable law and practice, such
Guarantors aggregate liability for the Secured Obligations shall not exceed the amount of the Guarantors freely disposable equity (frei verfügbares Eigenkapital) at the time it becomes liable in accordance with applicable law
(the Freely Disposable Amount). This limitation shall only apply to the extent it is a requirement under applicable law at the time such Guarantor is required to perform Secured Obligations under this Indenture or any other Note
Document. Such limitation shall not free such Guarantor from its obligations in excess of the Freely Disposable Amount, but merely postpone the performance date thereof until such times when such Guarantor has again freely disposable equity and if
and to the extent such freely disposable equity is available. Section 11.03 Execution and Delivery of Note
Guarantee. To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture
will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in
Section 11.01 hereof will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee. If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Note Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates
the Note on which a Note Guarantee is endorsed, the Note Guarantee will be valid nevertheless. The delivery of any Note by the Trustee,
after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors. In the event that the Company, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries creates or acquires any Material Domestic Restricted
Subsidiary after the date hereof, if required by Section 4.16 hereof, the Company or such Parent Guarantor will cause such Material Domestic Restricted Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.16 hereof and this Article 11, to
the extent applicable. Section 11.04 Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on
Certain Terms. Except as otherwise provided in Section 11.05 hereof, no Subsidiary Guarantor may sell or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person, other than the Company, any Parent Guarantor or another Subsidiary
Guarantor, unless: (1) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and
(2) either: (a) subject to Section 11.05 hereof, the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person
formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger unconditionally assumes all the obligations of that Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, its Note Guarantee, and the Security Documents on the terms set forth herein or therein, pursuant
to a supplemental indenture and appropriate Security Documents in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; or 102
(b) the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in
accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation, Section 4.10 hereof. In case of any such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture pursuant to Article 9, of the Note Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants
and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Subsidiary Guarantor, such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Subsidiary Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Subsidiary Guarantor. Such
successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note
Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Note Guarantees had
been issued at the date of the execution hereof. Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clauses 2(a) and
(b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary Guarantor with or into the Company, any Parent Guarantor or another Subsidiary Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or
conveyance of the property of a Subsidiary Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company, any Parent Guarantor or another Subsidiary Guarantor. Section 11.05 Releases. (a) Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, in connection with (i) any sale or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the assets of any Subsidiary Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) permitted pursuant to this Indenture (to any Person other than Pyxus International, the Company or any Subsidiary thereof), (ii) the liquidation or
dissolution of any Subsidiary Guarantor otherwise permitted hereunder or (iii) a sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of any Subsidiary Guarantor where the Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a
Parent Guarantor, in each case to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company, a Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a Parent Guarantor, then the Note Guarantee of such
Subsidiary Guarantor will be automatically and unconditionally released and the Collateral Agent shall release its security interest in all Collateral of such Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that the Note Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall
not be automatically and unconditionally released if such sale or disposition violates Section 3.09 or Section 4.10 of this Indenture. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
stating that all conditions precedent to such release under the Notes Documents have been complied with, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations
under its Note Guarantee. (b) Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, upon the closing of any sale, transfer or other
disposition of Equity Interests of any Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of the Company or Parent Guarantor permitted pursuant to this Indenture (to any Person other than a Guarantor (or Person required to be a Guarantor hereunder)), (i) the
Collateral Agent shall release to the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable without representation, warranty or recourse, express or implied, the pledged Equity Interests issued by such Guarantor and any pledged
Equity Interests issued by any other Subsidiary, as applicable, held by such Guarantor and (ii) the Collateral Agent will, upon the request and at the sole expense of the Company, execute and deliver any instrument or other document in a form
acceptable to the Collateral Agent which may reasonably be required to evidence such release. 103
(c) Upon designation of any Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture, such Subsidiary Guarantor will be automatically and unconditionally released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee. (d) Upon Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance in accordance with Article 8 hereof or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in
accordance with Article 12 hereof, each Guarantor will be automatically and unconditionally released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee. (e) If Pyxus International shall reasonably determine at any time after the Issue Date that (x) the provision or maintenance of a
Guarantee by any Foreign Guarantor would reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to the Company, any Parent Guarantor or their Subsidiaries, as evidenced by a written notice to the Collateral Agent, (i) the
Collateral Agent shall discharge and release (A) the obligations of such Foreign Guarantor pursuant to this Indenture without any further action by any Holder and (B) the security interest of the Collateral Agent in all Collateral of such
Foreign Guarantor without any further action by any Holder or (y) the provision or maintenance of a grant of a security interest in any Collateral of any Foreign Guarantor to secure the Secured Obligations would reasonably be expected to result
in material adverse tax consequences to the Company, any Parent Guarantor or their Subsidiaries, as evidenced by a written notice to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall discharge and release the security interest of the Collateral Agent
in such Collateral without any further action by any Holder; provided, that for so long as the New Pyxus Credit Agreement, the New Intabex Credit Agreement or the Existing Notes Indenture (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof in
respect of which any Foreign Guarantor is an obligor) is outstanding, no such Guarantee or security interest shall be released unless it is released concurrently under the agreements governing such other Indebtedness (and/or such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness). In connection with the foregoing, upon receipt of an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, will, upon the request and at the sole expense of the
Company, execute and deliver any instrument or other document in a form acceptable to the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as applicable, which may reasonably be required to evidence such release. Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee as provided in this Section 11.05 will remain liable for the
full amount of principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 11. ARTICLE 12 SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE Section 12.01 Satisfaction and Discharge. This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when: (1) either: (a) all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes
for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Registrar for cancellation; or 104
(b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Registrar for cancellation
have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Paying Agent as
trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of
any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Registrar for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption; (2) in respect of clause (1)(b), no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit
(other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and any similar deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens to secure such borrowings) and the deposit
will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound (other than with respect to the borrowing of funds to
be applied concurrently to make the deposit required to effect such satisfaction and discharge and any similar concurrent deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and in each case the granting of Liens to secure such borrowings); (3) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and (4) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Paying Agent under this Indenture to apply the deposited money
toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be. In addition, the Company must deliver an
Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to subclause
(b) of clause (1) of this Section 12.01, the provisions of Sections 12.02 and 8.06 hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 12.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.06 hereof, that, by
their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. Section 12.02 Application of Trust
Money. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to
Section 12.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent)
as the Paying Agent may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Paying Agent; but such money need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law. 105
If the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with
Section 12.01 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Companys and any Guarantors
obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.01 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Paying Agent. ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS Section 13.01 Notices. Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent to the others is duly given if in writing and
delivered in Person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), email, PDF, facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others address: If to the Company and/or any Guarantor: Pyxus Holdings, Inc. c/o Pyxus
International, Inc. 8001 Aerial Center Parkway Morrisville, NC 27560-2009 Facsimile No.: (919) 379-4131 Attention: Flavia Landsberg, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer With a copy to: Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 Facsimile No: (212) 455-2502 Attention: David Azarkh, Esq. and Robinson,
Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. 101 North Tryon Street, Suite 1900 Charlotte, NC 28246 Facsimile
No.: (704) 373-3955 Attention: Stephen M. Lynch, Esq. If to the Trustee: Wilmington
Trust, National Association 1100 North Market Street Wilmington, Delaware 19890 Attention: Pyxus Holdings, Inc., Administrator Facsimile: 302 636 4149. 106
If to the Collateral Agent: Alter Domus (US) LLC 225 W.
Washington St., 9th Floor Chicago, IL 60606 Attention: Steve Lenard Email:
cpc.agency@alterdomus.com and legal_agency@alterdomus.com The Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, by notice to
the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. All notices and communications
(other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if
transmitted by facsimile or email; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery; provided that notices and communications to the Trustee and Collateral Agent will be
deemed given only upon actual receipt. Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or
registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect
its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption) to a Holder of a Global Note
(whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given when delivered to the Depositary for such Note (or its designee) pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of such Depositary. The Trustee and Collateral Agent may, in its sole discretion, agree to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this
Indenture sent by e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar electronic methods. If the party elects to give the Trustee or Collateral Agent e-mail or facsimile
instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee or Collateral Agent in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustees or Collateral Agents understanding of such instructions shall be
deemed controlling. The Trustee and Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustees or Collateral Agents reliance upon and compliance with such instructions
notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and
directions to the Trustee or Collateral Agent, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee or Collateral Agent acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties. If a notice or communication is given in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee
receives it. If the Company gives a notice or communication to Holders, it will give a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same
time. If the Company, a Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor acquires assets or property constituting a Cannabis Related Business
after the Issue Date, the Company shall provide written notice thereof to the Trustee for its records; provided that the failure to provide any such notice shall not constitute a Default. 107
Section 13.02 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Company or any Guarantor to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may
be, to take any action under this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees or the Note Documents, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be (except in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Indenture and the issuance of the Initial Notes on the Issue Date or as otherwise set forth herein): (1) an Officers
Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.03 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all
conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees or the Note Documents relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and (2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may
be (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.03 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees or the
Note Documents relating to the proposed action have been satisfied. Section 13.03 Statements Required in
Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this
Indenture must include: (1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or
condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements
or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or
she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied. Section 13.04 Rules by Trustee and Agents. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Collateral Agent, the Registrar or the Paying Agent may
make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the
Company or the Guarantors under the Note Documents, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws. 108
Section 13.05 Governing Law. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING
EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE , THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND EACH HOLDER (BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF ANY
NOTE) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS INDENTURE OR THE
NOTES. THE PARTIES HEREBY (I) IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK, (II) WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO
LAYING OF VENUE IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH COURTS, AND (III) WAIVE ANY OBJECTION THAT SUCH COURTS ARE AN INCONVENIENT FORUM OR DO NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER ANY PARTY. Section 13.06 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company, the Parent Guarantors or their
Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture. Section 13.07 Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will
bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 11.05 hereof. Section 13.08 Severability; Entire Agreement. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. This Indenture and the Notes Documents set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties related to this transaction and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written. Section 13.09 Counterpart Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies hereof. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
The words execution, signed, signature, and words of similar import in this Indenture and the Note and the Notes Documents shall be deemed to include electronic or digital signatures or the keeping of records in
electronic form, each of which shall be of the same effect, validity, and enforceability as manually executed signatures or a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for under applicable law, including the
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 (15 U.S.C. §§ 7001-7006), the Electronic Signatures and Records Act of 1999 (N.Y. State Tech. §§ 301-309), or any other
similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent are not under any obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any
form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by such Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, pursuant to procedures approved by such Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable. 109
Section 13.10 Table of Contents, Headings, etc. The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference
only, are not to be considered a part hereof and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. Section 13.11 USA Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act the Paying Agent, like all financial
institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with
Wilmington Trust, National Association. The parties to this Agreement agree that they will provide the Paying Agent with such information as it may request in order for the Agent to satisfy the requirements of the USA Patriot Act. Section 13.12 Force Majeure. The Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent and the Registrar shall not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling
any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of the Trustee or such Agent (including but not limited to any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, any
act of God or war, civil unrest, local or national disturbance or disaster, pandemic, epidemic, any act of terrorism, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility). Section 13.13 Delegation. Each Agent shall be entitled to delegate the fulfilment of its duties under this Indenture in whole or in part to one or more agents selected
by such Agent using its reasonable care. An Agent who delegates or subcontracts the performance of its obligations under this Indenture shall not be under any obligation to supervise or monitor the proceedings or acts of any such delegate or
subcontractor or be responsible for any loss, liability, claim, cost, expense or damage incurred by reason of any misconduct, omission or default on the part of any such delegate or subcontractor. Section 13.14 Withholding Tax. In order to comply with applicable tax laws and regulations (inclusive of directives, guidelines and interpretations promulgated by competent
authorities) in effect from time to time (Applicable Law) that a foreign financial institution, or issuer, trustee, paying agent, holder or other institution is or has agreed to be subject to related to this Indenture, the Company agrees
(i) to provide to the Trustee sufficient information about the Transactions (including any modification to the terms of the Transactions) that is reasonably requested by the Trustee such that the Trustee can determine whether it has tax-related obligations under Applicable Law, (ii) that the Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under this Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable
Law for which the Trustee shall not have any liability, and (iii) to hold harmless the Trustee for any losses it may suffer due to the actions it takes to comply with such Applicable Law, in case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), other
than any liability or losses as may be attributable to the Trustees willful misconduct or gross negligence. The terms of this paragraph shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. [Signatures on following page] 110
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EXHIBIT A Face of Note
THIS SECURITY WAS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (OID) UNDER SECTIONS 1272,
1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. UPON REQUEST, THE ISSUER WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO A HOLDER OF THIS NOTE INFORMATION REGARDING THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF OID, THE ISSUE DATE AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS
NOTE. HOLDERS SHOULD CONTACT: FLAVIA LANDSBERG, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC., C/O PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC., 8001 AERIAL CENTER PARKWAY, MORRISVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 27560-2009. CUSIP/ISINs 8.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC. promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of on
December 31, 2027. Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15 Record Dates: June 1 and December 1 Dated:
PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC. By: Name: Title: This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Trustee By: Authorized Signatory Date: A-1
Back of Note 8.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 [Insert the
Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture] [Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the
provisions of the Indenture] Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless
otherwise indicated. (1) Interest. Pyxus Holdings, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the Company), promises to pay
interest on the principal amount of this Note at 8.50% per annum from February 6, 2023 until maturity. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a
Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an Interest Payment Date) (without any additional interest or other payment in respect of any such delay). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and
the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be June 15, 2023. The Company will pay interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code) on overdue principal, interest and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect to the extent lawful; it
will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code) on overdue installments of interest from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. (2) Method
of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the Notes to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the June 1 and December 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after
such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of
immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent.
Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. (3) Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, Wilmington Trust, National Association will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The
Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity. (4) Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of February 6, 2023 (the Indenture)
among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture), the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Registrar and the Paying Agent. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and
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Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the
Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are senior secured obligations of the Company limited to $260,452,340 in aggregate principal amount. The Notes are secured by a pledge of Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents and the
Intercreditor Agreements referred to in the Indenture. (5) Optional Redemption. (a) At any time after the Issue Date, the Company may on one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes at its option,
upon not less than 15 nor more than 60 days notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, to, but excluding, the applicable date of redemption, subject to the rights of
Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. (b) [Reserved]. (c) [Reserved]. (d) Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions
thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date. (6) Mandatory Redemption. The Company is not required to
make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. (7) Repurchase at the Option of Holder. The
Notes may be the subject of a Change of Control Offer and an Asset Sale Offer as further described in the Indenture. (8)
Notice of Redemption. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 of the Indenture, at least 15 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company will give or cause to be given, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes
are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be given more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction or discharge of the
Indenture. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $1.00 or whole multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by
such Holder shall be redeemed or purchased. (9) Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form in
denominations of $1.00 or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof (or such other amount as may be necessary to reflect the full amount of the Notes). The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the
Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, neither the Registrar nor the Company will be
required to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date. A-3
(10) Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated
as its owner for all purposes. (11) Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. The Indenture, the Security Documents, the Notes and
the Note Guarantees may be amended, supplemented or waived as provided in the Indenture. (12) Defaults and Remedies. The
Events of Default relating to the Notes are defined in Section 6.01 of the Indenture. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the rights and obligations of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be as set forth in
the applicable provisions of the Indenture. (13) Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee, in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee. (14) No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the
Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Note Documents, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the
federal securities laws. (15) Authentication. This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of
the Trustee or an authenticating agent. (16) Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or
an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). (17) CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures,
the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes
or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. (18) GOVERNING LAW. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND
THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC. c/o Pyxus
International, Inc. 8001 Aerial Center Parkway Morrisville, NC 27560-2009 Attention: Attention: Flavia Landsberg, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer A-4
ASSIGNMENT FORM To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.) (Print or type assignees name,
address and zip code) and irrevocably appoint ________________________________________________ to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The
agent may substitute another to act for him. Date: Your Signature: (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note) Signature
Guarantee*:
Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to
the Trustee). A-5
Option of Holder to Elect Purchase If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box below: If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or
Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased: $ Date:
Your Signature: (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note) Tax Identification No.:
Signature
Guarantee*:
Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to
the Trustee). A-6
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part
of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made: Date of Exchange Amount of decrease in of this Amount of increase in of this Principal Amount of (or increase) Signature of authorized or A-7
EXHIBIT B FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER PYXUS HOLDINGS,
INC. c/o Pyxus International, Inc. 8001 Aerial Center
Parkway Morrisville, NC 27560-2009 WILMINGTON TRUST,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 1100 North Market Street Wilmington,
Delaware 19890 Attention: Pyxus Holdings, Inc., Administrator Re: 8.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 Reference is hereby
made to the Indenture, dated as of February 6, 2023 (the Indenture), among Pyxus Holdings, Inc., as issuer (the Company), the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee,
registrar and paying agent and Alter Domus (US) LLC, as collateral agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. ________________, (the Transferor) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the
principal amount of $________________ in such Note[s] or interests (the Transfer), to (the Transferee), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that: [CHECK ALL THAT APPLY] 1. ☐ Check
if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably
believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a qualified
institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of
the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note
and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 2. ☐ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly,
the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any
Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such
Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the B-1
transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of
Regulation S under the Securities Act [and/,] (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act [and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the
Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser)]. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the
Securities Act. 3. ☐ Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Note or a
Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted
Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check
one): (a) ☐ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or (b) ☐ such Transfer is being effected
to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or (c) ☐ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act; or (d) ☐ such Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited Investor and pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Transfer
complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note or Restricted Definitive Notes and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by (1) a certificate executed
by the Transferee in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture and (2) an Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect that such Transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the
Private Placement Legend printed on the IAI Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 4. ☐
Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. (a) ☐ Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144
under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture
and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed B-2
Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture. (b) ☐ Check if Transfer is
Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon
consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed
on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture. (c) ☐ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other
Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer
restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act, which certification is supported by (1) a certificate executed by the Transferee in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture and (2) an Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the
Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company. [Signature page follows] B-3
[Insert Name of Transferor] Name: Title: Dated: B-4
ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER 1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following: [CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)] (i) ☐ 144A Global Note (CUSIP), or (ii) ☐ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP), or (b) ☐ a Restricted Definitive Note. 2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold: [CHECK ONE] (a) ☐ a beneficial interest in the: (i) ☐ 144A Global Note (CUSIP), or (ii) ☐ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP), or (iii) ☐ Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP); or (b) ☐ a Restricted Definitive Note; or (c) ☐ an Unrestricted Definitive Note, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. B-5
EXHIBIT C FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE PYXUS HOLDINGS,
INC. c/o Pyxus International, Inc. 8001 Aerial Center
Parkway Morrisville, NC 27560-2009 WILMINGTON TRUST,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 1100 North Market Street Wilmington,
Delaware 19890 Attention: Pyxus Holdings, Inc., Administrator Re: 8.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (CUSIP)
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of February 6, 2023 (the Indenture), among Pyxus Holdings, Inc., as issuer (the
Company), the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, registrar and paying agent and Alter Domus (US) LLC, as collateral agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. ________________, (the Owner) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such
Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $________________ in such Note[s] or interests (the Exchange). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that: 1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests
in an Unrestricted Global Note (a) ☐ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby
certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and
in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. (b) ☐ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange
of the Owners beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such
Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the
Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
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(c) ☐ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owners Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for
the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. (d) ☐ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted
Definitive Note. In connection with the Owners Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owners own
account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky
securities laws of any state of the United States. 2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes (a) ☐ Check if Exchange is from beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner
hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued
will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. (b) ☐ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of
the Owners Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] ☐ 144A Global Note, ☐ Regulation S Global Note, with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being
acquired for the Owners own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities
Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the
restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company. C-2
Name: Title: Dated: C-3
EXHIBIT D FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC. c/o Pyxus International, Inc. 8001 Aerial Center Parkway Morrisville, NC 27560-2009 WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890 Attention: Pyxus Holdings, Inc.,
Administrator Re: 8.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of February 6, 2023 (the Indenture), among Pyxus Holdings, Inc., as issuer (the
Company), the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, registrar and paying agent and Alter Domus (US) LLC, as collateral agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. In connection with our proposed purchase of $________________ aggregate principal amount of: (a) ☐ a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or (b)
☐ a Definitive Note, we confirm that: 1. We
understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any interest therein is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the
Notes or any interest therein except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). 2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not
be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein, we will do so only
(A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a qualified institutional buyer (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional accredited investor (as
defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter and, if such transfer is in respect of a principal
amount of Notes, at the time of transfer of less than $250,000, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (D) outside the United States in
accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree
to provide to any Person purchasing the Definitive Note or beneficial interest in a Global Note from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (E) of this paragraph a notice advising such purchaser that resales thereof
are restricted as stated herein. D-1
3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or beneficial interest therein, we will be
required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that
the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect. 4. We are an institutional accredited investor (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any
accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment. 5. We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest
therein purchased by us for our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional accredited investor) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion. You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in
any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. [Insert Name of Accredited Investor] Name: Title: Dated: D-2
EXHIBIT E [FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS] Supplemental Indenture (this Supplemental Indenture), dated as of
, 20 , among (the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary), a Subsidiary of (or its permitted successor), a Virginia corporation (the Company), the Company, the
other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and , as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the Trustee). W I T N E S S E T H WHEREAS,
the Company and certain Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent an indenture (the Indenture), dated as of February 6, 2023, providing for the issuance of 8.50% Senior Secured Notes
due 2027 (the Notes); WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall
execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Companys Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms
and conditions set forth herein (the Note Guarantee); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the
Trustee and the Collateral Agent are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders
of the Notes as follows: 1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Indenture. 2. Agreement to Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in the Note Guarantee and in the Indenture including but not limited to Article 11 thereof. 3. No
Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary
under the Notes, any Note Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all
such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against
public policy. 4. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. E-1
5. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture.
Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 6. Effect of Headings. The Section headings
herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 7. The Trustee and the Collateral Agent. The Trustee and
the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by
the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company. E-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed and attested, all as of the date first above written. Dated: , 20[.]
[Guaranteeing Subsidiary] Name: Title: Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee Name: Title: Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent Name: Title: E-3
EXHIBIT F ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS Investments in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice consisting in amounts consistent
with historical levels of deposits in (including money market funds of), or certificates of deposits, bankers acceptances, export notes, trade credit assignments, guarantees and instruments of a similar nature issued by: a. NMB Bank (as NMBZ Holdings Limited) Zimbabwe b. Indo Zambia Bank Zambia c. NBS Bank Malawi d.
Provincial Credit Union Canada e. FDH Bank Limited Malawi f. Zambia National Commercial Bank Zambia g. UCO BANK India h.
UNION BANK Jordan i. NBF (National Bank Of Fujairah)UAE j. Emirates NBDUAE F-1
Defined in
Section
1.05
11.02
4.09
1.05
8.02
3.09
3.09
2.03
6.01
4.09
3.09
2.03
4.07
PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
PYXUS PARENT, INC.
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL SERVICES INC., as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL LLC, as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
ALLIANCE ONE NORTH AMERICA, LLC, as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
ALLIANCE ONE SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC, as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
AOSP INVESTMENTS, LLC, as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
CRES TOBACCO COMPANY, LLC, as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
CRITICALITY, LLC, as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
EASTERN CAROLINA PACKAGING, LLC, as Guarantor
By:
s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
GLOBAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC, as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
MONK AUSTIN INTERNATIONAL, INC., as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
PUREAG-NC, LLC, as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
PYXUS AGRICULTURE USA, LLC, as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
THE AUSTIN TOBACCO COMPANY, INCORPORATED, as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
TWELFTH STATE BRANDS, LLC, as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LTD., as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
PYXUS AGRICULTURE HOLDINGS LIMITED, as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
TRANS-CONTINENTAL LEAF TOBACCO CORPORATION LIMITED, as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Tomas Grigera
Name: Tomas Grigera
Title: Authorized Person
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent
By:
/s/ Arlene Thelwell
Name: Arlene Thelwell
Title: Vice President
Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent
By:
/s/ Winnalynn N. Kantaris
Name: Winnalynn N. Kantaris
Title: Associate General Counsel
No. _____
$_____
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
(Insert assignees legal name)
*
☐ Section 4.10
☐ Section 4.15
*
Principal Amount
Global Note
Principal Amount
Global Note
this Global Note
following such
decrease
officer of Registrar
Custodian
By:
(a)
☐ a beneficial interest in the:
[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:
By:
By:
By:
By:
1.
Exhibit 4.2
PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC.
10.000% SENIOR SECURED FIRST LIEN NOTES DUE 2024
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
dated as of February 6, 2023
to
INDENTURE
dated as of August 24, 2020
Wilmington Trust, National Association,
as Trustee, Collateral Agent, Paying Agent and Registrar
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS |
2 | |||||
Section 1.01 |
Definitions | 2 | ||||
ARTICLE 2 AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES |
2 | |||||
Section 2.01 |
Amendments to Article 1 of the Indenture | 2 | ||||
Section 2.02 |
Amendments to Articles 3, 4, 5 and 11 of the Indenture | 4 | ||||
Section 2.03 |
Amendments to Article 6 of the Indenture | 5 | ||||
Section 2.04 |
Amendments to Article 9 of the Indenture | 5 | ||||
Section 2.05 |
Amendments to Article 10 of the Indenture | 5 | ||||
Section 2.06 |
Amendments to Article 14 of the Indenture | 5 | ||||
Section 2.07 |
Related Amendments | 10 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 RELEASE OF COLLATERAL |
11 | |||||
Section 3.01 |
Release of Collateral | 11 | ||||
ARTICLE 4 EFFECTIVENESS |
11 | |||||
Section 4.01 |
Effective Date | 11 | ||||
Section 4.02 |
Operative Date | 11 | ||||
ARTICLE 5 MISCELLANEOUS |
12 | |||||
Section 5.01 |
Governing Law | 12 | ||||
Section 5.02 |
Ratification of Indenture | 12 | ||||
Section 5.03 |
Severability; Entire Agreement | 12 | ||||
Section 5.04 |
Counterpart Originals | 12 | ||||
Section 5.05 |
Table of Contents, Headings, etc. | 13 | ||||
Section 5.06 |
Trustee and Collateral Agent | 13 |
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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of February 6, 2023 (this Supplemental Indenture) among Pyxus Holdings, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the Company), the Guarantors (as defined below) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the Trustee), as collateral agent (the Collateral Agent), as paying agent (the Paying Agent) and as registrar (the Registrar).
WHEREAS, the Company, the guarantors party thereto (the Guarantors), the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent and the Registrar entered into an Indenture, dated as of August 24, 2020 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified to the date hereof prior to this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture), relating to the Companys 10.000% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2024 (the Notes);
WHEREAS, Section 9.02 of the Indenture provides that the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent and the Registrar may amend or supplement the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees (as defined in the Indenture) and any Security Document with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class; provided any amendment to, or waiver of, the provisions of the Indenture or any Security Document that has the effect of releasing all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes requires the consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding;
WHEREAS, the Company has offered to exchange any and all of the Notes for certain newly issued debt securities of the Company (the Exchange Offer) and has solicited consents (the Consent Solicitation) to certain amendments to and waivers under the Indenture requiring the consent of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (the Majority Amendments) and certain collateral release amendments to the Indenture requiring the consent of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (the Collateral Release Amendments and, together with the Majority Amendments, the Proposed Amendments) pursuant to the Companys Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated January 5, 2023 (the Offering Memorandum);
WHEREAS, the Company has obtained the written consent to (i) the Majority Amendments from the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes voting as a single class (the Majority Requisite Consents) and (ii) the Collateral Release Amendments from the Holders of at least two-thirds in aggregate principal amount of the Notes voting as a single class (the Two-Thirds Requisite Consents and, together with the Majority Requisite Consents, the Requisite Consents), and the Holders who have delivered such Requisite Consents have waived any rights to withdraw such consents pursuant to the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation;
WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized by the parties hereto, and all conditions and requirements necessary to make this instrument a valid and binding agreement have been duly performed and complied with; and
WHEREAS, the Company hereby requests that the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Registrar and the Paying Agent join in the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, and the Company has delivered to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent evidence of the receipt of the Requisite Consents to the Proposed Amendments provided for herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and intending to be legally bound, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Indenture.
ARTICLE 2
AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Amendments to Article 1 of the Indenture. The following definitions are hereby added in their alphabetical order to Section 1.01 of the Indenture:
Designated Senior Indebtedness means any Senior Indebtedness under or in respect of:
(1) the New Intabex Credit Agreement;
(2) the New Pyxus Credit Agreement;
(3) the New Notes Indenture;
(4) the ABL Credit Agreement;
(5) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing; and
(6) any other Senior Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture that has been designated by the Company as Designated Senior Indebtedness by notice to the Trustee.
New Intabex Credit Agreement means the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the Second Supplemental Indenture Operative Date, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent and as collateral agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
New Notes Indenture means the Indenture, dated as of the Second Supplemental Indenture Operative Date, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and Alter Domus (US) LLC, as collateral agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
New Pyxus Credit Agreement means the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the Second Supplemental Indenture Operative Date, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent and as collateral agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
New Secured Debt Documents means the New Intabex Credit Agreement, the New Pyxus Credit Agreement and the New Notes Indenture and all related documents or instruments executed or delivered pursuant thereto.
Representative means any trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of Senior Indebtedness acting at the direction of the requisite holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
Second Supplemental Indenture Operative Date means the Settlement Date (as defined in the Offering Memorandum).
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Senior Indebtedness means:
(1) all Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor outstanding under the New Secured Debt Documents, the ABL Credit Agreement and, in each case, the related Guarantees, including any and all fees, expense reimbursement obligations, indemnification amounts, penalties, and other amounts (whether existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created or incurred) and all obligations of the Company or any Guarantor to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments;
(2) all Hedging Obligations and Bank Product Obligations;
(3) any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is equal or subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantees; and
(4) all Senior Indebtedness Obligations (including, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent legally permitted, all interest accrued thereon after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at the rate, including any applicable post-default rate, specified in the applicable Senior Indebtedness, even if such interest is not enforceable, allowable or allowed as a claim in such proceeding) with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1) through (3).
Senior Indebtedness Obligations means any principal (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit whether or not drawn), interest, premium (if any), fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, expenses and other liabilities payable under any documentation governing any Senior Indebtedness.
Senior Subordinated Indebtedness means:
(1) with respect to the Company, Indebtedness which ranks equal in right of payment to the Notes issued by the Company; and
(2) with respect to any Guarantor, Indebtedness which ranks equal in right of payment to the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor,
in each case to the extent expressly set forth in the documentation or instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred.
Subordinated Indebtedness means:
(1) any Indebtedness of the Company which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and
(2) any Indebtedness of any Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor,
in each case to the extent expressly set forth in the documentation or instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred.
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Section 2.02 Amendments to Articles 3, 4, 5 and 11 of the Indenture. Section 3.09, Sections 4.03 through 4.20, Sections 5.01 and 5.02 and Section 11.04 of the Indenture are hereby deleted in their entirety, provided the text thereof is hereby replaced to read as follows (as applicable):
Section 3.09 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.03 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.04 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.05 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.06 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.07 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.08 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.09 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.10 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.11 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.12 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.13 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.14 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.15 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.16 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.17 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.18 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.19 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 4.20 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 5.01 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 5.02 [Intentionally omitted].
Section 11.04 [Intentionally omitted].
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Section 2.03 Amendments to Article 6 of the Indenture. Clauses (3) through (8) and clause (10) of Section 6.01 of the Indenture are hereby deleted in their entirety, provided the text thereof is hereby replaced to read as follows (as applicable):
(3) [intentionally omitted];
(4) [intentionally omitted];
(5) [intentionally omitted];
(6) [intentionally omitted];
(7) [intentionally omitted];
(8) [intentionally omitted];
(10) [intentionally omitted].
Section 2.04 Amendments to Article 9 of the Indenture. The last paragraph of Section 9.02 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety.
Section 2.05 Amendments to Article 10 of the Indenture. Article 10 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety, provided the text thereof is hereby replaced to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10 [intentionally omitted].
Section 2.06 Amendments to Article 14 of the Indenture. The following text is hereby added in its entirety as a new Article 14 in the Indenture:
ARTICLE 14
SUBORDINATION
Section 14.01 Agreement To Subordinate.
Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees, and each Holder agrees, that the Obligations owing in respect of the Notes and the Note Guarantees are unsecured obligations and the payment of all Obligations owing in respect of the Notes and the Note Guarantees are subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article 14, to the prior payment in cash in full of all existing and future Senior Indebtedness and that the subordination is for the benefit of and enforceable by the holders of such Senior Indebtedness. The Notes shall in all respects rank pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, and will be senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company. Indebtedness of the Company that is Senior Indebtedness shall rank senior to the Notes in right of payment in accordance with the provisions set forth herein.
The provisions of this Article 14 shall be reinstated if at any time any payment made on account of any Senior Indebtedness is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the holder receiving payment thereof or any representative of such holder upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company, any Guarantor or otherwise. All provisions of this Article 14 shall be subject to Section 14.12.
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Section 14.02 Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy.
Upon any payment or distribution to creditors of the Company or the Guarantors in any total or partial liquidation or dissolution of the Company or the Guarantors or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership of, or similar proceeding relating to, the Company, the Guarantors or their property:
(i) the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all such Senior Indebtedness before Holders shall be entitled to receive any payment of principal of, premium, or interest, if any, on, or any other amounts due in respect of the Notes or Note Guarantees from the Company or any Guarantor; and
(ii) until the Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash, any payment, distribution or other amount to which Holders would be entitled but for Article 14 of this Indenture shall be made to holders of such Senior Indebtedness as their interests may appear.
Section 14.03 Default on Senior Indebtedness.
The Company shall not pay principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or Notes Guarantees (or pay any other Obligations relating to the Notes or Notes Guarantees, including fees, costs, expenses, indemnities and rescission or damage claims) or make any deposit pursuant to Article 8 or Article 12 hereof and may not purchase, redeem or otherwise retire any Notes (collectively, pay the Notes) if either of the following occurs (a Payment Default):
(i) any Obligation on any Designated Senior Indebtedness is not paid in full in cash when due (after giving effect to any applicable grace period); or
(ii) any other default on Designated Senior Indebtedness occurs and the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness is accelerated in accordance with its terms;
unless, in either case, the Payment Default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded, in each case, in writing and in accordance with the terms of the applicable documentation governing such Designated Senior Indebtedness, or such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled to pay the Notes without regard to the foregoing if the Company and the Trustee receive written notice approving such payment from the Representatives of all Designated Senior Indebtedness with respect to which the Payment Default has occurred and is continuing.
During the continuance of any default (other than a Payment Default) with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated without further notice (except such notice as may be required to effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods (a Non-Payment Default), neither the Company or the Guarantors shall pay the Notes for a period (a Payment Blockage Period) commencing upon the receipt by the Trustee (with a copy to the Company) of written notice (a Blockage Notice) of such Non-Payment Default from the Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness specifying an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period and ending 270 days thereafter. The Payment Blockage Period shall end earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated (i) by written notice to the Trustee and the Company from the Representative who gave such Blockage Notice; (ii) because the Non-Payment Default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is cured or waived in accordance with the terms of the applicable documentation governing such Designated Senior Indebtedness or is otherwise no longer continuing; or (iii) because such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been discharged or repaid in full in cash.
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Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately preceding paragraph (but subject to the provisions contained in the first paragraph of this Section 14.03 and Section 14.02 hereof), unless the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or the Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness shall have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or a Payment Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company and related Guarantors shall be entitled to resume paying the Notes after the end of such Payment Blockage Period. The Notes shall not be subject to more than one Payment Blockage Period in any consecutive 360-day period irrespective of the number of defaults with respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness during such period; provided that if any Blockage Notice is delivered to the Trustee by or on behalf of the holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness (other than the holders of Indebtedness under the New Secured Debt Documents or the ABL Credit Agreement), a Representative of holders of Indebtedness under the New Secured Debt Documents or the ABL Credit Agreement may give another Blockage Notice within such period. However, in no event shall the total number of days during which any Payment Blockage Period or Periods on the Notes is in effect exceed 270 days in the aggregate during any consecutive 360-day period, and there must be at least 90 days during any consecutive 360-day period during which no Payment Blockage Period is in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, no default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Blockage Notice unless such default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 days (it being acknowledged that any subsequent action, or any breach of any financial covenants during the period after the date of delivery of a Blockage Notice, that, in either case, would give rise to a Non-Payment Default pursuant to any provisions under which a Non-Payment Default previously existed or was continuing shall constitute a new Non-Payment Default for this purpose).
Section 14.04 Acceleration of Payment of Notes.
If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company shall promptly notify the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness or the Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness of the acceleration; provided that any failure to give such notice shall have no effect whatsoever on the provisions of this Article 14.
Section 14.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.
In the event that the Trustee or any Holder receives any payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes at a time when a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or such Holder, as applicable, has actual knowledge that such payment is prohibited by Article 14 hereof, such payment shall be held by the Trustee or such Holder, in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over and delivered, upon written request, to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness as their interests may appear or their Representative under the indenture or other agreement (if any) pursuant to which Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in full and in cash in accordance with their terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
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Section 14.06 Subrogation.
After all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash and until the Notes are paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with all other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness) to the rights of holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions applicable to such Senior Indebtedness. A distribution made under this Article 14 to holders of such Senior Indebtedness that otherwise would have been made to Holders is not, as between the Company and the Holders, a payment by the Company on such Senior Indebtedness.
Section 14.07 Relative Rights.
This Article 14 defines the relative rights of Holders of the Notes and holders of Senior Indebtedness. Nothing in this Indenture shall:
(a) impair, as between the Company and the Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in accordance with their terms;
(b) prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its available remedies upon a Default, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions otherwise payable to Holders and such other rights of such holders of Senior Indebtedness as set forth herein; or
(c) affect the relative rights of Holders and creditors of the Company and Guarantors other than their rights in relation to holders of Senior Indebtedness.
Section 14.08 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.
No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the Company or any Guarantor or by their failure to comply with this Indenture.
Section 14.09 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.
Notwithstanding Section 14.03 hereof, the Trustee or any Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the Notes and shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts that would prohibit the making of any such payments unless, not less than two Business Days prior to the date of such payment, a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives notice satisfactory to it that payments may not be made under this Article 14. The Company, a Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to give the notice; provided, however, that, if an issue of Senior Indebtedness has a Representative, only the Representative and not another holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to give the notice. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon any such notice it receives and shall have no liability for not making payments on the Notes after receiving any such notice. Without limiting the foregoing, if the Trustee receives any such notice that raises any ambiguity for the Trustee in making payments on the Notes, the Trustee shall be entitled to refrain from making such payments until such ambiguity is resolved to its reasonable satisfaction.
Wilmington Trust, National Association in its individual or any other capacity (including as Trustee) shall be entitled to hold Senior Indebtedness with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Wilmington Trust, National Association shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article 14 with respect to any Senior Indebtedness which may at any time be held by it (including as Trustee or any other capacity), to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior Indebtedness; and nothing in Article 7 or otherwise shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article 14 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee or any other Agent (and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors) under or pursuant to Section 7.06 hereof or any other Section of this Indenture.
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Section 14.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Indebtedness, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative (if any).
Section 14.11. Article 14 Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Accelerate.
The failure to make a payment pursuant to the Notes by reason of any provision in this Article 14 shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default. Subject to Section 14.04 hereof, nothing in this Article 14 shall have any effect on the right of the Holders or the Trustee to accelerate the maturity of the Notes.
Section 14.12 [Reserved]
Section 14.13 Trustee Entitled To Rely.
Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 14, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon (a) any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 14.02 hereof are pending, (b) a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders or (c) the Representatives of Senior Indebtedness for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 14. In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 14, the Trustee shall be entitled to request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 14, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee shall be entitled to defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. The provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 hereof shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 14.
Section 14.14 Trustee To Effectuate Subordination.
Each Holder agrees to be bound by this Article 14 and authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee, on its behalf, to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination between the Holders and the holders of Senior Indebtedness as provided in this Article 14 and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 14.15 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders or the Company or any other Person, money or assets to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article 14 or otherwise.
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Section 14.16 Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness on Subordination Provisions.
Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior Indebtedness, whether such Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before or after the issuance of the Notes, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior Indebtedness and such holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior Indebtedness.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders, without incurring responsibility to the Trustee or the Holders and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article 14 or the obligations hereunder of the Holders to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following:
(i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, such Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner such Senior Indebtedness, or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which such Senior Indebtedness is outstanding;
(ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such Senior Indebtedness;
(iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the payment or collection of such Senior Indebtedness; and
(iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company or any other Person.
Section 14.17 Amendments.
The provisions of this Article 14 shall not be amended or modified without the written consent of the Representative of each tranche of Senior Indebtedness then outstanding.
Section 2.07 Related Amendments.
(a) Any definitions used exclusively in the provisions of the Indenture, the Notes, or the Note Guarantees that are deleted pursuant to the amendments set forth under this Supplemental Indenture, and any definitions used exclusively within such definitions, are hereby deleted in their entirety from the Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees, and all textual references in the Indenture and the Notes exclusively relating to paragraphs, Sections, Articles or other terms or provisions of the Indenture that have been otherwise deleted pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture are hereby deleted in their entirety. The words herein, hereof and hereby and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.
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(b) The provisions of the Notes and the Note Guarantees shall be deemed to be conformed to the Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture and amended to the extent that the Notes or the Note Guarantees are inconsistent with the Indenture as amended by this Supplemental Indenture.
(c) Any default, event of default or other consequence under the Indenture for failure to comply with the terms of the provisions identified above (whether before or after the date of the Supplemental Indenture effecting the amendments described above, and including as a result of the consummation of the Exchange Transactions (as defined in the Offering Memorandum)) shall be deemed waived.
ARTICLE 3
RELEASE OF COLLATERAL
Section 3.01 Release of Collateral.
(a) The security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral and the Liens granted pursuant to the Security Documents to secure the Secured Obligations are hereby discharged and released, and the Security Documents are hereby terminated. The Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall execute any documents and/or termination statements reasonably requested by, and prepared by, the Company in order to release such Liens under the Security Documents on the Collateral. The Company is hereby authorized to file any lien releases, termination statements or similar documents as the Company determines are necessary or advisable to effect or reflect the release of such Liens on the Collateral. For purposes of this Section, Section 10.05(b) of the Indenture (as in effect prior to the execution of the Supplemental Indenture) shall apply.
(b) Subject to clause (a) above, the Collateral Agent is hereby removed from the Indenture and shall no longer be considered a party thereto.
(c) Notwithstanding the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and the removal of the Collateral Agent, the rights, privileges, indemnities and immunities of the Collateral Agent shall survive pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and the Security Documents (as in effect immediately prior to the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture).
ARTICLE 4
EFFECTIVENESS
Section 4.01 Effective Date. This Supplemental Indenture will become effective and binding on the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and every Holder of the Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered under the Indenture immediately upon the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto, but the Proposed Amendments shall not become operative except as set forth in Section 4.02 below.
Section 4.02 Operative Date. The Proposed Amendments shall become operative only upon the occurrence of the Settlement Date (as defined in the Offering Memorandum), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum. The Trustee and the Collateral Agent may conclusively presume that the Proposed Amendments shall not have become operative unless and until the Company has notified the Trustee and the Collateral Agent in writing (which may be by email) stating that such amendments and release have become operative and the date they became operative; provided that any failure of the Company to notify the Trustee and Collateral Agent pursuant to this sentence, or any defect in such notice, (i) shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under the Indenture and (ii) shall not, in any way, impair or affect the validity or effectiveness of this Supplemental Indenture or such amendments or release.
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ARTICLE 5
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.01 Governing Law.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS, THE TRUSTEE, THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND EACH HOLDER (BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF ANY NOTE) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. THE PARTIES HEREBY (I) IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK, (II) WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO LAYING OF VENUE IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH COURTS, AND (III) WAIVE ANY OBJECTION THAT SUCH COURTS ARE AN INCONVENIENT FORUM OR DO NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER ANY PARTY.
Section 5.02 Ratification of Indenture.
This Supplemental Indenture is an amendment supplemental to the Indenture and the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall henceforth be read together. Except as expressly provided herein, all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Indenture and the Notes shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5.03 Severability; Entire Agreement.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. This Indenture and the Notes Documents set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties related to this transaction and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written.
Section 5.04 Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies hereof. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The words execution, signed, signature, and words of similar import in this Indenture and the Note and the Notes Documents shall be deemed to include electronic or digital signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same effect, validity, and enforceability as manually executed signatures or a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for under applicable law, including the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 (15 U.S.C. §§ 7001-7006), the Electronic Signatures and Records Act of 1999 (N.Y. State Tech. §§ 301-309), or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent are not under any obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by such Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, pursuant to procedures approved by such Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable.
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Section 5.05 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 5.06 Trustee and Collateral Agent.
Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the Recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company and the Guarantors.
[Signatures on following page]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Vice President and Treasurer | ||
PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Vice President and Treasurer | ||
PYXUS PARENT, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Vice President and Treasurer | ||
ALLIANCE ONE SPECIALTY PRODUCTS LLC, as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person | ||
ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL, LLC, as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person |
Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture
ALLIANCE ONE NORTH AMERICA, LLC as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person | ||
ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, INC. as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person | ||
AOSP INVESTMENTS, LLC as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person | ||
CRES TOBACCO COMPANY LLC as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person | ||
CRITICALITY, LLC as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person |
Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture
EASTERN CAROLINA PACKAGING, LLC as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person | ||
GLOBAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person | ||
MONK-AUSTIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person | ||
PUREAG-NC, LLC as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person | ||
PYXUS AGRICULTURE USA, LLC as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person |
Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture
THE AUSTIN TOBACCO COMPANY, INCORPORATED as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person | ||
TWELFTH STATE BRANDS LLC as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person | ||
ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LTD. as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person | ||
TRANS-CONTINENTAL LEAF TOBACCO CORP., LTD. as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person | ||
PYXUS AGRICULTURE HOLDINGS LIMITED as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: Tomas Grigera | ||
Title: Authorized Person |
Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, Collateral Agent, Paying Agent and Registrar | ||
By: | /s/ Arlene Thelwell | |
Name: Arlene Thelwell | ||
Title: Vice President |
Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture
Exhibit 10.1
PYXUS TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
February 6, 2023
among
PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC.,
as Borrower,
THE PARENT GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
and
ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC,
as Administrative Agent and Senior Collateral Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||
ARTICLE I Definitions | 2 | |||||
SECTION 1.01 |
Defined Terms | 2 | ||||
SECTION 1.02 |
Terms Generally | 45 | ||||
SECTION 1.03 |
Timing of Payment or Performance | 46 | ||||
SECTION 1.04 |
LLC Division | 46 | ||||
SECTION 1.05 |
Calculations; Etc. | 46 | ||||
ARTICLE II The Credits | 47 | |||||
SECTION 2.01 |
Exchanges | 47 | ||||
SECTION 2.02 |
Loans | 47 | ||||
SECTION 2.03 |
Borrowing Procedure | 47 | ||||
SECTION 2.04 |
Evidence of Debt; Repayment of Loans | 48 | ||||
SECTION 2.05 |
Fees | 48 | ||||
SECTION 2.06 |
Interest on Loans | 48 | ||||
SECTION 2.07 |
Default Interest | 49 | ||||
SECTION 2.08 |
Alternate Rate of Interest | 49 | ||||
SECTION 2.09 |
Termination of Commitment to Exchange | 51 | ||||
SECTION 2.10 |
Conversion and Continuation of Borrowings | 52 | ||||
SECTION 2.11 |
Repayment of Borrowings | 53 | ||||
SECTION 2.12 |
Optional Prepayment | 53 | ||||
SECTION 2.13 |
Incremental Term Loans | 53 | ||||
SECTION 2.14 |
Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances | 54 | ||||
SECTION 2.15 |
Change in Legality | 55 | ||||
SECTION 2.16 |
Indemnity | 56 | ||||
SECTION 2.17 |
Pro Rata Treatment | 56 | ||||
SECTION 2.18 |
Sharing of Setoffs | 56 | ||||
SECTION 2.19 |
Payments | 57 | ||||
SECTION 2.20 |
Taxes | 57 | ||||
SECTION 2.21 |
Assignment of Loans under Certain Circumstances; Duty to Mitigate | 60 | ||||
ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties | 62 | |||||
SECTION 3.01 |
Company Status | 62 | ||||
SECTION 3.02 |
Power and Authority | 62 | ||||
SECTION 3.03 |
No Violation | 62 | ||||
SECTION 3.04 |
Approvals | 62 | ||||
SECTION 3.05 |
Material Adverse Effect | 63 | ||||
SECTION 3.06 |
Litigation | 63 | ||||
SECTION 3.07 |
True and Complete Disclosure | 63 | ||||
SECTION 3.08 |
Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations | 63 | ||||
SECTION 3.09 |
Tax Returns and Payments | 64 | ||||
SECTION 3.10 |
Compliance with ERISA | 64 | ||||
SECTION 3.11 |
Security Documents | 65 | ||||
SECTION 3.12 |
Properties | 66 | ||||
SECTION 3.13 |
Subsidiaries | 66 | ||||
SECTION 3.14 |
Compliance with Laws | 66 |
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SECTION 3.15 |
Investment Company Act | 66 | ||||
SECTION 3.16 |
No Default | 66 | ||||
SECTION 3.17 |
Environmental Matters. | 67 | ||||
SECTION 3.18 |
Employment and Labor Relations | 67 | ||||
SECTION 3.19 |
Intellectual Property, etc. | 68 | ||||
SECTION 3.20 |
Insurance | 68 | ||||
SECTION 3.21 |
[Reserved] | 68 | ||||
SECTION 3.22 |
Anti-Terrorism Law | 68 | ||||
SECTION 3.23 |
Anti-Corruption Laws | 69 | ||||
SECTION 3.24 |
Sanctions | 69 | ||||
SECTION 3.25 |
Material Contracts | 70 | ||||
SECTION 3.26 |
[Reserved] | 70 | ||||
SECTION 3.27 |
Centre of Main Interests | 70 | ||||
ARTICLE IV Conditions of Lending | 70 | |||||
SECTION 4.01 |
Conditions Precedent to the Closing Date | 70 | ||||
ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants | 74 | |||||
SECTION 5.01 |
Information Covenants | 74 | ||||
SECTION 5.02 |
Books, Records and Inspections; Annual Meetings | 77 | ||||
SECTION 5.03 |
Maintenance of Property; Insurance | 77 | ||||
SECTION 5.04 |
Existence; Franchises | 78 | ||||
SECTION 5.05 |
Compliance with Requirements of Law, etc. | 79 | ||||
SECTION 5.06 |
Anti-Corruption Laws | 79 | ||||
SECTION 5.07 |
Sanctions | 79 | ||||
SECTION 5.08 |
Compliance with Environmental Laws | 79 | ||||
SECTION 5.09 |
ERISA Information Undertakings | 80 | ||||
SECTION 5.10 |
Performance of Obligations | 81 | ||||
SECTION 5.11 |
Payment of Taxes | 81 | ||||
SECTION 5.12 |
Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries | 81 | ||||
SECTION 5.13 |
Additional Security; Further Assurances; etc. | 82 | ||||
SECTION 5.14 |
Real Estate Leases | 84 | ||||
SECTION 5.15 |
Post-Closing Matters | 84 | ||||
ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants | 85 | |||||
SECTION 6.01 |
Restricted Payments. | 85 | ||||
SECTION 6.02 |
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries. | 88 | ||||
SECTION 6.03 |
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock. | 90 | ||||
SECTION 6.04 |
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets. | 94 | ||||
SECTION 6.05 |
Transactions with Affiliates. | 96 | ||||
SECTION 6.06 |
Liens. | 96 | ||||
SECTION 6.07 |
Business Activities. | 96 | ||||
SECTION 6.08 |
[Reserved]. | 97 | ||||
SECTION 6.09 |
Asset Sales | 97 | ||||
SECTION 6.10 |
Use of Proceeds | 97 |
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ARTICLE VII Events of Default | 98 | |||||
SECTION 7.01 |
Payments | 98 | ||||
SECTION 7.02 |
Representations, etc. | 98 | ||||
SECTION 7.03 |
Covenants | 98 | ||||
SECTION 7.04 |
Default under Other Agreements | 98 | ||||
SECTION 7.05 |
Bankruptcy, etc. | 99 | ||||
SECTION 7.06 |
ERISA | 99 | ||||
SECTION 7.07 |
Security Documents | 100 | ||||
SECTION 7.08 |
Guaranties | 100 | ||||
SECTION 7.09 |
Judgments | 100 | ||||
SECTION 7.10 |
Change of Control | 100 | ||||
SECTION 7.11 |
Intercreditor Agreements | 100 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII The Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent |
101 | |||||
SECTION 8.01 |
The Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent | 101 | ||||
SECTION 8.02 |
Erroneous Payments | 103 | ||||
ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous |
105 | |||||
SECTION 9.01 |
Notices | 105 | ||||
SECTION 9.02 |
Survival of Agreement | 106 | ||||
SECTION 9.03 |
Binding Effect | 107 | ||||
SECTION 9.04 |
Successors and Assigns | 107 | ||||
SECTION 9.05 |
Expenses; Indemnity | 111 | ||||
SECTION 9.06 |
Right of Setoff | 113 | ||||
SECTION 9.07 |
Applicable Law | 113 | ||||
SECTION 9.08 |
Waivers; Amendment | 113 | ||||
SECTION 9.09 |
Certain Releases of Guarantees and Security Interests | 114 | ||||
SECTION 9.10 |
Interest Rate Limitation | 115 | ||||
SECTION 9.11 |
Entire Agreement | 116 | ||||
SECTION 9.12 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 116 | ||||
SECTION 9.13 |
Severability | 116 | ||||
SECTION 9.14 |
Counterparts; Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents | 116 | ||||
SECTION 9.15 |
Headings | 117 | ||||
SECTION 9.16 |
Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process | 117 | ||||
SECTION 9.17 |
Confidentiality | 118 | ||||
SECTION 9.18 |
USA PATRIOT Act Notice | 119 | ||||
SECTION 9.19 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions | 119 | ||||
SECTION 9.20 |
No Fiduciary Relationship | 120 | ||||
SECTION 9.21 |
Intercreditor Agreements | 121 |
SCHEDULE 1.01(a): | Subsidiary Guarantors | |
SCHEDULE 2.01: | Lenders, Loans and Notice Information | |
SCHEDULE 3.12: | Material Real Property | |
SCHEDULE 3.13: | Subsidiaries | |
SCHEDULE 3.20: | Insurance | |
SCHEDULE 6.01: | Permitted Investments | |
EXHIBIT A: | Administrative Questionnaire | |
EXHIBIT B: | Form of Assignment and Acceptance |
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EXHIBIT C: | Form of Borrowing Request | |
EXHIBIT D-1 D-4: | Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates | |
EXHIBIT E: | [Reserved] | |
EXHIBIT F: | Form of Compliance Certificate | |
EXHIBIT G-1: | Form of Intercompany Note (Intercompany Loans made by a Loan Party) | |
EXHIBIT G-2: | Form of Intercompany Note (Intercompany Loans made to a Loan Party by a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a non-Loan Party) |
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PYXUS TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of February 6, 2023 (this Agreement), among PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC., a Virginia corporation, as borrower (the Borrower), PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (formerly known as Pyxus One, Inc.), a Virginia corporation (New Pyxus Topco), PYXUS PARENT, INC., a Virginia corporation (New Pyxus Parent), the Lenders (as defined in Article I), and ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, as administrative agent (in such capacity, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Senior Collateral Agent (as defined below).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
WHEREAS, immediately prior to giving effect to the Transactions (as defined below) on the Closing Date (as defined below), Lenders owned (directly or indirectly as an investment advisor, sub-advisor, or manager, as applicable, of the applicable beneficial owner) collectively (i) $216,763,900.93 of the outstanding principal amount of Existing Exit Term Loans (as defined below) (the Assigned Exit Term Loans, and such Lenders in such capacity, Exchanging Exit Term Lenders) and (ii) $100,000,000.00 of the outstanding principal amount of Existing Intabex Term Loans (as defined below) (the Assigned Intabex Term Loans, and such Lenders in such capacity, Exchanging Intabex Term Lenders);
WHEREAS, the Borrower has conducted an exchange offer (the Exchange Offer) made to all lenders under the Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement pursuant to the Exchange Offer Notice distributed on January 19, 2023 (the Offer Notice);
WHEREAS, each Exchanging Exit Term Lender executed and delivered a signature page to the Lender Consent and Exchange Offer Acceptance attached as Exhibit A to the Offer Notice (the Lender Consent);
WHEREAS, (i) upon the occurrence of the Closing Date, the Exchanging Exit Term Lenders shall assign the Assigned Exit Term Loans, which constitute 100% of the Existing Exit Term Loans, to the Borrower in exchange for (x) $130,549,672.07 in aggregate principal amount of Loans issued under this Agreement and (y) $87,033,114.71 in aggregate principal amount of loans issued under the New Intabex Credit Agreement (as defined below), (ii) upon the consummation of such exchanges, the Assigned Exit Term Loans shall be automatically and irrevocably canceled and extinguished, in each case, pursuant to the terms of the Lender Consent, this Agreement and the New Intabex Credit Agreement, as applicable (collectively, the Exit Term Loan Exchange Transactions);
WHEREAS, (i) upon the occurrence of the Closing Date and substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of the Exit Term Loan Exchange Transactions, the Exchanging Intabex Term Lenders shall assign the Assigned Intabex Term Loans, which constitute 100% of the Existing Intabex Term Loans, to the Borrower in exchange for $102,000,000.00 in aggregate principal amount of loans issued under the New Intabex Credit Agreement and (ii) upon the consummation of such exchanges, the Assigned Intabex Term Loans shall be automatically and irrevocably canceled and extinguished, in each case pursuant to the terms of the Lender Consent and the New Intabex Credit Agreement (collectively, the Intabex Term Loan Exchange Transactions); and
WHEREAS, $130,549,672.07 in aggregate principal amount of Loans will be issued hereunder on the Closing Date in the Exit Term Loan Exchange Transactions (the Credit Facility).
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Accordingly, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
ABL Administrative Agent shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent under the ABL Credit Agreement, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
ABL Collateral Agent shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, as collateral agent under the ABL Credit Agreement, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
ABL Credit Agreement shall mean that certain ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2022, among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent, providing for revolving credit borrowings, including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced in any manner (whether upon or after termination or otherwise and whether with the original lenders or otherwise) or refinanced, in each case, in whole from time to time with any other bona fide asset based credit facility, including any extension of the maturity thereof or increase in the available amount of borrowings thereunder.
ABL Intercreditor Agreement shall mean the amended and restated ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the ABL Administrative Agent, the ABL Collateral Agent, the New Notes Trustee, the Administrative Agent, the New Intabex Loan Administrative Agent, and the Senior Collateral Agent and the other parties from time to time party thereto.
ABL Obligations shall mean the Indebtedness and other obligations under the ABL Credit Agreement which are secured by a Lien on the Collateral permitted by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Liens and any post-petition interest, fees and expenses at the applicable rate, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the ABL Obligations and the Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
ABR when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
ABR Borrowing shall mean any Borrowing of an ABR Loan.
ABR Loan shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Alternate Base Rate.
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Acquired Debt shall mean, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR shall mean, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Daily Simple SOFR plus (b) the Credit Spread Adjustment.
Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall mean, for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period plus (b) the Credit Spread Adjustment.
Administrative Questionnaire shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit A, or such other form as may be supplied from time to time by the Administrative Agent.
Affiliate of any specified Person shall mean any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, control, as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with have correlative meanings.
Agent Fee Letter shall mean the Fee Letter, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between Alter Domus (US) LLC and the Borrower.
Agents shall mean the Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent.
Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
Alternate Base Rate shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1.00% and (c) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for a one month Interest Period as published two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%; provided for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for any day shall be based on the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m. Chicago time on such day (or any amended publication time for the Term SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the CME Term SOFR Administrator in the Term SOFR Reference Rate methodology). 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 or the Adjusted Term SOFR 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 of the term Federal Funds Effective Rate, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) or (c), as applicable, of the preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, as the case may be.
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Approved Fund shall mean any person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities and that is administered, advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
Asset Sale shall mean:
(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be subject to Section 6.04 and not Section 6.09; and
(2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the Borrowers Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests in any of the Borrowers Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:
(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $20.0 million;
(2) a transfer of assets or rights between or among the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or of a Parent Guarantor to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or of a Parent Guarantor;
(4) the sale, lease or other transfer of products, services or accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business and any sale or other disposition of damaged, worn-out, obsolete, surplus, redundant or excess property or assets in the ordinary course of business (including the abandonment or other disposition of intellectual property that is, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries taken as whole);
(5) (a) the sale of accounts receivable permitted pursuant to clause (x) of the definition of Permitted Debt and (b) the sale of accounts receivable arising from sales of tobacco, which accounts receivable are sold pursuant to a factoring arrangement without recourse or securitization facilities consistent with past practice;
(6) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims in the ordinary course of business;
(7) the granting of Liens not prohibited pursuant to Section 6.06;
(8) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;
(9) a Restricted Payment that does not violate Section 6.01 or a Permitted Investment;
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(10) Specified Sales;
(11) the sale, lease or other transfer of property or assets (a) to an unrelated party not in the ordinary course of business (other than Specified Sales), where and to the extent that they are the result of a Recovery Event or (b) the sale, lease or other transfer of machinery, parts and equipment no longer used or useful in the conduct of business of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, as appropriate, in the Borrowers or any Parent Guarantors reasonable discretion;
(12) dispositions resulting from any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or their Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such taking or condemnation would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the business, operations, property, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and
(13) any Corporate Restructuring Transactions.
Assignment and Acceptance shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit B or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.
Attributable Debt in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that if such sale and leaseback transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of Capital Lease Obligation.
Available Tenor shall mean, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof), as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or otherwise, for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement 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 clause (e) of Section 2.08.
Bank Product Obligations shall mean all obligations and liabilities (whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due or now existing or hereafter incurred) of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with any treasury, investment, depository, clearing house, wire transfer, cash management or automated clearing house transfers of funds services or any related services, to any person.
Bankruptcy Code shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
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Benchmark shall mean, initially, with respect to any SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Rate, or the then-current Benchmark, then Benchmark shall mean the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.08.
Benchmark Replacement shall mean, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(1) the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR;
(2) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, in the case of clause (ii) above, such adjustment shall not be in the form of an increase of the Interest Applicable Percentage;
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above 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 Loan Documents.
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment shall mean, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such 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 Borrower for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) 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 on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii) 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 dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of Alternate Base Rate, 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, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower decide in their reasonable discretion 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 (in consultation with the Borrower) decides in its reasonable discretion 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 such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent and the Borrower decide in their reasonable discretion is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
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Benchmark Replacement Date shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) 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
(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein solely to the extent such event applies to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Transition Event shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1) 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);
(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), in each case, which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) 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); or
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(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a Benchmark Transition Event will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark solely to the extent that a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to all then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Unavailability Period shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.08 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.08.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
Board shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
Board of Directors shall mean:
(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
(2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors, managing member or members or controlling committee of managing members of the general partner of the partnership;
(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and
(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
Borrower shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
Borrower Materials shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01.
Borrowing shall mean Loans of the same Type made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of SOFR Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
Borrowing Request shall mean a written request by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit C, or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.
Breakage Event shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.16.
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Business shall mean any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other business entity (or the adjectival form thereof, where appropriate) or the equivalent of the foregoing in any foreign jurisdiction.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banks in New York City or Chicago are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close; provided that, in relation to SOFR Loans and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any such SOFR Loan, or any other dealings of such SOFR Loan, any such day that is only an U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
Calculation Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
Capital Lease Obligation shall mean, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
Capital Stock shall mean:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.
Cash Equivalents shall mean:
(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition (Government Obligations);
(2) Investments in deposits in (including money market funds of), or certificates of deposits, bankers acceptances, export notes, trade credit assignments, guarantees and instruments of a similar nature issued by, (i) any bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having capital and surplus in excess of $100,000,000, (ii) any international bank organized under the laws of any country which is a member of the OECD or a political subdivision of any such country, and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, or (iii) leading banks in a country where the Borrower, the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary making such Investment does business; provided, that all such Investments mature within 270 days of the date of such Investment; and provided, further, that all Investments pursuant to clause (iii) above are (A) solely of funds generated in the ordinary course of business by operations of the relevant investor in the country where such Investment is made, and (B) denominated in the currency of the country in which such Investment is made or in Dollars, UK pounds sterling, Euro, Japanese Yen, Hong Kong dollars or Chinese Renminbi;
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(3) commercial paper maturing within 270 days and having one of the two highest ratings of either S&P, Moodys or Fitch Investors Service, Inc.;
(4) money market funds (other than those referred to in clause (3) above) that have assets in excess of $2,000,000,000, are managed by recognized and responsible institutions and invest solely in obligations of the types referred to in clauses (1), (2)(i) and (ii) and (3) above;
(5) repurchase agreements with a bank or trust company or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or directly and fully guaranteed by the United States; and
(6) obligations of any state of the United States or any political subdivision thereof for the payment of the principal and redemption price of and interest on which there shall have been irrevocably deposited Government Obligations maturing as to principal and interest at times and in amounts sufficient to provide such payment.
Change in Law shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.14, by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lenders holding company, if any) with any policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Closing Date; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
Change of Control shall be deemed to occur if:
(1) any Person or group (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), other than any Permitted Holder or any combination of Permitted Holders, shall have acquired beneficial ownership of more than 50%, on a fully diluted basis, of the Voting Stock of New Pyxus Topco;
(2) a change of control (or similar event) shall have occurred under the ABL Credit Agreement, the New Intabex Credit Agreement, the New Notes Indenture or any other Indebtedness for borrowed money permitted under Section 6.03 with an outstanding principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or
(3) New Pyxus Topco ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Corporate Restructuring Transactions shall not constitute a Change of Control pursuant to any of clauses (1) through (2) above.
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Closing Date shall mean February 6, 2023.
CME Term SOFR Administrator shall mean CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) (or a successor administrator that is mutually reasonably agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower).
Code shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Collateral shall mean any asset or property of the Borrower or any Guarantor securing, or purporting to secure, the Obligations pursuant to any Security Document, (i) including, for the avoidance of doubt, any asset or property of the Borrower or any Guarantor on which a lien has been granted to secure obligations under any Junior Lien Debt, and (ii) excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Excluded Assets.
Communication shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
Confirmed Order shall mean an order or other indication of interest, in accordance with industry standards, by a customer not an Affiliate of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries which has been accepted in the ordinary course of business by representatives of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.
Consolidated EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:
(1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale for such period, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(3) the Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such Fixed Charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(4) any foreign currency translation losses (including losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such losses were taken into account in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(5) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash charges and expenses (excluding any such non-cash charge or expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash charges or expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash charge or expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges or expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus
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(6) any foreign currency translation gains (including gains related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such gains were taken into account in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus or minus (as applicable)
(7) non-cash items increasing or decreasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business; plus
(8) one-time or non-recurring items decreasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period related to restructuring, asset impairment, reorganization, taxes or any other non-operating costs and expenses, including without limitation, professional fees, exit bankruptcy fees and financing fees, expenses, premiums and similar charges incurred in connection with the Transactions to the extent such items were actually deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income;
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income shall mean, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the net income (loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis (excluding the net income (loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person), determined in accordance with GAAP and without any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, plus, to the extent deducted in determining such net income (or net loss), the Transaction Costs and any costs incurred in connection with any Corporate Restructuring Transactions; provided that:
(1) all extraordinary gains (but not losses) and all gains (but not losses) realized in connection with any Asset Sale or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale or the disposition of securities or the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, together with any related provision for taxes on any such gain, will be excluded;
(2) the net income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;
(3) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 6.01, the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that net income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders;
(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded; and
(5) non-cash gains and losses attributable to movement in the mark-to-market valuation of Hedging Obligations (including the application of FASB ASC Topic 815) will be excluded.
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Consolidated Net Worth shall mean, with respect to any specified Person as of any date, the sum of:
(1) the consolidated equity of the common stockholders of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date; plus
(2) the respective amounts reported on such Persons balance sheet as of such date with respect to any series of preferred stock (other than Disqualified Stock) that by its terms is not entitled to the payment of dividends unless such dividends may be declared and paid only out of net earnings in respect of the year of such declaration and payment, but only to the extent of any cash received by such Person upon issuance of such preferred stock, less (a) all write-ups subsequent to the date hereof in the book value of any asset owned by such Person or a consolidated Subsidiary of such Person (other than purchase accounting adjustments made, in connection with any acquisition of any entity that becomes a consolidated Subsidiary of such Person after the date hereof, to the book value of the assets of such entity), (b) all investments as of such date in unconsolidated Subsidiaries and in Persons that are not Subsidiaries (except, in each case, Permitted Investments), and (c) all unamortized debt discount and expense and unamortized deferred charges as of such date, all of the foregoing determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth shall mean with respect to any specified Person as of any date, the sum of (1) Consolidated Net Worth, minus (2) the amount of such Persons intangible assets at such date, including, without limitation, goodwill (whether representing the excess of cost over book value of assets acquired or otherwise), capitalized expenses, patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, franchises, licenses and deferred charges (such as, without limitation, unamortized costs and costs of research and development), all determined for such Person on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Corporate Restructuring Transactions shall mean one or more series of intercompany transactions, whether consummated simultaneously or from time to time, that do not adversely impact in any material respect the structure, priority or aggregate value of the guarantees in respect of, and the Collateral that secures, the Obligations, provided that (A) any necessary replacement guarantee or Collateral (determined after giving effect to such transactions) with respect to the foregoing shall be subject to Section 9.09(c) and (B) in furtherance of the foregoing clause (A), the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into local law pledge and security agreements in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent to the extent reasonably necessary to perfect Liens on any material Collateral governed by the laws of, or located in, any foreign jurisdiction on substantially the same basis as with respect to any Foreign Guarantor so replaced.
Corresponding Tenor shall mean, with respect to any Available Tenor, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding any business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
Credit Facility shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preliminary Statement.
Credit Spread Adjustment shall mean a percentage equal to 0.10%.
Daily Simple SOFR shall mean, for any day (a SOFR Rate Day), a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day that is five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) 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; provided that if Daily Simple SOFR as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement. 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.
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Deemed Capitalized Leases shall mean obligations of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries that are classified as capital lease obligations under GAAP due to the application of FASB ASC Topic 840 or any subsequent pronouncement having similar effect and, except for such regulation or pronouncement, such obligation would not constitute a Capital Lease Obligation.
Default shall mean any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
Defaulting Lender shall mean any Lender that (a) defaults in its obligation to make any Loan or fulfill any obligation required to be made or fulfilled by it hereunder in the case of any funding requirement within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lenders good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party in writing that it does not intend to satisfy any such obligations, (c) has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, custodian, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business, appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or has a parent company that has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, custodian, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business, appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that if a Lender would be a Defaulting Lender solely by reason of events relating to a parent company of such Lender or solely because a Governmental Authority has been appointed as receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian for such Lender, such Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender if and for so long as such Lender confirms in writing, upon request by the Administrative Agent, that it will continue to comply with its obligations to make Loans and fulfill all other obligations required to be made and fulfilled by it hereunder, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, become the subject of a Bail-In Action (as defined in Section 9.19).
Disqualified Stock shall mean any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 6.01 hereof. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Agreement will be the maximum amount that the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.
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dollars or $ shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
Domestic Subsidiary shall mean (1) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor or (2) any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor, in each case, that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.
Dutch Loan Party shall mean any Loan Party or Loan Parties organized or existing under the laws of the Netherlands.
Electronic Copy shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
Eligible Assignee shall mean any commercial bank, insurance company, investment or mutual fund or other entity (but not any natural person) that is an accredited investor (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) that extends credit or invests in bank loans as one of its businesses; provided that in any event, Eligible Assignee shall not include (x) the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, subject to Section 9.04(k), or (y) any Defaulting Lender.
Eligible Inventory shall mean, as of any date, all inventory of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor and any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, wherever located, valued in accordance with GAAP and shown on the balance sheet of the Borrower for the quarterly period most recently ended prior to such date for which internal financial statements of the Borrower are available.
Eligible Receivables shall mean, as of any date, all accounts receivable of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor and any of their Subsidiaries arising out of the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business, valued in accordance with GAAP and shown on the balance sheet of the Borrower for the quarterly period most recently ended prior to such date for which internal financial statements of the Borrower are available, including without limitation receivables and related proceeds of Alliance One International, LLC arising from the sale of tobacco financed by Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank in connection with the Secured Pre-Shipment and Export Finance Facilities Agreement, as amended and restated by the Fourth Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated on or about June 27, 2022, by and between Alliance One Tobacco (Malawi) Limited, Alliance One Tobacco (Tanzania) Limited and Alliance One Zambia Limited, as borrowers, Pyxus Parent and the Borrower, as parent guarantors, and Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, as mandated lead arranger, original lender, agent and security agent, providing for revolving credit borrowings, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced in any manner (whether upon or after termination or otherwise and whether with the original lenders or otherwise) or refinanced, in each case, in whole from time to time with any other asset based revolving credit facility, including any extension of the maturity thereof or increase in the available amount of borrowings thereunder (the TDB Facility).
Environmental Claims shall mean any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, directives, claims, liens, written notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations and/or proceedings relating in any way to any noncompliance with, or liability arising under, Environmental Law or to any permit issued, or any approval given, under any Environmental Law (hereafter, Claims), including, without limitation, (a) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law, and (b) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief arising out of or relating to an alleged injury or threat of injury to human health, safety or the environment due to the presence of Hazardous Materials.
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Environmental Law shall mean any Federal, state, foreign or local statute, law (including principles of common law), rule, regulation, ordinance, code, directive, judgment or order, now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, relating to the protection of the environment, or of human health (as it relates to the exposure to Hazardous Materials) or to the presence, Release or threatened Release, or the manufacture, use, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal or recycling of Hazardous Materials, or the arrangement for any such activities.
Equity Interests shall mean Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock); provided that no Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor shall constitute an Equity Interest by virtue of being convertible into Capital Stock.
ERISA shall mean the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA, as in effect at the date of this Agreement and any subsequent provisions of ERISA, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.
ERISA Affiliate shall mean any person, as defined in Section 3(9) of ERISA, that for purposes of Title I or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code would be deemed at any relevant time to be a single employer or otherwise aggregated with the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries under Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
ERISA Event shall mean any one or more of the following:
(1) any Reportable Event;
(2) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan, if such termination would require material additional contributions in order to be considered a standard termination within the meaning of Section 4041(b) of ERISA, the filing under Section 4041(c) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan or the termination of any Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA;
(3) institution of proceedings by the PBGC, or the occurrence of an event or condition which would reasonably be expected to constitute grounds for the institution of proceedings by the PBGC under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan;
(4) the failure to make a required contribution to any Plan that would result in the imposition of a lien or other encumbrance or the provision of security under the Code or ERISA, or the arising of such a lien or encumbrance; there being or arising any unpaid minimum required contribution or accumulated funding deficiency (as defined or otherwise set forth in Section 4971 of the Code or Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA), whether or not waived; or the filing of any request for or receipt of a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Plan, or that such filing may be made or a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, considered an at-risk plan or in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA;
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(5) engaging in a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA;
(6) the complete or partial withdrawal of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan, the insolvency or critical status under Title IV of ERISA of any Multiemployer Plan; or the receipt by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, that a Multiemployer Plan is in endangered or critical status under Section 305 of ERISA; or
(7) the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or an ERISA Affiliate incurring any material liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA).
Erroneous Payment has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.02(a).
Erroneous Payment Notice has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.02(a).
Event of Default shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchanging Exit Term Lenders shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preliminary Statement.
Exchanging Intabex Term Lenders shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preliminary Statement.
Excluded Assets shall have the meaning assigned to such term (or any similar term) in the Pledge and Security Agreement or in any other Security Document (including the UK Debenture).
Excluded Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor (a) that is prohibited by applicable law (whether on the Closing Date or thereafter) or contractual obligations existing on the Closing Date (or, in the case of any newly acquired Subsidiary, in existence at the time of acquisition but not entered into in contemplation thereof) from guaranteeing the Obligations, or if guaranteeing the Obligations would require governmental (including regulatory) or other third-party consent, approval, license or authorization (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been obtained), (b) with respect to which the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco determines in a commercially reasonable manner that the burden or cost or other consequences of providing a Guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom or (c) with respect to which the provision or maintenance of a Guarantee by it could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or their Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by New Pyxus Topco).
Excluded Taxes shall mean any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S.
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federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.21(a)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.20, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lenders assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipients failure to comply with Section 2.20(e), and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement shall mean that certain Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2020, by and among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent and as collateral agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time immediately prior to giving effect to the Exit Term Loan Exchange Transactions.
Existing Exit Term Loan Obligations has the meaning assigned to the term Obligations under and as defined in the Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the Existing Exit Term Loan Obligations and the Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
Existing Exit Term Loans shall have the meaning assigned to the term Loans in the Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement.
Existing Indebtedness shall mean all Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries (other than the Credit Facility, the ABL Obligations, the New Intabex Loan Obligations, the New Notes Obligations, the Existing Notes Obligations and lines of credit of Foreign Subsidiaries) in existence on the date hereof, until such amounts are repaid.
Existing Intabex Term Loans shall have the meaning assigned to the term Loans in the Existing Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement.
Existing Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement shall mean the Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement, effectuated pursuant to that certain Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2022, by and among Intabex, as borrower, the guarantors party thereto, Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent and as collateral agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto.
Existing Intabex Term Loan Obligations has the meaning assigned to the term Obligations under and as defined in the Existing Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the Existing Intabex Term Loan Obligations and the Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
Existing Notes shall mean the outstanding 10.000% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2024 issued by the Borrower pursuant to the Existing Notes Indenture.
Existing Notes Collateral Agent shall mean Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Existing Notes Indenture, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
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Existing Notes Indenture shall mean the Indenture, dated as of August 24, 2020, by and among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, collateral agent, registrar and paying agent, as modified by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 24, 2020, and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date (the Second Supplemental Indenture).
Existing Notes Obligations has the meaning assigned to the term Obligations under and as defined in the Existing Notes Indenture, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the Existing Notes Obligations and the Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
Exit Term Loan Exchange Transactions shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preliminary Statement.
Fair Market Value shall mean the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party, determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco (unless otherwise provided in this Agreement).
FATCA shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any intergovernmental agreements (and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or official administrative practices adopted) implementing any of the foregoing.
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. If the Federal Funds Effective Rate is less than zero, it shall be deemed to be zero hereunder.
Federal Reserve Board shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
Financial Officer of any person shall mean the chief financial officer, finance director, principal accounting officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of such person.
Fiscal Year shall mean the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on March 31 of each calendar year.
Fixed Amounts shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.05(b).
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall mean, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings, borrowings under Seasonal Subsidiary Debt and Guarantees of Grower Indebtedness) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the Calculation Date), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma
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effect (in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including all related financing transactions and including increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date, or that are to be made on the Calculation Date, will be given pro forma effect (in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, but giving effect to Pro Forma Cost Savings) as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period;
(2) the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded;
(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date;
(4) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period;
(5) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period; and
(6) if any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the Calculation Date in excess of 12 months).
Fixed Charges shall mean with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) the consolidated interest expense (other than interest expense in respect of letters of credit) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of bankers acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations in respect of interest rates; plus
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(2) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus
(3) any interest on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus
(4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of New Pyxus Topco (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; minus
(5) to the extent added in consolidated interest expense in clause (3) above, contingent obligations so long as such obligations remain contingent; minus
(6) the interest income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.
Flood Laws shall mean, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
Floor shall mean 1.50%.
Foreign Guarantor shall mean any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Foreign Subsidiary.
Foreign Lender shall mean a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
Foreign Pension Plan shall mean any plan, fund (including, without limitation, any superannuation fund), scheme or other similar program established or maintained outside the United States by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any one or more of their Subsidiaries primarily for the benefit of employees of the Borrower, any such Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiaries residing outside the United States, which plan, fund, scheme or other similar program provides, or results in, retirement income, a deferral of income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of employment, and which plan is not subject to ERISA or the Code.
Foreign Subsidiary shall mean any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Forsyth County Facility shall mean the fee owned facility located on Big Oaks Drive, in King, Forsyth County, North Carolina.
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Funded Debt shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money or advances; or
(2) evidenced by loan agreements, bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof).
For the avoidance of doubt, Funded Debt shall not include Hedging Obligations or Bank Product Obligations.
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time (including applicable fresh-start accounting principles) provided, however, that lease liabilities and associated expenses recorded by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries pursuant to ASU 2016-02, Leases, shall not be treated as Indebtedness and shall not be included in consolidated interest expense or Fixed Charges, unless the lease liabilities would have been treated as Capital Lease Obligations under GAAP as in effect prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-02, Leases (in which case such lease liabilities and associated expenses shall be treated as Capital Lease Obligations, and the interest component of such Capital Lease Obligation shall be included in consolidated interest expense and Fixed Charges).
Governmental Authority shall mean the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other national or supra-national entity or body exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
Granting Lender shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(i).
Grower Indebtedness shall mean indebtedness incurred by tobacco farmers that supply tobacco to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries for the purpose of financing the growing of tobacco crop.
Guarantee shall mean a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (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).
Guarantee Agreement shall mean the Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date among the Borrower, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
Guarantors shall mean, collectively, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantors.
Hazardous Materials shall mean any chemicals, materials, wastes, pollutants, contaminants, or substances in any form that are prohibited, limited or regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law by virtue of their toxic or otherwise deleterious characteristics, including without limitation any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, asbestos in any form that is or could become friable, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas.
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Hedge Agreement shall mean, with respect to any Person, any agreement entered into to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates, or currency or raw materials values, including, without limitation, any interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement, or similar arrangement between such Person and one or more counterparties, any foreign currency exchange agreement, currency protection agreements, commodity purchase or option agreements, or other interest or exchange rate or commodity price hedging agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Hedge Agreement shall not include any other hedging agreements (or substantively equivalent derivative transactions) with respect to the Borrowers or a Parent Guarantors Equity Interests.
Hedging Obligations shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreement.
Holding Company shall mean any Person so long as such Person directly or indirectly holds 100% of the aggregate Voting Stock of New Pyxus Topco, and at the time such Person acquired such Voting Stock, no Person and no group (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), including any such group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than any Permitted Holder or combination of Permitted Holders, shall have beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the aggregate Voting Stock of such Person.
Immaterial Subsidiary shall mean, at any date of determination, any Subsidiary that is neither a Material Domestic Subsidiary nor a Material Foreign Subsidiary.
Incremental Assumption Agreement shall mean an incremental assumption agreement establishing the applicable Incremental Term Loans in form and substance satisfactory to the Incremental Term Lenders party thereto and the Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Incremental Term Lender shall mean a Lender with an outstanding Incremental Term Loan.
Incremental Term Loan shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.13(a).
incur shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03.
Incurrence Based Amounts shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.05(b).
Indebtedness shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money;
(2) evidenced by or issued in exchange for bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(3) in respect of bankers acceptances;
(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations or Attributable Debt in respect of sale-and-leaseback transactions;
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(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services due more than six months after such property is acquired or such services are completed; or
(6) representing any Hedging Obligations or other Bank Product Obligations,
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit, Attributable Debt and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, but excluding Deemed Capitalized Leases. In addition, the term Indebtedness includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person. Indebtedness shall be calculated without giving effect to the effects of FASB ASC Topic 815 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Agreement as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness.
Indemnified Taxes shall mean (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) of this definition, Other Taxes.
Indemnitee shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b).
Intabex shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
Intabex Dutch Pledge shall mean the Dutch law governed pledge over shares dated the Closing Date between Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd., as pledgor, Intabex Netherlands B.V. as the company, and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral agent, in respect of the pledge by Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd. over its shares in Intabex Netherlands B.V.
Intabex Term Loan Exchange Transactions shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preliminary Statement.
Intellectual Property Security Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
Intercompany Note shall mean (i), in the case of an intercompany loan made by a Loan Party, a promissory note evidencing such intercompany loan, duly executed and delivered substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 (or such other form as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), with blanks completed in conformity herewith and (ii) in the case of an intercompany loan made to a Loan Party by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor that is not a Loan Party, a promissory note evidencing such intercompany loan, duly executed and delivered substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 (or such other form as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), with blanks completed in conformity herewith.
Intercreditor Agreements shall mean the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement and any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement shall mean the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the New Notes Trustee, the Administrative Agent, the New Intabex Loan Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent (as defined therein) and the other parties from time to time party thereto.
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Interest shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(b).
Interest Applicable Percentage shall mean, for any day, with respect to any SOFR Loan or ABR Loan, 8.00% per annum and 7.00% per annum, respectively.
Interest Payment Date shall mean, with respect to any SOFR Borrowing, the last day of the Interest Period of such SOFR Borrowing (and, in the case of a SOFR Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months duration after the first day of such Interest Period) and the Maturity Date, and with respect to any ABR Borrowing, the last day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Payment Date would be a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
Interest Period shall mean, with respect to any SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is one, three or six months thereafter determined in accordance with (or as otherwise set forth in) Section 2.03; provided, however, that if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day. Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
Inventory shall mean inventory as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
Investments shall mean, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor, the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Borrowers or such Parent Guarantors Investments in such Restricted Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 6.01. The acquisition by the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined according to the final paragraph of Section 6.01. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.
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IRS shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Junior Lien shall mean a Lien granted, or purported to be granted, at any time, upon any property of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor to secure Indebtedness, which Lien is junior to the Liens securing the Obligations pursuant to a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Junior Lien Collateral Agent shall mean, in the case of any series of Junior Lien Debt, the trustee, collateral agent or representative of the holders of such series of Junior Lien Debt who is appointed (for purposes related to the administration of security interests) pursuant to the applicable Junior Lien Document governing such series of Junior Lien Debt, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.
Junior Lien Debt shall mean any Funded Debt (including additional notes, and letter of credit and reimbursement obligations with respect thereto) that is secured by a Junior Lien and that was permitted to be incurred and permitted to be so secured under each applicable Loan Document; provided that in the case of any Indebtedness referred to in this definition:
(1) such Indebtedness does not have a maturity date or any mandatory or scheduled payments or sinking fund obligations prior to the Stated Maturity Date (except as a result of a customary change of control or asset sale repurchase offer provisions);
(2) on or before the date on which the first such Indebtedness is incurred by the Borrower or any Guarantor, the Borrower shall deliver to the Senior Collateral Agent and the ABL Collateral Agent complete copies of each applicable Junior Lien Document (which shall provide that each secured party with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subject to and bound by the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement), along with a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying as to such Junior Lien Documents and identifying the obligations constituting Junior Lien Obligations;
(3) on or before the date on which any such Indebtedness is incurred by the Borrower or any Guarantor, such Indebtedness is designated by the Borrower, in a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Junior Lien Collateral Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the ABL Collateral Agent, as Junior Lien Debt under this Agreement;
(4) a Junior Lien Collateral Agent is designated with respect to such Indebtedness and executes and delivers the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement (including, as applicable, a joinder thereto) on behalf of itself and all holders of such Indebtedness; and
(5) all other requirements set forth in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as to the confirmation, grant or perfection of the Liens of the holders of Junior Lien Debt to secure such Indebtedness or obligations in respect thereof are satisfied.
For the avoidance of doubt, the ABL Obligations, the the New Intabex Loan Obligations, the New Notes Obligations and the Existing Notes Obligations shall not constitute Junior Lien Debt for purposes of this Agreement.
Junior Lien Documents shall mean, collectively, any indenture, note, security document and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing any Junior Lien Obligations, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any Junior Lien Obligations, to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, in each case as each may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed, extended or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time, and any other credit agreement, indenture or other agreement, document or instrument evidencing, governing, relating to or securing any Junior Lien Debt.
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Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall mean an intercreditor agreement which subordinates the Liens on the Collateral in favor of the holders of the Junior Lien Debt to the Liens on the Collateral in favor of the holders of the Obligations and the holders of the ABL Obligations, the New Intabex Loan Obligations, and the New Notes Obligations (to the extent then outstanding) in form and substance materially consistent with prevailing market practice.
Junior Lien Obligations shall mean Junior Lien Debt and all other obligations in respect thereof including, without limitation interest and premium (if any), and all guarantees of any of the foregoing.
Leaseholds of any Person shall mean all the right, title and interest of such Person as lessee or licensee in, to and under leases or licenses of land, improvements and/or fixtures.
Lender Consent shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preliminary Statement.
Lenders shall mean (a) the persons listed on Schedule 2.01 (other than any such person that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance) and (b) any person that has become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance.
Lien shall mean, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
LLC Division shall mean the statutory division of any limited liability company into two or more limited liability companies pursuant to Section 18.217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or a comparable provision of a different jurisdictions laws, as applicable.
Loan Documents shall mean this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Guarantee Agreement, the Agent Fee Letter, each Incremental Assumption Agreement, if any, the promissory notes, if any, executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2.04(e) and each Lender Consent.
Loan Parties shall mean the Borrower and the Guarantors.
Loans shall mean any term loans made or deemed made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.13, as applicable.
Margin Stock shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
Material Adverse Effect shall mean any event, change, condition, occurrence or circumstance which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the business, operations, property, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) a material adverse effect (i) on the rights or remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (ii) on the ability of the Loan Parties taken as a whole to perform their obligations
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to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii) upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party; provided that no effect on the business, assets, operations, financial condition or operating results of the Borrower, Parent Guarantors and the Subsidiaries as a result of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) shall constitute a Material Adverse Effect under clause (a) of the definition thereof.
Material Contract shall mean any contract or other arrangement to which the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Loan Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Material Domestic Subsidiary shall mean (i) any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor, in each case that would constitute a significant subsidiary of the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor as defined in Rule 1.02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC except that for purposes of this definition all references in such Rule 1.02 to ten percent (10%) shall be deemed to be references to five percent (5%) and (ii) any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor that guarantees the ABL Obligations, the New Intabex Loan Obligations, the New Notes Obligations or the Existing Notes Obligations.
Material Foreign Subsidiary shall mean any (i) Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor that would constitute a significant subsidiary of the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor as defined in Rule 1.02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC except that for purposes of this definition all references in such Rule 1.02 to ten percent (10%) shall be deemed to be references to five percent (5%) and (ii) any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor that guarantees the ABL Obligations, the New Intabex Loan Obligations, the New Notes Obligations or the Existing Notes Obligations.
Material Real Property shall mean for so long as such Real Property is owned by the Borrower or any Guarantor, the Value Added Processing Facility, the Forsyth County Facility, the Pitt County Facility, the Wilson County Facility and any other Real Property located in the United States and owned in fee simple by the Borrower or any Guarantor with a Fair Market Value (measured at the time of acquisition thereof) of more than $15,000,000.
Maturity Date shall mean the earlier of (i) December 31, 2027 (the Stated Maturity Date) and (ii) such earlier date on which the Loans shall become due and payable by acceleration or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Maximum Rate shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.10.
Minority Interest Consolidated Entity shall mean any Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower but is consolidated in the Borrowers financial statements for purposes of GAAP.
Moodys shall mean Moodys Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
Mortgage shall mean any deed of trust, mortgage, deed to secure debt, or other similar document creating a Lien on the Mortgaged Property in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Mortgage Policy shall mean a title insurance policy (Form 2006).
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Mortgaged Property shall mean any Material Real Property which is required to be encumbered by a Mortgage pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any Security Document.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, which is contributed to (or to which there is or may be an obligation to contribute to) by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or an ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries has any current liability (including on account of an ERISA Affiliate).
New Intabex Credit Agreement shall mean the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent and as Senior Collateral Agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto.
New Intabex Loan Administrative Agent shall mean Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent under the New Intabex Credit Agreement, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
New Intabex Loan Collateral Agent shall mean the Senior Collateral Agent, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
New Intabex Loan Obligations shall have the meaning assigned to the term Obligations under and as defined in the New Intabex Credit Agreement, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the New Intabex Loan Obligations and the Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
New Intabex Loans shall have the meaning assigned to the term Loans in the New Intabex Credit Agreement.
New Notes shall mean the Borrowers 8.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2027, issued pursuant to the New Notes Indenture, including any additional notes that may be issued thereunder in compliance with the terms hereof.
New Notes Collateral Agent shall mean the Senior Collateral Agent, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
New Notes Indenture shall mean the Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, registrar and paying agent and the Senior Collateral Agent.
New Notes Obligations shall have the meaning assigned to the term Obligations under and as defined in the New Notes Indenture, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the New Notes Obligations and the Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
New Notes Trustee shall mean Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee under the New Notes Indenture and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
New Pyxus Parent shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
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New Pyxus Topco shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
Notes Exchange Offer shall mean the Borrowers offer to exchange the Existing Notes for the New Notes as described in the Offering Memorandum.
NYFRB shall mean the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Obligations shall mean (a) the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and interest on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrower to any of the Secured Parties under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise, (b) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Borrower under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all the obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents.
OECD shall mean the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and any successor thereto.
Offering Memorandum shall mean the Confidential Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated January 5, 2023, relating to, among other things, the Borrowers offer to exchange Existing Notes for the New Notes.
Offer Notice shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preliminary Statement.
Other Connection Taxes shall mean, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
Other Taxes shall mean any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.21).
PACA shall mean the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1980, as amended.
Parent Guarantors shall mean New Pyxus Topco and New Pyxus Parent, and their respective successors, and any other direct or indirect parent entities of the Borrower that provides a Guarantee in accordance with the terms hereof.
Participant Register shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(f).
Payment in Full or Paid in Full shall mean, with respect to the Obligations, payment in full in cash of all Obligations under the Loan Documents (other than contingent indemnification obligations and other obligations not then payable which expressly survive termination and as to which no claim has been asserted).
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PBGC shall mean the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Permitted Advances on Purchases of Tobacco shall mean advances of cash or crop-related materials made by the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to growers and other suppliers of tobacco (including Affiliates) and tobacco growers cooperatives in the ordinary course of business to finance the growing or processing of tobacco only to the extent that the aggregate principal amount of such advances outstanding at any time to any Person and such Persons Affiliates does not exceed 30% of the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Borrower for the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available.
Permitted Business shall mean any business that is the same as, or reasonably related, ancillary or complementary to, any of the businesses in which the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Closing Date.
Permitted Debt shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03(b).
Permitted Encumbrance shall mean, with respect to any Mortgaged Property, such exceptions to title as are set forth in the Mortgage Policy delivered with respect thereto, all of which exceptions must be commercially reasonable.
Permitted Holders shall mean each of (i) Glendon Capital Management LP, Monarch Alternative Capital LP, Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P. and Intermarket Corporation and any Affiliate of the foregoing, and any fund managed by any of the foregoing or any Affiliate thereof, (ii) any Person who is acting solely as an underwriter in connection with a public or private offering of Equity Interests of New Pyxus Topco or any of its direct or indirect parent companies, acting in such capacity, (iii) any group (within the meaning of Rules 13(d)(3) and 13(d)(5) under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) of which any of the foregoing are members and any member of such group; provided that in the case of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, Persons referred to in clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the total Voting Stock of New Pyxus Topco or any of its direct or indirect parent companies held by such group and (iv) any Holding Company.
Permitted Investments shall mean:
(1) any Investment in the Borrower, in a Parent Guarantor or in their Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(3) any Investment by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
(a) | such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor; or |
(b) | such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; |
(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 6.09 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale, other than pursuant to clause (8) of the second sentence of the definition of Asset Sale;
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(5) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of New Pyxus Topco;
(6) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (a) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or (b) litigation, arbitration or other disputes;
(7) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations;
(8) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(9) loans and advances to growers and other suppliers of tobacco (including Affiliates) in the ordinary course of its business in an aggregate outstanding principal amount consistent with past practice of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Affiliates;
(10) repurchases of any Loans, New Intabex Loans or New Notes that are approved by the Board of Directors of New Pyxus TopCo;
(11) any guarantee and any guarantee of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.03;
(12) any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the date hereof and any Investment consisting of an extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to a binding commitment existing on, the date hereof; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased (a) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the date hereof or (b) as otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
(13) Investments acquired after the date hereof as a result of the acquisition by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of another Person, including by way of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 6.04 after the date hereof to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
(14) Investments made in the ordinary course of such Persons business in export notes, trade credit assignments, bankers acceptances, guarantees and instruments of a similar nature issued in connection with the financing of international trading transactions by:
(a) | any commercial bank or trust company (or any Affiliate thereof) organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia having capital and surplus in excess of $100.0 million; or |
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(b) | any international bank organized under the laws of any country which is a member of the OECD or a political subdivision of any such country, and having a combined capital and surplus in excess of $100.0 million; |
(15) any Investment for consideration consisting of common stock of New Pyxus Topco and any other Investment for cash or Cash Equivalents, other securities or properties of the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (valued in good faith by the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco), the assumption of any Indebtedness (valued at the principal amount thereof), any other consideration (valued in good faith by the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco) or any combination of the foregoing; provided that (a) the aggregate value of all such consideration for all Investments of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries made during any fiscal year, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (15) that are at the time outstanding, shall not exceed 12.5% of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth as at the end of the previous fiscal year and (b) no Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately before or after giving effect to such Investment on a pro forma basis;
(16) any Investment in accounts receivable owing to the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms of the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary;
(17) the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries may make advances in the form of a prepayment of expenses to vendors, suppliers and trade creditors consistent with their past practices, so long as such expenses were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary; and
(18) the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries may make additional Investments described on Schedule 6.01.
Permitted Liens shall mean:
(1) (x) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be incurred pursuant to clause (i)(A) of the definition of Permitted Debt, (y) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be incurred pursuant to clauses (i)(B) through (E) of the definition of Permitted Debt and/or (z) Liens securing Hedging Obligations and/or securing Bank Product Obligations, in each case, subject to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, as applicable;
(2) Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (iii) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
(3) Junior Liens securing Junior Lien Obligations permitted by clause (xvii) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
(4) Liens in favor of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries;
(5) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Parent Guarantors or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries;
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provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor or such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor;
(6) any Lien on any asset of any Person existing at the time such Person is merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries and not created in contemplation of such event;
(7) any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries and not created in contemplation of such event;
(8) Liens securing the performance of bids, tenders, leases, contracts (other than for the repayment of Indebtedness), statutory obligations, and other obligations of like nature, incurred as an incident to and in the ordinary course of business;
(9) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (iv) of the definition of Permitted Debt covering only the assets acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness;
(10) Liens existing on the date hereof (other than Liens on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries securing foreign lines of credit of such Foreign Subsidiaries and Liens securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Permitted Debt);
(11) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;
(12) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers, warehousemens, landlords and mechanics Liens, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(13) Permitted Encumbrances and zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, covenants, conditions, waivers, restrictions on the use of property or other minor encumbrances or irregularities of title which do not materially impair the use of any material property in the operation of the business of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or the value of such property for the purpose of such businesses or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(14) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Agreement; provided, however, that:
(a) | the new Lien is limited to all or part of the same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Indebtedness (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); |
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(b) | the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, committed amount, of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged with such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such renewal, refunding, refinancing, replacement, defeasance or discharge; |
(c) | the new Lien is not senior in priority to the Lien it is replacing; and |
(d) | the original Lien was not incurred under clause (1), (21) or (22) of this definition of Permitted Liens; |
(15) Liens (not securing Indebtedness) which are incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, social security and public liability laws and similar legislation;
(16) attachment, judgment or similar Liens arising in connection with court proceedings; provided, that the execution or other enforcement of such Liens with respect to judgments or decrees involving in the aggregate a liability of $40.0 million or more is effectively stayed, the claims secured thereby are being actively contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, shall have set aside on its books, if required by GAAP, appropriate reserves for such Liens;
(17) Liens on cash, Cash Equivalents or other property arising in connection with the defeasance, discharge or redemption of Indebtedness;
(18) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods (and the proceeds thereof) of any Person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances issued or created in the ordinary course of business for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(19) any Lien securing any obligations and liabilities arising under or in connection with any cash management arrangements entered into prior to, on or after the date hereof, including, without limitation, any netting or set-off system for the calculation of interest with respect to debit balances and credit balances under such arrangements; provided that the assets subject to any such Lien shall be limited to the assets held from time to time at the financial institution providing such cash management arrangements;
(20) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business solely with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents in favor of a creditor depositary institution solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to bankers liens (including but not limited to, in relation to any Dutch Loan Party, any (i) netting arrangements/agreements and/or cash pooling arrangements (overeenkomst rente- en saldocompensatie) entered into by a Dutch Loan Party and their Dutch bank(s) and any Liens granted in relation thereto, and (ii) right of pledge and set off of any account bank under and pursuant to its general banking conditions (algemene bankvoorwaarden) or similar conditions), rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with such creditor depository institution, provided that such deposit account is not intended by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, to provide collateral to the depository institution;
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(21) Liens not otherwise permitted under Section 6.06 with respect to obligations that do not exceed $20.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(22) (x) any Lien on the assets of a Foreign Subsidiary and (y) Permitted Receivables Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by clause (xiv) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
(23) (a) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to other Persons in the ordinary course of business which do not (i) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) secure any Indebtedness for borrowed money or (b) the rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(24) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business not prohibited by this Agreement to the extent such Liens do not attach to any assets other than the goods subject to such arrangements and are not intended as security for financing transactions; and
(25) any Lien on accounts receivable arising from transactions permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be incurred pursuant to clause (x) of the definition of Permitted Debt and/or transactions permitted under clause (5) in the exclusion in the definition of Asset Sales.
Permitted Loan Purchase shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(k).
Permitted Payments to Parent shall mean:
(1) payments to any direct or indirect parent companies of the Borrower (including any Parent Guarantor) in amounts required to pay fees and expenses (including franchise or similar Taxes) required to maintain their corporate existence, to pay customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of any such parent of the Borrower and to pay general corporate overhead expenses of any such parent of the Borrower (including relating to such parents financial reporting obligations); and
(2) for so long as the Borrower is a member of a group filing a consolidated or combined tax return with such parent companies, payments to such parent companies in respect of an allocable portion of the Tax liabilities of such group that is attributable to New Pyxus Topco, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries (Tax Payments). The Tax Payments shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the amount of the relevant Tax (including any penalties and interest) that New Pyxus Topco or the Borrower would owe if New Pyxus Topco or the Borrower were filing a separate tax return (or a separate consolidated or combined return with its Subsidiaries that are members of the consolidated or combined group), taking into account any carryovers and carrybacks of Tax attributes (such as net operating losses) of the Parent Guarantors, the Borrower and such Subsidiaries from other taxable years and (ii) the net amount of the relevant Tax that such parent companies actually owe to the appropriate Governmental Authority. Any Tax Payments received from New Pyxus Topco or the Borrower shall be paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority within 30 days of such parent companies receipt of such Tax Payments or refunded to New Pyxus Topco or the Borrower, as applicable.
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Permitted Receivables Liens shall mean Liens on accounts receivable of Alliance One International, LLC and related collections accounts securing, and financed by, Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries incurred under the TDB Facility pursuant to clause (xiv) of the definition of Permitted Debt.
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall mean any Indebtedness of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:
(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness (including any interest that is paid in kind) and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith);
(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is, (a) equal to or greater than the final maturity and Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged or (b) more than 90 days after the Stated Maturity Date;
(3) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in right of payment to the Credit Facility (other than the Existing Notes Obligations), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Credit Facility on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and
(4) such Indebtedness is (i) incurred either by the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor that was the obligor on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged, (ii) guaranteed only by Persons who were obligors on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged and (iii) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is secured, not secured by any assets that do not secure such Indebtedness.
Person or person shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited or unlimited liability company or government or other entity.
Pitt County Facility shall mean the fee owned facility located on 8958 & 8846 West Marlboro Road, in Farmville, in Pitt County, North Carolina.
Plan shall mean an employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) maintained, sponsored or contributed to by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or with respect to which the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries has any liability (including on account of an ERISA Affiliate).
Platform shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01.
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pledge shall include any pledge or charge of any asset.
Pledge and Security Agreement shall mean the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto and the Senior Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Senior Holders.
Prime Rate shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by The Wall Street Journal as the Prime Rate in the United States (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)); each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
Pro Forma Cost Savings shall mean, with respect to any four-quarter period, the reduction in net costs and expenses that:
(1) were directly attributable to an acquisition, Investment, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued operation or other specified action that occurred during the four-quarter period or after the end of the four-quarter period and on or prior to the Calculation Date, and that would properly be reflected in a pro forma income statement prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act;
(2) were actually implemented prior to the Calculation Date, in connection with or as a result of an acquisition, Investment, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued operation or other specified action and that are supportable and quantifiable by the underlying accounting records; or
(3) relate to an acquisition, Investment, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued operation or other specified action and that are reasonably expected to be realized within 12 months of the date of the closing of the acquisition, Investment, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued operation or specified action.
Public Lender shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01.
Qualifying Equity Interests shall mean Equity Interests of New Pyxus Topco other than Disqualified Stock.
Real Property of any Person shall mean all the right, title, and interest of such Person in and to land, improvements and fixtures thereon, including freeholds and Leaseholds.
Recipient shall mean (a) the Administrative Agent or (b) any Lender, as applicable.
Recovery Event shall mean the receipt by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of any cash insurance proceeds or condemnation award payable by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction or damage, taking or similar event with respect to any of their respective property or assets.
Reference Time shall mean with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark (1) if such Benchmark is the Term SOFR Rate, 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the day that is two Business Days preceding the date of such setting or (2) if such Benchmark is not the Term SOFR Rate, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
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Register shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(d).
Regulation T shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation U shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation X shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Related Parties shall mean, with respect to any specified person, such persons Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors (including its attorneys and financial advisors) of such person and such persons Affiliates.
Release or Released shall mean disposing, discharging, injecting, spilling, pumping, leaking, leaching, dumping, emitting, escaping, emptying, pouring, seeping, migrating or the like, into or upon any land or water or air, or otherwise entering into the environment.
Relevant Governmental Body shall mean the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, as applicable, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB or, in each case, any successor thereto.
Reportable Event shall mean an event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA with respect to a Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period is waived under applicable regulations.
Required Lenders shall mean, at any time, Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) having more than 50% of all Loans (other than those held by Defaulting Lenders) outstanding at such time.
Requirement of Law shall mean, as to any Person, each law, treaty, rule (including rule of public policy), regulation, statute, order, executive order, ordinance, decree, determination, judgment, consent decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement or governmental requirement enacted, promulgated, imposed or entered into or agreed by 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 to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
Responsible Officer of any person shall mean any executive officer, executive vice president or Financial Officer of such person and any other officer, director or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any person designated as an Authorized Person by any Loan Party with respect to the Loan Documents).
Restricted Investment shall mean an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Subsidiary of a Person shall mean any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless the context otherwise requires, Restricted Subsidiary refers to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantors or the Borrower.
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Return shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.09.
S&P shall mean S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., or any successor thereto.
Sanctioned Country shall mean, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
Sanctioned Person shall mean, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).
Sanctions shall mean all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or the United Kingdom (including by His Majestys Treasury of the United Kingdom) or (c) the Swiss government, including those administered by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs and the Directorate of International Law.
Seasonal Subsidiary Debt shall mean seasonal Indebtedness (under bank facilities) incurred by the Restricted Subsidiaries of New Pyxus Topco (other than the Borrower or any other Parent Guarantor) and having maturities of no more than one year.
SEC shall mean U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of its functions.
Second Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Existing Notes Indenture.
Secured Parties shall mean, collectively, (i) the Agents and (ii) the Lenders.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security Documents shall mean the Pledge and Security Agreement, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the UK Debenture, the UK Trust Deed, the UK Share Charges, the Intabex Dutch Pledge, and all other security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, Mortgages, collateral trust or agency agreements, intercreditor agreements, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Borrower or any Guarantor creating (or purporting to create) a Lien upon any asset in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent, for the benefit of any of the Secured Parties, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms and the applicable Intercreditor Agreements.
Senior Collateral Agent shall mean Alter Domus (US) LLC, in its capacity as shared collateral agent for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Security Documents, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity. For the avoidance of doubt, the Senior Collateral Agent will also be serving as the shared collateral agent for the holders of the New Notes Obligations and the New Intabex Loan Obligations pursuant to the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement.
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Senior Holders shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement.
SOFR shall mean a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
SOFR Administrator shall mean the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
SOFR Administrators Website shall mean the NYFRBs website, 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.
SOFR Borrowing shall mean any Borrowing of a SOFR Loan.
SOFR Interest shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(b).
SOFR Loan shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Adjusted Term SOFR, other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of the term Alternate Base Rate.
SOFR Rate Day shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Daily Simple SOFR.
SPC shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(i).
Specified Obligors shall mean Intabex Netherlands B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, Alliance One International Tabak B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, and their respective Subsidiaries.
Specified Sales shall mean (1) the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of inventory and materials in the ordinary course of business and (2) the conversion of cash into Cash Equivalents or Cash Equivalents into cash.
Stated Maturity shall mean, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the date hereof (or, if later, the initial date of entry into such documentation), and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
Subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
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(2) any partnership or limited liability company of which (a) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (b) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.
Subsidiary Guarantor shall mean each Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco (other than the Borrower and any other Parent Guarantor) listed on Schedule 1.01(a), and each other Restricted Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco that is or becomes a party to the Guarantee Agreement pursuant to Section 5.13, and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Support Agreement shall mean the Support and Exchange Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2022, by and among the Parent Guarantors, the Borrower, certain Lenders and the other parties from time to time party thereto.
Tax Payment shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Permitted Payments to Parent.
Taxes shall mean any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
Term SOFR Determination Day shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Term SOFR Reference Rate.
Term SOFR Rate shall mean, with respect to any SOFR Borrowing and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator; provided that if the Term SOFR Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.
Term SOFR Reference Rate shall mean, for any day and time (such day, the Term SOFR Determination Day), with respect to any SOFR Borrowing 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. If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on such Term SOFR Determination Day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Rate has not occurred, then the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than five (5) Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.
Threshold Amount shall mean $40,000,000.
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Transaction Costs shall mean all losses, charges, costs or expenses related to the Transactions.
Transactions shall mean, collectively, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Offering Memorandum, including (i) the consummation of exchange offers described therein, including the Exit Term Loan Exchange Transactions and the Intabex Term Loan Exchange Transactions, (ii) the entry into the new debt instruments (and amendments to existing debt instruments) contemplated thereby, including this Agreement, the New Notes Indenture and the New Intabex Credit Agreement, (iii) all transactions relating to the foregoing and (iv) the payment of fees and expenses related thereto.
Type, when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, the term Rate shall mean the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate and the Alternate Base Rate.
U.S. Government Securities Business Day shall mean 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.
U.S. Person shall mean any Person that is a United States Person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate has the meaning specified in Section 2.20(e).
UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the relevant jurisdiction.
UK Debenture shall mean the English law governed debenture dated the Closing Date between Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd. and Pyxus Agriculture Holdings Limited, as chargors, and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral agent.
UK Legal Reservations shall mean, in the case of any UK Loan Party or any Loan Document governed by English law or to which a UK Loan Party is party: (i) the principle that certain remedies may be granted or refused at the discretion of the court, the limitation of enforcement by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation, court schemes, moratoria, administration and other laws generally affecting the rights of creditors and secured creditors; (ii) the time barring of claims under applicable limitation laws and defences of acquiescence, set off or counterclaim and the possibility that an undertaking to assume liability for or to indemnify a person against non-payment of stamp duty may be void; (iii) the principle that in certain circumstances Collateral granted by way of fixed charge may be recharacterised as a floating charge or that Collateral purported to be constituted as an assignment may be recharacterised as a charge; (iv) the principle that additional interest imposed pursuant to any relevant agreement may be held to be unenforceable on the grounds that it is a penalty and thus void; (v) the principle that a court may not give effect to an indemnity for legal costs incurred by an unsuccessful litigant; (vi) the principle that the creation or purported creation of Collateral over any contract or agreement which is subject to a prohibition on transfer, assignment or charging may be void, ineffective or invalid and may give rise to a breach of the contract or agreement over which Collateral has purportedly been created; (vii) similar principles, rights and defences under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction; (viii) the making or the procuring of the appropriate registrations, filing, endorsements, notarization, stampings and/or notifications of the Security Documents and/or the Collateral created thereunder and (ix) any other matters which are set out as qualifications or reservations (however described) as to matters of law in any legal opinion delivered to the Administrative Agent or Senior Collateral Agent pursuant to any Loan Document.
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UK Loan Party and UK Loan Parties shall mean any Loan Party or Loan Parties organized or existing under the laws of the United Kingdom, including of England and Wales or Scotland.
UK Perfection Requirement shall mean any registration, filing, endorsement, notarization, stamping, notification or other action or step to be made or procured in any jurisdiction in order to create, perfect or enforce the Lien created by a Security Document and/or to achieve the relevant priority for the Lien created thereunder.
UK Security Documents shall mean the Security Documents governed by the laws of the United Kingdom, including England and Wales and Scotland.
UK Share Charges shall mean the English law governed share charges dated the Closing Date between (1) Alliance One International LLC (as chargor) and the Senior Collateral Agent (as collateral agent); and (2) the Borrower (as chargor) and the Senior Collateral Agent (as collateral agent).
UK Trust Deed shall mean the English law governed security trust deed dated the Closing Date between the Borrower and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral trustee.
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement shall mean the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
Uncommitted Inventories shall mean tobacco inventories for which the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries has not received a Confirmed Order, which such inventories are reflected on the books and records of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries as uncommitted inventories in accordance with GAAP.
Unfunded Pension Liability of any Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA shall mean the amount, if any, by which the value of the accumulated plan benefits under such Plan determined on a plan termination basis in accordance with actuarial assumptions at such time consistent with those prescribed by the PBGC for purposes of Section 4044 of ERISA, exceeds the Fair Market Value of all plan assets allocable to such liabilities under Title IV of ERISA (excluding any accrued but unpaid contributions).
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor that is designated by the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:
(1) except as permitted under Section 6.05, is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor;
(2) is a Person with respect to which neither the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Persons financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and
(3) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.
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USA PATRIOT Act shall mean The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
Value Added Processing Facility shall mean the tobacco processing facility located along Baldree Road and Wilco Boulevard in Wilson, North Carolina.
Voting Stock of any specified Person as of any date shall mean the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by
(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary shall mean, as to any Person, any Domestic Subsidiary of such Person that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall mean, as to any Person, (i) any corporation 100% of whose Equity Interest is at the time owned by such Person and/or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person and (ii) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other entity in which such Person and/or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person has a 100% equity interest at such time (other than, in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco with respect to the preceding clauses (i) and (ii), directors qualifying shares and/or other nominal amounts of shares required to be held by Persons other than the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries under applicable law).
Wilson County Facility shall mean the fee owned facility located on Old Stantonsburg Road in Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina.
Withholding Agent shall mean any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 1.02 Terms Generally. The definitions in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. The word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word shall; and the words asset and property shall be construed as having the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document or other agreement shall mean such document or other agreement as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. The financial statements to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant hereto shall be made and prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the most
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recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower delivered to the Lenders prior to the Closing Date (except as set forth in the notes thereto or as otherwise disclosed in writing by the Borrower to the Lenders); provided that, (i) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all such financial statements shall be prepared without giving effect to any election under FASB ASC 825 (or any similar accounting principle permitting a Person to value its financial liabilities at the fair value thereof), and (ii) no Person that is a Minority Interest Consolidated Entity shall be consolidated with the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries for purposes of such financial statements.
SECTION 1.03 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 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.
SECTION 1.04 LLC Division. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (including any LLC Division, or any comparable event under a different jurisdictions laws, as applicable): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original person to the subsequent person, and (b) if any new person comes into existence, such new person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
SECTION 1.05 Calculations; Etc.
(a) Any calculation or measure that is determined with reference to the Borrowers and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries financial statements (including, without limitation, Consolidated EBITDA, consolidated interest expense, Consolidated Net Income, Consolidated Net Worth, Consolidated Tangible Net Worth, Eligible Inventory, Eligible Receivables, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Fixed Charges and clause (iii)(A) of the second paragraph under Section 6.01(a)) may be determined with reference to New Pyxus Topcos financial information at the election of New Pyxus Topco.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement under a restrictive covenant that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, any Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test) (any such amounts, the Fixed Amounts) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with any such financial ratio or test (any such amounts, the Incurrence Based Amounts), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts (and any cash proceeds thereof) shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence Based Amounts in connection with such substantially concurrent incurrence.
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ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01 Exchanges.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, on and subject to the occurrence of the Closing Date, each Lender (i) hereby assigns to the Borrower, on a cashless basis, the aggregate principal amount of Existing Exit Term Loans held by such Lender under the Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement in exchange for an aggregate principal amount of Loans, in each case as set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 2.01 and (ii) shall automatically be deemed to have made a Loan to the Borrower in the principal amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 2.01. Loans deemed made under this Section 2.01 and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
(b) The Borrower and each Exchanging Exit Term Lender agree that, immediately upon consummation of the exchanges described in this Section 2.01 and in Section 2.01 of the New Intabex Credit Agreement, together with the payment in cash by the Borrower to be made on or prior to the Closing Date on account of any other Existing Term Loan Obligations and the Existing Intabex Term Loan Obligations, (i) the Existing Exit Term Loans and Existing Exit Term Loan Obligations will be automatically and irrevocably canceled and extinguished and (ii) the Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement and all related loan documents shall be terminated.
SECTION 2.02 Loans.
(a) Each Loan made (or deemed made) on the Closing Date shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made (or deemed made) by the Lenders in the amounts set forth in Section 2.01; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender to make any Loan shall not in itself relieve any other Lender of its obligation to lend hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any Loan required to be made by such other Lender).
(b) Subject to Sections 2.08 and 2.15, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or SOFR Loans as the Borrower may request pursuant to Section 2.03. Each Lender may at its option make any SOFR Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time. For purposes of the foregoing, Borrowings having different Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered separate Borrowings.
SECTION 2.03 Borrowing Procedure. In order to request the Borrowing to be made on the Closing Date, the Borrower shall deliver a fully executed Borrowing Request to the Administrative Agent by 2:00 p.m. New York City time, not less than one Business Day before such proposed Borrowing. Such Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable (but subject to the consummation of the Transactions), and shall specify the following information: (1) whether the Borrowing then being requested is to be a SOFR Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing;(2) the date of such Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day); and (3) if such Borrowing is to be a SOFR Borrowing, the Interest Period with respect thereto. If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period with respect to any SOFR Borrowing is specified in any such notice, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. The Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the applicable Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.03 (and the contents thereof), and of each Lenders portion of the requested Borrowing.
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SECTION 2.04 Evidence of Debt; Repayment of Loans.
(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the principal amount of each Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.11.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it will record (i) the amount of each Loan made or exchanged hereunder, the Type thereof and, if applicable, the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor and each Lenders share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) above shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligations of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with their terms. In the event of any conflict between the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) above, the accounts maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) shall control.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it hereunder be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender and its registered assigns and in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event any Lender shall request and receive such a promissory note, the interests represented by such note shall at all times (including after any assignment of all or part of such interests pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes payable to the payee named therein or its registered assigns.
SECTION 2.05 Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, the administrative fees set forth in the Agent Fee Letter at the times and in the amounts specified therein.
SECTION 2.06 Interest on Loans.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.07, the Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be) at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Interest Applicable Percentage in effect from time to time (such interest, ABR Interest).
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.07, the Loans comprising each SOFR Borrowing shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Interest Applicable Percentage in effect from time to time (such interest, SOFR Interest, and together with ABR Interest, Interest).
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(c) Interest on each Loan shall be payable in cash in arrears on each Interest Payment Date. The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for each Interest Period or day within an Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.07 Default Interest. At all times during which an Event of Default is continuing, the Borrower shall pay interest on all unpaid Obligations hereunder at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, when determined by reference to the Prime Rate and over a year of 360 days at all other times) equal to 2.00% per annum above the then-applicable rate.
SECTION 2.08 Alternate Rate of Interest.
(a) Subject to clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 2.08, if:
(i) (x) the Administrative Agent determines (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a SOFR Borrowing, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (including because the Term SOFR Reference Rate is not available or published on a current basis), for such Interest Period and (B) at any time, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR for such Interest Period, and (y) the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower jointly elect to replace the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable; or
(ii) (x) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a SOFR Borrowing, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period and (B) at any time, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing and (y) the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower jointly elect to replace the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or electronic mail as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Borrower delivers a new notice pursuant to Section 2.10, any notice pursuant to Section 2.10 that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a SOFR Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be a notice pursuant to Section 2.10 for an ABR Borrowing. If any SOFR Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrowers receipt of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this Section 2.08(a) with respect to a rate applicable to such SOFR Loan, then until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y)
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the Borrower delivers a new notice pursuant to Section 2.10, any SOFR Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) a Borrowing bearing interest based upon the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 2.08(a)(i) or (ii) above and such joint election is made or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 2.08(a)(i) or (ii) above or such joint election is not made, on such day.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then, (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) 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 other Loan 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 Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (2) 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 other Loan 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 date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders and the Borrower without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, in connection with the implementation and administration of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan 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 Loan Document (other than as provided in the definition of Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes).
(d) The Administrative Agent will promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days) notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (f) below and (v) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.08, 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 or any selection, 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 to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.08.
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(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Rate) 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 or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of Interest Period for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative 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 or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of Interest Period for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(f) Upon the Borrowers receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for any conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have made a request for a conversion to (A) a Borrowing of Loans bearing interest based on the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, if Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (B) an ABR Borrowing if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Alternate Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR. Furthermore, if any SOFR Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrowers receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to the rate applicable to such SOFR Loan, then until such time as a Benchmark Replacement is implemented pursuant to this Section 2.08, any SOFR Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) a Borrowing of Loans bearing interest based on the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, if Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event, on such day.
(g) Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall consider in good faith any proposal reasonably requested by the Borrower and not adverse to the Lenders that is intended to ensure a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 2.08 meets the standards set forth in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1001-6 (or any successor United States Treasury Regulations or other official IRS guidance promulgated that expands upon or supersedes such United States Treasury Regulations), such that the use of such Benchmark Replacement would not be treated as a significant modification (and therefore not an exchange) of any Loans for purposes of United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1001-3.
SECTION 2.09 Termination of Commitment to Exchange. The Lenders commitment to exchange their Existing Exit Term Loans shall be automatically terminated immediately after the exchange of the requisite amount of Loans pursuant to Section 2.01 on the Closing Date.
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SECTION 2.10 Conversion and Continuation of Borrowings. The Borrower shall have the right at any time upon prior, irrevocable, written notice to the Administrative Agent (a) not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on one Business Day prior to the date of conversion, to convert any SOFR Borrowing into an ABR Borrowing, (b) not later than 12:00 (noon), New York City time, three Business Days prior to conversion or continuation, to convert any ABR Borrowing into a SOFR Borrowing or to continue any SOFR Borrowing as a SOFR Borrowing for an additional Interest Period, and (c) not later than 12:00 (noon), New York City time, three Business Days prior to conversion, to convert the Interest Period with respect to any SOFR Borrowing to another permissible Interest Period, subject in each case to the following:
(i) each conversion or continuation shall be made pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with the respective principal amounts of the Loans comprising the converted or continued Borrowing;
(ii) each conversion shall be effected by each Lender and the Administrative Agent by recording for the account of such Lender the new Loan of such Lender resulting from such conversion and reducing the Loan (or portion thereof) of such Lender being converted by an equivalent principal amount; accrued interest on any SOFR Borrowing (or portion thereof) being converted shall be paid by the Borrower at the time of conversion;
(iii) if any SOFR Borrowing is converted at a time other than the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall pay, upon demand, any amounts due to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.16;
(iv) any portion of a Borrowing of any Loans maturing or required to be repaid in less than one month may not be converted into or continued as a SOFR Borrowing;
(v) any portion of a SOFR Borrowing that cannot be converted into or continued as a SOFR Borrowing by reason of the immediately preceding clause shall be automatically converted at the end of the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing into an ABR Borrowing; and
(vi) upon notice to the Borrower from the Administrative Agent given at the request of the Required Lenders, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default, no outstanding Loan may be converted into, or continued as, a SOFR Loan.
Each notice pursuant to this Section 2.10 shall be irrevocable and shall refer to this Agreement and specify (i) the identity and amount of the Borrowing that the Borrower requests be converted or continued, (ii) whether such Borrowing is to be converted to or continued as a SOFR Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing and (iii) if such notice requests a conversion, the date of such conversion (which shall be a Business Day). The Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.10 and of each Lenders portion of any converted or continued Borrowing. If the Borrower shall not have given notice in accordance with this Section 2.10 to continue any SOFR Borrowing into a subsequent Interest Period (and shall not otherwise have given notice in accordance with this Section 2.10 to convert such Borrowing), such Borrowing shall, at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto (unless repaid pursuant to the terms hereof), automatically be continued as a SOFR Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month.
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SECTION 2.11 Repayment of Borrowings.
(a) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, on the Maturity Date, the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding on such date, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the date of such payment.
(b) All repayments pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall be subject to Section 2.16, but shall otherwise be without premium or penalty.
SECTION 2.12 Optional Prepayment.
(a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing, in whole or in part, upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent received before 11:00 a.m., New York City time at least three Business Days in advance of the prepayment date in the case of SOFR Loans, or at least one Business Day in advance of the prepayment date in the case of ABR Loans; provided, however, that each partial prepayment shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding.
(b) Optional prepayments of Loans shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective pro rata share of the outstanding Loans at the time.
(c) Each notice of prepayment shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing (or portion thereof) to be prepaid, shall be irrevocable and shall commit the Borrower to prepay such Borrowing in the amount stated therein on the date stated therein; provided that a notice of prepayment may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, indentures or similar agreements or any other event, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. All prepayments under this Section 2.12 shall be subject to Section 2.16 but otherwise without premium or penalty. All prepayments under this Section 2.12 shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be prepaid to but excluding the date of payment.
SECTION 2.13 Incremental Term Loans.
(a) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, request additional loans to be made hereunder from one or more Incremental Term Lenders (which may but need not include any existing Lender) willing to provide such loans in their sole discretion; provided, that the Administrative Agent shall have a right to consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to any prospective lenders provision of such loans if such consent would be required under Section 9.04(b) for an assignment of Loans to such prospective lender. Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of Loans being requested, (ii) the date on which such Loans are requested to be made (or commitments therefor established) and (iii) whether such Loans will have terms identical to (other than in respect of any fees relating thereto) any class of Loans outstanding at such time or different from all classes of Loans outstanding at such time (any such loans advanced pursuant to this Section 2.13, Incremental Term Loans).
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(b) The Borrower and each Incremental Term Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent and the Incremental Term Lenders shall reasonably specify to evidence the commitment of such Incremental Term Lender to advance any such Incremental Term Loans.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Term Loans shall be made hereunder unless immediately after giving effect thereto such Loans are permitted to be incurred and outstanding under clause (i) or (iii) of the definition of Permitted Debt as of the date of incurrence.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Incremental Term Lenders may amend or modify this Agreement and any other Loan Document to the extent necessary to incorporate the existence, structure (including as delayed draw commitments) and terms of any Incremental Term Loans (including to have such commitments or Loans included in the definition of Required Lenders, provide for tranche voting or form a single class with any Loans outstanding at such time). In addition, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all references in the Loan Documents to Loans shall be deemed, unless the context otherwise requires, to include references to any Incremental Term Loans that are Loans made pursuant to this Agreement.
SECTION 2.14 Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Change in Law shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of or credit extended by any Lender (except any such reserve requirement which is reflected in the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate), shall subject any Lender or the Administrative Agent to any Taxes (other than (i) Indemnified Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (ii) Excluded Taxes) on its Loans or other obligations or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto or shall impose on such Lender any other condition affecting this Agreement or SOFR Loans made by such Lender, and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any SOFR Loan or increase the cost to any Lender of purchasing or maintaining a participation therein or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then the Borrower will pay to such Lender from time to time such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender shall have determined that any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lenders capital or on the capital of such Lenders holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made pursuant hereto to a level below that which such Lender or such Lenders holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders policies and the policies of such Lenders holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time the Borrower shall pay to such Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lenders holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) above shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate delivered by it within 30 days after its receipt of the same.
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(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation for any increased costs or reduction in amounts received or receivable or reduction in return on capital shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be under any obligation to compensate any Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) above with respect to increased costs or reductions with respect to any period prior to the date that is 180 days prior to such request if such Lender knew or could reasonably have been expected to know of the circumstances giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of the fact that such circumstances would result in a claim for increased compensation by reason of such increased costs or reductions; provided, further, that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to any increased costs or reductions arising out of the retroactive application of any Change in Law within such 180-day period. The protection of this Section 2.14 shall be available to each Lender regardless of any possible contention of the invalidity or inapplicability of the Change in Law that shall have occurred or been imposed.
SECTION 2.15 Change in Legality.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Change in Law shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain any SOFR Loan or to give effect to its obligations as contemplated hereby with respect to any SOFR Loan, then, by written notice to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent:
(i) such Lender may declare that SOFR Loans will not thereafter (for the duration of such unlawfulness) be made by such Lender hereunder (or be continued for additional Interest Periods) and ABR Loans will not thereafter (for such duration) be converted into SOFR Loans, whereupon any request for a SOFR Borrowing (or to convert an ABR Borrowing to a SOFR Borrowing or to continue a SOFR Borrowing for an additional Interest Period) shall, as to such Lender only, be deemed a request for an ABR Loan (or a request to continue an ABR Loan as such for an additional Interest Period or to convert a SOFR Loan into an ABR Loan, as the case may be), unless such declaration shall be subsequently withdrawn; and
(ii) such Lender may require that all outstanding SOFR Loans made by it be converted to ABR Loans, in which event all such SOFR Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans as of the effective date of such notice as provided in paragraph (b) below.
In the event any Lender shall exercise its rights under (i) or (ii) above, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise have been applied to repay the SOFR Loans that would have been made by such Lender or the converted SOFR Loans of such Lender shall instead be applied to repay the ABR Loans made by such Lender in lieu of, or resulting from the conversion of, such SOFR Loans.
(b) For purposes of this Section 2.15, a notice to the Borrower by any Lender shall be effective as to each SOFR Loan made by such Lender, if lawful, on the last day of the Interest Period then applicable to such SOFR Loan; in all other cases such notice shall be effective on the date of receipt by the Borrower.
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SECTION 2.16 Indemnity. The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any loss or expense (but not against any lost profits) that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) any event, other than a default by such Lender in the performance of its obligations hereunder, which results in (i) such Lender receiving or being deemed to receive any amount on account of the principal of any SOFR Loan prior to the end of the Interest Period in effect therefor, (ii) the conversion of any SOFR Loan to an ABR Loan, or the conversion of the Interest Period with respect to any SOFR Loan, in each case other than on the last day of the Interest Period in effect therefor, or (iii) any SOFR Loan to be made by such Lender (including any SOFR Loan to be made pursuant to a conversion or continuation under Section 2.10) not being made after notice of such Loan shall have been given by the Borrower hereunder (any of the events referred to in this clause (a) being called a Breakage Event) or (b) any default in the making of any payment or prepayment of any SOFR Loan required to be made hereunder. In the case of any Breakage Event, such loss shall include an amount equal to the excess, as reasonably determined by such Lender, of (i) its cost of obtaining funds for the SOFR Loan that is the subject of such Breakage Event for the period from the date of such Breakage Event to the last day of the Interest Period in effect (or that would have been in effect) for such Loan over (ii) the amount of interest likely to be realized by such Lender in redeploying the funds released or not utilized by reason of such Breakage Event for such period. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts which such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.16 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.17 Pro Rata Treatment. Except as required under Section 2.15, Section 2.16 or in connection with a Permitted Loan Purchase, each Borrowing, each payment or prepayment of principal of any Borrowing, each payment of interest on the Loans and each conversion of any Borrowing to or continuation of any Borrowing as a Borrowing of any Type shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with their respective principal amounts of their outstanding Loans. Each Lender agrees that in computing such Lenders portion of any Borrowing to be made hereunder, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, round each Lenders percentage of such Borrowing to the next higher or lower whole dollar amount.
SECTION 2.18 Sharing of Setoffs. Each Lender agrees that if it shall, through the exercise of a right of bankers lien, setoff or counterclaim against the Borrower or any other Loan Party, or pursuant to a secured claim under Section 506 of Title 11 of the United States Code or other security or interest arising from, or in lieu of, such secured claim, received by such Lender under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or otherwise, or by any other means (excluding means expressly contemplated elsewhere in this Agreement), obtain payment (voluntary or involuntary) in respect of any Loans as a result of which the unpaid principal portion of its Loans shall be proportionately less than the unpaid principal portion of the Loans of any other Lender, it shall be deemed simultaneously to have purchased from such other Lender at face value, and shall promptly pay to such other Lender the purchase price for, a participation in the Loans of such other Lender, so that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans and participations in Loans held by each Lender shall be in the same proportion to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans then outstanding as the principal amount of its Loans prior to such exercise of bankers lien, setoff or counterclaim or other event was to the principal amount of all Loans outstanding prior to such exercise of bankers lien, setoff or counterclaim or other event; provided, however, that if any such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be made pursuant to this Section 2.18 and the payment giving rise thereto shall thereafter be recovered, such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be rescinded to the extent of such recovery and the purchase price or prices or adjustment restored without interest. The Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangements and agrees that any Lender holding a participation in a Loan deemed to have been so purchased may exercise any and all rights of bankers lien, setoff or counterclaim with respect to any and all moneys owing by the Borrower to such Lender by reason thereof as fully as if such Lender had made a Loan directly to the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
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SECTION 2.19 Payments.
(a) The Borrower shall make each payment (including principal of or interest on any Borrowing or any fees or other amounts) hereunder and under any other Loan Document not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due in immediately available dollars, without setoff, defense or counterclaim. Each such payment shall be made to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender any payments received by the Administrative Agent on behalf of such Lender. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, but shall not be obligated to, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower does not in fact make such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender, and to pay interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at a rate determined by the Administrative Agent to represent its cost of overnight or short-term funds (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error).
SECTION 2.20 Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, and if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.20) the Administrative Agent or Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made.
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(c) The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.20) that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or by the Administrative Agent on behalf of itself or a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes, Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower or any other Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in paragraphs (e)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lenders reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or about the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), an executed copy of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding Tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or about the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, an executed copy of IRS Form W-8BEN-E or IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the interest article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the business profits or other income article of such tax treaty;
(2) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming that its extension of credit will generate U.S. effectively connected income, an executed copy of IRS Form W-8ECI;
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(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a 10 percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate) and (y) an executed copy of IRS Form W-8BEN-E or IRS Form W-8BEN; or
(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, an executed copy of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, IRS Form W-8BEN, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 or Exhibit D-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or about the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement or any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Withholding Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent as may be necessary for the Withholding Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
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(f) Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower or any other Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lenders failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(f) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (f).
(g) If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.20 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.20), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.20 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out of pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This paragraph (g) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(h) Each partys obligations under this Section 2.20 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
SECTION 2.21 Assignment of Loans under Certain Circumstances; Duty to Mitigate.
(a) In the event (i) any Lender delivers a certificate requesting compensation pursuant to Section 2.14, (ii) any Lender delivers a notice described in Section 2.15, (iii) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority on account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.20, (iv) any Lender refuses to consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification of any Loan Document requested by the Borrower that requires the consent of a greater percentage of the Lenders than the Required Lenders and such amendment, waiver or other modification is consented to by the Required Lenders or (v) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, in each case, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort (including with respect to the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 9.04(b)), upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender
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to transfer and assign, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement (or, in the case of clause (iv) or (v) above, all of its interests, rights and obligations with respect to the Loans that are the subject of the related consent, amendment, waiver or other modification or in respect of which such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, as the case may be) to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such assigned obligations and, with respect to clause (iv) above, shall consent to such requested amendment, waiver or other modification of any Loan Document (which Eligible Assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (x) such assignment shall not conflict with any law, rule or regulation or order of any court or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction, (y) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed, and (z) the Borrower or such Eligible Assignee shall have paid to the affected Lender in immediately available funds an amount equal to the sum of the principal of and interest accrued to the date of such payment on the outstanding Loans of such Lender plus all other amounts accrued for the account of such Lender hereunder with respect thereto (including any amounts under Sections 2.14, 2.16 and 2.20); provided, further, that, if prior to any such transfer and assignment the circumstances or event that resulted in such Lenders claim for compensation under Section 2.14, notice under Section 2.15 or the amounts paid pursuant to Section 2.20, as the case may be, cease to cause such Lender to suffer increased costs or reductions in amounts received or receivable or reduction in return on capital, or cease to have the consequences specified in Section 2.15, or cease to result in amounts being payable under Section 2.20, as the case may be (including as a result of any action taken by such Lender pursuant to paragraph (b) below), or if such Lender shall waive its right to claim further compensation under Section 2.14 in respect of such circumstances or event or shall withdraw its notice under Section 2.15 or shall waive its right to further payments under Section 2.20 in respect of such circumstances or event or shall consent to the proposed amendment, waiver, consent or other modification or shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender, as the case may be, then such Lender shall not thereafter be required to make any such transfer and assignment hereunder. Each Lender hereby grants to the Administrative Agent an irrevocable power of attorney (which power is coupled with an interest) to execute and deliver, on behalf of such Lender as assignor, any Assignment and Acceptance necessary to effectuate any assignment of such Lenders interests hereunder in the circumstances contemplated by this Section 2.21(a).
(b) If (i) any Lender shall request compensation under Section 2.14, (ii) any Lender delivers a notice described in Section 2.15 or (iii) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority on account of any Lender, pursuant to Section 2.20, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts (which shall not require such Lender to incur an unreimbursed loss or unreimbursed cost or expense or otherwise take any action inconsistent with its internal policies or legal or regulatory restrictions or suffer any disadvantage or burden deemed by it to be significant) (x) to file any certificate or document reasonably requested in writing by the Borrower or (y) to assign its rights and delegate and transfer its obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if such filing or assignment would reduce its claims for compensation under Section 2.14 or enable it to withdraw its notice pursuant to Section 2.15 or would reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.20, as the case may be, in the future. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such filing or assignment, delegation and transfer.
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ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and each of the Lenders that:
SECTION 3.01 Company Status. Each Loan Party (a) is a duly organized, incorporated, established and validly existing Business in good standing (or the foreign equivalent, if any) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, incorporation and establishment (in each case, to the extent each such concept exists in such jurisdiction), (b) has the requisite organizational and constitutional power and authority to own its material property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged and presently proposes to engage and (c) is duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing (or the foreign equivalent, if any) in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications except, in the case of this clause, for failures to be so qualified or authorized which, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.02 Power and Authority. Has the requisite organizational and constitutional power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the terms and provisions of each of the Loan Documents to which it is party and has taken all necessary Business action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of each of such Loan Documents. Each Loan Party has duly executed and delivered each of the Loan Documents to which it is party, and each of such Loan Documents constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws generally affecting creditors rights, (b) equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law) and (c) in the case of each UK Loan Party and UK Security Document, the UK Legal Reservations and the UK Perfection Requirements.
SECTION 3.03 No Violation. Neither the execution, delivery or performance by any Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, nor compliance by it with the terms and provisions thereof, (a) will contravene any Requirement of Law, (b) will conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien (except pursuant to the Loan Documents) upon any of the property or assets of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, charge, pledge, debenture, deed of trust, credit agreement or loan agreement, or any other material agreement, contract or instrument, in each case to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound or to which it may be subject including, without limitation, the Loan Documents, or (c) will violate any provision of the certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of association, memorandum of association, certificate of formation or incorporation (as applicable), limited liability company agreement or bylaws (or equivalent organizational or constitutional documents), as applicable, of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 3.04 Approvals. No order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with (except for (x) those that have otherwise been obtained or made on or prior to the Closing Date and which remain in full force and effect on the Closing Date and (y) filings which are necessary to perfect the security interests created or intended to be created under the Security Documents, which filings will be made within the time periods set forth in Section 5.15), or exemption by, any Governmental Authority is required to be obtained or made by, or on behalf of, any Loan Party to authorize, or is required to be obtained or made by, or on behalf of, any Loan Party in connection with, (a) the execution, delivery and performance of any Loan Document or (b) the legality, validity, binding
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effect or enforceability of any such Loan Document, except for (x) filings with the Registrar of Companies at Companies House, HM Land Registry, and any other comparable offices in foreign jurisdictions and equivalent filings in foreign jurisdictions and (y) any other filings or registrations required to perfect or maintain perfection of liens created by the Security Documents (including in respect of UK Loan Parties and each UK Security Document, filings with the Registrar of Companies at Companies House and HM Land Registry) (and, in the case of each UK Loan Party and each Security Document governed by English law, subject to the UK Legal Reservations and the UK Perfection Requirements).
SECTION 3.05 Material Adverse Effect. Since December 22, 2022, nothing has occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.06 Litigation. There are no litigations, investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened (a) with respect to the Transactions or any Loan Document or (b) that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.07 True and Complete Disclosure. All factual information (taken as a whole) furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Parent Guarantors in writing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including, without limitation, all information contained in the Loan Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any transaction contemplated herein or therein is, and all other such factual information (taken as a whole) hereafter furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Parent Guarantors in writing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender will be, true and accurate in all material respects on the date as of which such information is dated or certified (or, if such information has been updated, amended or supplemented, on the date as of which any such update, amendment or supplement is dated or certified) and not incomplete by omitting to state any material fact necessary in order to make such information (taken as a whole) not misleading in any material respect at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information was provided, it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Section 3.07, such factual information shall not include any projections or any pro forma financial information, budgets or any other estimation.
SECTION 3.08 Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations.
(a) No proceeds of any Loan will be used to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. Neither the making of any Loan nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate or be inconsistent with the provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X. Not more than 25% of the value of the assets of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole is represented by Margin Stock.
(b) The Borrower will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Loans, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise).
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SECTION 3.09 Tax Returns and Payments. Each of the Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each of their Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be timely filed with the appropriate Governmental Authority all federal and other material returns, statements, forms and reports for Taxes (the Returns) required to be filed by, or with respect to the income, properties or operations of, the Borrower and/or any Parent Guarantor and/or any of their Subsidiaries. The Returns accurately reflect in all material respects all liability for Taxes of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, as applicable, for the periods covered thereby. The Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each of their Subsidiaries has paid all material Taxes and assessments payable by it which have become due, other than those that are being contested in good faith and adequately disclosed and fully provided for on the financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, as applicable, in accordance with GAAP. There is no action, suit, proceeding, investigation, audit or claim now pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened by any authority regarding any material Taxes relating to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.10 Compliance with ERISA.
(a) Each Plan is in compliance in form and operation with its terms and with ERISA and the Code (including without limitation the Code provisions compliance with which is necessary for any intended favorable tax treatment) and all other applicable laws and regulations, except where any failure to comply could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No ERISA Event has occurred, or is reasonably expected to occur, other than as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) There exists no actual Unfunded Pension Liability with respect to any Plan, which either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) There are no actions, suits or claims pending against or involving a Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, which would reasonably be expected to be asserted successfully against any Plan and, if so asserted successfully, could reasonably be expected either individually or in the aggregate to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) The Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries and any ERISA Affiliate have made all contributions to or under each Plan and Multiemployer Plan required by law within the applicable time limits prescribed thereby, the terms of such Plan or Multiemployer Plan, respectively, or any contract or agreement requiring contributions to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan except where any failure to comply, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) No Plan which is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA has applied for or received an extension of any amortization period, within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 303 or 304 of ERISA. The Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries and any ERISA Affiliate have not ceased operations at a facility so as to become subject to the provisions of Section 4068(a) of ERISA, withdrawn as a substantial employer so as to become subject to the provisions of Section 4063 of ERISA or ceased making contributions to any Plan subject to Section 4064(a) of ERISA to which it made contributions except as, with respect to each of the foregoing, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate have incurred or reasonably expect to incur liability to the PBGC which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
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and no lien imposed under the Code or ERISA on the assets of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate exists or is likely to arise on account of any Plan. None of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability under Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
(f) Except as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect: each Foreign Pension Plan has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations and orders and has been maintained, where required, in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities; all contributions required to be made with respect to a Foreign Pension Plan have been timely made; neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries has incurred any obligation in connection with the termination of, or withdrawal from, any Foreign Pension Plan; and the present value of the accrued benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Foreign Pension Plan, determined as of the end of Pyxus Holdings most recently ended fiscal year on the basis of actuarial assumptions, each of which is reasonable, did not exceed the current value of the assets of such Foreign Pension Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities.
SECTION 3.11 Security Documents.
(a) Subject to, in the case of UK Loan Parties and UK Security Documents, the UK Legal Reservations and the UK Perfection Requirements, each of the Security Documents are effective to create in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Senior Holders a legal, valid, and enforceable security interest in all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties party thereto in the Collateral described therein, and subject to the recordation of the documents described in this Section 3.11, the Senior Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Senior Holders, will have a fully perfected security interest in all right, title and interest in all of the Collateral described therein, in each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens (it being understood that the Permitted Liens described in clause (1) of the definition thereof are subject to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, as applicable). The recordation of (x) the grant of security interest in patents registered or applied for in the United States, if applicable, and (y) the grant of security interest in trademarks registered or applied for in the United States, if applicable, in the respective form attached to the Pledge and Security Agreement, in each case in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, together with filings on Form UCC-3 assigning each corresponding Form UCC-1 to the Senior Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Senior Holders as the secured party thereunder and any other Form UCC-1 made pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, will create, to the extent as may be perfected by such filings and recordation, a perfected security interest in the United States trademarks and patents covered by the Pledge and Security Agreement, and the recordation of the grant of security interest in copyrights registered or applied for in the United States, if applicable, in the form attached to the Pledge and Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office, together with such UCC filings, will create, to the extent as may be perfected by such filings and recordation, a perfected security interest in the United States copyrights covered by the Pledge and Security Agreement.
(b) Subject to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, the security interests created under the Pledge and Security Agreement in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent, as pledgee, for the benefit of the Senior Holders, constitute perfected security interests in the Collateral described in the Pledge and Security Agreement to the extent such Collateral is an Equity Interest or a promissory note (including any Intercompany Note, subject to no security interests of any other Person (other
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than, subject to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, Permitted Liens described in clause 1 of the definition thereof)). No filings or recordings are required in order to perfect (or maintain the perfection or priority of) the security interests created in the Collateral described in the Pledge or Security Agreement to the extent such Collateral is an Equity Interest or a promissory note (including any Intercompany Note) other than such filings or recording that have already been made and are still in effect.
(c) Each Mortgage, when recorded, creates, as security for the obligations purported to be secured thereby, a valid and enforceable perfected security interest in and mortgage lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent (or such other trustee as may be required or desired under local law) for the benefit of the Senior Holders, superior and prior to the rights of all third Persons (except that the security interest and mortgage lien created on such Mortgaged Property may be subject to the Permitted Liens related thereto and, subject to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement and Collateral Agency Agreement.
SECTION 3.12 Properties. All Material Real Property owned by any domestic Loan Party as of the Closing Date, and the nature of the interest therein, is correctly set forth in Schedule 3.12. The Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each of their Subsidiaries (in the case of the UK Loan Parties, subject to the UK Legal Reservations and the UK Perfection Requirements) has good and indefeasible title to all material properties (and to all buildings, fixtures, to the extent such fixtures constitute real property, and improvements located thereon) owned by it, free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens. The Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each of their Subsidiaries have a valid and indefeasible leasehold interest in the material properties leased by it free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens.
SECTION 3.13 Subsidiaries. On and as of the Closing Date, the Parent Guarantors and the Borrower have no Subsidiaries other than those Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 3.13. Schedule 3.13 sets forth, as of the Closing Date, the percentage ownership (direct and indirect) of the Parent Guarantors or the Borrower, identifies the direct owner thereof and which Subsidiaries are Material Domestic Subsidiaries and Material Foreign Subsidiaries. All outstanding Equity Interests of each Material Domestic Subsidiary and each Material Foreign Subsidiary have been duly and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and have been issued free of preemptive rights. Each Material Domestic Subsidiary and each Material Foreign Subsidiary has no outstanding securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Equity Interests or outstanding any right to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options or warrants for the purchase of, or any agreement providing for the issuance (contingent or otherwise) of or any calls, commitments or claims of any character relating to, its Equity Interests or any stock appreciation or similar rights.
SECTION 3.14 Compliance with Laws. The Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.15 Investment Company Act. Neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries is an investment company or a company controlled by an investment company, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION 3.16 No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
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SECTION 3.17 Environmental Matters.
(a) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each of their Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and has obtained and is in compliance with the terms of any permits required under such Environmental Laws; (ii) there are no Environmental Claims pending or to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened, against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries; (iii) no Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, has been recorded or to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened under any Environmental Law with respect to any Real Property owned by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries; (iv) neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries has agreed to assume or accept responsibility for any existing liability of any other Person under any Environmental Law; and (v) to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, there are no facts, circumstances, conditions or occurrences with respect to the past or present business, operations, properties or facilities of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, or any of their respective predecessors, that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any Environmental Claim against or any liability for the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries under any Environmental Law.
(b) Since January 1, 2015, neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries has received any letter or written request for information under Section 104(e) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seq.) or any comparable state law with regard to any matter that could reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries has been issued or been required to obtain a permit for the treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste at any of its facilities pursuant to the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901, et. seq. (RCRA), or any equivalent state law, nor are any such facilities regulated as interim status facilities required to undergo corrective action pursuant to RCRA or any state equivalent, except, in each case, for such matters that could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) (i) To the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries has any underground storage tanks (A) that are not properly registered or permitted under applicable Environmental Laws, or (B) that are leaking or disposing of Hazardous Materials, and (ii) to the extent required by applicable Environmental Law, the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries have notified all of their employees of the existence, if any, of any health hazard arising from the conditions of their employment and have met all notification requirements under all Environmental Laws.
SECTION 3.18 Employment and Labor Relations. Except as could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice. There is (a) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened against any of them, before the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so pending against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending against the Borrower, any Parent
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Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, (c) no union representation question exists with respect to the employees of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, (d) no equal employment opportunity charges or other claims of employment discrimination are pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, and (e) no wage and hour department investigation has been made of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, except (with respect to any matter specified in clauses (a) (e) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.19 Intellectual Property, etc. Each of the Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each of their Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use all the patents, trademarks, permits, domain names, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, franchises, inventions, trade secrets, proprietary information and know-how of any type, whether or not written (including, but not limited to, rights in computer programs and databases), and formulas, or rights with respect to the foregoing, used in the conduct of its business, without any known conflict with or infringement or misappropriation of the rights of others which conflict, infringement or misappropriation could reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.20 Insurance. Schedule 3.20 sets forth a listing of all insurance maintained by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, with the amounts insured (and any deductibles) set forth therein.
SECTION 3.21 [Reserved].
SECTION 3.22 Anti-Terrorism Law.
(a) Neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries is in violation of any legal requirement relating to any laws with respect to terrorism or money laundering (Anti-Terrorism Laws), including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing effective September 24, 2001 (the Executive Order) and the Patriot Act. Neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, no agent of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries acting on behalf of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, as the case may be, is any of the following:
(i) a Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order;
(ii) a Person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order;
(iii) a Person with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(iv) a Person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports terrorism as defined in the Executive Order; or
(v) a Person that is named as a specially designated national and blocked person on the most current list published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list (SDN).
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(b) Neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, no agent of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries acting on behalf of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, as the case may be, (i) other than in respect of Sanctions-compliant business with SDNs under US country-sanctions (non-terrorism) programs that permit such business, conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of a Person described in Section 3.22(a), (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order, or (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.
SECTION 3.23 Anti-Corruption Laws.
(a) During the past five years, neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries, or any respective director, officer, or employee of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, its joint venture partners or other Affiliates, or any respective agent or other Person acting on behalf of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries: (i) has used any funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, property, entertainment or other unlawful expense related to political activity; (ii) has made or taken any action to further or facilitate any offer, payment, gift, promise to pay, or any offer, gift or promise of anything else of value, directly or indirectly, in order to improperly influence official action, to obtain or retain business for the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or their Subsidiaries, or to secure an improper advantage for the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or their Subsidiaries; (iii) has made, offered, taken, or will make, offer or take any act in furtherance of any bribe or unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, property, gift, kickback or other unlawful payment; or (iv) is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation of any provision of the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder or any other applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws and/or regulations. The Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries and their Affiliates have instituted and maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and ensure continued compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein.
(b) No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper or undue advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the UK Bribery Act 2010, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws.
SECTION 3.24 Sanctions. The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors have implemented and maintain in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents while acting on behalf of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries with Sanctions applicable to
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the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, and the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors their Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, their respective directors and agents, while acting on behalf of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, are in compliance with applicable Sanctions and are not knowingly engaged in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in the Borrower being designated as a Sanctioned Person. None of (a) the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor, any of their Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, any agent of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person, except in such instances that would not result in a Sanctions violation to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries.
SECTION 3.25 Material Contracts. All Material Contracts are in full force and effect and no defaults exist thereunder other than defaults the consequence of which, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.26 [Reserved].
SECTION 3.27 Centre of Main Interests. For the purposes of The Council of the European Union Regulation No. (EU) 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast) (the Regulation), so far as it is aware and if and for so long as the Regulation is applicable or deemed to be applicable in the United Kingdom, for the purposes of the Regulation, each UK Loan Partys centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Regulation) is situated in its jurisdiction of incorporation.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions of Lending
SECTION 4.01 Conditions Precedent to the Closing Date. The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligations of the Lenders to exchange Loans hereunder on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.01 are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Required Lenders) of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Subject to Section 5.15, the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a counterpart of this Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, the Pledge and Security Agreement, the UK Debenture, the UK Trust Deed, the UK Share Charges, the Intabex Dutch Pledge, the Agent Fee Letter and, subject to Section 5.15, each other Loan Document (in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the requisite Lenders in accordance with the Support Agreement) signed on behalf of each party hereto and thereto (including via any electronic means) or (ii) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile or other electronic imaging transmission) that such party has signed such a counterpart.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself and the Lenders, a favorable written opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Borrower, of Robinson, Bradshaw Hinson, P.A., counsel for certain Loan Parties, of Macfarlanes LLP, counsel for the Lenders, and of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V., counsel for the Lenders, in each case (i) dated the Closing Date, (ii) addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (iii) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, covering such matters customarily covered in opinions of this type as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request, and the Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions.
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(c) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article III or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date; provided that, to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided, further, that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.
(d) Immediately prior to and immediately after the Closing Date, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(e) The making of such Loan shall not violate any Requirement of Law applicable to the Loan Parties, and shall not be enjoined, temporarily, preliminarily or permanently.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, certifying compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 4.01.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of such Borrowing as required by Section 2.03.
(h) Subject to Section 5.15, the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation (or the foreign equivalent), including all amendments thereto, of each Loan Party, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization, and, except in the case of any Foreign Guarantor, a certificate as to the good standing of each Loan Party as of a recent date, from such Secretary of State (in each case or the foreign equivalent, if any); (ii) a certificate of the Responsible Officer of each Loan Party (or, in the case of a Foreign Guarantor, a certificate of an equivalent officer or a director of such Loan Party) dated the Closing Date and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the constitutional documents, articles of association, memorandum of association, certificate of incorporation and by-laws of such Loan Party as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below, (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or its equivalent) of such Loan Party (and, in the case of any Foreign Guarantor, of resolutions duly passed by its members, if applicable) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such person is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, (C) where required by local law or the relevant constitutional documents, that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of either (1) written resolutions of the requisite shareholder(s) (or its equivalent) of such Loan Party, or (2) resolutions adopted by the general meeting of shareholder(s) (or its equivalent) of such Loan Party, in each case authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded, or amended and are in full force and effect, (D) that the certificate or articles of incorporation, constitutional documents, articles of association and memorandum of association of such Loan Party have not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto shown on the certificate of good standing (or the foreign equivalent, if any) furnished pursuant to clause (i) above, (E) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party and (F) except in the case of any UK Loan Party, as to the absence of any pending proceeding for dissolution or liquidation of such Loan Party or, to the knowledge of such Responsible Officer, threatening the existence of such Loan
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Party; (iii) a certificate of another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Responsible Officer executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above; (iv) in the case of a UK Loan Party, a certificate of a director confirming that the entry into the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents would not exceed any guarantee or security limits under the constitutional documents of such UK Loan Party or under any other agreement or instrument to which such UK Loan Party is a party; and (v) such other documents as the Required Lenders may reasonably request.
(i) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received, at least five Business Days prior to the Closing Date, to the extent requested at least eight Business Days prior to the Closing Date, (i) all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act and (ii) if the Borrower qualified as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a customary certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation in relation to the Borrower.
(j) Except as set forth in Section 5.15, the Senior Collateral Agent shall have received evidence that each Loan Party shall have taken or caused to be taken any action, executed and delivered or cause to be executed and delivered any other agreement, document and instrument (including any intercompany notes and allonges pursuant to 5.13(d)) and made or caused to be made any other filing and recording reasonably required by the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders.
(k) Prior to or substantially simultaneously therewith, the Administrative Agent shall have received the fees in the amounts previously agreed in writing by the Agents, and all reasonable and documented fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions (including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the extent payable in accordance with the terms hereof) payable by the Loan Parties (with respect to expenses, to the extent invoices have been presented at least one Business Day prior to such date) shall have been paid.
(l) Except as set forth in Section 5.15, the Administrative Agent shall have received all insurance policies and certificates pursuant to and in accordance with Section 5.03(b).
(m) Except as set forth in Section 5.15 and in respect of the UK Loan Parties and UK Security Documents, all documents and instruments necessary to establish that the Senior Collateral Agent will have perfected security interests in the Collateral pursuant to the provisions of the Security Documents to be entered into on the Closing Date shall have been delivered in copy form to the Senior Collateral Agent and, if applicable, be in proper form for filing on or around the Closing Date, including UCC-1 financing statements and UCC-3 financing statements and the Intellectual Property Security Agreements.
(n) The Administrative Agent shall have received a life of loan Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent (together with notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance, duly executed by the Borrower and applicable Subsidiary and evidence of flood insurance, in the event any improvements are located in a special flood hazard area) in accordance with the Flood Laws.
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(o) Prior to or substantially simultaneously therewith, the following documentation shall be entered into and effective, which documentation shall in each case be in form and substance satisfactory to the requisite Lenders in accordance with the Support Agreement:
(i) that certain Limited Consent and Amendment to ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2023; it being understood that such agreement is in form and substance satisfactory to such requisite Lenders;
(ii) [reserved];
(iii) the Second Supplemental Indenture;
(iv) the New Notes Indenture;
(v) the New Intabex Credit Agreement;
(vi) the ABL Intercreditor Agreement; it being understood that the form attached to the Offering Memorandum is satisfactory to such requisite Lenders; and
(vii) the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement; it being understood that the form attached to the Offering Memorandum is satisfactory to such requisite Lenders.
(p) Prior to or substantially simultaneously therewith:
(i) the Notes Exchange Offer shall have been consummated with the participation of at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Existing Notes;
(ii) (x) the Exit Term Loan Exchange Transactions shall have been consummated with the participation of 100% of the principal amount of the Existing Exit Term Loans, (y) all accrued and unpaid Cash Interest (as defined in the Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement) in respect of the Assigned Exit Term Loans shall have been paid in full in cash and (z) the Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement shall have been terminated; and
(iii) (x) the Intabex Term Loan Exchange Transactions shall have been consummated with the participation of 100% of the principal amount of the Existing Intabex Term Loans, (y) all accrued and unpaid Interest (as defined in the Existing Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement) in respect of the Assigned Intabex Term Loans shall have been paid in full in cash and (z) the Existing Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement shall have been terminated;
(q) There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation, proceeding or hearing, pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that affects the Transactions or otherwise impairs the ability of the Loan Parties to consummate the Transactions and no preliminary or permanent injunction or order by a state or federal court shall have been entered, in each case that would be material and adverse to the Agents or the Lenders.
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ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors, as applicable, hereby covenant and agree that from and after the date of this Agreement until the Payment in Full of the Obligations:
SECTION 5.01 Information Covenants. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to each Lender), and, in the case of clause (g)(i) below, to the Senior Collateral Agent:
(a) [Reserved].
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the close of each of the first three fiscal quarters in each Fiscal Year of New Pyxus Topco (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2022), (i) the consolidated balance sheet of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries (including Minority Interest Consolidated Entities) as at the end of such fiscal quarter and the related consolidated statements of income and statement of cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the elapsed portion of the Fiscal Year ended with the last day of such fiscal quarter, in each case setting forth comparative figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter in the prior Fiscal Year, all of which shall be certified by a Financial Officer of New Pyxus Topco that they fairly present in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the financial condition of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries (including Minority Interest Consolidated Entities) as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations for the periods indicated, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes, and (ii) managements discussion and analysis of the important operational and financial developments during such fiscal quarter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in this Section 5.01(b) may be satisfied with respect to financial information of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries by furnishing New Pyxus Topcos (or any parent entitys thereof) Form 10-Q filed with the SEC.
(c) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the close of each Fiscal Year of New Pyxus Topco (commencing with the Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2023), (i) the consolidated balance sheet of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income and statement of cash flows for such Fiscal Year setting forth, comparative figures for the preceding Fiscal Year and certified by Deloitte & Touche LLP or other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, accompanied by an opinion of such accounting firm (which opinion shall be without a going concern or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to scope of audit) and (ii) managements discussion and analysis of the important operational and financial developments during such Fiscal Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in this Section 5.01(c) may be satisfied with respect to financial information of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries by furnishing New Pyxus Topcos (or any parent entitys thereof) Form 10-K filed with the SEC.
(d) Budgets. No later than the 60th day of each Fiscal Year of New Pyxus Topco (commencing with the Fiscal Year ending March 31, 2023), a budget in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (including budgeted statements of income and sources and uses of cash and balance sheets for New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) for each fiscal quarter of such Fiscal Year prepared in detail setting forth, with appropriate discussion, the principal assumptions upon which such budget is based.
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(e) Management Letters. Promptly after the Borrowers, any Parent Guarantors or any of their Subsidiaries receipt thereof, a copy of any management letter received from its certified public accountants and managements response thereto.
(f) Officers Certificates. At the time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Section 5.01(b) and (c), a compliance certificate from a Financial Officer of the Borrower in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, which certificate shall (i) certify on behalf of the Borrower that, to such officers knowledge after due inquiry, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or, if any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, specifying the nature and extent thereof, (ii) include related financial statements (which may be in summary form) reflecting adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Minority Interest Consolidated Entities (if any) (together with supporting detail as may be requested by the Required Lenders), (iii) [reserved], (iv) (x) for the first compliance certificate so delivered, include a description (including the owner) and book value of (solely to the extent constituting Collateral in which the Senior Collateral Agent has been granted a Lien to secure the Obligations of the Loan Parties) all intercompany loans and advances made by any Loan Party to the extent evidenced by an Intercompany Note or a promissory note and (y) thereafter, certify that there have been no changes to such description since the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01(f), and (v) certify that there have been no changes to Schedule 3.13 in respect of the ownership interests in any direct Subsidiary of any Loan Party since the Closing Date or, if later, since the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01(f), or if there have been any such changes, a list in reasonable detail of such changes.
(g) Notice of Default, Litigation and Material Adverse Effect. Promptly, and in any event within three Business Days after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof if such event continues for three Business Days, notice of (i) the occurrence of any event which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, (ii) any litigation or governmental investigation or proceeding pending against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, (x) which, either individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect or (y) with respect to any Loan Document, (iii) any other event, change or circumstance that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) any written allegations from any Governmental Authority or NGO as to material human rights violations involving the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries.
(h) Other Reports and Filings. Solely to the extent applicable, promptly after the filing or delivery thereof, copies of all financial information, proxy materials, press materials, non-confidential reports and other statements made available generally by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or their Subsidiaries to the public concerning material developments in the results of operations, financial condition, business or prospects of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or their Subsidiaries, if any, which the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor shall (i) publicly file with the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority or (ii) deliver to holders (or any trustee, agent or other representative therefor) of the Existing Notes, the New Notes or the New Intabex Loans or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof.
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(i) Environmental Matters. Promptly after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco obtains knowledge thereof, notice of one or more of the following environmental matters to the extent that such environmental matters, either individually or when aggregated with all other such environmental matters, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) any pending or threatened Environmental Claim against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or relating to any Real Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries;
(ii) any condition or occurrence on or arising from any Real Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries that (A) results in noncompliance by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries with any applicable Environmental Law or (B) could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or relating to any such Real Property;
(iii) any condition or occurrence on any Real Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to cause such Real Property to be subject to any restrictions on the ownership, lease, occupancy, use or transferability by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries of such Real Property under any Environmental Law; and
(iv) the taking of any removal or remedial action to the extent required by any Environmental Law or any Governmental Authority in response to the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material on any Real Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries.
All such notices shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the claim, investigation, condition, occurrence or removal or remedial action and the Borrowers, such Parent Guarantors or such Subsidiarys response thereto.
(j) [Reserved].
(k) Patriot Act. Promptly following the Administrative Agents or any Lenders request therefor, all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under the applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act.
(l) PACA. Promptly inform the Administrative Agent if a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries obtains any notice regarding the existence of any Lien on, or trust over, any of the Collateral arising under PACA and promptly provide the Administrative Agent with a copy of such notice.
(m) Cancellation of Insurance. Promptly (but in any event within 1 Business Day of receipt thereof) inform the Administrative Agent if any Loan Party receives notice of cancellation of any insurance policy required to be maintained pursuant to Section 5.03.
(n) Change of Accounting Principles. The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender at the same time as the delivery of any annual or quarterly financial statements given in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.01(b) or (c), as applicable, (i) a description in reasonable detail of any material change in the application of
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accounting principles employed in the preparation of such financial statements from those applied in the most recently preceding quarterly or annual financial statements as to which no objection shall have been made in accordance with the provisions above and (ii) a reasonable estimate of the effect on the financial statements on account of such changes in application.
(o) Material Weakness Letter. Promptly upon receipt thereof, a copy of any material weakness letter submitted by independent accountants to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries in connection with any annual, interim or special audit of the books of such Person.
(p) Other Information. From time to time, such other information or documents (financial or otherwise) with respect to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
Subject to Section 9.01, information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b), (c) and (h) shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which such information has been posted (and notified to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as having been posted) on the Debtdomain site, if any, or at another website identified in a notice from the Borrower to the Lenders, in each case which Debtdomain or other website shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and accessible by the Lenders in accordance with customary market practice for syndicated loans and without charge and notice of such posting has been given to Lenders, and information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b), (c) and (h) shall also be deemed to have been delivered upon being posted to such site and notice of such posting has been given to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
SECTION 5.02 Books, Records and Inspections; Annual Meetings. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and accounts in which full, true and correct (in all material respects) entries in conformity with GAAP and all requirements of law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, permit officers and designated representatives of the Administrative Agent and, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Lenders (coordinated through the Administrative Agent) at the expense of the Borrower (a) to visit and inspect, under guidance of officers of the Borrower or such other Loan Party, any of the properties of the Borrower or such other Loan Party, and (b) to examine the books of account of the Borrower or such other Loan Party and discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower or such other Loan Party with, and be advised as to the same by, its and their officers and independent accountants, all upon reasonable prior notice and at such reasonable times and intervals and to such reasonable extent as the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, such Lenders (coordinated through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request; provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (a) and (b) so long as no Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent shall be limited to one such visit during any Fiscal Year of the Borrower at the expense of the Borrower at locations reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. The Loan Parties shall maintain their fiscal reporting period on a March 31 fiscal year, and each Domestic Subsidiary shall maintain its respective fiscal reporting period on the present basis.
SECTION 5.03 Maintenance of Property; Insurance.
(a) The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, (i) keep all property necessary to the business of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries in good working order and condition, (x) except ordinary wear and tear and obsolescence, (y) except and subject to the occurrence of casualty events and (z) except where failure to do so would not materially or adversely affect its business,
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(ii) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all such property and against all such risks as is consistent and in accordance with industry practice for companies similarly situated owning similar properties and engaged in similar businesses as the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, and (iii) furnish to the Administrative Agent, upon its request therefor, full information as to the insurance carried. In addition to the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence, the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries will at all times cause insurance of the types described in Schedule 3.20 to be maintained (with the same scope of coverage as that described in Schedule 3.20) at levels which are consistent with their practices immediately before the Closing Date. Such insurance shall include physical damage insurance on all real and personal property (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) on an all risk basis and business interruption insurance.
(b) The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, at all times keep its property insured in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent, and all policies and certificates (or certified copies thereof including any endorsements) with respect to such insurance (and any other insurance maintained by the Borrower and/or the Parent Guarantor and/or such Subsidiaries) (i) shall be endorsed to the Senior Collateral Agents satisfaction for the benefit of the Senior Collateral Agent (including, without limitation, by naming the Senior Collateral Agent as lender loss payee and/or additional insured), (ii) shall provide that the respective insurers irrevocably waive any and all rights of subrogation with respect to the Senior Collateral Agent and the other Senior Holders, and (iii) shall be deposited with the Senior Collateral Agent. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain endorsements to its insurance policies stating that such insurance policies shall not be canceled without at least 30 days prior written notice thereof by the respective insurer to the Senior Collateral Agent.
(c) If the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries shall fail to maintain insurance in accordance with this Section 5.03, or if the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries shall fail to so endorse and deposit all policies or certificates with respect thereto, the Administrative Agent shall have the right (but shall be under no obligation) to procure such insurance and the Borrower agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for all costs and expenses of procuring such insurance.
(d) If at any time the improvements on any Real Property subject (or required to be subject) to a Lien securing the Obligations are located in an area identified as a special flood hazard area by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or any successor thereto or other applicable agency, the Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, at all times keep and maintain flood insurance in an amount no less than the amount sufficient to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, each as amended from time to time.
SECTION 5.04 Existence; Franchises. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and its material rights, franchises, licenses, permits, copyrights, trademarks and patents; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.04 shall prevent (i) sales of assets and other transactions by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.04, (ii) the withdrawal by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries of its qualification as a foreign Business in any jurisdiction if such withdrawal could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) the change in form of organization of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, if
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the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor in good faith determines that such change in organization is in the best interest of the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and, in the case of a change in the form of organization of any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent has consented thereto.
SECTION 5.05 Compliance with Requirements of Law, etc. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, comply with all Requirements of Law, except such non-compliances as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.06 Anti-Corruption Laws. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will conduct its, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries and the directors, officers, employees and agents of any of the foregoing to conduct their, business on behalf of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries in a manner so as to not, directly or indirectly, violate the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the UK Bribery Act 2010, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws.
SECTION 5.07 Sanctions. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, while acting on behalf of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, with Sanctions applicable to the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries. The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will make best efforts to ensure compliance by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, while acting on behalf of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, with Sanctions applicable to the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries.
SECTION 5.08 Compliance with Environmental Laws.
(a) The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will comply, and will (x) cause each of their Subsidiaries to comply and (y) ensure compliance by its tenants and subtenants, in each case, with all Environmental Laws and permits applicable to, or required in respect of the conduct of its business or operations or by, the ownership, lease or use of its Real Property now or hereafter owned, leased or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, except for such noncompliances as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and will promptly pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incurred in connection with such compliance, and will keep or cause to be kept all such Real Property free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted Liens, imposed pursuant to such Environmental Laws. Neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries will generate, use, treat, store, Release or dispose of, or permit the generation, use, treatment, storage, Release or disposal of Hazardous Materials on any Real Property now or hereafter owned, leased or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, or transport or permit the transportation of Hazardous Materials to or from any such Real Property, except for Hazardous Materials generated, used, treated, stored, Released or disposed of at any such Real Properties in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws and as required in connection with the normal operation, use and maintenance of the business or operations of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, except in connection with such noncompliance as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) (i) The Borrower will provide, at the sole expense of the Borrower and at the reasonable request of the Required Lenders after receipt of any notice of the type described in Section 5.01(g), an environmental site assessment report concerning any Real Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, prepared by an environmental consulting firm reasonably approved by the Required Lenders, indicating the presence or absence of Hazardous Materials and the potential cost of any removal or remedial action in connection with such Hazardous Materials on such Real Property. If the Borrower fails to provide the same within 60 days after such request was made, the Administrative Agent may order the same, the cost of which shall be borne by the Borrower, and the Borrower shall grant and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective agents access to such Real Property and specifically grant the Administrative Agent and the Lenders an irrevocable non-exclusive license, subject to the rights of tenants, to undertake such an assessment at any reasonable time upon reasonable notice to the Borrower, all at the sole expense of the Borrower.
(c) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remediation, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all respects with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws except to the extent that the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the pendency of such proceedings could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.09 ERISA Information Undertakings. The Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent (in sufficient copies for all Lenders, if the Administrative Agent so requests):
(a) promptly and in any event within 15 days after receiving a request from the Administrative Agent a copy of the most recent IRS Form 5500 (including the Schedule B) with respect to a Plan; and
(b) promptly, and in any event within 30 days after the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor, any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that any ERISA Event has occurred that would reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower describing such ERISA Event and the action, if any, proposed to be taken with respect to such ERISA Event and a copy of any notice filed with the PBGC or the IRS pertaining to such ERISA Event and any notices received by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor, any of their Subsidiaries of the Borrower or ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or any other governmental agency with respect thereto; provided that, in the case of ERISA Events under paragraph (4) of the definition thereof, the 30-day notice period set forth above shall be a 10-day period, and, in the case of ERISA Events under paragraph (2) of the definition thereof, in no event shall notice be given later than 10 days after the occurrence of the ERISA Event.
The Borrower shall:
(a) ensure that any material liability imposed on them or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title IV of ERISA is paid and discharged when due;
(b) ensure that neither it nor any ERISA Affiliate adopts an amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security under ERISA or the Code without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders; and
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(c) ensure that no Plan is terminated under Section 4041 of ERISA.
SECTION 5.10 Performance of Obligations. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, perform all of its obligations under the terms of each mortgage, indenture, security agreement, loan agreement or credit agreement and each other agreement, contract or instrument by which it is bound, except such non-performances as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.11 Payment of Taxes. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will pay and discharge, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, and all lawful claims which, if unpaid, might become a Lien or charge upon any properties of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under Section 6.06; provided that neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim (i) which is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or (ii) if the aggregate amount of the monetary obligations with respect to such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim is less than (x) in the case of Loan Parties, $10,000,000 and (y) in the case of non-Loan Parties, the Threshold Amount.
SECTION 5.12 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(a) The Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 6.01 hereof or under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by New Pyxus Topco. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if that redesignation would not cause a Default.
(b) Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by delivering a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (i) that attached thereto is a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco giving effect to such designation and (ii) that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 6.01 hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 6.03 hereof, the Borrower will be in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (i) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 6.03 hereof, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable reference period; and (ii) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.
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SECTION 5.13 Additional Security; Further Assurances; etc.
(a) The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will cause:
(i) each (A) Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary thereof or any other Person that becomes a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary thereof after the Closing Date (in each case, other than any Excluded Subsidiary) and (B) Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary that ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary;
(ii) each Restricted Subsidiary or other Person that is not a Guarantor but is or becomes an obligor in respect of, or grants a security interest in any of its assets to support, the ABL Obligations, the New Intabex Loan Obligations (other than the guarantee by the Specified Obligors of the New Intabex Loan Obligations and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof), the New Notes Obligations or the Existing Notes Obligations (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of the foregoing); and
(iii) any direct or indirect parent entity of the Borrower that is formed after the Closing Date;
in each case, promptly, but no later than 60 days after the date on which such Person became a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary, ceased to be an Excluded Subsidiary, became an obligor or granted a security interest as described in clause (ii), or was formed, as applicable (as such date may be extended by the Required Lenders in their sole discretion), to (A) become a Guarantor as described in the Guarantee Agreement by way of execution of a joinder agreement thereto substantially in the form attached thereto as Exhibit A and (B) grant security interests over any Collateral as described in the Pledge and Security Agreement by way of execution of a joinder agreement thereto substantially in the form attached thereto as Exhibit 10 or, in the case of any such Person that not is formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, as described in such other applicable Security Document or as may be customary in such Persons jurisdiction of formation.
(b) The Borrower may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause any Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor to become a Guarantor, in which case such Subsidiary shall comply with the requirements in Section 5.13(a) above, other than the 60 day period described therein.
(c) Subject to Section 5.15 and the applicable Security Document, the Parent Guarantors, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries will cause (i) 100% of the Equity Interests of New Pyxus Parent, the Borrower and each Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) 100% of the Equity Interests of each Domestic Subsidiary owned directly by any Loan Party (or, if less, the full amount owned by the Loan Parties) and (iii) (x) 100% of the Equity Interests of each Foreign Subsidiary owned directly by any Foreign Guarantor (or, if less, the full amount owned by such Foreign Guarantor) and (y) 65% of the aggregate of the total outstanding Voting Stock (and 100% of each class of issued and outstanding Equity Interest other than Voting Stock) of each Foreign Subsidiary (that is not a Loan Party) held directly by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Domestic Subsidiary (or, if less, the full amount
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owned by the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor and each such Subsidiary Guarantor) (except, in each case of this clause (c), to the extent constituting Excluded Assets), in each case, to be subject at all times to a perfected Lien in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Senior Holders pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, as applicable, and such other security documents as the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent shall reasonably request.
(d) Subject to Section 5.15, the Loan Parties will (i) cause each loan or advance that is outstanding on or after the Closing Date to a Loan Party by a Restricted Subsidiary to be evidenced by an Intercompany Note duly executed and delivered, (ii) deliver such Intercompany Note to the Senior Collateral Agent, together with an appropriate allonges or other endorsement reasonably satisfactory to the Senior Collateral Agent, and (iii) execute such Security Documents in connection with the pledge of such Intercompany Note as the Senior Collateral Agent may reasonably request.
(e) The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will, and will cause each of the other Loan Parties to, at the expense of the Borrower, make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file and/or deliver to the Senior Collateral Agent from time to time such vouchers, invoices, schedules, confirmatory assignments, conveyances, financing statements, transfer endorsements, powers of attorney, certificates (including flood certificates and evidence of flood insurance if applicable), reports, control agreements (other than with respect to Excluded Assets) and other assurances or instruments and take such further steps relating to the Collateral covered by any of the Security Documents as the Senior Collateral Agent may reasonably require. Furthermore, the Borrower will, and will cause the other Loan Parties to, deliver to the Senior Collateral Agent such opinions of counsel and other related documents as may be reasonably requested by the Senior Collateral Agent to assure itself that this Section 5.13 has been complied with.
(f) Within one-hundred twenty (120) days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) of the date of acquisition by a domestic Loan Party of any Material Real Property (other than with respect to Excluded Assets) or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion):
(i) The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will, and will cause each other domestic Loan Party to, grant to the Senior Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Senior Holders, Mortgages (and, if required by local law, related UCC fixture filings) over any Material Real Property. All such Mortgages (and, if applicable, UCC fixture filings) shall constitute valid and enforceable Liens subject to no other Liens except for Permitted Liens related thereto and, subject to the terms of the ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement. The Mortgages (and related UCC filings) or instruments related thereto shall have been duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Mortgages.
(ii) In connection with each Mortgage delivered pursuant to clause (i) above, the Senior Collateral Agent shall have received a Mortgage Policy relating to such Mortgage, issued by a title insurer reasonably satisfactory to the Senior Collateral Agent, in an insured amount reasonably satisfactory to the Senior Collateral Agent insuring the Senior Collateral Agent that the Mortgage on such Mortgaged Property is a valid and enforceable first priority mortgage lien on such Mortgaged Property, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except Permitted Liens and, subject to the terms of the ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, with each such Mortgage Policy (1) to be in form
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and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Senior Collateral Agent, and (2) to include, to the extent applicable and available in the applicable jurisdiction at commercially reasonable rates, supplemental endorsements as reasonably requested by the Senior Collateral Agent; provided however, in lieu of a zoning endorsement the Senior Collateral Agent shall accept a zoning report.
(iii) In connection with each Mortgage delivered pursuant to clause (i) above, to induce the title company to issue the Mortgage Policies referred to in clause (ii) above, the title company shall have received such affidavits, certificates, information and instruments of indemnification (including, without limitation, a so-called gap indemnification) as shall be required by the title company, together with payment by the Borrower of all Mortgage Policy premiums, search and examination charges, mortgage recording taxes, costs and expenses required for the recording of such Mortgages and issuance of such Mortgage Policies.
(iv) In connection with each Mortgage delivered pursuant to clause (i) above, the Senior Collateral Agent shall have received either an existing survey together with a no change affidavit sufficient for the title company to remove the standard survey exception and issue the customary survey related endorsements or a new ALTA/ACSM Land Title survey of the relevant Mortgaged Property (and all improvements thereon) in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Senior Collateral Agent.
(v) In connection with each Mortgage delivered pursuant to clause (i) above, the Senior Collateral Agent shall have received a life of loan Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property, in form and substance acceptable to the Senior Collateral Agent (together with notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance, duly executed by the Borrower and applicable Subsidiary and evidence of flood insurance, in the event any improvements are located in a special flood hazard area) in accordance with the Flood Laws.
(vi) In connection with each Mortgage delivered pursuant to clause (i) above, the Senior Collateral Agent shall have received opinions of counsel for the Loan Parties in the jurisdiction where such Mortgaged Property is located, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Senior Collateral Agent, and such other documents as the Senior Collateral Agent reasonably requests.
SECTION 5.14 Real Estate Leases. The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will, and will cause each of the other Loan Parties to, timely and fully pay and perform its obligations under all leases and other agreements with respect to each leased location or public warehouse where any Collateral is or may be located except to the extent that the same are being contested in good faith.
SECTION 5.15 Post-Closing Matters. The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will:
(a) comply with the terms of Section 17 of the Pledge and Security Agreement within the timeframes provided therein (or such longer period as the Required Lenders may agree).
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ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors hereby covenant and agree that from and after the date of this Agreement until the Payment in Full of the Obligations:
SECTION 6.01 Restricted Payments.
(a) The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Borrowers, any Parent Guarantors or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Borrowers, any Parent Guarantors or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of New Pyxus Topco and other than dividends or distributions payable to the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor);
(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Borrower) any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower (including the Parent Guarantors);
(iii) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value (i) any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Credit Facility or the Guarantees thereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Existing Notes Obligations), (ii) any Junior Lien Debt or (iii) any unsecured Indebtedness for borrowed money, in each case, of the Borrower or any Guarantor (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor and/or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries), and, except, in each case, a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof; provided that the provisions of this clause (iii) shall apply only to direct Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor and shall not be deemed to apply to any Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (including any such Indebtedness guaranteed by the Borrower or any Guarantor); or
(iv) make any Restricted Investment
(all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as Restricted Payments); however, the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments if, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;
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(ii) New Pyxus Topco would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 6.03(a) hereof; and
(iii) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries since the Closing Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (b) of this Section 6.01), is less than the sum, without duplication of:
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the fiscal quarter in which the Closing Date occurs to the end of the Borrowers most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Investment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus
(B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by New Pyxus Topco since the Closing Date as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Qualifying Equity Interests of New Pyxus Topco or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock of New Pyxus Topco or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of New Pyxus Topco, in each case that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualifying Equity Interests of New Pyxus Topco (other than Qualifying Equity Interests and convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or debt securities sold to a Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco); plus
(C) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the Closing Date is (a) sold for cash or otherwise cancelled, liquidated or repaid for cash, or (b) made in an entity that subsequently becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor, the initial amount of such Restricted Investment (or, if less, the amount of cash received upon repayment or sale); plus
(D) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary designated as such after the Closing Date is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after the date hereof, the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of the Borrowers or Parent Guarantors or any Restricted Subsidiarys Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation or (ii) such Fair Market Value as of the date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the date hereof; plus
(E) 50% of any dividends received in cash by the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or Parent Guarantor, to the extent that such dividends were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for such period.
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(b) The provisions of Section 6.01(a) hereof will not prohibit:
(i) the payment of any dividend or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement;
(ii) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of or with the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor) of, Equity Interests of New Pyxus Topco (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity capital to New Pyxus Topco; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will not be considered to be net proceeds of Qualifying Equity Interests for purposes of clause (iii)(B) of the preceding paragraph;
(iii) the payment of any dividend (or, in the case of any partnership or limited liability company, any similar distribution) by a Restricted Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;
(iv) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations or to any Guarantee thereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Existing Notes Obligations) with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(v) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries held by any current or former officer, director or employee of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, shareholders agreement or similar agreement; provided, that the aggregate amounts paid under this clause (v) do not exceed $7.5 million in any fiscal year; provided, further, that the amount paid for such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition in any twelve-month period may be increased by an amount not to exceed:
(A) [reserved];
(B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or their Restricted Subsidiaries after the date hereof; and
in addition, cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor from any current or former officer, director or employee (or any permitted transferees thereof) of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of New Pyxus Topco from such Persons will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provisions of this Agreement;
(vi) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options or warrants to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options or warrants;
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(vii) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of New Pyxus Topco or any preferred stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor issued on or after the date hereof in accordance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 6.03(a) or any other Permitted Debt;
(viii) payments of cash, dividends, distributions, advances or other Restricted Payments by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon (a) the exercise of options or warrants or (b) the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person;
(ix) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, other Restricted Payments approved by the Board of Directors of New Pyxus TopCo in an aggregate amount, taken together with all Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (ix), not to exceed $35.0 million since the Closing Date;
(x) [reserved];
(xi) [reserved]; and
(xii) Permitted Payments to Parent.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this Section 6.01 will be determined by the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco whose resolution with respect thereto will be delivered to the Administrative Agent. Such Board of Directors determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the Fair Market Value exceeds $20.0 million.
The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value the Existing Notes Obligations (except a payment of scheduled interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof) (x) at any time that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof or (y) in contravention of the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements.
SECTION 6.02 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
(a) The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco to:
(i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (except for waiving or deferring in the ordinary course of business subrogation and reimbursement rights in connection with the guarantee obligations permitted pursuant to Section 6.03);
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(ii) make loans or advances to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(iii) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) The restrictions in Section 6.02(a) hereof will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(i) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness, the Existing Notes, the ABL Credit Agreement, the New Notes Indenture and the New Intabex Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that the amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date hereof;
(ii) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(iii) agreements governing other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.03 and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that (A) the restrictions are ordinary and customary with respect to the type of Indebtedness being incurred and (B) such encumbrances or restrictions will not materially affect the Borrowers ability to make payments of principal or interest on the Loans, as determined at the time such Indebtedness is incurred in good faith by the senior management of New Pyxus Topco;
(iv) applicable law, rule, regulation or order;
(v) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be incurred;
(vi) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts and licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(vii) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature described in clause (iii) of Section 6.02(a) hereof;
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(viii) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;
(ix) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(x) Liens permitted to be incurred under the provisions of Section 6.06 hereof that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;
(xi) provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements (including agreements entered into in connection with a Restricted Investment) entered into with the approval of New Pyxus Topcos Board of Directors, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements;
(xii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
(xiii) encumbrances or restrictions contained in agreements relating only to one or more Immaterial Subsidiaries.
SECTION 6.03 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
(a) The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, incur) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that the Borrower and the Parent Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and the Subsidiary Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue preferred stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for New Pyxus Topcos most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or such preferred stock is issued, as the case may be, would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock or the preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
(b) The provisions of Section 6.03(a) hereof will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, Permitted Debt):
(i) the incurrence by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness and letters of credit under:
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(A) the ABL Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (A) (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed the greater of (x) $90.0 million and (y) the aggregate amount of commitments by lenders to make extensions of credit from time to time under the ABL Credit Agreement;
(B) the New Intabex Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (B) not to exceed the amount outstanding as of the Closing Date (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof);
(C) the New Notes Indenture in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (C) not to exceed the amount outstanding as of the Closing Date (less the amount of cash redemptions or repurchases thereof, other than cash redemptions or repurchases made with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof);
(D) [reserved]; and
(E) the Existing Notes Indenture in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (E) not to exceed the amount outstanding as of the Closing Date (less the amount of any cash redemptions or repurchases thereof, other than cash redemptions or repurchases made with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof);
(ii) the incurrence by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness;
(iii) Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (iii) not to exceed the amount outstanding as of the Closing Date (less the amount of cash repayments thereof, other than cash repayments made with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in the form of an Incremental Term Loans);
(iv) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (iv), not to exceed $21.0 million at any time outstanding;
(v) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Agreement to be incurred under Section 6.03(a) hereof or clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (xvii) of this Section 6.03(b);
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(vi) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor and/or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, that any such Indebtedness shall be, to the extent owed by the Borrower or any Guarantor to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, unsecured and expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations or any Guarantee thereof then due hereunder, in the case of the Borrower or in the case of a Guarantor, as applicable; provided, that if as of any date any Person other than the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries owns or holds any such Indebtedness, such date shall be deemed the date of incurrence of Indebtedness by the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (vi);
(vii) the issuance by any of the Borrowers or the Parent Guarantors Restricted Subsidiaries to the Borrower, to any Parent Guarantor or to any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided however, that:
(A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor; and
(B) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a Person that is not either the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor;
will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (vii);
(viii) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations entered into in order to manage existing or anticipated interest rate, exchange rate or commodity price risks and not for speculative purposes;
(ix) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness owing under documentary or standby letters of credit for the purchase of goods or other merchandise generally;
(x) (a) Indebtedness in respect of OECD accounts receivable financings with recourse against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding and (b) non-OECD accounts receivable financings with recourse against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding;
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(xi) the Guarantee by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent that the guaranteed Indebtedness was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 6.03; provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the Loans, then the Guarantee must be subordinated or pari passu, as applicable, to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;
(xii) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of workers compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, bankers acceptances, performance and surety bonds in the ordinary course of business;
(xiii) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness owing under overdraft facilities in connection with cash management arrangements or in respect of Bank Product Obligations;
(xiv) the incurrence by any Foreign Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (a) $950 million and (b) the sum of (x) 65% of Eligible Inventory, plus (y) 65% of Permitted Advances on Purchases of Tobacco, plus (z) 85% of Eligible Receivables, and any Guarantees of such Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor;
(xv) Guarantees by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries which are incurred in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250.0 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding;
(xvi) Guarantees by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries which are incurred in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of carrying unsold tobacco inventories held against Confirmed Orders and other Guarantees by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to Uncommitted Inventories in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Uncommitted Inventories; and
(xvii) the incurrence by the Borrower or any Guarantor of unsecured Indebtedness or Junior Lien Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding; and
(xviii) guarantees by any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the Netherlands under and pursuant to a liability statement pursuant to section 2:403 sub f of the Dutch Civil Code (403 verklaring) and/or by any such Subsidiaries forming part of a fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) in the Netherlands or equivalent tax groupings in other jurisdictions.
The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not incur, and will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to incur, any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or such Subsidiary Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Credit Facility and the Guarantees thereof on substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no Indebtedness will be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor solely by virtue of being unsecured or by virtue of being secured on junior priority basis.
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For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.03, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (i) through (xviii) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.03(a) hereof, the Borrower will be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 6.03. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Indebtedness described in clause (i) of the definition of Permitted Debt shall be deemed incurred under the applicable subclause of clause (i) and may not be reclassified.
The accrual of interest or preferred stock dividends, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends on preferred stock or Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock for purposes of this covenant; provided, in each such case, that the amount of any such accrual, accretion or payment is included in Fixed Charges of the Borrower as accrued. For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be utilized, calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.03, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary may incur pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or currency values.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:
(i) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;
(ii) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and
(iii) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of:
(A) the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of determination; and
(B) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person.
SECTION 6.04 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.
Neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor will, directly or indirectly: (a) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor is the surviving Person), or (b) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of New Pyxus Topco and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:
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(i) either:
(A) the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor is the surviving corporation; or
(B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;
(ii) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor, as applicable, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents pursuant to supplements hereto and thereto, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent;
(iii) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and
(iv) the Borrower, the Parent Guarantor or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made: would, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, (a) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 6.03(a) hereof or (b) have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio greater than the actual Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for New Pyxus Topco for such four-quarter period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, New Pyxus Topco will not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of it and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person.
This Section 6.04 will not apply to any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower. Clauses (iii) and (iv) of the first paragraph of this Section 6.04 will not apply to any merger or consolidation of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor:
(a) with or into one of its Restricted Subsidiaries for any purpose; or
(b) with or into an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor in another jurisdiction.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 6.04 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall
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succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Agreement referring to the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor, as applicable), and may exercise every right and power of the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor, as applicable, under this Agreement with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor, as applicable, herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Borrower or Parent Guarantor, as applicable, shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Loans except in the case of a sale of all of the Borrowers or such Parent Guarantors assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 6.04 hereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (x) neither Intabex nor Alliance One Tabak International B.V. shall, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or into any Person or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of it and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person; provided, that this clause (x) will not apply to any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease, merger, consolidation or other disposition of assets between or among Intabex and its Subsidiaries so long as, in the case of any consolidation or merger involving Intabex, Intabex shall survive any such transaction and the Equity Interests of AO Brazil are 100% (directly or indirectly) owned by Intabex, and (y) the Senior Collateral Agent shall maintain its security interest in, and perfected Lien on, 100% of the Equity Interests of (i) Intabex and (ii) AO Brazil (or any successor of AO Brazil) at all times.
SECTION 6.05 Transactions with Affiliates.
The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction or series of transactions with any officer, director, shareholder or Affiliate other than (a) transactions between the Borrower, the Guarantors and/or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices as of the date hereof, (b) transactions on terms and conditions substantially as favorable as would be obtainable in a comparable arms-length transaction with a Person other than an officer, director, shareholder or Affiliate, (c) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, (d) any Corporate Restructuring Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses related to such Corporate Restructuring Transactions and (e) tax sharing agreements between the Borrower, the Guarantors and/or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries which provide for payments that would be permitted under this Agreement as Tax Payments if such payments were made as dividends or similar distributions.
SECTION 6.06 Liens.
The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) securing Indebtedness, Attributable Debt or trade payables upon any of their property or assets, now owned or hereafter acquired.
SECTION 6.07 Business Activities.
The Borrower and each of the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage directly or indirectly in any business other than the businesses engaged in by each of them and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of the date hereof and reasonable extensions thereof and businesses ancillary or complementary thereto.
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SECTION 6.08 [Reserved].
SECTION 6.09 Asset Sales.
The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(a) the Borrower (or the applicable Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (measured as of the date of the definitive agreement with respect to such Asset Sale) of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(b) at least 75% (100% in the case of lease payments) of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Borrower (or the applicable Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) is received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided, however, that in the event of an Asset Sale of any property or assets of New Pyxus Topco that are surplus from the standpoint of New Pyxus Topco as a whole, in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco (as evidenced by a resolution of such Board of Directors set forth in a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent), at least 60% of the consideration therefor received is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:
(i) any liabilities, as shown on New Pyxus Topcos most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Credit Facility or any Guarantee thereof) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation or indemnity agreement that releases the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary from or indemnifies against further liability;
(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Borrower, any such Parent Guarantor or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are contemporaneously, subject to ordinary settlement periods, converted by the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion;
(iii) net proceeds from an Asset Sale applied to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Stock of, another Permitted Business; provided, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor, it shall be or become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor; and
(iv) net proceeds from an Asset Sale applied to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include Cash Equivalents).
SECTION 6.10 Use of Proceeds.
(a) The Borrower will not use the proceeds of any Loan, whether directly or indirectly, in a manner inconsistent with the uses set forth in Section 3.08.
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(b) The Borrower will (i) not contribute or otherwise make available the proceeds of any Loan hereunder, directly or indirectly, to any person or entity (whether or not related to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor, any of their Subsidiaries or member of its group of companies) for the purpose of financing the activities of any Sanctioned Person, to the extent such contribution or provision of proceeds would be prohibited by Sanctions or would otherwise, to the knowledge and belief of the Borrower, cause any person to be in breach of Sanctions; (ii) not fund all or part of any repayment of any Loans or Obligations hereunder out of proceeds derived from transactions which would be prohibited by Sanctions or would otherwise cause any person to be in breach of Sanctions; and (iii) ensure that appropriate controls and safeguards are in place designed to prevent any proceeds of any Loan from being used contrary to clause (i) above.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
Upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events (each, an Event of Default):
SECTION 7.01 Payments. The Borrower shall (a) default in the payment when due of any principal of any Loan, or (b) default, and such default shall continue unremedied for three or more Business Days, in the payment when due of any interest on any Loan or any fees or any other amounts owing hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or
SECTION 7.02 Representations, etc. Any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or in any certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to be untrue in any material respect (or any respect, to the extent qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) on the date as of which made or deemed made; or
SECTION 7.03 Covenants. The Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries shall (a) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.01(g), 5.03(b), 5.04 (solely with respect to the existence of the Borrower), or Article VI, or (b) default in the due performance or observance by it of any other term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those set forth in Sections 7.01 or 7.02 or clause (a) or (b) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty days after the earlier of (i) the date on which such default shall first become known to any Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any other Loan Party or (ii) the date on which written notice thereof is given to the defaulting party by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or
SECTION 7.04 Default under Other Agreements. (a) The Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries shall (i) default in any payment of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in an instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition 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 (determined without regard to whether any notice is required), any such Indebtedness to become due prior to its Stated Maturity (and, in the case of this clause (ii), any such default, event or condition arising under Indebtedness under foreign lines incurred pursuant to clause (xiv) of the definition of Permitted Debt continues uncured for a period of sixty days), or (b) any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries shall be declared to be (or shall become) due and payable prior to the Stated Maturity thereof; provided that it shall not be a Default or an Event of Default under this Section 7.04 unless the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness as described in preceding clauses (a) and (b) is at least equal to the Threshold Amount; or
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SECTION 7.05 Bankruptcy, etc. The Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) shall commence a voluntary case concerning itself under the Bankruptcy Code (or any equivalent foreign statute); or an involuntary case (including an expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution or an analogous process in any jurisdiction affecting any assets of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries) is commenced against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries), and the petition, claim or process in the case of an involuntary case is not dismissed within sixty days after the filing thereof, provided, however, that during the pendency of such period, each Lender shall be relieved of its obligation to extend credit hereunder; or a custodian, liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, reconstructor, compulsory manager, or other similar officer is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries), to operate all or any substantial portion of the business of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries), or the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) commences any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, administration, creditor voluntary arrangement, receivership, composition, compromise, assignment or similar arrangement with creditors by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries), or there is commenced against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) any such proceeding which remains undismissed for a period of 60 days after the filing thereof, or the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief, moratorium or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any Business action is taken by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
SECTION 7.06 ERISA.
(a) One or more ERISA Events shall have occurred;
(b) there is or arises an actual Unfunded Pension Liability (taking into account only Plans with positive Unfunded Pension Liability);
(c) any material contribution required to made with respect to a Foreign Pension Plan has not been timely made; or
(d) there is or arises any potential withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA, if the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor, any of their Subsidiaries or the ERISA Affiliates were to withdraw completely from any and all Multiemployer Plans;
and the liability of any or all of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor, any of their Subsidiaries and the ERISA Affiliates contemplated by the foregoing clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d), either individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; or
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SECTION 7.07 Security Documents. Any of the Security Documents shall cease to be in full force and effect, or shall cease to give the Senior Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (other than pursuant to the terms hereof) a perfected security interest in, and Lien on, all of the Collateral covered thereby, in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent, superior to and prior to the rights of all third Persons, and subject to no other Liens (except as permitted by Section 6.06), or any Loan Party shall default in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed pursuant to any such Security Document and such default shall continue beyond the period of grace, if any, specifically applicable thereto pursuant to the terms of such Security Document; or
SECTION 7.08 Guaranties. The Guarantee Agreement or any provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect as to any Guarantor (except as a result of a release of any Guarantor in accordance with the terms thereof), or any Guarantor or any Person acting for or on behalf of such Guarantor shall deny or disaffirm such Guarantors obligations under the Guarantee Agreement or any Guarantor shall default in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement; or
SECTION 7.09 Judgments. One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) involving in the aggregate for the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) a liability (to the extent not paid or not covered by a reputable and solvent insurance company) and such judgments and decrees either shall be final and non-appealable or shall not be vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal for any period of ninety consecutive days, and the aggregate amount of all such judgments equals or exceeds the Threshold Amount; or
SECTION 7.10 Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur; or
SECTION 7.11 Intercreditor Agreements. The Intercreditor Agreements or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (except in accordance with its terms), any parties Loan Party thereto shall deny or disaffirm their respective obligations thereunder;
then, and in every such event, and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times, without prejudice to the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce its claims against any Loan Party (provided that, if any Event of Default specified in Section 7.05 shall occur, the result which would occur upon the giving of notice by the Administrative Agent as specified in clause (a) below shall occur automatically without the giving of any such notice): (a) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding; (b) enforce, as Senior Collateral Agent, all of the Liens and security interests created pursuant to the Security Documents; and (c) enforce the Guarantee Agreement.
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ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent
SECTION 8.01 The Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent.
(a) Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent as their agents and authorizes the Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agents are hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents.
(b) The provisions of this Article VIII are solely for the benefit of Agents and Lenders and no Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
(c) Neither Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) neither Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) neither Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that such Agent is instructed in writing to exercise by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, neither Agent shall have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent and/or Senior Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Neither Agent shall be liable (nor shall any Lender or Loan Party have any right of action whatsoever against any Agent) for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Neither Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and neither Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent.
(d) Each Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act or the taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in connection herewith or any of the other Loan Documents or from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions in respect thereof from Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Required Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), such Agent shall be entitled to act
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or refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions, including for the avoidance of doubt refraining from any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may be in violation of the automatic stay under the Bankruptcy Code or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of the Bankruptcy Code. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper person. Each Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
(e) The Agents are not obliged to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties, obligations or responsibilities or the exercise of any right, power, authority or discretion if it has grounds for believing the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against, or security for, such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. The Agents shall not be responsible for any unsuitability, inadequacy, expiration or unfitness of any security interest created hereunder or pursuant to any other security documents pertaining to this matter nor shall it be obligated to make any investigation into, and shall be entitled to assume, the adequacy and fitness of any security interest created hereunder or pursuant to any other security document pertaining to this matter. In no event shall the Agents be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited to, lost profits, even if such loss or damage was foreseeable or it has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. In no event shall the Agents be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services.
(f) Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their activities as Agent.
(g) Subject to the following sentence, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of the Borrower, to appoint a successor; provided that during the existence and continuation of an Event of Default pursuant to Sections 7.01 or 7.05, no consent of the Borrower shall be required. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retirement of the retiring Agent shall become effective on such 30th day and the retiring Agent may (but shall not have any obligation to do so), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent and, so long as no Event of Default pursuant to Sections 7.01 or 7.05 shall have occurred and be continuing, reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become
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vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agents resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while acting as Agent. If the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to, another entity, the successor entity without any further act will be the successor Administrative Agent or Senior Collateral Agent, as applicable. The rights of the Lenders set forth in this paragraph shall be subject to the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement.
(h) Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 8.02 Erroneous Payments.
(a) Each Lender hereby agrees that (i) if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Lender from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously or mistakenly transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Lender (whether or not known to such Lender) (such notification, an Erroneous Payment Notice), whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise (individually and collectively, an Erroneous Payment) and demands the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), provided that, without limiting any other rights or remedies (whether at law or in equity), the Administrative Agent may not make any such demand under this clause (a)(i) with respect to an Erroneous Payment unless such demand is made within two Business Days of the date of receipt of such Erroneous Payment by the applicable Lender, such Lender shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was 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 Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds 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 and (ii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Lender shall not assert any right or claim to the Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payments received, including, without limitation, waiver of any defense based on discharge for value or any similar theory or doctrine. An Erroneous Payment Notice made by the Administrative Agent to any Lender under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
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(b) Without limiting immediately preceding clause (a), each Lender hereby further agrees that if it receives a payment from the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by notice of payment, or (z) that such Lender otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part), then in each case, it shall be on notice that an error has been made. Each Lender agrees that, in each such case, it shall promptly (and, in all events, within one Business Day of its knowledge of such error) notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in all events no later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was 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 Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds 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.
(c) The parties hereto hereby agree that (x) in the event an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Lender that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason (and without limiting the Administrative Agents rights and remedies under this Section 8.02), the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Lender under the Loan Documents with respect to such amount and (y) an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, except to the extent such Erroneous Payment (or any portion thereof) is made with funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower or any other Loan Party or the proceeds of the Collateral; provided that this Section 8.02 shall not be interpreted to increase (or accelerate the due date for), or have the effect of increasing (or accelerating the due date for), the Obligations of the Borrower relative to the amount (and/or timing for payment) of the Obligations that would have been payable had such Erroneous Payment not been made by the Administrative Agent.
(d) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent provided by law, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, without prior notice to any Lender, any such notice being expressly waived by such Lender or to the extent permitted by applicable law, with respect to any Erroneous Payment for which a demand has been made in accordance with this Section 8.02 and which has not been returned to the Administrative Agent, to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final but excluding trust accounts), 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 the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliate, branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of such Lender. The Administrative Agent agrees promptly to notify the Lender after any such setoff and application made by the Administrative Agent; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
(e) Each partys obligations under this Section 8.02 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.
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ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01 Notices. Notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail, sent by fax or other electronic transmission (in PDF format) as follows:
(a) if to the Borrower, to it at 8001 Aerial Center Parkway, Morrisville, NC, 27560, Attention of Flavia Landsberg, Email:flandsberg@pyxus.com; and
(b) if to the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent, to Alter Domus (US) LLC, 225 W. Washington St., 9th Floor, Chicago IL 60606 Attention of Steve Lenard, Email: cpcagency@alterdomus.com and legal_agency@alterdomus.com; and
(c) if to a Lender, to it at its address (email or fax number) set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have become a party hereto.
All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by fax or other electronic transmission (in PDF format) on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 9.01 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 9.01. As agreed to among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lenders from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address of a representative of the applicable person provided from time to time by such person.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, the Borrower Materials) by posting the Borrower Materials on Intralinks or another similar electronic system (the Platform) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be public-side Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities) (each, a Public Lender). The Borrower hereby agrees that (i) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked PUBLIC which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word PUBLIC shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (ii) by marking Borrower Materials PUBLIC, the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of foreign, United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information (as defined below), they shall be treated as set forth in Section 9.17); (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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following Borrower Materials shall be marked PUBLIC, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent promptly that any such document contains material non-public information: (A) the Loan Documents, (B) any notification of changes in the terms of the Credit Facility and (C) all information delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(b), (c), and (f).
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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 foreign, 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 Borrower or its securities for purposes of foreign, United States Federal or state securities laws.
THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE. NEITHER THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT NOR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES WARRANTS THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM AND EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS IS MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER OR NOT BASED ON STRICT LIABILITY AND INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN PARTYS OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE LIABILITY OF ANY SUCH PERSON IS FOUND IN A FINAL RULING BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO HAVE RESULTED PRIMARILY FROM SUCH PERSONS GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.
Each Agent agrees that the receipt of communications by such Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the communications to such Agent for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees that receipt of 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 Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees 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 that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address.
Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of either Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.
SECTION 9.02 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans, regardless of any investigation made by the Lenders or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid. The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.16, 2.20, 9.05 and 9.17 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the Transactions, the repayment of any of the Loans, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent or any Lender.
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SECTION 9.03 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto.
SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns.
(a) Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent or the Lenders that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.
(b) Each Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Loans at the time owing to it), with notice to the Borrower and the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, however, that (i) the amount of the 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 be not less than $1,000,000 (or, in any case, if less, the entire remaining amount of such Lenders Loans) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (provided, that the consent of the Borrower shall not be required after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default referred to in Sections 7.01 or 7.05), (ii) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent (or, if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, manually), and shall pay to the Administrative Agent a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (which fee may be waived or reduced in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and will not apply in the case of an assignment by a Lender to an Approved Fund that is managed by such Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender or by an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages such Lender), (iii) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and all applicable tax forms, and (iv) all documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent pursuant to anti-money laundering rules and regulations. Upon acceptance and recording pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 9.04, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, (A) 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 (B) 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 or the remaining portion of an 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 2.14, 2.16, 2.20 and 9.05, as well as to any fees accrued for its account and not yet paid).
(c) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim
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and that its Loans are as set forth in such Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) except as set forth in (i) above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto, or the financial condition of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or the performance or observance by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries of any of its obligations under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee represents and warrants that it is an Eligible Assignee and is legally authorized to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 3.05 or delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (v) such assignee will independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent, respectively, by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(d) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices 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 principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders may treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Senior Collateral Agent and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior written notice. Borrower hereby designates Administrative Agent to serve as Borrowers agent solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this Section 9.04(d), and Borrower hereby agrees that, to the extent Administrative Agent serves in such capacity, Administrative Agent and its Related Parties shall constitute an Indemnitee hereunder and be indemnified in accordance with Section 9.05(b) hereunder in connection with serving in such capacity.
(e) Upon its receipt of, and consent to, a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, an Administrative Questionnaire completed in respect of the assignee (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) above, if applicable, and the written consent of the Administrative Agent and, if required, the Borrower to such assignment and any applicable tax forms, the Administrative Agent shall promptly (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance and (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph (e).
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(f) Each Lender may without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent sell participations to one or more banks or other persons in all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Loans owing to it); provided, however, that (i) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) the participating banks or other persons shall be entitled to the benefit of the cost protection provisions contained in Sections 2.14, 2.16 and 2.20 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein including the requirements under Section 2.20(e)) to the same extent as if they were Lenders (but, with respect to any particular participant, to no greater extent than the Lender that sold the participation to such participant except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the participant acquired the applicable participation), it being understood that the tax forms required under Section 2.20(e) shall be delivered to the participating Lender and (iv) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, and such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce the obligations of the Borrower relating to the Loans and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement (other than amendments, modifications or waivers decreasing any fees payable to such participating bank or person hereunder or the amount of principal of or the rate at which interest is payable on the Loans in which such participating bank or person has an interest, extending any scheduled principal payment date or date fixed for the payment of interest on the Loans in which such participating bank or person has an interest, or releasing any Guarantor (other than pursuant to the terms thereof or in connection with the sale of such Guarantor in a transaction permitted by Section 6.04) or all or substantially all of the Collateral). Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrowers request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.21 with respect to any participant. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participants interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the Participant Register); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participants interest in any Loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(g) Any Lender or participant may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 9.04, disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant any information relating to the Borrower furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower; provided that, prior to any such disclosure of information designated by the Borrower as confidential, each such assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall execute an agreement whereby such assignee or participant shall agree (subject to customary exceptions) to preserve the confidentiality of such confidential information on terms no less restrictive than those applicable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 9.17.
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(h) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure extensions of credit to such Lender or in support of obligations owed by such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central banking authority; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a Granting Lender) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an SPC), identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the option to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Loan and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.04, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower and Administrative Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Loans and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any investor, potential investor, rating agency, commercial paper dealer, collateral manager, servicer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.
(j) The Borrower shall not assign or delegate any of its rights or duties hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be null and void.
(k) Each Lender may assign to any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries all or a portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Loans at the time owing to it) (each a Permitted Loan Purchase); provided, however, that (i) the amount of the 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 be not less than $100,000 (or, in any case, if less, the entire remaining amount of such Lenders Loans) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, (ii) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent or via email and (iii) the assignee shall deliver to the Administrative Agent all documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent pursuant to anti-money laundering rules and regulations. Each Permitted Loan Purchase shall, for purposes of this Agreement be deemed to be an automatic and immediate cancellation and extinguishment of such Loans and the Borrower shall, upon consummation of any Permitted Loan Purchase, notify the Administrative Agent that the Register be updated to record such event as if it were a prepayment of such Loans.
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(l) Upon acceptance and recording of a Permitted Loan Purchase pursuant to paragraph (k) of this Section 9.04, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, 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 or the remaining portion of an 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 2.14, 2.16, 2.20 and 9.05, as well as to any fees accrued for its account and not yet paid).
(m) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Permitted Loan Purchase may be made at a discount and on a non-pro rata basis, as determined by the assigning Lender and the assignee.
SECTION 9.05 Expenses; Indemnity.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by (i) the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders in connection with the preparation and consummation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, including the fees, charges and disbursements of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Macfarlanes LLP, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V. and Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão Advogados, (ii) the Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent in connection with the administration hereof and the other Loan Documents and any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof, including the fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel in each relevant additional jurisdiction (and any such additional counsel, if necessary, as a result of actual or potential conflicts of interest) for the Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent, and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section 9.05, including in connection with any action, litigation, or other dispute or proceeding related to the Transactions, and, in connection with any such enforcement or protection, the fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel in each relevant additional jurisdiction (and any such additional counsel, if necessary, as a result of actual or potential conflicts of interest) for the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders.
(b) The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent, each Lender and each Related Party of any of the foregoing persons (each such person being called an Indemnitee) against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, penalties and related reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel in each relevant jurisdiction (and any such additional counsel, if necessary, as a result of actual or potential conflicts of interest) for all Indemnitees, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any related transaction and the other transactions contemplated thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan
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Documents, (ii) the use of the proceeds of the Loans, (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto (and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates), or (iv) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Claim related in any way to the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or any of their Subsidiaries; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, penalties or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final judgment to have resulted primarily from (1) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (2) a material breach of the obligations under this Agreement of such Indemnitee or any of such Indemnitees Affiliates or of any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors or other representatives of the foregoing under this Agreement (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable decision) (excluding, in each case of clauses (1) and (2), for the avoidance of doubt, any Indemnitees participation in the Transactions) or (y) result from any proceeding (other than a proceeding against a party hereto acting pursuant to this Agreement or in its capacity as such or of any of its Affiliates or its or their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives and the successors of each of the foregoing) solely between or among Indemnitees not arising from any act or omission of a Loan Party or any of its Affiliates.
(c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 9.05, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent, as the case may be, such Lenders pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent of the foregoing) in its capacity as such. For purposes hereof, a Lenders pro rata share shall be determined based upon its share of the outstanding Loans at the time.
(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, neither the Borrower nor any Indemnitee shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee or the Borrower and each of their respective Affiliates, as applicable, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any Loan Document or other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions or any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided, that nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the Borrowers indemnification obligations above to the extent such special, indirect, consequential and punitive damages are included in any third party claim in connection with which any Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification hereunder
(e) No Indemnitee referred to above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the Transactions.
(f) The provisions of this Section 9.05 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the Transactions, the repayment of any of the Loans, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or
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provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 9.05 shall be payable, within 30 days of written demand therefor with a reasonably detailed summary of the amounts claimed.
SECTION 9.06 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, except to the extent prohibited by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement and other Loan Documents held by such Lender, provided that at such time such obligations are due or payable. The rights of each Lender and Affiliates of such Lender under this Section 9.06 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender may have. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, each Secured Party expressly waives its right of setoff (and any similar right including bankers liens) with respect to all lockboxes, deposit accounts and other cash management accounts maintained by any grantor and into which any collections for Government Accounts are deposited. For purposes hereof, Government Accounts means all accounts on which any federal or state government unit or any intermediary for any federal or state government unit is the obligor.
SECTION 9.07 Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 9.08 Waivers; Amendment.
(a) No failure or delay of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent or any Lender in exercising any power or right hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on the Borrower in any case shall entitle the Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof, may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders; provided, however, that no such agreement shall (i) decrease the principal amount of, or extend the maturity of or date for the payment of any interest on any Loan, extend the date for payment of any fees or waive or excuse any such payment or any part thereof, decrease the rate of interest on any Loan or reduce the amount of any fee payable hereunder, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby, (ii) amend or modify the pro rata requirements of Section 2.17, the sharing provisions of Section 2.18, the provisions of Section 9.04(j) or the provisions of this
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Section 9.08 or release all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantors (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof or in connection with the sale of such Guarantor in a transaction permitted by Section 6.04) or all or substantially all of the Collateral (or subordinate the Liens in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent on all or substantially all of the Collateral), without the prior written consent of each Lender, (iii) [reserved], (iv) modify the protections afforded to an SPC pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.04(i) without the written consent of such SPC, (v) reduce the percentage contained in the definition of the term Required Lenders, or impose additional restrictions on the ability of the Lenders to assign their rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, without the prior written consent of each Lender (it being understood that with the consent of the Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of the Required Lenders), (vi) [Reserved] or (vii) reduce the number or percentage of the Lenders required to consent, approve or otherwise take any action under the Loan Documents without the prior written consent of each Lender affected thereby; provided, further, that (A) no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent; (B) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may amend or supplement this Agreement and any other Loan Documents, without the consent of any Lender, in order to (x) cure an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature, (y) cause any other Loan Documents to be consistent with this Agreement or (z) in accordance with Section 6.04; and (C) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may amend or supplement this Agreement and any other Loan Documents with the consent of the applicable Incremental Term Lenders in accordance with Section 2.13.
SECTION 9.09 Certain Releases of Guarantees and Security Interests.
(a) Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, upon the closing of any sale, transfer or other disposition of all of the Equity Interests of any Guarantor permitted pursuant to this Agreement (to any Person other than New Pyxus Topco, the Company or any Subsidiary thereof), (i) the obligations of such Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement shall automatically be discharged and released without any further action by the Senior Collateral Agent or any Lender and the Senior Collateral Agent shall release its security interest in all Collateral of such Guarantor, and (ii) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders will, upon the reasonable request and at the sole expense of the Borrower, execute and deliver any instrument or other document in a form acceptable to the Senior Collateral Agent which may reasonably be required to evidence such discharge and release, all without representation, recourse or warranty.
(b) Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, upon the closing of any sale, transfer or other disposition of Equity Interests of any Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower or Parent Guarantor permitted pursuant to this Agreement (to any Person other than a Guarantor (or Person required to be a Guarantor hereunder), (i) the Senior Collateral Agent shall release to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable without representation, warranty or recourse, express or implied, the pledged Equity Interests issued by such Guarantor and any pledged Equity Interests issued by any other Subsidiary, as applicable, held by such Guarantor and (ii) the Senior Collateral Agent will, upon the request and at the sole expense of the Borrower, execute and deliver any instrument or other document in a form acceptable to the Senior Collateral Agent which may reasonably be required to evidence such release.
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(c) If New Pyxus Topco shall reasonably determine at any time after the Closing Date that (x) the provision or maintenance of a Guarantee by any Foreign Guarantor would reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or their Subsidiaries as evidenced by a written notice to the Senior Collateral Agent, (i) the Senior Collateral Agent shall discharge and release (A) the obligations of such Foreign Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement without any further action by any Lender and (B) the security interest of the Senior Collateral Agent in all Collateral of such Foreign Guarantor without any further action by any Lender or (y) the provision or maintenance of a grant of a security interest in any Collateral of any Foreign Guarantor to secure the Obligations would reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or their Subsidiaries, as evidenced by a written notice to the Senior Collateral Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent shall discharge and release the security interest of the Senior Collateral Agent in such Collateral without any further action by any Lender. In connection with the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and/or the Senior Collateral Agent, as applicable, will, upon the request and at the sole expense of the Borrower, execute and deliver any instrument or other document in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent, as applicable, which may reasonably be required to evidence such release.
(d) The Senior Collateral Agent will, upon the request and at the sole expense of the Borrower, execute and deliver any instrument or other document in a form acceptable to the Senior Collateral Agent which may be reasonably be required to discharge and release, all without representation, recourse or warranty, any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the Senior Collateral Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon Payment in Full of the Obligations, (ii) that is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of or to be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale, transfer or other disposition permitted hereunder to a person other than the Borrower or any Guarantor, and upon consummation by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries of any such sale, transfer or other disposition, any Lien granted by the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Loan Documents on such Collateral shall automatically be discharged and released, and (iii) that is released in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 9.09 or in any Security Document granting such Lien, and the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders will, upon the request and at the sole expense of the Borrower, execute and deliver any instrument or other document in a form acceptable to the Senior Collateral Agent which may reasonably be required to evidence such discharge and release, all without representation, recourse or warranty.
(e) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize each of the Agents, at their option and in their discretion, to take the actions described in this Section 9.09. Upon request by any Agent at any time, the Borrower shall deliver a certificate to such Agent stating that any sale, transfer or other disposition described in this Section 9.09 is permitted under the Loan Documents. Upon request by any Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Agents authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations, in each case pursuant to this Section 9.09. The Agents shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Senior Collateral Agents Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.
SECTION 9.10 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the Charges), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the Maximum Rate) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or
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reserved by the Lender holding such Loan or participation in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan or participation hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan or participation but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section 9.10 shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or participations or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION 9.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof. Any other previous agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Nothing in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any person (other than the parties hereto and thereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereunder) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 9.12 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.12.
SECTION 9.13 Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 9.14 Counterparts; Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 9.03. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile transmission (or other electronic transmission pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original. This Agreement and any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement (each a Communication), including Communications required to be in writing, may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures. Each of the Loan Parties agrees that any Electronic Signature on or associated with any
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Communication shall be valid and binding on each of the Loan Parties to the same extent as a manual, original signature, and that any Communication entered into by Electronic Signature, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Loan Parties enforceable against such in accordance with the terms thereof to the same extent as if a manually executed original signature was delivered. Any Communication may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts are one and the same Communication. For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include, without limitation, use or acceptance by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each of the Secured Parties of a manually signed paper Communication which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed Communication converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. Each of the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each of the Secured Parties may, at its option, create one or more copies of any Communication in the form of an imaged Electronic Record (Electronic Copy), which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such persons business, and destroy the original paper document. All Communications in the form of an Electronic Record, including an Electronic Copy, shall be considered an original for all purposes, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to accept an Electronic Signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, (a) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept such Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Secured Parties shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any Loan Party without further verification and (b) upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by such manually executed counterpart. For purposes hereof, Electronic Record and Electronic Signature shall have the meanings assigned to them, respectively, by 15 USC §7006, as it may be amended from time to time.
SECTION 9.15 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.16 Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment (in each case other than with respect to any Security Document to the extent expressly provided otherwise therein), and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court (in each case other than with respect to any Security Document to the extent expressly provided otherwise therein). Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
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(b) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any New York State or Federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
(d) Without limiting the foregoing, each of the Loan Parties (other than any Loan Party organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia) irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers as of the Closing Date, the Borrower (the Process Agent), with an office on the Closing Date at 8001 Aerial Center Parkway, Morrisville, NC, 27560, as its authorized designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge on its behalf and for its property, service of copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof; such service may be made by mailing or delivering a copy of such process to such Loan Party in care of the Process Agent at the Process Agents above address, and each such Loan Party hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. Each of the Loan Parties (other than any Loan Party organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia) further agrees to take any and all such action as may be necessary to maintain the designation and appointment of the Process Agent in full force in effect for a period of three years following the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder (other than contingent amounts not then due and payable); provided, that if the Process Agent shall cease to act as such, each such Loan Party agrees to promptly designate a new authorized designee, appointee and agent in New York City on the terms and for the purposes reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent hereunder.
SECTION 9.17 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates officers, directors, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel, numbering, administration and settlement service providers, and other advisors (it being understood that the persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority or quasi-regulatory authority (such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or any suit, action or proceeding relating to the enforcement of its rights hereunder or thereunder, (e) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 9.17, to (i) any actual or prospective assignee of or participant in any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or any of their respective obligations, (f) with the consent of the Borrower or (g) to the extent such Information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 9.17. For the purposes of this Section 9.17, Information shall mean all information received from the Borrower and related to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that was available to the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Borrower; provided that any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts give the Borrower prior notice of any disclosure pursuant to clause (c) to the extent permissible and reasonably
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practicable, except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority. Any person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 9.17 shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such person would accord its own confidential information.
SECTION 9.18 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.
SECTION 9.19 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among the parties hereto, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by 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
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such 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 Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
The following terms shall for purposes of this Section 9.19 have the meanings set forth below:
Affected Financial Institution shall mean (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
Bail-In Action shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of any Affected Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation shall mean, (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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EEA Financial Institution shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition and is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority with its parent.
EEA Member Country shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
EEA Resolution Authority shall mean 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.
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
Resolution Authority shall mean an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
UK Financial Institution shall mean any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form 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 shall mean the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
Write-Down and Conversion Powers shall mean (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, transfer or dilute shares issued by a UK Financial Institution, 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.
SECTION 9.20 No Fiduciary Relationship. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral
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Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent, the Lenders or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications. The Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates may be engaged, for their own accounts or the accounts of customers, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and their Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or any of their Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it or any of its Affiliates may have against the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
SECTION 9.21 Intercreditor Agreements. This Agreement and the provisions of each other Loan Document are subject to the terms, conditions and benefits set forth in the Intercreditor Agreements. The Borrower and each Guarantor consents to, and agrees to be bound by, the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement, as the same may be in effect from time to time, and to perform its obligations thereunder in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Lender (a) agrees that it will be bound by, and will take no actions contrary to, the provisions of any Intercreditor Agreement and (b) authorizes and instructs the Senior Collateral Agent on behalf of each Secured Party to enter into each Intercreditor Agreement as the Senior Collateral Agent on behalf of such Secured Parties. All Obligations hereunder and all obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors under the Loan Documents (including without limitation the Pledge and Security Agreement) constitute Term/Note Claims under the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and Senior Obligations under the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement.
[Signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have cause their duly authorized officers to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first written above.
PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
PYXUS PARENT, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, as Administrative Agent and Senior Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Name: | Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Title: | Associate General Counsel |
[Signature Page to New Pyxus Credit Agreement]
[Creditor Parties signature pages on file with the Borrower]
[Signature Page to New Pyxus Credit Agreement]
Exhibit 10.2
INTABEX TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
February 6, 2023
among
PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC.,
as Borrower,
INTABEX NETHERLANDS B.V.,
THE PARENT GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
and
ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC,
as Administrative Agent and Senior Collateral Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions | 2 | |||||
SECTION 1.01 |
Defined Terms | 2 | ||||
SECTION 1.02 |
Terms Generally | 46 | ||||
SECTION 1.03 |
Timing of Payment or Performance | 46 | ||||
SECTION 1.04 |
LLC Division | 47 | ||||
SECTION 1.05 |
Calculations; Etc. | 47 | ||||
SECTION 1.06 |
Dutch Terms | 47 | ||||
ARTICLE II The Credits | 48 | |||||
SECTION 2.01 |
Exchanges | 48 | ||||
SECTION 2.02 |
Loans | 49 | ||||
SECTION 2.03 |
Borrowing Procedure | 49 | ||||
SECTION 2.04 |
Evidence of Debt; Repayment of Loans | 49 | ||||
SECTION 2.05 |
Fees | 50 | ||||
SECTION 2.06 |
Interest on Loans | 50 | ||||
SECTION 2.07 |
Default Interest | 50 | ||||
SECTION 2.08 |
Alternate Rate of Interest | 50 | ||||
SECTION 2.09 |
Termination of Commitment to Exchange | 53 | ||||
SECTION 2.10 |
Conversion and Continuation of Borrowings | 53 | ||||
SECTION 2.11 |
Repayment of Borrowings | 54 | ||||
SECTION 2.12 |
Optional Prepayment | 54 | ||||
SECTION 2.13 |
Incremental Term Loans | 55 | ||||
SECTION 2.14 |
Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances | 56 | ||||
SECTION 2.15 |
Change in Legality | 57 | ||||
SECTION 2.16 |
Indemnity | 57 | ||||
SECTION 2.17 |
Pro Rata Treatment | 57 | ||||
SECTION 2.18 |
Sharing of Setoffs | 58 | ||||
SECTION 2.19 |
Payments | 58 | ||||
SECTION 2.20 |
Taxes | 59 | ||||
SECTION 2.21 |
Assignment of Loans under Certain Circumstances; Duty to Mitigate | 62 | ||||
SECTION 2.22 |
Dutch Parallel Debts | 63 | ||||
SECTION 2.23 |
Dutch Parallel Debts Payment | 64 | ||||
SECTION 2.24 |
Dutch Parallel Debts Application | 64 | ||||
ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties | 64 | |||||
SECTION 3.01 |
Company Status | 64 | ||||
SECTION 3.02 |
Power and Authority | 64 | ||||
SECTION 3.03 |
No Violation | 64 | ||||
SECTION 3.04 |
Approvals | 65 | ||||
SECTION 3.05 |
Material Adverse Effect | 65 | ||||
SECTION 3.06 |
Litigation | 65 | ||||
SECTION 3.07 |
True and Complete Disclosure | 65 | ||||
SECTION 3.08 |
Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations | 65 | ||||
SECTION 3.09 |
Tax Returns and Payments | 66 | ||||
SECTION 3.10 |
Compliance with ERISA | 66 |
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SECTION 3.11 |
Security Documents | 67 | ||||
SECTION 3.12 |
Properties | 68 | ||||
SECTION 3.13 |
Subsidiaries | 68 | ||||
SECTION 3.14 |
Compliance with Laws | 68 | ||||
SECTION 3.15 |
Investment Company Act | 69 | ||||
SECTION 3.16 |
No Default | 69 | ||||
SECTION 3.17 |
Environmental Matters. | 69 | ||||
SECTION 3.18 |
Employment and Labor Relations | 70 | ||||
SECTION 3.19 |
Intellectual Property, etc. | 70 | ||||
SECTION 3.20 |
Insurance | 70 | ||||
SECTION 3.21 |
[Reserved] | 70 | ||||
SECTION 3.22 |
Anti-Terrorism Law | 70 | ||||
SECTION 3.23 |
Anti-Corruption Laws | 71 | ||||
SECTION 3.24 |
Sanctions | 72 | ||||
SECTION 3.25 |
Material Contracts | 72 | ||||
SECTION 3.26 |
[Reserved] | 72 | ||||
SECTION 3.27 |
Centre of Main Interests | 72 | ||||
SECTION 3.28 |
DAC6 | 72 | ||||
ARTICLE IV Conditions of Lending | 72 | |||||
SECTION 4.01 |
Conditions Precedent to the Closing Date | 72 | ||||
ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants |
76 | |||||
SECTION 5.01 |
Information Covenants | 76 | ||||
SECTION 5.02 |
Books, Records and Inspections; Annual Meetings | 79 | ||||
SECTION 5.03 |
Maintenance of Property; Insurance | 80 | ||||
SECTION 5.04 |
Existence; Franchises | 81 | ||||
SECTION 5.05 |
Compliance with Requirements of Law, etc. | 81 | ||||
SECTION 5.06 |
Anti-Corruption Laws | 81 | ||||
SECTION 5.07 |
Sanctions | 81 | ||||
SECTION 5.08 |
Compliance with Environmental Laws | 81 | ||||
SECTION 5.09 |
ERISA Information Undertakings | 82 | ||||
SECTION 5.10 |
Performance of Obligations | 83 | ||||
SECTION 5.11 |
Payment of Taxes | 83 | ||||
SECTION 5.12 |
Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries | 83 | ||||
SECTION 5.13 |
Additional Security; Further Assurances; etc. | 84 | ||||
SECTION 5.14 |
Real Estate Leases | 86 | ||||
SECTION 5.15 |
Post-Closing Matters | 87 | ||||
ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants | 87 | |||||
SECTION 6.01 |
Restricted Payments | 87 | ||||
SECTION 6.02 |
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries | 91 | ||||
SECTION 6.03 |
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock | 93 | ||||
SECTION 6.04 |
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets | 97 | ||||
SECTION 6.05 |
Transactions with Affiliates | 99 | ||||
SECTION 6.06 |
Liens | 99 | ||||
SECTION 6.07 |
Business Activities | 99 | ||||
SECTION 6.08 |
[Reserved] | 99 |
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SECTION 6.09 |
Asset Sales | 99 | ||||
SECTION 6.10 |
Use of Proceeds | 100 | ||||
SECTION 6.11 |
Intabex Covenant | 100 | ||||
ARTICLE VII Events of Default | 101 | |||||
SECTION 7.01 |
Payments | 101 | ||||
SECTION 7.02 |
Representations, etc. | 101 | ||||
SECTION 7.03 |
Covenants | 102 | ||||
SECTION 7.04 |
Default under Other Agreements | 102 | ||||
SECTION 7.05 |
Bankruptcy, etc. | 102 | ||||
SECTION 7.06 |
ERISA | 103 | ||||
SECTION 7.07 |
Security Documents | 103 | ||||
SECTION 7.08 |
Guaranties | 103 | ||||
SECTION 7.09 |
Judgments | 103 | ||||
SECTION 7.10 |
Change of Control | 104 | ||||
SECTION 7.11 |
Intercreditor Agreements | 104 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII The Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent | 104 | |||||
SECTION 8.01 |
The Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent | 104 | ||||
SECTION 8.02 |
Erroneous Payments | 107 | ||||
ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous | 108 | |||||
SECTION 9.01 |
Notices | 108 | ||||
SECTION 9.02 |
Survival of Agreement | 110 | ||||
SECTION 9.03 |
Binding Effect | 110 | ||||
SECTION 9.04 |
Successors and Assigns | 110 | ||||
SECTION 9.05 |
Expenses; Indemnity | 114 | ||||
SECTION 9.06 |
Right of Setoff | 116 | ||||
SECTION 9.07 |
Applicable Law | 117 | ||||
SECTION 9.08 |
Waivers; Amendment | 117 | ||||
SECTION 9.09 |
Certain Releases of Guarantees and Security Interests | 118 | ||||
SECTION 9.10 |
Interest Rate Limitation | 119 | ||||
SECTION 9.11 |
Entire Agreement | 119 | ||||
SECTION 9.12 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 119 | ||||
SECTION 9.13 |
Severability | 120 | ||||
SECTION 9.14 |
Counterparts; Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents | 120 | ||||
SECTION 9.15 |
Headings | 121 | ||||
SECTION 9.16 |
Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process | 121 | ||||
SECTION 9.17 |
Confidentiality | 122 | ||||
SECTION 9.18 |
USA PATRIOT Act Notice | 122 | ||||
SECTION 9.19 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions | 122 | ||||
SECTION 9.20 |
No Fiduciary Relationship | 124 | ||||
SECTION 9.21 |
Intercreditor Agreements | 124 | ||||
SCHEDULE 1.01(a): | Subsidiary Guarantors |
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SCHEDULE 2.01: | Lenders, Loans and Notice Information |
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SCHEDULE 3.12: | Material Real Property | |
SCHEDULE 3.13: | Subsidiaries | |
SCHEDULE 3.20: | Insurance | |
SCHEDULE 6.01: | Permitted Investments | |
EXHIBIT A: | Administrative Questionnaire | |
EXHIBIT B: | Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |
EXHIBIT C: | Form of Borrowing Request | |
EXHIBIT D-1 D-4: | Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates | |
EXHIBIT E: | [Reserved] | |
EXHIBIT F: | Form of Compliance Certificate | |
EXHIBIT G-1: | Form of Intercompany Note (Intercompany Loans made by a Loan Party) | |
EXHIBIT G-2: | Form of Intercompany Note (Intercompany Loans made to a Loan Party by a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a non-Loan Party) |
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INTABEX TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of February 6, 2023 (this Agreement), among PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC., a Virginia corporation, as borrower (the Borrower), PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (formerly known as Pyxus One, Inc.), a Virginia corporation (New Pyxus Topco), PYXUS PARENT, INC., a Virginia corporation (New Pyxus Parent), INTABEX NETHERLANDS B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, with seat in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands, address at Schiphol Boulevard 359, D Tower 11th Floor, 1118 BJ Schiphol, the Netherlands and Trade Register number 34100480, (Intabex), the Lenders (as defined in Article I), and ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, as administrative agent (in such capacity, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Senior Collateral Agent (as defined below).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
WHEREAS, immediately prior to giving effect to the Transactions (as defined below) on the Closing Date (as defined below), Lenders owned (directly or indirectly as an investment advisor, sub-advisor, or manager, as applicable, of the applicable beneficial owner) collectively (i) $216,763,900.93 of the outstanding principal amount of Existing Exit Term Loans (as defined below) (the Assigned Exit Term Loans, and such Lenders in such capacity, Exchanging Exit Term Lenders) and (ii) $100,000,000.00 of the outstanding principal amount of Existing Intabex Term Loans (as defined below) (the Assigned Intabex Term Loans, and such Lenders in such capacity, Exchanging Intabex Term Lenders);
WHEREAS, the Borrower has conducted exchange offers (the Exchange Offer) made to all lenders under (i) the Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined below) pursuant to the Exchange Offer Notice distributed on January 19, 2023 (the Offer Notice) and (ii) the Existing Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined below) pursuant to the Support Agreement (as defined below);
WHEREAS, each (i) Exchanging Exit Term Lender executed and delivered a signature page to the Lender Consent and Exchange Offer Acceptance attached as Exhibit A to the Offer Notice (the Lender Consent) and (ii) Exchanging Intabex Term Lender executed and delivered a signature page hereto pursuant to which such Exchanging Exit Term Lender or Exchanging Intabex Term Lender, as applicable, elected to, among other things, participate in the Exchange Offer;
WHEREAS, (i) upon the occurrence of the Closing Date, the Exchanging Exit Term Lenders shall assign the Assigned Exit Term Loans, which constitute 100% of the Existing Exit Term Loans, to the Borrower in exchange for (x) $87,033,114.71 in aggregate principal amount of Loans issued under this Agreement and (y) $130,549,672.07 in aggregate principal amount of loans issued under the New Pyxus Credit Agreement (as defined below), and (ii) upon the consummation of such exchanges, the Assigned Exit Term Loans shall be automatically and irrevocably canceled and extinguished, in each case pursuant to the terms of the Lender Consent, this Agreement and the New Pyxus Credit Agreement, as applicable (collectively, the Exit Term Loan Exchange Transactions);
WHEREAS, (i) upon the occurrence of the Closing Date and substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of the Exit Term Loan Exchange Transactions, the Exchanging Intabex Term Lenders shall assign the Assigned Intabex Term Loans, which constitute 100% of the Existing Intabex Term Loans, to the Borrower in exchange for $102,000,000.00 in aggregate principal amount of Loans issued under this Agreement and (ii) upon the consummation of such exchanges, the Assigned Intabex Term Loans shall be automatically and irrevocably canceled and extinguished, in each case pursuant to the terms of the Lender Consent and this Agreement (collectively, the Intabex Term Loan Exchange Transactions); and
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WHEREAS, $189,033,114.71 in aggregate principal amount of Loans will be issued hereunder on the Closing Date in the Exit Term Loan Exchange Transactions and the Intabex Term Loan Exchange Transactions (the Credit Facility).
Accordingly, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
ABL Administrative Agent shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent under the ABL Credit Agreement, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
ABL Collateral Agent shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, as collateral agent under the ABL Credit Agreement, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
ABL Credit Agreement shall mean that certain ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2022, among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent, providing for revolving credit borrowings, including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced in any manner (whether upon or after termination or otherwise and whether with the original lenders or otherwise) or refinanced, in each case, in whole from time to time with any other bona fide asset based credit facility, including any extension of the maturity thereof or increase in the available amount of borrowings thereunder.
ABL Intercreditor Agreement shall mean the amended and restated ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the ABL Administrative Agent, the ABL Collateral Agent, the New Notes Trustee, the Administrative Agent, the New Pyxus Loan Administrative Agent, and the Senior Collateral Agent and the other parties from time to time party thereto.
ABL Obligations shall mean the Indebtedness and other obligations under the ABL Credit Agreement which are secured by a Lien on the Collateral permitted by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Liens and any post-petition interest, fees and expenses at the applicable rate, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the ABL Obligations and the Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
ABR when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
ABR Borrowing shall mean any Borrowing of an ABR Loan.
ABR Loan shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Alternate Base Rate.
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Acquired Debt shall mean, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR shall mean, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Daily Simple SOFR plus (b) the Credit Spread Adjustment.
Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall mean, for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period plus (b) the Credit Spread Adjustment.
Administrative Questionnaire shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit A, or such other form as may be supplied from time to time by the Administrative Agent.
Affiliate of any specified Person shall mean any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, control, as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with have correlative meanings.
Agent Fee Letter shall mean the Fee Letter, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between Alter Domus (US) LLC and the Borrower.
Agents shall mean the Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent.
Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
Alternate Base Rate shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1.00% and (c) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for a one month Interest Period as published two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%; provided for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for any day shall be based on the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m. Chicago time on such day (or any amended publication time for the Term SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the CME Term SOFR Administrator in the Term SOFR Reference Rate methodology). 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 or the Adjusted Term SOFR 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 of the term Federal Funds Effective Rate, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) or (c), as applicable, of the preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, as the case may be.
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AO Brazil shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Brazilian Fiduciary Assignment.
Approved Fund shall mean any person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities and that is administered, advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
Asset Sale shall mean:
(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be subject to Section 6.04 and not Section 6.09; and
(2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the Borrowers Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests in any of the Borrowers Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:
(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $20.0 million;
(2) a transfer of assets or rights between or among the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or of a Parent Guarantor to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or of a Parent Guarantor;
(4) the sale, lease or other transfer of products, services or accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business and any sale or other disposition of damaged, worn-out, obsolete, surplus, redundant or excess property or assets in the ordinary course of business (including the abandonment or other disposition of intellectual property that is, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries taken as whole);
(5) (a) the sale of accounts receivable permitted pursuant to clause (x) of the definition of Permitted Debt and (b) the sale of accounts receivable arising from sales of tobacco, which accounts receivable are sold pursuant to a factoring arrangement without recourse or securitization facilities consistent with past practice;
(6) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims in the ordinary course of business;
(7) the granting of Liens not prohibited pursuant to Section 6.06;
(8) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;
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(9) a Restricted Payment that does not violate Section 6.01 or a Permitted Investment;
(10) Specified Sales;
(11) the sale, lease or other transfer of property or assets (a) to an unrelated party not in the ordinary course of business (other than Specified Sales), where and to the extent that they are the result of a Recovery Event or (b) the sale, lease or other transfer of machinery, parts and equipment no longer used or useful in the conduct of business of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, as appropriate, in the Borrowers or any Parent Guarantors reasonable discretion;
(12) dispositions resulting from any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or their Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such taking or condemnation would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the business, operations, property, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and
(13) any Corporate Restructuring Transactions.
Assignment and Acceptance shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit B or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.
Attributable Debt in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that if such sale and leaseback transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of Capital Lease Obligation.
Available Tenor shall mean, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof), as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or otherwise, for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement 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 clause (e) of Section 2.08.
Bank Product Obligations shall mean all obligations and liabilities (whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due or now existing or hereafter incurred) of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with any treasury, investment, depository, clearing house, wire transfer, cash management or automated clearing house transfers of funds services or any related services, to any person.
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Bankruptcy Code shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
Benchmark shall mean, initially, with respect to any SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Rate, or the then-current Benchmark, then Benchmark shall mean the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.08.
Benchmark Replacement shall mean, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(1) the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR;
(2) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, in the case of clause (ii) above, such adjustment shall not be in the form of an increase of the Interest Applicable Percentage;
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above 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 Loan Documents.
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment shall mean, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such 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 Borrower for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) 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 on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii) 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 dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of Alternate Base Rate, 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, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower decide in their reasonable discretion 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 (in consultation with the Borrower) decides in its
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reasonable discretion 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 such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent and the Borrower decide in their reasonable discretion is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
Benchmark Replacement Date shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) 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
(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein solely to the extent such event applies to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Transition Event shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1) 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);
(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), in each case, which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) 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); or
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(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a Benchmark Transition Event will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark solely to the extent that a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to all then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Unavailability Period shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.08 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.08.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
Board shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
Board of Directors shall mean:
(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
(2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors, managing member or members or controlling committee of managing members of the general partner of the partnership;
(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and
(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
Borrower shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
Borrower Materials shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01.
Borrowing shall mean Loans of the same Type made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of SOFR Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
Borrowing Request shall mean a written request by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit C, or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.
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Brazilian Fiduciary Assignment shall mean the Brazilian law governed fiduciary assignment (alienação fiduciária) of shares (quotas) to be executed between Intabex and Alliance One Tabak International B.V., as pledgors, Alliance One Brasil Exportadora de Tabacos Ltda (AO Brazil), as the company, and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral agent, in respect of the fiduciary assignment by each of Intabex and Alliance One Tabak International B.V. of its shares (quotas) in AO Brazil, pursuant to Section 5.15.
Breakage Event shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.16.
Business shall mean any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other business entity (or the adjectival form thereof, where appropriate) or the equivalent of the foregoing in any foreign jurisdiction.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banks in New York City or Chicago are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close; provided that, in relation to SOFR Loans and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any such SOFR Loan, or any other dealings of such SOFR Loan, any such day that is only an U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
Calculation Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
Capital Lease Obligation shall mean, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
Capital Stock shall mean:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.
Cash Equivalents shall mean:
(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition (Government Obligations);
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(2) Investments in deposits in (including money market funds of), or certificates of deposits, bankers acceptances, export notes, trade credit assignments, guarantees and instruments of a similar nature issued by, (i) any bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having capital and surplus in excess of $100,000,000, (ii) any international bank organized under the laws of any country which is a member of the OECD or a political subdivision of any such country, and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, or (iii) leading banks in a country where the Borrower, the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary making such Investment does business; provided, that all such Investments mature within 270 days of the date of such Investment; and provided, further, that all Investments pursuant to clause (iii) above are (A) solely of funds generated in the ordinary course of business by operations of the relevant investor in the country where such Investment is made, and (B) denominated in the currency of the country in which such Investment is made or in Dollars, UK pounds sterling, Euro, Japanese Yen, Hong Kong dollars or Chinese Renminbi;
(3) commercial paper maturing within 270 days and having one of the two highest ratings of either S&P, Moodys or Fitch Investors Service, Inc.;
(4) money market funds (other than those referred to in clause (3) above) that have assets in excess of $2,000,000,000, are managed by recognized and responsible institutions and invest solely in obligations of the types referred to in clauses (1), (2)(i) and (ii) and (3) above;
(5) repurchase agreements with a bank or trust company or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or directly and fully guaranteed by the United States; and
(6) obligations of any state of the United States or any political subdivision thereof for the payment of the principal and redemption price of and interest on which there shall have been irrevocably deposited Government Obligations maturing as to principal and interest at times and in amounts sufficient to provide such payment.
Change in Law shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.14, by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lenders holding company, if any) with any policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Closing Date; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
Change of Control shall be deemed to occur if:
(1) any Person or group (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), other than any Permitted Holder or any combination of Permitted Holders, shall have acquired beneficial ownership of more than 50%, on a fully diluted basis, of the Voting Stock of New Pyxus Topco;
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(2) a change of control (or similar event) shall have occurred under the ABL Credit Agreement, the New Pyxus Credit Agreement, the New Notes Indenture or any other Indebtedness for borrowed money permitted under Section 6.03 with an outstanding principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or
(3) New Pyxus Topco ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Corporate Restructuring Transactions shall not constitute a Change of Control pursuant to any of clauses (1) through (2) above.
Closing Date shall mean February 6, 2023.
CME Term SOFR Administrator shall mean CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) (or a successor administrator that is mutually reasonably agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower).
Code shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Collateral shall mean any asset or property of the Borrower or any Guarantor securing, or purporting to secure, the Obligations pursuant to any Security Document, (i) including, for the avoidance of doubt, (x) the Equity Interests subject to the Tabak Dutch Pledge and the Equity Interests subject to the Brazilian Fiduciary Assignment and (y) any asset or property of the Borrower or any Guarantor on which a lien has been granted to secure obligations under any Junior Lien Debt, and (ii) excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Excluded Assets.
Communication shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
Confirmed Order shall mean an order or other indication of interest, in accordance with industry standards, by a customer not an Affiliate of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries which has been accepted in the ordinary course of business by representatives of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.
Consolidated EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:
(1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale for such period, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(3) the Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such Fixed Charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(4) any foreign currency translation losses (including losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such losses were taken into account in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
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(5) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash charges and expenses (excluding any such non-cash charge or expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash charges or expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash charge or expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges or expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus
(6) any foreign currency translation gains (including gains related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such gains were taken into account in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus or minus (as applicable)
(7) non-cash items increasing or decreasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business; plus
(8) one-time or non-recurring items decreasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period related to restructuring, asset impairment, reorganization, taxes or any other non-operating costs and expenses, including without limitation, professional fees, exit bankruptcy fees and financing fees, expenses, premiums and similar charges incurred in connection with the Transactions to the extent such items were actually deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income;
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income shall mean, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the net income (loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis (excluding the net income (loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person), determined in accordance with GAAP and without any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, plus, to the extent deducted in determining such net income (or net loss), the Transaction Costs and any costs incurred in connection with any Corporate Restructuring Transactions; provided that:
(1) all extraordinary gains (but not losses) and all gains (but not losses) realized in connection with any Asset Sale or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale or the disposition of securities or the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, together with any related provision for taxes on any such gain, will be excluded;
(2) the net income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;
(3) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 6.01, the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that net income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders;
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(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded; and
(5) non-cash gains and losses attributable to movement in the mark-to-market valuation of Hedging Obligations (including the application of FASB ASC Topic 815) will be excluded.
Consolidated Net Worth shall mean, with respect to any specified Person as of any date, the sum of:
(1) the consolidated equity of the common stockholders of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date; plus
(2) the respective amounts reported on such Persons balance sheet as of such date with respect to any series of preferred stock (other than Disqualified Stock) that by its terms is not entitled to the payment of dividends unless such dividends may be declared and paid only out of net earnings in respect of the year of such declaration and payment, but only to the extent of any cash received by such Person upon issuance of such preferred stock, less (a) all write-ups subsequent to the date hereof in the book value of any asset owned by such Person or a consolidated Subsidiary of such Person (other than purchase accounting adjustments made, in connection with any acquisition of any entity that becomes a consolidated Subsidiary of such Person after the date hereof, to the book value of the assets of such entity), (b) all investments as of such date in unconsolidated Subsidiaries and in Persons that are not Subsidiaries (except, in each case, Permitted Investments), and (c) all unamortized debt discount and expense and unamortized deferred charges as of such date, all of the foregoing determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth shall mean with respect to any specified Person as of any date, the sum of (1) Consolidated Net Worth, minus (2) the amount of such Persons intangible assets at such date, including, without limitation, goodwill (whether representing the excess of cost over book value of assets acquired or otherwise), capitalized expenses, patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, franchises, licenses and deferred charges (such as, without limitation, unamortized costs and costs of research and development), all determined for such Person on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Corporate Restructuring Transactions shall mean one or more series of intercompany transactions, whether consummated simultaneously or from time to time, that do not adversely impact in any material respect the structure, priority or aggregate value of the guarantees in respect of, and the Collateral that secures, the Obligations, provided that (A) any necessary replacement guarantee or Collateral (determined after giving effect to such transactions) with respect to the foregoing shall be subject to Section 9.09(c) and (B) in furtherance of the foregoing clause (A), the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into local law pledge and security agreements in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent to the extent reasonably necessary to perfect Liens on any material Collateral governed by the laws of, or located in, any foreign jurisdiction on substantially the same basis as with respect to any Foreign Guarantor so replaced.
Corresponding Tenor shall mean, with respect to any Available Tenor, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding any business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
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Credit Facility shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preliminary Statement.
Credit Spread Adjustment shall mean a percentage equal to 0.10%.
Daily Simple SOFR shall mean, for any day (a SOFR Rate Day), a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day that is five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) 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; provided that if Daily Simple SOFR as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement. 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.
Deemed Capitalized Leases shall mean obligations of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries that are classified as capital lease obligations under GAAP due to the application of FASB ASC Topic 840 or any subsequent pronouncement having similar effect and, except for such regulation or pronouncement, such obligation would not constitute a Capital Lease Obligation.
Default shall mean any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
Defaulting Lender shall mean any Lender that (a) defaults in its obligation to make any Loan or fulfill any obligation required to be made or fulfilled by it hereunder in the case of any funding requirement within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lenders good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party in writing that it does not intend to satisfy any such obligations, (c) has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, custodian, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business, appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or has a parent company that has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, custodian, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business, appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that if a Lender would be a Defaulting Lender solely by reason of events relating to a parent company of such Lender or solely because a Governmental Authority has been appointed as receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian for such Lender, such Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender if and for so long as such Lender confirms in writing, upon request by the Administrative Agent, that it will continue to comply with its obligations to make Loans and fulfill all other obligations required to be made and fulfilled by it hereunder, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, become the subject of a Bail-In Action (as defined in Section 9.19).
Disqualified Stock shall mean any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital
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Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 6.01 hereof. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Agreement will be the maximum amount that the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.
dollars or $ shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
Domestic Subsidiary shall mean (1) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor or (2) any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor, in each case, that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.
Dutch Loan Party shall mean any Loan Party or Loan Parties organized or existing under the laws of the Netherlands.
Dutch Parallel Debt shall mean, in relation to an Underlying Debt, an obligation to pay the Senior Collateral Agent an amount equal to (and in the same currency as) the amount of that Underlying Debt.
Electronic Copy shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
Eligible Assignee shall mean any commercial bank, insurance company, investment or mutual fund or other entity (but not any natural person) that is an accredited investor (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) that extends credit or invests in bank loans as one of its businesses; provided that in any event, Eligible Assignee shall not include (x) the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, subject to Section 9.04(k), or (y) any Defaulting Lender.
Eligible Inventory shall mean, as of any date, all inventory of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor and any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, wherever located, valued in accordance with GAAP and shown on the balance sheet of the Borrower for the quarterly period most recently ended prior to such date for which internal financial statements of the Borrower are available.
Eligible Receivables shall mean, as of any date, all accounts receivable of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor and any of their Subsidiaries arising out of the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business, valued in accordance with GAAP and shown on the balance sheet of the Borrower for the quarterly period most recently ended prior to such date for which internal financial statements of the Borrower are available, including without limitation receivables and related proceeds of Alliance One International, LLC arising from the sale of tobacco financed by Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank in connection with the Secured Pre-Shipment and Export Finance Facilities Agreement, as amended and restated by the Fourth Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated on or about June 27, 2022, by and between Alliance One Tobacco (Malawi) Limited, Alliance One Tobacco (Tanzania) Limited and Alliance One Zambia Limited, as borrowers, Pyxus Parent and the Borrower, as
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parent guarantors, and Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, as mandated lead arranger, original lender, agent and security agent, providing for revolving credit borrowings, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced in any manner (whether upon or after termination or otherwise and whether with the original lenders or otherwise) or refinanced, in each case, in whole from time to time with any other asset based revolving credit facility, including any extension of the maturity thereof or increase in the available amount of borrowings thereunder (the TDB Facility).
Environmental Claims shall mean any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, directives, claims, liens, written notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations and/or proceedings relating in any way to any noncompliance with, or liability arising under, Environmental Law or to any permit issued, or any approval given, under any Environmental Law (hereafter, Claims), including, without limitation, (a) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law, and (b) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief arising out of or relating to an alleged injury or threat of injury to human health, safety or the environment due to the presence of Hazardous Materials.
Environmental Law shall mean any Federal, state, foreign or local statute, law (including principles of common law), rule, regulation, ordinance, code, directive, judgment or order, now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, relating to the protection of the environment, or of human health (as it relates to the exposure to Hazardous Materials) or to the presence, Release or threatened Release, or the manufacture, use, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal or recycling of Hazardous Materials, or the arrangement for any such activities.
Equity Interests shall mean Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock); provided that no Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor shall constitute an Equity Interest by virtue of being convertible into Capital Stock.
ERISA shall mean the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA, as in effect at the date of this Agreement and any subsequent provisions of ERISA, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.
ERISA Affiliate shall mean any person, as defined in Section 3(9) of ERISA, that for purposes of Title I or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code would be deemed at any relevant time to be a single employer or otherwise aggregated with the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries under Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
ERISA Event shall mean any one or more of the following:
(1) any Reportable Event;
(2) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan, if such termination would require material additional contributions in order to be considered a standard termination within the meaning of Section 4041(b) of ERISA, the filing under Section 4041(c) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan or the termination of any Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA;
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(3) institution of proceedings by the PBGC, or the occurrence of an event or condition which would reasonably be expected to constitute grounds for the institution of proceedings by the PBGC under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan;
(4) the failure to make a required contribution to any Plan that would result in the imposition of a lien or other encumbrance or the provision of security under the Code or ERISA, or the arising of such a lien or encumbrance; there being or arising any unpaid minimum required contribution or accumulated funding deficiency (as defined or otherwise set forth in Section 4971 of the Code or Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA), whether or not waived; or the filing of any request for or receipt of a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Plan, or that such filing may be made or a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, considered an at-risk plan or in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA;
(5) engaging in a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA;
(6) the complete or partial withdrawal of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan, the insolvency or critical status under Title IV of ERISA of any Multiemployer Plan; or the receipt by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, that a Multiemployer Plan is in endangered or critical status under Section 305 of ERISA; or
(7) the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or an ERISA Affiliate incurring any material liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA).
Erroneous Payment has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.02(a).
Erroneous Payment Notice has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.02(a).
Event of Default shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchanging Exit Term Lenders shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preliminary Statement.
Exchanging Intabex Term Lenders shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preliminary Statement.
Excluded Assets shall have the meaning assigned to such term (or any similar term) in the Pledge and Security Agreement or in any other Security Document (including the UK Debenture).
Excluded Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor (a) that is prohibited by applicable law (whether on the Closing Date or thereafter) or contractual obligations existing on the Closing Date (or, in the case of any newly acquired Subsidiary, in existence at the time of acquisition but not entered into in contemplation thereof) from guaranteeing the Obligations, or if
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guaranteeing the Obligations would require governmental (including regulatory) or other third-party consent, approval, license or authorization (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been obtained), (b) with respect to which the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco determines in a commercially reasonable manner that the burden or cost or other consequences of providing a Guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom or (c) with respect to which the provision or maintenance of a Guarantee by it could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or their Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by New Pyxus Topco).
Excluded Taxes shall mean any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.21(a)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.20, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lenders assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipients failure to comply with Section 2.20(e), and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement shall mean that certain Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2020, by and among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent and as collateral agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time immediately prior to giving effect to the Exit Term Loan Exchange Transactions.
Existing Exit Term Loan Obligations has the meaning assigned to the term Obligations under and as defined in the Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the Existing Exit Term Loan Obligations and the Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
Existing Exit Term Loans shall have the meaning assigned to the term Loans in the Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement.
Existing Indebtedness shall mean all Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries (other than the Credit Facility, the ABL Obligations, the New Pyxus Loan Obligations, the New Notes Obligations, the Existing Notes Obligations and lines of credit of Foreign Subsidiaries) in existence on the date hereof, until such amounts are repaid.
Existing Intabex Term Loans shall have the meaning assigned to the term Loans in the Existing Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement.
Existing Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement shall mean the Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement, effectuated pursuant to that certain Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2022, by and among Intabex, as borrower, the guarantors party thereto, Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent and as collateral agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto.
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Existing Intabex Term Loan Obligations has the meaning assigned to the term Obligations under and as defined in the Existing Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the Existing Intabex Term Loan Obligations and the Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
Existing Notes shall mean the outstanding 10.000% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2024 issued by the Borrower pursuant to the Existing Notes Indenture.
Existing Notes Collateral Agent shall mean Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Existing Notes Indenture, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
Existing Notes Indenture shall mean the Indenture, dated as of August 24, 2020, by and among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, collateral agent, registrar and paying agent, as modified by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 24, 2020, and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date (the Second Supplemental Indenture).
Existing Notes Obligations has the meaning assigned to the term Obligations under and as defined in the Existing Notes Indenture, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the Existing Notes Obligations and the Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
Exit Term Loan Exchange Transactions shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preliminary Statement.
Fair Market Value shall mean the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party, determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco (unless otherwise provided in this Agreement).
FATCA shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any intergovernmental agreements (and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or official administrative practices adopted) implementing any of the foregoing.
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. If the Federal Funds Effective Rate is less than zero, it shall be deemed to be zero hereunder.
Federal Reserve Board shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
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Financial Officer of any person shall mean the chief financial officer, finance director, principal accounting officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of such person.
Fiscal Year shall mean the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on March 31 of each calendar year.
Fixed Amounts shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.05(b).
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall mean, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings, borrowings under Seasonal Subsidiary Debt and Guarantees of Grower Indebtedness) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the Calculation Date), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect (in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including all related financing transactions and including increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date, or that are to be made on the Calculation Date, will be given pro forma effect (in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, but giving effect to Pro Forma Cost Savings) as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period;
(2) the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded;
(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date;
(4) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period;
(5) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period; and
(6) if any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the Calculation Date in excess of 12 months).
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Fixed Charges shall mean with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) the consolidated interest expense (other than interest expense in respect of letters of credit) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of bankers acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations in respect of interest rates; plus
(2) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus
(3) any interest on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus
(4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of New Pyxus Topco (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; minus
(5) to the extent added in consolidated interest expense in clause (3) above, contingent obligations so long as such obligations remain contingent; minus
(6) the interest income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.
Flood Laws shall mean, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
Floor shall mean 1.50%.
Foreign Guarantor shall mean any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Foreign Subsidiary.
Foreign Lender shall mean a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
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Foreign Pension Plan shall mean any plan, fund (including, without limitation, any superannuation fund), scheme or other similar program established or maintained outside the United States by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any one or more of their Subsidiaries primarily for the benefit of employees of the Borrower, any such Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiaries residing outside the United States, which plan, fund, scheme or other similar program provides, or results in, retirement income, a deferral of income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of employment, and which plan is not subject to ERISA or the Code.
Foreign Subsidiary shall mean any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Forsyth County Facility shall mean the fee owned facility located on Big Oaks Drive, in King, Forsyth County, North Carolina.
Funded Debt shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money or advances; or
(2) evidenced by loan agreements, bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof).
For the avoidance of doubt, Funded Debt shall not include Hedging Obligations or Bank Product Obligations.
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time (including applicable fresh-start accounting principles) provided, however, that lease liabilities and associated expenses recorded by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries pursuant to ASU 2016-02, Leases, shall not be treated as Indebtedness and shall not be included in consolidated interest expense or Fixed Charges, unless the lease liabilities would have been treated as Capital Lease Obligations under GAAP as in effect prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-02, Leases (in which case such lease liabilities and associated expenses shall be treated as Capital Lease Obligations, and the interest component of such Capital Lease Obligation shall be included in consolidated interest expense and Fixed Charges).
Governmental Authority shall mean the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other national or supra-national entity or body exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
Granting Lender shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(i).
Grower Indebtedness shall mean indebtedness incurred by tobacco farmers that supply tobacco to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries for the purpose of financing the growing of tobacco crop.
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Guarantee shall mean a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (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).
Guarantee Agreement shall mean the Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date among the Borrower, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
Guarantors shall mean, collectively, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantors.
Hazardous Materials shall mean any chemicals, materials, wastes, pollutants, contaminants, or substances in any form that are prohibited, limited or regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law by virtue of their toxic or otherwise deleterious characteristics, including without limitation any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, asbestos in any form that is or could become friable, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas.
Hedge Agreement shall mean, with respect to any Person, any agreement entered into to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates, or currency or raw materials values, including, without limitation, any interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement, or similar arrangement between such Person and one or more counterparties, any foreign currency exchange agreement, currency protection agreements, commodity purchase or option agreements, or other interest or exchange rate or commodity price hedging agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Hedge Agreement shall not include any other hedging agreements (or substantively equivalent derivative transactions) with respect to the Borrowers or a Parent Guarantors Equity Interests.
Hedging Obligations shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreement.
Holding Company shall mean any Person so long as such Person directly or indirectly holds 100% of the aggregate Voting Stock of New Pyxus Topco, and at the time such Person acquired such Voting Stock, no Person and no group (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), including any such group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than any Permitted Holder or combination of Permitted Holders, shall have beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the aggregate Voting Stock of such Person.
Immaterial Subsidiary shall mean, at any date of determination, any Subsidiary that is neither a Material Domestic Subsidiary nor a Material Foreign Subsidiary.
Incremental Assumption Agreement shall mean an incremental assumption agreement establishing the applicable Incremental Term Loans in form and substance satisfactory to the Incremental Term Lenders party thereto and the Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Incremental Term Lender shall mean a Lender with an outstanding Incremental Term Loan.
Incremental Term Loan shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.13(a).
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incur shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03.
Incurrence Based Amounts shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.05(b).
Indebtedness shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money;
(2) evidenced by or issued in exchange for bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(3) in respect of bankers acceptances;
(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations or Attributable Debt in respect of sale-and-leaseback transactions;
(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services due more than six months after such property is acquired or such services are completed; or
(6) representing any Hedging Obligations or other Bank Product Obligations,
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit, Attributable Debt and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, but excluding Deemed Capitalized Leases. In addition, the term Indebtedness includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person. Indebtedness shall be calculated without giving effect to the effects of FASB ASC Topic 815 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Agreement as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness.
Indemnified Taxes shall mean (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) of this definition, Other Taxes.
Indemnitee shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b).
Intabex shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
Intabex Dutch Pledge shall mean the Dutch law governed pledge over shares dated the Closing Date between Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd., as pledgor, Intabex Netherlands B.V. as the company, and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral agent, in respect of the pledge by Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd. over its shares in Intabex Netherlands B.V.
Intabex Term Loan Exchange Transactions shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preliminary Statement.
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Intellectual Property Security Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
Intercompany Note shall mean (i), in the case of an intercompany loan made by a Loan Party, a promissory note evidencing such intercompany loan, duly executed and delivered substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 (or such other form as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), with blanks completed in conformity herewith and (ii) in the case of an intercompany loan made to a Loan Party by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor that is not a Loan Party, a promissory note evidencing such intercompany loan, duly executed and delivered substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 (or such other form as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), with blanks completed in conformity herewith.
Intercreditor Agreements shall mean the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement and any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement shall mean the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the New Notes Trustee, the Administrative Agent, the New Pyxus Loan Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent (as defined therein) and the other parties from time to time party thereto.
Interest shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(b).
Interest Applicable Percentage shall mean, for any day, with respect to any SOFR Loan or ABR Loan, 8.00% per annum and 7.00% per annum, respectively.
Interest Payment Date shall mean, with respect to any SOFR Borrowing, the last day of the Interest Period of such SOFR Borrowing (and, in the case of a SOFR Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months duration after the first day of such Interest Period) and the Maturity Date, and with respect to any ABR Borrowing, the last day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Payment Date would be a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
Interest Period shall mean, with respect to any SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is one, three or six months thereafter determined in accordance with (or as otherwise set forth in) Section 2.03; provided, however, that if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day. Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
Inventory shall mean inventory as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
Investments shall mean, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for
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consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor, the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Borrowers or such Parent Guarantors Investments in such Restricted Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 6.01. The acquisition by the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined according to the final paragraph of Section 6.01. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.
IRS shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Junior Lien shall mean a Lien granted, or purported to be granted, at any time, upon any property of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor to secure Indebtedness, which Lien is junior to the Liens securing the Obligations pursuant to a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Junior Lien Collateral Agent shall mean, in the case of any series of Junior Lien Debt, the trustee, collateral agent or representative of the holders of such series of Junior Lien Debt who is appointed (for purposes related to the administration of security interests) pursuant to the applicable Junior Lien Document governing such series of Junior Lien Debt, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.
Junior Lien Debt shall mean any Funded Debt (including additional notes, and letter of credit and reimbursement obligations with respect thereto) that is secured by a Junior Lien and that was permitted to be incurred and permitted to be so secured under each applicable Loan Document; provided that in the case of any Indebtedness referred to in this definition:
(1) such Indebtedness does not have a maturity date or any mandatory or scheduled payments or sinking fund obligations prior to the Stated Maturity Date (except as a result of a customary change of control or asset sale repurchase offer provisions);
(2) on or before the date on which the first such Indebtedness is incurred by the Borrower or any Guarantor, the Borrower shall deliver to the Senior Collateral Agent and the ABL Collateral Agent complete copies of each applicable Junior Lien Document (which shall provide that each secured party with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subject to and bound by the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement), along with a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying as to such Junior Lien Documents and identifying the obligations constituting Junior Lien Obligations;
(3) on or before the date on which any such Indebtedness is incurred by the Borrower or any Guarantor, such Indebtedness is designated by the Borrower, in a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Junior Lien Collateral Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the ABL Collateral Agent, as Junior Lien Debt under this Agreement;
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(4) a Junior Lien Collateral Agent is designated with respect to such Indebtedness and executes and delivers the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement (including, as applicable, a joinder thereto) on behalf of itself and all holders of such Indebtedness; and
(5) all other requirements set forth in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as to the confirmation, grant or perfection of the Liens of the holders of Junior Lien Debt to secure such Indebtedness or obligations in respect thereof are satisfied.
For the avoidance of doubt, the ABL Obligations, the New Pyxus Loan Obligations, the New Notes Obligations and the Existing Notes Obligations shall not constitute Junior Lien Debt for purposes of this Agreement.
Junior Lien Documents shall mean, collectively, any indenture, note, security document and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing any Junior Lien Obligations, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any Junior Lien Obligations, to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, in each case as each may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed, extended or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time, and any other credit agreement, indenture or other agreement, document or instrument evidencing, governing, relating to or securing any Junior Lien Debt.
Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall mean an intercreditor agreement which subordinates the Liens on the Collateral in favor of the holders of the Junior Lien Debt to the Liens on the Collateral in favor of the holders of the Obligations and the holders of the ABL Obligations, the New Pyxus Loan Obligations, and the New Notes Obligations (to the extent then outstanding) in form and substance materially consistent with prevailing market practice.
Junior Lien Obligations shall mean Junior Lien Debt and all other obligations in respect thereof including, without limitation interest and premium (if any), and all guarantees of any of the foregoing.
Leaseholds of any Person shall mean all the right, title and interest of such Person as lessee or licensee in, to and under leases or licenses of land, improvements and/or fixtures.
Lender Consent shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preliminary Statement.
Lenders shall mean (a) the persons listed on Schedule 2.01 (other than any such person that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance) and (b) any person that has become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance.
Lien shall mean, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
LLC Division shall mean the statutory division of any limited liability company into two or more limited liability companies pursuant to Section 18.217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or a comparable provision of a different jurisdictions laws, as applicable.
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Loan Documents shall mean this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Guarantee Agreement, the Agent Fee Letter, each Incremental Assumption Agreement, if any, the promissory notes, if any, executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2.04(e) and each Lender Consent.
Loan Parties shall mean the Borrower and the Guarantors.
Loans shall mean any term loans made or deemed made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.13, as applicable.
Margin Stock shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
Material Adverse Effect shall mean any event, change, condition, occurrence or circumstance which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the business, operations, property, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) a material adverse effect (i) on the rights or remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (ii) on the ability of the Loan Parties taken as a whole to perform their obligations to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii) upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party; provided that no effect on the business, assets, operations, financial condition or operating results of the Borrower, Parent Guarantors and the Subsidiaries as a result of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) shall constitute a Material Adverse Effect under clause (a) of the definition thereof.
Material Contract shall mean any contract or other arrangement to which the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Loan Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Material Domestic Subsidiary shall mean (i) any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor, in each case that would constitute a significant subsidiary of the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor as defined in Rule 1.02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC except that for purposes of this definition all references in such Rule 1.02 to ten percent (10%) shall be deemed to be references to five percent (5%) and (ii) any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor that guarantees the ABL Obligations, the New Pyxus Loan Obligations, the New Notes Obligations or the Existing Notes Obligations.
Material Foreign Subsidiary shall mean any (i) Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor that would constitute a significant subsidiary of the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor as defined in Rule 1.02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC except that for purposes of this definition all references in such Rule 1.02 to ten percent (10%) shall be deemed to be references to five percent (5%) and (ii) any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor that guarantees the ABL Obligations, the New Pyxus Loan Obligations, the New Notes Obligations or the Existing Notes Obligations.
Material Real Property shall mean for so long as such Real Property is owned by the Borrower or any Guarantor, the Value Added Processing Facility, the Forsyth County Facility, the Pitt County Facility, the Wilson County Facility and any other Real Property located in the United States and owned in fee simple by the Borrower or any Guarantor with a Fair Market Value (measured at the time of acquisition thereof) of more than $15,000,000.
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Maturity Date shall mean the earlier of (i) December 31, 2027 (the Stated Maturity Date) and (ii) such earlier date on which the Loans shall become due and payable by acceleration or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Maximum Rate shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.10.
Minority Interest Consolidated Entity shall mean any Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower but is consolidated in the Borrowers financial statements for purposes of GAAP.
Moodys shall mean Moodys Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
Mortgage shall mean any deed of trust, mortgage, deed to secure debt, or other similar document creating a Lien on the Mortgaged Property in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Mortgage Policy shall mean a title insurance policy (Form 2006).
Mortgaged Property shall mean any Material Real Property which is required to be encumbered by a Mortgage pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any Security Document.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, which is contributed to (or to which there is or may be an obligation to contribute to) by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or an ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries has any current liability (including on account of an ERISA Affiliate).
New Notes shall mean the Borrowers 8.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2027, issued pursuant to the New Notes Indenture, including any additional notes that may be issued thereunder in compliance with the terms hereof.
New Notes Collateral Agent shall mean the Senior Collateral Agent, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
New Notes Indenture shall mean the Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, registrar and paying agent and the Senior Collateral Agent.
New Notes Obligations shall have the meaning assigned to the term Obligations under and as defined in the New Notes Indenture, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the New Notes Obligations and the Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
New Notes Trustee shall mean Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee under the New Notes Indenture and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
New Pyxus Credit Agreement shall mean the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent and as the Senior Collateral Agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto.
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New Pyxus Loan Administrative Agent shall mean Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent under the New Pyxus Credit Agreement, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
New Pyxus Loan Collateral Agent shall mean the Senior Collateral Agent, and its successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
New Pyxus Loan Obligations shall have the meaning assigned to the term Obligations under and as defined in the New Pyxus Credit Agreement, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the New Pyxus Loan Obligations and the Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding).
New Pyxus Loans shall have the meaning assigned to the term Loans in the New Pyxus Credit Agreement.
New Pyxus Parent shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
New Pyxus Topco shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
Notes Exchange Offer shall mean the Borrowers offer to exchange the Existing Notes for the New Notes as described in the Offering Memorandum.
NYFRB shall mean the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Obligations shall mean (a) the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and interest on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrower to any of the Secured Parties under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (other than the Borrowers Dutch Parallel Debt), (b) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Borrower under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all the obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents.
OECD shall mean the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and any successor thereto.
Offering Memorandum shall mean the Confidential Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated January 5, 2023, relating to, among other things, the Borrowers offer to exchange Existing Notes for the New Notes.
Offer Notice shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preliminary Statement.
Other Connection Taxes shall mean, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
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Other Taxes shall mean any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.21).
PACA shall mean the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1980, as amended.
Parent Guarantors shall mean New Pyxus Topco and New Pyxus Parent, and their respective successors, and any other direct or indirect parent entities of the Borrower that provides a Guarantee in accordance with the terms hereof.
Participant Register shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(f).
Payment in Full or Paid in Full shall mean, with respect to the Obligations, payment in full in cash of all Obligations under the Loan Documents (other than contingent indemnification obligations and other obligations not then payable which expressly survive termination and as to which no claim has been asserted).
PBGC shall mean the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Permitted Advances on Purchases of Tobacco shall mean advances of cash or crop-related materials made by the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to growers and other suppliers of tobacco (including Affiliates) and tobacco growers cooperatives in the ordinary course of business to finance the growing or processing of tobacco only to the extent that the aggregate principal amount of such advances outstanding at any time to any Person and such Persons Affiliates does not exceed 30% of the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Borrower for the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available.
Permitted Business shall mean any business that is the same as, or reasonably related, ancillary or complementary to, any of the businesses in which the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Closing Date.
Permitted Debt shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03(b).
Permitted Encumbrance shall mean, with respect to any Mortgaged Property, such exceptions to title as are set forth in the Mortgage Policy delivered with respect thereto, all of which exceptions must be commercially reasonable.
Permitted Holders shall mean each of (i) Glendon Capital Management LP, Monarch Alternative Capital LP, Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P. and Intermarket Corporation and any Affiliate of the foregoing, and any fund managed by any of the foregoing or any Affiliate thereof, (ii) any Person who is acting solely as an underwriter in connection with a public or private offering of Equity Interests of New Pyxus Topco or any of its direct or indirect parent companies, acting in such capacity, (iii) any group (within the meaning of Rules 13(d)(3) and 13(d)(5) under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) of which any of the foregoing are members and any member of such group; provided that in the case of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, Persons referred to in clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the total Voting Stock of New Pyxus Topco or any of its direct or indirect parent companies held by such group and (iv) any Holding Company.
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Permitted Investments shall mean:
(1) any Investment in the Borrower, in a Parent Guarantor or in their Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(3) any Investment by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
(a) | such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor; or |
(b) | such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; |
(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 6.09 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale, other than pursuant to clause (8) of the second sentence of the definition of Asset Sale;
(5) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of New Pyxus Topco;
(6) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (a) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or (b) litigation, arbitration or other disputes;
(7) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations;
(8) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(9) loans and advances to growers and other suppliers of tobacco (including Affiliates) in the ordinary course of its business in an aggregate outstanding principal amount consistent with past practice of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Affiliates;
(10) repurchases of any Loans, New Pyxus Loans or New Notes that are approved by the Board of Directors of New Pyxus TopCo;
(11) any guarantee and any guarantee of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.03;
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(12) any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the date hereof and any Investment consisting of an extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to a binding commitment existing on, the date hereof; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased (a) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the date hereof or (b) as otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
(13) Investments acquired after the date hereof as a result of the acquisition by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of another Person, including by way of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 6.04 after the date hereof to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
(14) Investments made in the ordinary course of such Persons business in export notes, trade credit assignments, bankers acceptances, guarantees and instruments of a similar nature issued in connection with the financing of international trading transactions by:
(a) | any commercial bank or trust company (or any Affiliate thereof) organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia having capital and surplus in excess of $100.0 million; or |
(b) | any international bank organized under the laws of any country which is a member of the OECD or a political subdivision of any such country, and having a combined capital and surplus in excess of $100.0 million; |
(15) any Investment for consideration consisting of common stock of New Pyxus Topco and any other Investment for cash or Cash Equivalents, other securities or properties of the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (valued in good faith by the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco), the assumption of any Indebtedness (valued at the principal amount thereof), any other consideration (valued in good faith by the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco) or any combination of the foregoing; provided that (a) the aggregate value of all such consideration for all Investments of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries made during any fiscal year, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (15) that are at the time outstanding, shall not exceed 12.5% of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth as at the end of the previous fiscal year and (b) no Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately before or after giving effect to such Investment on a pro forma basis;
(16) any Investment in accounts receivable owing to the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms of the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary;
(17) the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries may make advances in the form of a prepayment of expenses to vendors, suppliers and trade creditors consistent with their past practices, so long as such expenses were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary; and
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(18) the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries may make additional Investments described on Schedule 6.01.
Permitted Liens shall mean:
(1) (x) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be incurred pursuant to clause (i)(A) of the definition of Permitted Debt, (y) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be incurred pursuant to clauses (i)(B) through (E) of the definition of Permitted Debt and/or (z) Liens securing Hedging Obligations and/or securing Bank Product Obligations, in each case, subject to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, as applicable;
(2) Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (iii) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
(3) Junior Liens securing Junior Lien Obligations permitted by clause (xvii) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
(4) Liens in favor of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries;
(5) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Parent Guarantors or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor or such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor;
(6) any Lien on any asset of any Person existing at the time such Person is merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries and not created in contemplation of such event;
(7) any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries and not created in contemplation of such event;
(8) Liens securing the performance of bids, tenders, leases, contracts (other than for the repayment of Indebtedness), statutory obligations, and other obligations of like nature, incurred as an incident to and in the ordinary course of business;
(9) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (iv) of the definition of Permitted Debt covering only the assets acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness;
(10) Liens existing on the date hereof (other than Liens on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries securing foreign lines of credit of such Foreign Subsidiaries and Liens securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Permitted Debt);
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(11) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;
(12) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers, warehousemens, landlords and mechanics Liens, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(13) Permitted Encumbrances and zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, covenants, conditions, waivers, restrictions on the use of property or other minor encumbrances or irregularities of title which do not materially impair the use of any material property in the operation of the business of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or the value of such property for the purpose of such businesses or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(14) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Agreement; provided, however, that:
(a) | the new Lien is limited to all or part of the same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Indebtedness (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); |
(b) | the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, committed amount, of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged with such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such renewal, refunding, refinancing, replacement, defeasance or discharge; |
(c) | the new Lien is not senior in priority to the Lien it is replacing; and |
(d) | the original Lien was not incurred under clause (1), (21) or (22) of this definition of Permitted Liens; |
(15) Liens (not securing Indebtedness) which are incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, social security and public liability laws and similar legislation;
(16) attachment, judgment or similar Liens arising in connection with court proceedings; provided, that the execution or other enforcement of such Liens with respect to judgments or decrees involving in the aggregate a liability of $40.0 million or more is effectively stayed, the claims secured thereby are being actively contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, shall have set aside on its books, if required by GAAP, appropriate reserves for such Liens;
(17) Liens on cash, Cash Equivalents or other property arising in connection with the defeasance, discharge or redemption of Indebtedness;
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(18) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods (and the proceeds thereof) of any Person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances issued or created in the ordinary course of business for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(19) any Lien securing any obligations and liabilities arising under or in connection with any cash management arrangements entered into prior to, on or after the date hereof, including, without limitation, any netting or set-off system for the calculation of interest with respect to debit balances and credit balances under such arrangements; provided that the assets subject to any such Lien shall be limited to the assets held from time to time at the financial institution providing such cash management arrangements;
(20) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business solely with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents in favor of a creditor depositary institution solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to bankers liens (including but not limited to, in relation to any Dutch Loan Party, any (i) netting arrangements/agreements and/or cash pooling arrangements (overeenkomst rente- en saldocompensatie) entered into by a Dutch Loan Party and their Dutch bank(s) and any Liens granted in relation thereto, and (ii) right of pledge and set off of any account bank under and pursuant to its general banking conditions (algemene bankvoorwaarden) or similar conditions), rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with such creditor depository institution, provided that such deposit account is not intended by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, to provide collateral to the depository institution;
(21) Liens not otherwise permitted under Section 6.06 with respect to obligations that do not exceed $20.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(22) (x) any Lien on the assets of a Foreign Subsidiary and (y) Permitted Receivables Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by clause (xiv) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
(23) (a) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to other Persons in the ordinary course of business which do not (i) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) secure any Indebtedness for borrowed money or (b) the rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(24) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business not prohibited by this Agreement to the extent such Liens do not attach to any assets other than the goods subject to such arrangements and are not intended as security for financing transactions; and
(25) any Lien on accounts receivable arising from transactions permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be incurred pursuant to clause (x) of the definition of Permitted Debt and/or transactions permitted under clause (5) in the exclusion in the definition of Asset Sales.
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Permitted Loan Purchase shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(k).
Permitted Payments to Parent shall mean:
(1) payments to any direct or indirect parent companies of the Borrower (including any Parent Guarantor) in amounts required to pay fees and expenses (including franchise or similar Taxes) required to maintain their corporate existence, to pay customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of any such parent of the Borrower and to pay general corporate overhead expenses of any such parent of the Borrower (including relating to such parents financial reporting obligations); and
(2) for so long as the Borrower is a member of a group filing a consolidated or combined tax return with such parent companies, payments to such parent companies in respect of an allocable portion of the Tax liabilities of such group that is attributable to New Pyxus Topco, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries (Tax Payments). The Tax Payments shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the amount of the relevant Tax (including any penalties and interest) that New Pyxus Topco or the Borrower would owe if New Pyxus Topco or the Borrower were filing a separate tax return (or a separate consolidated or combined return with its Subsidiaries that are members of the consolidated or combined group), taking into account any carryovers and carrybacks of Tax attributes (such as net operating losses) of the Parent Guarantors, the Borrower and such Subsidiaries from other taxable years and (ii) the net amount of the relevant Tax that such parent companies actually owe to the appropriate Governmental Authority. Any Tax Payments received from New Pyxus Topco or the Borrower shall be paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority within 30 days of such parent companies receipt of such Tax Payments or refunded to New Pyxus Topco or the Borrower, as applicable.
Permitted Receivables Liens shall mean Liens on accounts receivable of Alliance One International, LLC and related collections accounts securing, and financed by, Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries incurred under the TDB Facility pursuant to clause (xiv) of the definition of Permitted Debt.
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall mean any Indebtedness of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:
(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness (including any interest that is paid in kind) and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith);
(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is, (a) equal to or greater than the final maturity and Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged or (b) more than 90 days after the Stated Maturity Date;
(3) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in right of payment to the Credit Facility (other than the Existing Notes Obligations), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Credit Facility on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and
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(4) such Indebtedness is (i) incurred either by the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor that was the obligor on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged, (ii) guaranteed only by Persons who were obligors on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged and (iii) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is secured, not secured by any assets that do not secure such Indebtedness.
Person or person shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited or unlimited liability company or government or other entity.
Pitt County Facility shall mean the fee owned facility located on 8958 & 8846 West Marlboro Road, in Farmville, in Pitt County, North Carolina.
Plan shall mean an employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) maintained, sponsored or contributed to by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or with respect to which the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries has any liability (including on account of an ERISA Affiliate).
Platform shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01.
pledge shall include any pledge or charge of any asset.
Pledge and Security Agreement shall mean the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto and the Senior Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Senior Holders.
Prime Rate shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by The Wall Street Journal as the Prime Rate in the United States (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)); each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
Pro Forma Cost Savings shall mean, with respect to any four-quarter period, the reduction in net costs and expenses that:
(1) were directly attributable to an acquisition, Investment, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued operation or other specified action that occurred during the four-quarter period or after the end of the four-quarter period and on or prior to the Calculation Date, and that would properly be reflected in a pro forma income statement prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act;
(2) were actually implemented prior to the Calculation Date, in connection with or as a result of an acquisition, Investment, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued operation or other specified action and that are supportable and quantifiable by the underlying accounting records; or
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(3) relate to an acquisition, Investment, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued operation or other specified action and that are reasonably expected to be realized within 12 months of the date of the closing of the acquisition, Investment, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued operation or specified action.
Public Lender shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01.
Qualifying Equity Interests shall mean Equity Interests of New Pyxus Topco other than Disqualified Stock.
Real Property of any Person shall mean all the right, title, and interest of such Person in and to land, improvements and fixtures thereon, including freeholds and Leaseholds.
Recipient shall mean (a) the Administrative Agent or (b) any Lender, as applicable.
Recovery Event shall mean the receipt by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of any cash insurance proceeds or condemnation award payable by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction or damage, taking or similar event with respect to any of their respective property or assets.
Reference Time shall mean with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark (1) if such Benchmark is the Term SOFR Rate, 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the day that is two Business Days preceding the date of such setting or (2) if such Benchmark is not the Term SOFR Rate, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
Register shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(d).
Regulation T shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation U shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation X shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Related Parties shall mean, with respect to any specified person, such persons Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors (including its attorneys and financial advisors) of such person and such persons Affiliates.
Release or Released shall mean disposing, discharging, injecting, spilling, pumping, leaking, leaching, dumping, emitting, escaping, emptying, pouring, seeping, migrating or the like, into or upon any land or water or air, or otherwise entering into the environment.
Relevant Governmental Body shall mean the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, as applicable, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB or, in each case, any successor thereto.
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Reportable Event shall mean an event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA with respect to a Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period is waived under applicable regulations.
Required Lenders shall mean, at any time, Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) having more than 50% of all Loans (other than those held by Defaulting Lenders) outstanding at such time.
Requirement of Law shall mean, as to any Person, each law, treaty, rule (including rule of public policy), regulation, statute, order, executive order, ordinance, decree, determination, judgment, consent decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement or governmental requirement enacted, promulgated, imposed or entered into or agreed by 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 to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
Responsible Officer of any person shall mean any executive officer, executive vice president or Financial Officer of such person and any other officer, director or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any person designated as an Authorized Person by any Loan Party with respect to the Loan Documents).
Restricted Investment shall mean an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Subsidiary of a Person shall mean any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless the context otherwise requires, Restricted Subsidiary refers to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantors or the Borrower.
Return shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.09.
S&P shall mean S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., or any successor thereto.
Sanctioned Country shall mean, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
Sanctioned Person shall mean, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).
Sanctions shall mean all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or the United Kingdom (including by His Majestys Treasury of the United Kingdom) or (c) the Swiss government, including those administered by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs and the Directorate of International Law.
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Seasonal Subsidiary Debt shall mean seasonal Indebtedness (under bank facilities) incurred by the Restricted Subsidiaries of New Pyxus Topco (other than the Borrower or any other Parent Guarantor) and having maturities of no more than one year.
SEC shall mean U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of its functions.
Second Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Existing Notes Indenture.
Secured Parties shall mean, collectively, (i) the Agents and (ii) the Lenders.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security Documents shall mean the Pledge and Security Agreement, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the UK Debenture, the UK Trust Deed, the UK Share Charges, the Tabak Dutch Pledge, the Intabex Dutch Pledge, the Brazilian Fiduciary Assignment and all other security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, Mortgages, collateral trust or agency agreements, intercreditor agreements, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Borrower or any Guarantor creating (or purporting to create) a Lien upon any asset in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent, for the benefit of any of the Secured Parties, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms and the applicable Intercreditor Agreements.
Senior Collateral Agent shall mean Alter Domus (US) LLC, (x) in its capacity as shared collateral agent for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Security Documents, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity and (y) in its capacity as collateral agent under the Tabak Dutch Pledge and the Brazilian Fiduciary Assignment, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, the Senior Collateral Agent will also be serving as the shared collateral agent for the holders of the New Notes Obligations and the New Pyxus Loan Obligations pursuant to the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, except with respect to the Tabak Dutch Pledge and the Brazilian Fiduciary Assignment.
Senior Holders shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement.
SOFR shall mean a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
SOFR Administrator shall mean the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
SOFR Administrators Website shall mean the NYFRBs website, 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.
SOFR Borrowing shall mean any Borrowing of a SOFR Loan.
SOFR Interest shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(b).
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SOFR Loan shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Adjusted Term SOFR, other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of the term Alternate Base Rate.
SOFR Rate Day shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Daily Simple SOFR.
SPC shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(i).
Specified Sales shall mean (1) the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of inventory and materials in the ordinary course of business and (2) the conversion of cash into Cash Equivalents or Cash Equivalents into cash.
Stated Maturity shall mean, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the date hereof (or, if later, the initial date of entry into such documentation), and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
Subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
(2) any partnership or limited liability company of which (a) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (b) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.
Subsidiary Guarantor shall mean each Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco (other than the Borrower and any other Parent Guarantor) listed on Schedule 1.01(a), and each other Restricted Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco that is or becomes a party to the Guarantee Agreement pursuant to Section 5.13, and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Support Agreement shall mean the Support and Exchange Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2022, by and among the Parent Guarantors, the Borrower, certain Lenders and the other parties from time to time party thereto.
Tabak Dutch Pledge shall mean the Dutch law governed pledge over shares dated as of the Closing Date between Intabex, as pledgor, Alliance One International Tabak B.V., as the company, and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral agent, in respect of the pledge by Intabex over its shares in Alliance One International Tabak B.V.
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Tax Payment shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Permitted Payments to Parent.
Taxes shall mean any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
Term SOFR Determination Day shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Term SOFR Reference Rate.
Term SOFR Rate shall mean, with respect to any SOFR Borrowing and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator; provided that if the Term SOFR Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.
Term SOFR Reference Rate shall mean, for any day and time (such day, the Term SOFR Determination Day), with respect to any SOFR Borrowing 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. If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on such Term SOFR Determination Day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Rate has not occurred, then the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than five (5) Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.
Threshold Amount shall mean $40,000,000.
Transaction Costs shall mean all losses, charges, costs or expenses related to the Transactions.
Transactions shall mean, collectively, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Offering Memorandum, including (i) the consummation of exchange offers described therein, including the Exit Term Loan Exchange Transactions and the Intabex Term Loan Exchange Transactions, (ii) the entry into the new debt instruments (and amendments to existing debt instruments) contemplated thereby, including this Agreement, the New Notes Indenture and New Pyxus Credit Agreement, (iii) all transactions relating to the foregoing and (iv) the payment of fees and expenses related thereto.
Type, when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, the term Rate shall mean the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate and the Alternate Base Rate.
U.S. Government Securities Business Day shall mean 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.
U.S. Person shall mean any Person that is a United States Person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
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U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate has the meaning specified in Section 2.20(e).
UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the relevant jurisdiction.
UK Debenture shall mean the English law governed debenture dated the Closing Date between Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd. and Pyxus Agriculture Holdings Limited, as chargors, and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral agent.
UK Legal Reservations shall mean, in the case of any UK Loan Party or any Loan Document governed by English law or to which a UK Loan Party is party: (i) the principle that certain remedies may be granted or refused at the discretion of the court, the limitation of enforcement by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation, court schemes, moratoria, administration and other laws generally affecting the rights of creditors and secured creditors; (ii) the time barring of claims under applicable limitation laws and defences of acquiescence, set off or counterclaim and the possibility that an undertaking to assume liability for or to indemnify a person against non-payment of stamp duty may be void; (iii) the principle that in certain circumstances Collateral granted by way of fixed charge may be recharacterised as a floating charge or that Collateral purported to be constituted as an assignment may be recharacterised as a charge; (iv) the principle that additional interest imposed pursuant to any relevant agreement may be held to be unenforceable on the grounds that it is a penalty and thus void; (v) the principle that a court may not give effect to an indemnity for legal costs incurred by an unsuccessful litigant; (vi) the principle that the creation or purported creation of Collateral over any contract or agreement which is subject to a prohibition on transfer, assignment or charging may be void, ineffective or invalid and may give rise to a breach of the contract or agreement over which Collateral has purportedly been created; (vii) similar principles, rights and defences under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction; (viii) the making or the procuring of the appropriate registrations, filing, endorsements, notarization, stampings and/or notifications of the Security Documents and/or the Collateral created thereunder and (ix) any other matters which are set out as qualifications or reservations (however described) as to matters of law in any legal opinion delivered to the Administrative Agent or Senior Collateral Agent pursuant to any Loan Document.
UK Loan Party and UK Loan Parties shall mean any Loan Party or Loan Parties organized or existing under the laws of the United Kingdom, including of England and Wales or Scotland.
UK Perfection Requirement shall mean any registration, filing, endorsement, notarization, stamping, notification or other action or step to be made or procured in any jurisdiction in order to create, perfect or enforce the Lien created by a Security Document and/or to achieve the relevant priority for the Lien created thereunder.
UK Security Documents shall mean the Security Documents governed by the laws of the United Kingdom, including England and Wales and Scotland.
UK Share Charges shall mean the English law governed share charges dated the Closing Date between (1) Alliance One International LLC (as chargor) and the Senior Collateral Agent (as collateral agent); and (2) the Borrower (as chargor) and the Senior Collateral Agent (as collateral agent).
UK Trust Deed shall mean the English law governed security trust deed dated the Closing Date between the Borrower and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral trustee.
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement shall mean the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
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Uncommitted Inventories shall mean tobacco inventories for which the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries has not received a Confirmed Order, which such inventories are reflected on the books and records of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries as uncommitted inventories in accordance with GAAP.
Underlying Debt shall mean, in relation to the Borrower and each Guarantor and at any given time, each obligation (whether present or future, actual or contingent) owing by the Borrower or any Guarantor to a Lender under the Loan Documents (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any change or increase in those obligations pursuant to or in connection with any amendment or supplement or restatement or novation of any Loan Document, in each case whether or not anticipated as of the date of this Agreement) excluding the Borrowers and each Guarantors Dutch Parallel Debts.
Unfunded Pension Liability of any Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA shall mean the amount, if any, by which the value of the accumulated plan benefits under such Plan determined on a plan termination basis in accordance with actuarial assumptions at such time consistent with those prescribed by the PBGC for purposes of Section 4044 of ERISA, exceeds the Fair Market Value of all plan assets allocable to such liabilities under Title IV of ERISA (excluding any accrued but unpaid contributions).
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor that is designated by the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:
(1) except as permitted under Section 6.05, is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor;
(2) is a Person with respect to which neither the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Persons financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and
(3) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.
USA PATRIOT Act shall mean The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
Value Added Processing Facility shall mean the tobacco processing facility located along Baldree Road and Wilco Boulevard in Wilson, North Carolina.
Voting Stock of any specified Person as of any date shall mean the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
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Weighted Average Life to Maturity shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by
(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary shall mean, as to any Person, any Domestic Subsidiary of such Person that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall mean, as to any Person, (i) any corporation 100% of whose Equity Interest is at the time owned by such Person and/or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person and (ii) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other entity in which such Person and/or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person has a 100% equity interest at such time (other than, in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco with respect to the preceding clauses (i) and (ii), directors qualifying shares and/or other nominal amounts of shares required to be held by Persons other than the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries under applicable law).
Wilson County Facility shall mean the fee owned facility located on Old Stantonsburg Road in Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina.
Withholding Agent shall mean any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 1.02 Terms Generally. The definitions in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. The word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word shall; and the words asset and property shall be construed as having the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document or other agreement shall mean such document or other agreement as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. The financial statements to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant hereto shall be made and prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower delivered to the Lenders prior to the Closing Date (except as set forth in the notes thereto or as otherwise disclosed in writing by the Borrower to the Lenders); provided that, (i) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all such financial statements shall be prepared without giving effect to any election under FASB ASC 825 (or any similar accounting principle permitting a Person to value its financial liabilities at the fair value thereof), and (ii) no Person that is a Minority Interest Consolidated Entity shall be consolidated with the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries for purposes of such financial statements.
SECTION 1.03 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 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.
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SECTION 1.04 LLC Division. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (including any LLC Division, or any comparable event under a different jurisdictions laws, as applicable): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original person to the subsequent person, and (b) if any new person comes into existence, such new person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
SECTION 1.05 Calculations; Etc.
(a) Any calculation or measure that is determined with reference to the Borrowers and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries financial statements (including, without limitation, Consolidated EBITDA, consolidated interest expense, Consolidated Net Income, Consolidated Net Worth, Consolidated Tangible Net Worth, Eligible Inventory, Eligible Receivables, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Fixed Charges and clause (iii)(A) of the second paragraph under Section 6.01(a)) may be determined with reference to New Pyxus Topcos financial information at the election of New Pyxus Topco.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement under a restrictive covenant that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, any Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test) (any such amounts, the Fixed Amounts) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with any such financial ratio or test (any such amounts, the Incurrence Based Amounts), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts (and any cash proceeds thereof) shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence Based Amounts in connection with such substantially concurrent incurrence.
SECTION 1.06 Dutch Terms. Without prejudice to the generality of any provision in this Agreement, where it relates to a Loan Party that is incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, a reference to:
(a) unless a contrary indication appears, a director, means a managing director (bestuurder) and board of directors means its managing board (bestuur);
(b) an officer shall mean any board member authorized to represent the Borrower;
(c) its constitutional documents includes its deed of incorporation (akte van oprichting), its articles of association (statuten) and an extract from the trade registry (handelsregister) kept by the Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel) relating to that person, as in force from time to time;
(d) a security interest, security or lien includes any mortgage (hypotheek), pledge (pandrecht) and any right in rem (beperkt recht) created for the purpose of granting security (goederenrechtelijk zekerheidsrecht);
(e) a liquidation, administration or dissolution includes being declared bankrupt (faillissement) and dissolution (ontbinding);
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(f) bankruptcy includes voorlopige surseance van betaling, surseance van betaling and faillissement;
(g) a moratorium includes surseance van betaling and granted a moratorium includes surseance verleend;
(h) [reserved]
(i) an attachment includes a conservatoir beslag and executoriaal beslag;
(j) an administrator, liquidator, receiver, or custodian includes a bewindvoerder and a curator; and
(k) an insolvency proceeding shall not include a stille bewindvoering.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01 Exchanges.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, on and subject to the occurrence of the Closing Date, each Lender (i) hereby assigns to the Borrower, on a cashless basis, the aggregate principal amount of Existing Exit Term Loans and Existing Intabex Term Loans held by such Lender under the Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Existing Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, respectively, in exchange for an aggregate principal amount of Loans, in each case as set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 2.01 and (ii) shall automatically be deemed to have made a Loan to the Borrower in the principal amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 2.01. Loans deemed made under this Section 2.01 and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Existing Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Borrower and each Exchanging Intabex Term Lender (who collectively constitute the Required Lenders as defined therein) hereby consent to the assignment of the Assigned Intabex Term Loans to the Borrower as provided herein.
(c) The Borrower, Intabex and each Exchanging Intabex Term Lender agree that, immediately upon consummation of the exchanges described in this Section 2.01 together with the payment in cash by the Borrower to be made on or prior to the Closing Date on account of any other Existing Intabex Term Loan Obligations, (i) the Existing Intabex Term Loans and Existing Intabex Term Loan Obligations will be automatically and irrevocably canceled and extinguished and (ii) the Existing Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement and all related loan documents shall be terminated.
(d) The Borrower and each Exchanging Exit Term Lender agree that, immediately upon consummation of the exchanges described in this Section 2.01 and in Section 2.01 of the New Pyxus Credit Agreement, together with the payment in cash by the Borrower to be made on or prior to the Closing Date on account of any other Existing Term Loan Obligations and the Existing Intabex Term Loan Obligations, (i) the Existing Exit Term Loans and Existing Exit Term Loan Obligations will be automatically and irrevocably canceled and extinguished and (ii) the Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement and all related loan documents shall be terminated.
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SECTION 2.02 Loans.
(a) Each Loan made (or deemed made) on the Closing Date shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made (or deemed made) by the Lenders in the amounts set forth in Section 2.01; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender to make any Loan shall not in itself relieve any other Lender of its obligation to lend hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any Loan required to be made by such other Lender).
(b) Subject to Sections 2.08 and 2.15, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or SOFR Loans as the Borrower may request pursuant to Section 2.03. Each Lender may at its option make any SOFR Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time. For purposes of the foregoing, Borrowings having different Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered separate Borrowings.
SECTION 2.03 Borrowing Procedure. In order to request the Borrowing to be made on the Closing Date, the Borrower shall deliver a fully executed Borrowing Request to the Administrative Agent by 2:00 p.m. New York City time, not less than one Business Day before such proposed Borrowing. Such Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable (but subject to the consummation of the Transactions), and shall specify the following information: (1) whether the Borrowing then being requested is to be a SOFR Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing;(2) the date of such Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day); and (3) if such Borrowing is to be a SOFR Borrowing, the Interest Period with respect thereto. If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period with respect to any SOFR Borrowing is specified in any such notice, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. The Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the applicable Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.03 (and the contents thereof), and of each Lenders portion of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04 Evidence of Debt; Repayment of Loans.
(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the principal amount of each Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.11.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it will record (i) the amount of each Loan made or exchanged hereunder, the Type thereof and, if applicable, the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor and each Lenders share thereof.
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(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) above shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligations of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with their terms. In the event of any conflict between the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) above, the accounts maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) shall control.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it hereunder be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender and its registered assigns and in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event any Lender shall request and receive such a promissory note, the interests represented by such note shall at all times (including after any assignment of all or part of such interests pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes payable to the payee named therein or its registered assigns.
SECTION 2.05 Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, the administrative fees set forth in the Agent Fee Letter at the times and in the amounts specified therein.
SECTION 2.06 Interest on Loans.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.07, the Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be) at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Interest Applicable Percentage in effect from time to time (such interest, ABR Interest).
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.07, the Loans comprising each SOFR Borrowing shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Interest Applicable Percentage in effect from time to time (such interest, SOFR Interest, and together with ABR Interest, Interest).
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be payable in cash in arrears on each Interest Payment Date. The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for each Interest Period or day within an Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.07 Default Interest. At all times during which an Event of Default is continuing, the Borrower shall pay interest on all unpaid Obligations hereunder at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, when determined by reference to the Prime Rate and over a year of 360 days at all other times) equal to 2.00% per annum above the then-applicable rate.
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SECTION 2.08 Alternate Rate of Interest.
(a) Subject to clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 2.08, if:
(i) (x) the Administrative Agent determines (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a SOFR Borrowing, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (including because the Term SOFR Reference Rate is not available or published on a current basis), for such Interest Period and (B) at any time, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR for such Interest Period, and (y) the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower jointly elect to replace the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable; or
(ii) (x) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a SOFR Borrowing, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period and (B) at any time, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing and (y) the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower jointly elect to replace the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or electronic mail as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Borrower delivers a new notice pursuant to Section 2.10, any notice pursuant to Section 2.10 that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a SOFR Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be a notice pursuant to Section 2.10 for an ABR Borrowing. If any SOFR Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrowers receipt of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this Section 2.08(a) with respect to a rate applicable to such SOFR Loan, then until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Borrower delivers a new notice pursuant to Section 2.10, any SOFR Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) a Borrowing bearing interest based upon the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 2.08(a)(i) or (ii) above and such joint election is made or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 2.08(a)(i) or (ii) above or such joint election is not made, on such day.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then, (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) 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 other Loan 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 Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (2)
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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 other Loan 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 date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders and the Borrower without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, in connection with the implementation and administration of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan 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 Loan Document (other than as provided in the definition of Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes).
(d) The Administrative Agent will promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days) notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (f) below and (v) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.08, 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 or any selection, 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 to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.08.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Rate) 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 or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of Interest Period for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative 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 or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of Interest Period for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
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(f) Upon the Borrowers receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for any conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have made a request for a conversion to (A) a Borrowing of Loans bearing interest based on the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, if Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (B) an ABR Borrowing if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Alternate Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR. Furthermore, if any SOFR Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrowers receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to the rate applicable to such SOFR Loan, then until such time as a Benchmark Replacement is implemented pursuant to this Section 2.08, any SOFR Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) a Borrowing of Loans bearing interest based on the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, if Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event, on such day.
(g) Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall consider in good faith any proposal reasonably requested by the Borrower and not adverse to the Lenders that is intended to ensure a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 2.08 meets the standards set forth in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1001-6 (or any successor United States Treasury Regulations or other official IRS guidance promulgated that expands upon or supersedes such United States Treasury Regulations), such that the use of such Benchmark Replacement would not be treated as a significant modification (and therefore not an exchange) of any Loans for purposes of United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1001-3.
SECTION 2.09 Termination of Commitment to Exchange. The Lenders commitment to exchange their Existing Exit Term Loans and Existing Intabex Term Loans shall be automatically terminated immediately after the exchange of the requisite amount of Loans pursuant to Section 2.01 on the Closing Date.
SECTION 2.10 Conversion and Continuation of Borrowings. The Borrower shall have the right at any time upon prior, irrevocable, written notice to the Administrative Agent (a) not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on one Business Day prior to the date of conversion, to convert any SOFR Borrowing into an ABR Borrowing, (b) not later than 12:00 (noon), New York City time, three Business Days prior to conversion or continuation, to convert any ABR Borrowing into a SOFR Borrowing or to continue any SOFR Borrowing as a SOFR Borrowing for an additional Interest Period, and (c) not later than 12:00 (noon), New York City time, three Business Days prior to conversion, to convert the Interest Period with respect to any SOFR Borrowing to another permissible Interest Period, subject in each case to the following:
(i) each conversion or continuation shall be made pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with the respective principal amounts of the Loans comprising the converted or continued Borrowing;
(ii) each conversion shall be effected by each Lender and the Administrative Agent by recording for the account of such Lender the new Loan of such Lender resulting from such conversion and reducing the Loan (or portion thereof) of such Lender being converted by an equivalent principal amount; accrued interest on any SOFR Borrowing (or portion thereof) being converted shall be paid by the Borrower at the time of conversion;
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(iii) if any SOFR Borrowing is converted at a time other than the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall pay, upon demand, any amounts due to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.16;
(iv) any portion of a Borrowing of any Loans maturing or required to be repaid in less than one month may not be converted into or continued as a SOFR Borrowing;
(v) any portion of a SOFR Borrowing that cannot be converted into or continued as a SOFR Borrowing by reason of the immediately preceding clause shall be automatically converted at the end of the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing into an ABR Borrowing; and
(vi) upon notice to the Borrower from the Administrative Agent given at the request of the Required Lenders, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default, no outstanding Loan may be converted into, or continued as, a SOFR Loan.
Each notice pursuant to this Section 2.10 shall be irrevocable and shall refer to this Agreement and specify (i) the identity and amount of the Borrowing that the Borrower requests be converted or continued, (ii) whether such Borrowing is to be converted to or continued as a SOFR Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing and (iii) if such notice requests a conversion, the date of such conversion (which shall be a Business Day). The Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.10 and of each Lenders portion of any converted or continued Borrowing. If the Borrower shall not have given notice in accordance with this Section 2.10 to continue any SOFR Borrowing into a subsequent Interest Period (and shall not otherwise have given notice in accordance with this Section 2.10 to convert such Borrowing), such Borrowing shall, at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto (unless repaid pursuant to the terms hereof), automatically be continued as a SOFR Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month.
SECTION 2.11 Repayment of Borrowings.
(a) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, on the Maturity Date, the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding on such date, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the date of such payment.
(b) All repayments pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall be subject to Section 2.16, but shall otherwise be without premium or penalty.
SECTION 2.12 Optional Prepayment.
(a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing, in whole or in part, upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent received before 11:00 a.m., New York City time at least three Business Days in advance of the prepayment date in the case of SOFR Loans, or at least one Business Day in advance of the prepayment date in the case of ABR Loans; provided, however, that each partial prepayment shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding.
(b) Optional prepayments of Loans shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective pro rata share of the outstanding Loans at the time.
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(c) Each notice of prepayment shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing (or portion thereof) to be prepaid, shall be irrevocable and shall commit the Borrower to prepay such Borrowing in the amount stated therein on the date stated therein; provided that a notice of prepayment may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, indentures or similar agreements or any other event, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. All prepayments under this Section 2.12 shall be subject to Section 2.16 but otherwise without premium or penalty. All prepayments under this Section 2.12 shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be prepaid to but excluding the date of payment.
SECTION 2.13 Incremental Term Loans.
(a) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, request additional loans to be made hereunder from one or more Incremental Term Lenders (which may but need not include any existing Lender) willing to provide such loans in their sole discretion; provided, that the Administrative Agent shall have a right to consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to any prospective lenders provision of such loans if such consent would be required under Section 9.04(b) for an assignment of Loans to such prospective lender. Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of Loans being requested, (ii) the date on which such Loans are requested to be made (or commitments therefor established) and (iii) whether such Loans will have terms identical to (other than in respect of any fees relating thereto) any class of Loans outstanding at such time or different from all classes of Loans outstanding at such time (any such loans advanced pursuant to this Section 2.13, Incremental Term Loans).
(b) The Borrower and each Incremental Term Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent and the Incremental Term Lenders shall reasonably specify to evidence the commitment of such Incremental Term Lender to advance any such Incremental Term Loans.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Term Loans shall be made hereunder unless immediately after giving effect thereto such Loans are permitted to be incurred and outstanding under clause (iii) of the definition of Permitted Debt as of the date of incurrence.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Incremental Term Lenders may amend or modify this Agreement and any other Loan Document to the extent necessary to incorporate the existence, structure (including as delayed draw commitments) and terms of any Incremental Term Loans (including to have such commitments or Loans included in the definition of Required Lenders, provide for tranche voting or form a single class with any Loans outstanding at such time). In addition, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all references in the Loan Documents to Loans shall be deemed, unless the context otherwise requires, to include references to any Incremental Term Loans that are Loans made pursuant to this Agreement.
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SECTION 2.14 Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Change in Law shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of or credit extended by any Lender (except any such reserve requirement which is reflected in the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate), shall subject any Lender or the Administrative Agent to any Taxes (other than (i) Indemnified Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (ii) Excluded Taxes) on its Loans or other obligations or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto or shall impose on such Lender any other condition affecting this Agreement or SOFR Loans made by such Lender, and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any SOFR Loan or increase the cost to any Lender of purchasing or maintaining a participation therein or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then the Borrower will pay to such Lender from time to time such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender shall have determined that any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lenders capital or on the capital of such Lenders holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made pursuant hereto to a level below that which such Lender or such Lenders holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders policies and the policies of such Lenders holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time the Borrower shall pay to such Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lenders holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) above shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate delivered by it within 30 days after its receipt of the same.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation for any increased costs or reduction in amounts received or receivable or reduction in return on capital shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be under any obligation to compensate any Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) above with respect to increased costs or reductions with respect to any period prior to the date that is 180 days prior to such request if such Lender knew or could reasonably have been expected to know of the circumstances giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of the fact that such circumstances would result in a claim for increased compensation by reason of such increased costs or reductions; provided, further, that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to any increased costs or reductions arising out of the retroactive application of any Change in Law within such 180-day period. The protection of this Section 2.14 shall be available to each Lender regardless of any possible contention of the invalidity or inapplicability of the Change in Law that shall have occurred or been imposed.
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SECTION 2.15 Change in Legality.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Change in Law shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain any SOFR Loan or to give effect to its obligations as contemplated hereby with respect to any SOFR Loan, then, by written notice to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent:
(i) such Lender may declare that SOFR Loans will not thereafter (for the duration of such unlawfulness) be made by such Lender hereunder (or be continued for additional Interest Periods) and ABR Loans will not thereafter (for such duration) be converted into SOFR Loans, whereupon any request for a SOFR Borrowing (or to convert an ABR Borrowing to a SOFR Borrowing or to continue a SOFR Borrowing for an additional Interest Period) shall, as to such Lender only, be deemed a request for an ABR Loan (or a request to continue an ABR Loan as such for an additional Interest Period or to convert a SOFR Loan into an ABR Loan, as the case may be), unless such declaration shall be subsequently withdrawn; and
(ii) such Lender may require that all outstanding SOFR Loans made by it be converted to ABR Loans, in which event all such SOFR Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans as of the effective date of such notice as provided in paragraph (b) below.
In the event any Lender shall exercise its rights under (i) or (ii) above, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise have been applied to repay the SOFR Loans that would have been made by such Lender or the converted SOFR Loans of such Lender shall instead be applied to repay the ABR Loans made by such Lender in lieu of, or resulting from the conversion of, such SOFR Loans.
(b) For purposes of this Section 2.15, a notice to the Borrower by any Lender shall be effective as to each SOFR Loan made by such Lender, if lawful, on the last day of the Interest Period then applicable to such SOFR Loan; in all other cases such notice shall be effective on the date of receipt by the Borrower.
SECTION 2.16 Indemnity. The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any loss or expense (but not against any lost profits) that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) any event, other than a default by such Lender in the performance of its obligations hereunder, which results in (i) such Lender receiving or being deemed to receive any amount on account of the principal of any SOFR Loan prior to the end of the Interest Period in effect therefor, (ii) the conversion of any SOFR Loan to an ABR Loan, or the conversion of the Interest Period with respect to any SOFR Loan, in each case other than on the last day of the Interest Period in effect therefor, or (iii) any SOFR Loan to be made by such Lender (including any SOFR Loan to be made pursuant to a conversion or continuation under Section 2.10) not being made after notice of such Loan shall have been given by the Borrower hereunder (any of the events referred to in this clause (a) being called a Breakage Event) or (b) any default in the making of any payment or prepayment of any SOFR Loan required to be made hereunder. In the case of any Breakage Event, such loss shall include an amount equal to the excess, as reasonably determined by such Lender, of (i) its cost of obtaining funds for the SOFR Loan that is the subject of such Breakage Event for the period from the date of such Breakage Event to the last day of the Interest Period in effect (or that would have been in effect) for such Loan over (ii) the amount of interest likely to be realized by such Lender in redeploying the funds released or not utilized by reason of such Breakage Event for such period. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts which such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.16 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.17 Pro Rata Treatment. Except as required under Section 2.15, Section 2.16 or in connection with a Permitted Loan Purchase, each Borrowing, each payment or prepayment of principal of any Borrowing, each payment of interest on the Loans and each conversion of any Borrowing to or continuation of any Borrowing as a Borrowing of any Type shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with their respective principal amounts of their outstanding Loans. Each Lender agrees that in computing such Lenders portion of any Borrowing to be made hereunder, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, round each Lenders percentage of such Borrowing to the next higher or lower whole dollar amount.
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SECTION 2.18 Sharing of Setoffs. Each Lender agrees that if it shall, through the exercise of a right of bankers lien, setoff or counterclaim against the Borrower or any other Loan Party, or pursuant to a secured claim under Section 506 of Title 11 of the United States Code or other security or interest arising from, or in lieu of, such secured claim, received by such Lender under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or otherwise, or by any other means (excluding means expressly contemplated elsewhere in this Agreement), obtain payment (voluntary or involuntary) in respect of any Loans as a result of which the unpaid principal portion of its Loans shall be proportionately less than the unpaid principal portion of the Loans of any other Lender, it shall be deemed simultaneously to have purchased from such other Lender at face value, and shall promptly pay to such other Lender the purchase price for, a participation in the Loans of such other Lender, so that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans and participations in Loans held by each Lender shall be in the same proportion to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans then outstanding as the principal amount of its Loans prior to such exercise of bankers lien, setoff or counterclaim or other event was to the principal amount of all Loans outstanding prior to such exercise of bankers lien, setoff or counterclaim or other event; provided, however, that if any such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be made pursuant to this Section 2.18 and the payment giving rise thereto shall thereafter be recovered, such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be rescinded to the extent of such recovery and the purchase price or prices or adjustment restored without interest. The Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangements and agrees that any Lender holding a participation in a Loan deemed to have been so purchased may exercise any and all rights of bankers lien, setoff or counterclaim with respect to any and all moneys owing by the Borrower to such Lender by reason thereof as fully as if such Lender had made a Loan directly to the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
SECTION 2.19 Payments.
(a) The Borrower shall make each payment (including principal of or interest on any Borrowing or any fees or other amounts) hereunder and under any other Loan Document not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due in immediately available dollars, without setoff, defense or counterclaim. Each such payment shall be made to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender any payments received by the Administrative Agent on behalf of such Lender. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, but shall not be obligated to, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower does not in fact make such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender, and to pay interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at a rate determined by the Administrative Agent to represent its cost of overnight or short-term funds (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error).
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SECTION 2.20 Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, and if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.20) the Administrative Agent or Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made.
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(c) The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.20) that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or by the Administrative Agent on behalf of itself or a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes, Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower or any other Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in paragraphs (e)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lenders reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
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(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or about the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), an executed copy of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding Tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or about the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, an executed copy of IRS Form W-8BEN-E or IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the interest article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the business profits or other income article of such tax treaty;
(2) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming that its extension of credit will generate U.S. effectively connected income, an executed copy of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a 10 percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate) and (y) an executed copy of IRS Form W-8BEN-E or IRS Form W-8BEN; or
(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, an executed copy of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, IRS Form W-8BEN, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 or Exhibit D-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
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(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or about the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement or any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Withholding Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent as may be necessary for the Withholding Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(f) Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower or any other Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lenders failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(f) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (f).
(g) If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.20 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.20), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.20 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out of pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such
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indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This paragraph (g) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(h) Each partys obligations under this Section 2.20 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
SECTION 2.21 Assignment of Loans under Certain Circumstances; Duty to Mitigate.
(a) In the event (i) any Lender delivers a certificate requesting compensation pursuant to Section 2.14, (ii) any Lender delivers a notice described in Section 2.15, (iii) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority on account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.20, (iv) any Lender refuses to consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification of any Loan Document requested by the Borrower that requires the consent of a greater percentage of the Lenders than the Required Lenders and such amendment, waiver or other modification is consented to by the Required Lenders or (v) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, in each case, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort (including with respect to the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 9.04(b)), upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to transfer and assign, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement (or, in the case of clause (iv) or (v) above, all of its interests, rights and obligations with respect to the Loans that are the subject of the related consent, amendment, waiver or other modification or in respect of which such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, as the case may be) to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such assigned obligations and, with respect to clause (iv) above, shall consent to such requested amendment, waiver or other modification of any Loan Document (which Eligible Assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (x) such assignment shall not conflict with any law, rule or regulation or order of any court or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction, (y) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed, and (z) the Borrower or such Eligible Assignee shall have paid to the affected Lender in immediately available funds an amount equal to the sum of the principal of and interest accrued to the date of such payment on the outstanding Loans of such Lender plus all other amounts accrued for the account of such Lender hereunder with respect thereto (including any amounts under Sections 2.14, 2.16 and 2.20); provided, further, that, if prior to any such transfer and assignment the circumstances or event that resulted in such Lenders claim for compensation under Section 2.14, notice under Section 2.15 or the amounts paid pursuant to Section 2.20, as the case may be, cease to cause such Lender to suffer increased costs or reductions in amounts received or receivable or reduction in return on capital, or cease to have the consequences specified in Section 2.15, or cease to result in amounts being payable under
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Section 2.20, as the case may be (including as a result of any action taken by such Lender pursuant to paragraph (b) below), or if such Lender shall waive its right to claim further compensation under Section 2.14 in respect of such circumstances or event or shall withdraw its notice under Section 2.15 or shall waive its right to further payments under Section 2.20 in respect of such circumstances or event or shall consent to the proposed amendment, waiver, consent or other modification or shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender, as the case may be, then such Lender shall not thereafter be required to make any such transfer and assignment hereunder. Each Lender hereby grants to the Administrative Agent an irrevocable power of attorney (which power is coupled with an interest) to execute and deliver, on behalf of such Lender as assignor, any Assignment and Acceptance necessary to effectuate any assignment of such Lenders interests hereunder in the circumstances contemplated by this Section 2.21(a).
(b) If (i) any Lender shall request compensation under Section 2.14, (ii) any Lender delivers a notice described in Section 2.15 or (iii) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority on account of any Lender, pursuant to Section 2.20, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts (which shall not require such Lender to incur an unreimbursed loss or unreimbursed cost or expense or otherwise take any action inconsistent with its internal policies or legal or regulatory restrictions or suffer any disadvantage or burden deemed by it to be significant) (x) to file any certificate or document reasonably requested in writing by the Borrower or (y) to assign its rights and delegate and transfer its obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if such filing or assignment would reduce its claims for compensation under Section 2.14 or enable it to withdraw its notice pursuant to Section 2.15 or would reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.20, as the case may be, in the future. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such filing or assignment, delegation and transfer.
SECTION 2.22 Dutch Parallel Debts.
(a) The Borrower and each Guarantor undertake with the Senior Collateral Agent to pay to the Senior Collateral Agent its Dutch Parallel Debts.
(b) Paragraph (a) of this Clause is:
(i) for the purpose of ensuring and preserving the validity and effect of the Security Documents governed by Dutch law; and
(ii) without prejudice to the other provisions of the Loan Documents.
(c) Each Dutch Parallel Debt is a separate and independent obligation and shall not constitute the Senior Collateral Agent and any Lender as joint creditors of any Underlying Debt.
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SECTION 2.23 Dutch Parallel Debts Payment. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor shall be obliged to pay any Dutch Parallel Debt before the corresponding Underlying Debt has fallen due.
SECTION 2.24 Dutch Parallel Debts Application. Any payment made, or amount recovered, in respect of the Borrowers or a Guarantors Dutch Parallel Debts shall reduce the Underlying Debts owed to a Lender by the amount which that Lender has received out of that payment or recovery under the Loan Documents.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and each of the Lenders that:
SECTION 3.01 Company Status. Each Loan Party (a) is a duly organized, incorporated, established and validly existing Business in good standing (or the foreign equivalent, if any) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, incorporation and establishment (in each case, to the extent each such concept exists in such jurisdiction), (b) has the requisite organizational and constitutional power and authority to own its material property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged and presently proposes to engage and (c) is duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing (or the foreign equivalent, if any) in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications except, in the case of this clause, for failures to be so qualified or authorized which, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.02 Power and Authority. Has the requisite organizational and constitutional power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the terms and provisions of each of the Loan Documents to which it is party and has taken all necessary Business action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of each of such Loan Documents. Each Loan Party has duly executed and delivered each of the Loan Documents to which it is party, and each of such Loan Documents constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws generally affecting creditors rights, (b) equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law) and (c) in the case of each UK Loan Party and UK Security Document, the UK Legal Reservations and the UK Perfection Requirements.
SECTION 3.03 No Violation. Neither the execution, delivery or performance by any Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, nor compliance by it with the terms and provisions thereof, (a) will contravene any Requirement of Law, (b) will conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien (except pursuant to the Loan Documents) upon any of the property or assets of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, charge, pledge, debenture, deed of trust, credit agreement or loan agreement, or any other material agreement, contract or instrument, in each case to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound or to which it may be subject including, without limitation, the Loan Documents, or (c) will violate any provision of the certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of association, memorandum of association, certificate of formation or incorporation (as applicable), limited liability company agreement or bylaws (or equivalent organizational or constitutional documents), as applicable, of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
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SECTION 3.04 Approvals. No order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with (except for (x) those that have otherwise been obtained or made on or prior to the Closing Date and which remain in full force and effect on the Closing Date and (y) filings which are necessary to perfect the security interests created or intended to be created under the Security Documents, which filings will be made within the time periods set forth in Section 5.15), or exemption by, any Governmental Authority is required to be obtained or made by, or on behalf of, any Loan Party to authorize, or is required to be obtained or made by, or on behalf of, any Loan Party in connection with, (a) the execution, delivery and performance of any Loan Document or (b) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any such Loan Document, except for (x) filings with the Registrar of Companies at Companies House, HM Land Registry, the registration of the Brazilian Fiduciary Assignment with the competent Registry of Deeds and Documents and the registration of the amendment to the AO Brazil articles of association to record the Brazilian Fiduciary Assignment with the competent Brazilian Board of Trade, and any other comparable offices in foreign jurisdictions and equivalent filings in foreign jurisdictions and (y) any other filings or registrations required to perfect or maintain perfection of liens created by the Security Documents (including in respect of UK Loan Parties and each UK Security Document, filings with the Registrar of Companies at Companies House and HM Land Registry) (and, in the case of each UK Loan Party and each Security Document governed by English law, subject to the UK Legal Reservations and the UK Perfection Requirements).
SECTION 3.05 Material Adverse Effect. Since December 22, 2022, nothing has occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.06 Litigation. There are no litigations, investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened (a) with respect to the Transactions or any Loan Document or (b) that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.07 True and Complete Disclosure. All factual information (taken as a whole) furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Parent Guarantors in writing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including, without limitation, all information contained in the Loan Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any transaction contemplated herein or therein is, and all other such factual information (taken as a whole) hereafter furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Parent Guarantors in writing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender will be, true and accurate in all material respects on the date as of which such information is dated or certified (or, if such information has been updated, amended or supplemented, on the date as of which any such update, amendment or supplement is dated or certified) and not incomplete by omitting to state any material fact necessary in order to make such information (taken as a whole) not misleading in any material respect at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information was provided, it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Section 3.07, such factual information shall not include any projections or any pro forma financial information, budgets or any other estimation.
SECTION 3.08 Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations.
(a) No proceeds of any Loan will be used to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. Neither the making of any Loan nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate or be inconsistent with the provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X. Not more than 25% of the value of the assets of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole is represented by Margin Stock.
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(b) The Borrower will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Loans, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise).
SECTION 3.09 Tax Returns and Payments. Each of the Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each of their Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be timely filed with the appropriate Governmental Authority all federal and other material returns, statements, forms and reports for Taxes (the Returns) required to be filed by, or with respect to the income, properties or operations of, the Borrower and/or any Parent Guarantor and/or any of their Subsidiaries. The Returns accurately reflect in all material respects all liability for Taxes of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, as applicable, for the periods covered thereby. The Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each of their Subsidiaries has paid all material Taxes and assessments payable by it which have become due, other than those that are being contested in good faith and adequately disclosed and fully provided for on the financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, as applicable, in accordance with GAAP. There is no action, suit, proceeding, investigation, audit or claim now pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened by any authority regarding any material Taxes relating to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.10 Compliance with ERISA.
(a) Each Plan is in compliance in form and operation with its terms and with ERISA and the Code (including without limitation the Code provisions compliance with which is necessary for any intended favorable tax treatment) and all other applicable laws and regulations, except where any failure to comply could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No ERISA Event has occurred, or is reasonably expected to occur, other than as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) There exists no actual Unfunded Pension Liability with respect to any Plan, which either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) There are no actions, suits or claims pending against or involving a Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, which would reasonably be expected to be asserted successfully against any Plan and, if so asserted successfully, could reasonably be expected either individually or in the aggregate to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) The Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries and any ERISA Affiliate have made all contributions to or under each Plan and Multiemployer Plan required by law within the applicable time limits prescribed thereby, the terms of such Plan or Multiemployer Plan, respectively, or any contract or agreement requiring contributions to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan except where any failure to comply, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(e) No Plan which is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA has applied for or received an extension of any amortization period, within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 303 or 304 of ERISA. The Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries and any ERISA Affiliate have not ceased operations at a facility so as to become subject to the provisions of Section 4068(a) of ERISA, withdrawn as a substantial employer so as to become subject to the provisions of Section 4063 of ERISA or ceased making contributions to any Plan subject to Section 4064(a) of ERISA to which it made contributions except as, with respect to each of the foregoing, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate have incurred or reasonably expect to incur liability to the PBGC which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no lien imposed under the Code or ERISA on the assets of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate exists or is likely to arise on account of any Plan. None of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability under Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
(f) Except as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect: each Foreign Pension Plan has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations and orders and has been maintained, where required, in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities; all contributions required to be made with respect to a Foreign Pension Plan have been timely made; neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries has incurred any obligation in connection with the termination of, or withdrawal from, any Foreign Pension Plan; and the present value of the accrued benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Foreign Pension Plan, determined as of the end of Pyxus Holdings most recently ended fiscal year on the basis of actuarial assumptions, each of which is reasonable, did not exceed the current value of the assets of such Foreign Pension Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities.
SECTION 3.11 Security Documents.
(a) Subject to, in the case of UK Loan Parties and UK Security Documents, the UK Legal Reservations and the UK Perfection Requirements, each of the Security Documents are effective to create in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Senior Holders a legal, valid, and enforceable security interest in all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties party thereto in the Collateral described therein, and subject to the recordation of the documents described in this Section 3.11, the Senior Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Senior Holders, will have a fully perfected security interest in all right, title and interest in all of the Collateral described therein, in each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens (it being understood that the Permitted Liens described in clause (1) of the definition thereof are subject to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, as applicable). The recordation of (x) the grant of security interest in patents registered or applied for in the United States, if applicable, and (y) the grant of security interest in trademarks registered or applied for in the United States, if applicable, in the respective form attached to the Pledge and Security Agreement, in each case in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, together with filings on Form UCC-3 assigning each corresponding Form UCC-1 to the Senior Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Senior Holders as the secured party thereunder and any other Form UCC-1 made pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, will create, to the extent as may be perfected by such filings and recordation, a perfected security interest in the United States trademarks and patents covered by the Pledge and Security Agreement, and the recordation of the grant of security interest in copyrights registered or applied for in the United States, if applicable, in the form attached to the Pledge and Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office, together with such UCC filings, will create, to the extent as may be perfected by such filings and recordation, a perfected security interest in the United States copyrights covered by the Pledge and Security Agreement.
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(b) Subject to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, the security interests created under the Pledge and Security Agreement in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent, as pledgee, for the benefit of the Senior Holders, constitute perfected security interests in the Collateral described in the Pledge and Security Agreement to the extent such Collateral is an Equity Interest or a promissory note (including any Intercompany Note, subject to no security interests of any other Person (other than, subject to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, Permitted Liens described in clause 1 of the definition thereof)). No filings or recordings are required in order to perfect (or maintain the perfection or priority of) the security interests created in the Collateral described in the Pledge or Security Agreement to the extent such Collateral is an Equity Interest or a promissory note (including any Intercompany Note) other than such filings or recording that have already been made and are still in effect.
(c) Each Mortgage, when recorded, creates, as security for the obligations purported to be secured thereby, a valid and enforceable perfected security interest in and mortgage lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent (or such other trustee as may be required or desired under local law) for the benefit of the Senior Holders, superior and prior to the rights of all third Persons (except that the security interest and mortgage lien created on such Mortgaged Property may be subject to the Permitted Liens related thereto and, subject to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement and Collateral Agency Agreement.
SECTION 3.12 Properties. All Material Real Property owned by any domestic Loan Party as of the Closing Date, and the nature of the interest therein, is correctly set forth in Schedule 3.12. The Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each of their Subsidiaries (in the case of the UK Loan Parties, subject to the UK Legal Reservations and the UK Perfection Requirements) has good and indefeasible title to all material properties (and to all buildings, fixtures, to the extent such fixtures constitute real property, and improvements located thereon) owned by it, free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens. The Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each of their Subsidiaries have a valid and indefeasible leasehold interest in the material properties leased by it free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens.
SECTION 3.13 Subsidiaries. On and as of the Closing Date, the Parent Guarantors and the Borrower have no Subsidiaries other than those Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 3.13. Schedule 3.13 sets forth, as of the Closing Date, the percentage ownership (direct and indirect) of the Parent Guarantors or the Borrower, identifies the direct owner thereof and which Subsidiaries are Material Domestic Subsidiaries and Material Foreign Subsidiaries. All outstanding Equity Interests of each Material Domestic Subsidiary and each Material Foreign Subsidiary have been duly and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and have been issued free of preemptive rights. Each Material Domestic Subsidiary and each Material Foreign Subsidiary has no outstanding securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Equity Interests or outstanding any right to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options or warrants for the purchase of, or any agreement providing for the issuance (contingent or otherwise) of or any calls, commitments or claims of any character relating to, its Equity Interests or any stock appreciation or similar rights.
SECTION 3.14 Compliance with Laws. The Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 3.15 Investment Company Act. Neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries is an investment company or a company controlled by an investment company, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION 3.16 No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 3.17 Environmental Matters.
(a) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each of their Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and has obtained and is in compliance with the terms of any permits required under such Environmental Laws; (ii) there are no Environmental Claims pending or to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened, against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries; (iii) no Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, has been recorded or to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened under any Environmental Law with respect to any Real Property owned by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries; (iv) neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries has agreed to assume or accept responsibility for any existing liability of any other Person under any Environmental Law; and (v) to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, there are no facts, circumstances, conditions or occurrences with respect to the past or present business, operations, properties or facilities of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, or any of their respective predecessors, that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any Environmental Claim against or any liability for the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries under any Environmental Law.
(b) Since January 1, 2015, neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries has received any letter or written request for information under Section 104(e) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seq.) or any comparable state law with regard to any matter that could reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries has been issued or been required to obtain a permit for the treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste at any of its facilities pursuant to the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901, et. seq. (RCRA), or any equivalent state law, nor are any such facilities regulated as interim status facilities required to undergo corrective action pursuant to RCRA or any state equivalent, except, in each case, for such matters that could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) (i) To the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries has any underground storage tanks (A) that are not properly registered or permitted under applicable Environmental Laws, or (B) that are leaking or disposing of Hazardous Materials, and (ii) to the extent required by applicable Environmental Law, the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries have notified all of their employees of the existence, if any, of any health hazard arising from the conditions of their employment and have met all notification requirements under all Environmental Laws.
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SECTION 3.18 Employment and Labor Relations. Except as could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice. There is (a) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened against any of them, before the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so pending against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, (c) no union representation question exists with respect to the employees of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, (d) no equal employment opportunity charges or other claims of employment discrimination are pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, threatened against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, and (e) no wage and hour department investigation has been made of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, except (with respect to any matter specified in clauses (a) (e) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.19 Intellectual Property, etc. Each of the Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each of their Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use all the patents, trademarks, permits, domain names, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, franchises, inventions, trade secrets, proprietary information and know-how of any type, whether or not written (including, but not limited to, rights in computer programs and databases), and formulas, or rights with respect to the foregoing, used in the conduct of its business, without any known conflict with or infringement or misappropriation of the rights of others which conflict, infringement or misappropriation could reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.20 Insurance. Schedule 3.20 sets forth a listing of all insurance maintained by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, with the amounts insured (and any deductibles) set forth therein.
SECTION 3.21 [Reserved].
SECTION 3.22 Anti-Terrorism Law.
(a) Neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries is in violation of any legal requirement relating to any laws with respect to terrorism or money laundering (Anti-Terrorism Laws), including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing effective September 24, 2001 (the Executive Order) and the Patriot Act. Neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, no agent of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries acting on behalf of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, as the case may be, is any of the following:
(i) a Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order;
(ii) a Person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order;
(iii) a Person with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
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(iv) a Person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports terrorism as defined in the Executive Order; or
(v) a Person that is named as a specially designated national and blocked person on the most current list published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list (SDN).
(b) Neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, no agent of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries acting on behalf of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, as the case may be, (i) other than in respect of Sanctions-compliant business with SDNs under US country-sanctions (non-terrorism) programs that permit such business, conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of a Person described in Section 3.22(a), (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order, or (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.
SECTION 3.23 Anti-Corruption Laws.
(a) During the past five years, neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries, or any respective director, officer, or employee of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, its joint venture partners or other Affiliates, or any respective agent or other Person acting on behalf of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries: (i) has used any funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, property, entertainment or other unlawful expense related to political activity; (ii) has made or taken any action to further or facilitate any offer, payment, gift, promise to pay, or any offer, gift or promise of anything else of value, directly or indirectly, in order to improperly influence official action, to obtain or retain business for the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or their Subsidiaries, or to secure an improper advantage for the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or their Subsidiaries; (iii) has made, offered, taken, or will make, offer or take any act in furtherance of any bribe or unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, property, gift, kickback or other unlawful payment; or (iv) is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation of any provision of the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder or any other applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws and/or regulations. The Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries and their Affiliates have instituted and maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and ensure continued compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein.
(b) No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper or undue advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the UK Bribery Act 2010, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws.
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SECTION 3.24 Sanctions. The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors have implemented and maintain in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents while acting on behalf of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries with Sanctions applicable to the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, and the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors their Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, their respective directors and agents, while acting on behalf of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, are in compliance with applicable Sanctions and are not knowingly engaged in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in the Borrower being designated as a Sanctioned Person. None of (a) the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor, any of their Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco, any agent of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person, except in such instances that would not result in a Sanctions violation to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries.
SECTION 3.25 Material Contracts. All Material Contracts are in full force and effect and no defaults exist thereunder other than defaults the consequence of which, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.26 [Reserved].
SECTION 3.27 Centre of Main Interests. For the purposes of The Council of the European Union Regulation No. (EU) 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast) (the Regulation), so far as it is aware and if and for so long as the Regulation is applicable or deemed to be applicable in the United Kingdom, for the purposes of the Regulation, each UK Loan Partys centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Regulation) is situated in its jurisdiction of incorporation.
SECTION 3.28 DAC6. No proceeds of the Loans shall be used to carry out any transaction that meets any hallmark set out in Annex IV of the Council Directive of 25 May 2018 (2018/822/EU) amending Directive 2011/16/EU.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions of Lending
SECTION 4.01 Conditions Precedent to the Closing Date. The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligations of the Lenders to exchange Loans hereunder on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.01 are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Required Lenders) of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Subject to Section 5.15, the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a counterpart of this Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, the Pledge and Security Agreement, the UK Debenture, the UK Trust Deed, the UK Share Charges, the Tabak Dutch Pledge, the Intabex Dutch Pledge, the Agent Fee Letter and, subject to Section 5.15, each other Loan Document (in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the requisite Lenders in accordance with the Support Agreement) signed on behalf of each party hereto and thereto (including via any electronic means) or (ii) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile or other electronic imaging transmission) that such party has signed such a counterpart.
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(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself and the Lenders, a favorable written opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Borrower, of Robinson, Bradshaw Hinson, P.A., counsel for certain Loan Parties, of Macfarlanes LLP, counsel for the Lenders, and of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V., counsel for the Lenders, in each case (i) dated the Closing Date, (ii) addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (iii) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, covering such matters customarily covered in opinions of this type as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request, and the Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions.
(c) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article III or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date; provided that, to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided, further, that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.
(d) Immediately prior to and immediately after the Closing Date, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(e) The making of such Loan shall not violate any Requirement of Law applicable to the Loan Parties, and shall not be enjoined, temporarily, preliminarily or permanently.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, certifying compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 4.01.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of such Borrowing as required by Section 2.03.
(h) Subject to Section 5.15, the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation (or the foreign equivalent), including all amendments thereto, of each Loan Party, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization, and, except in the case of any Foreign Guarantor, a certificate as to the good standing of each Loan Party as of a recent date, from such Secretary of State (in each case or the foreign equivalent, if any); (ii) a certificate of the Responsible Officer of each Loan Party (or, in the case of a Foreign Guarantor, a certificate of an equivalent officer or a director of such Loan Party) dated the Closing Date and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the constitutional documents, articles of association, memorandum of association, certificate of incorporation and by-laws of such Loan Party as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below, (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or its equivalent) of such Loan Party (and, in the case of any Foreign Guarantor, of resolutions duly passed by its members, if applicable) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such person is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, (C) where required by local law or the relevant constitutional documents, that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of either (1) written resolutions of the requisite shareholder(s) (or its equivalent) of such Loan Party, or (2) resolutions adopted by the general meeting of shareholder(s) (or its equivalent) of such Loan Party, in each case authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party
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and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded, or amended and are in full force and effect, (D) that the certificate or articles of incorporation, constitutional documents, articles of association and memorandum of association of such Loan Party have not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto shown on the certificate of good standing (or the foreign equivalent, if any) furnished pursuant to clause (i) above, (E) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party and (F) except in the case of any UK Loan Party, as to the absence of any pending proceeding for dissolution or liquidation of such Loan Party or, to the knowledge of such Responsible Officer, threatening the existence of such Loan Party; (iii) a certificate of another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Responsible Officer executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above; (iv) in the case of a UK Loan Party, a certificate of a director confirming that the entry into the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents would not exceed any guarantee or security limits under the constitutional documents of such UK Loan Party or under any other agreement or instrument to which such UK Loan Party is a party; and (v) such other documents as the Required Lenders may reasonably request.
(i) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received, at least five Business Days prior to the Closing Date, to the extent requested at least eight Business Days prior to the Closing Date, (i) all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act and (ii) if the Borrower qualified as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a customary certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation in relation to the Borrower.
(j) Except as set forth in Section 5.15, the Senior Collateral Agent shall have received evidence that each Loan Party shall have taken or caused to be taken any action, executed and delivered or cause to be executed and delivered any other agreement, document and instrument (including any intercompany notes and allonges pursuant to 5.13(d)) and made or caused to be made any other filing and recording reasonably required by the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders.
(k) Prior to or substantially simultaneously therewith, the Administrative Agent shall have received the fees in the amounts previously agreed in writing by the Agents, and all reasonable and documented fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions (including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the extent payable in accordance with the terms hereof) payable by the Loan Parties (with respect to expenses, to the extent invoices have been presented at least one Business Day prior to such date) shall have been paid.
(l) Except as set forth in Section 5.15, the Administrative Agent shall have received all insurance policies and certificates pursuant to and in accordance with Section 5.03(b).
(m) Except as set forth in Section 5.15 and in respect of the UK Loan Parties and UK Security Documents, all documents and instruments necessary to establish that the Senior Collateral Agent will have perfected security interests in the Collateral pursuant to the provisions of the Security Documents to be entered into on the Closing Date shall have been delivered in copy form to the Senior Collateral Agent and, if applicable, be in proper form for filing on or around the Closing Date, including UCC-1 financing statements and UCC-3 financing statements and the Intellectual Property Security Agreements.
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(n) The Administrative Agent shall have received a life of loan Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent (together with notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance, duly executed by the Borrower and applicable Subsidiary and evidence of flood insurance, in the event any improvements are located in a special flood hazard area) in accordance with the Flood Laws.
(o) Prior to or substantially simultaneously therewith, the following documentation shall be entered into and effective, which documentation shall in each case be in form and substance satisfactory to the requisite Lenders in accordance with the Support Agreement:
(i) that certain Limited Consent and Amendment to ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2023; it being understood that such agreement is in form and substance satisfactory to such requisite Lenders;
(ii) [reserved];
(iii) the Second Supplemental Indenture;
(iv) the New Notes Indenture;
(v) the New Pyxus Credit Agreement;
(vi) the ABL Intercreditor Agreement; it being understood that the form attached to the Offering Memorandum is satisfactory to such requisite Lenders; and
(vii) the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement; it being understood that the form attached to the Offering Memorandum is satisfactory to such requisite Lenders.
(p) Prior to or substantially simultaneously therewith:
(i) the Notes Exchange Offer shall have been consummated with the participation of at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Existing Notes;
(ii) (x) the Exit Term Loan Exchange Transactions shall have been consummated with the participation of 100% of the principal amount of the Existing Exit Term Loans, (y) all accrued and unpaid Cash Interest (as defined in the Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement) in respect of the Assigned Exit Term Loans shall have been paid in full in cash and (z) the Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement shall have been terminated; and
(iii) (x) the Intabex Term Loan Exchange Transactions shall have been consummated with the participation of 100% of the principal amount of the Existing Intabex Term Loans, (y) all accrued and unpaid Interest (as defined in the Existing Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement) in respect of the Assigned Intabex Term Loans shall have been paid in full in cash and (z) the Existing Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement shall have been terminated;
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(q) There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation, proceeding or hearing, pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that affects the Transactions or otherwise impairs the ability of the Loan Parties to consummate the Transactions and no preliminary or permanent injunction or order by a state or federal court shall have been entered, in each case that would be material and adverse to the Agents or the Lenders.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors, as applicable, hereby covenant and agree that from and after the date of this Agreement until the Payment in Full of the Obligations:
SECTION 5.01 Information Covenants. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to each Lender), and, in the case of clause (g)(i) below, to the Senior Collateral Agent:
(a) [Reserved].
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the close of each of the first three fiscal quarters in each Fiscal Year of New Pyxus Topco (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2022), (i) the consolidated balance sheet of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries (including Minority Interest Consolidated Entities) as at the end of such fiscal quarter and the related consolidated statements of income and statement of cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the elapsed portion of the Fiscal Year ended with the last day of such fiscal quarter, in each case setting forth comparative figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter in the prior Fiscal Year, all of which shall be certified by a Financial Officer of New Pyxus Topco that they fairly present in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the financial condition of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries (including Minority Interest Consolidated Entities) as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations for the periods indicated, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes, and (ii) managements discussion and analysis of the important operational and financial developments during such fiscal quarter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in this Section 5.01(b) may be satisfied with respect to financial information of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries by furnishing New Pyxus Topcos (or any parent entitys thereof) Form 10-Q filed with the SEC.
(c) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the close of each Fiscal Year of New Pyxus Topco (commencing with the Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2023), (i) the consolidated balance sheet of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income and statement of cash flows for such Fiscal Year setting forth, comparative figures for the preceding Fiscal Year and certified by Deloitte & Touche LLP or other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, accompanied by an opinion of such accounting firm (which opinion shall be without a going concern or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to scope of audit) and (ii) managements discussion and analysis of the important operational and financial developments during such Fiscal Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in this Section 5.01(c) may be satisfied with respect to financial information of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries by furnishing New Pyxus Topcos (or any parent entitys thereof) Form 10-K filed with the SEC.
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(d) Budgets. No later than the 60th day of each Fiscal Year of New Pyxus Topco (commencing with the Fiscal Year ending March 31, 2023), a budget in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (including budgeted statements of income and sources and uses of cash and balance sheets for New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) for each fiscal quarter of such Fiscal Year prepared in detail setting forth, with appropriate discussion, the principal assumptions upon which such budget is based.
(e) Management Letters. Promptly after the Borrowers, any Parent Guarantors or any of their Subsidiaries receipt thereof, a copy of any management letter received from its certified public accountants and managements response thereto.
(f) Officers Certificates. At the time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Section 5.01(b) and (c), a compliance certificate from a Financial Officer of the Borrower in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, which certificate shall (i) certify on behalf of the Borrower that, to such officers knowledge after due inquiry, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or, if any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, specifying the nature and extent thereof, (ii) include related financial statements (which may be in summary form) reflecting adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Minority Interest Consolidated Entities (if any) (together with supporting detail as may be requested by the Required Lenders), (iii) [reserved], (iv) (x) for the first compliance certificate so delivered, include a description (including the owner) and book value of (solely to the extent constituting Collateral in which the Senior Collateral Agent has been granted a Lien to secure the Obligations of the Loan Parties) all intercompany loans and advances made by any Loan Party to the extent evidenced by an Intercompany Note or a promissory note and (y) thereafter, certify that there have been no changes to such description since the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01(f), and (v) certify that there have been no changes to Schedule 3.13 in respect of the ownership interests in any direct Subsidiary of any Loan Party since the Closing Date or, if later, since the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01(f), or if there have been any such changes, a list in reasonable detail of such changes.
(g) Notice of Default, Litigation and Material Adverse Effect. Promptly, and in any event within three Business Days after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof if such event continues for three Business Days, notice of (i) the occurrence of any event which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, (ii) any litigation or governmental investigation or proceeding pending against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, (x) which, either individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect or (y) with respect to any Loan Document, (iii) any other event, change or circumstance that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) any written allegations from any Governmental Authority or NGO as to material human rights violations involving the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries.
(h) Other Reports and Filings. Solely to the extent applicable, promptly after the filing or delivery thereof, copies of all financial information, proxy materials, press materials, non-confidential reports and other statements made available generally by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or their Subsidiaries to the public concerning material developments in the results of operations, financial condition, business or prospects of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or their Subsidiaries, if any, which the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor shall (i) publicly file with the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority or (ii) deliver to holders (or any trustee, agent or other representative therefor) of the Existing Notes, the New Notes or the New Pyxus Loans or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof.
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(i) Environmental Matters. Promptly after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower or New Pyxus Topco obtains knowledge thereof, notice of one or more of the following environmental matters to the extent that such environmental matters, either individually or when aggregated with all other such environmental matters, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) any pending or threatened Environmental Claim against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or relating to any Real Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries;
(ii) any condition or occurrence on or arising from any Real Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries that (A) results in noncompliance by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries with any applicable Environmental Law or (B) could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or relating to any such Real Property;
(iii) any condition or occurrence on any Real Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to cause such Real Property to be subject to any restrictions on the ownership, lease, occupancy, use or transferability by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries of such Real Property under any Environmental Law; and
(iv) the taking of any removal or remedial action to the extent required by any Environmental Law or any Governmental Authority in response to the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material on any Real Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries.
All such notices shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the claim, investigation, condition, occurrence or removal or remedial action and the Borrowers, such Parent Guarantors or such Subsidiarys response thereto.
(j) [Reserved].
(k) Patriot Act. Promptly following the Administrative Agents or any Lenders request therefor, all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under the applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act.
(l) PACA. Promptly inform the Administrative Agent if a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries obtains any notice regarding the existence of any Lien on, or trust over, any of the Collateral arising under PACA and promptly provide the Administrative Agent with a copy of such notice.
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(m) Cancellation of Insurance. Promptly (but in any event within 1 Business Day of receipt thereof) inform the Administrative Agent if any Loan Party receives notice of cancellation of any insurance policy required to be maintained pursuant to Section 5.03.
(n) Change of Accounting Principles. The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender at the same time as the delivery of any annual or quarterly financial statements given in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.01(b) or (c), as applicable, (i) a description in reasonable detail of any material change in the application of accounting principles employed in the preparation of such financial statements from those applied in the most recently preceding quarterly or annual financial statements as to which no objection shall have been made in accordance with the provisions above and (ii) a reasonable estimate of the effect on the financial statements on account of such changes in application.
(o) Material Weakness Letter. Promptly upon receipt thereof, a copy of any material weakness letter submitted by independent accountants to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries in connection with any annual, interim or special audit of the books of such Person.
(p) Other Information. From time to time, such other information or documents (financial or otherwise) with respect to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
Subject to Section 9.01, information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b), (c) and (h) shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which such information has been posted (and notified to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as having been posted) on the Debtdomain site, if any, or at another website identified in a notice from the Borrower to the Lenders, in each case which Debtdomain or other website shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and accessible by the Lenders in accordance with customary market practice for syndicated loans and without charge and notice of such posting has been given to Lenders, and information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b), (c) and (h) shall also be deemed to have been delivered upon being posted to such site and notice of such posting has been given to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
SECTION 5.02 Books, Records and Inspections; Annual Meetings. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and accounts in which full, true and correct (in all material respects) entries in conformity with GAAP and all requirements of law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, permit officers and designated representatives of the Administrative Agent and, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Lenders (coordinated through the Administrative Agent) at the expense of the Borrower (a) to visit and inspect, under guidance of officers of the Borrower or such other Loan Party, any of the properties of the Borrower or such other Loan Party, and (b) to examine the books of account of the Borrower or such other Loan Party and discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower or such other Loan Party with, and be advised as to the same by, its and their officers and independent accountants, all upon reasonable prior notice and at such reasonable times and intervals and to such reasonable extent as the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, such Lenders (coordinated through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request; provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (a) and (b) so long as no Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent shall be limited to one such visit during any Fiscal Year of the Borrower at the expense of the Borrower at locations reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. The Loan Parties shall maintain their fiscal reporting period on a March 31 fiscal year, and each Domestic Subsidiary shall maintain its respective fiscal reporting period on the present basis.
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SECTION 5.03 Maintenance of Property; Insurance.
(a) The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, (i) keep all property necessary to the business of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries in good working order and condition, (x) except ordinary wear and tear and obsolescence, (y) except and subject to the occurrence of casualty events and (z) except where failure to do so would not materially or adversely affect its business, (ii) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all such property and against all such risks as is consistent and in accordance with industry practice for companies similarly situated owning similar properties and engaged in similar businesses as the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, and (iii) furnish to the Administrative Agent, upon its request therefor, full information as to the insurance carried. In addition to the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence, the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries will at all times cause insurance of the types described in Schedule 3.20 to be maintained (with the same scope of coverage as that described in Schedule 3.20) at levels which are consistent with their practices immediately before the Closing Date. Such insurance shall include physical damage insurance on all real and personal property (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) on an all risk basis and business interruption insurance.
(b) The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, at all times keep its property insured in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent, and all policies and certificates (or certified copies thereof including any endorsements) with respect to such insurance (and any other insurance maintained by the Borrower and/or the Parent Guarantor and/or such Subsidiaries) (i) shall be endorsed to the Senior Collateral Agents satisfaction for the benefit of the Senior Collateral Agent (including, without limitation, by naming the Senior Collateral Agent as lender loss payee and/or additional insured), (ii) shall provide that the respective insurers irrevocably waive any and all rights of subrogation with respect to the Senior Collateral Agent and the other Senior Holders, and (iii) shall be deposited with the Senior Collateral Agent. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain endorsements to its insurance policies stating that such insurance policies shall not be canceled without at least 30 days prior written notice thereof by the respective insurer to the Senior Collateral Agent.
(c) If the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries shall fail to maintain insurance in accordance with this Section 5.03, or if the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries shall fail to so endorse and deposit all policies or certificates with respect thereto, the Administrative Agent shall have the right (but shall be under no obligation) to procure such insurance and the Borrower agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for all costs and expenses of procuring such insurance.
(d) If at any time the improvements on any Real Property subject (or required to be subject) to a Lien securing the Obligations are located in an area identified as a special flood hazard area by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or any successor thereto or other applicable agency, the Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, at all times keep and maintain flood insurance in an amount no less than the amount sufficient to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, each as amended from time to time.
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SECTION 5.04 Existence; Franchises. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and its material rights, franchises, licenses, permits, copyrights, trademarks and patents; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.04 shall prevent (i) sales of assets and other transactions by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.04, (ii) the withdrawal by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries of its qualification as a foreign Business in any jurisdiction if such withdrawal could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) the change in form of organization of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, if the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor in good faith determines that such change in organization is in the best interest of the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and, in the case of a change in the form of organization of any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent has consented thereto.
SECTION 5.05 Compliance with Requirements of Law, etc. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, comply with all Requirements of Law, except such non-compliances as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.06 Anti-Corruption Laws. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will conduct its, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries and the directors, officers, employees and agents of any of the foregoing to conduct their, business on behalf of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries in a manner so as to not, directly or indirectly, violate the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the UK Bribery Act 2010, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws.
SECTION 5.07 Sanctions. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, while acting on behalf of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, with Sanctions applicable to the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries. The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will make best efforts to ensure compliance by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, while acting on behalf of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, with Sanctions applicable to the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries.
SECTION 5.08 Compliance with Environmental Laws.
(a) The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will comply, and will (x) cause each of their Subsidiaries to comply and (y) ensure compliance by its tenants and subtenants, in each case, with all Environmental Laws and permits applicable to, or required in respect of the conduct of its business or operations or by, the ownership, lease or use of its Real Property now or hereafter owned, leased or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, except for such noncompliances as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and will promptly pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incurred in connection with such compliance, and will keep or cause to be kept all such Real Property free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted Liens, imposed pursuant to such Environmental Laws. Neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries will generate, use, treat, store, Release or dispose of, or permit the generation, use, treatment, storage, Release or disposal of Hazardous Materials on any Real Property now or hereafter owned, leased or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, or transport or permit the transportation of Hazardous Materials to or from any such Real Property, except for Hazardous Materials generated, used, treated, stored, Released or
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disposed of at any such Real Properties in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws and as required in connection with the normal operation, use and maintenance of the business or operations of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, except in connection with such noncompliance as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) (i) The Borrower will provide, at the sole expense of the Borrower and at the reasonable request of the Required Lenders after receipt of any notice of the type described in Section 5.01(g), an environmental site assessment report concerning any Real Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, prepared by an environmental consulting firm reasonably approved by the Required Lenders, indicating the presence or absence of Hazardous Materials and the potential cost of any removal or remedial action in connection with such Hazardous Materials on such Real Property. If the Borrower fails to provide the same within 60 days after such request was made, the Administrative Agent may order the same, the cost of which shall be borne by the Borrower, and the Borrower shall grant and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective agents access to such Real Property and specifically grant the Administrative Agent and the Lenders an irrevocable non-exclusive license, subject to the rights of tenants, to undertake such an assessment at any reasonable time upon reasonable notice to the Borrower, all at the sole expense of the Borrower.
(c) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remediation, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all respects with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws except to the extent that the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the pendency of such proceedings could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.09 ERISA Information Undertakings. The Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent (in sufficient copies for all Lenders, if the Administrative Agent so requests):
(a) promptly and in any event within 15 days after receiving a request from the Administrative Agent a copy of the most recent IRS Form 5500 (including the Schedule B) with respect to a Plan; and
(b) promptly, and in any event within 30 days after the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor, any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that any ERISA Event has occurred that would reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower describing such ERISA Event and the action, if any, proposed to be taken with respect to such ERISA Event and a copy of any notice filed with the PBGC or the IRS pertaining to such ERISA Event and any notices received by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor, any of their Subsidiaries of the Borrower or ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or any other governmental agency with respect thereto; provided that, in the case of ERISA Events under paragraph (4) of the definition thereof, the 30-day notice period set forth above shall be a 10-day period, and, in the case of ERISA Events under paragraph (2) of the definition thereof, in no event shall notice be given later than 10 days after the occurrence of the ERISA Event.
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The Borrower shall:
(a) ensure that any material liability imposed on them or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title IV of ERISA is paid and discharged when due;
(b) ensure that neither it nor any ERISA Affiliate adopts an amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security under ERISA or the Code without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders; and
(c) ensure that no Plan is terminated under Section 4041 of ERISA.
SECTION 5.10 Performance of Obligations. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, perform all of its obligations under the terms of each mortgage, indenture, security agreement, loan agreement or credit agreement and each other agreement, contract or instrument by which it is bound, except such non-performances as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.11 Payment of Taxes. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will pay and discharge, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, and all lawful claims which, if unpaid, might become a Lien or charge upon any properties of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under Section 6.06; provided that neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim (i) which is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or (ii) if the aggregate amount of the monetary obligations with respect to such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim is less than (x) in the case of Loan Parties, $10,000,000 and (y) in the case of non-Loan Parties, the Threshold Amount.
SECTION 5.12 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(a) The Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 6.01 hereof or under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by New Pyxus Topco. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if that redesignation would not cause a Default.
(b) Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by delivering a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (i) that attached thereto is a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco giving effect to such designation and (ii) that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 6.01 hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted
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Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 6.03 hereof, the Borrower will be in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (i) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 6.03 hereof, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable reference period; and (ii) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.
SECTION 5.13 Additional Security; Further Assurances; etc.
(a) The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor will cause:
(i) each (A) Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary thereof or any other Person that becomes a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary thereof after the Closing Date (in each case, other than any Excluded Subsidiary) and (B) Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary that ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary;
(ii) each Restricted Subsidiary or other Person that is not a Guarantor but is or becomes an obligor in respect of, or grants a security interest in any of its assets to support, the ABL Obligations, the New Pyxus Loan Obligations, the New Notes Obligations or the Existing Notes Obligations (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of the foregoing); and
(iii) any direct or indirect parent entity of the Borrower that is formed after the Closing Date;
in each case, promptly, but no later than 60 days after the date on which such Person became a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary, ceased to be an Excluded Subsidiary, became an obligor or granted a security interest as described in clause (ii), or was formed, as applicable (as such date may be extended by the Required Lenders in their sole discretion), to (A) become a Guarantor as described in the Guarantee Agreement by way of execution of a joinder agreement thereto substantially in the form attached thereto as Exhibit A and (B) grant security interests over any Collateral as described in the Pledge and Security Agreement by way of execution of a joinder agreement thereto substantially in the form attached thereto as Exhibit 10 or, in the case of any such Person that not is formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, as described in such other applicable Security Document or as may be customary in such Persons jurisdiction of formation.
(b) The Borrower may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause any Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor to become a Guarantor, in which case such Subsidiary shall comply with the requirements in Section 5.13(a) above, other than the 60 day period described therein.
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(c) Subject to Section 5.15 and the applicable Security Document, the Parent Guarantors, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries will cause (i) 100% of the Equity Interests of New Pyxus Parent, the Borrower and each Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) 100% of the Equity Interests of each Domestic Subsidiary owned directly by any Loan Party (or, if less, the full amount owned by the Loan Parties) and (iii) (x) 100% of the Equity Interests of each Foreign Subsidiary owned directly by any Foreign Guarantor (or, if less, the full amount owned by such Foreign Guarantor) and (y) 65% of the aggregate of the total outstanding Voting Stock (and 100% of each class of issued and outstanding Equity Interest other than Voting Stock) of each Foreign Subsidiary (that is not a Loan Party) held directly by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Domestic Subsidiary (or, if less, the full amount owned by the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor and each such Subsidiary Guarantor) (except, in each case of this clause (c), to the extent constituting Excluded Assets), in each case, to be subject at all times to a perfected Lien in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Senior Holders pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, as applicable, and such other security documents as the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent shall reasonably request.
(d) Subject to Section 5.15, the Loan Parties will (i) cause each loan or advance that is outstanding on or after the Closing Date to a Loan Party by a Restricted Subsidiary to be evidenced by an Intercompany Note duly executed and delivered, (ii) deliver such Intercompany Note to the Senior Collateral Agent, together with an appropriate allonges or other endorsement reasonably satisfactory to the Senior Collateral Agent, and (iii) execute such Security Documents in connection with the pledge of such Intercompany Note as the Senior Collateral Agent may reasonably request.
(e) The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will, and will cause each of the other Loan Parties to, at the expense of the Borrower, make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file and/or deliver to the Senior Collateral Agent from time to time such vouchers, invoices, schedules, confirmatory assignments, conveyances, financing statements, transfer endorsements, powers of attorney, certificates (including flood certificates and evidence of flood insurance if applicable), reports, control agreements (other than with respect to Excluded Assets) and other assurances or instruments and take such further steps relating to the Collateral covered by any of the Security Documents as the Senior Collateral Agent may reasonably require. Furthermore, the Borrower will, and will cause the other Loan Parties to, deliver to the Senior Collateral Agent such opinions of counsel and other related documents as may be reasonably requested by the Senior Collateral Agent to assure itself that this Section 5.13 has been complied with.
(f) Within one-hundred twenty (120) days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) of the date of acquisition by a domestic Loan Party of any Material Real Property (other than with respect to Excluded Assets) or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion):
(i) The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will, and will cause each other domestic Loan Party to, grant to the Senior Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Senior Holders, Mortgages (and, if required by local law, related UCC fixture filings) over any Material Real Property. All such Mortgages (and, if applicable, UCC fixture filings) shall constitute valid and enforceable Liens subject to no other Liens except for Permitted Liens related thereto and, subject to the terms of the ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement. The Mortgages (and related UCC filings) or instruments related thereto shall have been duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Mortgages.
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(ii) In connection with each Mortgage delivered pursuant to clause (i) above, the Senior Collateral Agent shall have received a Mortgage Policy relating to such Mortgage, issued by a title insurer reasonably satisfactory to the Senior Collateral Agent, in an insured amount reasonably satisfactory to the Senior Collateral Agent insuring the Senior Collateral Agent that the Mortgage on such Mortgaged Property is a valid and enforceable first priority mortgage lien on such Mortgaged Property, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except Permitted Liens and, subject to the terms of the ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, with each such Mortgage Policy (1) to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Senior Collateral Agent, and (2) to include, to the extent applicable and available in the applicable jurisdiction at commercially reasonable rates, supplemental endorsements as reasonably requested by the Senior Collateral Agent; provided however, in lieu of a zoning endorsement the Senior Collateral Agent shall accept a zoning report.
(iii) In connection with each Mortgage delivered pursuant to clause (i) above, to induce the title company to issue the Mortgage Policies referred to in clause (ii) above, the title company shall have received such affidavits, certificates, information and instruments of indemnification (including, without limitation, a so-called gap indemnification) as shall be required by the title company, together with payment by the Borrower of all Mortgage Policy premiums, search and examination charges, mortgage recording taxes, costs and expenses required for the recording of such Mortgages and issuance of such Mortgage Policies.
(iv) In connection with each Mortgage delivered pursuant to clause (i) above, the Senior Collateral Agent shall have received either an existing survey together with a no change affidavit sufficient for the title company to remove the standard survey exception and issue the customary survey related endorsements or a new ALTA/ACSM Land Title survey of the relevant Mortgaged Property (and all improvements thereon) in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Senior Collateral Agent.
(v) In connection with each Mortgage delivered pursuant to clause (i) above, the Senior Collateral Agent shall have received a life of loan Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property, in form and substance acceptable to the Senior Collateral Agent (together with notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance, duly executed by the Borrower and applicable Subsidiary and evidence of flood insurance, in the event any improvements are located in a special flood hazard area) in accordance with the Flood Laws.
(vi) In connection with each Mortgage delivered pursuant to clause (i) above, the Senior Collateral Agent shall have received opinions of counsel for the Loan Parties in the jurisdiction where such Mortgaged Property is located, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Senior Collateral Agent, and such other documents as the Senior Collateral Agent reasonably requests.
SECTION 5.14 Real Estate Leases. The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will, and will cause each of the other Loan Parties to, timely and fully pay and perform its obligations under all leases and other agreements with respect to each leased location or public warehouse where any Collateral is or may be located except to the extent that the same are being contested in good faith.
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SECTION 5.15 Post-Closing Matters. The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will:
(a) comply with the terms of Section 17 of the Pledge and Security Agreement within the timeframes provided therein (or such longer period as the Required Lenders may agree).
(b) deliver (or caused to be delivered):
(i) Brazilian Fiduciary Assignment. Within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date (or such longer period as the Required Lenders may agree):
(ii) to the Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent, the Brazilian Fiduciary Assignment, with evidence of the applicable perfection requirements including the registrations of (1) the amendment of the articles of association of AO Brazil to record the Brazilian Fiduciary Assignment with the competent Brazilian Board of Trade, (2) the Brazilian Fiduciary Assignment agreement with the competent Registry of Deeds and Documents; and
(iii) to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Lenders, a favorable written opinion of Barbosa Müssnich Aragão, counsel for the Lenders (x) addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, covering such matters customarily covered in opinions of this type as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request, and the Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions.
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors hereby covenant and agree that from and after the date of this Agreement until the Payment in Full of the Obligations:
SECTION 6.01 Restricted Payments.
(a) The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Borrowers, any Parent Guarantors or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Borrowers, any Parent Guarantors or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of New Pyxus Topco and other than dividends or distributions payable to the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor);
(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Borrower) any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower (including the Parent Guarantors);
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(iii) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value (i) any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Credit Facility or the Guarantees thereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Existing Notes Obligations), (ii) any Junior Lien Debt or (iii) any unsecured Indebtedness for borrowed money, in each case, of the Borrower or any Guarantor (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor and/or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries), and, except, in each case, a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof; provided that the provisions of this clause (iii) shall apply only to direct Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor and shall not be deemed to apply to any Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (including any such Indebtedness guaranteed by the Borrower or any Guarantor); or
(iv) make any Restricted Investment
(all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as Restricted Payments); however, the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments if, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;
(ii) New Pyxus Topco would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 6.03(a) hereof; and
(iii) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries since the Closing Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (b) of this Section 6.01), is less than the sum, without duplication of:
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the fiscal quarter in which the Closing Date occurs to the end of the Borrowers most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Investment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus
(B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by New Pyxus Topco since the Closing Date as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Qualifying Equity Interests of New Pyxus Topco or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock of New Pyxus Topco or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of New Pyxus Topco, in each case that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualifying Equity Interests of New Pyxus Topco (other than Qualifying Equity Interests and convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or debt securities sold to a Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco); plus
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(C) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the Closing Date is (a) sold for cash or otherwise cancelled, liquidated or repaid for cash, or (b) made in an entity that subsequently becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor, the initial amount of such Restricted Investment (or, if less, the amount of cash received upon repayment or sale); plus
(D) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary designated as such after the Closing Date is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after the date hereof, the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of the Borrowers or Parent Guarantors or any Restricted Subsidiarys Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation or (ii) such Fair Market Value as of the date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the date hereof; plus
(E) 50% of any dividends received in cash by the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or Parent Guarantor, to the extent that such dividends were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for such period.
(b) The provisions of Section 6.01(a) hereof will not prohibit:
(i) the payment of any dividend or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement;
(ii) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of or with the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor) of, Equity Interests of New Pyxus Topco (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity capital to New Pyxus Topco; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will not be considered to be net proceeds of Qualifying Equity Interests for purposes of clause (iii)(B) of the preceding paragraph;
(iii) the payment of any dividend (or, in the case of any partnership or limited liability company, any similar distribution) by a Restricted Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;
(iv) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations or to any Guarantee thereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Existing Notes Obligations) with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
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(v) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries held by any current or former officer, director or employee of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, shareholders agreement or similar agreement; provided, that the aggregate amounts paid under this clause (v) do not exceed $7.5 million in any fiscal year; provided, further, that the amount paid for such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition in any twelve-month period may be increased by an amount not to exceed:
(A) [reserved];
(B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or their Restricted Subsidiaries after the date hereof; and
in addition, cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor from any current or former officer, director or employee (or any permitted transferees thereof) of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of New Pyxus Topco from such Persons will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provisions of this Agreement;
(vi) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options or warrants to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options or warrants;
(vii) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of New Pyxus Topco or any preferred stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor issued on or after the date hereof in accordance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 6.03(a) or any other Permitted Debt;
(viii) payments of cash, dividends, distributions, advances or other Restricted Payments by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon (a) the exercise of options or warrants or (b) the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person;
(ix) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, other Restricted Payments approved by the Board of Directors of New Pyxus TopCo in an aggregate amount, taken together with all Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (ix), not to exceed $35.0 million since the Closing Date;
(x) [reserved];
(xi) [reserved]; and
(xii) Permitted Payments to Parent.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Intabex shall not make any Restricted Payment other than in cash.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this Section 6.01 will be determined by the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco whose resolution with respect thereto will be delivered to the Administrative Agent. Such Board of Directors determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the Fair Market Value exceeds $20.0 million.
The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value the Existing Notes Obligations (except a payment of scheduled interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof) (x) at any time that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof or (y) in contravention of the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements.
SECTION 6.02 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
(a) The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco to:
(i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (except for waiving or deferring in the ordinary course of business subrogation and reimbursement rights in connection with the guarantee obligations permitted pursuant to Section 6.03);
(ii) make loans or advances to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(iii) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) The restrictions in Section 6.02(a) hereof will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(i) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness, the Existing Notes, the ABL Credit Agreement, the New Notes Indenture and the New Pyxus Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that the amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date hereof;
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(ii) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(iii) agreements governing other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.03 and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that (A) the restrictions are ordinary and customary with respect to the type of Indebtedness being incurred and (B) such encumbrances or restrictions will not materially affect the Borrowers ability to make payments of principal or interest on the Loans, as determined at the time such Indebtedness is incurred in good faith by the senior management of New Pyxus Topco;
(iv) applicable law, rule, regulation or order;
(v) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be incurred;
(vi) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts and licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(vii) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature described in clause (iii) of Section 6.02(a) hereof;
(viii) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;
(ix) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(x) Liens permitted to be incurred under the provisions of Section 6.06 hereof that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;
(xi) provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements (including agreements entered into in connection with a Restricted Investment) entered into with the approval of New Pyxus Topcos Board of Directors, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements;
(xii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
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(xiii) encumbrances or restrictions contained in agreements relating only to one or more Immaterial Subsidiaries.
SECTION 6.03 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
(a) The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, incur) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that the Borrower and the Parent Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and the Subsidiary Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue preferred stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for New Pyxus Topcos most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or such preferred stock is issued, as the case may be, would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock or the preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
(b) The provisions of Section 6.03(a) hereof will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, Permitted Debt):
(i) the incurrence by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness and letters of credit under:
(A) the ABL Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (A) (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed the greater of (x) $90.0 million and (y) the aggregate amount of commitments by lenders to make extensions of credit from time to time under the ABL Credit Agreement;
(B) the New Pyxus Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (B) not to exceed the amount outstanding as of the Closing Date (less the amount of cash repayments thereof, other than cash repayments made with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof);
(C) the New Notes Indenture in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (C) not to exceed the amount outstanding as of the Closing Date (less the amount of cash redemptions or repurchases thereof, other than cash redemptions or repurchases made with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof);
(D) [reserved]; and
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(E) the Existing Notes Indenture in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (E) not to exceed the amount outstanding as of the Closing Date (less the amount of any cash redemptions or repurchases thereof, other than cash redemptions or repurchases made with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof);
(ii) the incurrence by the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness;
(iii) Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (iii) not to exceed the amount outstanding as of the Closing Date;
(iv) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (iv), not to exceed $21.0 million at any time outstanding;
(v) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Agreement to be incurred under Section 6.03(a) hereof or clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (xvii) of this Section 6.03(b);
(vi) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor and/or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, that any such Indebtedness shall be, to the extent owed by the Borrower or any Guarantor to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, unsecured and expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations or any Guarantee thereof then due hereunder, in the case of the Borrower or in the case of a Guarantor, as applicable; provided, that if as of any date any Person other than the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries owns or holds any such Indebtedness, such date shall be deemed the date of incurrence of Indebtedness by the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (vi);
(vii) the issuance by any of the Borrowers or the Parent Guarantors Restricted Subsidiaries to the Borrower, to any Parent Guarantor or to any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided however, that:
(A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor; and
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(B) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a Person that is not either the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor;
will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (vii);
(viii) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations entered into in order to manage existing or anticipated interest rate, exchange rate or commodity price risks and not for speculative purposes;
(ix) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness owing under documentary or standby letters of credit for the purchase of goods or other merchandise generally;
(x) (a) Indebtedness in respect of OECD accounts receivable financings with recourse against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding and (b) non-OECD accounts receivable financings with recourse against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding;
(xi) the Guarantee by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent that the guaranteed Indebtedness was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 6.03; provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the Loans, then the Guarantee must be subordinated or pari passu, as applicable, to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;
(xii) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of workers compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, bankers acceptances, performance and surety bonds in the ordinary course of business;
(xiii) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness owing under overdraft facilities in connection with cash management arrangements or in respect of Bank Product Obligations;
(xiv) the incurrence by any Foreign Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (a) $950 million and (b) the sum of (x) 65% of Eligible Inventory, plus (y) 65% of Permitted Advances on Purchases of Tobacco, plus (z) 85% of Eligible Receivables, and any Guarantees of such Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor;
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(xv) Guarantees by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries which are incurred in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250.0 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding;
(xvi) Guarantees by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries which are incurred in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of carrying unsold tobacco inventories held against Confirmed Orders and other Guarantees by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to Uncommitted Inventories in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Uncommitted Inventories; and
(xvii) the incurrence by the Borrower or any Guarantor of unsecured Indebtedness or Junior Lien Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding; and
(xviii) guarantees by any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the Netherlands under and pursuant to a liability statement pursuant to section 2:403 sub f of the Dutch Civil Code (403 verklaring) and/or by any such Subsidiaries forming part of a fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) in the Netherlands or equivalent tax groupings in other jurisdictions.
The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not incur, and will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to incur, any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or such Subsidiary Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Credit Facility and the Guarantees thereof on substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no Indebtedness will be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor solely by virtue of being unsecured or by virtue of being secured on junior priority basis.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.03, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (i) through (xviii) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.03(a) hereof, the Borrower will be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 6.03. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Indebtedness described in clause (i) of the definition of Permitted Debt shall be deemed incurred under the applicable subclause of clause (i) and may not be reclassified.
The accrual of interest or preferred stock dividends, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends on preferred stock or Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock for purposes of this covenant; provided, in each such case, that the amount of any such accrual, accretion or payment is included in Fixed Charges of the Borrower as accrued. For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be utilized, calculated based on the relevant currency
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exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.03, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary may incur pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or currency values.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:
(i) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;
(ii) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and
(iii) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of:
(A) the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of determination; and
(B) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person.
SECTION 6.04 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.
Neither the Borrower nor any Parent Guarantor will, directly or indirectly: (a) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor is the surviving Person), or (b) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of New Pyxus Topco and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:
(i) either:
(A) the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor is the surviving corporation; or
(B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;
(ii) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor, as applicable, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents pursuant to supplements hereto and thereto, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent;
(iii) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and
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(iv) the Borrower, the Parent Guarantor or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made: would, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, (a) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 6.03(a) hereof or (b) have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio greater than the actual Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for New Pyxus Topco for such four-quarter period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, New Pyxus Topco will not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of it and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person.
This Section 6.04 will not apply to any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower. Clauses (iii) and (iv) of the first paragraph of this Section 6.04 will not apply to any merger or consolidation of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor:
(a) with or into one of its Restricted Subsidiaries for any purpose; or
(b) with or into an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Borrower or any Parent Guarantor in another jurisdiction.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 6.04 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Agreement referring to the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor, as applicable), and may exercise every right and power of the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor, as applicable, under this Agreement with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor, as applicable, herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Borrower or Parent Guarantor, as applicable, shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Loans except in the case of a sale of all of the Borrowers or such Parent Guarantors assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 6.04 hereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (x) neither Intabex nor Alliance One Tabak International B.V. shall, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or into any Person or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of it and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person; provided, that this clause (x) will not apply to any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease, merger, consolidation or other disposition of assets between or among Intabex and its Subsidiaries so long as, in the case of any consolidation or merger involving Intabex, Intabex shall survive any such transaction and the Equity Interests of AO Brazil are 100% (directly or indirectly) owned by Intabex, and (y) the Senior Collateral Agent shall maintain its security interest in, and perfected Lien on, 100% of the Equity Interests of (i) Intabex and (ii) AO Brazil (or any successor of AO Brazil) at all times.
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SECTION 6.05 Transactions with Affiliates.
The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction or series of transactions with any officer, director, shareholder or Affiliate other than (a) transactions between the Borrower, the Guarantors and/or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices as of the date hereof, (b) transactions on terms and conditions substantially as favorable as would be obtainable in a comparable arms-length transaction with a Person other than an officer, director, shareholder or Affiliate, (c) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, (d) any Corporate Restructuring Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses related to such Corporate Restructuring Transactions and (e) tax sharing agreements between the Borrower, the Guarantors and/or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries which provide for payments that would be permitted under this Agreement as Tax Payments if such payments were made as dividends or similar distributions.
SECTION 6.06 Liens.
The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) securing Indebtedness, Attributable Debt or trade payables upon any of their property or assets, now owned or hereafter acquired.
SECTION 6.07 Business Activities.
The Borrower and each of the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage directly or indirectly in any business other than the businesses engaged in by each of them and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of the date hereof and reasonable extensions thereof and businesses ancillary or complementary thereto.
SECTION 6.08 [Reserved].
SECTION 6.09 Asset Sales.
The Borrower and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(a) the Borrower (or the applicable Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (measured as of the date of the definitive agreement with respect to such Asset Sale) of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(b) at least 75% (100% in the case of lease payments) of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Borrower (or the applicable Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) is received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided, however, that in the event of an Asset Sale of any property or assets of New Pyxus Topco that are surplus from the standpoint of New Pyxus Topco as a whole, in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors of New Pyxus Topco (as evidenced by a resolution of such Board of Directors set forth in a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent), at least 60% of the consideration therefor received is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:
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(i) any liabilities, as shown on New Pyxus Topcos most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Credit Facility or any Guarantee thereof) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation or indemnity agreement that releases the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary from or indemnifies against further liability;
(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Borrower, any such Parent Guarantor or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are contemporaneously, subject to ordinary settlement periods, converted by the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion;
(iii) net proceeds from an Asset Sale applied to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Stock of, another Permitted Business; provided, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor, it shall be or become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or such Parent Guarantor; and
(iv) net proceeds from an Asset Sale applied to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include Cash Equivalents).
SECTION 6.10 Use of Proceeds.
(a) The Borrower will not use the proceeds of any Loan, whether directly or indirectly, in a manner inconsistent with the uses set forth in Section 3.08.
(b) The Borrower will (i) not contribute or otherwise make available the proceeds of any Loan hereunder, directly or indirectly, to any person or entity (whether or not related to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor, any of their Subsidiaries or member of its group of companies) for the purpose of financing the activities of any Sanctioned Person, to the extent such contribution or provision of proceeds would be prohibited by Sanctions or would otherwise, to the knowledge and belief of the Borrower, cause any person to be in breach of Sanctions; (ii) not fund all or part of any repayment of any Loans or Obligations hereunder out of proceeds derived from transactions which would be prohibited by Sanctions or would otherwise cause any person to be in breach of Sanctions; and (iii) ensure that appropriate controls and safeguards are in place designed to prevent any proceeds of any Loan from being used contrary to clause (i) above.
SECTION 6.11 Intabex Covenant. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Intabex hereby covenants and agrees with each Lender that from and after the date of this Agreement until the Payment in Full of the Obligations, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:
(a) it shall not own or acquire any material assets (other than cash and cash equivalents) or engage in any material business or activity other than (i) the ownership of Equity Interests in its Subsidiaries (whensoever acquired) and activities incidental thereto, (ii) the maintenance of its corporate existence and activities incidental thereto, including general and corporate overhead, (iii) activities required to comply with applicable laws, (iv) the receipt of, or the making of, Restricted Payments, in each case, to the extent not prohibited by Section 6.01, (v) compliance with its obligations
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under the Loan Documents, (vi) activities incidental to legal, tax and accounting matters in connection with any of the foregoing activities, including without limitation the provision of management services to its Subsidiaries, entering into confidentiality agreements, and maintaining insurance, (vii) ordinary course intercompany transactions consistent with past practice that are permitted under this Agreement and not prohibited by paragraph (d) below; and (viii) the creation, incurrence, assumption or existence of any Indebtedness or other liabilities not prohibited by paragraph (b) or (c) below;
(b) it shall not create, incur, assume or otherwise be liable for any Indebtedness except (i) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents, (ii) any Guarantee of third-party Indebtedness of any of its Subsidiaries permitted under Section 6.01 that the Required Lenders have consented to in writing (which may be via e-mail), any liability of Intabex under and pursuant to a liability statement pursuant to section 2:403 sub f of the Dutch Civil Code (403 verklaring) and/or by Intabex or any of its Subsidiaries forming part of a fiscal unity (fiscal eenheid) in the Netherlands or equivalent tax groupings in other jurisdictions and (iii) ordinary course intercompany transactions not prohibited under this Agreement;
(c) it shall not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien other than Liens created under the Loan Documents, non-consensual Liens, Permitted Liens under clause (20) of the definition thereof and Liens arising under law;
(d) it shall not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) sell, transfer, distribute, dividend or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interest in any such Subsidiary or (ii) consummate an Asset Sale constituting all or substantially all, or a material portion of, the assets of the any such Subsidiary to any Person other than to Intabex or a Subsidiary thereof unless the net proceeds of such sale, transfer or other disposition shall be reinvested in Intabex and its Subsidiaries as capital expenditures or Investments. For purposes of this Section 6.11(d), the term Asset Sale shall be determined without giving effect to clause (2) in the second paragraph of the definition thereof and the threshold set forth in clause (1) thereof shall be deemed to be $10 million rather than $20 million. Any transaction covered by this Section 6.11(d) that is made to an Affiliate other than to a Subsidiary of Intabex shall be on terms and conditions substantially as favorable as would be obtainable in a comparable arms-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate; and
(e) it shall not undertake an organizational restructuring with the primary purpose of creating a subsidiary that holds, directly or indirectly, substantially all of the Equity Interests in Subsidiaries and other assets held, directly or indirectly, by Intabex prior to such restructuring.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
Upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events (each, an Event of Default):
SECTION 7.01 Payments. The Borrower shall (a) default in the payment when due of any principal of any Loan, or (b) default, and such default shall continue unremedied for three or more Business Days, in the payment when due of any interest on any Loan or any fees or any other amounts owing hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or
SECTION 7.02 Representations, etc. Any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or in any certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to be untrue in any material respect (or any respect, to the extent qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) on the date as of which made or deemed made; or
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SECTION 7.03 Covenants. The Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries shall (a) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.01(g), 5.03(b), 5.04 (solely with respect to the existence of the Borrower), or Article VI, or (b) default in the due performance or observance by it of any other term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those set forth in Sections 7.01 or 7.02 or clause (a) or (b) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty days after the earlier of (i) the date on which such default shall first become known to any Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any other Loan Party or (ii) the date on which written notice thereof is given to the defaulting party by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or
SECTION 7.04 Default under Other Agreements. (a) The Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries shall (i) default in any payment of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in an instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition 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 (determined without regard to whether any notice is required), any such Indebtedness to become due prior to its Stated Maturity (and, in the case of this clause (ii), any such default, event or condition arising under Indebtedness under foreign lines incurred pursuant to clause (xiv) of the definition of Permitted Debt continues uncured for a period of sixty days), or (b) any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries shall be declared to be (or shall become) due and payable prior to the Stated Maturity thereof; provided that it shall not be a Default or an Event of Default under this Section 7.04 unless the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness as described in preceding clauses (a) and (b) is at least equal to the Threshold Amount; or
SECTION 7.05 Bankruptcy, etc. The Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) shall commence a voluntary case concerning itself under the Bankruptcy Code (or any equivalent foreign statute); or an involuntary case (including an expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution or an analogous process in any jurisdiction affecting any assets of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries) is commenced against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries), and the petition, claim or process in the case of an involuntary case is not dismissed within sixty days after the filing thereof, provided, however, that during the pendency of such period, each Lender shall be relieved of its obligation to extend credit hereunder; or a custodian, liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, reconstructor, compulsory manager, or other similar officer is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries), to operate all or any substantial portion of the business of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries), or the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) commences any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, administration, creditor voluntary arrangement, receivership, composition, compromise, assignment or similar arrangement with creditors by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries), or there is commenced against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) any such proceeding
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which remains undismissed for a period of 60 days after the filing thereof, or the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief, moratorium or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any Business action is taken by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
SECTION 7.06 ERISA.
(a) One or more ERISA Events shall have occurred;
(b) there is or arises an actual Unfunded Pension Liability (taking into account only Plans with positive Unfunded Pension Liability);
(c) any material contribution required to made with respect to a Foreign Pension Plan has not been timely made; or
(d) there is or arises any potential withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA, if the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor, any of their Subsidiaries or the ERISA Affiliates were to withdraw completely from any and all Multiemployer Plans;
and the liability of any or all of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor, any of their Subsidiaries and the ERISA Affiliates contemplated by the foregoing clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d), either individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; or
SECTION 7.07 Security Documents. Any of the Security Documents shall cease to be in full force and effect, or shall cease to give the Senior Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (other than pursuant to the terms hereof) a perfected security interest in, and Lien on, all of the Collateral covered thereby, in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent, superior to and prior to the rights of all third Persons, and subject to no other Liens (except as permitted by Section 6.06), or any Loan Party shall default in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed pursuant to any such Security Document and such default shall continue beyond the period of grace, if any, specifically applicable thereto pursuant to the terms of such Security Document; or
SECTION 7.08 Guaranties. The Guarantee Agreement or any provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect as to any Guarantor (except as a result of a release of any Guarantor in accordance with the terms thereof), or any Guarantor or any Person acting for or on behalf of such Guarantor shall deny or disaffirm such Guarantors obligations under the Guarantee Agreement or any Guarantor shall default in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement; or
SECTION 7.09 Judgments. One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) involving in the aggregate for the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) a liability (to the extent not paid or not covered by a reputable and solvent insurance company) and such judgments and decrees either shall be final and non-appealable or shall not be vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal for any period of ninety consecutive days, and the aggregate amount of all such judgments equals or exceeds the Threshold Amount; or
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SECTION 7.10 Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur; or
SECTION 7.11 Intercreditor Agreements. The Intercreditor Agreements or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (except in accordance with its terms), any parties Loan Party thereto shall deny or disaffirm their respective obligations thereunder;
then, and in every such event, and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times, without prejudice to the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce its claims against any Loan Party (provided that, if any Event of Default specified in Section 7.05 shall occur, the result which would occur upon the giving of notice by the Administrative Agent as specified in clause (a) below shall occur automatically without the giving of any such notice): (a) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding; (b) enforce, as Senior Collateral Agent, all of the Liens and security interests created pursuant to the Security Documents; and (c) enforce the Guarantee Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent
SECTION 8.01 The Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent.
(a) Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent (both in its capacity as (x) shared collateral agent for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Security Documents, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity and (y) in its capacity as collateral agent under the Tabak Dutch Pledge and the Brazilian Fiduciary Assignment, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, as applicable, as their agents and authorizes the Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agents are hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents.
(b) The provisions of this Article VIII are solely for the benefit of Agents and Lenders and no Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
(c) Neither Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) neither Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) neither Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action
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or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that such Agent is instructed in writing to exercise by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, neither Agent shall have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent and/or Senior Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Neither Agent shall be liable (nor shall any Lender or Loan Party have any right of action whatsoever against any Agent) for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Neither Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and neither Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent.
(d) Each Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act or the taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in connection herewith or any of the other Loan Documents or from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions in respect thereof from Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Required Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), such Agent shall be entitled to act or refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions, including for the avoidance of doubt refraining from any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may be in violation of the automatic stay under the Bankruptcy Code or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of the Bankruptcy Code. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper person. Each Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
(e) The Agents are not obliged to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties, obligations or responsibilities or the exercise of any right, power, authority or discretion if it has grounds for believing the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against, or security for, such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. The Agents shall not be responsible for any unsuitability, inadequacy, expiration or unfitness of any security interest created hereunder or pursuant to any other security
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documents pertaining to this matter nor shall it be obligated to make any investigation into, and shall be entitled to assume, the adequacy and fitness of any security interest created hereunder or pursuant to any other security document pertaining to this matter. In no event shall the Agents be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited to, lost profits, even if such loss or damage was foreseeable or it has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. In no event shall the Agents be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services.
(f) Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their activities as Agent.
(g) Subject to the following sentence, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of the Borrower, to appoint a successor; provided that during the existence and continuation of an Event of Default pursuant to Sections 7.01 or 7.05, no consent of the Borrower shall be required. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retirement of the retiring Agent shall become effective on such 30th day and the retiring Agent may (but shall not have any obligation to do so), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent and, so long as no Event of Default pursuant to Sections 7.01 or 7.05 shall have occurred and be continuing, reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agents resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while acting as Agent. If the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to, another entity, the successor entity without any further act will be the successor Administrative Agent or Senior Collateral Agent, as applicable. The rights of the Lenders set forth in this paragraph shall be subject to the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement.
(h) Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
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SECTION 8.02 Erroneous Payments.
(a) Each Lender hereby agrees that (i) if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Lender from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously or mistakenly transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Lender (whether or not known to such Lender) (such notification, an Erroneous Payment Notice), whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise (individually and collectively, an Erroneous Payment) and demands the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), provided that, without limiting any other rights or remedies (whether at law or in equity), the Administrative Agent may not make any such demand under this clause (a)(i) with respect to an Erroneous Payment unless such demand is made within two Business Days of the date of receipt of such Erroneous Payment by the applicable Lender, such Lender shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was 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 Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds 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 and (ii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Lender shall not assert any right or claim to the Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payments received, including, without limitation, waiver of any defense based on discharge for value or any similar theory or doctrine. An Erroneous Payment Notice made by the Administrative Agent to any Lender under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(b) Without limiting immediately preceding clause (a), each Lender hereby further agrees that if it receives a payment from the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by notice of payment, or (z) that such Lender otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part), then in each case, it shall be on notice that an error has been made. Each Lender agrees that, in each such case, it shall promptly (and, in all events, within one Business Day of its knowledge of such error) notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in all events no later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was 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 Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds 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.
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(c) The parties hereto hereby agree that (x) in the event an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Lender that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason (and without limiting the Administrative Agents rights and remedies under this Section 8.02), the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Lender under the Loan Documents with respect to such amount and (y) an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, except to the extent such Erroneous Payment (or any portion thereof) is made with funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower or any other Loan Party or the proceeds of the Collateral; provided that this Section 8.02 shall not be interpreted to increase (or accelerate the due date for), or have the effect of increasing (or accelerating the due date for), the Obligations of the Borrower relative to the amount (and/or timing for payment) of the Obligations that would have been payable had such Erroneous Payment not been made by the Administrative Agent.
(d) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent provided by law, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, without prior notice to any Lender, any such notice being expressly waived by such Lender or to the extent permitted by applicable law, with respect to any Erroneous Payment for which a demand has been made in accordance with this Section 8.02 and which has not been returned to the Administrative Agent, to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final but excluding trust accounts), 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 the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliate, branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of such Lender. The Administrative Agent agrees promptly to notify the Lender after any such setoff and application made by the Administrative Agent; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
(e) Each partys obligations under this Section 8.02 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01 Notices. Notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail, sent by fax or other electronic transmission (in PDF format) as follows:
(a) if to the Borrower, to it at 8001 Aerial Center Parkway, Morrisville, NC, 27560, Attention of Flavia Landsberg, Email:flandsberg@pyxus.com; and
(b) if to the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent, to Alter Domus (US) LLC, 225 W. Washington St., 9th Floor, Chicago IL 60606 Attention of Steve Lenard, Email: cpcagency@alterdomus.com and legal_agency@alterdomus.com; and
(c) if to a Lender, to it at its address (email or fax number) set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have become a party hereto.
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All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by fax or other electronic transmission (in PDF format) on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 9.01 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 9.01. As agreed to among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lenders from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address of a representative of the applicable person provided from time to time by such person.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, the Borrower Materials) by posting the Borrower Materials on Intralinks or another similar electronic system (the Platform) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be public-side Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities) (each, a Public Lender). The Borrower hereby agrees that (i) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked PUBLIC which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word PUBLIC shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (ii) by marking Borrower Materials PUBLIC, the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of foreign, United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information (as defined below), they shall be treated as set forth in Section 9.17); (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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following Borrower Materials shall be marked PUBLIC, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent promptly that any such document contains material non-public information: (A) the Loan Documents, (B) any notification of changes in the terms of the Credit Facility and (C) all information delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(b), (c), and (f).
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 foreign, 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 Borrower or its securities for purposes of foreign, United States Federal or state securities laws.
THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE. NEITHER THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT NOR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES WARRANTS THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM AND EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS IS MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER OR NOT BASED ON STRICT LIABILITY AND INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
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CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN PARTYS OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE LIABILITY OF ANY SUCH PERSON IS FOUND IN A FINAL RULING BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO HAVE RESULTED PRIMARILY FROM SUCH PERSONS GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.
Each Agent agrees that the receipt of communications by such Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the communications to such Agent for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees that receipt of 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 Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees 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 that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address.
Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of either Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.
SECTION 9.02 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans, regardless of any investigation made by the Lenders or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid. The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.16, 2.20, 9.05 and 9.17 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the Transactions, the repayment of any of the Loans, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent or any Lender.
SECTION 9.03 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto.
SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns.
(a) Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent or the Lenders that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.
(b) Each Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Loans at the time owing to it), with notice to the Borrower and the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, however, that (i) the amount of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to
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such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall be not less than $1,000,000 (or, in any case, if less, the entire remaining amount of such Lenders Loans) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (provided, that the consent of the Borrower shall not be required after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default referred to in Sections 7.01 or 7.05), (ii) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent (or, if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, manually), and shall pay to the Administrative Agent a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (which fee may be waived or reduced in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and will not apply in the case of an assignment by a Lender to an Approved Fund that is managed by such Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender or by an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages such Lender), (iii) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and all applicable tax forms, and (iv) all documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent pursuant to anti-money laundering rules and regulations. Upon acceptance and recording pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 9.04, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, (A) 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 (B) 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 or the remaining portion of an 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 2.14, 2.16, 2.20 and 9.05, as well as to any fees accrued for its account and not yet paid).
(c) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim and that its Loans are as set forth in such Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) except as set forth in (i) above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto, or the financial condition of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or the performance or observance by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries of any of its obligations under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee represents and warrants that it is an Eligible Assignee and is legally authorized to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 3.05 or delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (v) such assignee will independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent, respectively, by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
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(d) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices 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 principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders may treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Senior Collateral Agent and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior written notice. Borrower hereby designates Administrative Agent to serve as Borrowers agent solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this Section 9.04(d), and Borrower hereby agrees that, to the extent Administrative Agent serves in such capacity, Administrative Agent and its Related Parties shall constitute an Indemnitee hereunder and be indemnified in accordance with Section 9.05(b) hereunder in connection with serving in such capacity.
(e) Upon its receipt of, and consent to, a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, an Administrative Questionnaire completed in respect of the assignee (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) above, if applicable, and the written consent of the Administrative Agent and, if required, the Borrower to such assignment and any applicable tax forms, the Administrative Agent shall promptly (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance and (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph (e).
(f) Each Lender may without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent sell participations to one or more banks or other persons in all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Loans owing to it); provided, however, that (i) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) the participating banks or other persons shall be entitled to the benefit of the cost protection provisions contained in Sections 2.14, 2.16 and 2.20 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein including the requirements under Section 2.20(e)) to the same extent as if they were Lenders (but, with respect to any particular participant, to no greater extent than the Lender that sold the participation to such participant except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the participant acquired the applicable participation), it being understood that the tax forms required under Section 2.20(e) shall be delivered to the participating Lender and (iv) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, and such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce the obligations of the Borrower relating to the Loans and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement (other than amendments, modifications or waivers decreasing any fees payable to such participating bank or person hereunder or the amount of principal of or the rate at which interest is payable on the Loans in which such participating bank or person has an interest, extending any scheduled principal payment date or date fixed for the payment of interest on the Loans in which such participating bank or person has an interest, or releasing any Guarantor (other than pursuant to the terms thereof or in connection with the sale of such Guarantor in a transaction permitted by
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Section 6.04) or all or substantially all of the Collateral). Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrowers request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.21 with respect to any participant. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participants interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the Participant Register); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participants interest in any Loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(g) Any Lender or participant may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 9.04, disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant any information relating to the Borrower furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower; provided that, prior to any such disclosure of information designated by the Borrower as confidential, each such assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall execute an agreement whereby such assignee or participant shall agree (subject to customary exceptions) to preserve the confidentiality of such confidential information on terms no less restrictive than those applicable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 9.17.
(h) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure extensions of credit to such Lender or in support of obligations owed by such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central banking authority; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a Granting Lender) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an SPC), identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the option to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Loan and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary
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contained in this Section 9.04, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower and Administrative Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Loans and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any investor, potential investor, rating agency, commercial paper dealer, collateral manager, servicer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.
(j) The Borrower shall not assign or delegate any of its rights or duties hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be null and void.
(k) Each Lender may assign to any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries all or a portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Loans at the time owing to it) (each a Permitted Loan Purchase); provided, however, that (i) the amount of the 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 be not less than $100,000 (or, in any case, if less, the entire remaining amount of such Lenders Loans) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, (ii) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent or via email and (iii) the assignee shall deliver to the Administrative Agent all documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent pursuant to anti-money laundering rules and regulations. Each Permitted Loan Purchase shall, for purposes of this Agreement be deemed to be an automatic and immediate cancellation and extinguishment of such Loans and the Borrower shall, upon consummation of any Permitted Loan Purchase, notify the Administrative Agent that the Register be updated to record such event as if it were a prepayment of such Loans.
(l) Upon acceptance and recording of a Permitted Loan Purchase pursuant to paragraph (k) of this Section 9.04, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, 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 or the remaining portion of an 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 2.14, 2.16, 2.20 and 9.05, as well as to any fees accrued for its account and not yet paid).
(m) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Permitted Loan Purchase may be made at a discount and on a non-pro rata basis, as determined by the assigning Lender and the assignee.
SECTION 9.05 Expenses; Indemnity.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by (i) the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders in connection with the preparation and consummation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, including the fees, charges and disbursements of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
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LLP, Macfarlanes LLP, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V. and Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão Advogados, (ii) the Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent in connection with the administration hereof and the other Loan Documents and any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof, including the fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel in each relevant additional jurisdiction (and any such additional counsel, if necessary, as a result of actual or potential conflicts of interest) for the Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent, and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section 9.05, including in connection with any action, litigation, or other dispute or proceeding related to the Transactions, and, in connection with any such enforcement or protection, the fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel in each relevant additional jurisdiction (and any such additional counsel, if necessary, as a result of actual or potential conflicts of interest) for the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders.
(b) The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent, each Lender and each Related Party of any of the foregoing persons (each such person being called an Indemnitee) against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, penalties and related reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel in each relevant jurisdiction (and any such additional counsel, if necessary, as a result of actual or potential conflicts of interest) for all Indemnitees, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any related transaction and the other transactions contemplated thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) the use of the proceeds of the Loans, (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto (and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates), or (iv) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Claim related in any way to the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors or any of their Subsidiaries; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, penalties or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final judgment to have resulted primarily from (1) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (2) a material breach of the obligations under this Agreement of such Indemnitee or any of such Indemnitees Affiliates or of any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors or other representatives of the foregoing under this Agreement (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable decision) (excluding, in each case of clauses (1) and (2), for the avoidance of doubt, any Indemnitees participation in the Transactions) or (y) result from any proceeding (other than a proceeding against a party hereto acting pursuant to this Agreement or in its capacity as such or of any of its Affiliates or its or their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives and the successors of each of the foregoing) solely between or among Indemnitees not arising from any act or omission of a Loan Party or any of its Affiliates.
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(c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 9.05, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent, as the case may be, such Lenders pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent of the foregoing) in its capacity as such. For purposes hereof, a Lenders pro rata share shall be determined based upon its share of the outstanding Loans at the time.
(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, neither the Borrower nor any Indemnitee shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee or the Borrower and each of their respective Affiliates, as applicable, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any Loan Document or other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions or any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided, that nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the Borrowers indemnification obligations above to the extent such special, indirect, consequential and punitive damages are included in any third party claim in connection with which any Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification hereunder
(e) No Indemnitee referred to above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the Transactions.
(f) The provisions of this Section 9.05 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the Transactions, the repayment of any of the Loans, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 9.05 shall be payable, within 30 days of written demand therefor with a reasonably detailed summary of the amounts claimed.
SECTION 9.06 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, except to the extent prohibited by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement and other Loan Documents held by such Lender, provided that at such time such obligations are due or payable. The rights of each Lender and Affiliates of such Lender under this Section 9.06 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender may have. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, each Secured Party expressly waives its right of setoff (and any similar right including bankers liens) with respect to all lockboxes, deposit accounts and other cash management accounts maintained by any grantor and into which any collections for Government Accounts are deposited. For purposes hereof, Government Accounts means all accounts on which any federal or state government unit or any intermediary for any federal or state government unit is the obligor.
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SECTION 9.07 Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 9.08 Waivers; Amendment.
(a) No failure or delay of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent or any Lender in exercising any power or right hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on the Borrower in any case shall entitle the Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof, may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders; provided, however, that no such agreement shall (i) decrease the principal amount of, or extend the maturity of or date for the payment of any interest on any Loan, extend the date for payment of any fees or waive or excuse any such payment or any part thereof, decrease the rate of interest on any Loan or reduce the amount of any fee payable hereunder, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby, (ii) amend or modify the pro rata requirements of Section 2.17, the sharing provisions of Section 2.18, the provisions of Section 9.04(j) or the provisions of this Section 9.08 or release all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantors (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof or in connection with the sale of such Guarantor in a transaction permitted by Section 6.04) or all or substantially all of the Collateral (or subordinate the Liens in favor of the Senior Collateral Agent on all or substantially all of the Collateral), without the prior written consent of each Lender, (iii) [reserved], (iv) modify the protections afforded to an SPC pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.04(i) without the written consent of such SPC, (v) reduce the percentage contained in the definition of the term Required Lenders, or impose additional restrictions on the ability of the Lenders to assign their rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, without the prior written consent of each Lender (it being understood that with the consent of the Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of the Required Lenders), (vi) [Reserved] or (vii) reduce the number or percentage of the Lenders required to consent, approve or otherwise take any action under the Loan Documents without the prior written consent of each Lender affected thereby; provided, further, that (A) no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent; (B) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may amend or supplement this Agreement and any other Loan Documents, without the consent of any Lender, in order to (x) cure an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature, (y) cause any other Loan Documents to be consistent with this Agreement or (z) in accordance with Section 6.04; and (C) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may amend or supplement this Agreement and any other Loan Documents with the consent of the applicable Incremental Term Lenders in accordance with Section 2.13.
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SECTION 9.09 Certain Releases of Guarantees and Security Interests.
(a) Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, upon the closing of any sale, transfer or other disposition of all of the Equity Interests of any Guarantor permitted pursuant to this Agreement (to any Person other than New Pyxus Topco, the Company or any Subsidiary thereof), (i) the obligations of such Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement shall automatically be discharged and released without any further action by the Senior Collateral Agent or any Lender and the Senior Collateral Agent shall release its security interest in all Collateral of such Guarantor, and (ii) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders will, upon the reasonable request and at the sole expense of the Borrower, execute and deliver any instrument or other document in a form acceptable to the Senior Collateral Agent which may reasonably be required to evidence such discharge and release, all without representation, recourse or warranty.
(b) Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, upon the closing of any sale, transfer or other disposition of Equity Interests of any Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower or Parent Guarantor permitted pursuant to this Agreement (to any Person other than a Guarantor (or Person required to be a Guarantor hereunder), (i) the Senior Collateral Agent shall release to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable without representation, warranty or recourse, express or implied, the pledged Equity Interests issued by such Guarantor and any pledged Equity Interests issued by any other Subsidiary, as applicable, held by such Guarantor and (ii) the Senior Collateral Agent will, upon the request and at the sole expense of the Borrower, execute and deliver any instrument or other document in a form acceptable to the Senior Collateral Agent which may reasonably be required to evidence such release.
(c) If New Pyxus Topco shall reasonably determine at any time after the Closing Date that (x) the provision or maintenance of a Guarantee by any Foreign Guarantor would reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or their Subsidiaries as evidenced by a written notice to the Senior Collateral Agent, (i) the Senior Collateral Agent shall discharge and release (A) the obligations of such Foreign Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement without any further action by any Lender and (B) the security interest of the Senior Collateral Agent in all Collateral of such Foreign Guarantor without any further action by any Lender or (y) the provision or maintenance of a grant of a security interest in any Collateral of any Foreign Guarantor to secure the Obligations would reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or their Subsidiaries, as evidenced by a written notice to the Senior Collateral Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent shall discharge and release the security interest of the Senior Collateral Agent in such Collateral without any further action by any Lender. In connection with the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and/or the Senior Collateral Agent, as applicable, will, upon the request and at the sole expense of the Borrower, execute and deliver any instrument or other document in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent, as applicable, which may reasonably be required to evidence such release.
(d) The Senior Collateral Agent will, upon the request and at the sole expense of the Borrower, execute and deliver any instrument or other document in a form acceptable to the Senior Collateral Agent which may be reasonably be required to discharge and release, all without representation, recourse or warranty, any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the Senior Collateral Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon Payment in Full of the Obligations, (ii) that is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of or to be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale, transfer or other disposition permitted hereunder to a person other than the Borrower or any Guarantor, and upon consummation by the
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Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries of any such sale, transfer or other disposition, any Lien granted by the Borrower, such Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Loan Documents on such Collateral shall automatically be discharged and released, and (iii) that is released in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 9.09 or in any Security Document granting such Lien, and the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders will, upon the request and at the sole expense of the Borrower, execute and deliver any instrument or other document in a form acceptable to the Senior Collateral Agent which may reasonably be required to evidence such discharge and release, all without representation, recourse or warranty.
(e) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize each of the Agents, at their option and in their discretion, to take the actions described in this Section 9.09. Upon request by any Agent at any time, the Borrower shall deliver a certificate to such Agent stating that any sale, transfer or other disposition described in this Section 9.09 is permitted under the Loan Documents. Upon request by any Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Agents authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations, in each case pursuant to this Section 9.09. The Agents shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Senior Collateral Agents Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.
SECTION 9.10 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the Charges), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the Maximum Rate) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan or participation in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan or participation hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan or participation but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section 9.10 shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or participations or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION 9.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof. Any other previous agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Nothing in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any person (other than the parties hereto and thereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereunder) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 9.12 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED,
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EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.12.
SECTION 9.13 Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 9.14 Counterparts; Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 9.03. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile transmission (or other electronic transmission pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original. This Agreement and any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement (each a Communication), including Communications required to be in writing, may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures. Each of the Loan Parties agrees that any Electronic Signature on or associated with any Communication shall be valid and binding on each of the Loan Parties to the same extent as a manual, original signature, and that any Communication entered into by Electronic Signature, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Loan Parties enforceable against such in accordance with the terms thereof to the same extent as if a manually executed original signature was delivered. Any Communication may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts are one and the same Communication. For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include, without limitation, use or acceptance by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each of the Secured Parties of a manually signed paper Communication which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed Communication converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. Each of the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each of the Secured Parties may, at its option, create one or more copies of any Communication in the form of an imaged Electronic Record (Electronic Copy), which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such persons business, and destroy the original paper document. All Communications in the form of an Electronic Record, including an Electronic Copy, shall be considered an original for all purposes, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to accept an Electronic Signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, (a) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept such Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Secured Parties shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any Loan Party without further verification and (b) upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by such manually executed counterpart. For purposes hereof, Electronic Record and Electronic Signature shall have the meanings assigned to them, respectively, by 15 USC §7006, as it may be amended from time to time.
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SECTION 9.15 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.16 Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment (in each case other than with respect to any Security Document to the extent expressly provided otherwise therein), and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court (in each case other than with respect to any Security Document to the extent expressly provided otherwise therein). Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any New York State or Federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
(d) Without limiting the foregoing, each of the Loan Parties (other than any Loan Party organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia) irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers as of the Closing Date, the Borrower (the Process Agent), with an office on the Closing Date at 8001 Aerial Center Parkway, Morrisville, NC, 27560, as its authorized designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge on its behalf and for its property, service of copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof; such service may be made by mailing or delivering a copy of such process to such Loan Party in care of the Process Agent at the Process Agents above address, and each such Loan Party hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. Each of the Loan Parties (other than any Loan Party organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia) further agrees to take any and all such action as may be necessary to maintain the designation and appointment of the Process Agent in full force in effect for a period of three years
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following the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder (other than contingent amounts not then due and payable); provided, that if the Process Agent shall cease to act as such, each such Loan Party agrees to promptly designate a new authorized designee, appointee and agent in New York City on the terms and for the purposes reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent hereunder.
SECTION 9.17 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates officers, directors, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel, numbering, administration and settlement service providers, and other advisors (it being understood that the persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority or quasi-regulatory authority (such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or any suit, action or proceeding relating to the enforcement of its rights hereunder or thereunder, (e) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 9.17, to (i) any actual or prospective assignee of or participant in any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries or any of their respective obligations, (f) with the consent of the Borrower or (g) to the extent such Information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 9.17. For the purposes of this Section 9.17, Information shall mean all information received from the Borrower and related to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that was available to the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Borrower; provided that any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts give the Borrower prior notice of any disclosure pursuant to clause (c) to the extent permissible and reasonably practicable, except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority. Any person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 9.17 shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such person would accord its own confidential information.
SECTION 9.18 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and their Subsidiaries in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.
SECTION 9.19 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among the parties hereto, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by 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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(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such 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 Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
The following terms shall for purposes of this Section 9.19 have the meanings set forth below:
Affected Financial Institution shall mean (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
Bail-In Action shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of any Affected Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation shall mean, (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).
EEA Financial Institution shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition and is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority with its parent.
EEA Member Country shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
EEA Resolution Authority shall mean 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.
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
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Resolution Authority shall mean an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
UK Financial Institution shall mean any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form 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 shall mean the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
Write-Down and Conversion Powers shall mean (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, transfer or dilute shares issued by a UK Financial Institution, 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.
SECTION 9.20 No Fiduciary Relationship. The Borrower and each Parent Guarantor, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, their Subsidiaries and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent, the Lenders or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications. The Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates may be engaged, for their own accounts or the accounts of customers, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and their Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or any of their Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it or any of its Affiliates may have against the Administrative Agent, the Senior Collateral Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
SECTION 9.21 Intercreditor Agreements. This Agreement and the provisions of each other Loan Document are subject to the terms, conditions and benefits set forth in the Intercreditor Agreements. The Borrower and each Guarantor consents to, and agrees to be bound by, the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement, as the same may be in effect from time to time, and to perform its obligations thereunder in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Lender (a) agrees that it will be bound by, and will take no actions contrary to, the provisions of any Intercreditor Agreement and (b) authorizes and instructs the Senior Collateral Agent on behalf of each Secured Party to enter into each Intercreditor Agreement as the Senior Collateral Agent on behalf of such Secured Parties. All Obligations hereunder and all obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors under the Loan Documents (including without limitation the Pledge and Security Agreement) constitute Term/Note Claims under the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and Senior Obligations under the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have cause their duly authorized officers to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first written above.
PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
PYXUS PARENT, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
INTABEX NETHERLANDS B.V. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |
Title: | Authorized Person | |
ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, as Administrative Agent and Senior Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Name: | Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Title: | Associate General Counsel |
[Signature Page to New Intabex Credit Agreement]
[Creditor Parties signature pages on file with the Borrower]
[Signature Page to New Intabex Credit Agreement]
Exhibit 10.3
INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT
dated as of February 6, 2023
among
PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC.
THE OTHER GRANTORS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME
ALTER DOMUS (US), LLC
as New Intabex Term Loan Administrative Agent and New Pyxus Term Loan Administrative Agent
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Senior Notes Trustee
EACH OTHER SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE OR JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
and
ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC
as Senior Collateral Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. |
Definitions |
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1.1 | Defined Terms |
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1.2 | Terms Generally |
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SECTION 2. |
The Senior Collateral Agent |
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2.1 | Appointment and Authority |
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2.2 | Enforcement of Liens |
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2.3 | Restrictions on Enforcement of Liens |
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2.4 | Event of Default |
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2.5 | Actions by Senior Collateral Agent |
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2.6 | Exculpatory Provisions |
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2.7 | Compensation |
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2.8 | Resignation |
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2.9 | Expenses; Indemnity |
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2.10 | Dutch Parallel Debts |
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2.11 | Dutch Parallel Debts Payment |
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2.12 | Dutch Parallel Debts Application |
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SECTION 3. |
Lien Priorities and Subordination |
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3.1 | Relative Priority of Senior Liens |
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3.2 | Subordination of Junior Liens |
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3.3 | Prohibition on Contesting Liens |
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3.4 | Prohibition on Contesting This Agreement |
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3.5 | No New Liens |
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3.6 | Perfection of Liens |
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3.7 | Waiver of Marshalling |
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3.8 | Intabex Collateral |
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SECTION 4. |
Enforcement |
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4.1 | Exercise of Remedies |
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4.2 | Cooperation |
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4.3 | Actions Upon Breach |
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SECTION 5. |
Payments |
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5.1 | Application of Proceeds of Common Collateral |
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5.2 | Payments Over |
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SECTION 6. |
Other Agreements |
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6.1 | Releases |
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6.2 | Insurance |
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6.3 | Amendments to the Junior Documents and Senior Documents |
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6.4 | Rights As Unsecured Creditors |
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6.5 | Senior Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection |
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6.6 | Access to Premises and Cooperation |
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6.7 | No Release If Event of Default; Reinstatement |
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6.8 | Legends |
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SECTION 7. |
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings |
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7.1 | Financing Issues |
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7.2 | Relief from the Automatic Stay |
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7.3 | Adequate Protection |
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7.4 | Post-Petition Interest |
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7.5 | Avoidance Issues |
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7.6 | Application |
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7.7 | Waivers |
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7.8 | Separate Classification |
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7.9 | Plan of Reorganization |
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SECTION 8. |
Purchase Options |
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8.1 | Notice of Exercise |
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8.2 | Purchase and Sale |
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8.3 | Payment of Purchase Price |
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8.4 | Limitation on Representations and Warranties |
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8.5 | Grantor Consent |
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SECTION 9. |
Reliance; Waivers; etc. |
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9.1 | Reliance |
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9.2 | No Warranties or Liability |
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9.3 | Obligations Unconditional |
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SECTION 10. |
Miscellaneous |
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10.1 | Conflicts |
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10.2 | Term of this Agreement; Severability |
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10.3 | Amendments; Waivers |
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10.4 | Information Concerning Financial Condition of New Pyxus Topco and the Subsidiaries |
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10.5 | Subrogation |
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10.6 | Application of Payments |
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10.7 | Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
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10.8 | Notices |
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10.9 | Further Assurances |
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10.10 | Governing Law |
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10.11 | Specific Performance |
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10.12 | Section Titles |
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10.13 | Counterparts |
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10.14 | Authorization |
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10.15 | No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns |
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10.16 | Effectiveness |
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10.17 | Senior Representatives and Junior Representatives |
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10.18 | Relationship with Other Intercreditor Agreements |
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10.19 | Relative Rights |
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10.20 | Supplements |
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INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT
INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT dated as of February 6, 2023 among ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC (Alter Domus) as a New Intabex Term Loan Administrative Agent, Alter Domus as a New Pyxus Term Loan Administrative Agent, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Wilmington Trust) as a Senior Notes Trustee, Alter Domus as a Senior Collateral Agent, PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Virginia corporation (New Pyxus Topco), PYXUS PARENT, INC., a Virginia corporation (New Pyxus Parent; together with New Pyxus Topco, collectively the Parent Guarantors), PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC., a Virginia corporation (the Company), each other representative that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 10.3 below, and each other Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco signatory hereto or that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 10.20 below.
RECITALS
A. The Company and the Parent Guarantors are entering into the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the New Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement), among the Company as borrower, the Parent Guarantors, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Alter Domus, as administrative agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the other parties thereto.
B. The Company and the Parent Guarantors are entering into the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the New Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement), among the Company as borrower, the Parent Guarantors, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Alter Domus, as administrative agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the other parties thereto.
C. The Company and the Parent Guarantors are entering into the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Senior Notes Indenture), among the Company as issuer, the Parent Guarantors, the other guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Senior Notes Trustee, and the Senior Collateral Agent, pursuant to which the Company will issue 8.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (including any additional notes issued from time to time thereunder, the Senior Notes).
D. On the date hereof, the Company and the Parent Guarantors are entering into, amending, restating or otherwise modifying certain collateral documents to grant and/or transfer the Senior Liens to the Senior Collateral Agent, all of which shall be subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
E. Alter Domus has agreed to act as Senior Collateral Agent on behalf of each Senior Representative.
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AGREEMENT
Accordingly, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, for themselves and on behalf of the Holders for whom such parties are representatives, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions.
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement shall mean that certain Amended and Restated ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date hereof.
Affiliate shall mean, as to any specified Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, control, as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with have correlative meanings.
Agreement shall mean this Agreement, as amended, renewed, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
Alter Domus shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
AO Brazil shall mean Alliance One Brasil Exportadora de Tabacos Ltda.
AO Tabak shall mean Alliance One Tabak International B.V.
Bankruptcy Law shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code and any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors (including any law or regulation pursuant to the UK Insolvency Regime) or any arrangement, scheme, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, assignment for the benefit of creditors, any other marshalling or the assets or liabilities of New Pyxus Topco, the Grantors or any of their Subsidiaries, or similar law affecting creditors rights generally.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banks in New York City are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
Class shall mean, with respect to any Obligations of the Company and its Affiliates, whether such Obligations comprise New Intabex Term Loan Obligations, New Pyxus Term Loan Obligations, Senior Notes Obligations or Junior Obligations.
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Common Collateral shall mean all collateral that secures (or is required pursuant to any Senior Document or Junior Document to secure) two or more Classes of Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, Intabex Collateral does not constitute Common Collateral.
Company shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Controlling Holders shall mean, at any time,
(a) | until the Discharge of the Senior Credit Agreement Obligations, Holders holding a majority in principal amount of the Senior Credit Agreement Obligations then outstanding and, in any event, each Holder holding at least 20% of the Senior Credit Agreement Obligations as of the date hereof provided such Holder holds at least 15% of the Senior Credit Agreement Obligations as of the date of determination; |
(b) | if after the Discharge of the Senior Credit Agreement Obligations any other Senior Obligations are outstanding, Holders thereof holding a majority in principal amount of such Senior Obligations then outstanding; and |
(c) | if after the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, any Junior Obligations remain outstanding, Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of Junior Obligations then outstanding or such other voting required under any applicable intercreditor agreement among the Holders of Junior Obligations. |
Debt Payment shall mean, any payment or distribution of cash, securities or other property (including, without limitation, direct or indirect equity interests in, and/or debt or equity investment rights in, any Grantor received in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), by set-off or otherwise, on or in respect of any Obligations, including, without limitation, for the avoidance of doubt, payments of (i) costs and expenses payable to any Holder under any Financing Agreement and (ii) regularly scheduled payment of interest due and payable on a non-accelerated basis in accordance with the terms of the Financing Agreements.
Deposit Account Collateral shall mean that part of the Common Collateral comprised of or contained in Deposit Accounts.
Deposit Accounts shall mean a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization.
DIP Financing shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).
DIP Financing Liens shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).
Discharge when used in reference to any Obligations of any Grantor of a particular Class, shall mean, except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 6.7 below, payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim therefor has been made) of all such Obligations; provided that such Discharge shall not be deemed to have occurred if such payments are made with the proceeds of other additional Obligations that constitute an exchange or replacement for or a Refinancing of such Obligations, subject to compliance with Section 10.3. In the event any such Obligations are modified and are paid over time or otherwise modified pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, such Obligations shall be deemed to be discharged when the final payment is made, in cash, in respect of such Obligations and any obligations pursuant to such new indebtedness shall have been satisfied.
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Dutch Parallel Debt shall mean, in relation to an Underlying Debt, an obligation to pay the Senior Collateral Agent an amount equal to (and in the same currency as) the amount of that Underlying Debt.
Equity Interests shall have the meaning set forth in the Financing Agreements on the date hereof.
Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies or Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies shall mean, except as otherwise provided in the final sentence of this definition:
(a) the taking by any Holder of any action to enforce or realize upon any Lien, including the institution of any foreclosure proceedings or the noticing of any public or private sale pursuant to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law;
(b) the exercise by any Holder of any remedy provided to a secured creditor on account of a Lien under any of the Senior Documents or the Junior Documents, as applicable, under applicable law, in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, including the election to retain any of the Common Collateral in satisfaction of a Lien;
(c) the taking of any action by any Holder or the exercise of any right or remedy by any Holder in respect of the collection on, set off against, marshaling of, injunction respecting or foreclosure on the Common Collateral or the proceeds thereof;
(d) the appointment, on the application of a Holder, of a receiver, receiver and manager or interim receiver of all or part of the Common Collateral;
(e) the sale, lease, license or other disposition of all or any portion of the Common Collateral by private or public sale conducted by a Holder or by any other means at the direction of a Holder permissible under applicable law;
(f) the exercise of any other right of a secured creditor under Part 6 of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or under provisions of similar effect other applicable law; and
(g) the exercise by a Holder of any voting rights relating to any Equity Interests included in the Common Collateral.
For the avoidance of doubt, none of the following shall be deemed to constitute an Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies: (i) the filing of a proof of claim in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or seeking adequate protection or (ii) the consent by the Senior Collateral Agent (with the consent of the Controlling Holders) to dispositions by any Grantor of any of the Common Collateral.
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Existing Dutch Senior Pledge shall mean the Dutch law governed pledge over shares dated as of August 25, 2020 between Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd., as pledgor, Intabex, as the company, and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral agent, in respect of the pledge by Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd. over its shares in Intabex.
Financing Agreements shall mean, collectively, the Senior Financing Agreements and the Junior Financing Agreements.
Financing Documents shall mean, collectively, the Senior Financing Documents and the Junior Financing Documents.
Future Senior Obligations shall mean secured Obligations of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries designated as Senior Obligations, including term loans, notes, or other borrowings or issuances, that have been incurred, whether to increase, replace (whether upon or after termination or otherwise), renew, extend, refinance or refund in whole or in part from time to time any other Senior Obligations outstanding and whether or not such increase, replacement, renewal, extension refinancing or refunding occurs (i) with the original parties thereto, (ii) on one or more separate occasions or (iii) simultaneously or not simultaneously with the repayment of any other Obligations.
Grantors shall mean the Parent Guarantors, the Company, and each of the Parent Guarantors other Subsidiaries that has executed and delivered a Senior Financing Document or a Junior Financing Document (for the avoidance of doubt, only if such Person has executed (or is required to execute) each of the foregoing).
Holders shall mean the collective reference to the Senior Holders and the Junior Holders.
Indebtedness shall mean and include all obligations that constitute Indebtedness within the meaning of the Financing Agreements.
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding shall mean (a) any voluntary or involuntary case, procedure or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to any Grantor, (b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling or the assets or liabilities, or other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Grantor or with respect to any of its assets or liabilities, (c) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Grantor whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (d) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of any Grantor.
Intabex shall mean Intabex Netherlands B.V.
Intabex Collateral shall mean, the collateral subject to the (i) Brazilian law governed fiduciary assignment with respect to the shares of AO Brazil to be entered into between Intabex and AO Tabak as pledgors, and the Senior Collateral Agent on behalf of the New Intabex Term Loan Holders and (ii) the Dutch law governed pledge with respect to the shares of AO Tabak dated as of the date hereof between Intabex, as pledgor and the Senior Collateral Agent on behalf of the New Intabex Term Loan Holders.
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Intabex Obligors shall mean collectively Intabex, AO Brazil and AO Tabak.
Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement Joinder shall mean, a joinder substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto or any other form of joinder as may be acceptable to each Senior Representative and each Junior Representative. Each Senior Representative and each Junior Representative is authorized and directed to execute and deliver any Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement Joinder in the form of Exhibit A hereto without the consent of any other Holder.
Junior Collateral Agent shall mean, collectively, each collateral agent for any Junior Obligations.
Junior Collateral Documents shall mean any security agreement, mortgage or other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is now or hereafter granted (or purported to be granted) securing any Junior Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are at any time governed.
Junior Documents shall mean the Junior Financing Agreements and the Junior Financing Documents.
Junior Financing Agreements shall mean, collectively, any credit agreement, indenture or any other financing agreement that is entered into by the Company or any other Grantor in connection with its incurrence of any Junior Obligations.
Junior Financing Documents when used in reference to any Junior Financing Agreement, shall mean each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for, evidencing or securing the Junior Obligations in respect of such Junior Financing Agreement and any other related document or instrument executed or delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing documents, including any security agreement, mortgage or other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is now or hereafter granted (or purported to be granted) securing any Junior Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are at any time governed.
Junior Holder shall mean any holder of Junior Obligations, including any Junior Representative.
Junior Liens shall mean, any Liens granted to any Junior Collateral Agent on the Common Collateral, or otherwise securing any Junior Obligations.
Junior Obligations shall mean all Obligations of the Grantors under, and in respect of, any Financing Agreement with respect to any secured Indebtedness of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries, including term loans, notes or other borrowings, that are incurred after the date hereof in compliance with the provisions of the then existing Senior Documents and Junior Documents and which are secured by Liens junior to the Liens securing the Senior Obligations and any Refinancing Obligations respect of the foregoing.
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Junior Representative shall mean any administrative agent, collateral agent, trustee or other Person acting in a similar capacity with respect to any Junior Obligations including the Junior Collateral Agent.
Lien shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.
New Dutch Senior Pledge shall mean the Dutch law governed pledge over shares dated on or about the date hereof between Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd., as pledgor, Intabex, as the company, and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral agent, in respect of the pledge by Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd. over its shares in Intabex.
New Intabex Term Loan Administrative Agent shall mean Alter Domus, in its capacity as administrative agent for the New Intabex Term Loan Holders under the New Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the New Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement exercising substantially the same rights and powers.
New Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
New Intabex Term Loan Holders shall mean the Holders of New Intabex Term Loan Obligations, including the New Intabex Term Loan Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent in its capacity as representative for the other New Intabex Term Loan Holders.
New Intabex Term Loan Obligations shall mean all Obligations of the Grantors under, and in respect of, the New Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement and the other Senior Documents in respect thereof.
New Junior Representative shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.3(d)(ii).
New Pyxus Parent shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
New Pyxus Term Loan Administrative Agent shall mean, Alter Domus, in its capacity as administrative agent for the New Pyxus Term Loan Holders under the New Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the New Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement exercising substantially the same rights and powers.
New Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
New Pyxus Term Loan Holders shall mean the Holders of New Pyxus Term Loan Obligations, including the New Pyxus Term Loan Administrative Agent and the Senior Collateral Agent in its capacity as representative for the other New Pyxus Term Loan Holders.
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New Pyxus Term Loan Obligations shall mean all Obligations of the Grantors under, and in respect of, the New Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement and the other Senior Documents in respect thereof.
New Pyxus Topco shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
New Senior Representative shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.3(d)(ii).
Non-Controlling Agent shall mean each Junior Representative, each Senior Representative and each other agent or collateral agent for any Holder other than the Senior Collateral Agent.
Non-Controlling Designated Holders shall mean the following, solely to the extent each of the Non-Controlling Designated Holders are not then the Controlling Holders:
(a) | at any time when there are Senior Credit Agreement Obligations outstanding, (i) Holders of a majority in principal amount of all Senior Obligations then outstanding other than Senior Credit Agreement Obligations or (ii) if no such other Senior Obligations are then outstanding, Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of Junior Obligations then outstanding; and |
(b) | at any time when no Senior Credit Agreement Obligations are then outstanding, but there are other Senior Obligations then outstanding, Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of Junior Obligations then outstanding. |
Non-Controlling Holder shall mean, at any time, each Holder other than the Controlling Holders at such time.
Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Person, any payment, performance or other obligations of such Person of any kind, including any liability of such Person on any claim, whether or not the right of any creditor to payment in respect of such claim is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, and whether or not such claim is discharged, stayed or otherwise affected by any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of any Grantor under any Senior Document or Junior Document, as applicable, include the obligations to pay principal, reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, interest (including interest accrued on or accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding whether or not allowed or allowable in such proceeding) or premium on any Indebtedness, letter of credit commissions (if applicable), charges, expenses, fees, attorneys fees and disbursements and indemnities.
Parent Guarantors shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Person shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
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Pledged Collateral shall mean the Common Collateral in the possession of the Senior Collateral Agent (or its agents or bailees) or the Junior Collateral Agents (or their respective agents or bailees), to the extent that possession thereof perfects a Lien thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code.
Proceeds shall mean all proceeds (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) of any Common Collateral, together with any distribution, payment or other property received on account of any claim secured by Common Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Refinance shall mean, in respect of any Obligations, to refinance, extend, renew, retire, defease, amend, modify, supplement, amend and restate, restructure, replace, refund or repay, or to issue other Indebtedness, in exchange or replacement for, such Obligations in whole or in part. Refinanced and Refinancing shall have correlative meanings.
Refinancing Obligations shall mean, at any time after the date hereof, any Obligations of the Grantors incurred to Refinance any other Obligations of the Grantors at such time as permitted under any then-extant Senior Financing Agreements and Junior Financing Agreements.
Senior Collateral Agent shall mean Alter Domus, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Senior Holders under the Senior Documents, together with its successors and permitted assigns, in accordance with Section 2.8 hereof exercising substantially the same rights and powers.
Senior Collateral Agreement shall mean the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Parent Guarantors, the Company, the other Grantors party thereto, and the Senior Collateral Agent for the benefit of the secured parties referred to therein.
Senior Collateral Documents shall mean the Senior Collateral Agreement, the UK Senior Debentures, the UK Senior Share Pledges, the UK Senior Trust Deeds, the Existing Dutch Senior Pledge, the New Dutch Senior Pledge, the Senior Mortgages and any security agreement, mortgage or other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is now or hereafter granted (or purported to be granted) securing any Senior Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are at any time governed.
Senior Credit Agreement Obligations shall mean, collectively, the New Intabex Term Loan Obligations, the New Pyxus Term Loan Obligations and any Refinancing Obligations in respect of any of the foregoing having the same payment and lien priorities as the Refinanced Obligations.
Senior Documents shall mean, collectively, Senior Financing Agreements and the Senior Financing Documents, including the Senior Collateral Documents.
Senior Financing Agreements shall mean, collectively, the New Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, the New Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Senior Notes Indenture and any other credit agreement, indenture or any other financing agreement that is entered into by the Company or any other Grantor in connection with its incurrence of any Senior Obligations.
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Senior Financing Documents when used in reference to any Senior Financing Agreement, shall mean such Senior Financing Agreement, together with each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for, evidencing or securing the Senior Obligations in respect of such Senior Financing Agreement and any other related document or instrument executed or delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing documents.
Senior Holder Recovery shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5.
Senior Holders shall mean, collectively, holders of any Senior Obligations, including the Senior Representatives and the Senior Collateral Agent.
Senior Liens shall mean, the Liens granted (or required to be granted) to the Senior Collateral Agent or any other Senior Representative, or otherwise securing any Senior Obligations, on the Common Collateral.
Senior Mortgages shall mean (i) the Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Fixture Filing and Assignment of Leases and Rents relating to 2400 Stantonsburg Rd SE, Wilson, North Carolina 27893 owned by Alliance One North America, LLC, (ii) the Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Fixture Filing and Assignment of Leases and Rents relating to 3000 Big Oaks Dr., King, North Carolina 27050 owned by Cres Tobacco Company, LLC, (iii) the Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Fixture Filing and Assignment of Leases and Rents relating to 8958 and 8846 West Marlboro Rd., Farmville, North Carolina 27828, owned by Alliance One North America, LLC and (iv) the Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Fixture Filing and Assignment of Leases and Rents relating to 2305 Baldree Rd., Wilson, North Carolina 27893, owned by Alliance One North America, LLC.
Senior Noteholders shall mean the Holders of Senior Notes Obligations, including the Senior Notes Trustee and the Senior Collateral Agent in its capacity as representative for the other Senior Noteholders.
Senior Notes shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Senior Notes Indenture shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Senior Notes Obligations shall mean all Obligations of the Grantors under, and in respect of, the Senior Notes Indenture and the other Senior Documents in respect thereof.
Senior Notes Trustee shall mean Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as indenture trustee under the Senior Notes Indenture and the other Senior Documents entered into pursuant to the Senior Notes Indenture together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Senior Notes Indenture exercising substantially the same rights and powers.
Senior Obligations shall mean the New Intabex Term Loan Obligations, the New Pyxus Term Loan Obligations, the Senior Notes Obligations, any Future Senior Obligations and any Refinancing Obligations in respect of any of the foregoing.
Senior Representatives shall mean any administrative agent, collateral agent, trustee or other Person acting in a similar capacity with respect to any Senior Obligations, including the New Intabex Term Loan Administrative Agent, the New Pyxus Term Loan Administrative Agent, the Senior Notes Trustee and the Senior Collateral Agent.
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Signature Law shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.13.
Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco under (and as defined in) each of the Financing Agreements.
UK Insolvency Regime shall mean any law (including, for the avoidance of doubt, common law) or regulation in effect at the relevant time in the jurisdiction of England and Wales which relates to any corporate action, legal proceeding or other formal procedure in respect of:
(a) the suspension of payments, a moratorium of debts generally, a moratorium of indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganization (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Person;
(b) a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with the creditors of any Person;
(c) the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any Person or any of its assets (in each case, other than in respect of a solvent liquidation); or
(d) enforcement of any Lien over the assets of any Person.
UK Senior Debentures the collective reference to (i) the English law governed security agreement, dated as of August 24, 2020 between Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd and Pyxus Agriculture Holdings Limited, as chargors, and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral agent and (ii) the English law governed security agreement dated as of the date hereof between Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd and Pyxus Agriculture Holdings Limited, as chargors, and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral agent.
UK Senior Share Pledges the collective reference to (i) the English law governed share charge, dated as of August 24, 2020, between Alliance One International, LLC, as chargor, and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral agent, in respect of the pledge by Alliance One International, LLC over its shares in Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd, (ii) the English law governed share charge, dated as of August 24, 2020, between Pyxus Holdings, Inc., as chargor, and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral agent, in respect of the pledge by Pyxus Holdings, Inc. over its shares in Pyxus Agriculture Holdings Limited, (iii) the English law governed share charge, dated as of the date hereof, between Alliance One International LLC, as chargor, and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral agent, in respect of the pledge by Alliance One International, LLC over its shares in Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd; and (iv) the English law governed share charge, dated as of the date hereof, between Pyxus Holdings, Inc., as chargor, and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral agent, in respect of the pledge by Pyxus Holdings, Inc. over its shares in Pyxus Agriculture Holdings Limited.
UK Senior Trust Deeds shall mean the collective reference to (i) the English law governed security trust deed, dated as of August 24, 2020, between Pyxus Holdings, Inc. and the Senior Collateral Agent and (ii) the English law governed security trust deed, dated as of the date hereof, between Pyxus Holdings, Inc. and the Senior Collateral Agent, as collateral agent.
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Underlying Debt shall mean, in relation to the Company and each other Grantor and at any given time, each Senior Obligation (whether present or future, actual or contingent) owing by the Company or any Grantor under the Senior Documents (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any change or increase in those obligations pursuant to or in connection with any amendment or supplement or restatement or novation of any Senior Document, in each case whether or not anticipated as of the date of this Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement) excluding the Companys and each Grantors Dutch Parallel Debts.
Uniform Commercial Code or UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
Wilmington Trust shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
1.2 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. The word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word shall. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, renewed, restated, extended, supplemented, or otherwise modified or as the indebtedness in respect of which is, replaced, renewed, extended, refunded or refinanced in whole or in part, in each case in accordance with this Agreement, (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns, (c) the words herein, hereof and hereunder, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement, (e) the words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (f) the term or is not exclusive. All capitalized terms not defined herein or by reference to another agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the UCC. The term Instrument shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the UCC.
SECTION 2. The Senior Collateral Agent.
2.1 Appointment and Authority. Each Senior Representative on behalf of itself and the applicable Holders of Senior Obligations hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Alter Domus as its agent under and for purposes of this Agreement, and irrevocably authorizes and directs the Senior Collateral Agent to (a) execute for the benefit of the Senior Holders the Senior Collateral Documents, (b) execute, deliver and perform the obligations, if any, of the Senior Collateral Agent under the Senior Collateral Documents and under this Agreement, (c) take such action as it is directed to take by the Controlling Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and the Senior Collateral Documents, (d) subject to the instructions of the Controlling Holders, sell, assign, collect, assemble, foreclose on, institute legal proceedings with respect to,
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Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies or otherwise exercise or enforce the rights and remedies of a secured party with respect to the Common Collateral under the Senior Collateral Documents and its other interests, rights powers and remedies, and (e) exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it as Senior Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the Senior Collateral Documents together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Alter Domus hereby accepts its appointment as Senior Collateral Agent hereunder and under the Senior Collateral Documents. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term agent herein or in any other Senior Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Senior Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between the contracting parties. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Senior Collateral Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth in the Senior Collateral Documents to which the Senior Collateral Agent is party and herein, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into the Senior Collateral Documents, this Agreement or any other Senior Documents or otherwise against the Senior Collateral Agent.
2.2 Enforcement of Liens. If the Senior Collateral Agent at any time receives written notice that any event has occurred that constitutes a default or an Event of Default under any Senior Document entitling the Senior Collateral Agent to foreclose upon, collect or otherwise enforce any of its Liens under any Senior Collateral Document, the Senior Collateral Agent will promptly deliver written notice thereof to each Senior Representative; provided that such written notice shall clearly and conspicuously state that it is a notice of a default or an Event of Default. Thereafter, subject to the provisions of the provisos to clause (ii) of Section 4.1(a), the Senior Collateral Agent shall await direction from the Controlling Holders (or, to the extent set forth in the provisos to clause (ii) of Section 4.1(a), the Non-Controlling Designated Holders) and will act, or decline to act, as directed by the Controlling Holders (or, to the extent set forth in the provisos to clause (ii) of Section 4.1(a), the Non-Controlling Designated Holders), in the exercise and enforcement of the Senior Collateral Agents interests, rights, powers and remedies in respect of the collateral securing the Senior Obligations or under this Agreement or the Senior Collateral Documents or applicable law and, following the initiation of such exercise of remedies, the Senior Collateral Agent will act, or decline to act, with respect to the manner of such exercise of remedies, as directed by the Controlling Holders (or, to the extent set forth in the provisos to clause (ii) of Section 4.1(a), the Non-Controlling Holders). Unless it has been directed to the contrary by the Controlling Holders, the Senior Collateral Agent in any event may (but will not be obligated to) take or refrain from taking such action with respect to any default under any Senior Document as it may deem advisable and in the best interest of the Senior Holders.
2.3 Restrictions on Enforcement of Liens.
(a) The Controlling Holders will have, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor and subject to the exceptions set forth in the provisos to clause (ii) of Section 4.1(a), the exclusive right to authorize and direct the Senior Collateral Agent with respect to each of the Senior Documents, the Junior Documents and the Common Collateral, including, without limitation, the exclusive right to authorize or direct the Senior Collateral Agent to enforce, collect or realize on any Common Collateral or exercise any other right or remedy with respect to the Common Collateral (including,
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without limitation, the exercise of any right of setoff or any right under any lockbox agreement, account control agreement, landlord waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement) and no other Senior Representative, no Junior Representative and no other Senior Holder or Junior Holder may authorize or direct the Senior Collateral Agent with respect to such matters.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Senior Document to the contrary (except with respect to the provisos to clause (ii) of Section 4.1(a)), in making any determinations or exercising any power or discretion under this Agreement, the Senior Collateral Agent shall be entitled to seek the direction of the Controlling Holders and shall be entitled to refrain from acting (and shall have no liability to any Person for doing so) until it has received such direction. Without limiting the foregoing, any provision in this Agreement or the other Senior Documents that authorizes the Senior Collateral Agent to act in its discretion or to otherwise exercise judgment hereunder or thereunder shall be interpreted to mean the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders, whether or not expressly stated herein or therein.
2.4 Event of Default. The Senior Collateral Agent will not be required to inquire as to the occurrence or absence of any Event of Default under any Senior Document and will not be affected by or required to act upon any notice or knowledge as to the occurrence of any Event of Default under any Senior Documents unless and until the Senior Collateral Agent is notified in writing thereof and (except with respect to its obligation in the first sentence of Section 2.2) directed by the Controlling Holders.
2.5 Actions by Senior Collateral Agent. As to any matter not expressly provided for by this Agreement or the other Senior Collateral Documents, the Senior Collateral Agent will act or refrain from acting as directed by the Controlling Holders and the Senior Collateral Agent will be fully protected if the Senior Collateral Agent does so, and any action taken, suffered or omitted pursuant hereto or thereto shall be binding on the Senior Holders. The Senior Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to determine whether the Controlling Holders have acted reasonably in connection with any direction to the Senior Collateral Agent.
2.6 Exculpatory Provisions. The Senior Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the applicable Senior Collateral Documents to which the Senior Collateral Agent is party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Senior Collateral Agent shall not:
(a) be subject to any fiduciary or other implied (or express) duties;
(b) have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, provided that the Senior Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Senior Collateral Agent to liability or that is contrary to this Agreement or any other Senior Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, whether or not such action has been directed by the Controlling Holders, in accordance with the terms hereof;
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(c) have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Senior Collateral Agent or any of its affiliates in any capacity;
(d) have any responsibility for (i) the creation or perfection, or the continuation of the creation or perfection, of any enforceable right, security interest or other Lien on any property, except as directed by the Controlling Holders, (ii) the maintenance or upkeep of any property, (iii) any description of any property in any document, (iv) whether any such description reflects correctly the property in which the Senior Holder intend the Senior Collateral Agent to have an enforceable right, Lien or other security interest under the Senior Collateral Documents or (v) the filing of any financing statement or other document, except as directed by the Controlling Holders;
(e) be required to become (whether legally (or of record) or beneficially or both) a member of any limited liability company, partner of any partnership, shareholder of any corporation or title holder or owner with respect to any other property in connection with the exercise of any remedy with respect to collateral security;
(f) be required to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability in connection with its performance of any duty or exercise of any right or power hereunder or under the Senior Collateral Documents, and may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense;
(g) be liable for interest on any money received by it or required to segregate any funds held by it pursuant hereto or to the Senior Collateral Documents from other funds, except to the extent required by law;
(h) be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement or the Senior Collateral Documents; and
(i) in the event of any dispute concerning any funds held by it hereunder or under the Senior Collateral Documents, deposit such funds with any court having jurisdiction in an interpleader proceeding and, following such deposit, shall have any further liability, duty or obligation with respect to such funds.
The Senior Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) pursuant to the instructions of the Controlling Holders, or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final and non-appealable judgement by a court of competent jurisdiction.
2.7 Compensation. The Company or the Parent Guarantors will pay to the Senior Collateral Agent for its acceptance of this Agreement and services hereunder such compensation as the Company or the Parent Guarantors and the Senior Collateral Agent shall from time to time agree in writing. The Company or the Parent Guarantors also will reimburse the Senior Collateral Agent as set forth in Section 2.9 below. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of each the Senior Collateral Agents sub-agents and counsel.
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2.8 Resignation.
(a) The Senior Collateral Agent may at any time resign as Senior Collateral Agent subject to its delivery of written notice of its resignation to each of the Senior Representatives, Junior Representatives and the Company and the remainder of this clause (a). Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Controlling Holders, shall have the right, after consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Controlling Holders, or no successor shall have accepted such appointment within thirty days after the retiring Senior Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Senior Collateral Agent may, at the sole cost and expense of the Company, on behalf of the Senior Holders, appoint a successor Senior Collateral Agent. The Senior Collateral Agent will fulfill its obligations hereunder until the earlier of ninety calendar days after delivery of such written notice and any prior date a successor Senior Collateral Agent becomes the Senior Collateral Agent hereunder. In connection with any resignation of the Senior Collateral Agent pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 2.8, after a notice period of ninety calendar days or upon any such earlier date, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Senior Collateral Agent, and the retiring Senior Collateral Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations as Senior Collateral Agent hereunder, under the Senior Collateral Documents and under the other Senior Documents to which it is a party and shall have no further liability with respect thereto.
(b) The Senior Collateral Agent may be removed for any reason at the discretion of the Controlling Holders, and subject to the delivery of written notice of such removal to the Senior Collateral Agent, in which case such Senior Collateral Agents removal shall immediately become effective, and the Controlling Holders or their agent or designee shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Senior Collateral Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Controlling Holders, appoints a successor as provided for above. In connection with any removal of the Senior Collateral Agent pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 2.8, immediately upon the effectiveness of any such removal, the removed Senior Collateral Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations as Senior Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Senior Documents to which it is a party and shall have no further liability with respect thereto.
After the retiring Senior Collateral Agents resignation or removal hereunder, the provisions of this Section 2 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Senior Collateral Agent and its Affiliates in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Senior Collateral Agent was acting as Senior Collateral Agent.
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2.9 Expenses; Indemnity.
(a) Costs and Expenses. The Company shall pay (i) all documented fees, costs, charges, disbursements, and expenses incurred by the Senior Collateral Agent (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel), in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Senior Collateral Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof and (ii) all documented fees, costs, charges, disbursements, and expenses incurred by the Senior Collateral Agent (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Senior Documents, including its rights under this Section 2.9.
(b) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify the Senior Collateral Agent as set forth in each Senior Financing Agreement.
(c) Survival. The agreements in this Section 2.9 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Senior Collateral Agent, the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the Obligations, and the termination of this Agreement or any other Senior Document.
2.10 Dutch Parallel Debts.
(a) The Company and each Grantor undertake with the Senior Collateral Agent to pay to the Senior Collateral Agent its Dutch Parallel Debts.
(b) Paragraph (a) of this Section is:
(i) for the purpose of ensuring and preserving the validity and effect of the Senior Documents governed by Dutch law; and
(ii) without prejudice to the other provisions of the Senior Documents.
(c) Each Dutch Parallel Debt is a separate and independent obligation and shall not constitute the Senior Collateral Agent and any Senior Holder as joint creditors of any Underlying Debt.
2.11 Dutch Parallel Debts Payment. Neither the Company nor any Grantor shall be obliged to pay any Dutch Parallel Debt before the corresponding Underlying Debt has fallen due.
2.12 Dutch Parallel Debts Application. Any payment made, or amount recovered, in respect of the Companys or a Grantors Dutch Parallel Debts shall reduce the Underlying Debts owed to a Senior Holder by the amount which that Senior Holder has received out of that payment or recovery under the Senior Documents.
SECTION 3. Lien Priorities and Subordination.
3.1 Relative Priority of Senior Liens. Subject to Section 5, notwithstanding (a) the date, time, method, manner or order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant, attachment or perfection (including any defect or deficiency or alleged defect or deficiency or failure to attach or perfect or lapse in perfection of, or avoidance as a fraudulent conveyance or otherwise of any of the foregoing) of any Liens granted (or required pursuant to the Senior Documents to be granted) to the Senior Collateral Agent, the Senior Holders or any agent or trustee therefor on the Common Collateral or the time of incurrence of any Senior Obligations, (b) any
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provision of the UCC, the Bankruptcy Code, or any applicable law or the Senior Documents, (c) whether the Senior Collateral Agent or any Senior Holder either directly or through agents, holds possession of, or has control over, all or any part of the Common Collateral, (d) the fact that any such Liens may be subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed or (e) any other circumstance of any kind or nature whatsoever, the Senior Collateral Agent and each Senior Representative party hereto, on behalf of itself and each applicable Senior Holder, hereby agrees that the Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Senior Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Senior Collateral Agent, any Senior Representative or any Senior Holder, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be of equal priority with the Liens on the Common Collateral securing any other Senior Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Senior Collateral Agent, any Senior Representative or any Senior Holder, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise.
3.2 Subordination of Junior Liens. Subject to Section 5, notwithstanding (a) the date, time, method, manner or order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant, attachment or perfection (including any defect or deficiency or alleged defect or deficiency or failure to attach or perfect or lapse in perfection of, or avoidance as a fraudulent conveyance or otherwise of any of the foregoing) of any Liens granted (or required pursuant to the Senior Documents to be granted) to (i) the Senior Collateral Agent, the Senior Holders or any Senior Representative on the Common Collateral or (ii) the Junior Collateral Agent, the Junior Holders or any Junior Representative on the Common Collateral or the time of incurrence of any Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations, (b) any provision of the UCC, the Bankruptcy Code, or any applicable law or the Senior Documents or Junior Documents, (c) whether the Senior Collateral Agent, the Junior Collateral Agent or any Senior Holder or Junior Holder, either directly or through agents, holds possession of, or has control over, all or any part of the Common Collateral, (d) the fact that any such Liens may be subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed or (e) any other circumstance of any kind or nature whatsoever, each of the Senior Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Senior Holder, and the Junior Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Junior Holder, hereby agrees that any Lien now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Senior Collateral Agent, any Senior Holder or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Common Collateral securing any Junior Obligations, and any Lien on the Common Collateral securing any Junior Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Junior Collateral Agent, any Junior Holder, or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Senior Obligations.
3.3 Prohibition on Contesting Liens. Each of the Senior Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Senior Holder, and the Junior Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Junior Holder, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) take any action to challenge, contest or support any other Person in contesting or challenging, directly or indirectly, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of (a) a Lien securing any Senior Obligations held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of the Senior Collateral Agent or any Senior Holder or any agent or trustee therefor in any Common Collateral or (b) a Lien securing any Junior Obligations
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held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of the Junior Collateral Agent or any Junior Holder or any agent or trustee therefor in any Common Collateral, as the case may be; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Senior Collateral Agent, the Senior Holders, the Junior Collateral Agent or the Junior Holders to enforce this Agreement (including Section 5 and the priority of the Liens securing the Senior Obligations and the Junior Obligations as provided in Section 3.1 or 3.2 with respect to any Common Collateral) or any of the Senior Documents or Junior Documents.
3.4 Prohibition on Contesting This Agreement. Each of the Senior Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Senior Holder, and the Junior Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Junior Holder, agrees not to directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceeding or otherwise, challenge the enforceability of any provision of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any party hereto to enforce this Agreement.
3.5 No New Liens.
(a) Subject to Section 3.8, if any Senior Collateral Agent, Senior Representative or Senior Holder shall acquire or hold any Lien on any collateral of a Grantor that is not also subject to the Lien in respect of all Senior Obligations under the Senior Documents, then the Senior Collateral Agent shall, to the extent permissible under applicable law, without the need for any further consent of any party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other document, be deemed to also hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of the Senior Holders as security for all Senior Obligations (subject to the Lien priority and other terms hereof).
(b) So long as the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has not occurred, each Junior Collateral Agent agrees, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Holder, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, that it shall not acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any Junior Obligations that, to the extent permissible under applicable law, are not also subject to the Lien in respect of the Senior Obligations under the Senior Documents. If any Junior Collateral Agent or any Junior Holder shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire or hold any Lien on any collateral of a Grantor that is not also subject to the Lien in respect of the Senior Obligations under the Senior Documents, then such Junior Collateral Agent shall, to the extent permissible under applicable law, without the need for any further consent of any party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other document, be deemed to also hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of the Senior Collateral Agent and the Senior Holders as security for the Senior Obligations (subject to the Lien priority and other terms hereof).
To the extent any additional Liens are granted on any asset or property pursuant to this Section 3.5, the priority of such additional Liens shall be determined in accordance with Sections 3.1 and 3.2 as applicable, and the application of the Proceeds thereof shall be effected in accordance with Section 5, as applicable. In addition, to the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights or remedies available thereunder, each of the Senior Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Senior Holders, and the Junior Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Junior Holders, agrees that any amounts received by or distributed to it pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section 3.5 shall be subject to Section 5.
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3.6 Perfection of Liens. Subject to Section 6.5, neither the Senior Collateral Agent nor any Senior Holder shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Common Collateral for the benefit of the Junior Collateral Agents and the Junior Holders.
3.7 Waiver of Marshalling. Until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, each Junior Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Junior Holders, agrees not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under applicable law with respect to the Common Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law with respect to the Common Collateral.
3.8 Intabex Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other document or agreement to the contrary, (x) the Intabex Collateral shall not be Common Collateral and secures only the New Intabex Term Loan Obligations and (y) Alter Domus (US) LLC (and its successors and assigns), in its capacity as collateral agent with respect to the Intabex Collateral, shall not be acting in its capacity as collateral agent for the Senior Holders under the Senior Documents. No Holders, except the Holders of the New Intabex Term Loan Obligations, shall have any Liens on any Intabex Collateral or claims against any Intabex Obligor.
SECTION 4. Enforcement.
4.1 Exercise of Remedies.
(a) Whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, subject to Section 6.7, (i) no Non-Controlling Agent or Non-Controlling Holder will, nor will they instruct the Senior Collateral Agent to, (x) Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies or seek to Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies (including setoff or recoupment) with respect to any Common Collateral, or exercise any right under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), (y) contest, protest or object to any foreclosure or enforcement proceeding or action brought with respect to the Common Collateral by the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders, the exercise of any right by the Senior Collateral Agent (or any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders in respect of the Senior Obligations under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement, or any other exercise by the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders, of any rights and remedies relating to the Common Collateral under the Senior Documents or otherwise in respect of the Senior Obligations, or (z) object to any waiver or the forbearance by the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies relating to the Common Collateral or any other collateral in respect of the Senior Obligations and (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders shall have the exclusive right (as between the Senior Holders) to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including setoff or recoupment) and make determinations regarding the release,
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disposition or restrictions with respect to the Common Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any Non-Controlling Agents or Non-Controlling Holders; provided, however, that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, a Non-Controlling Agent or Non-Controlling Holder may file a proof of claim or statement of interest with respect to their applicable Senior Obligations, and (B) a Non-Controlling Holder may take any action or instruct the Senior Collateral Agent to take any action (not adverse to the Liens on the Common Collateral securing the Senior Obligations, or the rights of the Senior Collateral Agent or the Senior Holders to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, prove, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its rights in, and perfection and priority of the Liens on, the Common Collateral; and provided, further, that the Non-Controlling Designated Holders may instruct the Senior Collateral Agent to exercise any or all of such rights, powers, or remedies after a period of at least 180 days has elapsed since the later of: (I) the date on which the Senior Representative for the Non-Controlling Designated Holders declared the existence of an Event of Default under the applicable Senior Documents, accelerated (to the extent such amount was not already due and owing) the payment of the principal amount of the Obligations under such Senior Documents, and demanded payment thereof and (II) the date on which each of the Senior Representatives has received notice thereof; provided, further, however, that no Non-Controlling Agent nor any Non-Controlling Holder shall exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the Common Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of such 180-day period, the Senior Collateral Agent or any Controlling Holders (A) shall have commenced, whether before or after the expiration of such 180-day period, and be diligently pursuing, the exercise of their rights, powers, or remedies with respect to all or any material portion of the Common Collateral, or (B) shall have been stayed by operation of law or any court order from pursuing any such exercise of remedies. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Common Collateral, the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders may enforce the provisions of the Senior Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Common Collateral or other collateral upon foreclosure, to credit bid for such assets, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the uniform commercial code of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(b) So long as the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, subject to Section 6.7, (i) no Junior Collateral Agent or Junior Holder will (x) Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies or seek to Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies (including setoff, recoupment or the right to credit bid debt, if any) with respect to any Common Collateral, or exercise any right under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), (y) contest, protest or object to any foreclosure or enforcement proceeding or action brought with respect to the Common Collateral by the Senior Collateral Agent in respect of the Senior Obligations, the exercise of any right by the Senior Collateral Agent or any Senior Holder (or any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) in respect of the Senior Obligations under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which a Junior Collateral Agent or any Junior Holder either is a party or may have
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rights as a third party beneficiary, or any other exercise by any such party, of any rights and remedies relating to the Common Collateral under the Senior Documents or otherwise in respect of the Senior Obligations, or (z) object to any waiver or the forbearance by the Senior Collateral Agent from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies relating to the Common Collateral or any other collateral in respect of the Senior Obligations and (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, the Senior Collateral Agent shall have the exclusive right (as between the Senior Collateral Agent and any Senior Holder, on the one hand, and any Junior Collateral Agent and any Junior Holder, on the other hand) to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including setoff, recoupment and the right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the release, disposition or restrictions with respect to the Common Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any Junior Collateral Agent or any Junior Holder; provided, however, that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, a Junior Collateral Agent may file a proof of claim or statement of interest with respect to the applicable Junior Obligations and (B) a Junior Collateral Agent may take any action (not adverse to the Liens on the Common Collateral securing the Senior Obligations, or the rights of the Senior Collateral Agent or the Senior Holders to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, prove, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its rights in, and perfection and priority of its Lien on, the Common Collateral; provided, further, that any Junior Collateral Agent or any Junior Holder may exercise any or all of such rights, powers, or remedies after a period of at least 270 days has elapsed since the later of: (I) the date on which a Junior Collateral Agent declared the existence of an Event of Default under the applicable Junior Documents, accelerated (to the extent such amount was not already due and owing) the payment of the principal amount of all Junior Obligations, and demanded payment thereof and (II) the date on which each of the Senior Representatives has received notice thereof from such Junior Collateral Agent; provided, further, however, that neither any Junior Collateral Agent nor any Junior Holder shall exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the Common Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of such 270-day period, the Senior Collateral Agent or any Senior Holder (A) shall have commenced, whether before or after the expiration of such 270-day period, and be diligently pursuing the exercise of their rights, powers, or remedies with respect to all or any material portion of the Common Collateral (prompt written notice of such exercise to be given to the Junior Collateral Agents), or (B) shall have been stayed by operation of law or any court order from pursuing any such exercise of remedies. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Common Collateral, the Senior Collateral Agent and the Senior Holders may enforce the provisions of the Senior Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Common Collateral or other collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the uniform commercial code of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(c) So long as the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has not occurred, each Junior Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior Holder, agrees that it will not take or receive any Common Collateral or any proceeds of Common Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff or recoupment). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in the provisos to clause (ii) of Section 4.1(b), the sole right (as between the
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Senior Collateral Agent and any Senior Holder on the one hand, and any Junior Collateral Agent and any Junior Holder, on the other hand) of the Junior Collateral Agents and the Junior Holders with respect to the Common Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Common Collateral pursuant to the Junior Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has occurred.
(d) Subject to the provisos to clause (ii) of Section 4.1(a) above, (i) each Non-Controlling Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Non-Controlling Holder, agrees that the Non-Controlling Agents and the Non-Controlling Holders will not take any action that would hinder any Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies undertaken by the Senior Collateral Agent at the direction of the Controlling Holders with respect to the Common Collateral under the Senior Documents, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Common Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii) each Non-Controlling Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Non-Controlling Holder, hereby waives any and all rights it or any such Non-Controlling Holder may have to object to the manner in which the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders seeks to enforce or collect the Senior Obligations with respect to the Common Collateral or the Liens granted in any of the Common Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the Senior Collateral Agent is adverse to the interests of the Non-Controlling Holders.
(e) Each Junior Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any applicable Junior Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Senior Collateral Agent or the Senior Holders with respect to the Common Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Senior Documents.
(f) The Senior Collateral Agent on behalf of the Senior Holders hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any applicable Senior Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Junior Collateral Agents or the Junior Holders with respect to the Common Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Junior Documents.
4.2 Cooperation. Subject to the provisos to clause (ii) of Section 4.1(a) and clause (ii) of Section 4.1(b), each Non-Controlling Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Non-Controlling Holder, agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has occurred, it will not commence, or join with any Person (other than the Senior Collateral Agent and the Controlling Holders upon the request thereof) in commencing, any enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding with respect to any Lien in the Common Collateral under any of the applicable Senior Documents or otherwise in respect of the applicable Senior Obligations relating to the Common Collateral.
4.3 Actions Upon Breach. If any Non-Controlling Agent or Non-Controlling Holder, in contravention of the terms of this Agreement, in any way takes or attempts or threatens to take any action with respect to the Common Collateral, or instructs the Senior Collateral Agent to do so (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement except as provided in the provisos to clause (ii) of Section 4.1(a) and clause (ii) of Section 4.1(b)), this Agreement shall create an irrebuttable presumption and admission by such Non-Controlling Agent or Non-Controlling Holder, as applicable, that relief against such
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Non-Controlling Agent or Non-Controlling Holder, as applicable, by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief is necessary to prevent irreparable harm to the Controlling Holders, it being understood and agreed by each Non-Controlling Agent on behalf of each applicable Non-Controlling Holder that (i) the Controlling Holders damages from its actions may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable, and (ii) each Non-Controlling Agent and Non-Controlling Holder waives any defense that the Grantors and/or the Controlling Holders cannot demonstrate damage and/or be made whole by the awarding of damages.
SECTION 5. Payments.
5.1 Application of Proceeds of Common Collateral.
Each Senior Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Senior Holder, and each Junior Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Junior Holder, hereby agrees that the Common Collateral or the Proceeds thereof, regardless of source or form, received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or collection on, such Common Collateral upon the Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies (during an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise) or in connection with any distribution on account of the Common Collateral, or any claim secured thereby, in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, shall be applied by the Senior Collateral Agent (and after the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, by the Junior Collateral Agent), subject to the terms of the ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement, as follows:
first, to the payment of any unpaid fees and expenses, and any indemnity claims, of the Senior Collateral Agent then due and owing under this Agreement or under any Senior Document or Junior Document;
second, subject to Section 5.2 below, to the payment of each Class of Senior Obligations secured by such Common Collateral in accordance with the Senior Documents in respect thereof until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has occurred; provided, that any payments pursuant to this clause second shall be made ratably to the payment of the Senior Obligations based on the aggregate principal amount of each such Class of Senior Obligations outstanding at such time;
third, to the payment of the Junior Obligations secured by such Common Collateral in accordance with the Junior Documents in respect thereof until a Discharge of the Junior Obligations has occurred; provided, that any payments pursuant to this clause third shall be made ratably to the payment of the Junior Obligations based on the aggregate principal amount of each such Class of Junior Obligations outstanding at such time; and
fourth, the balance, if any, to the Grantors or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
5.2 [Reserved].
5.3 Payments Over. Whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, if any Senior Representative, Senior Holder, Junior Representative or Junior Holder shall receive any Common Collateral, Debt Payment or property or Proceeds thereof (including by way of setoff or recoupment) in excess of its entitlement thereto at such time in accordance with Section 5.1 or Section 5.2, such representative or Holder shall
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segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of and forthwith pay over to the Senior Collateral Agent (and/or its designees) (and after the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, to the Junior Collateral Agent) such Common Collateral, Debt Payment or property or Proceeds in the same form as received, together with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, for distribution in accordance with Section 5.1 or Section 5.2, as applicable. The Senior Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for each Senior Representative, Junior Representative, Senior Holder or Junior Holder. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
SECTION 6. Other Agreements.
6.1 Releases. If, at any time any Grantor or the holder of any Senior Obligations delivers notice to the Junior Collateral Agent that any specified Common Collateral is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (including for such purpose, in the case of the sale of Equity Interests in any Subsidiary):
(a) by the owner of such Common Collateral in a transaction permitted under each of the Senior Documents and Junior Documents; or
(b) during the existence of any Event of Default under (and as defined in) the Financing Agreements by the owner of such Common Collateral (to the extent the Senior Collateral Agent has consented to such sale, transfer or disposition); or
(c) by the Senior Collateral Agent in connection with the Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies;
then (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the Junior Holders upon such Common Collateral will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens on such Common Collateral securing the Senior Obligations are released and discharged. Upon delivery to each Junior Collateral Agent of a notice from the Senior Collateral Agent stating that any release of Liens by the Senior Collateral Agent securing or supporting the Senior Obligations on any Common Collateral has become effective (or shall become effective upon each Junior Collateral Agents release), each Junior Collateral Agent will promptly execute and deliver, and authorize the filing of, such instruments, releases, termination statements or other documents (including UCC-3 termination statements, mortgage releases and termination of USPTO and copyright filings) in all relevant jurisdictions confirming such release on customary terms at the request and expense of the Company.
Each Junior Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Junior Holder, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Senior Collateral Agent and any officer or agent of the Senior Collateral Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Junior Collateral Agent or such Junior Holder or in the Senior Collateral Agents own name, from time to time in the Senior Collateral Agents determination, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 6.1, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 6.1,
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including authorizing the filing of any termination statements, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release; provided that the Senior Collateral Agent shall not exercise such power of attorney unless the Junior Collateral Agents have failed to comply with their obligations under this Section 6.1 within two Business Days after demand by the Senior Collateral Agent.
6.2 Insurance.
(a) Proceeds of Common Collateral include insurance proceeds and, therefore, the Lien and payment priority set forth in this Agreement shall govern the ultimate disposition of casualty insurance proceeds.
(b) Unless and until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has occurred, the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Senior Documents, to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Common Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Common Collateral. All proceeds of any such policy and any such award if in respect of the Common Collateral shall be paid in accordance with the terms of Section 5.1 or Section 5.2, as applicable. If a Junior Collateral Agent or any Junior Holder shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award in contravention of this Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds over to the Senior Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 5.1.
6.3 Amendments to the Junior Documents and Senior Documents.
(a) Each Junior Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Junior Holders, hereby agrees that, without affecting the obligations or adversely affecting the rights and protections of the Junior Collateral Agent and the Junior Holders hereunder, each Senior Representative and the Senior Holders may, to the extent permitted under the Senior Documents, at any time and from time to time, in their sole determination without the consent of or notice to any Junior Collateral Agent or any Junior Holder (except to the extent such notice or consent is required pursuant to the express provisions of this Agreement), and without incurring any liability to any Junior Collateral Agent or any Junior Holder or impairing or releasing the subordination provided for herein, amend, restate, supplement, replace, Refinance, extend, consolidate, restructure, or otherwise modify any of the Senior Documents in any manner whatsoever (subject to compliance with Section 10.3, to the extent applicable), including, to:
(i) change the manner, place, time, or terms of payment or renew or alter or increase, all or any of the Obligations under the Senior Documents or otherwise amend, restate, supplement, or otherwise modify in any manner, or grant any waiver or release with respect to, all or any part of the Obligations under the Senior Documents;
(ii) retain or, subject to Section 3.2, obtain a Lien on any property of any Person to secure any of the Senior Obligations, and in connection therewith to enter into any additional Senior Documents;
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(iii) amend, or grant any waiver, compromise, or release with respect to, or consent to any departure from, any guaranty or other obligations of any Person obligated in any manner under or in respect of the Senior Obligations;
(iv) subject to Section 6.1, release its respective Lien on any Common Collateral or other property;
(v) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company, any Grantor, or any other Person;
(vi) retain or obtain the primary or secondary obligation of any other Person with respect to any of the Senior Obligations; and
(vii) otherwise administer the Senior Obligations as the applicable Senior Representative shall determine.
(b) Each Senior Representative, on behalf of itself and the applicable Senior Holders, hereby agrees that, without affecting the obligations or adversely affecting the rights and protections of the Senior Representatives and the Senior Holders hereunder, each other Senior Representative and the applicable Senior Holders may, to the extent permitted under the Senior Documents, at any time and from time to time, in their sole determination without the consent of or notice to any other Senior Representative or Senior Holder (except to the extent such notice or consent is required pursuant to the express provisions of this Agreement), and without incurring any liability to any other Senior Representative or Senior Holder or impairing or releasing the rights and obligations provided for herein, amend, restate, supplement, replace, Refinance, extend, consolidate, restructure, or otherwise modify any of the Senior Documents in any manner whatsoever (subject to compliance with Section 10.3, to the extent applicable), including, to:
(i) change the manner, place, time, or terms of payment or renew or alter or increase, all or any of the Obligations under the Senior Documents or otherwise amend, restate, supplement, or otherwise modify in any manner, or grant any waiver or release with respect to, all or any part of the Obligations under the Senior Documents;
(ii) retain or, subject to Section 3.2, obtain a Lien on any property of any Person to secure any of the Senior Obligations, and in connection therewith to enter into any additional Senior Documents;
(iii) amend, or grant any waiver, compromise, or release with respect to, or consent to any departure from, any guaranty or other obligations of any Person obligated in any manner under or in respect of the Senior Obligations;
(iv) subject to Section 6.1, release its respective Lien on any Common Collateral or other property;
(v) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company, any Grantor, or any other Person;
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(vi) retain or obtain the primary or secondary obligation of any other Person with respect to any of the Senior Obligations; and
(vii) otherwise administer the Senior Obligations as the applicable Senior Representative shall determine.
(c) Each Senior Representative, on behalf of itself and the Senior Holders, hereby agrees that, without affecting the obligations or adversely affecting the rights and protections of the Senior Representatives and the Senior Holders hereunder, each Junior Representative and the Junior Holders may, to the extent permitted under the Junior Documents and the Senior Documents, at any time and from time to time, in their sole determination without the consent of or notice to a Senior Representative or any Senior Holder (except to the extent such notice or consent is required pursuant to the express provisions of this Agreement), and without incurring any liability to a Senior Representative or any Senior Holder or impairing or releasing the subordination and other rights and obligations provided for herein, amend, restate, supplement, replace, Refinance, extend, consolidate, restructure, or otherwise modify any of the Junior Documents in any manner whatsoever (subject to compliance with Section 10.3, to the extent applicable), including, to:
(i) change the manner, place, time, or terms of payment or renew, alter or increase, all or any of the Obligations under the Junior Documents or otherwise amend, restate, supplement, or otherwise modify in any manner, or grant any waiver or release with respect to, all or any part of the Obligations under the Junior Documents;
(ii) retain or, subject to Section 3.2, obtain a Lien on any property of any Person to secure any of the Junior Obligations, and in connection therewith to enter into any additional Junior Documents;
(iii) amend, or grant any waiver, compromise, or release with respect to, or consent to any departure from, any guaranty or other obligations of any Person obligated in any manner under or in respect of the Junior Obligations;
(iv) subject to Section 6.1, release its respective Lien on any Common Collateral or other property;
(v) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company, any Grantor, or any other Person;
(vi) retain or obtain the primary or secondary obligation of any other Person with respect to any of the Junior Obligations; and
(vii) otherwise administer the Junior Obligations as the applicable Junior Collateral Agent shall determine.
(d) The Senior Obligations and the Junior Obligations may be Refinanced, in whole or in part, in each case, without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is required to permit the Refinancing transaction under any Senior Document or any Junior Document) of the Senior Representatives, the Senior Holders, the Junior Representatives or the
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Junior Holders, as the case may be, all without affecting the Lien and payment priorities provided for herein or the other provisions hereof; provided, however, that the holders of such Refinancing indebtedness (or an authorized agent or trustee on their behalf) comply with Section 10.3 (to the extent applicable), and any such Refinancing transaction shall be in accordance with any applicable provisions of the Senior Documents and the Junior Documents.
6.4 Rights As Unsecured Creditors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Junior Representatives and the Junior Holders may exercise rights and remedies as an unsecured creditor against New Pyxus Topco, any Grantor or any Subsidiary that has guaranteed the Junior Obligations in accordance with the terms of the applicable Junior Documents and applicable law, in each case to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Junior Representative or any Junior Holder of the required payments of interest and principal so long as such receipt is not (a) after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default under the Senior Documents or the Junior Documents and made in contravention of this Agreement or (b) the direct or indirect result of (i) the exercise by any Junior Representative or any Junior Holder of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of the Common Collateral or (ii) enforcement in contravention of this Agreement or any other applicable intercreditor agreement of any Lien in respect of the Junior Obligations held by any of them. In the event any Junior Representative or any Junior Holder becomes a judgment lien creditor or other secured creditor in respect of Common Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor in respect of the Junior Obligations or otherwise, such judgment or other lien shall be subordinated to the Liens securing the Senior Obligations on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Junior Obligations are so subordinated to such Liens securing the Senior Obligations under this Agreement.
6.5 Senior Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection.
(a) The Senior Collateral Agent agrees to hold the Pledged Collateral that is part of the Common Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee for each other Senior Representative, Senior Holder, Junior Representative, Junior Holder and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Pledged Collateral pursuant to the Senior Documents or Junior Documents, as applicable, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 6.5 (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2), 9-104 and 9-313(c) of the UCC). Each Junior Collateral Agent agrees to hold the Pledged Collateral that is part of the Common Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee for each Senior Representative, Senior Holder, other Junior Representative, Junior Holder and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Pledged Collateral pursuant to the Senior Documents or Junior Documents, as applicable, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 6.5 (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2), 9-104 and 9-313(c) of the UCC).
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(b) (i) The Senior Collateral Agent agrees to hold the Deposit Account Collateral (if any) that is part of the Common Collateral and controlled by such Senior Collateral Agent as gratuitous agent for each other Senior Representative, Senior Holder, Junior Representative, Junior Holder and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Deposit Account Collateral pursuant to the Senior Documents or Junior Documents, as applicable, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 6.5 and (ii) each Junior Collateral Agent agrees to hold the Deposit Account Collateral (if any) that is part of the Common Collateral and controlled by such Junior Collateral Agent as gratuitous agent for each Senior Representative, Senior Holder, other Junior Representative, Junior Holder and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Deposit Account Collateral pursuant to the Senior Documents or Junior Documents, as applicable, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 6.5.
(c) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein (including Sections 4.1, 5 and 9.2), until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has occurred, the Senior Collateral Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged Collateral constituting Common Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Senior Documents as if the Liens under the Junior Documents did not exist. The rights of each Junior Collateral Agent and the Junior Holders with respect to such Pledged Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
(d) No Senior Representative or Senior Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to any Junior Representative or any Junior Holder to assure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by the Grantors or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any rights pertaining to the applicable portion of the Common Collateral except as expressly set forth in this Section 6.5. The duties or responsibilities of each Senior Representative under this Section 6.5 shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as gratuitous bailee for each Junior Representative for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by the Junior Holders.
(e) No Senior Representative shall have by reason of the Junior Documents or this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Junior Representative or any Junior Holder and the Junior Representatives and the Junior Holders hereby waive and release each Senior Representative from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to each Senior Representatives role under this Section 6.5, as agent and gratuitous bailee with respect to the applicable portion of the Common Collateral.
(f) Upon the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, the Senior Collateral Agent or any other applicable Senior Holder shall deliver to the Junior Collateral Agent, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any) and Deposit Account Collateral (if any) constituting Common Collateral in its possession or under its control, together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the Junior Collateral Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral and Deposit Account Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Company shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify the Senior Collateral Agent and each Senior Holder for loss or damage suffered by the Senior Collateral Agent or such other Senior Holder as a result of such transfer except for loss or damage suffered by the Senior Collateral Agent or such other Senior Holder as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment). Neither the Senior Collateral Agent nor any other Senior Holder has any obligation to follow instructions from a Junior Collateral Agent in contravention of this Agreement.
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(g) Upon the Discharge of the Junior Obligations, each Junior Collateral Agent shall deliver to the Senior Collateral Agent, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any) and Deposit Account Collateral (if any) constituting Common Collateral in its possession or under its control, together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the Senior Collateral Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral and Deposit Account Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Company shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify each Junior Collateral Agent for loss or damage suffered by such Junior Collateral Agent as a result of such transfer except for loss or damage suffered by such Junior Collateral Agent as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment).
6.6 Access to Premises and Cooperation. If the Senior Collateral Agent takes any enforcement action with respect to the Common Collateral, each Non-Controlling Agent and Non-Controlling Holder (i) shall cooperate with the Senior Collateral Agent (at the sole cost and expense of the Grantors and subject to the condition that the Non-Controlling Agents and Non-Controlling Holders shall have no obligation or duty to take any action or refrain from taking any action that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability or damage to themselves) in its efforts to enforce its security interest in the Common Collateral and to allow the Senior Collateral Agent or its designee to finish any work-in-process and assemble the Common Collateral and (ii) shall not take any action designed or intended to hinder or restrict in any respect the Senior Collateral Agent from enforcing its security interest in the Common Collateral or from finishing any work-in-process or assembling the Common Collateral.
6.7 No Release If Event of Default; Reinstatement.
(a) If, concurrently with (or after) the occurrence of the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, the Company incurs any Senior Obligations in accordance with Section 10.3, then such Discharge shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken by a Junior Collateral Agent or otherwise prior to the date of such designation as a result of the occurrence of such prior Discharge of the Senior Obligations), and the applicable agreement governing such Senior Obligations shall automatically be treated as a Financing Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities, payment priorities and rights in respect of Common Collateral set forth herein and the granting by the applicable Senior Representative of amendments, waivers and consents hereunder.
(b) If, concurrently with (or after) the occurrence of the Discharge of the Junior Obligations, the Company incurs any Junior Obligations in accordance with Section 10.3, then such Discharge of the Junior Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken by a Senior Representative or otherwise prior to the date of such designation as a result of the occurrence of such prior Discharge of the Junior Obligations), and the applicable agreement governing such Junior Obligations shall automatically be treated as a Financing Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities, payment priorities and rights in respect of Common Collateral set forth herein and the granting by the applicable Junior Collateral Agent of amendments, waivers and consents hereunder.
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6.8 Legends. Each party hereto agrees that each Financing Agreement and each Financing Document shall contain the applicable provisions set forth on Schedule 6.8 hereto, or similar provisions approved by the Senior Representatives, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
SECTION 7. Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.
7.1 Financing Issues.
(a) If the Company or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and shall move for the approval of the use of cash collateral or of financing (DIP Financing) under Section 363 or Section 364 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar provision in any Bankruptcy Law, then each Senior Representative, on behalf of themselves and each Senior Holder, agree that they will raise no objection to, and will not support any objection to, and will not otherwise contest (a) such DIP Financing, the Liens on the Common Collateral securing such DIP Financing (the DIP Financing Liens) or the use of cash collateral that constitutes Common Collateral, in each case unless the Senior Collateral Agent, acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders, shall then object or support an objection to such DIP Financing, DIP Financing Liens or use of cash collateral, and the Senior Representatives and the Senior Holders (i) will not object on the basis of lack of adequate protection or seek any other relief in connection therewith and (ii) (A) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens are senior to the Liens on any such Common Collateral for the benefit of the Controlling Holders, each Non-Controlling Holder of Senior Obligations (and Senior Representative thereof) will subordinate its Liens with respect to such Common Collateral on the same terms as the Liens of the Controlling Holders (or Senior Representative thereof) (other than any Liens constituting DIP Financing Liens) are subordinated thereto and (B) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens rank pari passu with the Liens on any such Common Collateral granted to secure the Senior Obligations of the Controlling Holders, each Non-Controlling Holder of Senior Obligations will confirm the priorities with respect to such Common Collateral as set forth herein; provided that, the terms of such DIP Financing do not require any Grantor to seek approval for any plan of reorganization that is inconsistent with this Agreement, (b) any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of the Senior Obligations made by the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders, with regard to Common Collateral, (c) any lawful exercise by the Senior Collateral Agent acting in accordance with Section 4.1(a) of the right to credit bid Senior Obligations at any sale in foreclosure of Common Collateral, (d) any other request for judicial relief made in any court by the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders relating to the lawful enforcement of any Lien on Common Collateral or (e) any order relating to a sale of Common Collateral for which the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders has consented that provides, to the extent the sale is to be free and clear of Liens, that the Liens securing the Senior Obligations will attach to the proceeds of the sale on the same basis of priority as set forth in this Agreement; provided that all Liens granted to the Senior Collateral Agent in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding are intended by the parties hereto to be and shall be deemed to be subject to the Lien priority and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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(b) If the Company or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and shall move for the approval of the use of cash collateral or of DIP Financing, then each Junior Representative, on behalf of themselves and each Junior Holder, agree that they will raise no objection to, and will not support any objection to, and will not otherwise contest (a) such DIP Financing, the DIP Financing Liens securing such DIP Financing or the use of cash collateral that constitutes Common Collateral, in each case unless the Senior Collateral Agent, acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders, shall then object or support an objection to such DIP Financing, DIP Financing Liens or use of cash collateral, and the Junior Representative and the Junior Holders (i) will not object on the basis of lack of adequate protection or seek any other relief in connection therewith and (ii) to the extent the Liens securing the Senior Obligations under the Senior Documents are subordinated or pari passu with such DIP Financing Liens, will subordinate its Liens in the Common Collateral to such DIP Financing Liens on the same basis as the Liens on Common Collateral securing the Junior Obligations are subordinated to Liens securing the Senior Obligations under this Agreement; provided that, the terms of such DIP Financing do not require any Grantor to seek approval for any plan of reorganization that is inconsistent with this Agreement, (b) any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of the Senior Obligations made by the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders, with regard to Common Collateral, (c) any lawful exercise by the Senior Collateral Agent acting in accordance with Section 4.1(a) of the right to credit bid Senior Obligations at any sale in foreclosure of Common Collateral; provided that any Junior Representative or Junior Holder may only credit bid its Obligations to the extent that all Senior Obligations are Discharged in full in cash in connection with the such credit bid, (d) any other request for judicial relief made in any court by the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders relating to the lawful enforcement of any Lien on Common Collateral or (e) any order relating to a sale of Common Collateral for which the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders has consented that provides, to the extent the sale is to be free and clear of Liens, that the Liens securing the Senior Obligations and the Junior Obligations will attach to the proceeds of the sale on the same basis of priority as set forth in this Agreement; provided that all Liens granted to the Senior Collateral Agent or the Junior Collateral Agent in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding are intended by the parties hereto to be and shall be deemed to be subject to the Lien priority and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement.
7.2 Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has occurred, each Senior Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Senior Holder, and the Junior Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Junior Holder, in each case agree that none of them shall seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Common Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders.
7.3 Adequate Protection.
(a) Each Senior Representative, on behalf of themselves and each applicable Senior Holder, agree that none of them shall be entitled to contest and none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting) (but instead shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any right to contest):
(i) any request by the Senior Collateral Agent or any Senior Representative acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders, or by the Controlling Holders, for adequate protection with respect to the Common Collateral (provided that any Holder of Senior Obligations receives adequate protection comparable to any adequate protected granted to the foregoing); or
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(ii) any objection by the Senior Collateral Agent or any Senior Representative acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders, or by the Controlling Holders, to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the Senior Collateral Agent or any Senior Representative at the direction of the Controlling Holders, or by the Controlling Holders, claiming a lack of adequate protection with respect to the Common Collateral.
(b) Consistent with the foregoing provisions in this Section 7.3, and except as provided in Sections 7.1 and 7.7, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding no Senior Representative or Senior Holder shall be entitled (and each Senior Representative and Senior Holder shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any right):
(i) to seek or otherwise be granted any type of adequate protection with respect to its interests in the Common Collateral, except as may be consented to in writing by the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders; provided, however, subject to Section 7.1, the Senior Representatives and Senior Holders may seek and obtain adequate protection in the form of additional or replacement Liens on the Common Collateral and/or any other assets of the Grantors and/or superpriority claims, so long as (i) the Senior Collateral Agent on behalf of each Class of Senior Holders has been granted adequate protection in the same form and (ii) any such Lien on Common Collateral or super priority claim or any amounts paid or distributed on account of such liens and claims shall be subject to the Lien subordination provisions of Section 3 hereof and payment priority and turnover provisions of Section 5 hereof; and
(ii) to seek any adequate protection payments with respect to its interests in the Common Collateral except as may be consented to by the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders (provided that, other than with respect to professional fees, any Holder of Senior Obligations receives adequate protection comparable to any adequate protected granted to the foregoing), and such payments are subject to payment priority and turnover provisions of Section 5 hereof.
(c) Each Junior Collateral Agent, on behalf of themselves and each applicable Junior Holder, agree that none of them shall be entitled to contest and none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting) (but instead shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any right to contest):
(i) any request by the Senior Collateral Agent, any Senior Representative acting on behalf of the applicable Senior Holders or any Senior Holder for adequate protection with respect to the Common Collateral; or
(ii) any objection by the Senior Collateral Agent, any Senior Representative acting on behalf of the applicable Senior Holders or any Senior Holder to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the Senior Collateral Agent, any Senior Representative or any Senior Holder claiming a lack of adequate protection with respect to the Common Collateral.
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(d) Consistent with the foregoing provisions in this Section 7.3, and except as provided in Sections 7.1 and 7.7, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding no Junior Collateral Agent or Junior Holder shall be entitled (and each Junior Collateral Agent and Junior Holder shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any right):
(i) to seek or otherwise be granted any type of adequate protection with respect to its interests in the Common Collateral, except as may be consented to in writing by the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders; provided, however, subject to Section 7.1, the Junior Collateral Agent and Junior Holders may seek and obtain adequate protection in the form of additional or replacement Liens on the Common Collateral and/or any other assets of the Grantors and/or superpriority claims, so long as (i) the Senior Collateral Agent on behalf of all the Senior Holders have been granted adequate protection in the same form and (ii) any such Lien on Common Collateral or super priority claim or any amounts paid or distributed on account of such liens and claims shall be subject to the Lien subordination provisions of Section 3 hereof and payment priority and turnover provisions of Section 5 hereof; and
(ii) to seek any adequate protection payments with respect to its interests in the Common Collateral except as may be consented to by the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders, and such payments are subject to payment priority and turnover provisions of Section 5 hereof.
7.4 Post-Petition Interest.
(a) No Senior Representative nor any Senior Holder shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any Senior Representative for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of the Senior Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent of the value of the applicable Lien on any Common Collateral (it being understood an agreed that such value shall be determined without regard to the existence of the Lien of the Junior Collateral Agents on behalf of the Junior Holders).
(b) No Junior Representative nor any Junior Holder shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any Senior Representative or any Senior Holder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of the Senior Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent of the value of the Lien on any Common Collateral on behalf of the Senior Holder (it being understood an agreed that such value shall be determined without regard to the existence of the Lien of the Junior Collateral Agents on behalf of the Junior Holders).
7.5 Avoidance Issues. If any Senior Holder is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the Company or any other Grantor (or any trustee, receiver or similar person therefor), because the payment of such amount was declared to be fraudulent or preferential in any respect or for any other reason, any amount (a Senior Holder Recovery), whether received as proceeds of security, enforcement of
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any right of setoff or otherwise, then as among the parties hereto the Senior Obligations shall be deemed to be reinstated to the extent of such Senior Holder Recovery and to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the Senior Holders shall be entitled to a Discharge of the Senior Obligations, subject to the payment priorities set forth in Section 5, with respect to all such recovered amounts and shall have all rights hereunder until such time. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Senior Holder Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto.
7.6 Application. This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a subordination agreement under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be applicable prior to and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references herein to any Grantor shall apply to any trustee for such Person and such Person as debtor in possession. The relative rights as to the Common Collateral and proceeds thereof shall continue after the filing thereof on the same basis as prior to the date of the petition, subject to any court order approving the financing of, or use of cash collateral by, any Grantor.
7.7 Waivers. Until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has occurred, each Junior Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior Holder, (a) will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the United States Bankruptcy Code senior to or on a parity with the Liens on Common Collateral securing the Senior Obligations for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Common Collateral, and (b) waives any claim it may now or hereafter have arising out of the election by any Senior Holder or the Senior Collateral Agent at the direction of the Controlling Holders of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Common Collateral.
7.8 Separate Classification.
(a) Each Senior Holder and each Junior Holder acknowledges and agrees that (i) the grants of Liens pursuant to the Senior Collateral Documents and the grants of Liens pursuant to the Junior Collateral Documents constitute separate and distinct grants of Liens and (ii) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Common Collateral, the Junior Obligations are fundamentally different from the Senior Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization (or other plan of similar effect under any Bankruptcy Laws) proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the Senior Holders and the claims of the Junior Holders in respect of the Common Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of secured claims), then the Senior Holders and the Junior Holders hereby acknowledge and agree that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of Senior Obligations and Junior Obligations against the Grantors, with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Common Collateral is sufficient, the Senior Holders shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest that is available from the Common Collateral before any distribution is made in respect of the Junior Obligations from the Common Collateral, with the Junior Holders hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the Senior Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Senior Holders amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence and the terms of Section 5 hereof, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the aggregate recoveries.
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7.9 Plan of Reorganization.
(a) If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon the Common Collateral are distributed, pursuant to a plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan, on account of Senior Obligations and on account of Junior Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the Senior Obligations and on account of the Junior Obligations are secured by Liens upon the Common Collateral, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Each of the Senior Holders and the Junior Holders may vote on any plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan with respect to the Senior Obligations and the Junior Obligations (as applicable); provided that none of the Senior Holders or the Junior Holders shall propose, vote to accept, or otherwise support a plan of reorganization, arrangement, compromise or liquidation or similar dispositive restructuring plan, or any other document, agreement or proposal similar to the foregoing that is inconsistent with or in contravention of the terms of this Agreement (including any plan of reorganization that purports to re-order (whether by subordination, invalidation, or otherwise) or otherwise disregard, in whole or in part, the provisions of Section 3, Section 5 (including Proceeds waterfall priorities) or Section 7).
SECTION 8. Purchase Options.
8.1 Notice of Exercise. Upon the earliest of (a) the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under any Senior Document, if such Event of Default remains uncured or unwaived for at least thirty (30) consecutive days and the requisite Senior Holders have not agreed to forbear from the exercise of remedies, (b) the date of the acceleration of the final maturity of the Senior Obligations and (c) the failure to pay all Senior Obligations in full in cash on the final maturity dates thereof, all or a portion of the Junior Holders, acting as a single group, shall have the option at any time upon five (5) Business Days prior written notice to the Senior Representatives to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Senior Obligations from the Senior Holders. Such notice from such Junior Holders to the Senior Representatives shall be irrevocable.
8.2 Purchase and Sale. On the date specified by the relevant Junior Holders in the notice contemplated by Section 8.1 above (which shall not be less than five (5) Business Days, nor more than twenty (20) calendar days, after the receipt by the Senior Representatives of the notice of the relevant Junior Holders election to exercise such option), the Senior Holders shall sell to the relevant Junior Holders, and the relevant Junior Holders shall purchase from the Senior Holders, the Senior Obligations, provided that the Senior Representatives and the Senior Holders shall retain all rights to be indemnified or held harmless by the Grantors in accordance with the terms of the Senior Documents but shall not retain any rights to the security therefor.
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8.3 Payment of Purchase Price. Upon the date of such purchase and sale, the relevant Junior Holders, as applicable, shall (a) pay to the applicable Senior Representatives for the benefit of the Senior Holders (or, in the case of any Senior Obligations in the form of debt securities, to such Senior Holders) then outstanding and unpaid (including 100% of the principal amount thereof and all accrued and unpaid, interest, fees and premium (if any) thereon, as well as all expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees and legal expenses but specifically excluding any prepayment premium, termination or similar fees), (b) [reserved], (c) agree to reimburse the applicable Senior Representatives and the Senior Holders for any loss, cost, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys fees and legal expenses) in connection with any commissions, fees, costs or expenses related to any checks or other payments provisionally credited to the Senior Obligations, and/or as to which such Senior Representative has not yet received final payment, (d) [reserved] and (e) agree to reimburse the Senior Holders in respect of indemnification obligations of the Grantors as to matters or circumstances known to each applicable Senior Representative, at the time of the purchase and sale which would reasonably be expected to result in any loss, cost, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys fees and legal expenses) to the Senior Holders. Such purchase price shall be remitted by wire transfer in federal funds to such bank account as the applicable Senior Representative or DTC and/or the applicable Senior Holders, as applicable, may designate in writing for such purpose.
8.4 Limitation on Representations and Warranties. Any purchase under this Section 8 shall be expressly made without representation or warranty of any kind by any selling party (or the applicable Senior Representatives) and without recourse of any kind, except that the selling party shall represent and warrant: (a) the amount of the Senior Obligations being purchased from it, (b) that such Senior Holder owns the Senior Obligations free and clear of any Liens or encumbrances (or that such Liens or encumbrances will be released upon such purchase and sale) and (c) that such Senior Holder has the right to assign such Senior Obligations and the assignment is duly authorized.
8.5 Grantor Consent. In connection with any assignments under, and as contemplated by, this Section 8, each Grantor hereby consents and agrees thereto and agrees that no further consents of any such Grantor shall be required pursuant to the terms of any Financing Agreement.
SECTION 9. Reliance; Waivers; etc.
9.1 Reliance. The consent by the Senior Holders to the execution and delivery of the Junior Documents to which the Senior Holders have consented and all loans and other extensions of credit made or deemed made on and after the date hereof by the Senior Holders to New Pyxus Topco or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to have been given and made in reliance upon this Agreement. Each Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Junior Holder, acknowledges that it and the applicable Junior Holders are not entitled to rely on any credit decision or other decisions made by any Senior Representative or any Senior Holder in taking or not taking any action under the applicable Junior Document or this Agreement.
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9.2 No Warranties or Liability. Except as set forth in Section 10.14, no Senior Representative or Senior Holder shall have been deemed to have made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the Senior Documents, the ownership of any Common Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The Senior Holders will be entitled to administer their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Senior Documents and this Agreement in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole determination, deem appropriate, and the Senior Holders may administer their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that any Junior Representative or any of the Junior Holders have in the Common Collateral or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. No Senior Representative or Senior Holder shall have any duty to any Junior Representative or any Junior Holder to act or refrain from acting in a manner that allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreements with New Pyxus Topco or any Subsidiary (including the Junior Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, none of the parties hereto waives any claim that it may have against a Junior Collateral Agent or the Senior Collateral Agent, as applicable, on the grounds that any sale, transfer or other disposition by such Junior Collateral Agent or Senior Collateral Agent (as applicable) was not commercially reasonable to the extent required by the Uniform Commercial Code. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Senior Representatives, the Senior Holders, the Junior Representatives and the Junior Holders have not otherwise made to each other, nor do they hereby make to each other, any warranties, express or implied, nor do they assume any liability to each other with respect to (a) the enforceability, validity, value or collectability of any of the Senior Obligations, the Junior Obligations or any guarantee or security which may have been granted to any of them in connection therewith, (b) any Grantors title to or right to transfer any of the Common Collateral or (c) any other matter except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
9.3 Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the Senior Representatives and the Senior Holders, and the Junior Representatives and the Junior Holders, respectively, hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Senior Documents or any Junior Documents;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the Senior Obligations or the Junior Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of any Financing Agreement, Senior Document or Junior Document;
(c) any exchange of any security interest in any Common Collateral or any other collateral, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the Senior Obligations or the Junior Obligations or any guarantee thereof;
(d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Company or any other Grantor; or
(e) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any other Grantor in respect of the Senior Obligations, the Junior Obligations, any Senior Representative or any Senior Holders, or any Junior Representative or any Junior Holders in respect of this Agreement.
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SECTION 10. Miscellaneous.
10.1 Conflicts. Subject to Section 10.18, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any Senior Financing Document or any Junior Financing Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the Common Collateral and the rights of the Senior Holders therein, this Agreement shall govern and control.
10.2 Term of this Agreement; Severability.
(a) This is a continuing agreement of lien subordination (and, to the extent set forth herein, payment priority) and the Senior Holders may continue, at any time and without notice to any Junior Representative or any Junior Holder, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Company or any other Grantor constituting Senior Obligations in reliance hereon. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate 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.
(b) This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect:
(i) with respect to any Senior Representative, the applicable Senior Holders and the applicable Senior Obligations, upon the Discharge of such Senior Obligations, subject to the rights of the Senior Holders under Section 7.5;
(ii) with respect to any Junior Collateral Agent, the applicable Junior Holders and the applicable Junior Obligations, upon the Discharge of such Junior Obligations, subject to the rights of the Junior Holders under Section 7.5; and
(iii) in its entirety, upon the Discharge of all the Senior Obligations.
10.3 Amendments; Waivers.
(a) No amendment, modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the Senior Collateral Agent acting at the direction of the Controlling Holders; provided that, in addition, amendments, modifications or waivers of (i) Section 3.8, or the definitions of Intabex Collateral or Intabex Obligors shall require the prior written consent of the New Intabex Term Loan Administrative Agent; (ii) any provision of this Agreement that disproportionately and adversely affects the rights and treatment of any Obligations relative to other Obligations of the same Class shall require the consent of the Holders of Obligations so affected; (iii) any provision of this Agreement that disproportionately and adversely affects the rights and treatment of any Class of Senior Obligations relative to any other Class of Senior Obligations shall require the consent of the Senior Representative of the
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Senior Obligations so affected; (iv) any provision of this Agreement that disproportionately and adversely affects the rights and treatment of any Class of Junior Obligations relative to any other Class of Junior Obligations shall require the consent of the Junior Representative of the Junior Obligations so affected; (v) any provision of this Agreement that disproportionately and adversely affects the rights and treatment of the Junior Obligations relative to the Senior Obligations shall require the consent of the Junior Representative of the Junior Obligations so affected; and (vi) any provision of this Agreement that modifies the rights or obligations of the Senior Collateral Agent shall require the prior written consent (in its sole and absolute discretion) of the Senior Collateral Agent. The Company and the other Grantors shall not have any right to consent to or approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement except to the extent their rights are directly affected.
(b) Subject to compliance with Section 10.3(d) below, upon any Refinancing in full of any Financing Agreement as then in effect with new indebtedness intended to have the same lien and payment priority as the Senior Obligations or the Junior Obligations being Refinanced, the Grantors will be permitted to designate the agreement which Refinances such Financing Agreement as a replacement Financing Agreement in which case such designated agreement shall thereafter constitute the Financing Agreement that it Refinanced, as the case may be, for all purposes hereunder and shall replace such Class of Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations being Refinanced, as the case may be for all purposes hereunder; provided that each predecessor Financing Agreement shall continue to be bound by (and entitled to the benefits of) the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, Section 7.5 hereof) as applied to such agreements, the related agreements and all obligations thereunder prior to the Refinancing thereof.
(c) Subject to compliance with the following clauses (d) through (e), notwithstanding anything in this Section 10.3 to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended from time to time at the request of the Company in accordance with clauses (d) through (e) below, at the Companys expense, and without the consent of any Senior Representative or Junior Representative to (i) add other parties holding Future Senior Obligations to the extent the incurrence thereof (and the Liens thereon) are not prohibited by the Senior Documents or the Junior Documents, (ii) in the case of Future Senior Obligations, (1) establish that the Lien on the Common Collateral securing such Future Senior Obligations shall be senior in all respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing the Junior Obligations, and (2) provide to the holders of such Future Senior Obligations (or any agents or trustees thereof) the comparable rights and benefits as are provided to the holders of Future Senior Obligations under this Agreement, and (iii) in the case of Junior Obligations, (1) establish that the Lien on the Common Collateral securing such Junior Obligations shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Senior Obligations, and (2) provide to the holders of such Junior Obligations (or any agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits as are provided to the holders of Junior Obligations under this Agreement.
(d) Upon the execution and delivery of any Financing Agreement:
(i) the Company shall deliver to the Senior Collateral Agent and each Junior Collateral Agent an officers certificate stating that the applicable Grantors (x) in the case of preceding clause (b), intend to enter or have entered into a Refinancing in full of the applicable Financing Agreement, as the case may be, that such agreement shall
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thereafter (upon such Refinancing in full) constitute a Financing Agreement and identifying which Class of existing Obligations hereunder such obligations thereunder shall replace, as the case may be, and certifying that the issuance or incurrence of such Refinancing is permitted by the Senior Documents and the Junior Document (exclusive of any such agreement which is then being Refinanced in full), or (y) in the case of preceding clause (c), intend to enter or have entered into a Financing Agreement with respect to such Future Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations (as applicable), and certifying that the issuance or incurrence of such Future Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations and the Liens securing such Future Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations are permitted by the Senior Documents and the Junior Documents. The Senior Collateral Agent and Junior Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the determination of the Company that such issuance and/or incurrence does not violate the provisions of the Senior Documents and Junior Documents; provided, however, that such determination will not affect whether or not the each applicable Grantor has complied with its undertakings in the Senior Documents and the Junior Documents; and
(ii) the Company shall provide written notice to each then existing Senior Collateral Agent and Junior Collateral Agent of the new Financing Agreement, as the case may be, together with copies thereof, and identifying the new Senior Representative or new Junior Representative (as applicable) thereunder (such new agent, the New Senior Representative or New Junior Representative, as the case may be), and providing its notice information for purposes hereof, and the New Senior Representative or New Junior Representative, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver an Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement Joinder.
(e) In each case above, each Senior Representative and each Junior Representative shall promptly enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments, restatements, amendments and restatements, supplements or other modifications to this Agreement) as the Company, any other Senior Representative or Junior Representative or the new Senior Representative or New Junior Representative, as applicable (but no other Holder), may reasonably request in order to provide to it the rights, remedies and powers and authorities contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all respects with the terms of this Agreement.
(f) Without limiting the foregoing, any change to any provision of this Section 10.3 shall require the consent of the Company, which is an intended third party beneficiary of the provisions of this Section 10.3.
10.4 Information Concerning Financial Condition of New Pyxus Topco and the Subsidiaries. The Senior Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to any Senior Holder to keep any Senior Holder informed of, and no Senior Holder shall be entitled to rely on, the Senior Collateral Agent with respect to (a) the financial condition of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or guarantors of the Senior Obligations and (b) any other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Senior Obligations. No Senior Representative nor any Senior Holder shall have any obligation to any Junior Representative or Junior Holder to keep any Junior Representative or Junior Holder informed of, and no Junior Representative or Junior Holder shall be entitled to rely on, any Senior Representative or Senior Holder with respect to (a) the financial condition of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries and all
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endorsers and/or guarantors of the Senior Obligations or the Junior Obligations and (b) any other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Senior Obligations or the Junior Obligations. No Junior Representative or Junior Holder shall have any obligation to any Senior Representative or Senior Holder to keep any Senior Representative or Senior Holder informed of, and no Senior Representative or Senior Holder shall be entitled to rely on, any Junior Representative or Junior Holder with respect to (a) the financial condition of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or guarantors of the Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations and (b) any other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Senior Obligations or the Junior Obligations. The Senior Collateral Agent, the Senior Representatives, the Senior Holders, the Junior Collateral Agent and the Junior Holders shall have no duty to advise any other party hereunder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event that any party hereto, in its or their sole determination, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any other party (and the Company acknowledges that any such party may do so provided that such information shall otherwise be subject to the respective confidentiality provisions of the Financing Agreements, as applicable), it or they shall be under no obligation (w) to make, and no such party shall make, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided, (x) to provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion, (y) to undertake any investigation or (z) to disclose any information that, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential. The Grantors agree that any information provided to the Senior Representatives and the Junior Representatives may be shared by such person with any of the other Holders notwithstanding a request or demand by such Grantor that such information be kept confidential; provided that such information shall otherwise be subject to the respective confidentiality provisions in the Financing Agreements, as applicable.
10.5 Subrogation. Each Senior Representative and each Junior Representative, for and on behalf of itself and the Senior Holders or applicable Junior Holders, as applicable, agrees that no payment to any other party hereto or to any Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall entitle such paying party to exercise any rights of subrogation in respect thereof until the Discharge in full of the applicable Obligations has occurred. Following the Discharge of such Obligations, the Senior Representative or Junior Representative, as applicable, of the Obligations so Discharged agrees to execute such documents, agreements, and instruments as any paying party may reasonably request to evidence the transfer by subrogation to any such Person of an interest in the Obligations Discharged resulting from payments by such Person, so long as all costs and expenses (including all reasonable legal fees and disbursements) incurred in connection therewith by the party receiving payment are paid by such Person upon request for payment thereof.
10.6 Application of Payments. Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement, all payments received by the Senior Holders may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the Senior Obligations as the Senior Holders, in their sole determination, deem appropriate, consistent with the terms of the Senior Documents. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Holder, assents to any such extension or postponement of the time of payment of the Senior Obligations or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security that may at any time secure any part of the Senior Obligations and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.
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10.7 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers. The parties hereto consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in New York, New York, and consent that all service of process may be made by registered mail directed to such party as provided in Section 10.8 for such party. Service so made shall be deemed to be completed three days after the same shall be posted as aforesaid. The parties hereto waive any objection to any action instituted hereunder in any such court based on forum non conveniens, and any objection to the venue of any action instituted hereunder in any such court. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED ON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, VERBAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT OR ACTION OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF.
10.8 Notices. All notices to the Holders permitted or required under this Agreement may be sent to the applicable Senior Representative or the applicable Junior Representative as provided in the applicable Financing Agreement. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally served, telecopied, electronically mailed or sent by courier service or U.S. mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or electronic mail or upon receipt via U.S. mail (registered or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth on Schedule 10.8 hereto or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties hereto. Each Senior Representative hereby agrees to promptly notify each Junior Representative upon payment in full in cash of all Indebtedness under the applicable Senior Documents (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim therefor has been made).
10.9 Further Assurances. Each Senior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Senior Holder, and each Junior Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior Holder, agrees that each of them shall take such further action and shall execute and deliver to each Senior Representative, the Senior Holders, each Junior Representative and the Junior Holders such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as each Senior Representative, the Senior Holders, each Junior Representative or the Junior Holders may reasonably request, at the expense of the Company, to effectuate the terms of and the Lien and payment priorities contemplated by this Agreement.
10.10 Governing Law. This Agreement has been delivered and accepted in and shall be deemed to have been made in New York, New York and shall be interpreted, and the rights and liabilities of the parties bound hereby determined, in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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10.11 Specific Performance. Each Senior Representative may demand specific performance of this Agreement. Each Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Junior Holder, hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action that may be brought by any Senior Representative.
10.12 Section Titles. The section titles contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of this Agreement.
10.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by means of facsimile or other electronic transmission, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same document. This Agreement shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (a) an original manual signature; (b) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or (c) any other electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronics and Records Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including any relevant provisions of the UCC (collectively, Signature Law), in each case to the extent applicable. Each faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any other party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the UCC or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings.
10.14 Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement.
10.15 No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, each of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of each of, and be binding upon, the holders of Senior Obligations and Junior Obligations. No other Person shall have or be entitled to assert rights or benefits hereunder; provided that the Company is an intended third party beneficiary of Section 10.3. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any person to whom a Holder assigns or otherwise transfers all or any portion of the Senior Obligations or the Junior Obligations, as applicable, in accordance with the applicable Senior Documents or Junior Documents, as the case may be, shall become vested with all the rights and obligations in respect thereof granted to such Holders, without any further consent or action of the other Holders.
10.16 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This Agreement shall be effective both before and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references to the Company or any other Grantor shall include the Company or any other Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for the Company or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
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10.17 Senior Representatives and Junior Representatives. It is understood and agreed that (a) Alter Domus is entering into this Agreement in its capacities as administrative agent and collateral agent and all rights, privileges, protections and immunities (including, without limitation, the right to indemnification) in favor of the administrative agent and the collateral agent under the Senior Documents shall also apply to Alter Domus as a Senior Representative hereunder and (b) Wilmington Trust is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as Senior Notes Trustee, at the direction of the holders of the Senior Notes Obligations and all rights, privileges, protections and immunities (including, without limitation, the right to indemnification) in favor of the Senior Notes Trustee under the Senior Notes Indenture shall also apply to Wilmington Trust as a Senior Representative hereunder.
10.18 Relationship with Other Intercreditor Agreements. The purpose of this Agreement is (a) to define the relative rights and priorities among each Class of Senior Obligations and (b) to define the relative rights and priorities as between all Classes of Senior Obligations, on the one hand, and all Classes of Junior Obligations, on the other.
10.19 Relative Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement is intended to or will (a) amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of the Senior Documents, the Junior Documents or the ABL/Notes/Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement, or permit New Pyxus Topco or any Subsidiary to take any action, or fail to take any action, to the extent such action or failure would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, the Senior Documents, the Junior Documents or the ABL/Notes/Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement, or (b) obligate New Pyxus Topco or any Subsidiary to take any action, or fail to take any action, that would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, the Senior Documents, the Junior Documents, or the ABL/Notes/Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement. None of New Pyxus Topco or any Subsidiary shall have any rights hereunder except as expressly set forth herein (including as set forth in Section 10.3).
10.20 Supplements. Upon the execution by any Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco of an Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement Joinder, such Subsidiary shall be a party to this Agreement and shall be bound by the provisions hereof to the same extent as the Company and each other Grantor are so bound.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, as the New Intabex Term Loan Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Name: | Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Title: | Associate General Counsel | |
ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, as the New Pyxus Term Loan Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Name: | Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Title: | Associate General Counsel | |
ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, as the Senior Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Name: | Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Title: | Associate General Counsel |
[Signature Page to Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement Joinder]
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Senior Notes Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Arlene Thelwell | |
Name: | Arlene Thelwell | |
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page to Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement Joinder]
Acknowledged:
PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
PYXUS PARENT, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement Joinder]
ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, INC. ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL, LLC ALLIANCE ONE NORTH AMERICA, LLC ALLIANCE ONE SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC THE AUSTIN TOBACCO COMPANY, INCORPORATED MONK-AUSTIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. CRES TOBACCO COMPANY, LLC EASTERN CAROLINA PACKAGING, LLC AOSP INVESTMENTS, LLC GLOBAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC TWELFTH STATE BRANDS LLC PYXUS AGRICULTURE USA, LLC PUREAG-NC, LLC CRITICALITY, LLC TRANS-CONTINENTAL LEAF TOBACCO CORP., LTD. As Grantors | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |
Title: | Authorized Person |
[Signature Page to Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement Joinder]
Signed by Tomas Grigera as attorney for and on behalf of | ||
ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LTD., as Guarantor, pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated February 3, 2023 | ||
Signed: | /s/ Tomas Grigera |
Signed by Tomas Grigera as attorney for and on behalf of PYXUS AGRICULTURE HOLDINGS LIMITED as Guarantor, pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated February 3, 2023 | ||
Signed: | /s/ Tomas Grigera |
[Signature Page to Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement Joinder]
Exhibit 10.4
LIMITED CONSENT AND AMENDMENT TO ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT
This LIMITED CONSENT AND AMENDMENT TO ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of January 5, 2023 (this Amendment), by and among Pyxus Holdings, Inc., a Virginia corporation, as borrower agent (the Borrower Agent), Alliance One International, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, Alliance One North America, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, and Alliance One Specialty Products, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company (collectively, with Borrower Agent, the Borrowers and each a Borrower), Pyxus International, Inc., a Virginia corporation (Pyxus Topco), Pyxus Parent, Inc., a Virginia corporation (Pyxus Parent), the Lenders party hereto from time to time and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the Collateral Agent) for the Lenders;
WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the ABL Credit Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof prior to the date hereof, the Credit Agreement; the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement), dated as of February 8, 2022, among the Borrowers, Pyxus Topco, Pyxus Parent, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender from time to time party thereto;
WHEREAS, the Borrower Agent desires to conduct an exchange offer (the Exchange) of (i) the Borrower Agents Existing Exit Notes for New Notes, substantially on the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated as of January 5, 2023 (the Offering Memorandum); (ii) the Borrower Agents Existing Exit Term Loans for New Term Loans, substantially on the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Term Sheet, delivered to the Administrative Agent on January 4, 2023 (the Term Sheet); and (iii) the term loans issued under the Intabex Term Loan Facility for New Term Loans, substantially as set forth in the Term Sheet.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 13.12 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers have requested that (a) the Credit Agreement be amended as set forth herein, and (b) the Lenders have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement and consent to the Exchange, subject to the terms set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, this Amendment includes amendments to the Credit Agreement that are subject to approval of the Required Lenders, and that, in each case, will become effective on the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Defined Terms; References. Unless otherwise specifically defined herein, each term used herein which is defined in the Amended Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Amended Credit Agreement. Each reference to hereof, hereunder, herein and hereby and each other similar reference and each reference to this Agreement and each other similar reference contained in the Credit Agreement shall, after this Amendment becomes effective, refer to the Amended Credit Agreement. This Amendment is a Loan Document as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement.
Section 2. Amendments to the Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Amendment Effective
Date, in accordance with Section 13.12 of the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the bold, stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the bold, double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto.
Section 3. Limited Consent.
(a) The Lenders hereby agree to consent to (i) the consummation of the Exchange in accordance with the Offering Memorandum and the Term Sheet to the extent the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under the Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement and Exit Notes Indenture after giving effect to the consummation of the Exchange constitutes Permitted Exit Financing Indebtedness, and (ii) the entry by the Borrower Agent, the guarantors party thereto and the Administrative Agent into the Amended and Restated ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the Intercreditor Amendment).
(b) The foregoing consents shall be effective only as to the Exchange and the documentation related thereto. This consent shall not be deemed a consent to the breach by Borrowers of other covenants or agreements contained in the Amended Credit Agreement or any Loan Document with respect to any other transaction or matter except as expressly set forth herein. Borrowers agree that the consent set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be limited to the precise meaning of the words as written therein and shall not be deemed (i) to be a consent to or any waiver or modification of any other term or condition of the Amended Credit Agreement or any Loan Document, or (ii) to prejudice any right or remedy that the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lenders may now have or may in the future have under or in connection with the Amended Credit Agreement or any Loan Document other than with respect to the Exchange and the documentation related thereto. This consent shall not be construed as establishing a course of conduct on the part of the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lenders upon which the Borrowers may rely at any time in the future. Borrowers expressly waive any right to assert any claim to such effect at any time.
Section 4. Representations Correct. By its execution of this Amendment, each Loan Party hereto hereby represents and warrants, as of the date hereof, that:
(a) Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party set forth in Article 8 of the Credit Agreement or in any other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality standard set forth in any such representation or warranty) on and as of the Amendment Effective Date with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such date (without duplication of any materiality standard set in any such representation or warranty);
(b) Each Loan Party has the requisite organizational and constitutional power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the terms and provisions of this Amendment and has taken all necessary Business action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Amendment. Each Loan Party has duly executed and delivered this Amendment, and this Amendment constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws generally affecting creditors rights, and (ii) equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law); and
(c) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or will exist immediately after giving effect to this Amendment.
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Section 5. Effectiveness; Notice. This Amendment shall become effective (the date of such effectiveness, the Amendment Effective Date) upon the satisfaction (or waiver by Lenders constituting the Required Lenders) of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Borrowers, Pyxus Topco, Pyxus Parent, the Administrative Agent and Lenders constituting the Required Lenders shall have signed a counterpart of this Amendment (whether the same or different counterparts) and shall have delivered (by electronic transmission or otherwise) the same to the Administrative Agent;
(b) The Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent true and correct copies of the Offering Memorandum and the Term Sheet;
(c) The Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a copy of the fully executed Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, substantially in the form exhibited to the Offering Memorandum;
(d) The Borrowers shall have delivered (by electronic transmission or otherwise) to the Administrative Agent a copy of the Intercreditor Amendment, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed by all requisite parties.
(e) The Exchange shall have been consummated;
(f) The Exit Notes Documents and Exit Term Loan Documents shall permit extensions of credit under the Amended Credit Agreement in a minimum amount equal to the greater of $90,000,000 and the commitments from time to time under the Amended Credit Agreement; and
(g) The Borrowers shall have paid to Blank Rome LLP all accrued and outstanding fees and expenses required to be paid by the Borrowers on the Amendment Effective Date pursuant to the Amended Credit Agreement, as set forth in an invoice provided to the Borrowers prior to the date hereof.
Section 6. Reaffirmation. Each Loan Party (prior to and after giving effect to this Amendment) hereby consents to the amendments to the Credit Agreement effected hereby and confirms and agrees that, notwithstanding the effectiveness of this Amendment, each Loan Document to which such Loan Party is a party is, and the obligations of such Loan Party contained in the Credit Agreement, this Amendment or in any other Loan Document to which it is a party are, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects, in each case as amended by this Amendment. For greater certainty and without limiting the foregoing, each Loan Party hereby confirms that the existing security interests granted by such Loan Party in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Loan Documents in the collateral described therein (including, without limitation, the Collateral) shall continue to secure the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as and to the extent provided in the Loan Documents. Each Guarantor reaffirms and agrees that its guarantee of the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. Each Loan Party hereby confirms that all amounts due and owing pursuant to the Credit Agreement or the Amended Credit Agreement are not subject to any defense or to reduction by way of setoff, counterclaim or otherwise.
Section 7. Entire Agreement. This Amendment, the Credit Agreement, and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of any party under, the Credit Agreement, nor alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. It is
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understood and agreed that each reference in each Loan Document to the Credit Agreement, whether direct or indirect, shall hereafter be deemed to be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and that this Amendment is a Loan Document. This Amendment shall not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Section 8. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SECTION 13.08 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT IS HEREBY INCORPORATED MUTATIS MUTANDIS AND SHALL APPLY HERETO.
Section 9. Severability. If any provision of this Amendment is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Amendment shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 10. Counterparts. This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Delivery by facsimile or other electronic means of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment. For purposes hereof, the words execution, execute, executed, signed, signature and words of like import shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formulations on electronic platforms, 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 Transaction Act.
Section 11. Headings. The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
Section 12. Successors. All agreements of each of the parties hereto shall bind its successors and assigns, except as otherwise provided in the Credit Agreement.
Section 13. Direction. The Lenders party hereto, constituting the Required Lenders, by consenting to this Amendment, authorize and direct the Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent, as applicable, to execute and deliver (i) this Amendment and (ii) the Intercreditor Amendment, to be dated as of the Amendment Effective Date.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers to execute and deliver this Amendment as of the date first above written.
PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC., as Borrower Agent | ||||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |||
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |||
ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL, LLC, | ||||
as Borrower | ||||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |||
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |||
ALLIANCE ONE NORTH AMERICA, LLC, | ||||
as Borrower | ||||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |||
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |||
ALLIANCE ONE SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC, | ||||
as Borrower | ||||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |||
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |||
PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC., | ||||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |||
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Limited Consent and Amendment to ABL Credit Agreement]
PYXUS PARENT, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |||
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Limited Consent and Amendment to ABL Credit Agreement]
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||||
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Mark A. Bradford | |||
Name: | Mark A. Bradford | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President |
[Limited Consent and Amendment to ABL Credit Agreement]
EXHIBIT A TO
AMENDMENT
Amendments to Credit Agreement
[Attached]
Execution
VersionExhibit
A
$100,000,000
ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
among
PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC.,
as Borrower Agent,
THE BORROWERS AND PARENT GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT and COLLATERAL AGENT
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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1.01 |
Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
1.02 |
Terms Generally | |||||
1.03 |
Timing of Payment or Performance | |||||
1.04 |
LLC Division | |||||
1.05 |
Administrative Agent Decision Making | |||||
ARTICLE II AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT |
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2.01 |
The Commitments | |||||
2.02 |
Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing | |||||
2.03 |
Notice of Borrowing | |||||
2.04 |
Disbursement of Funds | |||||
2.05 |
Notes | |||||
2.06 |
Reserved | |||||
2.07 |
Pro Rata Borrowings | |||||
2.08 |
Interest | |||||
2.09 |
Statement of Account | |||||
2.10 |
Inability to Determine BSBY Rate, Illegality, etc | |||||
2.11 |
Increased Costs | |||||
2.12 |
Change of Lending Office | |||||
2.13 |
Replacement of Lenders | |||||
2.14 |
Defaulting Lenders | |||||
2.15 |
Incremental Commitments | |||||
2.16 |
Extension of Revolving Loan Commitments | |||||
2.17 |
Benchmark Replacement Setting | |||||
ARTICLE III LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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3.01 |
Letters of Credit | |||||
3.02 |
Maximum Letter of Credit Outstandings; Final Maturities | |||||
3.03 |
Letter of Credit Requests; Minimum Stated Amount | |||||
3.04 |
Letter of Credit Participations | |||||
3.05 |
Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings | |||||
3.06 |
Increased Costs | |||||
3.07 |
Extended Revolving Loan Commitments | |||||
ARTICLE IV UNUSED LINE FEE; FEES; REDUCTIONS OF COMMITMENT |
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4.01 |
Fees | |||||
4.02 |
Voluntary Termination of Unutilized Commitments | |||||
4.03 |
Mandatory Reduction of Commitments | |||||
ARTICLE V PREPAYMENTS; PAYMENTS; TAXES |
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5.01 |
Voluntary Prepayments | |||||
5.02 |
Mandatory Repayments; Cash Collateralization | |||||
5.03 |
Method and Place of Payment | |||||
5.04 |
Net Payments |
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ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EVENTS ON THE CLOSING DATE |
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6.01 |
Executed Counterparts | |||||
6.02 |
Opinions of Counsel | |||||
6.03 |
Representations and Warranties | |||||
6.04 |
No Default | |||||
6.05 |
Requirement of Law | |||||
6.06 |
Officers Certificate | |||||
6.07 |
Security Documents | |||||
6.08 |
Exit Notes Documents | |||||
6.09 |
Exit Term Loan Documents | |||||
6.10 |
Closing Certificate | |||||
6.11 |
Financial Statements | |||||
6.12 |
Beneficial Ownership Regulation | |||||
6.13 |
Fees etc | |||||
6.14 |
Insurance | |||||
6.15 |
Initial Borrowing Base Certificate; Excess Availability; etc | |||||
6.16 |
Domestic Availability | |||||
6.17 |
Payoff Letter | |||||
6.18 |
No Material Adverse Effect | |||||
ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO ALL CREDIT EVENTS |
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7.01 |
No Default; Representations and Warranties | |||||
7.02 |
Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request | |||||
7.03 |
Borrowing Base Limitations | |||||
ARTICLE VIII REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS |
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8.01 |
Company Status | |||||
8.02 |
Power and Authority | |||||
8.03 |
No Violation | |||||
8.04 |
Approvals | |||||
8.05 |
Financial Statements; Financial Condition; Projections | |||||
8.06 |
Material Adverse Effect | |||||
8.07 |
Litigation | |||||
8.08 |
True and Complete Disclosure | |||||
8.09 |
Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations | |||||
8.10 |
Tax Returns and Payments | |||||
8.11 |
Compliance with ERISA | |||||
8.12 |
Security Documents | |||||
8.13 |
Properties | |||||
8.14 |
Subsidiaries | |||||
8.15 |
Compliance with Laws | |||||
8.16 |
Investment Company Act | |||||
8.17 |
No Default | |||||
8.18 |
Environmental Matters |
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ARTICLE XI EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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11.01 |
Payments |
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11.02 |
Representations, etc |
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11.03 |
Covenants |
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11.04 |
Default under Other Agreements |
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11.05 |
Bankruptcy, etc |
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11.06 |
ERISA |
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11.07 |
Security Documents |
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11.08 |
Guaranties |
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11.09 |
Judgments |
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11.10 |
Change of Control |
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11.11 |
Intercreditor Agreements |
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ARTICLE XII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT |
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12.01 |
Appointment |
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12.02 |
Nature of Duties |
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12.03 |
Lack of Reliance on the Administrative Agent |
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12.04 |
Certain Rights of the Agents |
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12.05 |
Reliance |
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12.06 |
Indemnification |
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12.07 |
Each Agent in its Individual Capacity |
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12.08 |
[Reserved] |
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12.09 |
Resignation by any Agent |
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12.10 |
Collateral Matters |
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12.11 |
Delivery of Information |
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12.12 |
Erroneous Payments. |
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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS |
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13.01 |
Payment of Expenses, etc |
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13.02 |
Right of Setoff |
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13.03 |
Notices |
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13.04 |
Benefit of Agreement; Assignments; Participations |
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13.05 |
No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative |
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13.06 |
Payments Pro Rata |
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13.07 |
Calculations; Computations |
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13.08 |
GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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13.09 |
Counterparts |
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13.10 |
Effectiveness |
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13.11 |
Headings Descriptive |
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13.12 |
Amendment or Waiver; etc |
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13.13 |
Survival |
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13.14 |
Domicile of Loans |
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13.15 |
Register |
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13.16 |
Confidentiality |
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13.17 |
No Fiduciary Duty |
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13.18 |
Patriot Act |
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13.19 |
OTHER LIENS ON COLLATERAL; TERMS OF THE ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT; ETC | |||||
13.20 |
OTHER LIENS ON COLLATERAL; TERMS OF JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT; ETC | |||||
13.21 |
Interest Rate Limitation |
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13.22 |
Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions |
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13.23 |
Judgment Currency |
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13.24 |
Cashless Settlement |
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13.25 |
Intercreditor Agreements |
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13.26 |
Borrowing Agency |
SCHEDULE 1.01(a) |
Commitments | |
SCHEDULE 1.01(b) |
Subsidiary Guarantors | |
SCHEDULE 1.01(d) |
Excluded Account Debtors | |
SCHEDULE 1.01(e) |
Specified Account Debtors | |
SCHEDULE 8.13 |
Real Property | |
SCHEDULE 8.14 |
Subsidiaries | |
SCHEDULE 8.21 |
Insurance | |
SCHEDULE 8.26 |
Material Contracts | |
SCHEDULE 9.17 |
Post-Closing Matters | |
SCHEDULE 10.01 |
Permitted Investments | |
SCHEDULE 10.03(a) |
Existing Indebtedness | |
SCHEDULE 10.03(b) |
Existing Investments | |
SCHEDULE 10.06 |
Existing Liens | |
SCHEDULE 10.08 |
Permitted Asset Dispositions | |
SCHEDULE 10.12 |
Deposit Accounts | |
SCHEDULE 11.04 |
Other Agreements | |
SCHEDULE 13.03 |
Lender Addresses | |
EXHIBIT A |
Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |
EXHIBIT B-1 |
Form of Notice of Borrowing | |
EXHIBITS C-1-C-4 |
Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates | |
EXHIBIT D-1 |
Form of Guarantee Agreement | |
EXHIBIT D-2 |
Form of Pledge and Security Agreement | |
EXHIBIT E |
Form of Compliance Certificate | |
EXHIBIT F-1 |
Form of Intercompany Note (Intercompany Loans made by a Loan Party) | |
EXHIBIT F-2 |
Form of Intercompany Note (Intercompany Loans made to a Loan Party by a Subsidiary of the Borrower Agent that is not a Loan Party) | |
EXHIBIT G |
Form of Incremental Commitment Agreement | |
EXHIBIT I |
Form of Borrowing Base Certificate | |
EXHIBIT J |
Form of Landlord Waiver and Consent Agreement | |
EXHIBIT K Form of Revolving Note |
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ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of February 8, 2022 (this Agreement), among PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC., a Virginia corporation, as Borrower Agent (the Borrower Agent), ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, ALLIANCE ONE NORTH AMERICA, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, and ALLIANCE ONE SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company (collectively, with Borrower Agent, the Borrowers and each a Borrower), PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Virginia corporation (Pyxus Topco), PYXUS PARENT, INC., a Virginia corporation (Pyxus Parent), the Lenders (as defined in Article I), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) for the Lenders and as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the Collateral Agent) for the Secured Parties.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in these recitals shall have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.01 hereof;
WHEREAS, in order to provide for the general corporate purposes and working capital of the Borrowers, the Borrowers have requested that the Lenders provide the revolving credit facility provided herein (the ABL Facility); and
WHEREAS, subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Lenders are willing to make available to the Borrowers the ABL Facility.
Accordingly, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Accounting Terms.
1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement shall mean the (a) ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement, dated August 24, 2020, among the Existing ABL Agent (in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Existing ABL Facility), the Exit Term Loan Collateral Agent, the Exit Notes Collateral Agent and the other parties from time to time party thereto, including the Amended and Restated ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement, to be dated as of the Amendment Effective Date and (b) the joinder thereto executed by Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent dated as of the Closing Date pursuant to which Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent becomes a successor to Existing ABL Agent thereunder.
ABL Facility shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
ABL Priority Collateral shall have the meaning provided in the ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement.
ABR when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
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Amendment Exceptions shall mean, with respect to the applicable debt instrument, any amendment that (a) increases the principal amount of debt in excess of the amount permitted by Section 10.03(b)(i), (b) shortens the maturity date thereof, (c) amends the amortization schedule provided for therein, as applicable, (d) increases the interest rate (other than the rate for default interest) applicable thereto in excess of 2% over the rate existing as of the First Amendment Effective Date, or (e) makes more restrictive any mandatory prepayment or adds any mandatory prepayment would be deemed materially adverse to the Loan Parties.
Applicable Margin shall mean a percentage per annum equal to (a) in the case of Revolving Loans maintained as ABR Loans, 2.00% and (b) in the case of Revolving Loans maintained as BSBY Rate Loans, 3.00%.
Approved Electronic Communication shall mean each notice, demand, communication, information, document and other material transmitted, posted or otherwise made or communicated by e-mail, e-fax, the Credit Management Module of PNCs PINACLE® system, or any other equivalent electronic service agreed to by Administrative Agent, whether owned, operated or hosted by Administrative Agent, any Lender, any of their Affiliates or any other Person, that any party is obligated to, or otherwise chooses to, provide to Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any Loan Document, including any financial statement, financial and other report, notice, request, certificate and other information material; provided that Approved Electronic Communications shall not include any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that Administrative Agent specifically instructs a Person to deliver in physical form.
Asset Sale shall mean:
(1) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights by any Parent Guarantor, the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent Guarantors, the Borrower Agent and their Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be subject to Section 10.04 and not Section 10.08; and
(2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of Pyxus Parent, the Borrower Agent or the Borrower Agents or any Parent Guarantors Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale by any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower Agent or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests in any of the Parent Guarantors or Borrower Agents Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:
(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets or rights having a Fair Market Value of less than $20.0 million;
(2) a transfer of assets or rights between or among the Parent Guarantors, the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that transfers made outside of the ordinary course of business or in a manner inconsistent with past practices (i) by any Borrower or any Guarantor to any Specified Foreign Subsidiary shall be deemed an Investment (in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the transferred assets less the Fair Market Value of the consideration received therefor by the transferor (excluding the value of any consideration in the form of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities of the applicable Subsidiary)) for purposes of complying, and must comply, with Section 10.02 hereof and (ii) by any Borrower or any Guarantor to any Subsidiary of a Borrower or a Parent Guarantor that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed an Investment (in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the completed or received an appraisal of such Inventory from appraisers satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Determination; and
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(20) Inventory that is otherwise unacceptable to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Determination.
The Administrative Agent shall have the right, from time to time, to adjust any of the criteria set forth above and to establish new criteria with respect to Eligible Inventory, in its Permitted Determination, except to the extent any such adjustment or addition would result in such criteria being less restrictive than as set forth herein.
Eligible Transferee shall mean and
include a commercial bank, an insurance company, a finance company, a financial institution, any fund that invests in loans or any other accredited investor (as defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act), but in any event excluding
the Parent Guarantors, the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries and Affiliates.
Eligible Receivables shall mean, as of any date, all accounts receivable of the Borrowers and any of their Subsidiaries arising out of the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business, valued in accordance with GAAP and shown on the balance sheet of the Borrower Agent for the quarterly period most recently ended prior to such date for which internal financial statements of the Borrower Agent are available, including without limitation receivables and related proceeds of Alliance One International, LLC arising from the sale of tobacco financed by Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank in connection with the Secured Pre-Shipment and Export Finance Facilities Agreement, as amended and restated by the Third Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated on or about August 12, 2021, by and between Alliance One Tobacco (Malawi) Limited, Alliance One Tobacco (Tanzania) Limited and Alliance One Zambia Limited, as borrowers, Alliance One Tobacco (Kenya) Limited and Alliance One Tobacco (Uganda), as resigning borrowers, Pyxus International, Inc., Pyxus Parent, Inc. and Pyxus Holdings, Inc., as parent guarantors, and Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, as mandated lead arranger, original lender, agent and security agent, providing for revolving credit borrowings, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, in each case as may be amended from time to time so long as such amendments do not (i) modify the non-recourse nature of the facility with respect to Alliance One International, LLC and (ii) are otherwise not materially adverse to the Lenders (the TDB Facility).
Eligible Transferee shall mean and include a commercial bank, an insurance company, a finance company, a financial institution, any fund that invests in loans or any other accredited investor (as defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act), but in any event excluding the Parent Guarantors, the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries and Affiliates.
Environmental Claims shall mean any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, directives, claims, liens, written notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations and/or proceedings relating in any way to any noncompliance with, or liability arising under, Environmental Law or to any permit issued, or any approval given, under any Environmental Law (hereafter, Claims), including, without limitation, (a) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law, and (b) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief arising out of or relating to an alleged injury or threat of injury to human health, safety or the environment due to the presence of Hazardous Materials.
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(6) the complete or partial withdrawal of any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower Agent or any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan, the insolvency or critical status under Title IV of ERISA of any Multiemployer Plan; or the receipt by any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower Agent or any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any of any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower Agent, any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, that a Multiemployer Plan is in endangered or critical status under Section 305 of ERISA; or
(7) any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower Agent, any of their Subsidiaries or an ERISA Affiliate incurring any material liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA).
Event of Default shall have the meaning provided in Article XI.
Excess Availability shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount by which (a) Availability at such time exceeds (b) the Aggregate Exposure at such time.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Excluded Account Debtor shall mean any Account Debtor set forth on Schedule 1.01(d), as such schedule may be updated by from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent.
Excluded Assets shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Pledge and Security Agreement or in any other Security Document (including the UK Share Charges).
Excluded Deposit Accounts shall mean (v) all Deposit Accounts for the exclusive purpose of funding tax
obligations, escrow arrangements or exclusively holding funds owned by Persons other than the Parent Guarantors, the Borrower Agent and their Subsidiaries, (w) all Deposit Accounts established (or otherwise maintained) by the Parent Guarantors,
the Borrower Agent or any of their Domestic Subsidiaries which are funded by, or on behalf or for the benefit of, employees of any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower Agent or any of their Domestic Subsidiaries and are to be maintained exclusively for
the benefit, directly or indirectly, of such employees (including, without limitation, Deposit Accounts which are employer funded pension accounts for employees and accounts established to pay taxes for and on behalf of employee tax liabilities),
(x) solely to the extent holding proceeds of receivables subject to such Permitted Receivables Liens, the Deposit Account established by Alliance One International, LLC and subject of Permitted Receivables Liens, (y) all other Deposit Accounts
established (or otherwise maintained) by any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower Agent or any of their Domestic Subsidiaries (excluding Collection Accounts, Concentration Accounts and Agent Accounts) that do not have cash balances at any time exceeding
$250,000 in the aggregate for all such Deposit Accounts for a period of one Business Day and one business day (or similar concept) in the local jurisdiction of such Deposit Account and (z) the Exit Notes Asset SaleFinancing
Priority Collateral Proceeds Account.
Excluded Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor or a Borrower (a) that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (b) that is not a Material Domestic Subsidiary, (c) that is prohibited by applicable law (whether on the Closing Date or thereafter) or contractual obligations existing on the Closing Date (or, in the case of any newly acquired Subsidiary, in existence at the time of acquisition but not entered into in contemplation thereof) from guaranteeing the Obligations, or if guaranteeing the Obligations would require governmental (including regulatory) or other third-party consent, approval, license or authorization (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been obtained), (d) with respect to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent mutually agree that the burden or cost or other consequences of providing a Guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be
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obtained by the Lenders therefrom or (e) with respect to which the provision or maintenance of a Guarantee by it could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse Tax consequences to the Parent Guarantors, the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by Pyxus Topco).
Excluded Swap Obligation shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantors failure for any reason to constitute an eligible contract participant as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
Excluded Taxes shall mean any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Revolving Loan Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Revolving Loan Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower Agent under Section 2.13) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 5.04, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lenders assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan or Revolving Loan Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipients failure to comply with Section 5.04(e) and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
Executive Order shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.23(a).
Existing ABL Agent shall mean Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the lenders party to the Existing ABL Facility.
Existing ABL Facility shall mean that certain Exit ABL Credit Agreement dated as of August 24, 2020 among Borrower Agent, Pyxus Topco, Pyxus Parent, and the lenders party thereto (as has been amended, modified, restated and supplemented).
Existing Exit Notes shall have the meaning provided in the definition of Exit Notes.
Existing Exit Notes Indenture shall have the meaning provided in the definition of Exit Notes Indenture.
Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement shall have the meaning provided in the definition of Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement.
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Existing Exit Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in the definition of Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement.
Existing Indebtedness shall mean all Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantors, the Borrower Agent and their Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 10.03(a).
Existing Securitization Facilities shall mean collectively, (i) Uncommitted Receivables Purchase Facility Agreement, dated December 4, 2020, between Alliance One International Inc., Alliance One International AG and The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and (ii) (a) Fifth Amended and Restated Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2020, among Finacity Receivables 2006-2, LLC, Finacity Corporation, Alliance One International GmbH, DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main, New York Branch, Autobahn Funding Company LLC and the other parties party thereto, as amended August 19, 2020 and August 24, 2020, (b) Fifth Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated June 17, 2020, among Finacity Receivables 2006-2, LLC, Alliance One International GmbH and Finacity Corporation, as amended August 24, 2020, and (c) Fourth Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2020, among Finacity Receivables 2006-2, LLC, Pyxus International, Inc., Alliance One International, LLC, Alliance One North America, LLC and Finacity Corporation, as Amended August 24, 2020.
Exit Notes shall mean each of the Borrowers Agents(i) 10.000% Senior Secured Exit Notes due 2024, issued and outstanding under the Existing Exit Notes Indenture (the Existing Exit Notes) and (ii) New
Notes, issued and outstanding under the New Notes Indenture.
Exit Notes Asset Sale Proceeds
Account shall mean one or more deposit accounts or securities accounts holding solely the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of
any Exit Notes Priority Collateral (and only such Collateral) that are required to be held in such account or accounts pursuant to the terms of
the Exit Notes Indenture or any Refinancing Exit Notes Indenture.
Exit Notes Collateral Agent shall mean
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as
Collateralthe applicable Aagent or agents under
the Exit Notes Indenture, and
itstheir
respective successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
Exit Notes Documents shall mean the Exit Notes, the Exit Notes Indenture,
and the Exit Notes Security Documents, in each case, as in effect on the Closing DateFirst Amendment
Effective Date and as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time thereafter in a manner that is not materially adverse to the Lenders subject to the Amendment
Exceptions.
Exit Notes Indenture shall mean each of (i) that certain Indenture, dated as of August 24, 2020, among the Borrower Agent, the guarantors from time to time party
thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee,
Ccollateral
Aagent, registrar and paying Administrative Agentagent (the Existing Exit Notes Indenture) and (ii) the New Notes Indenture, in each case, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith.
Exit Notes Obligations shall mean the Indebtedness and other obligations, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the New Notes Obligations, under the Exit Notes Indenture which are secured by a Lien on the Collateral permitted by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Liens and any post-petition interest, fees and expenses at the applicable rate, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the Exit Notes Obligations and the Secured Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or liquidation proceeding).
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Exit Notes Security Documents shall mean all pledge agreements, security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral documents and other documents, agreements or instruments from time to time that create (or purport to create) Liens on any assets or properties of any Loan Party to secure any obligations under the Exit Notes.
Exit NotesFinancing Priority Collateral shall mean any and all Collateral other than the ABL Priority Collateral.
Exit Financing Priority Collateral Proceeds Account shall mean one or more deposit accounts or securities accounts holding solely the proceeds of any Exit Financing Priority Collateral (and only such Collateral) that are required to be held in such account or accounts pursuant to the terms of any documents governing any Permitted Exit Financing Indebtedness.
Exit Term Loan Collateral Agent shall mean Alter Domus (US) LLC (f/k/a Cortland Capital Market Services LLC), as
Collateralthe applicable Aagent or agents under
the Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement, and
itstheir
respective successors, replacements and/or assigns in such capacity.
Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement shall
mean, collectively, (i) that certain Exit Term Loan Credit
Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2020, among the Borrower Agent, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, and Alter Domus (US) LLC (f/k/a Cortland Capital Market Services LLC), as Aadministrative
Aagent (the Existing Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement and the loans
thereunder, the Existing Exit Term Loans), and (ii) the New Term Loan Credit Agreements, in each case, providing for term loan borrowings,
and including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral
documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith.
Exit Term Loan Documents shall
mean the Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement, and the Exit Term Loan Security Documents, as in effect on the Closing DateFirst Amendment
Effective Date and as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time thereafter in a manner that is not materially adverse to the Lenders subject to the Amendment
Exceptions.
Exit Term Loan Obligations shall mean the Indebtedness and other obligations, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the New Term Loan Obligations, under the Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement which are secured by a Lien on the Collateral permitted by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Liens and any post-petition interest, fees and expenses at the applicable rate, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the Exit Term Loan Obligations and the Secured Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or liquidation proceeding).
Exit Term Loan Security Documents shall mean all pledge agreements, security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral documents and other documents, agreements or instruments from time to time that create (or purport to create) Liens on any assets or properties of any Loan Party to secure any obligations under the Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement.
Exit Term
Loans shall mean the
Tterm
Lloans made to the Borrower Agent under the Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement.
Expenses shall mean all present and future reasonable and invoiced out of pocket expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Issuing Lender in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document, whether incurred heretofore or hereafter, including without limitation the cost of record searches, the reasonable fees and expenses of
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Final Maturity Date shall mean the Initial Maturity Date; provided that, with respect to any Extended Revolving Loan Commitment, the Final Maturity Date with respect thereto instead shall be the Extended Final Maturity Date.
Financial Officer of any person shall mean the chief financial officer, finance director, principal accounting officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of such person.
First Amendment Effective Date shall mean the Amendment Effective Date under, and as defined in, the Limited Waiver and Amendment to ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2023, to this Agreement.
First Priority shall mean, with respect to any Lien purported to be created on any Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, that such Lien is prior in right to any other Lien thereon, other than any Permitted Liens (excluding Permitted Exit Financing Liens) applicable to such Collateral which as a matter of law have priority over the respective Liens on such Collateral created pursuant to the relevant Security Document.
Fiscal Year shall mean the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on March 31 of each calendar year.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall mean, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of (calculated in each case with respect to such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) (a)(i) Consolidated EBITDA for such period, minus (ii) Unfunded Capital Expenditures made during such period, minus (iii) distributions (including tax distributions) and dividends paid during such period (other than distributions and dividends paid to a Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary), minus (iv) cash taxes paid or required to be paid during such period, to (b) the Fixed Charges for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings that are not accompanied by a reduction in the commitments thereof, borrowings of Seasonal Subsidiary Debt and Guarantees of Grower Indebtedness) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the Calculation Date), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect (in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including all related financing transactions and including increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date, or that are to be made on the Calculation Date, will be given pro forma effect (in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, but giving effect to Pro Forma Cost Savings in an amount, together with any amounts added back to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (a)(6) of such definition, not to exceed, in any trailing twelve month period ending subsequent to the Closing Date, 20% of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated before giving effect to any Pro Forma Cost Savings or amounts added back in clause (a)(6) of the definition of Consolidated EBITDA)) as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period;
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(12) the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to discontinued operations, as
determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded;
(23) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as
determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be
obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date;
(34) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period; and
(45) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation
Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period.
Fixed Charges shall mean with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of (in each case with respect to such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period):
(1) | the consolidated interest expense (other than interest expense in respect of letters of credit) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, noncash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of bankers acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations in respect of interest rates; plus |
(2) | the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus |
(3) | any interest on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus |
(4) | principal payments made by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Exit Notes, the Exit Term Loans,
and any Indebtedness described in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) of such definition (but excluding for the avoidance of doubt (i) |
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Indebtedness shall not be excluded pursuant to this clause
( |
(5) | to the extent added in consolidated interest expense in clause (3) above, contingent obligations so long as such obligations remain contingent; minus |
(6) | the interest income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period. |
For the avoidance of doubt, Fixed Charges shall not include payments of principal, interest or any other amounts made among the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of intercompany Indebtedness.
Flood Laws shall mean, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
Floor shall mean a rate of interest equal to zero percent (0.00%).
Foreign Lender shall mean a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
Foreign Pension Plan shall mean any plan, fund (including, without limitation, any superannuation fund), scheme or other similar program established or maintained outside the United States by the Parent Guarantors, the Borrower Agent or any one or more of their Subsidiaries primarily for the benefit of employees of the Parent Guarantors, the Borrower Agent or such Subsidiaries residing outside the United States, which plan, fund, scheme or other similar program provides, or results in, retirement income, a deferral of income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of employment, and which plan is not subject to ERISA or the Code.
Foreign Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor or the Borrower Agent that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Forsyth County Facility shall mean the fee owned facility located on Big Oaks Drive, in King, Forsyth County, North Carolina.
Fronting Fees shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.01(c).
Funded Debt shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money or advances; or
(2) evidenced by loan agreements, bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof).
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Indemnified Taxes shall mean (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
Individual Exposure of any Lender shall mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans made by such Lender and then outstanding, (b) such Lenders RL Percentage of the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit Outstandings at such time and (c) without duplication of clause (b) above, the amount of any Letter of Credit Exposure allocated to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(i).
Initial Maturity
Date shall mean the earliest of (i) February 8, 2027, (ii) ninety days prior to the stated maturity date of the
obligations under the
Existing Exit Term Loan ObligationsCredit
Agreement, except to the extent that on such date all obligations (other than contingent obligations which survive termination and for which no claim has been made by the applicable lenders) thereunder have been satisfied and the Existing Exit Term
Loan Agreement has been terminated, and (iii) ninety days prior to the stated maturity date of the
Exit Notes
Obligations.obligations under the Existing Exit Notes, except to the extent that on such date all
obligations (other than contingent obligations which survive termination and for which no claim has been made by the applicable noteholders) owing pursuant to the Existing Exit Notes and Existing Exit Notes Indenture have been satisfied and the
Existing Notes and Existing Notes Indenture have been terminated.
Intabex Term Loan Facility shall mean that certain Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of April 23, 20012021, among Intabex Netherlands B.V., a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands and Trade Register number 34100480, as borrower, Pyxus Topco, Pyxus Parent, Borrower Agent,
Alliance One International, LLC, and Alliance One International Holdings, Ltd., a private company organized under the laws of England and Wales, the financial institutions party thereto as lenders, and Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent,
providing for term loan borrowings, including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith.
Intercompany Note shall mean (i) in the case of an intercompany loan made by a Loan Party, the Master Intercompany Promissory Note (Non-Loan Party Payees), dated as of August 24, 2020, by and between Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries signatory thereto and any other promissory note evidencing such intercompany loan, duly executed and delivered substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1 (or such other form as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), with blanks completed in conformity herewith and (ii) in the case of an intercompany loan made to a Loan Party by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower Agent or any Parent Guarantor that is not a Loan Party, the Master Intercompany Promissory Note (Loan Party Payees), dated as of August 24, 2020, by and between Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries signatory thereto and any other promissory note evidencing such intercompany loan, duly executed and delivered substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2 (or such other form as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), with blanks completed in conformity herewith.
Intercreditor Agreements shall mean, collectively, the ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement and any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Interest Determination Date shall mean, with respect to any BSBY Rate Loan, the second Business Day prior to the commencement of any Interest Period relating to such BSBY Rate Loan and having a term comparable to such Interest Period.
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Junior Lien shall mean a Lien granted, or purported to be granted, at any time, upon any property of any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Specified Foreign Subsidiary to secure Junior Lien Obligations.
Junior Lien Collateral Agent shall mean, in the case of any series of Junior Lien Debt, the trustee, Collateral Agent or representative of the holders of such series of Junior Lien Debt who is appointed (for purposes related to the administration of security interests) pursuant to the applicable Junior Lien Document governing such series of Junior Lien Debt, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.
Junior Lien Debt shall mean any Funded Debt (including additional notes, and letter of credit and reimbursement obligations with respect thereto) that is secured by a Junior Lien and that was permitted to be incurred and permitted to be so secured under each applicable Loan Document; provided that in the case of any Indebtedness referred to in this definition:
(1) such Indebtedness does not have a maturity date or any mandatory or scheduled payments or sinking fund obligations prior to the Final Maturity Date (except with respect to payments of interest, or as a result of a customary change of control or asset sale repurchase offer provisions);
(2) on or before the date on which the first such Indebtedness is incurred by any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Specified Foreign Subsidiary, the Borrower Agent shall deliver to the Collateral Agent, the Exit Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Exit Notes Collateral Agent complete copies of each applicable Junior Lien Document (which shall provide that each secured party with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subject to and bound by the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement), along with a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying as to such Junior Lien Documents and identifying the obligations constituting Junior Lien Obligations;
(3) on or before the date on which any such Indebtedness is incurred by any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Specified Foreign Subsidiary, such Indebtedness is designated by the Borrower Agent, in a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Junior Lien Collateral Agent and the Collateral Agent, the Exit Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Exit Notes Collateral Agent, as Junior Lien Debt under this Agreement;
(4) on or before the date on which any such Indebtedness is incurred by any Domestic Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor or the Borrower Agent that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Domestic Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder; and
(5) all other requirements set forth in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as to the confirmation, grant or perfection of the Liens of the holders of Junior Lien Debt to secure such Indebtedness or obligations in respect thereof are satisfied.
For the
avoidance of doubt, Exit Term Loan Obligations
and, Exit Notes Obligations and any other Permitted Exit Financing
Indebtedness shall not constitute Junior Lien Debt for purposes of this Agreement.
Junior Lien Documents shall mean, collectively, any indenture, note, security document and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing any Junior Lien Obligations, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any Junior Lien Obligations, to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, and any other credit
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include, as to any Lender, (i) any Affiliate of such Lender that has control (within the meaning provided in the definition of Affiliate) of such Lender having been deemed insolvent or having become the subject of an insolvency proceeding or a takeover by a regulatory authority, (ii) any previously cured Lender Default of such Lender under this Agreement, unless such Lender Default has ceased to exist for a period of at least 90 consecutive days, (iii) any default by such Lender with respect to its payment or funding obligations under any other credit facility to which it is a party and which any Issuing Lender believes in good faith has occurred and is continuing, (iv) the failure of such Lender to make available its portion of any Borrowing or to fund its portion of any unreimbursed payment with respect to a Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 3.04(c) within one (1) Business Day of the date Lenders constituting the Required Lenders with Revolving Loan Commitments has or have, as applicable, funded its or their portion thereof or (v) the failure of such Lender, within five Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans or participations in Letters of Credit (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (v) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent).
Letter of Credit shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.01(a).
Letter of Credit Back-Stop Arrangements shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.03(a).
Letter of Credit Exposure shall mean, at any time, the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit Outstandings at such time. The Letter of Credit Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its RL Percentage of the aggregate Letter of Credit Exposure at such time plus, without duplication, any Letter of Credit Exposure allocated to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(i).
Letter of Credit Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.01(b).
Letter of Credit Outstandings shall mean, at any time, the sum of (i) the Stated Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time and (ii) the aggregate amount of all Unpaid Drawings in respect of all Letters of Credit at such time.
Letter of Credit Request shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.03(a).
Lien shall mean, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
LLC Division shall mean the statutory division of any limited liability company into two or more limited liability companies pursuant to Section 18.217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or a comparable provision of a different jurisdictions laws, as applicable.
Loan shall mean each Revolving Loan.
Loan Documents shall mean this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Guarantee Agreement, all Joinder Agreements with respect to the Guarantee Agreement, the Agent Fee Letter, any Incremental Commitment Agreements and the promissory notes, if any, executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2.05, and any amendments, modifications and supplements thereto.
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Loan Parties shall mean the Borrowers and the Guarantors (including without limitation, the Parent Guarantors and Subsidiary Guarantors).
Margin Stock shall have the meaning provided in Regulation U.
Material Adverse Effect shall mean any event, change, condition, occurrence or circumstance which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the business, operations, property, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Parent Guarantors, the Borrower Agent and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) a material adverse effect (i) on the rights or remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (ii) on the ability of the Loan Parties taken as a whole to perform their obligations to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii) upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.
Material Contract shall mean any contract or other arrangement to which any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower Agent or any of their Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Loan Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Material Domestic Subsidiary shall mean (i) any Domestic Subsidiary of (x) a Parent Guarantor or the Borrower Agent or (y) any Foreign Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor or the Borrower Agent that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Borrower Agent, in each case that would constitute a significant subsidiary of Pyxus Topco as defined in Rule 1.02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC except that for purposes of this definition all references in such Rule 1.02 to ten percent (10%) shall be deemed to be references to five percent (5%), (ii) any Domestic Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor or the Borrower Agent that guarantees the Exit Term Loan Obligations and/or the Exit Notes Obligations, (iii) any Borrower, and (iv) any Domestic Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor or the Borrower Agent that guarantees any Indebtedness, in the aggregate, in excess of the Threshold Amount; provided that if as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the combined total assets of all non-Material Domestic Subsidiaries exceeds 10% of consolidated total assets of Pyxus Topco and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as determined in accordance with Rule 1.02(w)(1)(ii) of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC), then one or more non-Material Domestic Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be a Material Domestic Subsidiary in descending order based on their respective amounts of total assets until such excess has been eliminated.
Material Foreign Subsidiary shall mean any (i) Foreign Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor or the Borrower Agent that would constitute a significant subsidiary of Pyxus Topco as defined in Rule 1.02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC except that for purposes of this definition all references in such Rule 1.02 to ten percent (10%) shall be deemed to be references to five percent (5%); provided that if as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the combined total assets of all non-Material Foreign Subsidiaries exceeds 10% of consolidated total assets of Pyxus Topco and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as determined in accordance with Rule 1.02(w)(1)(ii) of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC), then one or more non-Material Foreign Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be a Material Foreign Subsidiary in descending order based on their respective amounts of total assets until such excess has been eliminated and (ii) any Foreign Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor or the Borrower Agent that guarantees the Exit Term Loan Obligations and/or the Exit Notes Obligations.
Material Real Property shall mean, for so long as such Real Property is owned by a Borrower or Cres Tobacco Company, LLC, as applicable, the Value Added Processing Facility, the Forsyth County the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment or indemnification obligations in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.
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Net Insurance Proceeds shall mean, with respect to any Recovery Event, the cash proceeds received by the respective Person in connection with such Recovery Event (net of (a) reasonable costs and taxes incurred in connection with such Recovery Event and (b) required payments of any Indebtedness (other than (x) Indebtedness secured pursuant to the Security Documents and (y) in the case of any Recovery Event in respect of ABL Priority Collateral, the Exit Notes Security Documents and the Exit Term Loan Security Documents) which is secured by the respective assets the subject of such Recovery Event).
Net Orderly Liquidation Value shall mean the cash proceeds of Inventory which could be obtained in an orderly liquidation (net of all liquidation expenses, costs of sale, commissions, operating expenses and retrieval and related costs), as determined pursuant to the most recent third-party appraisal of such Inventory delivered to the Administrative Agent by an appraiser reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and in each case expressed as a recovery percentage with respect to such assets. The Net Orderly Liquidation Value for such assets will be increased or reduced promptly upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of each updated appraisal.
New Notes shall mean the Borrower Agents 8.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2027, issued and outstanding under the New Notes Indenture.
New Notes Indenture shall mean the Indenture, to be dated as of the First Amendment Effective Date, among the Borrower Agent, as issuer, the guarantors from time to time party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Alter Domus (US) LLC, as collateral agent, registrar and paying agent, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, in each case, as in effect on the First Amendment Effective Date and as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time thereafter in a manner that is not materially adverse to the Lenders subject to the Amendment Exceptions.
New Notes Obligations shall mean the Indebtedness and other obligations under the New Notes Indenture which are secured by a Lien on the Collateral permitted by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Liens and any post-petition interest, fees and expenses at the applicable rate, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the New Notes Obligations and the Secured Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or liquidation proceeding).
New Term Loan Credit Agreements shall mean, collectively (and in each case as in effect on the First Amendment Effective Date and as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time thereafter in a manner that is not materially adverse to the Lenders subject to the Amendment Exceptions), (i) the credit agreement governing new senior secured term loans due December 31, 2027, among the Borrower Agent, the guarantors party thereto, including Intabex Netherlands B.V. and Alliance One International Tabak B.V., the lenders from time to time parties thereto, and the administrative agent and collateral agent party thereto and (ii) the credit agreement governing new senior secured term loans due December 31, 2027, among the Borrower Agent, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, and the administrative agent and collateral agent party thereto, in each case, providing for term loan borrowings and including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith.
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New Term Loans shall mean the term loans made to the Borrower Agent under the New Term Loan Credit Agreement.
New Term Loan Obligations shall mean the Indebtedness and other obligations under the New Term Loan Credit Agreements which are secured by a Lien on the Collateral permitted by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Liens and any post-petition interest, fees and expenses at the applicable rate, whether or not allowed or allowable in an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding (including claims disallowed as a result of the New Term Loan Obligations and the Secured Obligations being treated as part of the same class in any such insolvency or liquidation proceeding).
Non-Defaulting Lender shall mean and include each Lender, other than a Defaulting Lender.
Note shall mean each Revolving Note.
Notice Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.16(a).
Notice of Borrowing shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.03(a).
Notice Office shall mean the office of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, located at PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent/Collateral Agent, 4720 Piedmont Row Drive, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28210, Attn: Portfolio Manager - Pyxus, or such other office as an Agent may hereafter designate in writing as such to the other parties hereto.
Obligations shall mean (x) the principal of, prepayment premium, if any, and interest on the Notes issued by, and the Loans made to, the Borrowers under this Agreement, and all reimbursement obligations and Unpaid Drawings with respect to Letters of Credit and (y) all other payment obligations (including, without limitation, obligations which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would become due) and indebtedness owing by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Lender or any Lender under this Agreement and each other Loan Document (including, without limitation, indemnities, expenses (including Expenses), Fees and interest thereon (including, without limitation, in each case any interest, Fees or expenses (including Expenses) accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in this Agreement, whether or not such interest, Fees or expenses (including Expenses) are an allowed (or allowable) claim in any such proceeding)), in each case, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of or in connection with each such Loan Document (but shall in any event exclude any Secured Hedging Obligations and all Excluded Swap Obligations), and (z) Bank Product Obligations owing to any Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of Agent or any Lender. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents (and their Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Loan Documents) include (i) the obligations (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, Letter of Credit commissions, reimbursements obligations, charges, expenses, fees, costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries under the Loan Documents and (ii) the obligations of any Loan Party or any of its subsidiaries to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender or any Agent, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay in advance on behalf of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary.
OECD shall mean the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and any successor thereto.
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1.10 to 1.00; provided that no Investment may be made or held in any Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (15);
(16) any Investment in accounts receivable owing to any Parent Guarantor, the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms of such Parent Guarantor, such Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary;
(17) the Parent Guarantors, the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries may make advances in the form of a prepayment of expenses to vendors, suppliers and trade creditors (other than Affiliates) consistent with their past practices, so long as such expenses were incurred in the ordinary course of business of such Parent Guarantor, such Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary; and
(18) the Parent Guarantors, the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries may make additional Investments described on Schedule 10.01.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Investments shall not be made in Unrestricted Subsidiaries with ABL Priority Collateral other than cash.
Permitted Liens shall mean:
(1) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be incurred pursuant to Permitted Exit Financing Indebtedness (Permitted Exit Financing Liens) and/or securing Hedging Obligations and/or securing Bank Product Obligations incurred under the Exit Notes Documents and/or the Exit Term Loan Documents or any other documents governing any Permitted Exit Financing Indebtedness, in each case subject to the terms of the ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement;
(2) Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (iii) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
(3) Junior Liens securing Junior Lien Obligations permitted by clause (xvii) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
(4) Liens in favor of any Parent Guarantor, any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that any Liens in favor of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations hereunder pursuant to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent;
(5) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor or a Borrower or is merged with or into or consolidated with a Parent Guarantor or a Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor or a Borrower; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor or a Borrower or such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor or a Borrower or is merged with or into or consolidated with a Parent Guarantor or a Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor or a Borrower;
(6) [Reserved];
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(15) Liens (not securing Indebtedness) which are incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, social security and public liability laws and similar legislation;
(16) attachment, judgment or similar Liens arising in connection with court proceedings; provided, that the execution or other enforcement of such Liens with respect to judgments or decrees involving in the aggregate a liability of $40.0 million or more is effectively stayed and the claims secured thereby are being actively contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower Agent or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, shall have set aside on its books, if required by GAAP, appropriate reserves for such Liens;
(17) Liens on (x) cash, (y) Cash Equivalents or (z) other property (other than ABL Priority Collateral), in each case, arising in connection with the defeasance, discharge or redemption of Indebtedness;
(18) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods (and the proceeds thereof) of any Person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances issued or created in the ordinary course of business for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(19) any Lien securing any obligations and liabilities arising under or in connection with any cash management arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business prior to, on or after the date hereof, including, without limitation, any netting or set-off system for the calculation of interest with respect to debit balances and credit balances under such arrangements; provided that the assets subject to any such Lien shall be limited to the assets held from time to time at the financial institution providing such cash management arrangements;
(20) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business solely with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents in favor of a creditor depositary institution solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to bankers liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with such creditor depository institution, provided that such deposit account is not intended by any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower Agent or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, to provide collateral to the depository institution;
(21) Liens not otherwise permitted under
Section 10.06 with respect to obligations that do not exceed
$10.020.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(22) (i) any Lien on the assets of a Foreign Subsidiary and (ii) Permitted Receivables Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by clause (xiv) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
(23) (a) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to other Persons in the ordinary course of business which do not (i) interfere in any material respect with the business of any Parent Guarantor, any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) secure any Indebtedness for borrowed money or (b) the rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by any Parent Guarantor, any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
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Guarantor, any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:
(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness (including any interest that is paid in kind) and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith);
(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is (a) equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged or (b) more than 90 days after the Final Maturity Date;
(3) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced,
replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in right of payment to the ABL Facility, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the ABL Facility on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those
contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and
(4) such Indebtedness is incurred by a Parent Guarantor, a Borrower or by a
Restricted Subsidiary of a Parent Guarantor or a Borrower that was the obligor on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged and is guaranteed only by Persons who were obligors on the Indebtedness being
renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or
discharged.;
and
(5) any Existing Exit Notes and Existing Exit Term Loans outstanding on the First Amendment Effective Date (and after giving effect to the issuance of New Exit Notes and New Exit Term Loans) shall only be refinanced, replaced, defeased, discharged or exchanged with proceeds of New Notes and New Term Loans, respectively.
Person or person shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited or unlimited liability company or government or other entity.
Pitt County Facility shall mean the fee owned facility located on U.S. Highway 264-A, in Farmville, in Pitt County, North Carolina.
Plan shall mean an employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) maintained, sponsored or contributed to by the Parent Guarantors, the Borrower Agent or any of their Subsidiaries or with respect to which the Parent Guarantors, the Borrower Agent or any of their Subsidiaries has any liability (including on account of an ERISA Affiliate).
Platform shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.03(c).
pledge shall include any pledge or charge of any asset.
Pledge and Security Agreement shall mean the Pledge and Security Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2, dated as of the Closing Date among the Parent Guarantors, the Borrowers, the Subsidiaries party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
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Regulation T shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation U shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation X shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Related Parties shall mean, with respect to any specified person, such persons Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, Agents and advisors (including its attorneys and financial advisors) of such person and such persons Affiliates.
Release or Released shall mean disposing, discharging, injecting, spilling, pumping, leaking, leaching, dumping, emitting, escaping, emptying, pouring, seeping, migrating or the like, into or upon any land or water or air, or otherwise entering into the environment.
Relevant Governmental Body means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
Removal Effective Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.09(e).
Replaced Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.13.
Replacement Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.13.
Reportable Compliance Event shall mean that (a) any of the Guarantors, the Borrowers, their Subsidiaries and
their respective directors, officers, employees and agents while acting on behalf of the Guarantors, the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, (each a Covered Entity) becomes a Sanctioned Person, (b) any Covered Entity
acting in any capacity in connection with or benefitting from the credit facility established hereby is charged by indictment, criminal complaint or similar charging instrument, arraigned, custodially detained, penalized or the subject of an
assessment for a penalty or enters into a settlement with an Governmental Body in connection with any economic sanctions or other Anti-Terrorism Law or anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, or any predicate crime to any Anti-Terrorism Law or
anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, or has knowledge of facts or circumstances to the effect that it is reasonably likely that any aspect of its operations represents a material violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law or anti-bribery or
anti-corruption laws, including any such violation that might involve the proceeds of the Loans; (c) any Covered Entity engages in a transaction that has caused or may cause the Lenders or Agent to be in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law,
including a Covered Entitys use of any proceeds of the credit facility to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or, make any payments to, directly or indirectly, a Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person;
(d) any Collateral becomes Embargoed Property; or (e) any Covered Entity otherwise violates, or reasonably believes that it will violate, any of the representations in Sections 8.23, 8.24 or 8.25 hereof or any covenant
in Sections 9.06, 9.07 or
010.13 hereof.
Reportable Event shall mean an event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA with respect to a Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period is waived under applicable regulations.
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thereof to repay any amounts theretofore outstanding pursuant to this Agreement) would cause (A) the
Aggregate Exposure to exceed the Total Revolving Loan Commitment as then in effect or (B) the Aggregate Exposure to exceed the Borrowing Base at such time.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.01 or the Credit Agreement, until such time as
the Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement and Exit Notes Indenture (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto) permit the incurrence of indebtedness under this Agreement in an amount not less
than $100,000,000, at no time shall the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans hereunder exceed (and Lenders shall not be obligated to make any Loans that would cause the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans hereunder
to exceed) $90,000,000.
2.02 Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing. The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of Loans of a specific Type shall not be less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount applicable thereto. More than one Borrowing may occur on the same date, but at no time shall there be outstanding more than five (5) Borrowings of BSBY Rate Loans (or such greater number of Borrowings of BSBY Rate Loans as may be agreed to from time to time by the Administrative Agent).
2.03 Notice of Borrowing.
(a) Borrower Agent on behalf of any Borrower may notify Administrative Agent prior to 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day of a Borrowers request to incur, on that day, a Borrowing hereunder. Should any amount required to be paid as interest hereunder, or as fees or other charges under this Agreement or any other agreement with Administrative Agent or Lenders, or with respect to any other Obligation under this Agreement, become due, the same shall be deemed a request for a Borrowing maintained as an ABR Loan as of the date such payment is due, in the amount required to pay in full such interest, fee, charge or Obligation, and such request shall be irrevocable.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) above, in the event any Borrower desires to obtain a BSBY Rate Loan for any Borrowing, Borrower Agent shall give Administrative Agent written notice by no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day which is three (3) Business Days prior to the date such BSBY Rate Loan is to be borrowed, specifying (i) the date of the proposed Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (ii) the Type of Borrowing and the amount of such Borrowing to be borrowed, which amount shall be not less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount, and (iii) the duration of the first Interest Period therefor. Interest Periods for BSBY Rate Loans shall be for one, three or six months; provided that, if an Interest Period would end on a day that is not a Business Day, it shall end on the next succeeding Business Day unless such day falls in the next succeeding calendar month in which case the Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day. Any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. Upon and after the occurrence of an Event of Default, and during the continuation thereof, at the option of Administrative Agent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, no BSBY Rate Loan shall be made available to any Borrower.
(c) Each Interest Period of a BSBY Rate Loan shall commence on the date such BSBY Rate Loan is made and shall end on such date as Borrower Agent may elect as set forth in subsection (b)(iii) above, provided that the exact length of each Interest Period shall be determined in accordance with the practice of the interbank market for offshore Dollar deposits and no Interest Period shall end after the Final Maturity Date.
(d) Borrower Agent shall elect the initial Interest Period applicable to a BSBY Rate Loan by its notice of borrowing given to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.03(b) above or by
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shall reduce the outstanding principal amount of BSBY Rate Loans made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount applicable thereto, then such Borrowing may not be continued as a Borrowing of BSBY Rate Loans (and same shall automatically be converted into a Borrowing of ABR Loans) and any election of an Interest Period with respect thereto given by the Borrower Agent shall have no force or effect; and (iii) subject to Section 2.14, each prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.01 in respect of any Revolving Loans made pursuant to a Borrowing shall be applied pro rata among such Revolving Loans. Any prepayment of a BSBY Rate Loan on a date other than the last Business Day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto shall be subject to Section 2.03(g).
5.02 Mandatory Repayments; Cash Collateralization.
(a) (i) On any day on which the Aggregate Exposure exceeds (A) 100% of the Borrowing Base at such time and/or (B) the Total Revolving Loan Commitment at such time, then in each case, the Borrowers shall repay on such day the principal of Revolving Loans in an amount equal to such excess. If, after giving effect to the repayment of all outstanding Revolving Loans, the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Outstandings exceeds (A) the Borrowing Base at such time and/or (B) the Total Revolving Loan Commitment at such time, then in each case, the Borrower Agent shall pay to the Administrative Agent on such day an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents equal to the amount of such excess (up to a maximum amount equal to the Letter of Credit Outstandings at such time), such cash and/or Cash Equivalents to be held as security for all Obligations of the Borrower Agent to each applicable Issuing Lender and the Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the Collateral Agent.
(b) On any day on which the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Outstandings exceeds the Maximum Letter of Credit Amount, the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent on such day an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents equal to the amount of such excess, such cash and/or Cash Equivalents to be held as security for all Obligations of the Borrowers to each applicable Issuing Lender and the Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the Collateral Agent. At any time that no Event of Default is continuing, to the extent that the amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents exceeds 105% of the Letter of Credit Outstandings, the Administrative Agent shall cause the Collateral Agent to release such excess amount and the Administrative Agent shall apply such excess amount at such time as if Borrower Agent has made a voluntary prepayment pursuant to Section 5.01.
(c) In addition to any other mandatory repayments pursuant to this
Section 5.02, on each date on or after the Closing Date upon which the Borrower Agent or any of its Subsidiaries receives any cash proceeds from any Asset Sale of ABL Priority Collateral (other than an Asset Sale or series of related
Asset Sales of ABL Priority Collateral where the Net Asset Sale Proceeds therefrom in respect of ABL Priority Collateral do not exceed $500,000 individually or $2,500,000 in the aggregate for all such Asset Sales for any Fiscal Year), an amount
equal to 100% of the Net Asset Sale Proceeds therefrom shall be applied on such date as a mandatory repayment. In the event that ABL Priority Collateral and Exit
NotesFinancing
Priority Collateral are disposed of in a single Asset Sale or series of related Asset Sales in which the aggregate sales price is not allocated between the ABL Priority Collateral, on the one hand, and the
Exit
NotesFinancing
Priority Collateral, on the other hand, including in connection with or as a result of the sale by the Borrower Agent or any of its Subsidiaries of the Equity Interest of any Subsidiary of the
Borrower Agent that owns assets constituting ABL Priority Collateral or Exit NotesFinancing Priority Collateral, then, subject to the ABL/Term Loan/Notes
Intercreditor Agreement, solely for purposes of this Section 5.02(c), the portion of aggregate sales price deemed to be proceeds from the ABL Priority Collateral, on the one hand, and the Exit NotesFinancing Priority Collateral, on the other hand, shall be allocated to the ABL Priority Collateral or the Exit NotesFinancing Priority Collateral in accordance with their respective Fair
Market 1977, as amended, the UK Bribery Act 2010, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws.
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8.25 Sanctions. The Borrowers have implemented and maintain in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Parent Guarantors, the Borrowers, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents while acting on behalf of the Parent Guarantors, the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries with Sanctions applicable to the Parent Guarantors, the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, and the Parent Guarantors, the Borrower, their Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and, to Borrowers knowledge, their respective directors and agents, while acting on behalf of the Parent Guarantors, the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, are in compliance with applicable Sanctions and are not knowingly engaged in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in any Borrower being designated as a Sanctioned Person. No Covered Entity (nor any employees, officers, directors, affiliates, consultants, brokers or Agents acting on a Covered Entitys behalf) that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is (i) a Sanctioned Person, (ii) directly, or indirectly through any third party, (A) has any of its assets in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person, (B) does business in or with, or derives any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Jurisdiction or Sanctioned Person; or (C) is engaged in any transactions or other dealings with or for the benefit of any Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Jurisdiction or any transactions or other dealings that otherwise are prohibited by any Ant-Terrorism Laws.
8.26 Material Contracts. Schedule 8.26 contains a true, correct and complete list of all the Material Contracts in effect on the Closing Date. Except as described on Schedule 8.26, all Material Contracts are in full force and effect and no defaults exist thereunder other than defaults the consequence of which, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.27 Certificate of Beneficial Ownership. The Certificate of Beneficial Ownership executed and delivered to Administrative Agent and Lenders for each Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date, as updated from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, is accurate, complete and correct as of the date hereof and as of the date any such update is delivered.
8.28
Intabex Term Loan Facility. (a) No Borrower, Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary has granted a Lien on any Collateral to secure the
Intabex Term Loan Facility, (b) no Collateral secures any obligations, liabilities or Indebtedness owing under the Intabex Term Loan Facility, and (c) the Liens securing the Exit Term Loan Obligations in favor of Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent thereunder, do not secure any obligations, liabilities or Indebtedness owing under the Intabex Term Loan Facility.
ARTICLE IX
Affirmative Covenants.
The Borrower Agent hereby covenants and agrees that on and after the Closing Date and until the Total Revolving Loan Commitment and all Letters of Credit have terminated and the Loans, Notes and Unpaid Drawings (in each case together with interest thereon), Fees and all other Obligations (other than indemnities described in Section 13.13 and reimbursement obligations under Section 13.01 which, in either case, are not then due and payable) incurred hereunder and thereunder, are paid in full in cash:
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ARTICLE X
Negative Covenants.
The Borrower Agent and the Parent Guarantors hereby covenant and agree that on and after the Closing Date and until the Total Revolving Loan Commitment and all Letters of Credit have terminated and the Loans, Notes and Unpaid Drawings (in each case, together with interest thereon), Fees and all other Obligations (other than any indemnities described in Section 13.13 and reimbursement obligations under Section 13.01 which, in either case are not then due and payable) incurred hereunder and thereunder, are paid in full in cash:
10.01 | Restricted Payments. |
(a) The Borrowers and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of any Parent Guarantors, any Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower Agent or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of any Parent Guarantors, the Borrower Agents or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Pyxus Topco) other than dividends or distributions payable to a Parent Guarantor, a Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of a Borrower or a Parent Guarantor;
(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Borrower Agent) any Equity Interests of the Borrowers or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower Agent (including the Parent Guarantors);
(iii) (A) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value (i) any Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the ABL Facility or the Guarantees thereof, (ii) any Junior Lien Debt or (iii) any unsecured Indebtedness for borrowed money, in each case, of any Borrower or any Guarantor (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent incurred in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with past practices, any intercompany Indebtedness between or among any Parent Guarantor, any Borrower, any other Guarantor and/or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries), except, in each case, (x) with respect to any contractually subordinated Indebtedness and Junior Lien Debt, payments permitted pursuant to the applicable subordination agreement or Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (y) with respect to unsecured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Agreement, regularly scheduled payments of interest and principal (including, without limitation, at its Stated Maturity); provided that the provisions of this clause (a)(iii)(A) shall apply only to direct Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Guarantor and shall not be deemed to apply to any Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Borrower or Guarantor (including any such Indebtedness guaranteed by any Borrower or any Guarantor) or (B) make any voluntary payment on or with respect to, or voluntarily purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire for value, the Exit Term Loans or the Exit Notes (other than with proceeds of any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); or
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date hereof to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of Qualifying Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the making of Restricted Payments or Restricted Investments pursuant to this Section 10.01(b) or to an optional redemption of the Exit Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 of the Exit Notes Indenture (or any analogous provision of any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof); plus
(B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Parent Guarantors, the Borrowers or their Restricted Subsidiaries after the date hereof; and
in addition, cancellation of Indebtedness owing to any Parent Guarantor or the Borrower Agent from any current or former officer, director or employee (or any permitted transferees thereof) of any Parent Guarantor, any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of Pyxus Topco from such Persons will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provisions of this Agreement;
(vi) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options or warrants to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options or warrants;
(vii) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of Pyxus Topco or any preferred stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of a Borrower or a Parent Guarantor issued on or after the date hereof to the extent such issuance was permitted in accordance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 10.03(a), or any other Permitted Debt;
(viii) payments of cash, dividends, distributions, advances or other Restricted Payments by any Parent Guarantor, any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon (a) the exercise of options or warrants or (b) the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person;
(ix) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount, taken together with all Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (ix), not to exceed $35.0 million since the Closing Date (and in any case no more than $1.0 million in respect of Restricted Payments of the type specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the definition thereof);
(x) any Restricted Payment of the type specified in clause (iii) of the definition thereof in respect of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xvii) of the definition of Permitted Debt, solely to the extent permitted by such clause (xvii);
(xi) any Restricted Payment made to a Borrower, Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to, or used to fund or effect, the Corporate Restructuring Transactions and the payment of fees and expenses related thereto;
(xii) Permitted Payments to Parent; and
(xiii) voluntary payments or purchases with respect to (A) the Existing Exit Term Loans and/or
the Existing Exit Notes and (B) the Exit Term Loans,
the Exit Notes or any
other Permitted Exit Financing Indebtedness (x) in
an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000 and (y) otherwise, subject to satisfying the Payment Conditions.
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The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by such Parent Guarantor, such Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this Section 10.01 will be determined by the Board of Directors of the Borrower Agent or any Parent Guarantor whose resolution with respect thereto will be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Board of Directors determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the Fair Market Value exceeds $20.0 million. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary and in addition to the foregoing, no Restricted Payments shall be made to any Unrestricted Subsidiaries with ABL Priority Collateral other than cash.
10.02 Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
(a) The Borrower Agent and the Parent Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
(i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower Agent or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower Agent or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (except for waiving or deferring in the ordinary course of business subrogation and reimbursement rights in connection with the guarantee obligations permitted pursuant to Section 10.03);
(ii) make loans or advances to any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower Agent or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(iii) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to any Parent Guarantor, the Borrower Agent or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) The restrictions in Section 10.02 hereof will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(i) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and the Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Exit
Notes Indenture as in effect on the First Amendment Effective dDate hereof and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or
refinancings of those agreements; provided that the amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend
and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date hereof;
(ii) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(iii) agreements governing other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.03 and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that (a) the restrictions are ordinary and customary with respect to the type of Indebtedness being incurred and (b) such encumbrances or restrictions will not materially affect the Borrowers ability to make payments
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may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and the Guarantors and Specified Foreign Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue preferred stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for Pyxus Topcos most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or such preferred stock is issued, as the case may be, would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock or the preferred stock had been issued (and all payments that would have been due with respect to such Indebtedness or preferred stock were paid and included in Fixed Charges to the extent applicable), as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
(b) The provisions of Section 10.03(a) hereof will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, Permitted Debt):
(i) the incurrence by any Parent Guarantor, any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness and letters of
credit under (A) the Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (A) not to exceed
$213,417,750 and (B) the Exit Notes Indenture in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (Bi) not to exceed an aggregate amount equal to $280,843,751 (and607,000,000, plus any interest that is paid in kind (and, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (A) and
(B), any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) (collectively, Permitted Exit Financing Indebtedness);
(ii) the incurrence by the Parent Guarantors, the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness;
(iii) Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents;
(iv) the incurrence by any Parent Guarantor, any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of any Parent Guarantor, any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal amount, not to exceed $21.0 million at any time outstanding;
(v) the incurrence by any Parent Guarantor, any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Agreement to be incurred under Section 10.03(a) hereof or clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (xvii) of this Section 10.03(b);
(vi) the incurrence by any Borrower, any Parent Guarantor and/or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness from the Borrower Agent, any Parent Guarantor and/or any other Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, that any such Indebtedness shall be to the extent owed by the Borrower Agent or any Guarantor, unsecured and expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations or any Guarantee thereof then due hereunder, in the case of the Borrower Agent or in the case of a Guarantor, as applicable; provided, that any such intercompany indebtedness incurred under intercompany notes existing on the Closing Date shall be permitted so long as such intercompany notes are so expressly subordinated within 30 days after the Closing Date; provided, further, that if as of any date any
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(xiii) the incurrence by any Parent Guarantor, any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness owing under overdraft facilities in connection with cash management arrangements and other Bank Product Obligations;
(xiv) the incurrence by any Foreign Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate amount (or accreted value, as
applicable) at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (a)
$875975 million and (b) the sum of (x) 65% of Eligible Inventory, plus (y) 65% of Permitted Advances on Purchases of Tobacco, plus (z) 85% of Eligible Receivables, and any Guarantees of such Indebtedness by the
Borrower Agent;
(xv) unsecured Guarantees by any Parent Guarantor, any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary which are incurred in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250.0 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding;
(xvi) Guarantees by any Parent Guarantor, any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary which are incurred in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of carrying unsold tobacco inventories held against Confirmed Orders and other Guarantees by any Parent Guarantor, any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to Uncommitted Inventories in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Uncommitted Inventories; and
(xvii) the incurrence by any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Specified Foreign Subsidiary of unsecured Indebtedness or Junior Lien Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding.
TheOther than in connection with the exchange of Existing Exit Notes and Existing Exit Term Loans with New Notes and New Term
Loans, as applicable, the Borrower Agent and the Parent Guarantors will not incur, and will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to incur, any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is
contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Borrower Agent or such Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the ABL Facility and the Guarantees thereof on
substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no Indebtedness will be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Borrower Agent or any Guarantor solely by virtue of being unsecured or by
virtue of being secured on junior priority basis.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.03, in
the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (i) through (xvii) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.03(a), hereof, the
Borrower Agent will be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 10.03. Permitted Exit Financing Indebtedness under the Exit Notes Indenture shall be deemed to be incurred under the exception provided by clause (i)(B) of the definition of Permitted Debt and may not be reclassified. Indebtedness under the Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement may be incurred solely under clause (i)(A) of the definition of Permitted Debt and may not be reclassified.
The accrual of interest or preferred stock dividends, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends on preferred stock or Disqualified
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reputable and solvent insurance company) equal to or greater than the Threshold Amount, and such judgments and decrees either shall be final and non-appealable or shall not be vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal for any period of thirty consecutive days; provided however that to the extent any judgment or decree shall be entered against the Borrowers (or any Borrower) involving an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000 and such judgment or decree shall result in the entry of a judgment Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral that has, or would after a period of time, have priority over the Lien in favor of Administrative Agent on the ABL Priority Collateral securing the Obligations, then Lenders shall not have any obligation to make any Revolving Loans or issue any Letter of Credit until such Lien is satisfied or terminated.
11.10 Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur; or
11.11 Intercreditor Agreements. TheIf the Intercreditor Agreements or any material provision thereof shall
cease to be in full force or effect (except in accordance with its terms), or any Loan Party thereto shall deny or disaffirm their respective
obligations thereunder; then, and in every such event, and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, at the direction of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the
Borrower Agent, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times, without prejudice to the rights of any Agent or any Lender to enforce its claims against any Loan Party (provided that, if any Event of Default specified in
Section 11.05 shall occur with respect to the Borrower Agent, the result which would occur upon the giving of notice by the Administrative Agent as specific in clause (b) below shall occur automatically without the giving of any
such notice): (a) declare the Total Revolving Loan Commitment terminated, whereupon the Revolving Loan Commitment of each Lender shall forthwith terminate immediately and any Unused Line Fee shall forthwith become due and payable without any other
notice of any kind; (b) declare the principal of and any accrued interest in respect of all Loans and the Exit Notes and all Obligations owing hereunder and thereunder 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
each Loan Party; (c) terminate any Letter of Credit which may be terminated in accordance with its terms; (d) direct the Borrower Agent to pay (and the Borrower Agent agrees that upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default specified in Section 11.05 with respect to the Borrower Agent, it will pay) to the Collateral Agent such additional amount of cash or Cash Equivalents, to be held as security by the Collateral Agent, as is equal to the
aggregate Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower Agent and then outstanding; (e) enforce, as Collateral Agent, all of the Liens and security interests created pursuant to the Security Documents;
(f) enforce the Guarantee Agreement; and (g) apply any cash collateral held by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 5.02 to the repayment of the Obligations.
ARTICLE XII
The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
12.01 Appointment. The Lenders hereby irrevocably designate and appoint PNC Bank, National Association as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent to act as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents to which each such Agent is a party, as applicable. Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes each Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Agent is a party, and any instruments or agreements referred to herein or therein, and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof and thereof and such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agents may perform any of their respective duties hereunder or under the other Loan Documents by or through its officers, directors, Agents, employees or affiliates. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term Administrative Agent such other identifying information as shall be necessary for such Lender to comply with the USA PATRIOT Act and any other Anti-Terrorism Law.
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13.19 OTHER LIENS ON COLLATERAL; TERMS OF THE ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT; ETC.
(a) EACH LENDER UNDERSTANDS, ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT LIENS SHALL BE CREATED ON THE COLLATERAL PURSUANT TO THE PERMITTED EXIT NOTES DOCUMENTS, THE EXIT TERM LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY PERMITTED REFINANCING INDEBTEDNESS IN RESPECT THEREOFFINANCING INDEBTEDNESS, WHICH LIENS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. PURSUANT TO THE EXPRESS TERMS OF THE ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS OF THE ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND
ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE PROVISIONS OF THE ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
(b) EACH LENDER AUTHORIZES AND INSTRUCTS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT TO ENTER INTO THE ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE LENDERS, AND TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS (AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS) REQUIRED (OR DEEMED ADVISABLE) BY IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.
(c) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 13.19 ARE NOT INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE ALL RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, THE FORM OF WHICH IS ATTACHED AS AN EXHIBIT TO THIS AGREEMENT. REFERENCE MUST BE MADE TO THE ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ITSELF TO UNDERSTAND ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF. EACH LENDER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING ITS OWN ANALYSIS AND REVIEW OF THE ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS THEREOF, AND NEITHER THE AGENTS NOR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION TO ANY LENDER AS TO THE SUFFICIENCY OR ADVISABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.
13.20 OTHER LIENS ON COLLATERAL; TERMS OF JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT; ETC.
(a) EACH LENDER UNDERSTANDS, ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT LIENS SHALL BE CREATED ON THE COLLATERAL PURSUANT TO THE SECURED NOTES DOCUMENTS AND REFINANCING SECURED NOTES DOCUMENTS, WHICH LIENS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. PURSUANT TO THE EXPRESS TERMS OF THE JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS OF THE JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN THE ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), THE PROVISIONS OF THE JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first above written.
[Signature Page to ABL Credit Agreement]
EXHIBIT B TO
AMENDMENT
Intercreditor Amendment
[Attached]
AMENDED AND RESTATED ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT1
AMENDED AND RESTATED ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [ ], 2023 among PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (PNC), as an ABL Agent, ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC (Alter Domus), as Pyxus Term Loan Administrative Agent, Intabex Term Loan Administrative Agent and Senior Collateral Agent, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Wilmington Trust), not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as a Senior Notes Trustee under the Senior Notes Indenture (as defined below), PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (formerly known as Pyxus One, Inc.), a Virginia corporation (New Pyxus Topco), PYXUS PARENT, INC., a Virginia corporation (New Pyxus Parent; together with New Pyxus Topco, collectively the Parent Guarantors), PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC., a Virginia corporation (the Company), each New ABL Agent and New Term/Note Agent that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 9.3 below, and each other Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco signatory hereto or that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 9.20 below.
RECITALS
A. The Parent Guarantors, the Company, PNC, as an ABL Agent, Alter Domus as a term loan agent and Wilmington Trust as a notes trustee are party to that certain ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement dated as of August 24, 2020 (as amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the Existing ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement).
B. The Parent Guarantors and the Company are party to that certain ABL Credit Agreement dated as of February 8, 2022 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Initial ABL Credit Agreement and as succeeded by (and including) any new credit or similar facility in accordance with Section 9.3(b), collectively with the Initial ABL Credit Agreement, the ABL Credit Agreement), among the borrowers party thereto, including the Parent Guarantors and the Company, the lenders party thereto from time to time, PNC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other parties thereto.
C. The Parent Guarantors, the Company and PNC are entering into that certain Limited Consent and Amendment to ABL Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof.
D. The Parent Guarantors and the Company are entering into that certain Second Amendment to Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, amending that certain Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of August 23, 2020 (as so amended and the same may be further amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Existing Term Loan Credit Agreement), among the Parent Guarantors, the Company, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Alter Domus, as administrative agent, the Senior Collateral Agent, and the other parties thereto.
1 | This draft assumes that the liens in respect of the Existing Notes will be released. If the liens in respect of the Existing Notes are not released, amendments will be made hereto in accordance with the descriptions set forth in the Offering Memorandum dated as of January 5, 2023. |
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E. Intabex Netherlands B.V. (Intabex), the Company and the Parent Guarantors are entering into the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement), among the Parent Guarantors, the Company, Intabex, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Alter Domus, as administrative agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the other parties thereto.
F. The Company and the Parent Guarantors are entering into the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement), among the Company as borrower, the Parent Guarantors, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Alter Domus, as administrative agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the other parties thereto.
G. The Company and the Parent Guarantors are entering into the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Indenture), among the Company, as issuer, the Parent Guarantors, the other guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Senior Notes Trustee, and the Senior Collateral Agent, pursuant to which the Company issued 8.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (including any additional notes issued from time to time thereunder, the Senior Notes).
H. The Company and the Parent Guarantors are entering into the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement) dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, the Parent Guarantors, each other grantor party thereto, Alter Domus as Pyxus Term Loan Administrative Agent, Intabex Term Loan Administrative Agent, Existing Term Loan Administrative Agent and Senior Collateral Agent, the Senior Notes Trustee and each other senior representative and junior representative from time to time party thereto, pursuant to which each secured party thereunder appointed Alter Domus as collateral agent for the applicable Term/Note Holders.
AGREEMENT
Accordingly, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, for themselves and on behalf of the Holders for whom such parties are representatives, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree to amend and restate the Existing ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement in its entirety as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions.
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
ABL Agents shall mean, collectively, (i) PNC, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent for the ABL Lenders under the Initial ABL Credit Agreement and the other
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ABL Loan Documents entered into pursuant to the Initial ABL Credit Agreement, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Initial ABL Credit Agreement exercising substantially the same rights and powers (the Initial ABL Agent) and (ii) the administrative and/or collateral agents for any Future ABL Indebtedness.
ABL Claims shall mean the aggregate of (i) the principal amount of all Indebtedness (other than Hedging Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement)) and the face amount of all letters of credit incurred under the Initial ABL Credit Agreement, together with any interest, fees, premiums (if any), attorneys fees, costs, expenses and indemnities payable on account of such principal amount or otherwise in respect of, or arising under, the ABL Credit Agreement or the ABL Loan Documents, including all fees and expenses of the applicable ABL Agent and applicable ABL Lenders thereunder, (ii) the principal amount of all Future ABL Indebtedness plus any interest, fees, attorneys fees, costs, expenses and indemnities payable on account of such principal amount or otherwise in respect of, or arising under, the ABL Loan Documents, including all fees and expenses of the collateral agent for any Future ABL Indebtedness, (iii) Bank Product Obligations, and (iv) the maximum amount of all ABL Lender Hedging Obligations (calculated at any given date as the maximum aggregate amount, giving effect to any netting agreements, that would be required to be paid if all ABL Lender Hedging Agreements underlying such ABL Lender Hedging Obligations were terminated as of such date), plus, in each case, all interest and expenses accrued or accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified in the relevant ABL Loan Document whether or not such interest or expense is allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
ABL Collateral shall mean all of the assets of any Grantor party to any ABL Collateral Document, whether real, personal or mixed, upon which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted to the ABL Agents under any of the ABL Collateral Documents.
ABL Collateral Agreement shall mean the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of August 24, 2020, among the Parent Guarantors, the Company, the other Grantors party thereto, and PNC, as collateral agent for the secured parties referred to therein, as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or replaced from time to time.
ABL Collateral Documents shall mean the ABL Collateral Agreement and any security agreement, mortgage or other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is now or hereafter granted (or purported to be granted) securing any ABL Claims or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are at any time governed.
ABL Credit Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
ABL Declined Lien shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 hereof.
ABL Excluded Liens shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 hereof.
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ABL Lender Hedging Obligations shall mean Secured Hedging Obligations as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
ABL Lenders shall mean the Persons holding ABL Claims, including the ABL Agents.
ABL Loan Documents shall mean (i) the ABL Credit Agreement, the ABL Collateral Documents and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for, evidencing or securing any Obligation under the ABL Credit Agreement, (ii) each agreement, document or instrument providing for or evidencing an ABL Lender Hedging Obligation, (iii) any other document or instrument evidencing or governing any Future ABL Indebtedness, and (iv) any other related document or instrument executed or delivered pursuant to any document in subclause (i), (ii) or (iii) at any time or otherwise evidencing or securing any Obligation arising under any such ABL Loan Document.
ABL Loan Parties shall mean the Loan Parties as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement and/or, as applicable, any Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco party to an ABL Loan Document.
ABL Priority Collateral shall mean all Common Collateral consisting of the following:
(1) | all Accounts (and all rights to receive payments, indebtedness and other obligations (whether constituting an Account, Chattel Paper (including Electronic Chattel Paper), Instrument, Document or General Intangible)), other than Accounts and other rights to receive payments, indebtedness and other obligations which constitute identifiable Proceeds of the sale, license, assignment or other disposition of Term/Note Priority Collateral; |
(2) | all Chattel Paper, other than Chattel Paper which constitutes identifiable proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral; |
(3) | all (x) Deposit Accounts, collection accounts, disbursement accounts and lock boxes (other than the Term/Note Collateral Account (so long as such deposit account or securities account, as applicable, does not contain any ABL Priority Collateral (or proceeds thereof)) and Term/Note Trust Monies) and money and all cash, checks, other negotiable instruments, funds and other evidences of payments held therein or credited thereto (other than the Term/Note Collateral Account (so long as such deposit account or securities account, as applicable, does not contain any ABL Priority Collateral (or proceeds thereof)) and Term/Note Trust Monies), (y) Securities Accounts and Security Entitlements and Securities credited thereto (other than the Term/Note Collateral Account (so long as such deposit account or securities account, as applicable, does not contain any ABL Priority Collateral (or proceeds thereof)) and Term/Note Trust Monies), and all cash, checks, marketable securities, Financial Assets and other property held therein or credited thereto, and (z) commodity accounts and all cash, marketable securities, Financial Assets and other property held therein or credited thereto; |
(4) | all Inventory; |
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(5) | all Payment Intangibles (including corporate and other tax refunds) other than Payment Intangibles which constitute identifiable proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral; |
(6) | to the extent relating to, evidencing or governing any of the items referred to in the preceding clauses (1) through (5) constituting ABL Priority Collateral, all Documents, General Intangibles (other than Intellectual Property), Instruments (including promissory notes), Commercial Tort Claims or other claims and causes of action, documents of title, customs receipts, insurance, shipping and other documents and other materials related to the foregoing (including to the purchase or import of any Inventory); |
(7) | all Investment Property (other than Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco); |
(8) | to the extent relating to any of the items referred to in the preceding clauses (1) through (7) constituting ABL Priority Collateral, all Supporting Obligations, Letter-of-Credit Rights, related letters of credit, guaranties and collateral liens; |
(9) | all books and records relating to the items referred to in the preceding clauses (1) through (8) (including all books, databases, customer lists, and records, whether tangible or electronic, which contain any information relating to any of the items referred to in the preceding clauses (1) through (8)); and |
(10) | all substitutions, replacements, accessions, products and Proceeds (including, without limitation, Proceeds arising from the sale of any Accounts pursuant to a factoring, securitization, or other similar arrangement) of any of the foregoing, including collateral security and guarantees with respect to any of the foregoing and all cash, Money, insurance proceeds, Instruments, Securities, Financial Assets, income, royalties, payments, licensing, damages and Deposit Accounts constituting Proceeds of the foregoing. |
For the avoidance of doubt, except as provided in Section 2.3, under no circumstances shall any assets expressly excluded from the ABL Collateral (including any assets that are subject to an ABL Declined Lien or an ABL Excluded Lien) pursuant to any ABL Collateral Document constitute ABL Priority Collateral.
ABL Recovery shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(a).
Accounts shall mean all now present and future accounts (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
Affiliate shall mean, as to any specified Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, control, as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with have correlative meanings.
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Agreement shall mean this Agreement, as amended, renewed, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
Alter Domus shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Bank Product Obligations shall mean Bank Product Obligations as such term is defined in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
Bankruptcy Law shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code and any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors (including any law or regulation pursuant to the UK Insolvency Regime) or any arrangement, scheme, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, assignment for the benefit of creditors, any other marshalling or the assets or liabilities of New Pyxus Topco, the Grantors or any of their Subsidiaries, or similar law affecting creditors rights generally.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banks in New York City are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
Cash Collateral shall mean any Common Collateral consisting of Money or cash equivalents, any Security Entitlement and any Financial Assets.
Commercial Tort Claims shall mean all present and future commercial tort claims (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
Common Collateral shall mean collateral that is (or is required pursuant to the Financing Documents to be) both ABL Collateral and Term/Note Collateral (excluding, (i) solely with respect to the applicable ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders, any ABL Collateral that is subject to an ABL Declined Lien or an ABL Excluded Lien and (ii) solely with respect to the applicable Term/Note Agent and Term/Note Parties, any Term/Note Collateral that is subject to a Term/Note Declined Lien). For the avoidance of doubt, Intabex Collateral (as defined in the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) does not constitute Common Collateral.
Company shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Copyrights shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property.
Deposit Account Collateral shall mean that part of the Common Collateral comprised of or contained in Deposit Accounts.
Designated ABL Agent shall mean the Initial ABL Agent, or, if the Initial ABL Credit Agreement is no longer in effect, the ABL Agent under the then-outstanding ABL Credit Agreement.
DIP Financing shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
DIP Financing Liens shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
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Discharge of ABL Claims shall mean, except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 5.7 below, payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim therefor has been made) of all Obligations in respect of all outstanding ABL Claims and, with respect to letters of credit outstanding thereunder, termination, delivery of cash collateral (in accordance with the terms of the ABL Loan Documents) or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in compliance with the ABL Credit Agreement (or such other arrangements as are acceptable to the letter of credit issuer in its sole discretion), in each case after or concurrently with the termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder; provided that the Discharge of ABL Claims shall not be deemed to have occurred if such payments are made with the proceeds of other ABL Claims that constitute an exchange or replacement for or a Refinancing of such Obligations or ABL Claims, subject to compliance with Section 9.3. In the event the ABL Claims are modified and the Obligations in respect thereof are paid over time or otherwise modified pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, the ABL Claims shall be deemed to be discharged when the final payment is made, in cash, in respect of such Obligations and any obligations pursuant to such new indebtedness shall have been satisfied.
Discharge of Term/Note Claims shall mean except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 5.7 below, (a) payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim therefor has been made) of all Obligations in respect of all outstanding Term/Note Claims and/or (b) the satisfaction and discharge or the legal defeasance and/or covenant defeasance of the Obligations in respect of all outstanding Term/Note Claims; provided that the Discharge of Term/Note Claims shall not be deemed to have occurred if such payments are made with the proceeds of other Term/Note Claims that constitute an exchange or replacement for or a Refinancing of such Obligations or Term/Note Claims, subject to compliance with Section 9.3. In the event the Term/Note Claims are modified and the Obligations in respect thereof are paid over time or otherwise modified pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Term/Note Claims shall be deemed to be discharged when the final payment is made, in cash, in respect of such Obligations and any obligations pursuant to such new indebtedness shall have been satisfied.
Equity Interests shall have the meaning set forth in the Financing Documents and the Indenture on the date hereof.
Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies or Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies shall mean, except as otherwise provided in the final sentence of this definition:
(a) the taking by any Holder of any action to enforce or realize upon any Lien, including the institution of any foreclosure proceedings or the noticing of any public or private sale pursuant to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law;
(b) the exercise by any Holder of any remedy provided to a secured creditor on account of a Lien under any of the ABL Loan Documents or the Term/Note Documents, as applicable, under applicable law, in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, including the election to retain any of the Common Collateral in satisfaction of a Lien;
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(c) the taking of any action by any Holder or the exercise of any right or remedy by any Holder in respect of the collection on, set off against, marshaling of, injunction respecting or foreclosure on the Common Collateral or the proceeds thereof;
(d) the appointment, on the application of a Holder, of a receiver, receiver and manager or interim receiver of all or part of the Common Collateral;
(e) the sale, lease, license or other disposition of all or any portion of the Common Collateral by private or public sale conducted by a Holder or by any other means at the direction of a Holder permissible under applicable law;
(f) the exercise of any other right of a secured creditor under Part 6 of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or under provisions of similar effect other applicable law; and
(g) the exercise by a Holder of any voting rights relating to any Equity Interests included in the Common Collateral.
For the avoidance of doubt, none of the following shall be deemed to constitute an Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies: (i) the filing of a proof of claim in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or seeking adequate protection, (ii) the exercise of rights pursuant to Section 5.03(d) of the Initial ABL Credit Agreement (or any substantially similar provision in any other ABL Credit Agreement) by the ABL Lenders during the continuance of a Dominion Period (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), including the notification of account debtors, depository institutions or any other Person to deliver proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral to the applicable ABL Agent in accordance with Section 5.03(d) of the Initial ABL Credit Agreement (or any substantially similar provision in any other ABL Credit Agreement), (iii) the reduction of advance rates or sub-limits by any ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders, (iv) the establishment of collateral ineligibles, or other conditions for advances, (v) the cessation of lending pursuant to the provisions of the ABL Loan Documents, including upon the occurrence of a default on the existence of an over-advance and (vi) the consent by the Designated ABL Agent to dispositions by any Grantor of any of the ABL Priority Collateral.
Existing ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Existing Term Loan Claims shall mean the aggregate of the principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under the Existing Term Loan Credit Agreement, together with any interest, fees, premiums (if any), attorneys fees, costs, expenses and indemnities payable on account of such principal amount or otherwise in respect of, or arising under, the Existing Term Loan Credit Agreement or the documents related to such Indebtedness, including all fees, expenses and indemnities of the applicable Term Loan Representative thereunder, plus, all interest and expenses accrued or accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified in the Existing Term Loan Credit Agreement whether or not such interest or expense is allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
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Existing Term Loan Credit Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Financial Assets shall mean all present and future financial assets (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC).
Financing Documents shall mean, collectively, the ABL Credit Agreement and the Term/Note Financing Documents.
First Priority Agents shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Agents and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Agents.
First Priority Claims shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Claims and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Claims.
First Priority Collateral shall mean, with respect to (a) the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders, the ABL Priority Collateral and (b) the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders, the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
First Priority Documents shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Loan Documents and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Documents.
First Priority Holders shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Lenders and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Holders.
Future ABL Indebtedness shall mean secured Indebtedness or Obligations (other than Term/Note Claims and ABL Claims contemplated by clause (i) of the definition of ABL Claims) of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries, including revolving credit loans, term loans, notes, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from (or sell such receivables to) lenders), letters of credit, bankers acceptances, or other borrowings, that have been incurred to increase, replace (whether upon or after termination or otherwise), renew, extend, refinance or refund in whole or in part from time to time the Obligations outstanding under the Initial ABL Credit Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this definition, whether or not such increase, replacement, renewal, extension refinancing or refunding occurs (i) with the original parties thereto, (ii) on one or more separate occasions or (iii) simultaneously or not simultaneously with the termination or repayment of the Initial ABL Credit Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this definition.
Future Secured Term/Note Claims shall mean the aggregate of the principal amount of all Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness together with any interest, fees, premiums (if any), attorneys fees, costs, expenses and indemnities payable on account of such principal amount or otherwise in respect of, or arising under, the Term/Note Financing Documents or other Term/Note Documents related to such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness, including all fees, expenses and indemnities of the applicable agents, trustees and collateral agents thereunder, plus, all interest and expenses accrued or accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified in the Term/Note Financing Documents or other Term/Note Documents governing such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness whether or not such interest or expense is allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
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Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness shall mean secured Indebtedness or Obligations, other than ABL Claims, of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries, including term loans, notes, or other borrowings, that have been incurred to increase, replace (whether upon or after termination or otherwise), renew, extend, refinance or refund in whole or in part from time to time any Term/Note Claims, whether or not such increase, replacement, renewal, extension refinancing or refunding occurs (i) with the original parties thereto, (ii) on one or more separate occasions or (iii) simultaneously or not simultaneously with the repayment of the applicable Term/Note Claims or any under any other agreement or instrument.
Grantors shall mean the Parent Guarantors, the Company, and each of the Parent Guarantors other Subsidiaries that has executed and delivered an ABL Collateral Document and a Term/Note Collateral Document (for the avoidance of doubt, only if such Person has executed (or is required to execute) each of the foregoing).
Holders shall mean the collective reference to the ABL Lenders and the Term/Note Holders.
Indebtedness shall mean and include all obligations that constitute Indebtedness within the meaning of the Financing Documents.
Indenture shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Initial ABL Agent shall have the meaning set forth in clause (i) of the definition of the term ABL Agents.
Initial ABL Credit Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding shall mean (a) any voluntary or involuntary case, procedure or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to any Grantor, (b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling or the assets or liabilities, or other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Grantor or with respect to any of its assets or liabilities, (c) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Grantor whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (d) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of any Grantor.
Intabex shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Intabex Term Loan Claims shall mean the aggregate of the principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, together with any interest, fees, premiums (if any), attorneys fees, costs, expenses and indemnities payable on account of such principal amount or otherwise in respect of, or arising under, the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement or the documents related to such Indebtedness, including all fees, expenses and indemnities of the applicable Term Loan Representative thereunder, plus, all interest and expenses
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accrued or accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified in the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement whether or not such interest or expense is allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Intellectual Property shall mean all of the following in any jurisdiction throughout the world: (a) patents, patent applications and inventions, including all renewals, extensions, combinations, divisions, or reissues thereof (Patents); (b) trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, logos, internet domain names and other business identifiers, together with the goodwill symbolized by any of the foregoing, and all applications, registrations, renewals and extensions thereof (Trademarks); (c) copyrights and all works of authorship including all registrations, applications, renewals, extensions and reversions thereof (Copyrights); (d) all computer software, source code, executable code, data, databases and documentation thereof; (e) all trade secret rights in information, including trade secret rights in any formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process, that (1) derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other Persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and (2) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy; (f) all other intellectual property or proprietary rights in any discoveries, concepts, ideas, research and development, know-how, formulae, patterns, inventions, compilations, compositions, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, program, device, method, technique, technical data, procedures, designs, recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses, specifications, databases, and other proprietary or confidential information, including customer lists, supplier lists, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and proposals and advertising and promotional materials; and (g) all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment or violation thereof and all products and proceeds of the foregoing.
Intercreditor Agreement Joinder shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto or any other form of joinder as may be acceptable to each ABL Agent and each Term/Note Agent. Each ABL Agent and each Term/Note Agent are authorized and directed to execute and deliver any Intercreditor Agreement Joinder in the form of Exhibit A hereto without the consent of any other Holder.
Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement shall have the meaning given hereto in the recitals.
Inventory shall mean as to each Grantor, all of such Grantors now owned and hereafter existing or acquired inventory, as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
Investment Property shall mean all present and future investment property (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), including, without limitation, all Equity Interests held by each of the Grantors.
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Letter-of-Credit Rights shall mean all present and future letter-of-credit rights (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
Lien shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.
Money shall mean all present and future money (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
New ABL Agent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(d)(ii).
New Pyxus Parent shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
New Pyxus Topco shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
New Term/Note Agent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(d)(ii).
Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Person, any payment, performance or other obligations of such Person of any kind, including any liability of such Person on any claim, whether or not the right of any creditor to payment in respect of such claim is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, and whether or not such claim is discharged, stayed or otherwise affected by any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of any Grantor under any ABL Loan Document or Term/Note Document, as applicable, include the obligations to pay principal, reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, interest (including interest accrued on or accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding) or premium on any Indebtedness, letter of credit commissions (if applicable), charges, expenses, fees, attorneys fees and disbursements and indemnities.
Patents shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property.
Payment Collateral shall mean all Accounts, Instruments, Chattel Paper, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Deposit Accounts (other than the Term/Note Collateral Account and Term/Note Trust Monies), Securities Accounts, and Payment Intangibles, together with all Supporting Obligations, in each case composing a portion of the Common Collateral.
Parent Guarantors shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Person shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
Pledged Collateral shall mean the Common Collateral in the possession of the ABL Agents (or their respective agents or bailees) or the Term/Note Agents (or their respective agents or bailees), to the extent that possession thereof perfects a Lien thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code.
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PNC shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Proceeds shall mean all proceeds (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), together with any distribution, payment or other property received on account of any claim secured by ABL Collateral or Term/Note Collateral constituting Common Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Pyxus Term Loan Claims shall mean the aggregate of the principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, together with any interest, fees, premiums (if any), attorneys fees, costs, expenses and indemnities payable on account of such principal amount or otherwise in respect of, or arising under, the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement or the documents related to such Indebtedness, including all fees, expenses and indemnities of the applicable Term Loan Representative thereunder, plus, all interest and expenses accrued or accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified in the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement whether or not such interest or expense is allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Refinance shall mean, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, retire, defease, amend, modify, supplement, amend and restate, restructure, replace, refund or repay, or to issue other Indebtedness, in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness in whole or in part. Refinanced and Refinancing shall have correlative meanings.
Second Priority Agents shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Agents and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the ABL Agents.
Second Priority Claims shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Claims and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the ABL Claims.
Second Priority Documents shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Documents and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the ABL Loan Documents.
Second Priority Holders shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Holders and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the ABL Lenders.
Securities Accounts shall mean all present and future securities accounts (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC), including all monies and uncertificated securities (each as defined in Article 8 of the UCC) and Security Entitlements contained therein.
Securities shall mean all present and future Securities (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC).
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Security Entitlements shall mean all present and future security entitlements (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC).
Senior Collateral Agent shall mean, Alter Domus, in its capacity as a collateral agent for the Term/Note Claims, together with its successors and permitted exercising substantially the same rights and powers.
Senior Notes shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Senior Notes Claims shall mean the aggregate of the principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under the Indenture, together with any interest, fees, premiums (if any), attorneys fees, costs, expenses and indemnities payable on account of such principal amount or otherwise in respect of, or arising under, the Indenture or the documents related to such Indebtedness, including all fees, expenses and indemnities of the applicable Senior Notes Trustee and Senior Collateral Agent thereunder, plus, all interest and expenses accrued or accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified in the Indenture whether or not such interest or expense is allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Senior Notes Trustee shall mean, collectively, Wilmington Trust, in its capacity as a trustee under the Indenture and the other documents entered into pursuant to the Indenture, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Indenture exercising substantially the same rights and powers.
Specified ABL Hedging Agreement shall mean each Secured Hedging Agreement as such terms are defined in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco under (and as defined in) each of the Financing Documents and the Indenture.
Supporting Obligations shall mean all present and future supporting obligations (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
Term/Note Agents shall mean, collectively, (i) the Senior Collateral Agent, (ii) the Term Loan Representatives, (iii) the Senior Notes Trustee and (iv) the administrative agents, trustees and collateral agents for any Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness.
Term/Note Claims shall mean (i) the Pyxus Term Loan Claims, (ii) the Intabex Term Loan Claims, (iii) the Existing Term Loan Claims, (iv) the Senior Notes Claims and any (v) Future Secured Term/Note Claims.
Term/Note Collateral shall mean all of the assets of any Grantor party to any Term/Note Collateral Document, whether real, personal or mixed, upon which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted to any Term/Note Agent under any of the Term/Note Collateral Documents.
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Term/Note Collateral Account shall mean any deposit account or securities account required to be established pursuant to the Term/Note Documents solely for purposes of holding Term/Note Priority Collateral pending application as required under the Term/Note Documents (it being understood that ABL Priority Collateral deposited in a Term/Note Collateral Account shall continue to be ABL Priority Collateral).
Term/Note Collateral Agreement shall mean the [Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement], dated as of the date hereof, among the Parent Guarantors, the Company, the other Grantors party thereto, and the Senior Collateral Agent for the benefit of the secured parties referred to therein.
Term/Note Collateral Documents shall mean the Term/Note Collateral Agreement and any security agreement, mortgage or other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is now or hereafter granted (or purported to be granted) securing any Term/Note Claims or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are at any time governed.
Term/Note Declined Lien shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b) hereof.
Term/Note Documents shall mean (i) the Term/Note Financing Documents and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for, evidencing or securing any Term/Note Claims, (ii) any other document or instrument evidencing or governing any Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness, (iii) any other related document or instrument executed or delivered pursuant to any document in subclause (i) or (ii) at any time or otherwise evidencing or securing any Obligation arising under any such Term/Note Document and (iv) the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement.
Term/Note Financing Documents shall mean, collectively, the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Existing Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Indenture and any credit agreement, indenture or any other financing agreement that is entered into by the Company or any other Grantor in connection with its incurrence of any Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness.
Term/Note Holders shall mean the Persons holding Term/Note Claims, including the Term/Note Agents.
Term/Note Only Grantors shall mean all Term/Note Parties that are not required to be Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the Initial ABL Credit Agreement.
Term/Note Parties shall mean [the Pledgors] as defined in the Term/Note Collateral Documents.
Term/Note Priority Collateral shall mean all Common Collateral other than ABL Priority Collateral (and specifically including the Term/Note Collateral Account (so long as such deposit account or securities account, as applicable, does not contain any ABL Priority Collateral) and Term/Note Trust Monies), and all collateral security and guarantees with respect to any Term/Note Priority Collateral and all cash, Money, Instruments, Securities, Financial Assets and Deposit Accounts directly received as Proceeds of any Term/Note Priority Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, except as provided in Section 2.3, under no circumstances shall any assets expressly excluded from the Term/Note Priority Collateral pursuant to any Term/Note Document constitute Term/Note Priority Collateral.
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Term/Note Recovery shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(b).
Term/Note Trust Monies shall mean any Term/Note Priority Collateral required pursuant to the Term/Note Documents to be deposited into a Term/Note Collateral Account.
Term Loan Representatives shall mean, collectively, (i) Alter Domus, in its capacity as administrative agent for the lenders under the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, (ii) Alter Domus, in its capacity as administrative agent for the lenders under the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, (iii) Alter Domus, in its capacity as administrative agent for the lenders under the Existing Term Loan Credit Agreement and (iv) each of the successors and permitted assigns of the foregoing under the respective Financing Documents exercising substantially the same rights and powers.
Trademarks shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property.
UK Insolvency Regime means any law (including, for the avoidance of doubt, common law) or regulation in effect at the relevant time in the jurisdiction of England and Wales which relates to any corporate action, legal proceeding or other formal procedure in respect of:
(a) the suspension of payments, a moratorium of debts generally, a moratorium of indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganization (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Person;
(b) a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with the creditors of any Person;
(c) the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any Person or any of its assets (in each case, other than in respect of a solvent liquidation); or
(d) enforcement of any Lien over the assets of any Person.
Uniform Commercial Code or UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
Wilmington Trust shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
1.2 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. The word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word shall. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document
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as from time to time amended, renewed, restated, extended, supplemented, or otherwise modified or as the indebtedness in respect of which is, replaced, renewed, extended, refunded or refinanced in whole or in part, in each case in accordance with this Agreement, (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns, (c) the words herein, hereof and hereunder, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement, (e) the words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (f) the term or is not exclusive. All capitalized terms not defined herein or by reference to another agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the UCC. The term Instrument shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the UCC.
SECTION 2. Lien Priorities.
2.1 Subordination of Liens. Notwithstanding (a) the date, time, method, manner or order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant, attachment or perfection (including any defect or deficiency or alleged defect or deficiency or failure to attach or perfect or lapse in perfection of, or avoidance as a fraudulent conveyance or otherwise of any of the foregoing) of any Liens granted to (i) the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders on the Common Collateral or (ii) the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders on the Common Collateral, (b) any provision of the UCC, the Bankruptcy Code, or any applicable law or the ABL Loan Documents or the Term/Note Documents, (c) whether an ABL Agent, a Term/Note Agent, any Term/Note Holder, either directly or through agents, holds possession of, or has control over, all or any part of the Common Collateral, (d) the fact that any such Liens may be subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed or (e) any other circumstance of any kind or nature whatsoever, each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each ABL Lender, and each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, hereby agrees that:
(i) any Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any ABL Claims now or hereafter held by or on behalf of an ABL Agent or any ABL Lenders or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any Term/Note Claims, and any Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any Term/Note Claims now or hereafter held by or on behalf of a Term/Note Agent, any Term/Note Holder, or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any ABL Claims;
(ii) any Lien on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing any Term/Note Claims now or hereafter held by or on behalf of a Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holders or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing any ABL Claims and any Lien on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing ABL Claims now or hereafter held by or on behalf of an ABL Agent or any ABL Lenders or any agent
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or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing any Term/Note Claims; and
(iii) all Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any ABL Claims shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any Term/Note Claims for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any ABL Claims are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Company, any other Grantor or any other Person, and all Liens on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing any Term/Note Claims shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing any ABL Claims for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any Term/Note Claims are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Company, any other Grantor or any other Person.
2.2 Prohibition on Contesting Liens. Each ABL Agent, for itself and on behalf of each ABL Lender, and each Term/Note Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Term/Note Holder, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) take any action to challenge, contest or support any other Person in contesting or challenging, directly or indirectly, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of (a) a Lien securing any ABL Claims held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender or any agent or trustee therefor in any Common Collateral or (b) a Lien securing any Term/Note Claims held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder in any Common Collateral, as the case may be; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed (x) to prevent or impair the rights of any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender to enforce this Agreement (including the priority of the Liens securing the ABL Claims as provided in Section 2.1 with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral) or any of the ABL Loan Documents or (y) to prevent or impair the rights of any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder to enforce this Agreement (including the priority of the Liens securing the Term/Note Claims as provided in Section 2.1 with respect to any Term/Note Priority Collateral) or any of the Term/Note Documents.
2.3 No New Liens.
(a) So long as the Discharge of ABL Claims has not occurred, each Term/Note Agent agrees, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Term/Note Holder, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, that it shall not acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any Term/Note Claims that, to the extent permissible under applicable law, are not also subject to the Lien in respect of the ABL Claims under the ABL Loan Documents; provided that (i) this provision will not be violated with respect to any ABL Claims if each ABL Agent is given a reasonable opportunity to accept a Lien on any asset or property and such ABL Agent states in writing that the ABL Loan Documents in respect thereof prohibit such ABL Agent from accepting a Lien on such asset or property or such ABL Agent otherwise expressly declines to accept a Lien on such asset or property (any such prohibited or declined Lien, an ABL Declined Lien) and (ii) this provision shall not apply to a Lien in favor of any Term/Note Agent, for the benefit of the Term/Note Holders, over the assets of the Term/Note Only Grantors (the Liens in
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this clause (ii), the ABL Excluded Liens). If a Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire or hold any Lien on any collateral of a Grantor that is not also subject to the Lien in respect of the ABL Claims under the ABL Loan Documents (other than an ABL Declined Lien or an ABL Excluded Lien), then the applicable Term/Note Agent shall, to the extent permissible under applicable law, without the need for any further consent of any party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other document, be deemed to also hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of any ABL Agent as security for the ABL Claims (subject to the Lien priority and other terms hereof).
(b) So long as the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has not occurred, each ABL Agent agrees, for itself and on behalf of each applicable ABL Lender, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, that it shall not acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any ABL Claims that, to the extent permissible under applicable law, are not also subject to the Liens in respect of the Term/Note Claims under the Term/Note Documents; provided that this provision will not be violated with respect to any Term/Note Claims if each applicable Term/Note Agent is given a reasonable opportunity to accept a Lien on any asset or property and such Term/Note Agent states in writing that the Term/Note Documents in respect thereof prohibit such Term/Note Agent from accepting a Lien on such asset or property or such Term/Note Agent otherwise expressly declines to accept a Lien on such asset or property (any such prohibited or declined Lien, a Term/Note Declined Lien). If any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire or hold any Lien on any collateral of a Grantor that is not also subject to the Liens in respect of the Term/Note Claims under the Term/Note Documents (other than a Term/Note Declined Lien), then the applicable ABL Agent shall, to the extent permissible under applicable law, without the need for any further consent of any party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other document, be deemed to also hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of the Term/Note Agents as security for the Term/Note Claims (subject to the Lien priority and other terms hereof).
To the extent any additional Liens are granted on any asset or property pursuant to this Section 2.3, the priority of such additional Liens shall be determined in accordance with Section 2.1 and the application of the proceeds thereof shall be effected in accordance with Section 4.2 and 4.3. In addition, to the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights or remedies available thereunder, the ABL Agents, on behalf of the ABL Lenders, and the Term/Note Agents, on behalf of the Term/Note Holders, agree that any amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.3 shall be subject to Section 4.4.
2.4 Perfection of Liens. Subject to Section 5.5, no First Priority Agent nor any First Priority Holder shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Common Collateral for the benefit of the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Holders. The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the ABL Lenders as a class on the one hand, and the Term/Note Holders, as a class on the other hand, and shall not impose on the ABL Agents, the Term/Note Agents, the ABL Lenders, the Term/Note Holders, any agent or trustee therefor any obligations in respect of the disposition of proceeds of any Common Collateral which would conflict with prior perfected claims therein in favor of any other Person or any order or decree of any court or governmental authority or any applicable law.
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2.5 Waiver of Marshalling.
(a) Until the Discharge of ABL Claims, each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Term/Note Holders, agrees not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under applicable law with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral.
(b) Until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims, each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and the ABL Lenders, agrees not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under applicable law with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
2.6 Certain Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other document or agreement to the contrary, (a) the assets that are subject to an ABL Declined Lien or an ABL Excluded Lien shall not secure the ABL Claims and (b) the assets that are subject to a Term/Note Declined Lien shall not secure the Term/Note Claims.
SECTION 3. Enforcement.
3.1 Exercise of Remedies.
(a) So long as the Discharge of ABL Claims has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, subject to Section 5.6, (i) no Term/Note Agent or Term/Note Holder will (x) Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies or seek to Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies (including setoff, recoupment or the right to credit bid debt, if any) with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral, or exercise any right under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), (y) contest, protest or object to any foreclosure or enforcement proceeding or action brought with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral by an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender in respect of the ABL Claims, the exercise of any right by an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender (or any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) in respect of the ABL Claims under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which a Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder either is a party or may have rights as a third party beneficiary, or any other exercise by any such party, of any rights and remedies relating to the ABL Priority Collateral under the ABL Loan Documents or otherwise in respect of ABL Claims, or (z) object to any waiver or the forbearance by the ABL Lenders from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies relating to the ABL Priority Collateral
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or any other collateral in respect of ABL Claims and (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders shall have the exclusive right (as between any ABL Agent and any ABL Lender, on the one hand, and any Term/Note Agent and any Term/Note Holder, on the other hand) to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including setoff, recoupment and the right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the release, disposition or restrictions with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder; provided, however, that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, a Term/Note Agent may file a proof of claim or statement of interest with respect to the applicable Term/Note Claims and (B) a Term/Note Agent may take any action (not adverse to the prior Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing the ABL Claims, or the rights of the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, prove, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its rights in, and perfection and priority of its Lien on, the ABL Priority Collateral; provided, further, that any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder may exercise any or all of such rights, powers, or remedies after a period of at least 180 days has elapsed since the later of: (I) the date on which a Term/Note Agent declared the existence of an Event of Default under the applicable Term/Note Documents, accelerated (to the extent such amount was not already due and owing) the payment of the principal amount of all Term/Note Claims, and demanded payment thereof and (II) the date on which each of the ABL Agents has received notice thereof from such Term/Note Agent; provided, further, however, that neither any Term/Note Agent nor any other Term/Note Holder shall exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of such 180-day period, any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender (A) shall have commenced, whether before or after the expiration of such 180-day period, and be diligently pursuing the exercise of their rights, powers, or remedies with respect to all or any material portion of the ABL Priority Collateral (prompt written notice of such exercise to be given to the Term/Note Agents), or (B) shall have been stayed by operation of law or any court order from pursuing any such exercise of remedies. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders may enforce the provisions of the ABL Loan Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of ABL Priority Collateral or other collateral upon foreclosure, to credit bid for such ABL Priority Collateral, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the uniform commercial code of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(b) So long as the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, subject to Section 5.6, (i) no ABL Agent or ABL Lender will (x) Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies or seek to Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies (including setoff, recoupment or the right to credit bid, if any) with respect to any Term/Note Priority Collateral, or exercise any right under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), (y) contest, protest or object to any foreclosure or enforcement proceeding or action brought with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral by a Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder in respect of the Term/Note Claims, the exercise of any right by a Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder (or
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any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) in respect of the Term/Note Claims under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender either is a party or may have rights as a third party beneficiary, or any other exercise by any such party, of any rights and remedies relating to the Term/Note Priority Collateral under the Term/Note Documents or otherwise in respect of Term/Note Claims, or (z) object to any waiver or the forbearance by the Term/Note Holders from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies relating to the Term/Note Priority Collateral or any other collateral in respect of Term/Note Claims and (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders shall have the exclusive right (as between any Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders, on the one hand, and any ABL Agent and any ABL Lender, on the other hand) to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including setoff, recoupment and the right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the release, disposition or restrictions with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender; provided, however, that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, an ABL Agent may file a proof of claim or statement of interest with respect to the applicable ABL Claims and (B) an ABL Agent may take any action (not adverse to the prior Liens on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing the Term/Note Claims, or the rights of the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, prove, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its rights in, and perfection and priority of its Lien on, the Term/Note Priority Collateral; provided, further, that an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender may exercise any or all of such rights, powers, or remedies after a period of at least 180 days has elapsed since the later of: (I) the date on which an ABL Agent declared the existence of an Event of Default under the applicable ABL Loan Documents, accelerated (to the extent such amount was not already due and owing) the payment of the principal amount of all ABL Claims, and demanded payment thereof and (II) the date on which each of the Term/Note Agents have received notice thereof from such ABL Agent; provided, further, however, that neither any ABL Agent nor any other ABL Lender shall exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of such 180-day period, any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder (A) shall have commenced, whether before or after the expiration of such 180-day period, and be diligently pursuing the exercise of their rights, powers, or remedies with respect to all or any material portion of the Term/Note Priority Collateral (prompt written notice of such exercise to be given to the ABL Agents), or (B) shall have been stayed by operation of law or any court order from pursuing any such exercise of remedies. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders may enforce the provisions of the Term/Note Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Term/Note Priority Collateral or other collateral upon foreclosure, to credit bid for such Term/Note Priority Collateral, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the uniform commercial code of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(c) So long as the Discharge of ABL Claims has not occurred, each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, agrees that it will not take or receive any ABL Priority Collateral or any proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral in connection with
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the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff or recoupment) with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, except as expressly provided in the provisos in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), the sole right (as between any ABL Agent and any ABL Lender, on the one hand, and any Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders, on the other hand) of each Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral is to hold a Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral pursuant to the Term/Note Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred.
(d) So long as the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has not occurred, each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable ABL Lender agrees that it will not take or receive any Term/Note Priority Collateral or any proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff or recoupment) with respect to any Term/Note Priority Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, except as expressly provided in the provisos in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(b), the sole right (as between any Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders, on the one hand, and any ABL Agent and any ABL Lender, on the other hand) of each ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Term/Note Priority Collateral pursuant to the ABL Loan Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred.
(e) Subject to the provisos in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a) above and Section 5.6, (i) each Term/Note Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Term/Note Holder, agrees that the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders will not take any action that would hinder any Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies undertaken by any ABL Agent or the ABL Lenders with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral under the ABL Loan Documents, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the ABL Priority Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii) each Term/Note Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Term/Note Holder, hereby waives any and all rights it or any such Term/Note Holder may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders seek to enforce or collect the ABL Claims with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral or the Liens granted in any of the ABL Priority Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the ABL Agents or ABL Lenders is adverse to the interests of the Term/Note Holders.
(f) Subject to the provisos in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(b) above and Section 5.6, (i) each ABL Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable ABL Lender, agrees that the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders will not take any action that would hinder any Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies undertaken by any Term/Note Agent or the Term/Note Holders with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral under the Term/Note Documents, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Term/Note Priority Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii) each ABL Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable ABL Lender, hereby waives any and all rights it or any ABL Lender may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders seek to enforce or collect the Term/Note Claims with respect to the Term/Note Priority
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Collateral or the Liens granted in any of the Term/Note Priority Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the Term/Note Agents or Term/Note Holders is adverse to the interests of the ABL Lenders.
(g) Each Term/Note Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any applicable Term/Note Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the ABL Loan Documents.
(h) Each ABL Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any applicable ABL Loan Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Term/Note Documents.
3.2 Cooperation.
(a) Subject to the provisos in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, it will not commence, or join with any Person (other than the ABL Lenders and the ABL Agents upon the request thereof) in commencing, any enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding with respect to any Lien held by it in the ABL Priority Collateral under any of the applicable Term/Note Documents or otherwise in respect of the applicable Term/Note Claims relating to the ABL Priority Collateral.
(b) Subject to the provisos in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(b), each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each ABL Lender, agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, it will not commence, or join with any Person (other than the Term/Note Holders and the Term/Note Agents upon the request thereof) in commencing, any enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding with respect to any Lien held by it in the Term/Note Priority Collateral under any of the applicable ABL Loan Documents or otherwise in respect of the applicable ABL Claims relating to the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
3.3 Actions Upon Breach.
(a) If any Term/Note Holder, in contravention of the terms of this Agreement, in any way takes or attempts or threatens to take any action with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement except as provided in the provisos to Section 3.1(a)(ii)), this Agreement shall create an irrebuttable presumption and admission by such Term/Note Holder that relief against such Term/Note Holder by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief is necessary to prevent irreparable harm to the ABL Lenders, it being understood and agreed by each Term/Note Agent on behalf of each applicable Term/Note Holder that (i) the ABL Lenders damages from its actions may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable, and (ii) each Term/Note Holder waives any defense that the Grantors and/or the ABL Lenders cannot demonstrate damage and/or be made whole by the awarding of damages.
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(b) If any ABL Lender, in contravention of the terms of this Agreement, in any way takes or attempts or threatens to take any action with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement except as provided in the provisos to Section 3.1(b)(ii)), this Agreement shall create an irrebuttable presumption and admission by such ABL Lender that relief against such ABL Lender by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief is necessary to prevent irreparable harm to the Term/Note Holders, it being understood and agreed by each ABL Agent on behalf of each applicable ABL Lender that (i) the applicable Term/Note Holders damages from its actions may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable, and (ii) each ABL Lender waives any defense that the Grantors and/or the Term/Note Holders cannot demonstrate damage and/or be made whole by the awarding of damages.
SECTION 4. Payments.
4.1 Revolving Nature of ABL Claims. Each Term/Note Agent, for and on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) as of the date hereof, the ABL Credit Agreement includes a revolving commitment, that in the ordinary course of business the applicable ABL Agent under the ABL Credit Agreement and the ABL Lenders will apply payments and make advances thereunder, and that no application of any Payment Collateral or Cash Collateral or the release of any Lien by any ABL Agent upon any portion of the Common Collateral in connection with a permitted disposition under the ABL Credit Agreement shall constitute the exercise of remedies prohibited under this Agreement; (ii) subject to the limitations set forth herein, the amount of the ABL Claims that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, and that the terms of the ABL Claims may be modified, extended or amended from time to time, and that the aggregate amount of the ABL Claims may be increased and, subject to Section 9.3, replaced or Refinanced, in each event, without notice to or consent by the Term/Note Holders and without affecting the provisions hereof (but, subject to the terms of this Agreement, without waiver of any rights or remedies any Term/Note Agent or Term/Note Holder may have against any Grantor pursuant to the Term/Note Documents); and (iii) all Payment Collateral or Cash Collateral received by any ABL Agent may be applied, reversed, reapplied, credited, or reborrowed, in whole or in part, to the ABL Claims at any time; provided, however, that from and after the date on which an ABL Agent (or any ABL Lender) commences the Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies with respect to any of the Common Collateral, all amounts received by any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender in respect of any ABL Claims shall be applied as specified in this Section 4. The Lien priority set forth in this Agreement shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any such amendment, modification, supplement, extension, repayment, reborrowing, increase, replacement, renewal, restatement or Refinancing of the ABL Claims, the Term/Note Claims, or any portion thereof, in each case, except in accordance with Section 9.3 (to the extent applicable).
4.2 Application of Proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral. Each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each ABL Lender, and each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, hereby agrees that the ABL Priority Collateral or proceeds thereof, regardless of source or form, received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or collection on, such ABL Priority Collateral upon the Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies (whether during an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise), or in connection with any distribution on account of ABL Priority Collateral (or any claim secured thereby) upon a sale or
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other disposition outside the ordinary course of business during the continuance of an Event of Default under the ABL Loan Documents or in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, shall be applied:
first, to the payment of the ABL Claims in accordance with the ABL Loan Documents until a Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred,
second, to the payment of the Term/Note Claims in accordance with the Term/Note Documents and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement until a Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, and
third, the balance, if any, to the Grantors or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
4.3 Application of Proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral. Each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable ABL Lender, and each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, hereby agrees that the Term/Note Priority Collateral or proceeds thereof, regardless of source or form, received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or collection on, such Term/Note Priority Collateral upon the Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies (whether during an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise), or in connection with any distribution on account of Term/Note Priority Collateral (or any claim secured thereby) upon a sale or other disposition outside the ordinary course of business during the continuance of an Event of Default under the Term/Note Documents or in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, shall be applied:
first, to the payment of the Term/Note Claims in accordance with the Term/Note Documents and Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement until a Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred,
second, to the extent such Term/Note Priority Collateral is ABL Collateral, to the payment of the ABL Claims in accordance with the ABL Loan Documents until a Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, and
third, the balance, if any, to the Grantors or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
4.4 Payments Over.
(a) Whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, any ABL Priority Collateral or proceeds thereof received by a Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder in connection with the exercise of any post-default right or remedy (including setoff or recoupment) relating to any such ABL Priority Collateral in contravention of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the Designated ABL Agent (and/or its designees) for the benefit of the ABL Lenders in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Designated ABL Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for each Term/Note Agent or any such Term/Note Holder. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
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(b) Whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, any Term/Note Priority Collateral or proceeds thereof received by an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender in connection with the exercise of any post-default right or remedy (including setoff or recoupment) relating to any such Term/Note Priority Collateral in contravention of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the Senior Collateral Agent (and/or its designees) for the benefit of the Term/Note Holders in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Senior Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for each ABL Agent or any such ABL Lender. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
(c) Promptly upon the Discharge of ABL Claims, the ABL Agents shall deliver written notice confirming the same to the Term/Note Agents; provided that the failure to give any such notice shall not result in any liability of the ABL Agents or the other ABL Lenders hereunder or in the modification, alteration, impairment, or waiver of the rights of any party hereunder. Promptly upon the Discharge of Term/Note Claims, the applicable Term/Note Agents shall deliver written notice confirming the same to the ABL Agents; provided that the failure to give any such notice shall not result in any liability of the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders hereunder or in the modification, alteration, impairment, or waiver of the rights of any party hereunder.
4.5 Application of Proceeds of Mixed Collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above or in the definition of ABL Priority Collateral or Term/Note Priority Collateral, in the event that Proceeds of Common Collateral are received from (or are otherwise attributable to the value of) a sale or other disposition of Common Collateral that involves a combination of ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral, (i) the portion of such Proceeds that shall be allocated as Proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral for purposes of this Agreement shall be an amount equal to the net book value of such ABL Priority Collateral (except in the case of Accounts, which amount shall be equal to the face amount of such Accounts) and (ii) the portion of such Proceeds that shall be allocated as Proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral for purposes of this Agreement shall be an amount equal to the net book value of such Term/Note Priority Collateral. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above or in the definition of ABL Priority Collateral or Term/Note Priority Collateral, to the extent Proceeds of Common Collateral are Proceeds received from (or are otherwise attributable to the value of) the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco that is a Grantor or all or substantially all of the assets of any such Subsidiary, such Proceeds shall constitute (1) first, in an amount equal to the face amount of the Accounts (excluding any rights to payment for any property which specifically constitutes Term/Note Priority Collateral which has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of) and the net book value of the Inventory owned by such Subsidiary at the time of such sale, ABL Priority Collateral and (2) second, to the extent in excess of the amounts described in preceding clause (1) and otherwise in the case of all other assets not described in clause (1), Term/Note Priority Collateral. In the event that amounts are received in respect of Equity Interests of, or intercompany loans issued to, any Grantor that holds Common Collateral in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, such amounts shall be deemed to be Proceeds received from a sale or disposition of ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral and shall be allocated as Proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral in proportion to the ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral owned at such time by the issuer of such Equity Interests or intercompany loans (with such proportion to be determined in the same manner as is set forth in the immediately preceding sentence as it relates to a sale or disposition of Equity Interests).
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SECTION 5. Other Agreements.
5.1 Releases.
(a) If, at any time any Grantor or the holder of any ABL Claim delivers notice to the Term/Note Agents that any specified ABL Priority Collateral is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (including for such purpose, in the case of the sale of Equity Interests in any Subsidiary, any ABL Priority Collateral held by such Subsidiary or any direct or indirect Subsidiary thereof):
(i) by the owner of such ABL Priority Collateral in a transaction permitted under each of the Financing Documents and not prohibited under any other ABL Loan Document (if any) or any other Term/Note Document (if any); or
(ii) during the existence of any Event of Default under (and as defined in) the ABL Credit Agreement (or any other definitive documentation governing Future ABL Indebtedness) by the owner of such ABL Priority Collateral (to the extent the applicable ABL Agents have consented to such sale, transfer or disposition) or by an ABL Agent in connection with the Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies;
then (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the Term/Note Holders upon such ABL Priority Collateral will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens on such ABL Priority Collateral securing ABL Claims are released and discharged. Upon delivery to each Term/Note Agent of a notice from the applicable ABL Agent stating that any release of Liens by the ABL Agents securing or supporting the ABL Claims on any ABL Priority Collateral has become effective (or shall become effective upon each Term/Note Agents release), each applicable Term/Note Agent will promptly execute and deliver, and authorize the filing of, such instruments, releases, termination statements or other documents (including UCC-3 termination statements, mortgage releases and termination of USPTO and Copyright filings) in all relevant jurisdictions confirming such release on customary terms at the request and expense of the Company.
Each Term/Note Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Term/Note Holder, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints each ABL Agent and any officer or agent of such ABL Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Term/Note Agent or such Term/Note Holder or in such ABL Agents own name, from time to time in such ABL Agents determination, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1(a), to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1(a), including authorizing the filing of any termination statements, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release; provided that the applicable ABL Agent shall not exercise such power of attorney unless the Term/Note Agents have failed to comply with their obligations under this Section 5.1 within two Business Days after demand by the applicable ABL Agent.
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(b) Subject to Section 5.6, if, at any time any Grantor or the holder of any Term/Note Claim delivers notice to the ABL Agents that any specified Term/Note Priority Collateral (including all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of a Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries) (including for such purpose, in the case of the sale of Equity Interests in any Subsidiary, any Term/Note Priority Collateral held by such Subsidiary or any direct or indirect Subsidiary thereof) is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of:
(i) by the owner of such Term/Note Priority Collateral in a transaction permitted under each of the Financing Documents and the Indenture and not prohibited under any other Term/Note Document (if any) and ABL Loan Document (if any); or
(ii) during the existence of any Event of Default under (and as defined in) the Term/Note Financing Documents by the owner of such Term/Note Priority Collateral (to the extent the applicable Term/Note Agents have consented to such sale, transfer or disposition) or by a Term/Note Agent in connection with the Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies;
then (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the ABL Lenders upon such Term/Note Priority Collateral will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens on such Term/Note Priority Collateral securing Term/Note Claims are released and discharged. Upon delivery to each ABL Agent of a notice from the applicable Term/Note Agent stating that any release of Liens by the Term/Note Agents securing or supporting the Term/Note Claims on any Term/Note Priority Collateral has become effective (or shall become effective upon each ABL Agents release), each ABL Agent will promptly execute and deliver, and authorize the filing of, such instruments, releases, termination statements or other documents (including UCC-3 termination statements, mortgage releases and termination of USPTO and Copyright filings) in all relevant jurisdictions confirming such release on customary terms at the request and expense of the Company.
Each ABL Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable ABL Lender, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints each Term/Note Agent and any officer or agent of such Term/Note Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such ABL Agent or such ABL Lender or in such Term/Note Agents own name, from time to time in such Term/Note Agents determination, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1(b), to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1(b), including authorizing the filing of any termination statements, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release; provided that the applicable Term/Note Agent shall not exercise such power of attorney unless the ABL Agents have failed to comply with their obligations under this Section 5.1 within two Business Days after demand by the applicable Term/Note Agent.
(c) Unless and until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, each Term/Note Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Term/Note Holder, hereby consents
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to the application, whether prior to or after a default, of proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral to the repayment of ABL Claims pursuant to the ABL Credit Agreement; provided that nothing in this Section 5.1(c) shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders to receive proceeds in connection with the Term/Note Claims not otherwise in contravention of this Agreement.
(d) Unless and until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, each ABL Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable ABL Lender, hereby consents to the application, whether prior to or after a default, of proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral to the repayment of Term/Note Claims pursuant to the Term/Note Financing Documents; provided that nothing in this Section 5.1(d) shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders to receive proceeds in connection with the ABL Claims not otherwise in contravention of this Agreement.
5.2 Insurance.
(a) Proceeds of Common Collateral include insurance proceeds and, therefore, the Lien priority set forth in this Agreement shall govern the ultimate disposition of casualty insurance proceeds.
(b) Unless and until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the ABL Loan Documents, to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the ABL Priority Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the ABL Priority Collateral; provided that, if any insurance claim includes both ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral, the insurer will not settle such claim separately with respect to ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral, and if the applicable ABL Agents and the applicable Term/Note Agent(s) are unable after negotiating in good faith to agree on the settlement for such claim, either such Person may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to make a determination as to the settlement of such claim, and the courts determination shall be binding upon the parties. Unless and until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award if in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral shall be paid in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2. If a Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award in contravention of this Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds over to the applicable ABL Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.4.
(c) Unless and until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Term/Note Documents, to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Term/Note Priority Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Term/Note Priority Collateral; provided that, if any insurance claim includes both ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral, the insurer will not settle such claim separately with respect to ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral, and if the applicable ABL Agents and the applicable Term/Note Agents are unable after negotiating in good faith to agree on the settlement for such claim, either such Person may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to make a
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determination as to the settlement of such claim, and the courts determination shall be binding upon the parties. Unless and until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award if in respect of the Term/Note Priority Collateral shall be paid in accordance with the terms of Section 4.3. If an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award in contravention of this Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds over to the applicable Term/Note Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.4.
5.3 Amendments to ABL Loan Documents and Term/Note Documents.
(a) Each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Term/Note Holders, hereby agrees that, without affecting the obligations of the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders hereunder, each ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders may, at any time and from time to time, in their sole determination without the consent of or notice to any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder (except to the extent such notice or consent is required pursuant to the express provisions of this Agreement), and without incurring any liability to any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder or impairing or releasing the subordination provided for herein, amend, restate, supplement, replace, Refinance, extend, consolidate, restructure, or otherwise modify any of the ABL Loan Documents in any manner whatsoever (subject to compliance with Section 9.3, to the extent applicable), including, to:
(i) change the manner, place, time, or terms of payment or renew, alter or increase, all or any of the Obligations under the ABL Loan Documents or otherwise amend, restate, supplement, or otherwise modify in any manner, or grant any waiver or release with respect to, all or any part of the Obligations under the ABL Loan Documents or any of the ABL Loan Documents;
(ii) retain or, subject to Section 2.3, obtain a Lien on any property of any Person to secure any of the ABL Claims, and in connection therewith to enter into any additional ABL Loan Documents;
(iii) amend, or grant any waiver, compromise, or release with respect to, or consent to any departure from, any guaranty or other obligations of any Person obligated in any manner under or in respect of the ABL Claims;
(iv) subject to Section 5.1, release its respective Lien on any Common Collateral or other property;
(v) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company, any Grantor, or any other Person;
(vi) retain or obtain the primary or secondary obligation of any other Person with respect to any of the ABL Claims; and
(vii) otherwise administer the ABL Claims as the applicable ABL Agent shall determine.
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(b) Each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and the ABL Lenders, hereby agrees that, without affecting the obligations of the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders hereunder, each Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders may, at any time and from time to time, in their sole determination without the consent of or notice to an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender (except to the extent such notice or consent is required pursuant to the express provisions of this Agreement), and without incurring any liability to an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender or impairing or releasing the subordination provided for herein, amend, restate, supplement, replace, Refinance, extend, consolidate, restructure, or otherwise modify any of the Term/Note Documents in any manner whatsoever (subject to compliance with Section 9.3, to the extent applicable), including, to:
(i) change the manner, place, time, or terms of payment or renew, alter or increase, all or any of the Obligations under the Term/Note Documents or otherwise amend, restate, supplement, or otherwise modify in any manner, or grant any waiver or release with respect to, all or any part of the Obligations under the Term/Note Documents or any of the Term/Note Documents;
(ii) retain or, subject to Section 2.3, obtain a Lien on any property of any Person to secure any of the Term/Note Claims, and in connection therewith to enter into any additional Term/Note Documents;
(iii) amend, or grant any waiver, compromise, or release with respect to, or consent to any departure from, any guaranty or other obligations of any Person obligated in any manner under or in respect of the Term/Note Claims;
(iv) subject to Section 5.1, release its respective Lien on any Common Collateral or other property;
(v) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company, any Grantor, or any other Person;
(vi) retain or obtain the primary or secondary obligation of any other Person with respect to any of the Term/Note Claims; and
(vii) otherwise administer the Term/Note Claims as the applicable Term/Note Agent shall determine.
(c) The ABL Claims and the Term/Note Claims may be Refinanced, in whole or in part, in each case, without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is required to permit the Refinancing transaction under any ABL Loan Document or any Term/Note Document) of the ABL Agents, the ABL Lenders, the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders, as the case may be, all without affecting the Lien priorities provided for herein or the other provisions hereof; provided, however, that the holders of such Refinancing indebtedness (or an authorized agent or trustee on their behalf) comply with Section 9.3 (to the extent applicable), and any such Refinancing transaction shall be in accordance with any applicable provisions of the ABL Loan Documents and the Term/Note Documents.
5.4 Rights As Unsecured Creditors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Holders may exercise rights and
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remedies as an unsecured creditor against New Pyxus Topco, any Grantor or any Subsidiary that has guaranteed the Second Priority Claims in accordance with the terms of the applicable Second Priority Documents and applicable law, in each case to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holder of the required payments of interest and principal so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of (a) the exercise by any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holder of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of the applicable portion of the Common Collateral or (b) enforcement in contravention of this Agreement or any other applicable intercreditor agreement of any Lien in respect of Second Priority Claims held by any of them. In the event any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holder becomes a judgment lien creditor or other secured creditor in respect of Common Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor in respect of Second Priority Claims or otherwise, such judgment or other lien shall be subordinated to the Liens securing First Priority Claims on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Claims are so subordinated to such Liens securing First Priority Claims under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement impairs or otherwise adversely affects any rights or remedies the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders may have with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, or any rights or remedies the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders may have with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
5.5 First Priority Agent as Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection.
(a) Each ABL Agent agrees to hold the Pledged Collateral that is part of the ABL Priority Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee for each Term/Note Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Pledged Collateral pursuant to the Term/Note Collateral Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5 (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2), 9-104 and 9-313(c) of the UCC). Each Term/Note Agent agrees to hold the Pledged Collateral that is part of the Term/Note Priority Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee for each ABL Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Pledged Collateral pursuant to the ABL Collateral Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5 (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2), 9-104 and 9-313(c) of the UCC).
(b) (i) Each ABL Agent agrees to hold the Deposit Account Collateral that is part of the ABL Collateral and controlled by such ABL Agent as gratuitous agent for each Term/Note Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Deposit Account Collateral pursuant to the Term/Note Collateral Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5 and (ii) each Term/Note Agent agrees to hold the Deposit Account Collateral that is part of the Term/Note Priority Collateral and controlled by such Term/Note Agent as gratuitous agent for each ABL Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Deposit Account Collateral pursuant to the ABL Collateral Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5.
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(c) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein (including Sections 3.1, 4 and 8.2), until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, each ABL Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged Collateral constituting ABL Priority Collateral in accordance with the terms of the ABL Loan Documents as if the Liens under the Term/Note Collateral Documents did not exist. The rights of each Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders with respect to such Pledged Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein (including Sections 3.1, 4 and 8.2), until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, each Term/Note Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged Collateral constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Term/Note Documents as if the Liens under the ABL Collateral Documents did not exist. The rights of each ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders with respect to such Pledged Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
(d) No First Priority Agent shall have any obligation whatsoever to any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holder to assure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by the Grantors or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any rights pertaining to the applicable portion of the Common Collateral except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.5. The duties or responsibilities of each First Priority Agent under this Section 5.5 shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as gratuitous bailee for each Second Priority Agent for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by the Second Priority Holders.
(e) No First Priority Agent shall have by reason of the Second Priority Documents or this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holder and the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Holders hereby waive and release each First Priority Agent from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to each First Priority Agents role under this Section 5.5, as agent and gratuitous bailee with respect to the applicable portion of the Common Collateral.
(f) Upon the Discharge of ABL Claims, each ABL Agent shall deliver to the Senior Collateral Agent, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any) and Deposit Account Collateral (if any) constituting ABL Priority Collateral in its possession or under its control, together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the Senior Collateral Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral and Deposit Account Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Company shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify each ABL Agent for loss or damage suffered by such ABL Agent as a result of such transfer except for loss or damage suffered by such ABL Agent as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment). No ABL Agent has any obligation to follow instructions from a Term/Note Agent in contravention of this Agreement.
(g) Upon the Discharge of Term/Note Claims, each Term/Note Agent shall deliver to the Designated ABL Agent, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any) and Deposit Account Collateral (if any) constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral in its possession or under its control, together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the Designated ABL Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral and Deposit Account Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise
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direct. The Company shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify each Term/Note Agent for loss or damage suffered by such Term/Note Agent as a result of such transfer except for loss or damage suffered by such Term/Note Agent as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment). No Term/Note Agent has any obligation to follow instructions from an ABL Agent in contravention of this Agreement.
5.6 Access to Premises and Cooperation.
(a) If an ABL Agent takes any enforcement action with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, each Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders (i) shall cooperate with such ABL Agent (at the sole cost and expense of the Grantors and subject to the condition that the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders shall have no obligation or duty to take any action or refrain from taking any action that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability or damage to a Term/Note Agent or the Term/Note Holders) in its efforts to enforce its security interest in the ABL Priority Collateral and to allow such ABL Agent to finish any work-in-process and assemble the ABL Priority Collateral, (ii) shall not take any action designed or intended to hinder or restrict in any respect such ABL Agent from enforcing its security interest in the ABL Priority Collateral or from finishing any work-in-process or assembling the ABL Priority Collateral and (iii) shall permit such ABL Agent, its employees, agents, advisers and representatives, at the sole cost and expense of the ABL Lenders and upon reasonable advance notice, to use the Term/Note Priority Collateral (including (x) equipment, processors, computers and other machinery related to the storage or processing of records, documents or files and (y) Intellectual Property, in each case only to the extent and for so long as required to effect an enforcement action with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral), for a period not to exceed 180 days after the taking of such enforcement action with respect to such ABL Priority Collateral, for purposes of (A) assembling and storing the ABL Priority Collateral and completing the processing of and turning into finished goods of any ABL Priority Collateral consisting of work-in-process, (B) selling any or all of the ABL Priority Collateral, whether in bulk, in lots or to customers in the ordinary course of business or otherwise, (C) removing and transporting any or all of the ABL Priority Collateral located in or on such Term/Note Priority Collateral, if any, (D) otherwise processing, shipping, producing, storing, completing, supplying, leasing, selling or otherwise handling, dealing with, assembling or disposing of, in any lawful manner, the ABL Priority Collateral, or (E) taking reasonable actions to protect, secure, and otherwise enforce the rights of the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders in and to the ABL Priority Collateral; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall restrict the rights of the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders from selling, assigning or otherwise transferring any Term/Note Priority Collateral prior to the expiration of such 180-day period if the purchaser, assignee or transferee thereof agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 5.6. If any stay or other order prohibiting the exercise of remedies with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral has been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction, such 180-day period shall be tolled during the pendency of any such stay or other order. In connection with the use of Intellectual Property constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral pursuant to clause (iii)(y) above in the first sentence of this clause (a), each Term/Note Agent (and any purchaser, assignee or transferee of assets as provided in the proviso to the first sentence of this clause (a)) (1) consents (without any representation, warranty or obligation whatsoever) to the grant by any Grantor to each ABL Agent of a non-exclusive
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worldwide royalty-free license to use any Intellectual Property or proprietary information of such Grantor that is subject to a Lien held by such Term/Note Agent (or any Intellectual Property or proprietary information acquired by such purchaser, assignee or transferee from any Grantor, as the case may be) and (2) grants, in its capacity as a secured party (or as a purchaser, assignee or transferee, as the case may be), to each ABL Agent a non-exclusive worldwide royalty-free license to use any Intellectual Property or proprietary information that is subject to a Lien held by such Term/Note Agent (or subject to such purchase, assignment or transfer, as the case may be), in each case for the purposes set forth in clauses (A) through (E) of this paragraph.
(b) During the period of actual use or control by an ABL Agent or its agents or representatives of any Term/Note Priority Collateral, such ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders shall (i) be responsible for the ordinary course third party expenses related thereto, and (ii) be obligated to repair at their expense any physical damage to such Term/Note Priority Collateral resulting from such use or control, and to leave such Term/Note Priority Collateral in substantially the same condition as it was at the commencement of such use or control, in each case ordinary wear and tear excepted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any ABL Agent or the ABL Lenders have any liability to the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders pursuant to this Section 5.6 as a result of the condition of any Term/Note Priority Collateral existing prior to the date of the exercise by such ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders of their rights under this Section 5.6, and the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders shall have no duty or liability to maintain the Term/Note Priority Collateral in a condition or manner better than that in which it was maintained prior to the use thereof by the applicable ABL Agents, or for any diminution in the value of the Term/Note Priority Collateral that results from (i) ordinary wear and tear resulting from the use of the Term/Note Priority Collateral by the ABL Agents in the manner and for the time periods specified under this Section 5.6 and (ii) the absence of the ABL Priority Collateral therefrom. Without limiting the rights granted in this paragraph, each ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders shall cooperate with the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders in connection with any efforts made by the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders to sell the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
(c) If a Term/Note Agent takes any enforcement action with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral, each ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders (i) shall cooperate with such Term/Note Agent (at the sole cost and expense of the Grantors and subject to the condition that the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders shall have no obligation or duty to take any action or refrain from taking any action that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability or damage to the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders) in its efforts to enforce its security interest in the Term/Note Priority Collateral and assemble the Term/Note Priority Collateral and (ii) shall not take any action designed or intended to hinder or restrict in any respect such Term/Note Agent from enforcing its security interest in the Term/Note Priority Collateral or from assembling the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
(d) Each Term/Note Agent agrees that if an ABL Agent shall require rights available under any permit or license controlled by such Term/Note Agent in order to realize on any ABL Priority Collateral, such Term/Note Agent shall take all such actions as shall be available to it (at the sole expense of the Grantors), consistent with applicable law and reasonably requested by the applicable ABL Agent to make such rights available to such ABL Agent, subject to the Liens of the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders. Each ABL Agent agrees that if a Term/Note Agent shall require rights available under any permit or license controlled by such ABL
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Agent in order to realize on any Term/Note Priority Collateral, such ABL Agent shall take all such actions as shall be available to it (at the sole expense of the Grantors), consistent with applicable law and reasonably requested by the applicable Term/Note Agent to make such rights available to such Term/Note Agent, subject to the Liens of the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders.
5.7 No Release If Event of Default; Reinstatement.
(a) If, concurrently with (or after) the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, the Company incurs any ABL Claims in accordance with Section 9.3, then such Discharge of ABL Claims shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken by a Term/Note Agent or otherwise prior to the date of such designation as a result of the occurrence of such prior Discharge of ABL Claims), and the applicable agreement governing such ABL Claims shall automatically be treated as the ABL Credit Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Common Collateral set forth herein and the granting by the applicable ABL Agent of amendments, waivers and consents hereunder.
(b) If, concurrently with (or after) the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, the Company incurs any Term/Note Claims in accordance with Section 9.3, then such Discharge of Term/Note Claims shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken by an ABL Agent or otherwise prior to the date of such designation as a result of the occurrence of such prior Discharge of Term/Note Claims), and the applicable agreement governing such Term/Note Claims shall automatically be treated as a Term/Note Financing Document for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Common Collateral set forth herein and the granting by the applicable Term/Note Agent of amendments, waivers and consents hereunder.
5.8 Legends. Each party hereto agrees that each Financing Document, the Term/Note Collateral Agreement and the ABL Collateral Agreement shall contain the applicable provisions set forth on Schedule I hereto, or similar provisions approved by the ABL Agents and the Term/Note Agents, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
SECTION 6. Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.
6.1 Financing Issues. If the Company or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and shall move for the approval of the use of cash collateral or of financing (DIP Financing) under Section 363 or Section 364 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar provision in any Bankruptcy Law, then each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Holder, agrees that it will raise no objection to, and will not support any objection to, and will not otherwise contest (a) such DIP Financing, the Liens on First Priority Collateral securing such DIP Financing (the DIP Financing Liens) or the use of cash collateral that constitutes First Priority Collateral, in each case unless any First Priority Agent or First Priority Holders shall then object or support an objection to such DIP Financing, DIP Financing Liens or use of cash collateral, and will not object on the basis of lack of adequate protection or seek any other relief in connection therewith and, to the extent the Liens securing the First Priority Claims under the First Priority Documents are subordinated or pari passu with such
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DIP Financing Liens, will subordinate its Liens in the First Priority Collateral to such DIP Financing Liens on the same basis as the other Liens on First Priority Collateral securing the Second Priority Claims are so subordinated to Liens securing First Priority Claims under this Agreement; provided, (i) any Term/Note Agent and any Term/Note Holder may object to (A) any DIP Financing proposed to be secured by Liens on the Term/Note Priority Collateral ranking senior to or pari passu with the Liens on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing the Term/Note Claims, and (B) any use of cash collateral constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral, (ii) any ABL Agent or ABL Lender may object to (A) any DIP Financing proposed to be secured by Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral ranking senior to or pari passu with the Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing the ABL Claims, and (B) any use of cash collateral constituting ABL Priority Collateral and (iii) the terms of such DIP Financing do not require any Grantor to seek approval for any plan of reorganization that is inconsistent with this Agreement, (b) any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of First Priority Claims made by any First Priority Agent or any holder of First Priority Claims with regard to First Priority Collateral, (c) any lawful exercise by any holder of First Priority Claims of the right to credit bid First Priority Claims at any sale in foreclosure of First Priority Collateral, (d) any other request for judicial relief made in any court by any holder of First Priority Claims relating to the lawful enforcement of any Lien on First Priority Collateral or (e) any order relating to a sale of First Priority Collateral for which any First Priority Agent has consented that provides, to the extent the sale is to be free and clear of Liens, that the Liens securing the First Priority Claims and the Second Priority Claims will attach to the proceeds of the sale on the same basis of priority as set forth in this Agreement; provided that all Liens granted to the ABL Agents or the Term/Note Agents in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding are intended by the parties hereto to be and shall be deemed to be subject to the Lien priority and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement.
6.2 Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, agrees that none of them shall seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral, without the prior written consent of the ABL Agents. Until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each ABL Lender, agrees that none of them shall seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Term/Note Priority Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Senior Collateral Agent.
6.3 Adequate Protection.
(a) Each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Term/Note Holders, agrees that none of them shall be entitled to contest and none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting) (but instead shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any right to contest):
(i) any request by any ABL Agent or the ABL Lenders for adequate protection with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral (except to the extent any such adequate protection is a payment from Term/Note Priority Collateral and subject to clause (c) below); or
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(ii) any objection by any ABL Agent or ABL Lender to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on such ABL Agent or the other ABL Lender claiming a lack of adequate protection with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral.
(b) Each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and the ABL Lenders, agrees that none of them shall be entitled to contest and none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting) (but instead shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any right to contest):
(i) any request by any Term/Note Agent or Term/Note Holder for adequate protection with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral (except to the extent any such adequate protection is a payment from ABL Priority Collateral and subject to clause (c) below); or
(ii) any objection by any Term/Note Agent or Term/Note Holder to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on such Term/Note Agent or the applicable Term/Note Holders claiming a lack of adequate protection with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
(c) Consistent with the foregoing provisions in this Section 6.3, and except as provided in Sections 6.1 and 6.7, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding:
(i) no Term/Note Agent or Term/Note Holder shall be entitled (and each Term/Note Agent and Term/Note Holder shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any right):
(A) to seek or otherwise be granted any type of adequate protection with respect to its interests in the ABL Priority Collateral, except as may be consented to in writing by each ABL Agent in its sole and absolute discretion; provided, however, subject to Section 6.1, the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders may seek and obtain adequate protection in the form of an additional or replacement Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral and/or any other assets of the Grantors, so long as (i) the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders have been granted adequate protection in the form of a replacement Lien on such ABL Priority Collateral or such other assets and (ii) any such Lien on ABL Priority Collateral (and such other assets of the type constituting ABL Priority Collateral) is subordinated to the Liens of the ABL Agents in such ABL Priority Collateral (and such other assets) on the same basis as the other Liens of the Term/Note Agents on ABL Priority Collateral; and
(B) to seek any adequate protection payments with respect to its interests in the Common Collateral from Proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral (except as may be consented to by each ABL Agent in writing in its sole and absolute discretion);
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(ii) no ABL Agent or ABL Lender shall be entitled (and each ABL Agent and each ABL Lender shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any right):
(A) to seek or otherwise be granted any type of adequate protection in respect of Term/Note Priority Collateral, except as may be consented to in writing by the Senior Collateral Agent in its sole and absolute discretion; provided, however, subject to Section 6.1, the ABL Agents and ABL Lenders may seek and obtain adequate protection in the form of an additional or replacement Lien on Term/Note Priority Collateral and/or any other assets of the Grantors (excluding assets that are subject to an ABL Excluded Lien) so long as (i) the Term/Note Agents and Term/Note Holders have been granted adequate protection in the form of a replacement Lien on such Term/Note Priority Collateral or such other assets and (ii) any such Lien on Term/Note Priority Collateral (and such other assets of the type constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral) is subordinated to the Liens of the Term/Note Agents in such Term/Note Priority Collateral (and such other assets) on the same basis as the other Liens of the ABL Agents on Term/Note Priority Collateral; and
(B) to seek any adequate protection payments with respect to its interests in the Common Collateral from Proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral (except as may be consented to in writing by the Senior Collateral Agent in its sole and absolute discretion).
(d) Nothing herein shall limit the rights of the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders from seeking adequate protection with respect to their rights in the Term/Note Priority Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (including adequate protection in the form of a cash payment, periodic cash payments or otherwise, other than from proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral) so long as such request is not otherwise inconsistent with this Agreement. Nothing herein shall limit the rights of the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders from seeking adequate protection with respect to their rights in the ABL Priority Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (including adequate protection in the form of a cash payment, periodic cash payments or otherwise, other than from proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral) so long as such request is not otherwise inconsistent with this Agreement.
6.4 Post-Petition Interest.
(a) Neither the Term/Note Agents nor any Term/Note Holder shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of ABL Claims consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent of the value of the Lien of any ABL Agent on behalf of the ABL Lenders on (x) the ABL Priority Collateral, without regard to the existence of the Lien of the Term/Note Agents on behalf of the Term/Note Holders on the ABL Priority Collateral and (y) the Term/Note Priority Collateral, after taking into account the Lien of the Term/Note Agents on behalf of the Term/Note Holders on the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
(b) Neither the ABL Agents nor any ABL Lender shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Term/Note Claims consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent of the value of the Lien of any Term/Note Agent on behalf of any Term/Note Holders on (x) the Term/Note Priority Collateral, without regard to the existence of the
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Lien of the ABL Agents on behalf of the ABL Lenders on the Term/Note Priority Collateral and (y) the ABL Priority Collateral, after taking into account the Lien of the ABL Agents on behalf of the ABL Lenders on the ABL Priority Collateral.
6.5 Avoidance Issues.
(a) If any ABL Lender is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the Company or any other Grantor (or any trustee, receiver or similar person therefor), because the payment of such amount was declared to be fraudulent or preferential in any respect or for any other reason, any amount (an ABL Recovery), whether received as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise, then as among the parties hereto the ABL Claims shall be deemed to be reinstated to the extent of such ABL Recovery and to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the ABL Lenders shall be entitled to a Discharge of ABL Claims with respect to all such recovered amounts and shall have all rights hereunder until such time. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such ABL Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto.
(b) If any Term/Note Holder is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the Company or any other Grantor (or any trustee, receiver or similar person therefor), because the payment of such amount was declared to be fraudulent or preferential in any respect or for any other reason, any amount (a Term/Note Recovery), whether received as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise, then as among the parties hereto the Term/Note Claims shall be deemed to be reinstated to the extent of such Term/Note Recovery and to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the Term/Note Holders shall be entitled to a Discharge of Term/Note Claims with respect to all such recovered amounts and shall have all rights hereunder until such time. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Term/Note Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto.
6.6 Application. This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a subordination agreement under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be applicable prior to and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references herein to any Grantor shall apply to any trustee for such Person and such Person as debtor in possession. The relative rights as to the Common Collateral and proceeds thereof shall continue after the filing thereof on the same basis as prior to the date of the petition, subject to any court order approving the financing of, or use of cash collateral by, any Grantor.
6.7 Waivers. Until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, (a) will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the United States Bankruptcy Code senior to or on a parity with the Liens on ABL Priority Collateral securing the ABL Claims for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any ABL Collateral, and (b) waives any claim it may now or hereafter have arising out of the election by any ABL Lender of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral. Until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has
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occurred, each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable ABL Lender, (a) will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the United States Bankruptcy Code senior to or on a parity with the Liens on Term/Note Priority Collateral securing the Term/Note Claims for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Term/Note Collateral, and (b) waives any claim it may now or hereafter have arising out of the election by the Senior Collateral Agent of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Term/Note Priority Collateral.
6.8 Separate Grants of Liens. Each Term/Note Holder and each ABL Lender acknowledges and agrees that (i) the grants of Liens pursuant to the ABL Collateral Documents and the Term/Note Collateral Documents constitute two separate and distinct grants of Liens and (ii) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Common Collateral, the Term/Note Claims are fundamentally different from the ABL Claims and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization (or other plan of similar effect under any Bankruptcy Laws) proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the ABL Lenders and the Term/Note Holders in respect of the Common Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then the ABL Lenders and the Term/Note Holders hereby acknowledge and agree that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of ABL Claims, on the one hand, and the Term/Note Claims, on the other hand, against the Grantors, with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the ABL Priority Collateral or Term/Note Priority Collateral is sufficient, the ABL Lenders or the Term/Note Holders, respectively, shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest that is available from each pool of Common Collateral in which each of the ABL Lenders and the Term/Note Holders, respectively, have a First Priority Claim, before any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the other Holders from such Common Collateral, with the other Holders hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the respective other Holders amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the aggregate recoveries.
6.9 Plan of Reorganization.
(a) If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon the Common Collateral are distributed, pursuant to a plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan, on account of ABL Claims and on account of Term/Note Claims, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the ABL Claims and on account of the Term/Note Claims are secured by Liens upon the same Common Collateral, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.
(b) Each of the ABL Lenders and the Term/Note Holders may vote on any plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan with respect to the ABL Claims and the Term/Note Claims (as applicable); provided that none of the ABL Lenders or the Term/Note Holders shall propose, vote to accept, or otherwise support a plan of reorganization, arrangement, compromise or liquidation or similar dispositive restructuring plan, or any other document,
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agreement or proposal similar to the foregoing that is inconsistent with or in contravention of the terms of this Agreement (including any plan of reorganization that purports to re-order (whether by subordination, invalidation, or otherwise) or otherwise disregard, in whole or in part, the provisions of Section 2, Section 4 (including Proceeds waterfall priorities) or Section 6.
SECTION 7. Purchase Options
7.1 Notice of Exercise. (a) Upon the earliest of (A) the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 11.01 or Section 11.05 of the ABL Credit Agreement or the corresponding provisions of any other ABL Credit Agreement, or an Event of Default thereunder caused by the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or any similar proceeding, if such Event of Default remains uncured or unwaived for at least thirty (30) consecutive days and the requisite ABL Lenders have not agreed to forbear from the exercise of remedies, (B) the date of the acceleration of the final maturity of the loans under the ABL Credit Agreement and (C) the failure to pay all outstanding loans and obligations in full in cash on the final maturity date of the ABL Credit Agreement, all or a portion of the Term/Note Holders, acting as a single group, shall have the option at any time upon five (5) Business Days prior written notice to the ABL Agents to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) from the ABL Lenders. Such notice from such Term/Note Holders to the ABL Agents shall be irrevocable.
(b) Upon the earliest of (i) the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default caused by the failure to make a payment when due or the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or any similar proceeding, under any of the Term/Note Financing Documents, as applicable, if such Event of Default remains uncured or unwaived for at least thirty (30) consecutive days and the requisite Term/Note Holders have not agreed to forbear from the exercise of remedies, (ii) the date of the acceleration of the final maturity of the obligations under the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Existing Term Loan Credit Agreement or the Indenture, as applicable, and (iii) the failure to pay all outstanding obligations in full in cash on the final maturity date of the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Existing Term Loan Credit Agreement or the Indenture, all or a portion of the ABL Lenders, acting as a single group, shall have the option at any time upon five (5) Business Days prior written notice to the Term/Note Agents (which notice the applicable Term/Note Agents shall promptly forward to each Holder of Term/Note Claims) to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents) from the Term/Note Holders. Such notice from such ABL Lenders to the Term/Note Agents shall be irrevocable.
7.2 Purchase and Sale. (a) On the date specified by the relevant Term/Note Holders in the notice contemplated by Section 7.1(a) above (which shall not be less than five (5) Business Days, nor more than twenty (20) calendar days, after the receipt by the ABL Agents of the notice of the relevant Term/Note Holders election to exercise such option), the ABL Lenders shall sell to the relevant Term/Note Holders, and the relevant Term/Note Holders shall purchase from the ABL Lenders, the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), provided that the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders shall retain all rights to be indemnified or held harmless by the ABL Loan Parties in accordance with the terms of the ABL Loan Documents but shall not retain any rights to the security therefor.
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(b) On the date specified by the relevant ABL Lenders in the notice contemplated by Section 7.1(b) above (which shall not be less than five (5) Business Days, nor more than twenty (20) calendar days, after the receipt by the Term/Note Agents of the notice of the relevant ABL Lenders election to exercise such option), the Term/Note Holders shall sell to the relevant ABL Lenders, and the relevant ABL Lenders shall purchase from the Term/Note Holders, the Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents), provided that the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders shall retain all rights to be indemnified or held harmless by the Term/Note Parties in accordance with the terms of the Term/Note Documents but shall not retain any rights to the security therefor.
7.3 Payment of Purchase Price. Upon the date of such purchase and sale, the relevant Term/Note Holders or the relevant ABL Lenders, as applicable, shall (a) pay to the applicable ABL Agent for the benefit of the ABL Lenders (with respect to a purchase of the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement)) or to the applicable Term/Note Holders or the applicable Term/Note Agent for the benefit of the applicable Term/Note Holder (with respect to a purchase of the Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents)) as the purchase price therefor the full amount of all the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) or Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents), as applicable, then outstanding and unpaid (including 100% of the principal amount thereof and all accrued and unpaid, interest, fees and premium (if any) thereon, as well as all expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees and legal expenses but specifically excluding any prepayment premium, termination or similar fees), (b) with respect to a purchase of the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), furnish cash collateral to the applicable ABL Agent in a manner and in such amounts as such ABL Agent determines is reasonably necessary to secure the ABL Agents, the ABL Lenders, letter of credit issuing banks and applicable Affiliates in connection with any issued and outstanding letters of credit, hedging obligations and cash management obligations secured by the ABL Loan Documents, (c) with respect to a purchase of the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), agree to reimburse the applicable ABL Agents, the ABL Lenders and letter of credit issuing banks for any loss, cost, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys fees and legal expenses) in connection with any commissions, fees, costs or expenses related to any issued and outstanding letters of credit as described above and any checks or other payments provisionally credited to the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), and/or as to which such ABL Agent has not yet received final payment, (d) with respect to a purchase of the Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents), furnish cash collateral to the applicable Term/Note Agent in a manner and in such amounts as such Term/Note Agent determines is reasonably necessary to secure such Term/Note Agent, the Term/Note Holders and applicable Affiliates in connection with any hedging obligations and cash management obligations secured by the Term/Note Documents and (e) agree to reimburse the ABL Lenders or the Term/Note Holders, as applicable, and with respect to a purchase of the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), letter of credit issuing banks, in respect of indemnification obligations of the ABL Loan Parties or the Term/Note Parties, as applicable, as to matters or circumstances known to the applicable ABL Agent, or the applicable Term/Note Agent, as applicable, at the time of the purchase and sale which would reasonably be expected to result in any loss, cost, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys fees and legal expenses) to the ABL Lenders, the Term/Note Holders or letter of credit issuing banks, as applicable. Such purchase price and cash collateral shall be remitted by wire transfer in federal funds to such bank account as the applicable ABL Agent, Term/Note Agent or DTC and/or the applicable Term/Note Holders, as applicable, may designate in writing for such purpose.
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7.4 Limitation on Representations and Warranties. Any purchase under this Section 7 shall be expressly made without representation or warranty of any kind by any selling party (or the applicable ABL Agent or the applicable Term/Note Agent) and without recourse of any kind, except that the selling party shall represent and warrant: (a) the amount of the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) or Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents), as applicable, being purchased from it, (b) that such ABL Lender or Term/Note Holder, as applicable, owns the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) or Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents), as applicable, free and clear of any Liens or encumbrances and (c) that such ABL Lender or Term/Note Holder, as applicable, has the right to assign such Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) or Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents) as applicable, and the assignment is duly authorized.
7.5 Grantor Consent. In connection with any assignments under, and as contemplated by, this Section 7, each Grantor hereby consents and agrees thereto and agrees that no further consents of any such Grantor shall be required pursuant to the terms of any Financing Document.
SECTION 8. Reliance; Waivers; etc.
8.1 Reliance. The consent by the First Priority Holders to the execution and delivery of the Second Priority Documents to which the First Priority Holders have consented and all loans and other extensions of credit made or deemed made on and after the date hereof by the First Priority Holders to New Pyxus Topco or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to have been given and made in reliance upon this Agreement. Each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Holder, acknowledges that it and the applicable Second Priority Holders are not entitled to rely on any credit decision or other decisions made by any First Priority Agent or any First Priority Holder in taking or not taking any action under the applicable Second Priority Document or this Agreement.
8.2 No Warranties or Liability. Except as set forth in Section 9.14, no First Priority Agent or First Priority Holder shall have been deemed to have made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the First Priority Documents, the ownership of any Common Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The First Priority Holders will be entitled to administer their respective loans and extensions of credit under the First Priority Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole determination, deem appropriate, and the First Priority Holders may administer their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that any Second Priority Agent or any of the Second Priority Holders have in the Common Collateral or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. No First Priority Agent or First Priority Holder shall have any duty to any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holder to act or refrain from acting in a manner that allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreements with New Pyxus Topco or any Subsidiary (including the Second Priority Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with. Notwithstanding anything to the
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contrary herein contained, none of the parties hereto waives any claim that it may have against a Term/Note Agent or an ABL Agent, as applicable, on the grounds that any sale, transfer or other disposition by such Term/Note Agent or ABL Agent (as applicable) was not commercially reasonable to the extent required by the Uniform Commercial Code. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the First Priority Agents, the First Priority Holders, the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Holders have not otherwise made to each other, nor do they hereby make to each other, any warranties, express or implied, nor do they assume any liability to each other with respect to (a) the enforceability, validity, value or collectability of any of the First Priority Claims, the Second Priority Claims or any guarantee or security which may have been granted to any of them in connection therewith, (b) any Grantors title to or right to transfer any of the Common Collateral or (c) any other matter except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
8.3 Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the First Priority Agents and the First Priority Holders, and the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Holders, respectively, hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any First Priority Documents or any Second Priority Documents;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the First Priority Claims or Second Priority Claims, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of the ABL Credit Agreement or any other ABL Loan Document, of the terms of any Term/Note Financing Document or any other Term/Note Document;
(c) any exchange of any security interest in any Common Collateral or any other collateral, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the First Priority Claims or Second Priority Claims or any guarantee thereof;
(d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Company or any other Grantor; or
(e) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any other Grantor in respect of the First Priority Claims, the Second Priority Claims, any First Priority Agent or any First Priority Holders, or of any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holders in respect of this Agreement.
SECTION 9. Miscellaneous.
9.1 Conflicts. Subject to Section 9.18, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any ABL Loan Document or any Term/Note Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control. Solely as among the Term/Note Holders, in the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral, the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement shall govern and control.
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9.2 Term of this Agreement; Severability. (a) This is a continuing agreement of lien subordination and the First Priority Holders may continue, at any time and without notice to any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holder, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Company or any other Grantor constituting First Priority Claims in reliance hereon. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate 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.
(b) This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect:
(i) with respect to the ABL Agents, the ABL Lenders and the ABL Claims, upon the Discharge of ABL Claims, subject to the rights of the ABL Lenders under Section 6.5; and
(ii) with respect to the Term/Note Agents, the Term/Note Holders and the Term/Note Claims, upon the Discharge of Term/Note Claims, subject to the rights of the Term/Note Holders under Section 6.5.
9.3 Amendments; Waivers. (a) No amendment, modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement by the ABL Agents or the Term/Note Agents shall be deemed to be made unless the same shall be in writing signed on behalf of the party making the same or its authorized agent and each waiver, if any, shall be a waiver only with respect to the specific instance involved and shall in no way impair the rights of the parties making such waiver or the obligations of the other parties to such party in any other respect or at any other time. The Company and the other Grantors shall not have any right to consent to or approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement except to the extent their rights are directly affected.
(b) Subject to compliance with Section 9.3(d) below, upon any Refinancing in full of the ABL Credit Agreement or any Term/Note Financing Document then in effect, the Grantors will be permitted to designate the agreement which Refinances such ABL Credit Agreement or such Term/Note Financing Document as the replacement ABL Credit Agreement or a replacement Term/Note Financing Document in which case such designated agreement shall thereafter constitute the ABL Credit Agreement or a Term/Note Financing Document, as the case may be, for purposes hereof; provided that each predecessor ABL Credit Agreement and Term/Note Financing Document shall continue to be bound by (and entitled to the benefits of) the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, Section 6.5 hereof) as applied to such agreements, the related agreements and all obligations thereunder prior to the Refinancing thereof.
(c) Subject to compliance with the following clauses (d) through (g), notwithstanding anything in this Section 9.3 to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended from time to time at the request of the Company in accordance with clauses (d) through (g) below, at the Companys expense, and without the consent of any ABL Agent or Term/Note Agent to (i) add other parties holding Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness or Future ABL Indebtedness to the extent such Indebtedness (and the Liens thereon) are not prohibited by the Financing Documents then extant, (ii) in the case of Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness, (1) establish that the Lien
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on the ABL Priority Collateral securing such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any ABL Claims, and (2) provide to the holders of such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits (including any improved rights and benefits that have been consented to by the ABL Agents) as are provided to the holders of Term/Note Claims under this Agreement (provided, that any Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness may be secured by the ABL Priority Collateral on a junior, senior or pari passu basis to or with the other Term/Note Claims pursuant to the provisions of the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement), and (iii) in the case of Future ABL Indebtedness, (1) establish that the Lien on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing such Future ABL Indebtedness shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing any Term/Note Claims, and (2) provide to the holders of such Future ABL Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits (including any improved rights and benefits that have been consented to by the Term/Note Agents) as are provided to the holders of ABL Claims under this Agreement.
(d) Upon the execution and delivery of any ABL Credit Agreement or Term/Note Financing Document (as contemplated by preceding clause (b)) with respect to any Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness or Future ABL Indebtedness (as contemplated by preceding clause (c)):
(i) the Company shall deliver to each ABL Agent and each Term/Note Agent an officers certificate stating that the applicable Grantors (x) in the case of preceding clause (b), intend to enter or have entered into a Refinancing in full of the applicable Financing Documents, as the case may be, that such agreement shall thereafter (upon such Refinancing in full) constitute the applicable Financing Document hereunder and certifying that the issuance or incurrence of such Refinancing is permitted by the Financing Documents (exclusive of any such agreement which is then being Refinanced in full), or (y) in the case of preceding clause (c), intend to enter or have entered into a Financing Document with respect to such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness or Future ABL Indebtedness (as applicable), and certifying that the issuance or incurrence of such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness or Future ABL Indebtedness (as applicable) and the Liens securing such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness or Future ABL Indebtedness (as applicable) are permitted by the Financing Documents (exclusive of any such agreement which is then being Refinanced in full). Any ABL Agent or Term/Note Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the determination of the Company that such issuance and/or incurrence does not violate the provisions of the ABL Loan Documents, the Term/Note Documents or any other Financing Document; provided, however, that such determination will not affect whether or not each applicable Grantor has complied with its undertakings in the ABL Loan Documents, the Term/Note Documents or the other Financing Documents; and
(ii) (x) in the case of preceding clause (b), the Company shall provide written notice to each then existing ABL Agent and Term/Note Agent of the new Financing Document, together with copies thereof, and identifying the new ABL Agent or Term/Note Agent (as applicable) thereunder (such new collateral agent, the New ABL Agent or New Term/Note Agent, as the case may be), and providing its notice information for
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purposes hereof, and the New ABL Agent or New Term/Note Agent, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver an Intercreditor Agreement Joinder, (y) in the case of an amendment to this Agreement with respect to Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness as contemplated by preceding clause (c), the Term/Note Agent for such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness shall execute and deliver to each ABL Agent and each other Term/Note Agent (1) an Intercreditor Agreement Joinder acknowledging that such holders shall be bound by the terms hereof to the extent applicable to Term/Note Holders and (2) a joinder to the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, to the extent required under the terms of the Term/Note Documents or as may be required by the other Term/Note Agents or (z) in the case of an amendment to this Agreement with respect to Future ABL Indebtedness as contemplated by preceding clause (c), the ABL Agent for such Future ABL Indebtedness shall execute and deliver to each Term/Note Agent and each other ABL Agent (1) an Intercreditor Agreement Joinder acknowledging that such holders shall be bound by the terms hereof to the extent applicable to ABL Lenders and (2) such intercreditor agreements as are required under the terms of the ABL Loan Documents, as well as such other intercreditor agreements as may be required by the other ABL Agents (if any).
(e) In each case above, each Term/Note Agent and each ABL Agent shall promptly enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments, restatements, amendments and restatements, supplements or other modifications to this Agreement) as the Company, any other Term/Note Agent or ABL Agent (but no other Holder) may reasonably request in order to provide to it the rights, remedies and powers and authorities contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all respects with the terms of this Agreement.
(f) In the case of a designation of a new Financing Document with respect to Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness pursuant to preceding clause (b) or (c), each ABL Agent and any other Term/Note Agent shall promptly (i) enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the Company or such New Term/Note Agent shall reasonably request in order to provide to the New Term/Note Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement and (ii) in the case of clause (b) only, deliver to the New Term/Note Agent any Pledged Collateral (to the extent constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral) held by such ABL Agent or (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement) such other Term/Note Agent, together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the New Term/Note Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral). The New Term/Note Agent shall agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If the new Term/Note Claims under the new Term/Note Documents are secured by assets of any Grantors of the type constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral that do not also secure the ABL Claims (other than ABL Excluded Liens), then the ABL Claims shall be secured at such time by a Lien on such assets to the extent required by the ABL Collateral Documents with respect to the other Term/Note Priority Collateral. If the new Term/Note Claims under the new Term/Note Documents are secured by assets of any Grantors of the type constituting ABL Priority Collateral that do not also secure the ABL Claims (other than ABL Excluded Liens), then the ABL Claims shall be secured at such time by a Lien on such assets to the extent required by the ABL Collateral Documents with respect to the other ABL Priority Collateral.
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(g) In the case of a designation of a new ABL Credit Agreement or other Financing Document with respect to Future ABL Indebtedness pursuant to preceding clause (b) or (c), each Term/Note Agent shall promptly (i) enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the Company and/or any Grantor or such New ABL Agent shall reasonably request in order to provide to the New ABL Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement and (ii) in the case of clause (b) only, deliver to the New ABL Agent any Pledged Collateral (to the extent constituting ABL Priority Collateral) held by such Term/Note Agent, together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the New ABL Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral). The New ABL Agent shall agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If the new ABL Claims under the new ABL Loan Documents are secured by assets of any Grantors of the type constituting ABL Priority Collateral that do not also secure the Term/Note Claims, then each of the Term/Note Claims shall be secured at such time by a Lien on such assets to the extent required by the Term/Note Collateral Documents with respect to the other ABL Priority Collateral. If the new ABL Claims under the new ABL Loan Documents are secured by assets of any Grantors of the type constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral that do not also secure each of the Term/Note Claims, then each of the Term/Note Claims shall be secured at such time by a Lien on such assets to the extent required by the Term/Note Collateral Documents with respect to the other Term/Note Priority Collateral. Without limiting the foregoing, any change to any provision of this Section 9.3 shall require the consent of the Company, which is an intended third party beneficiary of the provisions of this Section 9.3.
9.4 Information Concerning Financial Condition of New Pyxus Topco and the Subsidiaries. No ABL Agent nor any ABL Lender shall have any obligation to any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder to keep any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder informed of, and each Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders shall not be entitled to rely on, any ABL Agent or the ABL Lenders with respect to, (a) the financial condition of New Pyxus Topco and the Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or guarantors of the ABL Claims or the Term/Note Claims and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the ABL Claims or the Term/Note Claims. No Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder shall have any obligation to any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender to keep any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender informed of, and each ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders shall not be entitled to rely on, any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder with respect to, (a) the financial condition of New Pyxus Topco and the Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or guarantors of the ABL Claims or the Term/Note Claims and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the ABL Claims or the Term/Note Claims. The ABL Agents, the ABL Lenders, the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders shall have no duty to advise any other party hereunder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event that any ABL Agent, any ABL Lender, any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder, in its or their sole determination, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any other party (and the Company acknowledges that any such party may do so provided that such information shall otherwise be subject to the respective confidentiality provisions of the ABL Credit Agreement, the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Existing Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Indenture and each other Term/Note Document, as applicable), it or they shall be under no obligation (w) to make, and the ABL Agents, the ABL Lenders, the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders shall not make, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the
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accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided, (x) to provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion, (y) to undertake any investigation or (z) to disclose any information that, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential. The Grantors agree that any information provided to the ABL Agents, the Term/Note Agents, any other ABL Lender or any other Term/Note Holder may be shared by such person with any of the other Holders notwithstanding a request or demand by such Grantor that such information be kept confidential; provided that such information shall otherwise be subject to the respective confidentiality provisions in the Financing Documents, as applicable.
9.5 Subrogation. Each Term/Note Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the applicable Term/Note Holders, agrees that no payment to any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall entitle such Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder to exercise any rights of subrogation in respect thereof until the Discharge of ABL Claims shall have occurred. Following the Discharge of ABL Claims, each ABL Agent agrees to execute such documents, agreements, and instruments as any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder may reasonably request to evidence the transfer by subrogation to any such Person of an interest in the ABL Claims resulting from payments to the applicable ABL Agent by such Person, so long as all costs and expenses (including all reasonable legal fees and disbursements) incurred in connection therewith by the ABL Agent are paid by such Person upon request for payment thereof. Each ABL Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the applicable ABL Lenders, agrees that no payment to any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall entitle such ABL Agent or any ABL Lender to exercise any rights of subrogation in respect thereof until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims shall have occurred. Following the Discharge of Term/Note Claims, each Term/Note Agent agrees to execute such documents, agreements, and instruments as any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender may reasonably request to evidence the transfer by subrogation to any such Person of an interest in the Term/Note Claims resulting from payments to the applicable Term/Note Agent by such Person, so long as all costs and expenses (including all reasonable legal fees and disbursements) incurred in connection therewith by such Term/Note Agent are paid by such Person upon request for payment thereof.
9.6 Application of Payments.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments received by the ABL Lenders may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the ABL Claims as the ABL Lenders, in their sole determination, deem appropriate, consistent with the terms of the ABL Loan Documents. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, assents to any such extension or postponement of the time of payment of the ABL Claims or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security that may at any time secure any part of the ABL Claims and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.
(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments received by the Term/Note Holders may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the Term/Note Claims as the Term/Note Holders, in their sole determination, deem appropriate,
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consistent with the terms of the Term/Note Documents and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable ABL Lender, assents to any such extension or postponement of the time of payment of the Term/Note Claims or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security that may at any time secure any part of the Term/Note Claims and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.
9.7 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers. The parties hereto consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in New York, New York, and consent that all service of process may be made by registered mail directed to such party as provided in Section 9.8 for such party. Service so made shall be deemed to be completed three days after the same shall be posted as aforesaid. The parties hereto waive any objection to any action instituted hereunder in any such court based on forum non conveniens, and any objection to the venue of any action instituted hereunder in any such court. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED ON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, VERBAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT OR ACTION OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF.
9.8 Notices. All notices to the ABL Lenders and the Term/Note Holders permitted or required under this Agreement may be sent to the applicable ABL Agent or the applicable Term/Note Agent as provided in the applicable Financing Documents. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally served, telecopied, electronically mailed or sent by courier service or U.S. mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or electronic mail or upon receipt via U.S. mail (registered or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth on Schedule 9.8 hereto or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties hereto. Each First Priority Agent hereby agrees to promptly notify each Second Priority Agent upon payment in full in cash of all Indebtedness under the applicable First Priority Documents (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim therefor has been made).
9.9 Further Assurances. Each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable ABL Lender, and each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, agrees that each of them shall take such further action and shall execute and deliver to each ABL Agent, the ABL Lenders, each Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as each ABL Agent, the ABL Lenders, each Term/Note Agent or the Term/Note Holders may reasonably request, at the expense of the Company, to effectuate the terms of and the Lien priorities contemplated by this Agreement.
9.10 Governing Law. This Agreement has been delivered and accepted in and shall be deemed to have been made in New York, New York and shall be interpreted, and the rights and liabilities of the parties bound hereby determined, in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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9.11 Specific Performance. Each First Priority Agent may demand specific performance of this Agreement. Each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Holder, hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action that may be brought by any First Priority Agent.
9.12 Section Titles. The section titles contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of this Agreement.
9.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by means of facsimile or other electronic transmission, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same document. This Agreement shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) an original manual signature; (ii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or (iii) any other electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronics and Records Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including any relevant provisions of the UCC (collectively, Signature Law), in each case to the extent applicable. Each faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any other party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the UCC or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings.
9.14 Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement.
9.15 No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, each of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of each of, and be binding upon, the holders of ABL Claims and Term/Note Claims. No other Person shall have or be entitled to assert rights or benefits hereunder; provided that the Company is an intended third party beneficiary of Section 9.3. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any person to whom a Holder assigns or otherwise transfers all or any portion of the ABL Claims or the Term/Note Claims, as applicable, in accordance with the applicable ABL Loan Documents or Term/Note Documents, as the case may be, shall become vested with all the rights and obligations in respect thereof granted to such Holders, without any further consent or action of the other Holders.
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9.16 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This Agreement shall be effective both before and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references to the Company or any other Grantor shall include the Company or any other Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for the Company or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
9.17 ABL Agents and Term/Note Agents. It is understood and agreed that (i) PNC is entering into this Agreement in its capacities as administrative agent and collateral agent and all rights, privileges, protections and immunities (including, without limitation, the right to indemnification) in favor of the administrative agent and the collateral agent under the ABL Credit Agreement and the other ABL Loan Documents shall also apply to PNC as an ABL Agent hereunder, (ii) Alter Domus is entering into this Agreement in its capacities as administrative agent and collateral agent and all rights, privileges, protections and immunities (including, without limitation, the right to indemnification) in favor of the administrative agent and the collateral agent under the applicable Term/Note Financing Documents and other Term/Note Documents shall also apply to Alter Domus as a Term/Note Agent hereunder and (iii) Wilmington Trust is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as trustee and all rights, privileges, protections and immunities (including, without limitation, the right to indemnification) in favor of the trustee under the Indenture and the other applicable Term/Note Documents shall also apply to Wilmington Trust as a Term/Note Agent hereunder. Subject to Section 9.18 below, in exercising its rights and remedies or making any determination hereunder with respect to Term/Note Claims, the Senior Collateral Agent shall, with respect to such Term/Note Claims, act (or refrain from acting) solely at the direction of the Controlling Holders under and as defined in the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, and shall have no liability to any Term/Note Holder for doing so; provided that nothing in the Intercreditor and Agency Agreement shall modify, alter or release any obligations of Senior Collateral Agent or any Term/Note Holder hereunder.
9.18 Relationship with Other Intercreditor Agreements.
(a) The purpose of this Agreement is to define the relative rights and priorities between the ABL Lenders as one class and the Term/Note Holders as another class.
(b) Solely as among the Term/Note Holders, the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement shall define the relative rights and priorities of such Term/Note Holders (as amongst each other) with respect to the Common Collateral. As among the Term/Note Holders, nothing herein (including, without limitation, Section 6.8) is intended to alter their relative rights and obligations, which shall continue to be governed by the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, or to require that such rights and obligations be treated as a single class in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
9.19 Relative Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement is intended to or will (a) amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of any Financing Document or any other ABL Loan Document or Term/Note Document or permit New Pyxus Topco or any Subsidiary to take any action, or fail to take any action, to the extent such action or failure would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, any Financing Document, (b) change the relative priorities of the ABL Claims or the Liens granted
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under the ABL Loan Documents on the Common Collateral (or any other assets) as among the ABL Lenders, change the relative priorities of the Term/Note Claims or the Liens granted under the Term/Note Documents on the Common Collateral (or any other assets) as among the Term/Note Holders, (c) otherwise change the relative rights of the ABL Lenders in respect of the Common Collateral as among such ABL Lenders, the relative rights of the Term/Note Holders in respect of the Common Collateral as among such Term/Note Holders in respect of the Common Collateral or (d) obligate New Pyxus Topco or any Subsidiary to take any action, or fail to take any action, that would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, any Financing Document. None of New Pyxus Topco or any Subsidiary shall have any rights hereunder except as expressly set forth herein (including as set forth in Section 9.3).
9.20 Supplements. Upon the execution by any Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco of an Intercreditor Agreement Joinder, such Subsidiary shall be a party to this Agreement and shall be bound by the provisions hereof to the same extent as the Company and each other Grantor are so bound.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
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Exhibit 10.5
AMENDED AND RESTATED ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
AMENDED AND RESTATED ABL/TERM LOAN/NOTES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of February 6, 2023 among PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (PNC), as an ABL Agent, ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC (Alter Domus), as Pyxus Term Loan Administrative Agent, Intabex Term Loan Administrative Agent and Senior Collateral Agent, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Wilmington Trust), not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as a Senior Notes Trustee under the Senior Notes Indenture (as defined below), PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (formerly known as Pyxus One, Inc.), a Virginia corporation (New Pyxus Topco), PYXUS PARENT, INC., a Virginia corporation (New Pyxus Parent; together with New Pyxus Topco, collectively the Parent Guarantors), PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC., a Virginia corporation (the Company), each New ABL Agent and New Term/Note Agent that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 9.3 below, and each other Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco signatory hereto or that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 9.20 below.
RECITALS
A. The Parent Guarantors, the Company, PNC, as an ABL Agent, Alter Domus as a term loan agent and Wilmington Trust as a notes trustee are party to that certain ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement dated as of August 24, 2020 (as amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the Existing ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement).
B. The Parent Guarantors and the Company are party to that certain ABL Credit Agreement dated as of February 8, 2022 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Initial ABL Credit Agreement and as succeeded by (and including) any new credit or similar facility in accordance with Section 9.3(b), collectively with the Initial ABL Credit Agreement, the ABL Credit Agreement), among the borrowers party thereto, including the Parent Guarantors and the Company, the lenders party thereto from time to time, PNC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other parties thereto.
C. The Parent Guarantors, the Company and PNC are entering into that certain Limited Consent and Amendment to ABL Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof.
D. Intabex Netherlands B.V. (Intabex), the Company and the Parent Guarantors are entering into the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement), among the Parent Guarantors, the Company, Intabex, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Alter Domus, as administrative agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the other parties thereto.
E. The Company and the Parent Guarantors are entering into the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement), among the Company as borrower, the Parent Guarantors, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Alter Domus, as administrative agent, the Senior Collateral Agent and the other parties thereto.
F. The Company and the Parent Guarantors are entering into the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Indenture), among the Company, as issuer, the Parent Guarantors, the other guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Senior Notes Trustee, and the Senior Collateral Agent, pursuant to which the Company issued 8.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (including any additional notes issued from time to time thereunder, the Senior Notes).
G. The Company and the Parent Guarantors are entering into the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement) dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, the Parent Guarantors, each other grantor party thereto, Alter Domus as Pyxus Term Loan Administrative Agent, Intabex Term Loan Administrative Agent and Senior Collateral Agent, the Senior Notes Trustee and each other senior representative and junior representative from time to time party thereto, pursuant to which each secured party thereunder appointed Alter Domus as collateral agent for the applicable Term/Note Holders.
AGREEMENT
Accordingly, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, for themselves and on behalf of the Holders for whom such parties are representatives, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree to amend and restate the Existing ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement in its entirety as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions.
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
ABL Agents shall mean, collectively, (i) PNC, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent for the ABL Lenders under the Initial ABL Credit Agreement and the other ABL Loan Documents entered into pursuant to the Initial ABL Credit Agreement, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Initial ABL Credit Agreement exercising substantially the same rights and powers (the Initial ABL Agent) and (ii) the administrative and/or collateral agents for any Future ABL Indebtedness.
ABL Claims shall mean the aggregate of (i) the principal amount of all Indebtedness (other than Hedging Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement)) and the face amount of all letters of credit incurred under the Initial ABL Credit Agreement, together with any interest, fees, premiums (if any), attorneys fees, costs, expenses and indemnities payable on account of such principal amount or otherwise in respect of, or arising under, the ABL Credit Agreement or
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the ABL Loan Documents, including all fees and expenses of the applicable ABL Agent and applicable ABL Lenders thereunder, (ii) the principal amount of all Future ABL Indebtedness plus any interest, fees, attorneys fees, costs, expenses and indemnities payable on account of such principal amount or otherwise in respect of, or arising under, the ABL Loan Documents, including all fees and expenses of the collateral agent for any Future ABL Indebtedness, (iii) Bank Product Obligations, and (iv) the maximum amount of all ABL Lender Hedging Obligations (calculated at any given date as the maximum aggregate amount, giving effect to any netting agreements, that would be required to be paid if all ABL Lender Hedging Agreements underlying such ABL Lender Hedging Obligations were terminated as of such date), plus, in each case, all interest, expenses and indemnities accrued or accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified in the relevant ABL Loan Document whether or not such interest or expense is allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
ABL Collateral shall mean all of the assets of any Grantor party to any ABL Collateral Document, whether real, personal or mixed, upon which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted to the ABL Agents under any of the ABL Collateral Documents.
ABL Collateral Agreement shall mean the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of August 24, 2020, among the Parent Guarantors, the Company, the other Grantors party thereto, and PNC, as collateral agent for the secured parties referred to therein, as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or replaced from time to time.
ABL Collateral Documents shall mean the ABL Collateral Agreement and any security agreement, mortgage or other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is now or hereafter granted (or purported to be granted) securing any ABL Claims or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are at any time governed.
ABL Credit Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
ABL Declined Lien shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 hereof.
ABL Excluded Liens shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 hereof.
ABL Lender Hedging Obligations shall mean Secured Hedging Obligations as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
ABL Lenders shall mean the Persons holding ABL Claims, including the ABL Agents.
ABL Loan Documents shall mean (i) the ABL Credit Agreement, the ABL Collateral Documents and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for, evidencing or securing any Obligation under the ABL Credit Agreement, (ii) each agreement, document or instrument providing for or evidencing an ABL Lender Hedging Obligation, (iii) any other document or instrument evidencing or governing any Future ABL Indebtedness, and (iv) any other related document or instrument executed or delivered pursuant to any document in subclause (i), (ii) or (iii) at any time or otherwise evidencing or securing any Obligation arising under any such ABL Loan Document.
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ABL Loan Parties shall mean the Loan Parties as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement and/or, as applicable, any Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco party to an ABL Loan Document.
ABL Priority Collateral shall mean all Common Collateral consisting of the following:
(1) | all Accounts (and all rights to receive payments, indebtedness and other obligations (whether constituting an Account, Chattel Paper (including Electronic Chattel Paper), Instrument, Document or General Intangible)), other than Accounts and other rights to receive payments, indebtedness and other obligations which constitute identifiable Proceeds of the sale, license, assignment or other disposition of Term/Note Priority Collateral; |
(2) | all Chattel Paper, other than Chattel Paper which constitutes identifiable proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral; |
(3) | all (x) Deposit Accounts, collection accounts, disbursement accounts and lock boxes (other than the Term/Note Collateral Account (so long as such deposit account or securities account, as applicable, does not contain any ABL Priority Collateral (or proceeds thereof)) and Term/Note Trust Monies) and money and all cash, checks, other negotiable instruments, funds and other evidences of payments held therein or credited thereto (other than the Term/Note Collateral Account (so long as such deposit account or securities account, as applicable, does not contain any ABL Priority Collateral (or proceeds thereof)) and Term/Note Trust Monies), (y) Securities Accounts and Security Entitlements and Securities credited thereto (other than the Term/Note Collateral Account (so long as such deposit account or securities account, as applicable, does not contain any ABL Priority Collateral (or proceeds thereof)) and Term/Note Trust Monies), and all cash, checks, marketable securities, Financial Assets and other property held therein or credited thereto, and (z) commodity accounts and all cash, marketable securities, Financial Assets and other property held therein or credited thereto; |
(4) | all Inventory; |
(5) | all Payment Intangibles (including corporate and other tax refunds) other than Payment Intangibles which constitute identifiable proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral; |
(6) | to the extent relating to, evidencing or governing any of the items referred to in the preceding clauses (1) through (5) constituting ABL Priority Collateral, all Documents, General Intangibles (other than Intellectual Property), Instruments (including promissory notes), Commercial Tort Claims or other claims and causes of action, documents of title, customs receipts, insurance, shipping and other documents and other materials related to the foregoing (including to the purchase or import of any Inventory); |
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(7) | all Investment Property (other than Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco); |
(8) | to the extent relating to any of the items referred to in the preceding clauses (1) through (7) constituting ABL Priority Collateral, all Supporting Obligations, Letter-of-Credit Rights, related letters of credit, guaranties and collateral liens; |
(9) | all books and records relating to the items referred to in the preceding clauses (1) through (8) (including all books, databases, customer lists, and records, whether tangible or electronic, which contain any information relating to any of the items referred to in the preceding clauses (1) through (8)); and |
(10) | all substitutions, replacements, accessions, products and Proceeds (including, without limitation, Proceeds arising from the sale of any Accounts pursuant to a factoring, securitization, or other similar arrangement) of any of the foregoing, including collateral security and guarantees with respect to any of the foregoing and all cash, Money, insurance proceeds, Instruments, Securities, Financial Assets, income, royalties, payments, licensing, damages and Deposit Accounts constituting Proceeds of the foregoing. |
For the avoidance of doubt, except as provided in Section 2.3, under no circumstances shall any assets expressly excluded from the ABL Collateral (including any assets that are subject to an ABL Declined Lien or an ABL Excluded Lien) pursuant to any ABL Collateral Document constitute ABL Priority Collateral.
ABL Recovery shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(a).
Accounts shall mean all now present and future accounts (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
Affiliate shall mean, as to any specified Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, control, as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with have correlative meanings.
Agreement shall mean this Agreement, as amended, renewed, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
Alter Domus shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Bank Product Obligations shall mean Bank Product Obligations as such term is defined in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
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Bankruptcy Law shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code and any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors (including any law or regulation pursuant to the UK Insolvency Regime) or any arrangement, scheme, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, assignment for the benefit of creditors, any other marshalling or the assets or liabilities of New Pyxus Topco, the Grantors or any of their Subsidiaries, or similar law affecting creditors rights generally.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banks in New York City are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
Cash Collateral shall mean any Common Collateral consisting of Money or cash equivalents, any Security Entitlement and any Financial Assets.
Commercial Tort Claims shall mean all present and future commercial tort claims (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
Common Collateral shall mean collateral that is (or is required pursuant to the Financing Documents to be) both ABL Collateral and Term/Note Collateral (excluding, (i) solely with respect to the applicable ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders, any ABL Collateral that is subject to an ABL Declined Lien or an ABL Excluded Lien and (ii) solely with respect to the applicable Term/Note Agent and Term/Note Parties, any Term/Note Collateral that is subject to a Term/Note Declined Lien). For the avoidance of doubt, Intabex Collateral (as defined in the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) does not constitute Common Collateral.
Company shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Copyrights shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property.
Deposit Account Collateral shall mean that part of the Common Collateral comprised of or contained in Deposit Accounts.
Designated ABL Agent shall mean the Initial ABL Agent, or, if the Initial ABL Credit Agreement is no longer in effect, the ABL Agent under the then-outstanding ABL Credit Agreement.
DIP Financing shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
DIP Financing Liens shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
Discharge of ABL Claims shall mean, except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 5.7 below, payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim therefor has been made) of all Obligations in respect of all outstanding ABL Claims and, with respect to letters of credit outstanding thereunder, termination, delivery of cash collateral (in accordance with the terms of the ABL Loan Documents) or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in compliance with the ABL Credit Agreement (or such other arrangements as are acceptable to the letter of credit issuer in its sole discretion), in each case after or concurrently with the termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder; provided that the Discharge of ABL Claims shall not be deemed to have occurred if such payments are made with the proceeds of other ABL Claims that constitute an exchange or
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replacement for or a Refinancing of such Obligations or ABL Claims, subject to compliance with Section 9.3. In the event the ABL Claims are modified and the Obligations in respect thereof are paid over time or otherwise modified pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, the ABL Claims shall be deemed to be discharged when the final payment is made, in cash, in respect of such Obligations and any obligations pursuant to such new indebtedness shall have been satisfied.
Discharge of Term/Note Claims shall mean except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 5.7 below, (a) payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim therefor has been made) of all Obligations in respect of all outstanding Term/Note Claims and/or (b) the satisfaction and discharge or the legal defeasance and/or covenant defeasance of the Obligations in respect of all outstanding Term/Note Claims; provided that the Discharge of Term/Note Claims shall not be deemed to have occurred if such payments are made with the proceeds of other Term/Note Claims that constitute an exchange or replacement for or a Refinancing of such Obligations or Term/Note Claims, subject to compliance with Section 9.3. In the event the Term/Note Claims are modified and the Obligations in respect thereof are paid over time or otherwise modified pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Term/Note Claims shall be deemed to be discharged when the final payment is made, in cash, in respect of such Obligations and any obligations pursuant to such new indebtedness shall have been satisfied.
Equity Interests shall have the meaning set forth in the Financing Documents and the Indenture on the date hereof.
Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies or Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies shall mean, except as otherwise provided in the final sentence of this definition:
(a) the taking by any Holder of any action to enforce or realize upon any Lien, including the institution of any foreclosure proceedings or the noticing of any public or private sale pursuant to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law;
(b) the exercise by any Holder of any remedy provided to a secured creditor on account of a Lien under any of the ABL Loan Documents or the Term/Note Documents, as applicable, under applicable law, in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, including the election to retain any of the Common Collateral in satisfaction of a Lien;
(c) the taking of any action by any Holder or the exercise of any right or remedy by any Holder in respect of the collection on, set off against, marshaling of, injunction respecting or foreclosure on the Common Collateral or the proceeds thereof;
(d) the appointment, on the application of a Holder, of a receiver, receiver and manager or interim receiver of all or part of the Common Collateral;
(e) the sale, lease, license or other disposition of all or any portion of the Common Collateral by private or public sale conducted by a Holder or by any other means at the direction of a Holder permissible under applicable law;
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(f) the exercise of any other right of a secured creditor under Part 6 of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or under provisions of similar effect other applicable law; and
(g) the exercise by a Holder of any voting rights relating to any Equity Interests included in the Common Collateral.
For the avoidance of doubt, none of the following shall be deemed to constitute an Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies: (i) the filing of a proof of claim in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or seeking adequate protection, (ii) the exercise of rights pursuant to Section 5.03(d) of the Initial ABL Credit Agreement (or any substantially similar provision in any other ABL Credit Agreement) by the ABL Lenders during the continuance of a Dominion Period (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), including the notification of account debtors, depository institutions or any other Person to deliver proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral to the applicable ABL Agent in accordance with Section 5.03(d) of the Initial ABL Credit Agreement (or any substantially similar provision in any other ABL Credit Agreement), (iii) the reduction of advance rates or sub-limits by any ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders, (iv) the establishment of collateral ineligibles, or other conditions for advances, (v) the cessation of lending pursuant to the provisions of the ABL Loan Documents, including upon the occurrence of a default on the existence of an over-advance and (vi) the consent by the Designated ABL Agent to dispositions by any Grantor of any of the ABL Priority Collateral.
Existing ABL/Term Loan/Notes Intercreditor Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Financial Assets shall mean all present and future financial assets (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC).
Financing Documents shall mean, collectively, the ABL Credit Agreement and the Term/Note Financing Documents.
First Priority Agents shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Agents and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Agents.
First Priority Claims shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Claims and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Claims.
First Priority Collateral shall mean, with respect to (a) the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders, the ABL Priority Collateral and (b) the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders, the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
First Priority Documents shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Loan Documents and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Documents.
First Priority Holders shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Lenders and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Holders.
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Future ABL Indebtedness shall mean secured Indebtedness or Obligations (other than Term/Note Claims and ABL Claims contemplated by clause (i) of the definition of ABL Claims) of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries, including revolving credit loans, term loans, notes, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from (or sell such receivables to) lenders), letters of credit, bankers acceptances, or other borrowings, that have been incurred to increase, replace (whether upon or after termination or otherwise), renew, extend, refinance or refund in whole or in part from time to time the Obligations outstanding under the Initial ABL Credit Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this definition, whether or not such increase, replacement, renewal, extension refinancing or refunding occurs (i) with the original parties thereto, (ii) on one or more separate occasions or (iii) simultaneously or not simultaneously with the termination or repayment of the Initial ABL Credit Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this definition.
Future Secured Term/Note Claims shall mean the aggregate of the principal amount of all Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness together with any interest, fees, premiums (if any), attorneys fees, costs, expenses and indemnities payable on account of such principal amount or otherwise in respect of, or arising under, the Term/Note Financing Documents or other Term/Note Documents related to such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness, including all fees, expenses and indemnities of the applicable agents, trustees and collateral agents thereunder, plus, all interest, expenses and indemnities accrued or accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified in the Term/Note Financing Documents or other Term/Note Documents governing such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness whether or not such interest or expense is allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness shall mean secured Indebtedness or Obligations, other than ABL Claims, of New Pyxus Topco and its Subsidiaries, including term loans, notes, or other borrowings, that have been incurred to increase, replace (whether upon or after termination or otherwise), renew, extend, refinance or refund in whole or in part from time to time any Term/Note Claims, whether or not such increase, replacement, renewal, extension refinancing or refunding occurs (i) with the original parties thereto, (ii) on one or more separate occasions or (iii) simultaneously or not simultaneously with the repayment of the applicable Term/Note Claims or any under any other agreement or instrument.
Grantors shall mean the Parent Guarantors, the Company, and each of the Parent Guarantors other Subsidiaries that has executed and delivered an ABL Collateral Document and a Term/Note Collateral Document (for the avoidance of doubt, only if such Person has executed (or is required to execute) each of the foregoing).
Holders shall mean the collective reference to the ABL Lenders and the Term/Note Holders.
Indebtedness shall mean and include all obligations that constitute Indebtedness within the meaning of the Financing Documents.
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Indenture shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Initial ABL Agent shall have the meaning set forth in clause (i) of the definition of the term ABL Agents.
Initial ABL Credit Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding shall mean (a) any voluntary or involuntary case, procedure or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to any Grantor, (b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling or the assets or liabilities, or other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Grantor or with respect to any of its assets or liabilities, (c) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Grantor whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (d) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of any Grantor.
Intabex shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Intabex Term Loan Claims shall mean the aggregate of the principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, together with any interest, fees, premiums (if any), attorneys fees, costs, expenses and indemnities payable on account of such principal amount or otherwise in respect of, or arising under, the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement or the documents related to such Indebtedness, including all fees, expenses and indemnities of the applicable Term Loan Representative thereunder, plus, all interest, expenses and indemnities accrued or accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified in the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement whether or not such interest or expense is allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Intellectual Property shall mean all of the following in any jurisdiction throughout the world: (a) patents, patent applications and inventions, including all renewals, extensions, combinations, divisions, or reissues thereof (Patents); (b) trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, logos, internet domain names and other business identifiers, together with the goodwill symbolized by any of the foregoing, and all applications, registrations, renewals and extensions thereof (Trademarks); (c) copyrights and all works of authorship including all registrations, applications, renewals, extensions and reversions thereof (Copyrights); (d) all computer software, source code, executable code, data, databases and documentation thereof; (e) all trade secret rights in information, including trade secret rights in any formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process, that (1) derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other Persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and (2) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy; (f) all other intellectual property or proprietary rights in any discoveries,
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concepts, ideas, research and development, know-how, formulae, patterns, inventions, compilations, compositions, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, program, device, method, technique, technical data, procedures, designs, recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses, specifications, databases, and other proprietary or confidential information, including customer lists, supplier lists, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and proposals and advertising and promotional materials; and (g) all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment or violation thereof and all products and proceeds of the foregoing.
Intercreditor Agreement Joinder shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto or any other form of joinder as may be acceptable to each ABL Agent and each Term/Note Agent. Each ABL Agent and each Term/Note Agent are authorized and directed to execute and deliver any Intercreditor Agreement Joinder in the form of Exhibit A hereto without the consent of any other Holder.
Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement shall have the meaning given hereto in the recitals.
Inventory shall mean as to each Grantor, all of such Grantors now owned and hereafter existing or acquired inventory, as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
Investment Property shall mean all present and future investment property (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), including, without limitation, all Equity Interests held by each of the Grantors.
Letter-of-Credit Rights shall mean all present and future letter-of-credit rights (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
Lien shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.
Money shall mean all present and future money (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
New ABL Agent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(d)(ii).
New Pyxus Parent shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
New Pyxus Topco shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
New Term/Note Agent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(d)(ii).
Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Person, any payment, performance or other obligations of such Person of any kind, including any liability of such Person on any claim, whether or not the right of any creditor to payment in respect of such claim is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured
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or unsecured, and whether or not such claim is discharged, stayed or otherwise affected by any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of any Grantor under any ABL Loan Document or Term/Note Document, as applicable, include the obligations to pay principal, reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, interest (including interest accrued on or accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding) or premium on any Indebtedness, letter of credit commissions (if applicable), charges, expenses, fees, attorneys fees and disbursements and indemnities.
Patents shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property.
Payment Collateral shall mean all Accounts, Instruments, Chattel Paper, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Deposit Accounts (other than the Term/Note Collateral Account and Term/Note Trust Monies), Securities Accounts, and Payment Intangibles, together with all Supporting Obligations, in each case composing a portion of the Common Collateral.
Parent Guarantors shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Person shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
Pledged Collateral shall mean the Common Collateral in the possession of the ABL Agents (or their respective agents or bailees) or the Term/Note Agents (or their respective agents or bailees), to the extent that possession thereof perfects a Lien thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code.
PNC shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Proceeds shall mean all proceeds (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), together with any distribution, payment or other property received on account of any claim secured by ABL Collateral or Term/Note Collateral constituting Common Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Pyxus Term Loan Claims shall mean the aggregate of the principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, together with any interest, fees, premiums (if any), attorneys fees, costs, expenses and indemnities payable on account of such principal amount or otherwise in respect of, or arising under, the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement or the documents related to such Indebtedness, including all fees, expenses and indemnities of the applicable Term Loan Representative thereunder, plus, all interest, expenses and indemnities accrued or accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified in the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement whether or not such interest or expense is allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
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Refinance shall mean, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, retire, defease, amend, modify, supplement, amend and restate, restructure, replace, refund or repay, or to issue other Indebtedness, in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness in whole or in part. Refinanced and Refinancing shall have correlative meanings.
Second Priority Agents shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Agents and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the ABL Agents.
Second Priority Claims shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Claims and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the ABL Claims.
Second Priority Documents shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Documents and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the ABL Loan Documents.
Second Priority Holders shall mean, with respect to (a) any ABL Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Holders and (b) any Term/Note Priority Collateral, the ABL Lenders.
Securities Accounts shall mean all present and future securities accounts (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC), including all monies and uncertificated securities (each as defined in Article 8 of the UCC) and Security Entitlements contained therein.
Securities shall mean all present and future Securities (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC).
Security Entitlements shall mean all present and future security entitlements (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC).
Senior Collateral Agent shall mean, Alter Domus, in its capacity as a collateral agent for the Term/Note Claims, together with its successors and permitted exercising substantially the same rights and powers.
Senior Notes shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Senior Notes Claims shall mean the aggregate of the principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under the Indenture, together with any interest, fees, premiums (if any), attorneys fees, costs, expenses and indemnities payable on account of such principal amount or otherwise in respect of, or arising under, the Indenture or the documents related to such Indebtedness, including all fees, expenses and indemnities of the applicable Senior Notes Trustee and Senior Collateral Agent thereunder, plus, all interest, expenses and indemnities accrued or accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified in the Indenture whether or not such interest or expense is allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Senior Notes Trustee shall mean, collectively, Wilmington Trust, in its capacity as a trustee under the Indenture and the other documents entered into pursuant to the Indenture, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Indenture exercising substantially the same rights and powers.
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Specified ABL Hedging Agreement shall mean each Secured Hedging Agreement as such terms are defined in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco under (and as defined in) each of the Financing Documents and the Indenture.
Supporting Obligations shall mean all present and future supporting obligations (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
Term/Note Agents shall mean, collectively, (i) the Senior Collateral Agent, (ii) the Term Loan Representatives, (iii) the Senior Notes Trustee and (iv) the administrative agents, trustees and collateral agents for any Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness.
Term/Note Claims shall mean (i) the Pyxus Term Loan Claims, (ii) the Intabex Term Loan Claims, (iii) the Senior Notes Claims and any (iv) Future Secured Term/Note Claims.
Term/Note Collateral shall mean all of the assets of any Grantor party to any Term/Note Collateral Document, whether real, personal or mixed, upon which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted to any Term/Note Agent under any of the Term/Note Collateral Documents.
Term/Note Collateral Account shall mean any deposit account or securities account required to be established pursuant to the Term/Note Documents solely for purposes of holding Term/Note Priority Collateral pending application as required under the Term/Note Documents (it being understood that ABL Priority Collateral deposited in a Term/Note Collateral Account shall continue to be ABL Priority Collateral).
Term/Note Collateral Agreement shall mean the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Parent Guarantors, the Company, the other Grantors party thereto, and the Senior Collateral Agent for the benefit of the secured parties referred to therein.
Term/Note Collateral Documents shall mean the Term/Note Collateral Agreement and any security agreement, mortgage or other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is now or hereafter granted (or purported to be granted) securing any Term/Note Claims or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are at any time governed.
Term/Note Declined Lien shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b) hereof.
Term/Note Documents shall mean (i) the Term/Note Financing Documents and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for, evidencing or securing any Term/Note Claims, (ii) any other document or instrument evidencing or governing any Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness, (iii) any other related document or instrument executed or delivered pursuant to any document in subclause (i) or (ii) at any time or otherwise evidencing or securing any Obligation arising under any such Term/Note Document and (iv) the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement.
Term/Note Financing Documents shall mean, collectively, the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Indenture and any credit agreement, indenture or any other financing agreement that is entered into by the Company or any other Grantor in connection with its incurrence of any Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness.
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Term/Note Holders shall mean the Persons holding Term/Note Claims, including the Term/Note Agents.
Term/Note Only Grantors shall mean all Term/Note Parties that are not required to be Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the Initial ABL Credit Agreement.
Term/Note Parties shall mean the Pledgors as defined in the Term/Note Collateral Documents.
Term/Note Priority Collateral shall mean all Common Collateral other than ABL Priority Collateral (and specifically including the Term/Note Collateral Account (so long as such deposit account or securities account, as applicable, does not contain any ABL Priority Collateral) and Term/Note Trust Monies), and all collateral security and guarantees with respect to any Term/Note Priority Collateral and all cash, Money, Instruments, Securities, Financial Assets and Deposit Accounts directly received as Proceeds of any Term/Note Priority Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, except as provided in Section 2.3, under no circumstances shall any assets expressly excluded from the Term/Note Priority Collateral pursuant to any Term/Note Document constitute Term/Note Priority Collateral.
Term/Note Recovery shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(b).
Term/Note Trust Monies shall mean any Term/Note Priority Collateral required pursuant to the Term/Note Documents to be deposited into a Term/Note Collateral Account.
Term Loan Representatives shall mean, collectively, (i) Alter Domus, in its capacity as administrative agent for the lenders under the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, (ii) Alter Domus, in its capacity as administrative agent for the lenders under the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement and (iii) each of the successors and permitted assigns of the foregoing under the respective Financing Documents exercising substantially the same rights and powers.
Trademarks shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property.
UK Insolvency Regime means any law (including, for the avoidance of doubt, common law) or regulation in effect at the relevant time in the jurisdiction of England and Wales which relates to any corporate action, legal proceeding or other formal procedure in respect of:
(a) the suspension of payments, a moratorium of debts generally, a moratorium of indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganization (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Person;
(b) a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with the creditors of any Person;
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(c) the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any Person or any of its assets (in each case, other than in respect of a solvent liquidation); or
(d) enforcement of any Lien over the assets of any Person.
Uniform Commercial Code or UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
Wilmington Trust shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
1.2 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. The word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word shall. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, renewed, restated, extended, supplemented, or otherwise modified or as the indebtedness in respect of which is, replaced, renewed, extended, refunded or refinanced in whole or in part, in each case in accordance with this Agreement, (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns, (c) the words herein, hereof and hereunder, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement, (e) the words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (f) the term or is not exclusive. All capitalized terms not defined herein or by reference to another agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the UCC. The term Instrument shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the UCC.
SECTION 2. Lien Priorities.
2.1 Subordination of Liens. Notwithstanding (a) the date, time, method, manner or order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant, attachment or perfection (including any defect or deficiency or alleged defect or deficiency or failure to attach or perfect or lapse in perfection of, or avoidance as a fraudulent conveyance or otherwise of any of the foregoing) of any Liens granted to (i) the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders on the Common Collateral or (ii) the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders on the Common Collateral, (b) any provision of the UCC, the Bankruptcy Code, or any applicable law or the ABL Loan Documents or the Term/Note Documents, (c) whether an ABL Agent, a Term/Note Agent, any Term/Note Holder, either directly or through agents, holds possession of, or has control over, all or any part of the Common Collateral, (d) the fact that any such Liens may be subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed or (e) any other circumstance of any kind or nature whatsoever, each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each ABL Lender, and each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, hereby agrees that:
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(i) any Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any ABL Claims now or hereafter held by or on behalf of an ABL Agent or any ABL Lenders or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any Term/Note Claims, and any Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any Term/Note Claims now or hereafter held by or on behalf of a Term/Note Agent, any Term/Note Holder, or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any ABL Claims;
(ii) any Lien on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing any Term/Note Claims now or hereafter held by or on behalf of a Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holders or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing any ABL Claims and any Lien on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing ABL Claims now or hereafter held by or on behalf of an ABL Agent or any ABL Lenders or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing any Term/Note Claims; and
(iii) all Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any ABL Claims shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any Term/Note Claims for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any ABL Claims are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Company, any other Grantor or any other Person, and all Liens on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing any Term/Note Claims shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing any ABL Claims for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any Term/Note Claims are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Company, any other Grantor or any other Person.
2.2 Prohibition on Contesting Liens. Each ABL Agent, for itself and on behalf of each ABL Lender, and each Term/Note Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Term/Note Holder, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) take any action to challenge, contest or support any other Person in contesting or challenging, directly or indirectly, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of (a) a Lien securing any ABL Claims held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender or any agent or trustee therefor in any Common Collateral or (b) a Lien securing any Term/Note Claims held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder in any Common Collateral, as the case may be; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed (x) to prevent or impair the rights of any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender to enforce this Agreement (including the priority of the Liens securing the ABL Claims as provided in Section 2.1 with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral) or any of the ABL Loan Documents or (y) to prevent or impair the rights of any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder to enforce this Agreement (including the priority of the Liens securing the Term/Note Claims as provided in Section 2.1 with respect to any Term/Note Priority Collateral) or any of the Term/Note Documents.
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2.3 No New Liens.
(a) So long as the Discharge of ABL Claims has not occurred, each Term/Note Agent agrees, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Term/Note Holder, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, that it shall not acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any Term/Note Claims that, to the extent permissible under applicable law, are not also subject to the Lien in respect of the ABL Claims under the ABL Loan Documents; provided that (i) this provision will not be violated with respect to any ABL Claims if each ABL Agent is given a reasonable opportunity to accept a Lien on any asset or property and such ABL Agent states in writing that the ABL Loan Documents in respect thereof prohibit such ABL Agent from accepting a Lien on such asset or property or such ABL Agent otherwise expressly declines to accept a Lien on such asset or property (any such prohibited or declined Lien, an ABL Declined Lien) and (ii) this provision shall not apply to a Lien in favor of any Term/Note Agent, for the benefit of the Term/Note Holders, over the assets of the Term/Note Only Grantors (the Liens in this clause (ii), the ABL Excluded Liens). If a Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire or hold any Lien on any collateral of a Grantor that is not also subject to the Lien in respect of the ABL Claims under the ABL Loan Documents (other than an ABL Declined Lien or an ABL Excluded Lien), then the applicable Term/Note Agent shall, to the extent permissible under applicable law, without the need for any further consent of any party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other document, be deemed to also hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of any ABL Agent as security for the ABL Claims (subject to the Lien priority and other terms hereof).
(b) So long as the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has not occurred, each ABL Agent agrees, for itself and on behalf of each applicable ABL Lender, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, that it shall not acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any ABL Claims that, to the extent permissible under applicable law, are not also subject to the Liens in respect of the Term/Note Claims under the Term/Note Documents; provided that this provision will not be violated with respect to any Term/Note Claims if each applicable Term/Note Agent is given a reasonable opportunity to accept a Lien on any asset or property and such Term/Note Agent states in writing that the Term/Note Documents in respect thereof prohibit such Term/Note Agent from accepting a Lien on such asset or property or such Term/Note Agent otherwise expressly declines to accept a Lien on such asset or property (any such prohibited or declined Lien, a Term/Note Declined Lien). If any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire or hold any Lien on any collateral of a Grantor that is not also subject to the Liens in respect of the Term/Note Claims under the Term/Note Documents (other than a Term/Note Declined Lien), then the applicable ABL Agent shall, to the extent permissible under applicable law, without the need for any further consent of any party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other document, be deemed to also hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of the Term/Note Agents as security for the Term/Note Claims (subject to the Lien priority and other terms hereof).
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To the extent any additional Liens are granted on any asset or property pursuant to this Section 2.3, the priority of such additional Liens shall be determined in accordance with Section 2.1 and the application of the proceeds thereof shall be effected in accordance with Section 4.2 and 4.3. In addition, to the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights or remedies available thereunder, the ABL Agents, on behalf of the ABL Lenders, and the Term/Note Agents, on behalf of the Term/Note Holders, agree that any amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.3 shall be subject to Section 4.4.
2.4 Perfection of Liens. Subject to Section 5.5, no First Priority Agent nor any First Priority Holder shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Common Collateral for the benefit of the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Holders. The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the ABL Lenders as a class on the one hand, and the Term/Note Holders, as a class on the other hand, and shall not impose on the ABL Agents, the Term/Note Agents, the ABL Lenders, the Term/Note Holders, any agent or trustee therefor any obligations in respect of the disposition of proceeds of any Common Collateral which would conflict with prior perfected claims therein in favor of any other Person or any order or decree of any court or governmental authority or any applicable law.
2.5 Waiver of Marshalling.
(a) Until the Discharge of ABL Claims, each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Term/Note Holders, agrees not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under applicable law with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral.
(b) Until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims, each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and the ABL Lenders, agrees not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under applicable law with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
2.6 Certain Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other document or agreement to the contrary, (a) the assets that are subject to an ABL Declined Lien or an ABL Excluded Lien shall not secure the ABL Claims and (b) the assets that are subject to a Term/Note Declined Lien shall not secure the Term/Note Claims.
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SECTION 3. Enforcement.
3.1 Exercise of Remedies.
(a) So long as the Discharge of ABL Claims has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, subject to Section 5.6, (i) no Term/Note Agent or Term/Note Holder will (x) Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies or seek to Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies (including setoff, recoupment or the right to credit bid debt, if any) with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral, or exercise any right under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), (y) contest, protest or object to any foreclosure or enforcement proceeding or action brought with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral by an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender in respect of the ABL Claims, the exercise of any right by an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender (or any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) in respect of the ABL Claims under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which a Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder either is a party or may have rights as a third party beneficiary, or any other exercise by any such party, of any rights and remedies relating to the ABL Priority Collateral under the ABL Loan Documents or otherwise in respect of ABL Claims, or (z) object to any waiver or the forbearance by the ABL Lenders from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies relating to the ABL Priority Collateral or any other collateral in respect of ABL Claims and (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders shall have the exclusive right (as between any ABL Agent and any ABL Lender, on the one hand, and any Term/Note Agent and any Term/Note Holder, on the other hand) to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including setoff, recoupment and the right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the release, disposition or restrictions with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder; provided, however, that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, a Term/Note Agent may file a proof of claim or statement of interest with respect to the applicable Term/Note Claims and (B) a Term/Note Agent may take any action (not adverse to the prior Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing the ABL Claims, or the rights of the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, prove, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its rights in, and perfection and priority of its Lien on, the ABL Priority Collateral; provided, further, that any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder may exercise any or all of such rights, powers, or remedies after a period of at least 180 days has elapsed since the later of: (I) the date on which a Term/Note Agent declared the existence of an Event of Default under the applicable Term/Note Documents, accelerated (to the extent such amount was not already due and owing) the payment of the principal amount of all Term/Note Claims, and demanded payment thereof and (II) the date on which each of the ABL Agents has received notice thereof from such Term/Note Agent; provided, further, however, that neither any Term/Note Agent nor any other Term/Note Holder shall exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of such 180-day period, any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender (A) shall have commenced, whether before or after the expiration of such 180-day period, and be diligently pursuing the exercise of their rights, powers, or remedies with respect to all or any
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material portion of the ABL Priority Collateral (prompt written notice of such exercise to be given to the Term/Note Agents), or (B) shall have been stayed by operation of law or any court order from pursuing any such exercise of remedies. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders may enforce the provisions of the ABL Loan Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of ABL Priority Collateral or other collateral upon foreclosure, to credit bid for such ABL Priority Collateral, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the uniform commercial code of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(b) So long as the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, subject to Section 5.6, (i) no ABL Agent or ABL Lender will (x) Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies or seek to Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies (including setoff, recoupment or the right to credit bid, if any) with respect to any Term/Note Priority Collateral, or exercise any right under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), (y) contest, protest or object to any foreclosure or enforcement proceeding or action brought with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral by a Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder in respect of the Term/Note Claims, the exercise of any right by a Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder (or any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) in respect of the Term/Note Claims under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender either is a party or may have rights as a third party beneficiary, or any other exercise by any such party, of any rights and remedies relating to the Term/Note Priority Collateral under the Term/Note Documents or otherwise in respect of Term/Note Claims, or (z) object to any waiver or the forbearance by the Term/Note Holders from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies relating to the Term/Note Priority Collateral or any other collateral in respect of Term/Note Claims and (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders shall have the exclusive right (as between any Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders, on the one hand, and any ABL Agent and any ABL Lender, on the other hand) to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including setoff, recoupment and the right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the release, disposition or restrictions with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender; provided, however, that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, an ABL Agent may file a proof of claim or statement of interest with respect to the applicable ABL Claims and (B) an ABL Agent may take any action (not adverse to the prior Liens on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing the Term/Note Claims, or the rights of the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, prove, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its rights in, and perfection and priority of its Lien on, the Term/Note Priority Collateral; provided, further, that an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender may exercise any or all of such rights, powers, or remedies after a period of at least 180 days has elapsed since the later of: (I) the date on which an
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ABL Agent declared the existence of an Event of Default under the applicable ABL Loan Documents, accelerated (to the extent such amount was not already due and owing) the payment of the principal amount of all ABL Claims, and demanded payment thereof and (II) the date on which each of the Term/Note Agents have received notice thereof from such ABL Agent; provided, further, however, that neither any ABL Agent nor any other ABL Lender shall exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of such 180-day period, any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder (A) shall have commenced, whether before or after the expiration of such 180-day period, and be diligently pursuing the exercise of their rights, powers, or remedies with respect to all or any material portion of the Term/Note Priority Collateral (prompt written notice of such exercise to be given to the ABL Agents), or (B) shall have been stayed by operation of law or any court order from pursuing any such exercise of remedies. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral, the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders may enforce the provisions of the Term/Note Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Term/Note Priority Collateral or other collateral upon foreclosure, to credit bid for such Term/Note Priority Collateral, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the uniform commercial code of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(c) So long as the Discharge of ABL Claims has not occurred, each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, agrees that it will not take or receive any ABL Priority Collateral or any proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff or recoupment) with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, except as expressly provided in the provisos in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), the sole right (as between any ABL Agent and any ABL Lender, on the one hand, and any Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders, on the other hand) of each Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral is to hold a Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral pursuant to the Term/Note Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred.
(d) So long as the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has not occurred, each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable ABL Lender agrees that it will not take or receive any Term/Note Priority Collateral or any proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff or recoupment) with respect to any Term/Note Priority Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, except as expressly provided in the provisos in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(b), the sole right (as between any Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders, on the one hand, and any ABL Agent and any ABL Lender, on the other hand) of each ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Term/Note Priority Collateral pursuant to the ABL Loan Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred.
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(e) Subject to the provisos in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a) above and Section 5.6, (i) each Term/Note Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Term/Note Holder, agrees that the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders will not take any action that would hinder any Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies undertaken by any ABL Agent or the ABL Lenders with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral under the ABL Loan Documents, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the ABL Priority Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii) each Term/Note Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Term/Note Holder, hereby waives any and all rights it or any such Term/Note Holder may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders seek to enforce or collect the ABL Claims with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral or the Liens granted in any of the ABL Priority Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the ABL Agents or ABL Lenders is adverse to the interests of the Term/Note Holders.
(f) Subject to the provisos in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(b) above and Section 5.6, (i) each ABL Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable ABL Lender, agrees that the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders will not take any action that would hinder any Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies undertaken by any Term/Note Agent or the Term/Note Holders with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral under the Term/Note Documents, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Term/Note Priority Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii) each ABL Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable ABL Lender, hereby waives any and all rights it or any ABL Lender may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders seek to enforce or collect the Term/Note Claims with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral or the Liens granted in any of the Term/Note Priority Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the Term/Note Agents or Term/Note Holders is adverse to the interests of the ABL Lenders.
(g) Each Term/Note Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any applicable Term/Note Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the ABL Loan Documents.
(h) Each ABL Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any applicable ABL Loan Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Term/Note Documents.
3.2 Cooperation.
(a) Subject to the provisos in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, it will not commence, or join with any Person (other than the ABL Lenders and the ABL Agents upon the request thereof) in commencing, any enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding with respect to any Lien held by it in the ABL Priority Collateral under any of the applicable Term/Note Documents or otherwise in respect of the applicable Term/Note Claims relating to the ABL Priority Collateral.
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(b) Subject to the provisos in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(b), each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each ABL Lender, agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, it will not commence, or join with any Person (other than the Term/Note Holders and the Term/Note Agents upon the request thereof) in commencing, any enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding with respect to any Lien held by it in the Term/Note Priority Collateral under any of the applicable ABL Loan Documents or otherwise in respect of the applicable ABL Claims relating to the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
3.3 Actions Upon Breach.
(a) If any Term/Note Holder, in contravention of the terms of this Agreement, in any way takes or attempts or threatens to take any action with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement except as provided in the provisos to Section 3.1(a)(ii)), this Agreement shall create an irrebuttable presumption and admission by such Term/Note Holder that relief against such Term/Note Holder by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief is necessary to prevent irreparable harm to the ABL Lenders, it being understood and agreed by each Term/Note Agent on behalf of each applicable Term/Note Holder that (i) the ABL Lenders damages from its actions may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable, and (ii) each Term/Note Holder waives any defense that the Grantors and/or the ABL Lenders cannot demonstrate damage and/or be made whole by the awarding of damages.
(b) If any ABL Lender, in contravention of the terms of this Agreement, in any way takes or attempts or threatens to take any action with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement except as provided in the provisos to Section 3.1(b)(ii)), this Agreement shall create an irrebuttable presumption and admission by such ABL Lender that relief against such ABL Lender by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief is necessary to prevent irreparable harm to the Term/Note Holders, it being understood and agreed by each ABL Agent on behalf of each applicable ABL Lender that (i) the applicable Term/Note Holders damages from its actions may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable, and (ii) each ABL Lender waives any defense that the Grantors and/or the Term/Note Holders cannot demonstrate damage and/or be made whole by the awarding of damages.
SECTION 4. Payments.
4.1 Revolving Nature of ABL Claims. Each Term/Note Agent, for and on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) as of the date hereof, the ABL Credit Agreement includes a revolving commitment, that in the ordinary course of business the applicable ABL Agent under the ABL Credit Agreement and the ABL Lenders will apply payments and make advances thereunder, and that no application of any Payment Collateral or Cash Collateral or the release of any Lien by any ABL Agent upon any portion of the Common Collateral in connection with a permitted disposition under the ABL Credit Agreement shall constitute the exercise of remedies prohibited under this Agreement; (ii) subject
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to the limitations set forth herein, the amount of the ABL Claims that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, and that the terms of the ABL Claims may be modified, extended or amended from time to time, and that the aggregate amount of the ABL Claims may be increased and, subject to Section 9.3, replaced or Refinanced, in each event, without notice to or consent by the Term/Note Holders and without affecting the provisions hereof (but, subject to the terms of this Agreement, without waiver of any rights or remedies any Term/Note Agent or Term/Note Holder may have against any Grantor pursuant to the Term/Note Documents); and (iii) all Payment Collateral or Cash Collateral received by any ABL Agent may be applied, reversed, reapplied, credited, or reborrowed, in whole or in part, to the ABL Claims at any time; provided, however, that from and after the date on which an ABL Agent (or any ABL Lender) commences the Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies with respect to any of the Common Collateral, all amounts received by any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender in respect of any ABL Claims shall be applied as specified in this Section 4. The Lien priority set forth in this Agreement shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any such amendment, modification, supplement, extension, repayment, reborrowing, increase, replacement, renewal, restatement or Refinancing of the ABL Claims, the Term/Note Claims, or any portion thereof, in each case, except in accordance with Section 9.3 (to the extent applicable).
4.2 Application of Proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral. Each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each ABL Lender, and each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, hereby agrees that the ABL Priority Collateral or proceeds thereof, regardless of source or form, received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or collection on, such ABL Priority Collateral upon the Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies (whether during an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise), or in connection with any distribution on account of ABL Priority Collateral (or any claim secured thereby) upon a sale or other disposition outside the ordinary course of business during the continuance of an Event of Default under the ABL Loan Documents or in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, shall be applied:
first, to the payment of the ABL Claims in accordance with the ABL Loan Documents until a Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred,
second, to the payment of the Term/Note Claims in accordance with the Term/Note Documents and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement until a Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, and
third, the balance, if any, to the Grantors or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
4.3 Application of Proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral. Each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable ABL Lender, and each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, hereby agrees that the Term/Note Priority Collateral or proceeds thereof, regardless of source or form, received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or collection on, such Term/Note Priority Collateral upon the Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies (whether during an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise), or in connection with any distribution on account of Term/Note Priority Collateral (or any claim secured thereby) upon a sale or other disposition outside the ordinary course of business during the continuance of an Event of Default under the Term/Note Documents or in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, shall be applied:
first, to the payment of the Term/Note Claims in accordance with the Term/Note Documents and Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement until a Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred,
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second, to the extent such Term/Note Priority Collateral is ABL Collateral, to the payment of the ABL Claims in accordance with the ABL Loan Documents until a Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, and
third, the balance, if any, to the Grantors or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
4.4 Payments Over.
(a) Whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, any ABL Priority Collateral or proceeds thereof received by a Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder in connection with the exercise of any post-default right or remedy (including setoff or recoupment) relating to any such ABL Priority Collateral in contravention of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the Designated ABL Agent (and/or its designees) for the benefit of the ABL Lenders in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Designated ABL Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for each Term/Note Agent or any such Term/Note Holder. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
(b) Whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, any Term/Note Priority Collateral or proceeds thereof received by an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender in connection with the exercise of any post-default right or remedy (including setoff or recoupment) relating to any such Term/Note Priority Collateral in contravention of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the Senior Collateral Agent (and/or its designees) for the benefit of the Term/Note Holders in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Senior Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for each ABL Agent or any such ABL Lender. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
(c) Promptly upon the Discharge of ABL Claims, the ABL Agents shall deliver written notice confirming the same to the Term/Note Agents; provided that the failure to give any such notice shall not result in any liability of the ABL Agents or the other ABL Lenders hereunder or in the modification, alteration, impairment, or waiver of the rights of any party hereunder. Promptly upon the Discharge of Term/Note Claims, the applicable Term/Note Agents shall deliver written notice confirming the same to the ABL Agents; provided that the failure to give any such notice shall not result in any liability of the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders hereunder or in the modification, alteration, impairment, or waiver of the rights of any party hereunder.
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4.5 Application of Proceeds of Mixed Collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above or in the definition of ABL Priority Collateral or Term/Note Priority Collateral, in the event that Proceeds of Common Collateral are received from (or are otherwise attributable to the value of) a sale or other disposition of Common Collateral that involves a combination of ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral, (i) the portion of such Proceeds that shall be allocated as Proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral for purposes of this Agreement shall be an amount equal to the net book value of such ABL Priority Collateral (except in the case of Accounts, which amount shall be equal to the face amount of such Accounts) and (ii) the portion of such Proceeds that shall be allocated as Proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral for purposes of this Agreement shall be an amount equal to the net book value of such Term/Note Priority Collateral. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above or in the definition of ABL Priority Collateral or Term/Note Priority Collateral, to the extent Proceeds of Common Collateral are Proceeds received from (or are otherwise attributable to the value of) the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco that is a Grantor or all or substantially all of the assets of any such Subsidiary, such Proceeds shall constitute (1) first, in an amount equal to the face amount of the Accounts (excluding any rights to payment for any property which specifically constitutes Term/Note Priority Collateral which has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of) and the net book value of the Inventory owned by such Subsidiary at the time of such sale, ABL Priority Collateral and (2) second, to the extent in excess of the amounts described in preceding clause (1) and otherwise in the case of all other assets not described in clause (1), Term/Note Priority Collateral. In the event that amounts are received in respect of Equity Interests of, or intercompany loans issued to, any Grantor that holds Common Collateral in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, such amounts shall be deemed to be Proceeds received from a sale or disposition of ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral and shall be allocated as Proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral in proportion to the ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral owned at such time by the issuer of such Equity Interests or intercompany loans (with such proportion to be determined in the same manner as is set forth in the immediately preceding sentence as it relates to a sale or disposition of Equity Interests).
SECTION 5. Other Agreements.
5.1 Releases.
(a) If, at any time any Grantor or the holder of any ABL Claim delivers notice to the Term/Note Agents that any specified ABL Priority Collateral is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (including for such purpose, in the case of the sale of Equity Interests in any Subsidiary, any ABL Priority Collateral held by such Subsidiary or any direct or indirect Subsidiary thereof):
(i) by the owner of such ABL Priority Collateral in a transaction permitted under each of the Financing Documents and not prohibited under any other ABL Loan Document (if any) or any other Term/Note Document (if any); or
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(ii) during the existence of any Event of Default under (and as defined in) the ABL Credit Agreement (or any other definitive documentation governing Future ABL Indebtedness) by the owner of such ABL Priority Collateral (to the extent the applicable ABL Agents have consented to such sale, transfer or disposition) or by an ABL Agent in connection with the Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies;
then (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the Term/Note Holders upon such ABL Priority Collateral will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens on such ABL Priority Collateral securing ABL Claims are released and discharged. Upon delivery to each Term/Note Agent of a notice from the applicable ABL Agent stating that any release of Liens by the ABL Agents securing or supporting the ABL Claims on any ABL Priority Collateral has become effective (or shall become effective upon each Term/Note Agents release), each applicable Term/Note Agent will promptly execute and deliver, and authorize the filing of, such instruments, releases, termination statements or other documents (including UCC-3 termination statements, mortgage releases and termination of USPTO and Copyright filings) in all relevant jurisdictions confirming such release on customary terms at the request and expense of the Company.
Each Term/Note Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Term/Note Holder, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints each ABL Agent and any officer or agent of such ABL Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Term/Note Agent or such Term/Note Holder or in such ABL Agents own name, from time to time in such ABL Agents determination, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1(a), to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1(a), including authorizing the filing of any termination statements, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release; provided that the applicable ABL Agent shall not exercise such power of attorney unless the Term/Note Agents have failed to comply with their obligations under this Section 5.1 within two Business Days after demand by the applicable ABL Agent.
(b) Subject to Section 5.6, if, at any time any Grantor or the holder of any Term/Note Claim delivers notice to the ABL Agents that any specified Term/Note Priority Collateral (including all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of a Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries) (including for such purpose, in the case of the sale of Equity Interests in any Subsidiary, any Term/Note Priority Collateral held by such Subsidiary or any direct or indirect Subsidiary thereof) is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of:
(i) by the owner of such Term/Note Priority Collateral in a transaction permitted under each of the Financing Documents and the Indenture and not prohibited under any other Term/Note Document (if any) and ABL Loan Document (if any); or
(ii) during the existence of any Event of Default under (and as defined in) the Term/Note Financing Documents by the owner of such Term/Note Priority Collateral (to the extent the applicable Term/Note Agents have consented to such sale, transfer or disposition) or by a Term/Note Agent in connection with the Exercise of Any Secured Creditor Remedies;
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then (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the ABL Lenders upon such Term/Note Priority Collateral will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens on such Term/Note Priority Collateral securing Term/Note Claims are released and discharged. Upon delivery to each ABL Agent of a notice from the applicable Term/Note Agent stating that any release of Liens by the Term/Note Agents securing or supporting the Term/Note Claims on any Term/Note Priority Collateral has become effective (or shall become effective upon each ABL Agents release), each ABL Agent will promptly execute and deliver, and authorize the filing of, such instruments, releases, termination statements or other documents (including UCC-3 termination statements, mortgage releases and termination of USPTO and Copyright filings) in all relevant jurisdictions confirming such release on customary terms at the request and expense of the Company.
Each ABL Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable ABL Lender, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints each Term/Note Agent and any officer or agent of such Term/Note Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such ABL Agent or such ABL Lender or in such Term/Note Agents own name, from time to time in such Term/Note Agents determination, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1(b), to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1(b), including authorizing the filing of any termination statements, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release; provided that the applicable Term/Note Agent shall not exercise such power of attorney unless the ABL Agents have failed to comply with their obligations under this Section 5.1 within two Business Days after demand by the applicable Term/Note Agent.
(c) Unless and until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, each Term/Note Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Term/Note Holder, hereby consents to the application, whether prior to or after a default, of proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral to the repayment of ABL Claims pursuant to the ABL Credit Agreement; provided that nothing in this Section 5.1(c) shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders to receive proceeds in connection with the Term/Note Claims not otherwise in contravention of this Agreement.
(d) Unless and until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, each ABL Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable ABL Lender, hereby consents to the application, whether prior to or after a default, of proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral to the repayment of Term/Note Claims pursuant to the Term/Note Financing Documents; provided that nothing in this Section 5.1(d) shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders to receive proceeds in connection with the ABL Claims not otherwise in contravention of this Agreement.
5.2 Insurance.
(a) Proceeds of Common Collateral include insurance proceeds and, therefore, the Lien priority set forth in this Agreement shall govern the ultimate disposition of casualty insurance proceeds.
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(b) Unless and until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the ABL Loan Documents, to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the ABL Priority Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the ABL Priority Collateral; provided that, if any insurance claim includes both ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral, the insurer will not settle such claim separately with respect to ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral, and if the applicable ABL Agents and the applicable Term/Note Agent(s) are unable after negotiating in good faith to agree on the settlement for such claim, either such Person may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to make a determination as to the settlement of such claim, and the courts determination shall be binding upon the parties. Unless and until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award if in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral shall be paid in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2. If a Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award in contravention of this Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds over to the applicable ABL Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.4.
(c) Unless and until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Term/Note Documents, to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Term/Note Priority Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Term/Note Priority Collateral; provided that, if any insurance claim includes both ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral, the insurer will not settle such claim separately with respect to ABL Priority Collateral and Term/Note Priority Collateral, and if the applicable ABL Agents and the applicable Term/Note Agents are unable after negotiating in good faith to agree on the settlement for such claim, either such Person may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to make a determination as to the settlement of such claim, and the courts determination shall be binding upon the parties. Unless and until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award if in respect of the Term/Note Priority Collateral shall be paid in accordance with the terms of Section 4.3. If an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award in contravention of this Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds over to the applicable Term/Note Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.4.
5.3 Amendments to ABL Loan Documents and Term/Note Documents.
(a) Each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Term/Note Holders, hereby agrees that, without affecting the obligations of the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders hereunder, each ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders may, at any time and from time to time, in their sole determination without the consent of or notice to any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder (except to the extent such notice or consent is required pursuant to the express provisions of this Agreement), and without incurring any liability to any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder or impairing or releasing the subordination provided for herein, amend, restate, supplement, replace, Refinance, extend, consolidate, restructure, or otherwise modify any
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of the ABL Loan Documents in any manner whatsoever (subject to compliance with Section 9.3, to the extent applicable), including, to:
(i) change the manner, place, time, or terms of payment or renew, alter or increase, all or any of the Obligations under the ABL Loan Documents or otherwise amend, restate, supplement, or otherwise modify in any manner, or grant any waiver or release with respect to, all or any part of the Obligations under the ABL Loan Documents or any of the ABL Loan Documents;
(ii) retain or, subject to Section 2.3, obtain a Lien on any property of any Person to secure any of the ABL Claims, and in connection therewith to enter into any additional ABL Loan Documents;
(iii) amend, or grant any waiver, compromise, or release with respect to, or consent to any departure from, any guaranty or other obligations of any Person obligated in any manner under or in respect of the ABL Claims;
(iv) subject to Section 5.1, release its respective Lien on any Common Collateral or other property;
(v) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company, any Grantor, or any other Person;
(vi) retain or obtain the primary or secondary obligation of any other Person with respect to any of the ABL Claims; and
(vii) otherwise administer the ABL Claims as the applicable ABL Agent shall determine.
(b) Each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and the ABL Lenders, hereby agrees that, without affecting the obligations of the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders hereunder, each Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders may, at any time and from time to time, in their sole determination without the consent of or notice to an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender (except to the extent such notice or consent is required pursuant to the express provisions of this Agreement), and without incurring any liability to an ABL Agent or any ABL Lender or impairing or releasing the subordination provided for herein, amend, restate, supplement, replace, Refinance, extend, consolidate, restructure, or otherwise modify any of the Term/Note Documents in any manner whatsoever (subject to compliance with Section 9.3, to the extent applicable), including, to:
(i) change the manner, place, time, or terms of payment or renew, alter or increase, all or any of the Obligations under the Term/Note Documents or otherwise amend, restate, supplement, or otherwise modify in any manner, or grant any waiver or release with respect to, all or any part of the Obligations under the Term/Note Documents or any of the Term/Note Documents;
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(ii) retain or, subject to Section 2.3, obtain a Lien on any property of any Person to secure any of the Term/Note Claims, and in connection therewith to enter into any additional Term/Note Documents;
(iii) amend, or grant any waiver, compromise, or release with respect to, or consent to any departure from, any guaranty or other obligations of any Person obligated in any manner under or in respect of the Term/Note Claims;
(iv) subject to Section 5.1, release its respective Lien on any Common Collateral or other property;
(v) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company, any Grantor, or any other Person;
(vi) retain or obtain the primary or secondary obligation of any other Person with respect to any of the Term/Note Claims; and
(vii) otherwise administer the Term/Note Claims as the applicable Term/Note Agent shall determine.
(c) The ABL Claims and the Term/Note Claims may be Refinanced, in whole or in part, in each case, without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is required to permit the Refinancing transaction under any ABL Loan Document or any Term/Note Document) of the ABL Agents, the ABL Lenders, the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders, as the case may be, all without affecting the Lien priorities provided for herein or the other provisions hereof; provided, however, that the holders of such Refinancing indebtedness (or an authorized agent or trustee on their behalf) comply with Section 9.3 (to the extent applicable), and any such Refinancing transaction shall be in accordance with any applicable provisions of the ABL Loan Documents and the Term/Note Documents.
5.4 Rights As Unsecured Creditors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Holders may exercise rights and remedies as an unsecured creditor against New Pyxus Topco, any Grantor or any Subsidiary that has guaranteed the Second Priority Claims in accordance with the terms of the applicable Second Priority Documents and applicable law, in each case to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holder of the required payments of interest and principal so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of (a) the exercise by any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holder of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of the applicable portion of the Common Collateral or (b) enforcement in contravention of this Agreement or any other applicable intercreditor agreement of any Lien in respect of Second Priority Claims held by any of them. In the event any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holder becomes a judgment lien creditor or other secured creditor in respect of Common Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor in respect of Second Priority Claims or otherwise, such judgment or other lien shall be subordinated to the Liens securing First Priority Claims on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Claims are so subordinated to such Liens securing First Priority Claims under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement impairs or otherwise adversely affects any rights or remedies the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders may have with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, or any rights or remedies the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders may have with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
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5.5 First Priority Agent as Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection.
(a) Each ABL Agent agrees to hold the Pledged Collateral that is part of the ABL Priority Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee for each Term/Note Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Pledged Collateral pursuant to the Term/Note Collateral Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5 (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2), 9-104 and 9-313(c) of the UCC). Each Term/Note Agent agrees to hold the Pledged Collateral that is part of the Term/Note Priority Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee for each ABL Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Pledged Collateral pursuant to the ABL Collateral Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5 (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2), 9-104 and 9-313(c) of the UCC).
(b) (i) Each ABL Agent agrees to hold the Deposit Account Collateral that is part of the ABL Collateral and controlled by such ABL Agent as gratuitous agent for each Term/Note Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Deposit Account Collateral pursuant to the Term/Note Collateral Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5 and (ii) each Term/Note Agent agrees to hold the Deposit Account Collateral that is part of the Term/Note Priority Collateral and controlled by such Term/Note Agent as gratuitous agent for each ABL Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Deposit Account Collateral pursuant to the ABL Collateral Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5.
(c) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein (including Sections 3.1, 4 and 8.2), until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, each ABL Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged Collateral constituting ABL Priority Collateral in accordance with the terms of the ABL Loan Documents as if the Liens under the Term/Note Collateral Documents did not exist. The rights of each Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders with respect to such Pledged Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein (including Sections 3.1, 4 and 8.2), until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, each Term/Note Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged Collateral constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Term/Note Documents as if the Liens under the ABL Collateral Documents did not exist. The rights of each ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders with respect to such Pledged Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
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(d) No First Priority Agent shall have any obligation whatsoever to any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holder to assure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by the Grantors or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any rights pertaining to the applicable portion of the Common Collateral except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.5. The duties or responsibilities of each First Priority Agent under this Section 5.5 shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as gratuitous bailee for each Second Priority Agent for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by the Second Priority Holders.
(e) No First Priority Agent shall have by reason of the Second Priority Documents or this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holder and the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Holders hereby waive and release each First Priority Agent from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to each First Priority Agents role under this Section 5.5, as agent and gratuitous bailee with respect to the applicable portion of the Common Collateral.
(f) Upon the Discharge of ABL Claims, each ABL Agent shall deliver to the Senior Collateral Agent, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any) and Deposit Account Collateral (if any) constituting ABL Priority Collateral in its possession or under its control, together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the Senior Collateral Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral and Deposit Account Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Company shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify each ABL Agent for loss or damage suffered by such ABL Agent as a result of such transfer except for loss or damage suffered by such ABL Agent as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment). No ABL Agent has any obligation to follow instructions from a Term/Note Agent in contravention of this Agreement.
(g) Upon the Discharge of Term/Note Claims, each Term/Note Agent shall deliver to the Designated ABL Agent, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any) and Deposit Account Collateral (if any) constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral in its possession or under its control, together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the Designated ABL Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral and Deposit Account Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Company shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify each Term/Note Agent for loss or damage suffered by such Term/Note Agent as a result of such transfer except for loss or damage suffered by such Term/Note Agent as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment). No Term/Note Agent has any obligation to follow instructions from an ABL Agent in contravention of this Agreement.
5.6 Access to Premises and Cooperation.
(a) If an ABL Agent takes any enforcement action with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, each Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders (i) shall cooperate with such ABL Agent (at the sole cost and expense of the Grantors and subject to the condition that the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders shall have no obligation or duty to take any action or refrain from taking any action that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability or damage to a Term/Note Agent or the Term/Note Holders) in its efforts to enforce
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its security interest in the ABL Priority Collateral and to allow such ABL Agent to finish any work-in-process and assemble the ABL Priority Collateral, (ii) shall not take any action designed or intended to hinder or restrict in any respect such ABL Agent from enforcing its security interest in the ABL Priority Collateral or from finishing any work-in-process or assembling the ABL Priority Collateral and (iii) shall permit such ABL Agent, its employees, agents, advisers and representatives, at the sole cost and expense of the ABL Lenders and upon reasonable advance notice, to use the Term/Note Priority Collateral (including (x) equipment, processors, computers and other machinery related to the storage or processing of records, documents or files and (y) Intellectual Property, in each case only to the extent and for so long as required to effect an enforcement action with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral), for a period not to exceed 180 days after the taking of such enforcement action with respect to such ABL Priority Collateral, for purposes of (A) assembling and storing the ABL Priority Collateral and completing the processing of and turning into finished goods of any ABL Priority Collateral consisting of work-in-process, (B) selling any or all of the ABL Priority Collateral, whether in bulk, in lots or to customers in the ordinary course of business or otherwise, (C) removing and transporting any or all of the ABL Priority Collateral located in or on such Term/Note Priority Collateral, if any, (D) otherwise processing, shipping, producing, storing, completing, supplying, leasing, selling or otherwise handling, dealing with, assembling or disposing of, in any lawful manner, the ABL Priority Collateral, or (E) taking reasonable actions to protect, secure, and otherwise enforce the rights of the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders in and to the ABL Priority Collateral; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall restrict the rights of the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders from selling, assigning or otherwise transferring any Term/Note Priority Collateral prior to the expiration of such 180-day period if the purchaser, assignee or transferee thereof agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 5.6. If any stay or other order prohibiting the exercise of remedies with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral has been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction, such 180-day period shall be tolled during the pendency of any such stay or other order. In connection with the use of Intellectual Property constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral pursuant to clause (iii)(y) above in the first sentence of this clause (a), each Term/Note Agent (and any purchaser, assignee or transferee of assets as provided in the proviso to the first sentence of this clause (a)) (1) consents (without any representation, warranty or obligation whatsoever) to the grant by any Grantor to each ABL Agent of a non-exclusive worldwide royalty-free license to use any Intellectual Property or proprietary information of such Grantor that is subject to a Lien held by such Term/Note Agent (or any Intellectual Property or proprietary information acquired by such purchaser, assignee or transferee from any Grantor, as the case may be) and (2) grants, in its capacity as a secured party (or as a purchaser, assignee or transferee, as the case may be), to each ABL Agent a non-exclusive worldwide royalty-free license to use any Intellectual Property or proprietary information that is subject to a Lien held by such Term/Note Agent (or subject to such purchase, assignment or transfer, as the case may be), in each case for the purposes set forth in clauses (A) through (E) of this paragraph.
(b) During the period of actual use or control by an ABL Agent or its agents or representatives of any Term/Note Priority Collateral, such ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders shall (i) be responsible for the ordinary course third party expenses related thereto, and (ii) be obligated to repair at their expense any physical damage to such Term/Note Priority Collateral resulting from such use or control, and to leave such Term/Note Priority Collateral in substantially the same condition as it was at the commencement of such use or control, in each case ordinary wear and
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tear excepted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any ABL Agent or the ABL Lenders have any liability to the Term/Note Agents or the Term/Note Holders pursuant to this Section 5.6 as a result of the condition of any Term/Note Priority Collateral existing prior to the date of the exercise by such ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders of their rights under this Section 5.6, and the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders shall have no duty or liability to maintain the Term/Note Priority Collateral in a condition or manner better than that in which it was maintained prior to the use thereof by the applicable ABL Agents, or for any diminution in the value of the Term/Note Priority Collateral that results from (i) ordinary wear and tear resulting from the use of the Term/Note Priority Collateral by the ABL Agents in the manner and for the time periods specified under this Section 5.6 and (ii) the absence of the ABL Priority Collateral therefrom. Without limiting the rights granted in this paragraph, each ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders shall cooperate with the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders in connection with any efforts made by the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders to sell the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
(c) If a Term/Note Agent takes any enforcement action with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral, each ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders (i) shall cooperate with such Term/Note Agent (at the sole cost and expense of the Grantors and subject to the condition that the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders shall have no obligation or duty to take any action or refrain from taking any action that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability or damage to the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders) in its efforts to enforce its security interest in the Term/Note Priority Collateral and assemble the Term/Note Priority Collateral and (ii) shall not take any action designed or intended to hinder or restrict in any respect such Term/Note Agent from enforcing its security interest in the Term/Note Priority Collateral or from assembling the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
(d) Each Term/Note Agent agrees that if an ABL Agent shall require rights available under any permit or license controlled by such Term/Note Agent in order to realize on any ABL Priority Collateral, such Term/Note Agent shall take all such actions as shall be available to it (at the sole expense of the Grantors), consistent with applicable law and reasonably requested by the applicable ABL Agent to make such rights available to such ABL Agent, subject to the Liens of the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders. Each ABL Agent agrees that if a Term/Note Agent shall require rights available under any permit or license controlled by such ABL Agent in order to realize on any Term/Note Priority Collateral, such ABL Agent shall take all such actions as shall be available to it (at the sole expense of the Grantors), consistent with applicable law and reasonably requested by the applicable Term/Note Agent to make such rights available to such Term/Note Agent, subject to the Liens of the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders.
5.7 No Release If Event of Default; Reinstatement.
(a) If, concurrently with (or after) the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, the Company incurs any ABL Claims in accordance with Section 9.3, then such Discharge of ABL Claims shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken by a Term/Note Agent or otherwise prior to the date of such designation as a result of the occurrence of such prior Discharge of ABL Claims), and the applicable agreement governing such ABL Claims shall automatically be treated as the ABL Credit Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Common Collateral set forth herein and the granting by the applicable ABL Agent of amendments, waivers and consents hereunder.
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(b) If, concurrently with (or after) the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, the Company incurs any Term/Note Claims in accordance with Section 9.3, then such Discharge of Term/Note Claims shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken by an ABL Agent or otherwise prior to the date of such designation as a result of the occurrence of such prior Discharge of Term/Note Claims), and the applicable agreement governing such Term/Note Claims shall automatically be treated as a Term/Note Financing Document for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Common Collateral set forth herein and the granting by the applicable Term/Note Agent of amendments, waivers and consents hereunder.
5.8 Legends. Each party hereto agrees that each Financing Document, the Term/Note Collateral Agreement and the ABL Collateral Agreement shall contain the applicable provisions set forth on Schedule I hereto, or similar provisions approved by the ABL Agents and the Term/Note Agents, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
SECTION 6. Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.
6.1 Financing Issues. If the Company or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and shall move for the approval of the use of cash collateral or of financing (DIP Financing) under Section 363 or Section 364 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar provision in any Bankruptcy Law, then each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Holder, agrees that it will raise no objection to, and will not support any objection to, and will not otherwise contest (a) such DIP Financing, the Liens on First Priority Collateral securing such DIP Financing (the DIP Financing Liens) or the use of cash collateral that constitutes First Priority Collateral, in each case unless any First Priority Agent or First Priority Holders shall then object or support an objection to such DIP Financing, DIP Financing Liens or use of cash collateral, and will not object on the basis of lack of adequate protection or seek any other relief in connection therewith and, to the extent the Liens securing the First Priority Claims under the First Priority Documents are subordinated or pari passu with such DIP Financing Liens, will subordinate its Liens in the First Priority Collateral to such DIP Financing Liens on the same basis as the other Liens on First Priority Collateral securing the Second Priority Claims are so subordinated to Liens securing First Priority Claims under this Agreement; provided, (i) any Term/Note Agent and any Term/Note Holder may object to (A) any DIP Financing proposed to be secured by Liens on the Term/Note Priority Collateral ranking senior to or pari passu with the Liens on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing the Term/Note Claims, and (B) any use of cash collateral constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral, (ii) any ABL Agent or ABL Lender may object to (A) any DIP Financing proposed to be secured by Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral ranking senior to or pari passu with the Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing the ABL Claims, and (B) any use of cash collateral constituting ABL Priority Collateral and (iii) the terms of such DIP Financing do not require any Grantor to seek approval for any plan of reorganization that is inconsistent with this Agreement, (b) any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of First Priority Claims made by any First Priority Agent or any holder of First Priority Claims with
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regard to First Priority Collateral, (c) any lawful exercise by any holder of First Priority Claims of the right to credit bid First Priority Claims at any sale in foreclosure of First Priority Collateral, (d) any other request for judicial relief made in any court by any holder of First Priority Claims relating to the lawful enforcement of any Lien on First Priority Collateral or (e) any order relating to a sale of First Priority Collateral for which any First Priority Agent has consented that provides, to the extent the sale is to be free and clear of Liens, that the Liens securing the First Priority Claims and the Second Priority Claims will attach to the proceeds of the sale on the same basis of priority as set forth in this Agreement; provided that all Liens granted to the ABL Agents or the Term/Note Agents in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding are intended by the parties hereto to be and shall be deemed to be subject to the Lien priority and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement.
6.2 Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, agrees that none of them shall seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral, without the prior written consent of the ABL Agents. Until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each ABL Lender, agrees that none of them shall seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Term/Note Priority Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Senior Collateral Agent.
6.3 Adequate Protection.
(a) Each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Term/Note Holders, agrees that none of them shall be entitled to contest and none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting) (but instead shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any right to contest):
(i) any request by any ABL Agent or the ABL Lenders for adequate protection with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral (except to the extent any such adequate protection is a payment from Term/Note Priority Collateral and subject to clause (c) below); or
(ii) any objection by any ABL Agent or ABL Lender to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on such ABL Agent or the other ABL Lender claiming a lack of adequate protection with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral.
(b) Each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and the ABL Lenders, agrees that none of them shall be entitled to contest and none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting) (but instead shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any right to contest):
(i) any request by any Term/Note Agent or Term/Note Holder for adequate protection with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral (except to the extent any such adequate protection is a payment from ABL Priority Collateral and subject to clause (c) below); or
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(ii) any objection by any Term/Note Agent or Term/Note Holder to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on such Term/Note Agent or the applicable Term/Note Holders claiming a lack of adequate protection with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
(c) Consistent with the foregoing provisions in this Section 6.3, and except as provided in Sections 6.1 and 6.7, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding:
(i) no Term/Note Agent or Term/Note Holder shall be entitled (and each Term/Note Agent and Term/Note Holder shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any right):
(A) to seek or otherwise be granted any type of adequate protection with respect to its interests in the ABL Priority Collateral, except as may be consented to in writing by each ABL Agent in its sole and absolute discretion; provided, however, subject to Section 6.1, the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders may seek and obtain adequate protection in the form of an additional or replacement Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral and/or any other assets of the Grantors, so long as (i) the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders have been granted adequate protection in the form of a replacement Lien on such ABL Priority Collateral or such other assets and (ii) any such Lien on ABL Priority Collateral (and such other assets of the type constituting ABL Priority Collateral) is subordinated to the Liens of the ABL Agents in such ABL Priority Collateral (and such other assets) on the same basis as the other Liens of the Term/Note Agents on ABL Priority Collateral; and
(B) to seek any adequate protection payments with respect to its interests in the Common Collateral from Proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral (except as may be consented to by each ABL Agent in writing in its sole and absolute discretion);
(ii) no ABL Agent or ABL Lender shall be entitled (and each ABL Agent and each ABL Lender shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any right):
(A) to seek or otherwise be granted any type of adequate protection in respect of Term/Note Priority Collateral, except as may be consented to in writing by the Senior Collateral Agent in its sole and absolute discretion; provided, however, subject to Section 6.1, the ABL Agents and ABL Lenders may seek and obtain adequate protection in the form of an additional or replacement Lien on Term/Note Priority Collateral and/or any other assets of the Grantors (excluding assets that are subject to an ABL Excluded Lien) so long as (i) the Term/Note Agents and Term/Note Holders have been granted adequate protection in the form of a replacement Lien on such Term/Note Priority Collateral or such other assets and (ii) any such Lien on Term/Note Priority Collateral (and such other assets of the type constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral) is subordinated to the Liens of the Term/Note Agents in such Term/Note Priority Collateral (and such other assets) on the same basis as the other Liens of the ABL Agents on Term/Note Priority Collateral; and
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(B) to seek any adequate protection payments with respect to its interests in the Common Collateral from Proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral (except as may be consented to in writing by the Senior Collateral Agent in its sole and absolute discretion).
(d) Nothing herein shall limit the rights of the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders from seeking adequate protection with respect to their rights in the Term/Note Priority Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (including adequate protection in the form of a cash payment, periodic cash payments or otherwise, other than from proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral) so long as such request is not otherwise inconsistent with this Agreement. Nothing herein shall limit the rights of the ABL Agents or the ABL Lenders from seeking adequate protection with respect to their rights in the ABL Priority Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (including adequate protection in the form of a cash payment, periodic cash payments or otherwise, other than from proceeds of Term/Note Priority Collateral) so long as such request is not otherwise inconsistent with this Agreement.
6.4 Post-Petition Interest.
(a) Neither the Term/Note Agents nor any Term/Note Holder shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of ABL Claims consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent of the value of the Lien of any ABL Agent on behalf of the ABL Lenders on (x) the ABL Priority Collateral, without regard to the existence of the Lien of the Term/Note Agents on behalf of the Term/Note Holders on the ABL Priority Collateral and (y) the Term/Note Priority Collateral, after taking into account the Lien of the Term/Note Agents on behalf of the Term/Note Holders on the Term/Note Priority Collateral.
(b) Neither the ABL Agents nor any ABL Lender shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Term/Note Claims consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent of the value of the Lien of any Term/Note Agent on behalf of any Term/Note Holders on (x) the Term/Note Priority Collateral, without regard to the existence of the Lien of the ABL Agents on behalf of the ABL Lenders on the Term/Note Priority Collateral and (y) the ABL Priority Collateral, after taking into account the Lien of the ABL Agents on behalf of the ABL Lenders on the ABL Priority Collateral.
6.5 Avoidance Issues.
(a) If any ABL Lender is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the Company or any other Grantor (or any trustee, receiver or similar person therefor), because the payment of such amount was declared to be fraudulent or preferential in any respect or for any other reason, any amount (an ABL Recovery), whether received as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise, then as among the parties hereto the ABL Claims shall be deemed to be reinstated to
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the extent of such ABL Recovery and to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the ABL Lenders shall be entitled to a Discharge of ABL Claims with respect to all such recovered amounts and shall have all rights hereunder until such time. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such ABL Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto.
(b) If any Term/Note Holder is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the Company or any other Grantor (or any trustee, receiver or similar person therefor), because the payment of such amount was declared to be fraudulent or preferential in any respect or for any other reason, any amount (a Term/Note Recovery), whether received as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise, then as among the parties hereto the Term/Note Claims shall be deemed to be reinstated to the extent of such Term/Note Recovery and to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the Term/Note Holders shall be entitled to a Discharge of Term/Note Claims with respect to all such recovered amounts and shall have all rights hereunder until such time. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Term/Note Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto.
6.6 Application. This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a subordination agreement under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be applicable prior to and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references herein to any Grantor shall apply to any trustee for such Person and such Person as debtor in possession. The relative rights as to the Common Collateral and proceeds thereof shall continue after the filing thereof on the same basis as prior to the date of the petition, subject to any court order approving the financing of, or use of cash collateral by, any Grantor.
6.7 Waivers. Until the Discharge of ABL Claims has occurred, each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, (a) will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the United States Bankruptcy Code senior to or on a parity with the Liens on ABL Priority Collateral securing the ABL Claims for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any ABL Collateral, and (b) waives any claim it may now or hereafter have arising out of the election by any ABL Lender of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral. Until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims has occurred, each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable ABL Lender, (a) will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the United States Bankruptcy Code senior to or on a parity with the Liens on Term/Note Priority Collateral securing the Term/Note Claims for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Term/Note Collateral, and (b) waives any claim it may now or hereafter have arising out of the election by the Senior Collateral Agent of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Term/Note Priority Collateral.
6.8 Separate Grants of Liens. Each Term/Note Holder and each ABL Lender acknowledges and agrees that (i) the grants of Liens pursuant to the ABL Collateral Documents and the Term/Note Collateral Documents constitute two separate and distinct grants of Liens and (ii) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Common Collateral, the Term/Note Claims are fundamentally different from the ABL Claims and must be separately classified in any
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plan of reorganization (or other plan of similar effect under any Bankruptcy Laws) proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the ABL Lenders and the Term/Note Holders in respect of the Common Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then the ABL Lenders and the Term/Note Holders hereby acknowledge and agree that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of ABL Claims, on the one hand, and the Term/Note Claims, on the other hand, against the Grantors, with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the ABL Priority Collateral or Term/Note Priority Collateral is sufficient, the ABL Lenders or the Term/Note Holders, respectively, shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest that is available from each pool of Common Collateral in which each of the ABL Lenders and the Term/Note Holders, respectively, have a First Priority Claim, before any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the other Holders from such Common Collateral, with the other Holders hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the respective other Holders amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the aggregate recoveries.
6.9 Plan of Reorganization.
(a) If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon the Common Collateral are distributed, pursuant to a plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan, on account of ABL Claims and on account of Term/Note Claims, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the ABL Claims and on account of the Term/Note Claims are secured by Liens upon the same Common Collateral, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.
(b) Each of the ABL Lenders and the Term/Note Holders may vote on any plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan with respect to the ABL Claims and the Term/Note Claims (as applicable); provided that none of the ABL Lenders or the Term/Note Holders shall propose, vote to accept, or otherwise support a plan of reorganization, arrangement, compromise or liquidation or similar dispositive restructuring plan, or any other document, agreement or proposal similar to the foregoing that is inconsistent with or in contravention of the terms of this Agreement (including any plan of reorganization that purports to re-order (whether by subordination, invalidation, or otherwise) or otherwise disregard, in whole or in part, the provisions of Section 2, Section 4 (including Proceeds waterfall priorities) or Section 6.
SECTION 7. Purchase Options
7.1 Notice of Exercise. (a) Upon the earliest of (A) the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 11.01 or Section 11.05 of the ABL Credit Agreement or the corresponding provisions of any other ABL Credit Agreement, or an Event of Default thereunder caused by the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or any similar proceeding, if such Event of Default remains uncured or unwaived for at least thirty (30)
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consecutive days and the requisite ABL Lenders have not agreed to forbear from the exercise of remedies, (B) the date of the acceleration of the final maturity of the loans under the ABL Credit Agreement and (C) the failure to pay all outstanding loans and obligations in full in cash on the final maturity date of the ABL Credit Agreement, all or a portion of the Term/Note Holders, acting as a single group, shall have the option at any time upon five (5) Business Days prior written notice to the ABL Agents to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) from the ABL Lenders. Such notice from such Term/Note Holders to the ABL Agents shall be irrevocable.
(b) Upon the earliest of (i) the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default caused by the failure to make a payment when due or the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or any similar proceeding, under any of the Term/Note Financing Documents, as applicable, if such Event of Default remains uncured or unwaived for at least thirty (30) consecutive days and the requisite Term/Note Holders have not agreed to forbear from the exercise of remedies, (ii) the date of the acceleration of the final maturity of the obligations under the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement or the Indenture, as applicable, and (iii) the failure to pay all outstanding obligations in full in cash on the final maturity date of the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement or the Indenture, all or a portion of the ABL Lenders, acting as a single group, shall have the option at any time upon five (5) Business Days prior written notice to the Term/Note Agents (which notice the applicable Term/Note Agents shall promptly forward to each Holder of Term/Note Claims) to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents) from the Term/Note Holders. Such notice from such ABL Lenders to the Term/Note Agents shall be irrevocable.
7.2 Purchase and Sale. (a) On the date specified by the relevant Term/Note Holders in the notice contemplated by Section 7.1(a) above (which shall not be less than five (5) Business Days, nor more than twenty (20) calendar days, after the receipt by the ABL Agents of the notice of the relevant Term/Note Holders election to exercise such option), the ABL Lenders shall sell to the relevant Term/Note Holders, and the relevant Term/Note Holders shall purchase from the ABL Lenders, the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), provided that the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders shall retain all rights to be indemnified or held harmless by the ABL Loan Parties in accordance with the terms of the ABL Loan Documents but shall not retain any rights to the security therefor.
(b) On the date specified by the relevant ABL Lenders in the notice contemplated by Section 7.1(b) above (which shall not be less than five (5) Business Days, nor more than twenty (20) calendar days, after the receipt by the Term/Note Agents of the notice of the relevant ABL Lenders election to exercise such option), the Term/Note Holders shall sell to the relevant ABL Lenders, and the relevant ABL Lenders shall purchase from the Term/Note Holders, the Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents), provided that the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders shall retain all rights to be indemnified or held harmless by the Term/Note Parties in accordance with the terms of the Term/Note Documents but shall not retain any rights to the security therefor.
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7.3 Payment of Purchase Price. Upon the date of such purchase and sale, the relevant Term/Note Holders or the relevant ABL Lenders, as applicable, shall (a) pay to the applicable ABL Agent for the benefit of the ABL Lenders (with respect to a purchase of the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement)) or to the applicable Term/Note Holders or the applicable Term/Note Agent for the benefit of the applicable Term/Note Holder (with respect to a purchase of the Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents)) as the purchase price therefor the full amount of all the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) or Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents), as applicable, then outstanding and unpaid (including 100% of the principal amount thereof and all accrued and unpaid, interest, fees and premium (if any) thereon, as well as all expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees and legal expenses but specifically excluding any prepayment premium, termination or similar fees), (b) with respect to a purchase of the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), furnish cash collateral to the applicable ABL Agent in a manner and in such amounts as such ABL Agent determines is reasonably necessary to secure the ABL Agents, the ABL Lenders, letter of credit issuing banks and applicable Affiliates in connection with any issued and outstanding letters of credit, hedging obligations and cash management obligations secured by the ABL Loan Documents, (c) with respect to a purchase of the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), agree to reimburse the applicable ABL Agents, the ABL Lenders and letter of credit issuing banks for any loss, cost, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys fees and legal expenses) in connection with any commissions, fees, costs or expenses related to any issued and outstanding letters of credit as described above and any checks or other payments provisionally credited to the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), and/or as to which such ABL Agent has not yet received final payment, (d) with respect to a purchase of the Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents), furnish cash collateral to the applicable Term/Note Agent in a manner and in such amounts as such Term/Note Agent determines is reasonably necessary to secure such Term/Note Agent, the Term/Note Holders and applicable Affiliates in connection with any hedging obligations and cash management obligations secured by the Term/Note Documents and (e) agree to reimburse the ABL Lenders or the Term/Note Holders, as applicable, and with respect to a purchase of the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), letter of credit issuing banks, in respect of indemnification obligations of the ABL Loan Parties or the Term/Note Parties, as applicable, as to matters or circumstances known to the applicable ABL Agent, or the applicable Term/Note Agent, as applicable, at the time of the purchase and sale which would reasonably be expected to result in any loss, cost, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys fees and legal expenses) to the ABL Lenders, the Term/Note Holders or letter of credit issuing banks, as applicable. Such purchase price and cash collateral shall be remitted by wire transfer in federal funds to such bank account as the applicable ABL Agent, Term/Note Agent and/or the applicable Term/Note Holders, as applicable, may designate in writing for such purpose.
7.4 Limitation on Representations and Warranties. Any purchase under this Section 7 shall be expressly made without representation or warranty of any kind by any selling party (or the applicable ABL Agent or the applicable Term/Note Agent) and without recourse of any kind, except that the selling party shall represent and warrant: (a) the amount of the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) or Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents), as applicable, being purchased from it, (b) that such ABL Lender or Term/Note Holder, as applicable, owns the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) or Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents), as applicable, free and clear of any Liens or encumbrances and (c) that such ABL Lender or Term/Note Holder, as applicable, has the right to assign such Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) or Obligations (as defined in the Term/Note Financing Documents) as applicable, and the assignment is duly authorized.
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7.5 Grantor Consent. In connection with any assignments under, and as contemplated by, this Section 7, each Grantor hereby consents and agrees thereto and agrees that no further consents of any such Grantor shall be required pursuant to the terms of any Financing Document.
SECTION 8. Reliance; Waivers; etc.
8.1 Reliance. The consent by the First Priority Holders to the execution and delivery of the Second Priority Documents to which the First Priority Holders have consented and all loans and other extensions of credit made or deemed made on and after the date hereof by the First Priority Holders to New Pyxus Topco or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to have been given and made in reliance upon this Agreement. Each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Holder, acknowledges that it and the applicable Second Priority Holders are not entitled to rely on any credit decision or other decisions made by any First Priority Agent or any First Priority Holder in taking or not taking any action under the applicable Second Priority Document or this Agreement.
8.2 No Warranties or Liability. Except as set forth in Section 9.14, no First Priority Agent or First Priority Holder shall have been deemed to have made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the First Priority Documents, the ownership of any Common Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The First Priority Holders will be entitled to administer their respective loans and extensions of credit under the First Priority Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole determination, deem appropriate, and the First Priority Holders may administer their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that any Second Priority Agent or any of the Second Priority Holders have in the Common Collateral or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. No First Priority Agent or First Priority Holder shall have any duty to any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holder to act or refrain from acting in a manner that allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreements with New Pyxus Topco or any Subsidiary (including the Second Priority Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, none of the parties hereto waives any claim that it may have against a Term/Note Agent or an ABL Agent, as applicable, on the grounds that any sale, transfer or other disposition by such Term/Note Agent or ABL Agent (as applicable) was not commercially reasonable to the extent required by the Uniform Commercial Code. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the First Priority Agents, the First Priority Holders, the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Holders have not otherwise made to each other, nor do they hereby make to each other, any warranties, express or implied, nor do they assume any liability to each other with respect to (a) the enforceability, validity, value or collectability of any of the First Priority Claims, the Second Priority Claims or any guarantee or security which may have been granted to any of them in connection therewith, (b) any Grantors title to or right to transfer any of the Common Collateral or (c) any other matter except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
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8.3 Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the First Priority Agents and the First Priority Holders, and the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Holders, respectively, hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any First Priority Documents or any Second Priority Documents;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the First Priority Claims or Second Priority Claims, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of the ABL Credit Agreement or any other ABL Loan Document, of the terms of any Term/Note Financing Document or any other Term/Note Document;
(c) any exchange of any security interest in any Common Collateral or any other collateral, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the First Priority Claims or Second Priority Claims or any guarantee thereof;
(d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Company or any other Grantor; or
(e) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any other Grantor in respect of the First Priority Claims, the Second Priority Claims, any First Priority Agent or any First Priority Holders, or of any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holders in respect of this Agreement.
SECTION 9. Miscellaneous.
9.1 Conflicts. Subject to Section 9.18, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any ABL Loan Document or any Term/Note Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control. Solely as among the Term/Note Holders, in the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement with respect to the Term/Note Priority Collateral, the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement shall govern and control.
9.2 Term of this Agreement; Severability. (a) This is a continuing agreement of lien subordination and the First Priority Holders may continue, at any time and without notice to any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Holder, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Company or any other Grantor constituting First Priority Claims in reliance hereon. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate 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.
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(b) This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect:
(i) with respect to the ABL Agents, the ABL Lenders and the ABL Claims, upon the Discharge of ABL Claims, subject to the rights of the ABL Lenders under Section 6.5; and
(ii) with respect to the Term/Note Agents, the Term/Note Holders and the Term/Note Claims, upon the Discharge of Term/Note Claims, subject to the rights of the Term/Note Holders under Section 6.5.
9.3 Amendments; Waivers. (a) No amendment, modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement by the ABL Agents or the Term/Note Agents shall be deemed to be made unless the same shall be in writing signed on behalf of the party making the same or its authorized agent and each waiver, if any, shall be a waiver only with respect to the specific instance involved and shall in no way impair the rights of the parties making such waiver or the obligations of the other parties to such party in any other respect or at any other time. The Company and the other Grantors shall not have any right to consent to or approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement except to the extent their rights are directly affected.
(b) Subject to compliance with Section 9.3(d) below, upon any Refinancing in full of the ABL Credit Agreement or any Term/Note Financing Document then in effect, the Grantors will be permitted to designate the agreement which Refinances such ABL Credit Agreement or such Term/Note Financing Document as the replacement ABL Credit Agreement or a replacement Term/Note Financing Document in which case such designated agreement shall thereafter constitute the ABL Credit Agreement or a Term/Note Financing Document, as the case may be, for purposes hereof; provided that each predecessor ABL Credit Agreement and Term/Note Financing Document shall continue to be bound by (and entitled to the benefits of) the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, Section 6.5 hereof) as applied to such agreements, the related agreements and all obligations thereunder prior to the Refinancing thereof.
(c) Subject to compliance with the following clauses (d) through (g), notwithstanding anything in this Section 9.3 to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended from time to time at the request of the Company in accordance with clauses (d) through (g) below, at the Companys expense, and without the consent of any ABL Agent or Term/Note Agent to (i) add other parties holding Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness or Future ABL Indebtedness to the extent such Indebtedness (and the Liens thereon) are not prohibited by the Financing Documents then extant, (ii) in the case of Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness, (1) establish that the Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral securing such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any ABL Claims, and (2) provide to the holders of such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits (including any improved rights and benefits that have been consented to by the ABL Agents) as are provided to the holders of Term/Note Claims under this Agreement (provided, that any Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness may be secured by the ABL Priority Collateral on a junior, senior or pari passu basis to or with the other Term/Note Claims pursuant to the provisions of the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement), and (iii) in the case of Future ABL Indebtedness, (1) establish that the Lien on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing such Future ABL Indebtedness shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Term/Note Priority Collateral securing any Term/Note Claims, and (2) provide to the holders of such Future ABL Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits (including any improved rights and benefits that have been consented to by the Term/Note Agents) as are provided to the holders of ABL Claims under this Agreement.
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(d) Upon the execution and delivery of any ABL Credit Agreement or Term/Note Financing Document (as contemplated by preceding clause (b)) with respect to any Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness or Future ABL Indebtedness (as contemplated by preceding clause (c)):
(i) the Company shall deliver to each ABL Agent and each Term/Note Agent an officers certificate stating that the applicable Grantors (x) in the case of preceding clause (b), intend to enter or have entered into a Refinancing in full of the applicable Financing Documents, as the case may be, that such agreement shall thereafter (upon such Refinancing in full) constitute the applicable Financing Document hereunder and certifying that the issuance or incurrence of such Refinancing is permitted by the Financing Documents (exclusive of any such agreement which is then being Refinanced in full), or (y) in the case of preceding clause (c), intend to enter or have entered into a Financing Document with respect to such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness or Future ABL Indebtedness (as applicable), and certifying that the issuance or incurrence of such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness or Future ABL Indebtedness (as applicable) and the Liens securing such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness or Future ABL Indebtedness (as applicable) are permitted by the Financing Documents (exclusive of any such agreement which is then being Refinanced in full). Any ABL Agent or Term/Note Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the determination of the Company that such issuance and/or incurrence does not violate the provisions of the ABL Loan Documents, the Term/Note Documents or any other Financing Document; provided, however, that such determination will not affect whether or not each applicable Grantor has complied with its undertakings in the ABL Loan Documents, the Term/Note Documents or the other Financing Documents; and
(ii) (x) in the case of preceding clause (b), the Company shall provide written notice to each then existing ABL Agent and Term/Note Agent of the new Financing Document, together with copies thereof, and identifying the new ABL Agent or Term/Note Agent (as applicable) thereunder (such new collateral agent, the New ABL Agent or New Term/Note Agent, as the case may be), and providing its notice information for purposes hereof, and the New ABL Agent or New Term/Note Agent, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver an Intercreditor Agreement Joinder, (y) in the case of an amendment to this Agreement with respect to Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness as contemplated by preceding clause (c), the Term/Note Agent for such Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness shall execute and deliver to each ABL Agent and each other Term/Note Agent (1) an Intercreditor Agreement Joinder acknowledging that such holders shall be bound by the terms hereof to the extent applicable to Term/Note Holders and (2) a joinder to the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, to the extent required under the terms of the Term/Note Documents or as may be required by the other Term/Note Agents or (z) in the case of an amendment to this Agreement with respect to Future ABL Indebtedness as contemplated by preceding clause (c), the ABL Agent for such Future ABL
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Indebtedness shall execute and deliver to each Term/Note Agent and each other ABL Agent (1) an Intercreditor Agreement Joinder acknowledging that such holders shall be bound by the terms hereof to the extent applicable to ABL Lenders and (2) such intercreditor agreements as are required under the terms of the ABL Loan Documents, as well as such other intercreditor agreements as may be required by the other ABL Agents (if any).
(e) In each case above, each Term/Note Agent and each ABL Agent shall promptly enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments, restatements, amendments and restatements, supplements or other modifications to this Agreement) as the Company, any other Term/Note Agent or ABL Agent (but no other Holder) may reasonably request in order to provide to it the rights, remedies and powers and authorities contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all respects with the terms of this Agreement.
(f) In the case of a designation of a new Financing Document with respect to Future Secured Term/Note Indebtedness pursuant to preceding clause (b) or (c), each ABL Agent and any other Term/Note Agent shall promptly (i) enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the Company or such New Term/Note Agent shall reasonably request in order to provide to the New Term/Note Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement and (ii) in the case of clause (b) only, deliver to the New Term/Note Agent any Pledged Collateral (to the extent constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral) held by such ABL Agent or (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement) such other Term/Note Agent, together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the New Term/Note Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral). The New Term/Note Agent shall agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If the new Term/Note Claims under the new Term/Note Documents are secured by assets of any Grantors of the type constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral that do not also secure the ABL Claims (other than ABL Excluded Liens), then the ABL Claims shall be secured at such time by a Lien on such assets to the extent required by the ABL Collateral Documents with respect to the other Term/Note Priority Collateral. If the new Term/Note Claims under the new Term/Note Documents are secured by assets of any Grantors of the type constituting ABL Priority Collateral that do not also secure the ABL Claims (other than ABL Excluded Liens), then the ABL Claims shall be secured at such time by a Lien on such assets to the extent required by the ABL Collateral Documents with respect to the other ABL Priority Collateral.
(g) In the case of a designation of a new ABL Credit Agreement or other Financing Document with respect to Future ABL Indebtedness pursuant to preceding clause (b) or (c), each Term/Note Agent shall promptly (i) enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the Company and/or any Grantor or such New ABL Agent shall reasonably request in order to provide to the New ABL Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement and (ii) in the case of clause (b) only, deliver to the New ABL Agent any Pledged Collateral (to the extent constituting ABL Priority Collateral) held by such Term/Note Agent, together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the New ABL Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral). The New ABL Agent shall agree to be bound by the terms of
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this Agreement. If the new ABL Claims under the new ABL Loan Documents are secured by assets of any Grantors of the type constituting ABL Priority Collateral that do not also secure the Term/Note Claims, then each of the Term/Note Claims shall be secured at such time by a Lien on such assets to the extent required by the Term/Note Collateral Documents with respect to the other ABL Priority Collateral. If the new ABL Claims under the new ABL Loan Documents are secured by assets of any Grantors of the type constituting Term/Note Priority Collateral that do not also secure each of the Term/Note Claims, then each of the Term/Note Claims shall be secured at such time by a Lien on such assets to the extent required by the Term/Note Collateral Documents with respect to the other Term/Note Priority Collateral. Without limiting the foregoing, any change to any provision of this Section 9.3 shall require the consent of the Company, which is an intended third party beneficiary of the provisions of this Section 9.3.
9.4 Information Concerning Financial Condition of New Pyxus Topco and the Subsidiaries. No ABL Agent nor any ABL Lender shall have any obligation to any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder to keep any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder informed of, and each Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders shall not be entitled to rely on, any ABL Agent or the ABL Lenders with respect to, (a) the financial condition of New Pyxus Topco and the Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or guarantors of the ABL Claims or the Term/Note Claims and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the ABL Claims or the Term/Note Claims. No Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder shall have any obligation to any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender to keep any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender informed of, and each ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders shall not be entitled to rely on, any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder with respect to, (a) the financial condition of New Pyxus Topco and the Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or guarantors of the ABL Claims or the Term/Note Claims and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the ABL Claims or the Term/Note Claims. The ABL Agents, the ABL Lenders, the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders shall have no duty to advise any other party hereunder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event that any ABL Agent, any ABL Lender, any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder, in its or their sole determination, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any other party (and the Company acknowledges that any such party may do so provided that such information shall otherwise be subject to the respective confidentiality provisions of the ABL Credit Agreement, the Pyxus Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Intabex Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Indenture and each other Term/Note Document, as applicable), it or they shall be under no obligation (w) to make, and the ABL Agents, the ABL Lenders, the Term/Note Agents and the Term/Note Holders shall not make, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided, (x) to provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion, (y) to undertake any investigation or (z) to disclose any information that, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential. The Grantors agree that any information provided to the ABL Agents, the Term/Note Agents, any other ABL Lender or any other Term/Note Holder may be shared by such person with any of the other Holders notwithstanding a request or demand by such Grantor that such information be kept confidential; provided that such information shall otherwise be subject to the respective confidentiality provisions in the Financing Documents, as applicable.
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9.5 Subrogation. Each Term/Note Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the applicable Term/Note Holders, agrees that no payment to any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall entitle such Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder to exercise any rights of subrogation in respect thereof until the Discharge of ABL Claims shall have occurred. Following the Discharge of ABL Claims, each ABL Agent agrees to execute such documents, agreements, and instruments as any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder may reasonably request to evidence the transfer by subrogation to any such Person of an interest in the ABL Claims resulting from payments to the applicable ABL Agent by such Person, so long as all costs and expenses (including all reasonable legal fees and disbursements) incurred in connection therewith by the ABL Agent are paid by such Person upon request for payment thereof. Each ABL Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the applicable ABL Lenders, agrees that no payment to any Term/Note Agent or any Term/Note Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall entitle such ABL Agent or any ABL Lender to exercise any rights of subrogation in respect thereof until the Discharge of Term/Note Claims shall have occurred. Following the Discharge of Term/Note Claims, each Term/Note Agent agrees to execute such documents, agreements, and instruments as any ABL Agent or any ABL Lender may reasonably request to evidence the transfer by subrogation to any such Person of an interest in the Term/Note Claims resulting from payments to the applicable Term/Note Agent by such Person, so long as all costs and expenses (including all reasonable legal fees and disbursements) incurred in connection therewith by such Term/Note Agent are paid by such Person upon request for payment thereof.
9.6 Application of Payments.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments received by the ABL Lenders may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the ABL Claims as the ABL Lenders, in their sole determination, deem appropriate, consistent with the terms of the ABL Loan Documents. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, assents to any such extension or postponement of the time of payment of the ABL Claims or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security that may at any time secure any part of the ABL Claims and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.
(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments received by the Term/Note Holders may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the Term/Note Claims as the Term/Note Holders, in their sole determination, deem appropriate, consistent with the terms of the Term/Note Documents and the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable ABL Lender, assents to any such extension or postponement of the time of payment of the Term/Note Claims or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security that may at any time secure any part of the Term/Note Claims and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.
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9.7 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers. The parties hereto consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in New York, New York, and consent that all service of process may be made by registered mail directed to such party as provided in Section 9.8 for such party. Service so made shall be deemed to be completed three days after the same shall be posted as aforesaid. The parties hereto waive any objection to any action instituted hereunder in any such court based on forum non conveniens, and any objection to the venue of any action instituted hereunder in any such court. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED ON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, VERBAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT OR ACTION OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF.
9.8 Notices. All notices to the ABL Lenders and the Term/Note Holders permitted or required under this Agreement may be sent to the applicable ABL Agent or the applicable Term/Note Agent as provided in the applicable Financing Documents. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally served, telecopied, electronically mailed or sent by courier service or U.S. mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or electronic mail or upon receipt via U.S. mail (registered or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth on Schedule 9.8 hereto or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties hereto. Each First Priority Agent hereby agrees to promptly notify each Second Priority Agent upon payment in full in cash of all Indebtedness under the applicable First Priority Documents (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim therefor has been made).
9.9 Further Assurances. Each ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable ABL Lender, and each Term/Note Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Term/Note Holder, agrees that each of them shall take such further action and shall execute and deliver to each ABL Agent, the ABL Lenders, each Term/Note Agent and the Term/Note Holders such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as each ABL Agent, the ABL Lenders, each Term/Note Agent or the Term/Note Holders may reasonably request, at the expense of the Company, to effectuate the terms of and the Lien priorities contemplated by this Agreement.
9.10 Governing Law. This Agreement has been delivered and accepted in and shall be deemed to have been made in New York, New York and shall be interpreted, and the rights and liabilities of the parties bound hereby determined, in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
9.11 Specific Performance. Each First Priority Agent may demand specific performance of this Agreement. Each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Holder, hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action that may be brought by any First Priority Agent.
9.12 Section Titles. The section titles contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of this Agreement.
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9.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by means of facsimile or other electronic transmission, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same document. This Agreement shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) an original manual signature; (ii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or (iii) any other electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronics and Records Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including any relevant provisions of the UCC (collectively, Signature Law), in each case to the extent applicable. Each faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any other party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the UCC or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings.
9.14 Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement.
9.15 No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, each of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of each of, and be binding upon, the holders of ABL Claims and Term/Note Claims. No other Person shall have or be entitled to assert rights or benefits hereunder; provided that the Company is an intended third party beneficiary of Section 9.3. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any person to whom a Holder assigns or otherwise transfers all or any portion of the ABL Claims or the Term/Note Claims, as applicable, in accordance with the applicable ABL Loan Documents or Term/Note Documents, as the case may be, shall become vested with all the rights and obligations in respect thereof granted to such Holders, without any further consent or action of the other Holders.
9.16 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This Agreement shall be effective both before and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references to the Company or any other Grantor shall include the Company or any other Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for the Company or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
9.17 ABL Agents and Term/Note Agents. It is understood and agreed that (i) PNC is entering into this Agreement in its capacities as administrative agent and collateral agent and all rights, privileges, protections and immunities (including, without limitation, the right to indemnification) in favor of the administrative agent and the collateral agent under the ABL Credit Agreement and the other ABL Loan Documents shall also apply to PNC as an ABL Agent
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hereunder, (ii) Alter Domus is entering into this Agreement in its capacities as administrative agent and collateral agent and all rights, privileges, protections and immunities (including, without limitation, the right to indemnification) in favor of the administrative agent and the collateral agent under the applicable Term/Note Financing Documents and other Term/Note Documents shall also apply to Alter Domus as a Term/Note Agent hereunder and (iii) Wilmington Trust is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as trustee and all rights, privileges, protections and immunities (including, without limitation, the right to indemnification) in favor of the trustee under the Indenture and the other applicable Term/Note Documents shall also apply to Wilmington Trust as a Term/Note Agent hereunder. Subject to Section 9.18 below, in exercising its rights and remedies or making any determination hereunder with respect to Term/Note Claims, the Senior Collateral Agent shall, with respect to such Term/Note Claims, act (or refrain from acting) solely at the direction of the Controlling Holders under and as defined in the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, and shall have no liability to any Term/Note Holder for doing so; provided that nothing in the Intercreditor and Agency Agreement shall modify, alter or release any obligations of Senior Collateral Agent or any Term/Note Holder hereunder.
9.18 Relationship with Other Intercreditor Agreements.
(a) The purpose of this Agreement is to define the relative rights and priorities between the ABL Lenders as one class and the Term/Note Holders as another class.
(b) Solely as among the Term/Note Holders, the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement shall define the relative rights and priorities of such Term/Note Holders (as amongst each other) with respect to the Common Collateral. As among the Term/Note Holders, nothing herein (including, without limitation, Section 6.8) is intended to alter their relative rights and obligations, which shall continue to be governed by the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, or to require that such rights and obligations be treated as a single class in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
9.19 Relative Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement is intended to or will (a) amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of any Financing Document or any other ABL Loan Document or Term/Note Document or permit New Pyxus Topco or any Subsidiary to take any action, or fail to take any action, to the extent such action or failure would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, any Financing Document, (b) change the relative priorities of the ABL Claims or the Liens granted under the ABL Loan Documents on the Common Collateral (or any other assets) as among the ABL Lenders, change the relative priorities of the Term/Note Claims or the Liens granted under the Term/Note Documents on the Common Collateral (or any other assets) as among the Term/Note Holders, (c) otherwise change the relative rights of the ABL Lenders in respect of the Common Collateral as among such ABL Lenders, the relative rights of the Term/Note Holders in respect of the Common Collateral as among such Term/Note Holders in respect of the Common Collateral or (d) obligate New Pyxus Topco or any Subsidiary to take any action, or fail to take any action, that would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, any Financing Document. None of New Pyxus Topco or any Subsidiary shall have any rights hereunder except as expressly set forth herein (including as set forth in Section 9.3).
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9.20 Supplements. Upon the execution by any Subsidiary of New Pyxus Topco of an Intercreditor Agreement Joinder, such Subsidiary shall be a party to this Agreement and shall be bound by the provisions hereof to the same extent as the Company and each other Grantor are so bound.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, as the Senior Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Name: | Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Title: | Associate General Counsel | |
ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, as the Pyxus Term Loan Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Name: | Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Title: | Associate General Counsel | |
ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, as the Intabex Term Loan Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Name: | Winnalynn N. Kantaris | |
Title: | Associate General Counsel |
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Senior Notes Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Arlene Thelwell | |
Name: | Arlene Thelwell | |
Title: | Vice President | |
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Initial ABL Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Mark Bradford | |
Name: | Mark Bradford | |
Title: | Senior Vice President |
Acknowledged: | ||
PYXUS HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
PYXUS PARENT, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer |
ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, INC. | ||
ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL, LLC | ||
ALLIANCE ONE NORTH AMERICA, LLC | ||
ALLIANCE ONE SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC | ||
THE AUSTIN TOBACCO COMPANY, INCORPORATED | ||
MONK-AUSTIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
CRES TOBACCO COMPANY, LLC | ||
EASTERN CAROLINA PACKAGING, LLC | ||
AOSP INVESTMENTS, LLC | ||
GLOBAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC | ||
TWELFTH STATE BRANDS LLC | ||
PYXUS AGRICULTURE USA, LLC | ||
PUREAG-NC, LLC | ||
CRITICALITY, LLC | ||
TRANS-CONTINENTAL LEAF TOBACCO CORP., LTD. | ||
As Grantors |
By: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Name: | Tomas Grigera | |
Title: | Authorized Person |
Signed by Tomas Grigera as attorney for and on behalf of | ||
ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LTD., as Guarantor, pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated February 3, 2023 |
Signed: | /s/ Tomas Grigera | |
Signed by Tomas Grigera as attorney for and on behalf of | ||
PYXUS AGRICULTURE HOLDINGS LIMITED as Guarantor, pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated February 3, 2023 |
Signed: | /s/ Tomas Grigera |
Exhibit 99.1
Pyxus International, Inc. | Tel: 919 379 4300 | |||
8001 Aerial Center Parkway | Fax: 919 379 4346 | |||
Post Office Box 2009 | www.pyxus.com | |||
Morrisville, NC 27560-2009 | ||||
USA |
NEWS RELEASE
Pyxus Announces Successful Completion of Previously Announced Exchange Transactions
Transactions extend maturities and provide additional financial flexibility.
Morrisville, NC February 6, 2023 Pyxus International, Inc. (OTC Pink: PYYX) (the Company), a global value-added agricultural company, today announced that the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, including Pyxus Holdings, Inc. (Pyxus Holdings), successfully completed the previously announced exchange transactions (the Exchange Transactions), including:
| the exchange of 100% of the loans outstanding under the term loan facility of the Companys Dutch subsidiary for new senior secured term loans due December 31, 2027 with Pyxus Holdings as the borrower and such subsidiary as a guarantor (the New Intabex Loans); |
| the exchange of 100% of the loans outstanding under Pyxus Holdings exit term loan facility for new senior secured term loans due December 31, 2027 with Pyxus Holdings as the borrower (the New Pyxus Loans) and New Intabex Loans; |
| the exchange of approximately 92.7% of Pyxus Holdings outstanding senior secured notes (the Existing Notes) for new 8.50% Senior Secured Notes due December 31, 2027 issued by Pyxus Holdings (the New Notes); |
| the entry into a supplement to the indenture governing the Existing Notes, which eliminated substantially all of the covenants, certain events of default and certain other provisions thereunder, and released all of the collateral securing the Existing Notes; and |
| the amendment of the credit agreement governing the Companys asset-based revolving credit facility, which permitted the Exchange Transactions and modified certain covenants to be substantially consistent with those governing the New Intabex Loans, the New Pyxus Loans and the New Notes. |
The Company appreciates the support received from our lenders and noteholders, which led to the successful and timely completion of the Exchange Transactions. These transactions provide us with additional financial flexibility, relief from certain restrictive covenants and extend near-term maturities to December 2027, said Pyxus President and CEO Pieter Sikkel. The Company is now in a stronger position to execute on our long-term strategy and we look forward to driving stakeholder value so that together we can grow a better world.
FTI Consulting, Inc. acted as financial advisor to the Company and Pyxus Holdings in connection with the Exchange Transactions. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP acted as legal counsel to the Company and Pyxus Holdings in connection with the Exchange Transactions. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz acted as legal counsel to certain of the exchanging holders.
About Pyxus International, Inc.
Pyxus International, Inc. is a global agricultural company with 150 years of experience delivering value-added products and services to businesses and customers. Driven by a united purposeto transform peoples lives, so that together we can grow a better worldPyxus International, its subsidiaries and affiliates, are trusted providers of responsibly sourced, independently verified, sustainable and traceable products and ingredients.
Disclaimer
This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security and does not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of any security in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
The Notes Exchange Offer was made, and the New Notes were offered and issued, pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). The New Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, or with any securities regulatory authority of any State or other jurisdiction.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements in this press release contain forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements by use of words such as strategy, expects, continues, plans, anticipates, believes, will, estimates, intends, projects, goals, targets, could, should, and other words of similar meaning. You can also identify them by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in such statements, and no assurance can be given that the results in any forward-looking statement will be achieved. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and the Company disclaims any obligation to subsequently revise any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after such date or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events, except as required by law. The Company cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statement will be realized, although the Company believes it has been prudent in its plans and assumptions. Achievement of future results is subject to risks, uncertainties and inaccurate assumptions. Should known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected. You should bear this in mind as you consider forward-looking statements in this press release. Any forward-looking statement is qualified by reference to the following cautionary statements. These factors include the factors discussed under the heading Risk Factors in the Companys Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 and the subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference therein and any other cautionary statements, written or oral, which may be made or referred to in connection with any such forward-looking statements.
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