Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY AND AMONG
MEDALLIA, INC.
STEELY MERGER SUB, INC.,
STELLASERVICE INC.,
AND
SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES LLC,
AS REPRESENTATIVE
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I THE MERGER
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1.1 The Merger
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1.2 The Closing
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1.3 Organizational Documents of the Surviving Corporation
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1.4 Directors and Officers of the Surviving Corporation
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1.5 General Effects of the Merger
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1.6 Effect of Merger on Capital Stock of Constituent Corporations
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1.7 Calculation
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1.8 Payment of Merger Consideration for Company Capital Stock
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1.9 Withholding Taxes
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1.10 Company Loans
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1.11 Taking of Further Action
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Article II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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2.1 Organization and Good Standing
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2.2 Authority and Enforceability
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2.3 Governmental Approvals and Consents
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2.4 No Conflicts
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2.5 Company Capital Structure
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2.6 Company Subsidiaries
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2.7 Company Financial Statements; Internal Financial Controls
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2.8 No Undisclosed Liabilities.
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2.9 No Changes
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2.10 Tax Matters
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2.11 Real Property
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2.12 Tangible Property
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2.13 Intellectual Property.
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2.14 Material Contracts
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2.15 Employee Benefit Plans
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2.16 Employment Matters
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2.17 Governmental Authorizations
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2.18 Litigation and Orders
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2.19 Insurance
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2.20 Compliance with Legal Requirements
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2.21 Export Control Laws
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2.22 Anti-Corruption
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2.23 Environmental Law
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2.24 Interested Party Transactions
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2.25 Books and Records
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2.26 Brokers
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2.27 Representations Complete
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2.28 No Additional Representations
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Article III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
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3.1 Organization and Standing
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3.2 Authority and Enforceability
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3.3 Governmental Approvals and Consents
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3.4 No Conflicts
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3.5 Merger Consideration
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3.6 Brokers
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3.7 Inspection; No Additional Representations
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Article IV CONDUCT OF COMPANY BUSINESS DURING PENDENCY OF TRANSACTION
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4.1 Affirmative Obligations of the Company
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4.2 Restrictions on Company Business and Operations
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Article V ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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5.1 No Solicitation of Competing Acquisition Proposals
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5.2 Approval
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5.3 Reasonable Best Efforts to Close
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5.4 Access to Information
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5.5 Transfer Taxes
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5.6 Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification
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5.7 Notification of Certain Matters
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5.8 Tax Matters
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5.9 Contracts
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5.10 Section 280G
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5.11 Employee Matters
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5.12 R&W Insurance Policy
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5.13 Preservation of Records
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Article VI
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Article VII POST-CLOSING INDEMNIFICATION
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7.1 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Related Indemnification Claims
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7.2 Indemnification
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7.3 Limitations on Indemnification
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7.4 Indemnification Claim Procedures
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7.5 Third Party Claims
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7.6 Representative
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7.7 Acknowledgement; Waiver of Conflicts; Retention of Privilege.
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Article VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS
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8.1 Certain Interpretations
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8.2 Amendment
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8.3 Waiver
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8.4 Assignment
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8.5 Notices
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8.6 Confidentiality
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8.7 Public Disclosure
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8.8 Third Party Expenses
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8.9 Entire Agreement
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8.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries
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8.11 Specific Performance and Other Remedies
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8.12 Severability
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8.13 Governing Law
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8.14 Exclusive Jurisdiction
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8.15 Waiver of Jury Trial
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8.16 Counterparts
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Annex Description
Annex A Certain Defined Terms
Annex B Major Stockholders
Annex C Key Employees
Exhibit Description
Exhibit A Joinder Agreement
Exhibit B Form of Resignation Letter
Exhibit C Letter of Transmittal
Exhibit D Form of Stockholder Written Consent
Schedules
Schedule 1.8(j)(iii) Released Liens
Schedule 1.8(j)(iv) Transaction Bonuses
Schedule 5.9(b) Terminated or Amended Contracts
Disclosure Schedule
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of September 1, 2020, by and among Medallia, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Steely Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), StellaService Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, solely in its capacity as representative of the Holders (the “Representative”). All capitalized terms that are used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in Annex A.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the boards of directors of each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have each unanimously determined that it is advisable and in the best interests of each corporation and their respective stockholders that Parent acquire the Company through the statutory merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, pursuant to which the Company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with applicable Legal Requirements, and in furtherance thereof, have approved this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Agreements (the “Transactions”).
WHEREAS, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements, as more fully set forth herein, in connection with the Transactions.
WHEREAS, a portion of the Total Consideration otherwise payable by Parent to the Holders in connection with the Transactions shall be held back by Parent as partial security for the indemnification obligations set forth in this Agreement which holdback shall be governed by the terms and conditions hereof.
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, as a material inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, each Stockholder listed on Annex B (each, a “Major Stockholder”) has executed and delivered to Parent a Joinder Agreement in the form set forth in Exhibit A (a “Joinder Agreement”) which is to become effective at the Effective Time.
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, as a material inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, each Key Employee is accepting an offer letter from Parent, which includes a non-competition and a non-solicitation provision (collectively, the “Key Employee Offer Letters”), and each of which is to become effective at the Effective Time.
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Parent is entering into an agreement with respect to a R&W Insurance Policy to be obtained in connection with the Transactions contemplated hereby.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, covenants and other promises set forth herein, the mutual benefits to be gained by the performance thereof, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and accepted, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1The Merger. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and applicable provisions of Delaware Law, on the Closing Date, Parent, Merger Sub, and the Company, shall effect the Merger, whereupon the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. The Company, as the surviving corporation after the Merger, is sometimes referred to herein as the “Surviving Corporation”. On the Closing Date, the Company and Merger Sub shall cause to be filed the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the applicable provisions of Delaware Law. The Merger shall become effective upon the acceptance by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate of Merger or such other time as may be agreed by Parent and the Company and specified in the Certificate of Merger (such time, the “Effective Time”).
1.2The Closing.
(a)Closing Time and Location. The Merger and other Transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be consummated at a closing (the “Closing”) on a date within three (3) Business Days following the satisfaction or waiver (if permissible hereunder) of the conditions set forth in Section 1.2(b) (other than those conditions that by their nature only can be satisfied by actions taken at the Closing, but subject to satisfaction or waiver (if permissible hereunder) of those conditions), at the offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, California, 94304, unless another time or place is mutually agreed upon in writing by Parent and the Company and which may take place via the electronic exchange of documents. All transactions occurring at the Closing shall be deemed to take place simultaneously, and no transaction shall be deemed to have been completed and no document or certificate shall be deemed to have been delivered until all transactions are completed and all documents delivered. The date upon which the Closing actually occurs shall be referred to herein as the “Closing Date”.
(b)Closing Conditions.
(i)Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction as of the Effective Time of each of the following additional conditions (any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by Parent and Merger Sub (it being understood that each such condition is solely for the benefit of Parent and Merger Sub and may be waived in writing without notice, liability or obligation to any other Person)):
(A)Stockholder Approval. The Requisite Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.
(B)Representations and Warranties. Except for those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular date, which shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such particular date, all representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall have been true and correct in all material respects on the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing (it being understood that all “Company Material Adverse Effect” qualifications and other qualifications based on the word “material” or similar phrases
contained in such representations and warranties shall be disregarded and not given effect for purposes of determining the truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties in clause (2)).
(C)Covenants. The Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants and obligations under this Agreement required to be performed and complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing.
(D)No Material Adverse Effect. There shall not have occurred and be continuing a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(E)Stockholder Approval. Stockholders holding shares of Company Capital Stock representing at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the Company Capital Stock (the “Required Vote”), on an as converted to Company Common Stock basis, entitled to vote on the Transactions shall have executed and delivered to Parent the Stockholder Written Consent with respect to such shares and such Stockholder Written Consent shall be in full force and effect.
(F)FIRPTA Certificate. Parent shall have received a copy of a FIRPTA compliance certificate in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent for purposes of satisfying Parent’s obligations under Treasury Regulation Section 1.14452(c)(3), validly executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company.
(G)Company Board Resolutions. The Company shall have caused to be delivered to Parent certified copies of resolutions duly adopted by the Company Board authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Related Agreements, and the consummation of the Transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(H)Resignations. The Company shall have caused to be delivered to Parent duly executed resignation letters in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B from each member of the Company Board and each officer of the Company, effective as of the Effective Time.
(I)Employment Matters. Each of the Key Employee Offer Letters executed concurrently with this Agreement shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been revoked, rescinded, or otherwise repudiated by the respective signatories thereto.
(J)Certificate of the Company. Parent shall have received a certificate from the Company, validly executed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company (the “Company Officer’s Certificate”) for and on the Company’s behalf, to the effect that, as of the Closing, the conditions set forth in Sections 1.2(b)(i)(B), 1.2(b)(i)(C), and 1.2(b)(i)(A) have been satisfied.
(K)Spreadsheet Certificate. Parent shall have received a certificate, validly executed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, that the Payment Spreadsheet and disbursement schedule delivered pursuant to Section 1.8(c) is true, correct and complete.
(L)Certificate of Secretary of Company. Parent shall have received a certificate, validly executed by the Secretary of the Company, certifying (1) as to the terms and effectiveness of the Charter Documents, (2) as to the valid adoption of resolutions of the Company Board (whereby the Merger and the Transactions were unanimously approved by the Company Board) and
(3) that the Stockholders constituting the Requisite Stockholder Approval have adopted and approved the Merger, this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions.
(M)Certificates of Good Standing. Parent shall have received a long form certificate of good standing from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware which is dated within three (3) Business Days prior to Closing with respect to the Company and each of its Subsidiaries.
(N)Joinder Agreements. Parent shall have received Joinder Agreements duly executed by Holders whose aggregate Pro Rata Portions are at least eighty-five percent (85%) and all such Joinder Agreements shall be in full force and effect.
(O)280G Waivers. The 280G Waiver executed in accordance with Section 5.10 shall be in effect immediately prior to the date of solicitation of the 280G Approval.
(P) Section 280G Payments. With respect to any payments or benefits that Parent determines may constitute Section 280G Payments, (i) the 280G Approval shall have been obtained pursuant to Section 5.10, with respect to any such Section 280G Payments or (ii) the Stockholders shall have voted upon and disapproved such Section 280G Payments, such that the 280G Approval is not obtained, and, as a consequence, such “parachute payments” shall not be paid or provided for in any manner and Parent and its subsidiaries shall not have any liabilities with respect to such “parachute payments”.
(Q)SVB Payoff. The SVB Indebtedness shall have been repaid and cancelled in accordance with Section 1.8(j)(i).
(ii)Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction as of the Effective Time of the following additional conditions (any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by the Company (it being understood that each such condition is solely for the benefit of the Company and may be waived in writing without notice, liability or obligation to any other Person)):
(A)Parent Board Resolutions. Parent shall have caused to be delivered to the Company certified copies of resolutions duly adopted by the Company Board and the Board of Directors of Merger Sub authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Related Agreements, and the consummation of the Transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(B)Representations and Warranties. Except for those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular date, which shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such particular date, the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date (it being understood that all “material adverse effect” qualifications and other qualifications based on the word “material” or similar phrases contained in such representations and warranties shall be disregarded).
(C)Covenants. Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants and obligations under this Agreement required to be performed and complied with by them at or prior to the Closing.
1.3Organizational Documents of the Surviving Corporation.
(a)Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, to the extent permissible under applicable Legal Requirements, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated as of the Effective Time to be identical to the certificate of incorporation of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, until thereafter amended in accordance with applicable Legal Requirements and as provided in such certificate of incorporation; provided, however, that at the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended to change the name of the Surviving Corporation to “StellaService Inc.”.
(b)Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation as of the Effective Time until thereafter amended in accordance with applicable Legal Requirements and as provided in the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation and such bylaws.
1.4Directors and Officers of the Surviving Corporation.
(a)Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time, each to hold the office of a director of the Surviving Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Delaware Law and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
(b)Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the provisions of the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
1.5General Effects of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effects of the Merger shall be as provided in the applicable provisions of Delaware Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, except as otherwise agreed to pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, all of the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
1.6Effect of Merger on Capital Stock of Constituent Corporations.
(a)Merger Sub Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the respective stockholders thereof, each share of capital stock of Merger Sub that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and become one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Company Common Stock (and the shares of the Company Common Stock into which the shares of Merger Sub capital stock are so converted shall be the only shares of the Company Capital Stock that are issued and outstanding immediately after the Effective Time). Each certificate evidencing ownership of shares of Merger Sub capital stock will evidence ownership of such shares of Company Common Stock.
(b)Company Capital Stock; Company Options; Company Warrants.
(i)Generally. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the respective stockholders thereof, each share of Company Capital Stock, each Vested Company Option and each Company Warrant (excluding (X) Cancelled Shares and Unvested Company Options, which shall be treated in the manner set forth in Section 1.6(b)(ii) and (Y) Dissenting Shares, which shall be treated in the manner set forth in Section 1.6(b)(iii)) issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and extinguished and shall be converted automatically into the right to receive the following cash consideration upon the terms set forth in this Section 1.6 and throughout this Agreement (subject to the indemnification obligations set forth in this Agreement) and subject to the execution and delivery of a Letter of Transmittal and Joinder Agreement, if applicable, in the manner provided in Section 1.8 and, if such shares of Company Capital Stock are held in certificated form, the surrender of the certificate representing such shares of Company Capital Stock:
(A)with respect to each outstanding share of Company Series A-1 Preferred Stock: (1) the Per Share Total Closing Residual Consideration, (2) the portion of the Holdback Amount, if any, required to be delivered to the Holder of such share with respect thereto in accordance with Section 7.4(f), as and when such deliveries are required to be made and (3) the portion of the Representative Expense Fund, if any, required to be delivered to the Holder of such share with respect thereto in accordance with Section 1.6(b), as and when such deliveries are required to be made;
(B)with respect to each outstanding share of Company Series A-2 Preferred Stock: the Series A-2 Liquidation Amount;
(C) with respect to each outstanding share of Company Series B Preferred Stock: (1) the Per Share Total Closing Residual Consideration, (2) the portion of the Holdback Amount, if any, required to be delivered to the Holder of such share with respect thereto in accordance with Section 7.4(f), as and when such deliveries are required to be made and (3) the portion of the Representative Expense Fund, if any, required to be delivered to the Holder of such share with respect thereto in accordance with Section 1.6(b), as and when such deliveries are required to be made;
(D)with respect to each outstanding share of Company Common Stock: (1) the Per Share Total Closing Residual Consideration, (2) the portion of the Holdback Amount, if any, required to be delivered to the Holder of such share with respect thereto in accordance with Section 7.4(f), as and when such deliveries are required to be made and (3) the portion of the Representative Expense Fund, if any, required to be delivered to the Holder of such share with respect thereto in accordance with Section 1.6(b), as and when such deliveries are required to be made; provided that each outstanding share of Company Restricted Stock will be cancelled at the Effective Time for no consideration (for the avoidance of doubt, Company Restricted Stock that accelerates and vests immediately prior to the Effective Time will be treated as Company Common Stock for purposes of this Agreement);
(E)with respect to each unexpired, unexercised and outstanding Vested Company Option (which shall not be assumed by Parent and will, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the Optionholder thereof, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive): (1) the Closing Per Option Amount, (2) the portion of the Holdback Amount, if any, required to be delivered to the Holder of such Vested Company Option with respect thereto in accordance with Section 7.4(f), as and
when such deliveries are required to be made and (3) the portion of the Representative Expense Fund, if any, required to be delivered to the Holder of such Vested Company Option with respect thereto in accordance with Section 1.6(b), as and when such deliveries are required to be made; and
(F)with respect to each unexpired, unexercised and outstanding in-the-money Company Warrant (which shall not be assumed by Parent and will, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the Warrantholder thereof, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive): (1) the Closing Per Warrant Amount, (2) the portion of the Holdback Amount, if any, required to be delivered to the Holder of such Company Warrant with respect thereto in accordance with Section 7.4(f), as and when such deliveries are required to be made and (3) the portion of the Representative Expense Fund, if any, required to be delivered to the Holder of such Company Warrant with respect thereto in accordance with Section 1.6(b), as and when such deliveries are required to be made.
“Merger Consideration” shall mean all of the amounts payable pursuant to Sections 1.6(b)(i)(A) through 1.6(b)(i)(F). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the portion of the consideration that constitutes the Holdback Amount and the Representative Expense Fund and otherwise would be payable at the Closing to each holder of Company Capital Stock, each holder of Vested Company Options and each holder of Company Warrants, if any, pursuant to Sections 1.6(b)(i)(A) through 1.6(b)(i)(F) shall be withheld at the Closing and (1) held back by Parent pursuant to Section 1.8(b)(iii) and (2) deemed deposited into the Representative Expense Fund pursuant to Section 1.8(b)(iv), which amounts will be distributed to the Holders in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Paying Agent Agreement, as applicable.
(ii)Cancelled Shares; Company Options; Company Warrants.
(A)Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the respective stockholders thereof, each share of Company Capital Stock that is issued and outstanding and held by the Company as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (“Cancelled Shares”) shall be cancelled without any consideration paid therefor. Neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation will assume any Company Options or Company Warrants.
(B)At the Effective Time and without any further action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holder of any Vested Company Options, each Vested Company Option that is outstanding, unexpired and unexercised as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive the consideration set forth in Section 1.6(b)(i)(E). The Company shall take all actions reasonably necessary to cause each Vested Company Option and the Plan to be cancelled and terminated as of the Effective Time such that immediately following the Closing, they shall no longer represent any equity or other interest in the Company other than the right to receive payment of any amounts due in accordance with this Agreement following the Effective Time. The Company and the Company Board (and any applicable committee thereof) shall, prior to the Effective Time, take all actions as are reasonably necessary in order to effectuate the terms of this Section 1.6(b)(ii)(B) and to ensure that no holder of Company Options shall have any rights from and after the Effective Time with respect to any such Company Options except as expressly provided in this Section 1.6(b)(ii)(B); provided, that such actions shall expressly be conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger and shall be of no force or effect if this Agreement is terminated prior to the Closing.
(C)At the Effective Time and without any further action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holder of any Unvested Company Options, each Unvested Company Option that is outstanding, unexpired and unexercised as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled without the payment of any consideration in respect of such cancelled Unvested Company Option.
(D)At the Effective Time and without any further action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holder of any Company Warrants, each in the money Company Warrant that is outstanding, unexpired and unexercised as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive the consideration set forth in Section 1.6(b)(i)(F). The Company shall take all actions reasonably necessary to cause each Company Warrant to be cancelled and terminated as of the Effective Time pursuant to its terms or an agreement with the holder thereof such that immediately following the Closing, they shall no longer represent any equity or other interest in the Company other than the right to receive payment of any amounts due, if any, in accordance with this Agreement following the Effective Time. The Company and the Company Board (and any applicable committee thereof) shall, prior to the Effective Time, take all actions as are reasonably necessary in order to effectuate the terms of this Section 1.6(b)(ii)(D) and to ensure that no holder of Company Warrants shall have any rights from and after the Effective Time with respect to any such Company Warrants except as expressly provided in this Section 1.6(b)(ii)(D); provided, that such actions shall expressly be conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger and shall be of no force or effect if this Agreement is terminated prior to the Closing.
(iii)Dissenting Shares. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, any shares of Company Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and with respect to which the holder thereof has properly demanded appraisal rights in accordance with Delaware Law, and who has not effectively withdrawn or lost such holder’s appraisal rights under Delaware Law (collectively, the “Dissenting Shares”), shall not be converted into or represent a right to receive the applicable consideration for Company Capital Stock set forth in Section 1.6(b)(i) but the holder thereof shall only be entitled to such rights as are provided by Delaware Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 1.6(b)(iii), if any holder of Dissenting Shares shall effectively withdraw or lose (through failure to perfect or otherwise) such holder’s appraisal rights under Delaware Law, then, as of the later of the Effective Time and the occurrence of such event, such holder’s shares shall automatically be converted into and represent only the right to receive, upon delivery of a properly executed Letter of Transmittal and surrender of such holder’s Company Stock Certificate, if applicable, representing such shares, upon the terms set forth in this Section 1.6 and throughout this Agreement (including the indemnification and holdback provisions set forth in this Agreement), the consideration for Company Capital Stock set forth in Section 1.6(b)(i) without interest thereon. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall give Parent prompt notice and a copy of any written demand for appraisal received by the Company and/or any of its Affiliates pursuant to the applicable provisions of Delaware Law. After the Closing, Parent shall give the Representative prompt notice of any written demand for appraisal received by Parent and/or any of its Affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation) pursuant to the applicable provisions of Delaware Law. Neither Parent nor any of its Affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation), on the one hand, nor the Representative, on the other hand, shall make or cause to be made any payment with respect to any such demands or offer to settle or settle any such demands without the prior written consent of the other party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. After the Closing, any communication to be made by Parent and/or any of its Affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation), on the one hand, and the Representative, on the other hand, to any such demanding Stockholder with respect to such demands shall be submitted to the other party in advance and shall not be presented to any such demanding Stockholder prior to such Person
receiving the other party’s written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, from and after such time that the Indemnifying Parties no longer have indemnification obligations pursuant to Section 7.2(a)(iv), none of Parent or its Affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation) shall have any obligation to notify, communicate with or otherwise seek the approval of the Representative, and no approval of the Representative shall be required, pursuant to this Section 1.6(b)(iii).
1.7Calculation. For purposes of calculating the amount of cash payable to each Holder pursuant to this Agreement, including for purposes of calculating each Holder’s respective portions of the Holdback Amount and for the amounts placed into the Representative Expense Fund, (i) the consideration payable in respect of all shares of Company Capital Stock (excluding Dissenting Shares) held by each Stockholder shall be calculated on a certificate-by-certificate basis and (ii) the consideration payable in respect of Company Options shall be calculated on a grant-by-grant basis; provided, however, that in no event shall the maximum amount of cash payable to all Holders pursuant to this Agreement exceed the Total Consideration; provided, further, that any Transaction Payroll Taxes owing by the Company with respect to amounts payable in respect of Company Common Stock and/or Company Options pursuant to Section 1.6 shall reduce the amounts payable on a certificate-by certificate basis or a grant-by-grant basis, as applicable.
1.8Payment of Merger Consideration for Company Capital Stock.
(a)Paying Agent. Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national association, or any financial institution selected by Parent in its sole discretion (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), shall serve as the Paying Agent (the “Paying Agent”) for the Merger pursuant to the terms of the Paying Agent Agreement. Parent and the Company shall cooperate and shall deliver all materials to the Paying Agent as required under the Paying Agent Agreement or otherwise reasonably requested by the Paying Agent in connection with the performance of its duties under the Paying Agent Agreement.
(b)Parent Closing Payments.
(i)At the Effective Time, Parent shall, or shall cause one of its Subsidiaries (including the Surviving Corporation after the Effective Time) to, pay to the Paying Agent the amount of cash payable to the Holders at the Closing pursuant to Section 1.6(b)(i) and as set forth on the Payment Spreadsheet in respect of all shares of Company Capital Stock and Company Warrants held by such Holder outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(ii)At the Effective Time, Parent shall, or shall cause one of its Subsidiaries (including the Surviving Corporation after the Effective Time) to, pay to the Surviving Corporation in respect of all Vested Company Options the amount of cash payable to the Holders at the Closing pursuant to Section 1.6(b)(i) and as set forth on the Payment Spreadsheet in respect of all Vested Company Options held by such Holders outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time. For purposes of clarity, the Closing Per Option Amount with respect to each Vested Company Option shall be paid through the Surviving Corporation’s payroll system on the first (1st) or the second (2nd) normal payroll date of the Company following the Effective Time, and the portion of the Holdback Amount and Representative Expense Fund entitled to be distributed to holders of Vested Company Options shall be paid to the Company for the benefit of the holders of Vested Company Options and shall be paid to such holders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Portions with respect to Vested Company Options through the Surviving Corporation’s payroll system on the first (1st) or the second (2nd) normal payroll
date of the Surviving Corporation following the Surviving Corporation’s receipt of such funds to be distributed to such holders of Vested Company Options.
(iii)At the Closing, Parent shall be entitled to retain the Holdback Amount in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and each Holder shall be deemed to have contributed such Holder’s Aggregate Pro Rata Portion of the Holdback Amount. The Holdback Amount shall constitute partial security for the indemnification obligations of such Stockholder pursuant to Article VII and shall be held and distributed in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(iv)On the Closing Date, Parent shall, or shall cause one of its Subsidiaries (including the Surviving Corporation after the Effective Time) to, pay the Representative Expense Amount to the Representative to hold (the “Representative Expense Fund”) under the terms of this Agreement. The Representative Expense Fund will be used for the purposes of paying directly, or reimbursing the Representative for, any Representative Expenses pursuant to this Agreement and the Related Agreements. The Holders will not receive any interest or earnings on the Representative Expense Fund and irrevocably transfer and assign to the Representative any ownership right that they may otherwise have had in any such interest or earnings. The Representative will not be liable for any loss of principal of the Representative Expense Fund other than as a result of its gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Representative will hold these funds separate from its corporate funds, will not use these funds for its operating expenses or any other corporate purposes and will not voluntarily make these funds available to its creditors in the event of bankruptcy. Upon deposit of the Representative Expense Amount with the Representative in accordance with this Section 1.8(b)(iv), for all purposes Parent shall be deemed to have paid each Holder’s Aggregate Pro Rata Portion of the Representative Expense Fund (and Parent shall have no further liability with respect thereto) and then each such Holder shall be deemed to have voluntarily contributed such amount to the Representative Expense Fund. Any withholding in respect of such deemed contribution shall be satisfied from the Merger Consideration owing to the Holder on the Closing Date and, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of the Representative Expense Fund (if any) that is returned to the Holders shall not again be subject to information reporting or withholding.
(c)Payment Spreadsheet. At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing, the Company shall deliver to Parent a payment spreadsheet file (the “Payment Spreadsheet”) which includes the following information (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be specified on one or multiple tabs):
(i)the amount and calculation of the Base Consideration, the Total Consideration, the Total Closing Consideration and the Total Closing Residual Consideration;
(ii)the amount of the aggregate Series A-2 Liquidation Amount in respect of all outstanding shares of the Company Series A-2 Preferred Stock;
(iii)the number of Total Outstanding Common Shares;
(iv)the amount and calculation of the Closing Per Option Amount with respect to each Vested Company Option;
(v)the amount and calculation of the Closing Per Warrant Amount with respect to each Company Warrant;
(vi)the Holdback Amount to be held back by Parent in respect of each Holder’s Aggregate Pro Rata Portion;
(vii)the Aggregate Pro Rata Portion of the Representative Expense Fund in respect of each Holder;
(viii)the Aggregate Exercise Amount;
(ix)with respect to each Stockholder: (A) the name and email address of such Stockholder, and, if available, the mailing address of such Stockholder, (B) whether such Stockholder is a current or former Employee of the Company (or any Subsidiary), (C) the number, class and series of shares of Company Capital Stock held by such Stockholder and the respective certificate number or Book Entry number, as applicable, (D) the date of acquisition of such shares, (E) whether any Taxes are to be withheld in accordance with Section 1.9 that such Stockholder is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 1.6(b), (F) the cash consideration that such Stockholder is entitled to receive at the Closing pursuant to Section 1.6(b) (on a certificate-by-certificate basis and in the aggregate), (G) the Pro Rata Portion of such Stockholder, (H) the amount of cash to be held back by Parent in respect of the Holdback Amount and the amount of cash to be deemed deposited in the Representative Expense Fund (on a certificate-by-certificate basis based on such Stockholder’s Pro Rata Portion with respect to each such certificate and on an aggregate basis based on such Stockholder’s Aggregate Pro Rata Portion), (I) such Stockholder’s Loan Repayment Amount, if any, and (J) the net cash amounts to be paid to such Stockholder at the Closing after giving effect to the foregoing clauses (H and I) (on a certificate-by-certificate basis and in the aggregate);
(x)with respect to each Optionholder: (A) the name and email address of such Optionholder, and, if available, the mailing address of such Optionholder, (B) whether such holder is a current or former employee of the Company (or any Subsidiary), (C) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to and the exercise price per share in effect for each Company Option (broken out on an option-by-option basis), (D) the grant date of such Company Option, (E) the vesting schedule (including all acceleration provisions) applicable to such Company Option and the extent to which such Company Option is vested as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, (F) whether any Taxes are to be withheld in accordance with Section 1.9 that such Optionholder is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 1.6(b), (G) the cash consideration that such holder is entitled to receive at Closing pursuant to Section 1.6(b) based on such Optionholder’s Pro Rata Portion, (H) the Pro Rata Portion of such Optionholder, (I) the amount of cash to be held back by Parent in respect of the Holdback Amount and the amount of cash to be deemed deposited in the Representative Expense Fund (on an option-by-option basis based on such Optionholder’s Pro Rata Portion with respect to each such option and in the aggregate based on such Optionholder’s Aggregate Pro Rata Portion) on behalf of such Optionholder, and (J) the net cash amounts to be paid to such holder at the Closing after giving effect to the foregoing clause (I) (on an option-by-option basis and in the aggregate);
(xi) with respect to any share of Company Capital Stock or any other security of the Company, that, in each case, would be deemed a “covered security” under Treasury Regulations Section 1.6045-1(a)(15), such holder’s date of acquisition and adjusted basis in such shares;
(xii)with respect to each Warrantholder: (A) the name and email address of such Warrantholder, and, if available, the mailing address of such Warrantholder, (B) whether such holder is a current or former Employee of the Company (or any Subsidiary), (C) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to and the exercise price per share in effect for each Company Warrant (broken out on an option-by-option basis), (D) the grant date of such Company Warrant, (E) the vesting schedule (including all acceleration provisions) applicable to such Company Warrant and the extent to which such Company Warrant is vested as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, (F) the
cash consideration that such holder is entitled to receive at the Closing pursuant to Section 1.6(b) (on an warrant-by-warrant basis and in the aggregate) and (G) the Pro Rata Portion of such Warrantholder; (H) the amount of cash to be held back by Parent in respect of the Holdback Amount and the amount of cash to be deemed deposited in the Representative Expense Fund (on an warrant-by-warrant basis based on such Warrantholder’s Pro Rata Portion with respect to each such warrant and in the aggregate based on such Warrantholder’s Aggregate Pro Rata Portion) on behalf of such Warrantholder, and (I) the net cash amounts to be paid to such holder at the Closing after giving effect to the foregoing clause (H) (on an warrant-by-warrant basis and in the aggregate);
(xiii)a funds flow spreadsheet, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, showing: (i) the aggregate amount of cash to be delivered by Parent to: (A) the Paying Agent pursuant to Section 1.8(b)(i), (B) the Surviving Corporation pursuant to Section 1.8(b)(ii), and (C) the Representative pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) wire transfer instructions for each payment to be made by Parent or the Paying Agent reflected therein, including wire transfer instructions with respect to (A) the Company’s third party payroll provider and (B) payments to be made to third parties in respect of Specified Liabilities.
Amounts set forth in the Payment Spreadsheet shall be calculated by the Company in accordance with the Charter Documents, as applicable. Parent and the Paying Agent may rely upon the Payment Spreadsheet, and in no event will Parent, the Paying Agent or any of their respective Affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation) have any liability to any Holder or other Person on account of payments made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and as set forth on the Payment Spreadsheet.
(d)Payment Procedures. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Closing, and in any event within two (2) Business Days thereafter, the Paying Agent shall mail a letter of transmittal in the form set forth in Exhibit C (a “Letter of Transmittal”) and any applicable Tax forms that the Paying Agent may reasonably require in connection therewith (collectively, the “Exchange Documents”) to the record address of each holder of Company Capital Stock and Company Warrants; provided, that, (i) any electronic mailing shall satisfy the delivery requirement herein and (ii) the Exchange Documents shall be provided to any Major Stockholder at least three (3) calendar days prior to the Closing Date and Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to pay on the Closing Date any amount owed to a Major Stockholder that completes and returns the Exchange Documents at least two (2) days prior to the Closing Date. Each holder of Company Capital Stock or Company Warrants shall deliver to the Paying Agent properly executed Exchange Documents, and, with respect to each Stockholder, if such shares of Company Capital Stock are held in certificated form, a certificate representing the relevant shares of Company Capital Stock (the “Company Stock Certificates”). After receipt of duly executed and properly completed Exchange Documents, the Paying Agent shall promptly (but in no event more than two (2) Business Days after receipt of the properly completed Exchange Documents) pay to each such Holder that has delivered to the Paying Agent duly executed and completed Exchange Documents, together with the corresponding Company Stock Certificates, if applicable, an amount equal to the amount of cash to which such holder is entitled under Section 1.6 to the accounts designated by such Holder in such Holder’s Letter of Transmittal and the Company Stock Certificates, if any, so surrendered shall be cancelled. Until so surrendered, each Company Stock Certificate outstanding after the Effective Time will be deemed, for all corporate purposes thereafter, to evidence only the right to receive the cash amounts payable hereunder in exchange for shares of Company Capital Stock (without interest). Subject to Section 1.8(e), no portion of the Merger Consideration will be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Company Stock Certificate with respect to shares of Company Capital Stock formerly represented thereby until the holder of record of such Company Stock Certificate shall surrender such Company Stock Certificate and validly executed Exchange Documents pursuant hereto.
(e)Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. In the event any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent or Parent shall, or shall cause one of its Subsidiaries (including the Surviving Corporation after the Effective Time) to, pay, in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, the Merger Consideration, if any, payable in respect thereto pursuant to Section 1.6(b) upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof in the form included in the Letter of Transmittal.
(f)Transfers of Ownership. If any cash amounts are to be disbursed pursuant to Section 1.6 and this Section 1.8 to a Person other than the Person whose name is reflected on the Company Stock Certificate or in Book Entry, as applicable, surrendered in exchange therefor, it will be a condition of the payment thereof that the Company Stock Certificate or Book Entry, as applicable, so surrendered will be in proper form for transfer and that the person requesting such exchange will have paid to Parent or any agent designated by it any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the payment of any portion of the Merger Consideration in any name other than that of the registered holder of the Company Stock Certificate or Book Entry, as applicable, surrendered, or established to the satisfaction of Parent or any agent designated by it that such Tax has been paid or is not payable.
(g)Paying Agent to Return Merger Consideration. At any time following the last day of the sixth (6th) month following the Closing Date, the Paying Agent shall deliver to Parent or its designated successor or assign all cash amounts that have been deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to Section 1.8(b)(i), not disbursed to the holders of shares represented by Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry, as applicable, or Company Warrants pursuant to Section 1.8(d), and thereafter such holders shall be entitled to look only to Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation (subject to the terms of Section 1.8(i)) only as general creditors thereof with respect to any and all cash amounts that may be payable to such holders pursuant to Section 1.8(d) upon the due surrender of such Company Stock Certificates, if applicable, and duly executed Exchange Documents, if applicable, in the manner set forth in Section 1.8(d). No interest shall be payable for the cash amounts delivered to Parent pursuant to the provisions of this Section 1.8(g) and which are subsequently delivered to the holders of shares represented by Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry, as applicable, or Company Warrants.
(h)No Further Ownership Rights in Company Capital Stock. Following the consummation of the Merger, the cash amounts paid in respect of the surrender for exchange of shares of Company Capital Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to be full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Capital Stock, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the records of the Surviving Corporation of shares of Company Capital Stock which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Company Stock Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I.
(i)No Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of Parent, the Paying Agent, the Surviving Corporation, or any party hereto shall be liable to a Stockholder for any amount paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Legal Requirement.
(j)Statement of Specified Liabilities; Payoff Letters; Invoices; Transaction Bonuses.
(i)Without limitation to any other provision of this Agreement, in making any payment in respect of any Specified Liabilities at the Closing and in calculating the Total Consideration, Parent shall be entitled to rely on a statement (the “Statement of Specified Liabilities”)
setting forth the Company’s good faith estimate of (i) all unpaid Third Party Expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries and unpaid as of the Closing, (ii) the SVB Indebtedness and (iii) all Change in Control Payments. The Company shall deliver the Statement of Specified Liabilities no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date. The Statement of Specified Liabilities shall include wire instructions for each payment of Third Party Expenses, each Change in Control Payment, and the SVB Indebtedness (the “Repaid Indebtedness”). At the Closing, Parent shall pay, or shall cause one of its Subsidiaries (including the Surviving Corporation after the Effective Time) to pay, the Third Party Expenses, the Change in Control Payments, the Repaid Indebtedness, the First Contingent Purchase Price Payment (as defined in the Charter Documents) and the Second Contingent Purchase Price Payment (as defined in the Charter Documents).
(ii)No later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall obtain from each holder of Repaid Indebtedness, and deliver to Parent, an executed payoff letter, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent, setting forth: (i) the amounts required to pay off in full on the Closing Date, the Repaid Indebtedness owing to such creditor (including the outstanding principal, accrued and unpaid interest and prepayment and other penalties) and wire transfer information for such payment; (ii) upon payment of such amounts, a release of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries; and (iii) the commitment of the creditor to release all Liens, if any, that the creditor may hold on any of the assets of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date, and attaching an IRS Form W-9 or the appropriate series of IRS Form W-8, as applicable, or any other necessary Tax forms or any similar information requested by or on behalf of Parent in writing (each, a “Payoff Letter”).
(iii)Prior to, or at the Closing, the Company shall file (or arranged to be filed) all agreements, instruments, certificates and other documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, that are necessary or appropriate to effect the release of all Liens set forth in Schedule 1.8(j)(iii). No later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver invoices to Parent in respect of all Third Party Expenses set forth on the Statement of Specified Liabilities. The Company shall take all necessary action to ensure that Third Party Expenses shall not be incurred by the Company after the Closing Date without the express prior written consent of Parent. The Company’s Subsidiaries shall not incur any Third Party Expenses.
(iv)At the Closing, Parent shall pay the Transaction Bonuses to the individuals and in the respective amounts set forth on Schedule 1.8(j)(iv).
1.9Withholding Taxes. The Company, the Paying Agent, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under any provision of U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. Legal Requirements and shall be provided any necessary Tax forms, including IRS Form W-9 or the appropriate series of IRS Form W-8, as applicable. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld and paid over to the applicable Governmental Entity, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid. To the extent that such amounts are not so deducted and withheld, any such amounts imposed by a Governmental Entity shall be treated as Indemnified Taxes for purposes of this Agreement.
1.10Company Loans. In the event that any Holder as a borrower has outstanding loans from the Company as of the Effective Time, the cash portion of any amounts payable to such holder or pursuant to Section 1.6 hereof, if any, shall be reduced by an amount equal to the outstanding principal
plus accrued interest, if any, of such Holder’s loans as of the Effective Time, plus any other amounts owed by such Holder to the Company (collectively, such Holder’s “Loan Repayment Amount”). Such loans shall be satisfied as to the amount by which the cash consideration is reduced pursuant to this Section 1.10. To the extent the consideration payable to such Holder is so reduced, such amount shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to such Holder.
1.1Taking of Further Action. If at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company, or to vest Parent with full right, title and possession to all of the Company Capital Stock, then each of the Surviving Corporation, Parent and the officers and directors of each of the Surviving Corporation and Parent are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary action.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE COMPANY
Subject to such exceptions as are disclosed in the specific section, subsection or sub-clause of the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to Parent on the date hereof (the “Disclosure Schedule”) the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as follows:
2.1Organization and Good Standing. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has the requisite corporate power to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as currently conducted. The Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business and in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its assets or properties (whether owned, leased or licensed) or the nature of its business make such qualification or license necessary to the Company’s business as currently conducted, except where the failure to be so qualified or licensed would not be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Company has Made Available true, correct and complete copies of its certificate of incorporation, as amended to date, and bylaws, as amended to date, each in full force and effect on the date hereof (collectively, the “Charter Documents”). There has been no violation of any provisions of the Charter Documents and the Company has not taken any action that is inconsistent in any material respect with any resolution adopted by the Stockholders or the Company Board or any committee of the Company Board. Since the date that the Charter Documents were Made Available, the Company Board has not approved or proposed any amendment, and no amendment has been effected, to any of the Charter Documents. Neither the Company nor any of its Stockholders has ever approved, or commenced any proceeding or made any election contemplating, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or the winding up or cessation of its business or affairs.
2.2Authority and Enforceability.
(a)The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority, including the unanimous approval of the Company Board, to enter into this Agreement and any Related Agreements to which it is a party and, subject to receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval, to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and any Related Agreements to which the Company is a party
and the consummation of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and no further corporate or other action is required on the part of the Company to authorize this Agreement and any Related Agreements to which the Company is a party or to consummate the Transactions, other than the adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Merger by the Stockholders of the Company who hold at least a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock, voting together as a single class on an as converted into Company Common Stock basis, including (i) the affirmative vote of holders of sixty percent (60%) of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company Series A Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class on as converted basis, and the affirmative vote of holders of sixty-six percent (66%) of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company Series B Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class on as converted basis (collectively, the “Requisite Stockholder Approval”). The Requisite Stockholder Approval is the only vote of the Stockholders required under applicable Legal Requirements, Delaware Law, the Charter Documents and all Contracts to which the Company is a party to legally adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger and the other Transactions.
(b)The Company Board has unanimously determined that this Agreement and the Transactions are advisable, fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its Stockholders, approved this Agreement and the Transactions, and recommended to the Stockholders to vote in favor of adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Transactions. The Company Board has taken all necessary actions so that any restrictions on business combinations under applicable Legal Requirements are not applicable to this Agreement and the Transactions and no “control share acquisition,” “fair price,” “moratorium” or other antitakeover Legal Requirement applies to this Agreement or the Transactions.
(c)This Agreement and each of the Related Agreements to which the Company is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, subject to (i) Legal Requirements of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, the relief of debtors and enforcement of creditors’ rights in general, and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief, other equitable remedies and other general principles of equity (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Enforceability Limitations”).
2.3Governmental Approvals and Consents. No Consent or Order or registration, declaration or filing with any Governmental Entity, is required by, or with respect to, the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and any Related Agreement to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or the consummation of the Merger, except for the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
2.4No Conflicts. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and any Related Agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, and the consummation of the Transactions, will not conflict with or result in any breach, violation of or default under (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation, modification or acceleration of any material obligation or loss of any material benefit under, require any payment under, or result in the imposition of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any material assets or properties of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any of the equity securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries under, or require any notice, consent, filing, waiver or approval of any Person pursuant to or under, (any such event, a “Conflict”) (a) any provision of the Charter Documents or the organizational documents of any Subsidiary, as amended, (b) any Material Contract, (c) any Legal Requirement or Order applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or (d) any Company Authorization, or give any Governmental Entity the
right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel such Company Authorization. Section 2.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all necessary notices, consents, waivers and approvals of parties to any Contracts as are required thereunder in connection with the Merger or any other Transactions, or for any such Contract to remain in full force and effect without limitation, modification or alteration after the Effective Time so as to preserve all rights of, and benefits to, the Company and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, under such Contracts from and after the Effective Time.
2.5Company Capital Structure.
(a)The authorized capital stock of the Company consists solely of 307,314,457 shares of Company Common Stock and 153,806,918 shares of Company Preferred Stock, of which 86,453,346 shares of Company Common Stock are issued and outstanding on the date hereof; 38,167,927 shares of Company Series A-1 Preferred Stock, of which 38,167,927 are issued and outstanding; 13,665,320 shares of Company Series A-2 Preferred Stock, of which 13,665,320 are issued and outstanding; and 101,973,671 shares of Company Series B Preferred Stock, of which 100,928,060 are issued and outstanding. As of the date hereof, the Company Capital Stock is held by the Persons and in the amounts set forth in Section 2.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule which further sets forth for each such Person the number of shares held, class and/or series of such shares and the email addresses of record of such Persons. Section 2.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule shall be updated solely to reflect any exercises of Company Options or Company Warrants occurring between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date. All outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to preemptive rights created by any Legal Requirements, the Charter Documents, or any Contract to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(b)All outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and all Company Warrants have been issued or repurchased (in the case of shares that were outstanding and repurchased by the Company or any Stockholder) in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements, and were issued, transferred and repurchased (in the case of shares that were outstanding and repurchased by the Company or any Stockholder) in accordance with, and not in violation of, any preemptive right, right of first refusal, purchase option, subscription right or similar right or limitation. No shares of Company Capital Stock are subject to any right of repurchase, option or forfeiture provision or any restriction on transfer (other than restrictions on transfer imposed by virtue of applicable federal and state securities Legal Requirements). The Company does not have any liability (contingent or otherwise) or claim, loss, damage, deficiency, cost or expense relating to or arising out of the issuance or repurchase of any Company Capital Stock, or out of any agreements or arrangement relating thereto (including any amendment of the terms of any such agreement or arrangement). Except as set forth on Section 2.5(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no declared but unpaid dividends with respect to any shares of Company Capital Stock. Other than the Company Capital Stock set forth in Section 2.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company has no other capital stock authorized, issued or outstanding.
(c)There are no, nor have there ever been, any shares of Company Restricted Stock issued or outstanding.
(d)Except for the Plan, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has ever adopted, sponsored or maintained any stock option plan or any other plan or agreement providing for equity or equity-related compensation to any Person (whether payable in shares, cash or otherwise). As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved 79,621,920 shares of Company Common Stock for issuance to Employees and directors of the Company upon the issuance of stock or the granting or purchase of restricted stock or the granting of restricted stock units granted under the Plan, of which (i) 17,988,235 shares are issuable upon
the exercise of outstanding, unexercised options granted under the Plan, (ii) 53,728,565 shares have been issued upon the exercise of options granted under the Plan and remain outstanding as of the date hereof and (iii) 7,905,120 shares remain available for future grant. Each award agreement governing the grant of a Company Option was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto and is in full force and effect. Each grant of a Company Option has been authorized by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the Company Board (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required Stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents. Section 2.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth, with respect to each Company Option, the name of each holder of Company Options, the email address of record of such holder, the maximum number of shares of Company Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise or conversion of any Company Option held by such Optionholder, whether such holder is an Employee, and the grant date, exercise price, the vesting schedule, including whether such vesting is subject to acceleration as a result of the Transactions or any other events, and whether such Company Option is a nonstatutory option qualifies as an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422 of the Code. Each Company Option (x) has an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the underlying share of Company Common Stock as of the grant date, (y) has not had its exercise date or grant date delayed or “back-dated” and (z) has been issued in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Legal Requirements and properly accounted for in all material respects in accordance with GAAP. The terms of the Plan and the applicable agreements for each Company Option allow for the treatment of Company Options as provided in this Agreement, without the consent or approval of the holders of such securities, the Stockholders or otherwise and without any acceleration of the exercise schedules or vesting provisions in effect for such Company Options. True and complete copies of forms of all agreements and instruments relating to or issued under the Plan have been Made Available to Parent.
(e)The Company has taken all actions necessary (under any the Plan, any applicable Legal Requirement, the stock option award agreements or otherwise) to effectuate the provisions of Section 1.6 and to ensure that, from and after the Effective Time, each individual who held a Company Option at any time prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except as specifically set forth in Section 1.6.
(f)Except for Company Options and Company Warrants, there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, calls, stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation, or other similar rights with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary (whether payable in shares, cash or otherwise) or any bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchange for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which any Stockholder may vote. Except as contemplated hereby, there are no voting trusts, proxies, or other agreements or understandings with respect to the voting stock of the Company or any Subsidiary. Except as disclosed in Section 2.5(f) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no agreements to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party relating to the registration, sale or transfer (including agreements relating to rights of first refusal, co-sale rights or “drag-along” rights) of any Company Capital Stock. Section 2.5(f) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies, as of the date of this Agreement: (i) each Employee or other Person with an offer letter or other Contract that contemplates the grant of an option or other equity award to purchase shares of Company Capital Stock or other securities of the Company, or who has otherwise been promised any options or any equity awards or other securities of the Company (each such Employee or other Person, a “Specified Person”), except for options or other equity awards that have been granted, or other securities that have been issued prior to the date of this Agreement and reflected on Section 2.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, and (ii) the number of shares of Company Capital Stock or other securities of the Company, type of award, equity award or other security of the Company promised to such Specified Person. As a result of, and immediately following, the Merger, Parent will be the sole record and
beneficial holder of all issued and outstanding Company Capital Stock and all rights to acquire or receive any shares of Company Capital Stock, whether or not such shares of Company Capital Stock are outstanding.
(g)Section 2.5(g) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all loans made by the Company to any Employee or Holder that is outstanding, together with the total amount of (i) outstanding principal and (ii) accrued interest, each as of the date hereof.
(h)The Payment Spreadsheet is accurate, correct and complete in all respects as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, and it reflects an allocation of the Merger Consideration which is in all respects in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2.6Company Subsidiaries. Section 2.6 of the Disclosure Schedule lists each corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture or other business entity of which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the securities or other interests entitled to vote on the election of the members of the board of directors or similar governing body or otherwise has the power to direct the business and policies of any of the foregoing Persons (each, a “Subsidiary”). Each Subsidiary is a corporation, limited liability company or similar legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or in compliance with any comparable concept in the applicable jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization. Each Subsidiary has the corporate power to own or lease its assets and properties and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Each Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed (to the extent such concepts are applicable) to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its assets or properties (whether owned, leased or licensed) or the nature of its business make such qualifications or licenses necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or licensed would not be material to the Company or its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. All of the outstanding shares or other equity interests of each Subsidiary are owned of record and beneficially by the Company or a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company. Section 2.6 of the Disclosure Schedule lists the holders of all of the outstanding shares or other equity interests of each Subsidiary. All outstanding shares or other equity interests of each Subsidiary are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights created by statute, any charter documents, bylaws or similar organizational documents of such Subsidiary, or any agreement to which such Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound, and have been issued in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements, charter documents, bylaws, equityholder agreements and/or other similar organizational documents, and are free of any other restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other equity or voting interest) that would prevent the operation by the Surviving Corporation of such Subsidiary’s business as presently conducted. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns or holds the right to acquire any stock, partnership interest or joint venture interest or other equity ownership interest in any other Person, or has any obligation to make an investment in any other Person. There are no options, warrants, calls, puts, subscription rights, preemptive rights, commitments or agreements of any character, written or oral, to which any Subsidiary is a party or by which any Subsidiary is bound obligating such Subsidiary to issue, deliver, transfer, sell, repurchase or redeem, or cause to be issued, delivered, transferred, sold, repurchased or redeemed, any shares of the capital stock or other equity interests of such Subsidiary or obligating such Subsidiary to grant, extend, accelerate the vesting of, change the price of, otherwise amend or enter into any such option, warrant, call right, commitment or agreement. There are no Contracts or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the capital stock or other equity interests of any Subsidiary. There are no outstanding or authorized warrants, calls, stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation, or other similar rights with respect to any of the Subsidiaries or any bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any
Subsidiary having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchange for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which any equity holder of such Subsidiary may vote. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have made or are obligated to make any future investment in or capital contribution to any Person. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have guaranteed or are responsible or liable for any obligation of any other entity.
2.7Company Financial Statements; Internal Financial Controls.
(a)Section 2.7(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the Company’s (i) audited consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2017, December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2019, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flow and stockholders’ equity for the respective twelve (12) month periods then ended (the “Year End Financials” and the Year End Financials for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, the “Most Recent Audit”), and (ii) unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2020 (the “Balance Sheet Date”), and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income, cash flow and stockholders’ equity for the month then ended (the “Interim Financials”). The Year End Financials and the Interim Financials (collectively referred to as the “Financials”) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated and consistent with each other (except that the Interim Financials do not contain footnotes, and may include year-end adjustments and other presentation items that may be required by GAAP, none of which are material in amount or significance in any individual case or in the aggregate). The Financials present fairly the Company’s consolidated financial condition, operating results and cash flows as of the dates and during the periods indicated therein, subject to normal year-end adjustments, which are not material in amount or significance in any individual case or in the aggregate. The Company’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2020 is referred to hereinafter as the “Current Balance Sheet”. The Books and Records of the Company and each Subsidiary have been, and are being, maintained, in all material respects, in accordance with applicable legal and accounting requirements and the Financials are consistent with and have been prepared in accordance with such Books and Records.
(b)The Company and each Subsidiary adheres to a system of internal accounting controls which are effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements (including the Financials), in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has identified or been made aware of (i) any significant deficiency or material weakness in the system of internal accounting controls utilized by the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) any Fraud that involves the Company’s management or other Employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by the Company or any Subsidiary or (iii) any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.
(c)All accounts receivable of the Company are reflected in the Books and Records and, to the extent arising prior to the Balance Sheet Date, reflected in the Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and all accounts receivable represent valid and enforceable obligations arising from bona fide sales actually made or services actually performed in the ordinary course of business and are not subject to any defenses, credits, setoffs or counterclaims. Except to the extent paid before Closing, such accounts receivables are, or will be as of the Closing, current, collectible and valid, net of any reserves for bad debts set forth on the Current Balance Sheet. No Person has any Lien on any accounts receivable of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and no request or agreement for deduction or discount has been made with respect to any accounts receivable of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(d)Neither the Company, nor any Subsidiary has billed any amount (i) materially in advance of the start date of the relevant term, or (ii) materially in advance of the contractually specified billing period (e.g., no annual bills have been issued with respect to a Contract that specifies quarterly billing terms).
(e)Neither the Company, nor any Subsidiary has granted any payment terms to any customer or supplier exceeding ninety (90) calendar days with respect to any amounts to be paid to the Company or to any Subsidiary.
2.8No Undisclosed Liabilities. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any liability, whether accrued, unaccrued, absolute, contingent, matured, unmatured, liquidated, unliquidated, or due or to become due (in any case, whether or not required to be reflected in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP), except for those liabilities (a) which have been reflected in the Current Balance Sheet, (b) incurred pursuant to this Agreement, or (c) which have arisen in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices since the Balance Sheet Date prior to the date hereof (none of which is a liability for violations of any Legal Requirement or for tort, infringement or breach of contract or warranty) and do not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate.
(b)The Company’s application for the PPP Loan, including all representations and certifications contained therein, was true, correct and complete in all material respects and was otherwise completed in all material respects in accordance with all guidance issued in respect of the Paycheck Protection Program. The Company has used the proceeds of the PPP Loan solely for the purposes permitted by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) and has complied in all material respects with all requirements of the CARES Act and Paycheck Protection Program in connection therewith.
2.9No Changes. Since the Balance Sheet Date, except for actions and Transactions expressly contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Agreements, the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries has been conducted, in all material respects, in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, and (a) no Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred, and (b) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has taken or omitted to take any action that would result in a breach of Section 4.1 or require the consent of Parent under Section 4.2 if taken or omitted to be taken, or proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken, as applicable, after the date hereof.
2.10Tax Matters.
(a)Tax Returns and Payments. Each return, report, statement, declaration, estimate, schedule, notice, notification, form or other similar document or information filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any Governmental Entity in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of any Tax or in connection with the administration, implementation or enforcement of or compliance with any Legal Requirement relating to any Tax, including any amendment thereof or attachment thereto (each, a “Tax Return”) required to be filed by the Company or any Subsidiary with any Governmental Entity (the “Company Returns”) with respect to income and other material Taxes: (i) have been filed on or before the applicable due date (including any extensions of such due date); and (ii) have been accurately and completely prepared in all material respects in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements. All Taxes required to be paid by the Company or the Subsidiaries have been timely paid. The Company and its Subsidiaries have properly collected from its customers and other third parties all sales, use, value added and other similar Taxes, timely remitted such Taxes to the appropriate Governmental Entity, and complied in all material respects with any applicable
Legal Requirements related to such Taxes. The Company has delivered or Made Available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all income and other material Company Returns for each of the last three (3) fiscal years as of the date of this Agreement.
(b)Reserves for Payment of Taxes. Any liability for unpaid Taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Balance Sheet Date has been accrued on the Financials in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has incurred any liability for Taxes since the Balance Sheet Date outside of the ordinary course of business.
(c)Audits; Claims. There is no claim, audit, action, suit, or proceeding now pending (or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened) against or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any Tax. Any past claim, audit, action, suit, or proceeding has been completed and fully resolved to the satisfaction of the applicable Governmental Entity conducting such claim, audit, action, suit, or proceeding and all Taxes determined by such audit to be due from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been paid in full to the applicable Governmental Entity. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor any representative thereof has received from any Governmental Entity any: (i) written notice indicating an intent to open an audit or other review; (ii) written request for information related to Tax matters; or (iii) written notice of deficiency or proposed Tax adjustment. No extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Company Returns is still in effect. No claim or legal proceeding is pending (or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened) against the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any Tax. There are (and immediately following the Effective Time there will be) no Liens for Taxes upon any of the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary except for Permitted Liens.
(d)Distributed Stock. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock intended to qualify for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code.
(e)Tax Indemnity Agreements. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has: (i) ever been a member of an affiliated group (within the meaning of Code Section 1504(a)) filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return (other than a group, the common parent of which was the Company), (ii) ever been a party to any Tax sharing, indemnification, allocation or similar agreement or arrangement (other than any such agreement or arrangement entered into in the ordinary course of business, the primary purpose of which is not related to Taxes), nor does the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owe any amount under such an agreement or arrangement, (iii) any liability for the Taxes of any Person under Section 1.1502-6 of the Treasury Regulations (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Legal Requirement (including any arrangement for group or consortium relief or similar arrangement)) as a transferee or successor, by Contract (other than any such Contract entered into in the ordinary course of business, the primary purpose of which is not related to Taxes), by operation of Legal Requirement or otherwise, (iv) incurred a dual consolidated loss within the meaning of Section 1503 of the Code, or (v) ever been a party to any joint venture, partnership or other arrangement that has been treated as or would reasonably be expected to be treated as a partnership for Tax purposes.
(f)FIRPTA. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is or has been a “United States real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code.
(g)No Other Jurisdictions for Filing Tax Returns. Section 2.10(g) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of all jurisdictions in which the Company and each of its Subsidiaries files or has filed Tax Returns for income Tax purposes since inception. There are no jurisdictions in which the Company or any Subsidiary is required to file a Tax Return other than the
jurisdictions in which the Company or such Subsidiary has filed Tax Returns. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject to income Tax in any country other than its country of incorporation or formation by virtue of having a permanent establishment or other place of business in that country. No written claim has ever been made by a Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction where the Company or a Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns that the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable, is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction, nor is any such claim threatened, and nor does the Company have any Knowledge of any basis for any such claim.
(h)Tax Rulings and Incentives. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has entered into any arrangement (including “rulings”) with any Tax authority that is still in effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has made any Tax election except as disclosed in the Tax Returns filed. Section 2.10(h) of the Disclosure Schedule describes the terms and conditions of any Tax exemption, Tax holiday or other Tax reduction agreement or order with regard to the payment of Taxes applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a “Tax Incentive”) that is still in effect. Copies of any documents relating to any such Tax Incentives have been Made Available to Parent. Parent and its Affiliates will not be liable to any Governmental Entity after the Closing for any amounts benefiting the Company or any Subsidiary before the Closing under or with respect to any Tax Incentives (including as a result of a termination thereof or disqualification therefrom).
(i)Transfer Pricing. The Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable transfer pricing Legal Requirements, including the execution and maintenance of contemporaneous documentation substantiating the transfer pricing practice and methodology. The prices for any property or services (or for the use of any property) provided by or to the Company or any Subsidiary are arm’s length prices for purposes of the relevant transfer pricing Legal Requirements, including Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 482 of the Code.
(j)Tax Shelters; Listed Transactions. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has consummated or participated in, nor is the Company or any Subsidiary currently participating in, any transaction that was or is a “tax shelter” transaction as defined in Sections 6662 or 6111 of the Code or the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has ever participated in, nor is currently participating in, a “Listed Transaction” or a “Reportable Transaction” within the meaning of Section 6707A(c) of the Code or Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b), or any transaction requiring disclosure under a corresponding or similar provision of state, local, or foreign Legal Requirements. The Company and each Subsidiary has disclosed on its Tax Returns any Tax reporting position taken in any Tax Return that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of penalties under Section 6662 of the Code (or any comparable provisions of state, local or foreign Legal Requirement).
(k)Withholding. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries: (i) has complied with all applicable Legal Requirements relating to the payment, reporting and withholding of Taxes (including withholding of Taxes pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 and 1446 of the Code or similar provisions under any foreign Legal Requirements); (ii) has, within the time and in the manner prescribed by applicable Legal Requirements, withheld from employee wages or consulting compensation and timely paid over to the proper Governmental Entities or authorized depository (or is properly holding for such timely payment) all amounts required to be so withheld and paid over under all applicable Legal Requirements, including federal and state income and employment Taxes, Federal Insurance Contribution Act, Medicare, Federal Unemployment Tax Act, and relevant non-U.S. income and employment Tax withholding Legal Requirements; and (iii) has timely filed all withholding Tax Returns, for all periods.
(l)Change in Accounting Methods; Closing Agreements. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary will be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) change in method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date, including under Section 481 or Section 263A of the Code (or any similar provision of applicable Tax Legal Requirements); (ii) closing agreement as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign Tax Legal Requirements) executed on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) deferred intercompany gain or excess loss accounts described in Treasury regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any similar provision of applicable Tax Legal Requirements) arising from transactions occurring on or prior to the Closing Date; (iv) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (v) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date (other than amounts received in the ordinary course of business); (vi) election under Section 108(i) of the Code (or any similar provision of applicable Legal Requirements) made on or prior to the Closing Date; or (vii) the application of Section 965 of the Code (or any similar provision of applicable Legal Requirements) with respect to any income of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made an election under Section 965(h) of the Code (or any similar provision of applicable Legal Requirements).
(m)Accounting. The Company uses and has used for the last three taxable years the accrual method of accounting for tax purposes.
(n)Section 280G. There is no agreement, plan, arrangement or other Contract covering any Employee that, considered individually or considered collectively with any other such Contracts, could be expected to, give rise directly or indirectly to the payment of any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to Section 280G of the Code or that could be characterized as a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code or agreement, plan, arrangement or other Contract by which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound to compensate any Employee for excise taxes payable pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code.
(o)Section 83(b) Matters. The Company has delivered to Parent correct and complete copies of all election statements under Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to any Company Restricted Stock or other property issued by the Company to any of its Employees, non-employee directors or other service providers. A valid election under Section 83(b) of the Code was timely made in connection with any issuance of any shares of Company Capital Stock that were eligible for such an election.
(p)Section 409A. Each Company Employee Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as such term is defined in Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) subject to Section 409A of the Code (or any state law equivalent) and the regulations and guidance thereunder (“Section 409A”) is, and has been, established, administered and maintained in all material respects in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A. There is no Contract to which the Company is a party, including the provisions of this Agreement, covering any Employee, which individually or collectively could require the Company or any of its Affiliates to pay a Tax gross up payment to, or otherwise reimburse, any Employee for Tax-related payments under Section 409A.
2.11 Real Property. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries owns any real property. Section 2.11 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all material real property currently leased, subleased or licensed by or from the Company or any Subsidiary or otherwise occupied by the Company or any Subsidiary (collectively, the “Leased Real Property”). Section 2.11 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all leases, lease guaranties, subleases, agreements for the leasing, use or occupancy of,
or otherwise granting a right in or relating to the Leased Real Property (collectively, the “Lease Agreements”). The Company and the Subsidiaries currently occupy all of the Leased Real Property for the operation of its business. There are no other parties occupying, or with a right to occupy, the Leased Real Property. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary owes brokerage commissions or finders’ fees with respect to any such Leased Real Property or would owe any such fees if any existing Lease Agreement were renewed pursuant to any renewal options contained in such Lease Agreements. The Leased Real Property is in good operating condition and repair and is maintained in a manner consistent with standards generally followed with respect to similar properties. Neither the operation of the Company or any Subsidiary on the Leased Real Property nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, such Leased Real Property, including the improvements thereon, violate in any material respect any applicable building code, zoning requirement or statute relating to such Leased Real Property or operations thereon, and any such non-violation is not dependent on so-called non-conforming use exceptions.
2.13Tangible Property. The Company and each Subsidiary has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased properties and leased assets, valid leasehold interests in, all of its material tangible properties and assets, real, personal and mixed, used or held for use in its business, free and clear of any Liens, except for Permitted Liens. The material items of equipment owned or leased by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries constitute all property necessary or useful to conduct the business of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries as they are currently conducted and as they are currently planned to be conducted. The material items of equipment owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary are (i) are adequate for the conduct of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries as currently conducted, (ii) in good operating condition, regularly and properly maintained, subject to normal wear and tear and (iii) are available for immediate use in the business and operation of the Company and all of its Subsidiaries are currently conducted.
2.13Intellectual Property.
(a)Company Products. Section 2.13(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies each Company Product by name and version, indicating for each whether such Company Product is a Company Proprietary Product or a Company Open Source Product. Section 2.13(a)(ii) includes a complete and accurate list of all Software and other Technology currently used by the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than Off the Shelf Software or Open Source Software, to generate the Company Products, including, for Software that is Company Proprietary Products or Company Technology, title and most current version and release number.
(b)Ownership Free and Clear. The Company and/or each of the Subsidiaries (i) exclusively own all right, title and interest to and in the Company Proprietary Products and the Company IP, and the items set forth or required to be set forth on Section 2.13(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, and (ii) own all right, title, and interest to and in, or are licensed to use or otherwise have the right to use perpetually and with no material limitations (except as set forth in the applicable Inbound License) all Intellectual Property Rights and Technology used in or necessary to the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case of (i) and (ii), free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(i)all documents and instruments necessary to register or perfect the rights of the Company and the Subsidiaries in the Company Registered IP have been validly executed, delivered and filed in a timely manner with the applicable Governmental Entity;
(ii)each Employee and Developer has signed a valid and enforceable written agreement irrevocably assigning all Intellectual Property Rights and Technology created by such Employee or Developer, respectively, within the scope of such Employee’s or Developer’s duties to the Company or such Subsidiary, and containing confidentiality provisions prohibiting such Employee or Developer, respectively, from using or disclosing trade secrets or confidential information of the Company and the Subsidiaries, that in each case is substantially in the Company’s then-current standard form of such applicable contract, which forms have been Made Available to Parent (each a “Confidentiality and Invention Assignment Agreement”), and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no Employee or Developer is in violation of such agreement;
(iii)no Employee, Developer or former employer of any Employee has asserted to the Company in writing any claim, right or interest to or in any Company IP or Company Technology;
(iv)to the Knowledge of the Company, no Employee is, or in the past five (5) years, has been, in breach of any Contract with any former employer or other Person concerning Intellectual Property Rights or confidentiality in a manner that is material to the business of the Company;
(v)no funding, facilities or personnel of any Governmental Entity were used to develop or create any Company IP in a manner giving rise to such Governmental Entity having any claim of ownership or license to any such Company IP;
(vi)each of the Company and the Subsidiaries (A) has taken all reasonable steps to maintain and protect the Company Proprietary Products, Company IP and Company Technology and the confidentiality of all of its and their confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets and any confidential information or trade secrets provided to the Company or a Subsidiary under an obligation of confidentiality, and (B) has used reasonable business judgment in deciding what information not to retain as confidential, including decisions as to which Intellectual Property Rights and Technology to distribute and license as Open Source Software or otherwise permit to become subject to an Open Source License; and
(vii)neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is currently a member or promoter of, or a contributor to, any industry standards body or similar organization, in a manner that has resulted in any requirement or obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary to grant or offer to any other Person any license or right to any Company IP, Company Proprietary Product or Company Technology.
(c)Registered IP. Section 2.13(c) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies (i) each item of Registered IP that is Company IP or that, in the four (4) years prior to the date of the Closing Date, was filed or was otherwise active in the name of the Company or a Subsidiary (“Company Registered IP”); (ii) the jurisdiction in which such item of Registered IP has been registered or filed and the applicable application (or applicable registrar, in the case of domain names), any applicable registration or serial number and the date of such registration or filing; (iii) each other Person (other than the Company) who has any ownership interest in such item of Company Registered IP; and (iv) all Company IP that Company contemplates filing as Registered IP within the twelve (12) months after the date of this Agreement. All filings, payments and other actions required to be made or taken to maintain each item of Company Registered IP in full force and effect have been made by the applicable deadline. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company Registered IP is not invalid, materially restricted in its scope or corresponding rights, or unenforceable. To the Knowledge of the Company, there is no basis for a
claim that any Company Registered IP (excluding applications) is invalid or unenforceable. Except as set forth in Section 2.13(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no actions that must be taken by the Company or any Subsidiary within ninety (90) calendar days of the Closing Date, including the payment of any registration, maintenance or renewal fees or the filing of any documents, applications or certificates for the purposes of perfecting, maintaining or renewing any Company Registered IP.
(d)Effects of the Merger. Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other agreements referred to in this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions or any such other agreement will, with or without notice or the lapse of time, result in or give any other Person the right or option to cause or declare: (i) a loss of, or Lien on, any Company IP, Company Proprietary Product or Company Technology; (ii) the release, disclosure or delivery of any Company Proprietary Product or Company Technology by or to any escrow agent or other Person; (iii) the grant, assignment or transfer to any other Person of any license or other right or interest under, to or in any of the Company IP, Company Proprietary Product, Company Technology or any other Intellectual Property Rights or Technology owned by, or licensed to (A) the Company or any Subsidiary or (B) Parent or any of its Affiliates; (iv) Parent, any of its Affiliates, the Company, or any Subsidiary, becoming bound by or subject to any noncompete or other restriction on the operation or scope of their respective businesses;, or (v) payment of any royalties or other license fees with respect to Intellectual Property Rights or Technology of any third party in excess of those payable by the Company or any Subsidiary in the absence of this Agreement or the Transactions.
(e)No Infringement. Neither the Company or any Subsidiary, nor the operation of its or their business (including the use, sale, development, marketing, or exploitation of the Company Products) is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating, or has, infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated, any Intellectual Property Right or other rights of any other Person, and the operation of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries (including the use, sale, development, marketing, or exploitation of the Company Products) does not constitute unfair competition or trade practices under any applicable Legal Requirement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing: (i) no infringement, misappropriation or similar claim or legal proceeding is currently pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company or any Subsidiary; (ii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice or other communication (A) relating to any actual, alleged or suspected infringement, misappropriation or violation of any Intellectual Property Right by the Company or its Subsidiaries of another Person, (B) demanding or inviting the Company or any Subsidiary to license the Intellectual Property Right of another Person, or (C) claiming that a Company Product or the operation of the business of the Company or any Subsidiary constitutes unfair competition or trade practices under any applicable Legal Requirements; and (iii) none of the Company IP is subject to any outstanding Order or Contract restricting the use thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary. To the Knowledge of the Company,(x) no Person has infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise violated, and (y) no Person is currently infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating, any Company IP. Since January 1, 2015, Company has not sent written notice to any Person alleging that such Person has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Company IP.
(f)Software.
(i)To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Company Products, or the Computer Systems used in connection with the operation of the business of the Company or any Subsidiary, contain any undisclosed “back door,” “drop dead device,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “virus,” or “worm” (as such terms are commonly understood in the software industry) or any other code designed or intended to have, or capable of performing, any of the following functions: (A) disrupting,
disabling, harming or otherwise impeding in any manner the operation of, or providing unauthorized access to, a computer system or network or other device on which such code is stored or installed; or (B) damaging, destroying, taking, appropriating, or exfiltrating any data or file without the user’s consent (collectively, “Harmful Code”)
(ii)Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any other Person acting on any of their behalf, has disclosed, delivered or licensed to any Person, agreed to disclose, deliver or license to any Person, or deposited or agreed to deposit with any escrow agent or other Person, any source code that is Company Technology, other than to Employees or Developers bound by a Confidentiality and Invention Assignment Agreement.
(g)Use of Open Source Code.
(i)Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has incorporated any Open Source Software into any Company Proprietary Product, or used any Open Source Software, in a manner or relation that has resulted in or could result in any requirement that the Company or such Subsidiary disclose, license or distribute, or grant any rights or immunities (including any patent non-asserts or patent licenses) to such Company Proprietary Product, or any other Company IP or Company Technology, and the Company and each Subsidiary has adopted and implemented reasonable policies and procedures designed to protect against such requirements.
(ii)Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all of the terms and conditions of each applicable Open Source License governing the Open Source Software included in or used to provide any Company Product, including all requirements pertaining to attribution and copyright notices.
(h)Privacy and Data Protection.
(i)Section 2.13(h)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a description of the types of Personal Data collected or obtained by or for the Company or any Subsidiary through any means, including through Internet websites and mobile applications owned, maintained or operated by or for the Company or any Subsidiary (“Company Sites”) and by, through, or in connection with Company Products, including any Personal Data provided by third Persons to the Company or any Subsidiary. The Company, each Subsidiary, the Company Sites and the Company Products, and all third parties acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary or that have access to Private Data collected, maintained, or processed by or for the Company or any Subsidiary comply, and have at all times complied, with all applicable Privacy Laws, including those relating to (x) the privacy of users of Company Sites and Company Products; and (y) the collection, use, storage, retention, hosting, disclosure, security, transmission, interception, transfer, disposal and any other processing of any Private Data by or for the Company or any Subsidiary.
(ii)Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement nor the transfer of all of the Company’s and each of the Subsidiaries’ databases and other information from or relating to customers and all non-customer end users of the Company Sites and the Company Products, including all Private Data maintained by or for the Company or the Subsidiaries, from the Company or the Subsidiaries to Parent or any subsidiary of Parent will constitute or result in a breach or violation of any Privacy Law or any Company Privacy Policy. Copies of all Company Privacy Policies have been Made Available. None of the disclosures made or contained in any Company Privacy Policies has been inaccurate, misleading or deceptive (including by containing any material omission). With respect to
each Person performing services for the Company or any Subsidiary that the Company or such Subsidiary has permitted to access, maintain, or otherwise process Private Data or Confidential Information, the Company or such Subsidiary has obtained a written agreement from such Person that binds such Person to at least the same restrictions and conditions that apply to the Company or such Subsidiary with respect to such Private Data or Confidential Information and to implement reasonable and appropriate means for protecting such Private Data or Confidential Information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, and processing;.
(iii)Section 2.13(h)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies (and the Company has Made Available a true, correct, and complete copy of) each letter or other written or electronic communication or correspondence that has been sent or otherwise delivered by or to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of advisers regarding any actual, alleged or suspected violation of any Privacy Law by (x) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Person performing for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (y) any of their respective Advisers or customers, and provides a brief description of the current status of the matter referred to in such letter, communication or correspondence. There is no, and has been no, complaint to, or any audit, proceeding, investigation (formal or informal) or Action, in each case, against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective customers (in the case of customers, to the extent relating to any Company Product or Company Site or the practices of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Person performing for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) by any private party, the Federal Trade Commission, any data protection authority, or any other Governmental Entity, with respect to (A) the collection, storage, hosting, use, disclosure, transmission, transfer, disposal, security, possession, interception, or other processing of any Private Data by or for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) the security, confidentiality, availability, or integrity of any Computer Systems or of any Private Data or Confidential Information used, processed or maintained by or for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(i)Data Security Measures. The Company and each Subsidiary has at all times implemented, maintained, and monitored reasonable and appropriate measures with respect to technical, administrative, and physical security to preserve and protect the confidentiality, availability, security, and integrity of all Computer Systems, as well as all Private Data, Confidential Information, and other data, information, and Technology used, collected, handled, transmitted, stored, or otherwise processed by or for the Company or any Subsidiary. Such measures have included a written information security program that has been regularly tested, reviewed, and updated, and have included steps to protect the Computer Systems from infection by Harmful Code, access by unauthorized Persons, or access by authorized Persons that exceeds the Person’s authorization; performing and documenting risk assessment and management procedures of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and the Company and its Subsidiaries conforming with industry best practices pertaining to cyber security controls and secure programming techniques. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has made public statements regarding the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ information security practices or policies other than those made in the Company Privacy Policies that have been Made Available. The Company’s and each Subsidiary’s information security practices and policies conform, and at all times have conformed, to all Privacy Laws and Company Privacy Policies. There has been no loss, destruction or alteration of, or unauthorized access to, or use, acquisition or other processing of, any Private Data, Confidential Information, or other data, information or Company IP collected, handled, transmitted, processed, or stored by or for the Company or any Subsidiary.
(j)Computer Systems. The Computer Systems:
(i)are functioning and have functioned consistently and accurately in all material respects (except for pre-planned maintenance shut downs) and in accordance with all applicable specifications;
(ii)are configured and maintained to minimize the effects of Harmful Code;
(iii)have been regularly and properly maintained, supported and replaced, are in satisfactory working order and are suitable for their current use;
(iv)have sufficient capability, capacity and performance to meet the current business requirements of the Company and each Subsidiary and there are no plans to change, replace, develop, or update them or any material part of them;
(v)include (or the Company has in its possession or control) sufficient user information to enable reasonably skilled personnel in the field to use and operate the Computer Systems (other than any elements of the Computer Systems which are owned or controlled by third parties) without the need for further assistance from a third party;
(vi)comply with the terms of all relevant Contracts entered into by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, including all Material Contracts; and
(vii)have the benefit of appropriate warranty and/or maintenance and support agreements, which include emergency support and are sufficient to remedy or compensate any material defect disclosed by the Company in the Disclosure Schedule or that may otherwise be reasonably contemplated to occur, to the extent made available by the applicable vendor.
(k)Business Continuity. Adequate security and confidentiality arrangements are in force in relation to the Computer Systems, Company Products and Company Technology, and there is in place in respect of the Company and each Subsidiary a reasonable and appropriate disaster recovery plan which would enable the business of the Company and of all Subsidiaries to continue if there were significant damage to or destruction of some or all of the Computer Systems, Company Products and Company Technology, a complete and accurate copy of which has been Made Available.
(1)Security Incidents. There has not been any:
(i)breakdown, malfunction, error, defect or failure in the Computer Systems, Company Products and/or Company Technology or destruction or loss of any data maintained or processed thereon or thereby;
(ii)Harmful Code affecting the Computer Systems, Company Products and/or Company Technology; or
(iii)actual breach of security measures, electronic intrusion, unauthorized access, denial of access, denial of service (including DDoS events), hacking, or other similar event involving the Computer Systems, Company Products and/or Company Technology;
nor, so far as the Company is aware, are there any circumstances which may give rise to any such matters reasonably likely to have an adverse effect on, or cause disruption or loss to, the Company or any Subsidiary.
2.14Material Contracts.
(a)Section 2.14(a) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies any Material Contract in effect as of the date hereof to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their assets is bound or under which the Company or any Subsidiary has any obligation. As used herein, the Contracts described below, whether or not set forth in Section 2.14(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, shall constitute the “Material Contracts” provided, to the extent any Contract entered into between the date hereof and Closing would otherwise have been deemed a Material Contract under the terms herein, such Contract will be deemed a Material Contract:
(i)that is a Contract with (1) a Substantial Customer or (2) a Substantial Supplier;
(ii)pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary has expressly appointed another party as dealer, distributor, sales representative, value added reseller, remarketer, channel partner, referrer, reseller or any other similar appointment of any of the Company Products (collectively, “Reseller Agreements”) under which the Company or such Subsidiary has paid fees or shared revenue with the counterparty to such Contract in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 in excess of $10,000;
(iii)pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound to, or has committed to provide or license, any Company Product to any third party on an exclusive basis;
(iv)imposing any express restriction on the right or ability of the Company or any Subsidiary: (A) to compete with any other Person or to engage in any line of business in any market or geographic area, or to sell, license, manufacture or otherwise distribute any Company Products, or to provide services, to any customers or potential customers or any class of customers, in any geographic area, during any period of time, or in any segment of the market; or (B) to acquire any Technology, or any services, from any other Person, to sell any Company Product to or perform any services for any other Person; provided that the foregoing shall not require the disclosure of any non-disclosure agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business or any agreements between the Company and its Subsidiaries or among its Subsidiaries restricting the decision-making authority of any Employee or Adviser of the Company or any such Subsidiary or otherwise imposing any of the above express restrictions on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(v)that grants any right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar rights with respect to any material assets, rights, securities or other interests (including any Company Capital Stock or Company Options) or properties of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries;
(vi)that constitutes an Inbound License;
(vii)that constitutes an Outbound License;
(viii)pursuant to which the Company has engaged a Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company) to develop any material Company IP on terms that are not substantially equivalent to the Company’s standard terms for engaging independent contractors, and excluding Inbound Licenses or Outbound Licenses and the agreements excluded therefrom;
(ix)that is a Contract with any union, works council or similar labor entity or labor organization;
(x)that is a Lease Agreement;
(xi)that provides for any capital expenditures by the Company or any Subsidiary in excess of $10,000 individually or $25,000 in the aggregate or committed future capital expenditures by the Company or any Subsidiary in excess of $10,000 individually;
(xii)providing for the settlement or conciliation of any material Action;
(xiii)providing for or relating to the acquisition, issuance or transfer of any securities of any Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) or for the acquisition or disposition (however structured) by the Company or any Subsidiary of any business or any material assets (other than in the ordinary course of business) of any Person;
(xiv)providing for any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts or instruments relating to Indebtedness or extension of credit or the creation of any Lien with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary;
(xv)providing for any guaranty, pledge, performance or completion bond or surety arrangement by, for the benefit of, or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(xvi)that is a Contract with an Interested Party (other than in such Interested Party’s capacity as an Employee);
(xvii)that is an offer letter, employment agreement, individual consulting or individual independent contractor Contract or other Contract for the engagement of any person on a full-time, part-time or individual consulting basis (a) with aggregate annualized cash compensation in excess of $150,000 and/or (b) that is not terminable by the Company or any Subsidiary at will without penalty or further payment and without more than sixty (60) calendar days’ notice;
(xviii)that grants any non-statutory severance or termination pay or benefits or non-statutory post-termination payments (in cash or otherwise) to any Employee;
(xix)constituting any (A) prime contract, subcontract, letter contract, material task order or delivery order executed or submitted to or on behalf of any Governmental Entity or any prime contractor or higher-tier subcontractor, or under which any Governmental Entity or a prime contractor or higher-tier subcontractor otherwise has or may acquire any right or interest, or (B) quotation, bid or proposal submitted to any Governmental Entity or a prime contractor or higher-tier subcontractor of any Governmental Entity;
(xx)that contemplates or involves (A) the payment or delivery of cash or other consideration in an amount or having a value in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate; or (B) the performance of services having a value in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate excluding any customer Contracts, and offer letters, employment agreements, individual consulting or individual independent contractor Contracts;
(xxi)that was entered into outside the ordinary course of business or was inconsistent with any past practices of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(xxii)creating or governing any partnership or joint venture or any similar arrangement involving co-investment between the Company or any Subsidiary and a third party or any sharing of revenues, profits or losses, other than any Reseller Agreements.
(b)The Company has Made Available true, correct and complete copies of all written Material Contracts in effect as of the date hereof, including all amendments, supplements and other modifications thereto. Section 2.14(b) of the Disclosure Schedule provides an accurate description of the terms of any Material Contract that is not in written form. Each Material Contract is valid and in full force and effect and is enforceable against the Company and by the Company or the Subsidiaries in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Limitations. No event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that (A) (with or without notice or lapse of time) will, or would reasonably be expected to: (i) result in a material violation or breach by the Company or any Subsidiary of any of the provisions of any Material Contract; (ii) give any Person the right to declare a default or exercise any remedy under any Material Contract; (iii) give any Person the right to accelerate the maturity or performance of any Material Contract; or (iv) give any Person the right to cancel, terminate, rescind, avoid, repudiate or modify any Material Contract, or (B) has already caused the occurrence of any of the events described in any of the foregoing clauses (A)(i)-(iv). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have materially violated or breached, or committed any material default under, any Material Contract, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no other Person has materially violated or breached, or committed any material default under, any such Material Contract. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any oral notice, regarding any actual or possible violation or breach of, or default under, any Material Contract. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any oral notice from a Person threatening to terminate or refuse to perform its obligations under any Material Contract (regardless of whether such Person has the right to do so under such Contract). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have waived any of its material rights under any Material Contract.
(c)Neither the Company, nor any Subsidiary has entered into any Contract which restricts, in any material respect, the Company or any Subsidiary in its ability to solicit for hire, or hire, any Person for employment or in a consulting or other representative capacity.
(d)Neither the Company, nor any Subsidiary is a party to any Contract that provides for any of the following:
(i)most favored pricing or any most favored terms for any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary;
(ii)gross limit on fees or amounts becoming due by customers (regardless of users or usage);
(iii)committed discounts for future purchases or renewals, outside of the ordinary course of business, that are greater than thirty percent (30%) of the Company’s or of the respective Subsidiary’s current list price or current hourly professional services rates;
(iv)caps or other limitations on the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to increase fees that (i) exceed two (2) years in duration, and/or (ii) are less than five percent (5%) per annum; or
(v)product feature commitments or customer-specific functionality either provided verbally or in writing.
(e)Section 2.14(e) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list of the top twenty (20) customers of the Company by:
(i)total revenue for the twelve (12) and six (6) month periods ending on December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020, respectively;
(ii)total recurring revenue for the twelve (12) and six (6) month periods ending on December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020, respectively (each such customer listed in clauses (i) and (ii) being a “Substantial Customer”); and
(iii)a list of the twenty (20) largest suppliers by total expense (on a consolidated expenses basis) for the twelve (12) and six (6) month periods ending on December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020 (each such supplier being a “Substantial Supplier”).
(f)Since January 1, 2018, no Substantial Customer or Substantial Supplier has (i) ceased to do business with the Company or any Subsidiary; (ii) substantially reduced its dealings with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than pursuant to the terms of an existing agreement in existence as of January 1, 2018); or (iii) given written notice that it will do any such things.
(g)No commitment or obligation is owed by the Company or any Subsidiary to any Substantial Customer other than pursuant to the terms of any Contract or any purchase order pursuant thereto, in each case that has been Made Available.
(h)Other than as set out in the relevant Contract that has been Made Available, since January 1, 2018, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has given or paid or received (or agreed to give, pay or receive) any discount, volume rebates, allowances, commission payments or the like (whether or not legally binding) to any of its Substantial Customers or Substantial Suppliers other than in the ordinary course of business.
(i)Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has agreed to any credit terms with any of its Substantial Customers or Substantial Suppliers that are materially different from the credit terms in the Contracts that were Made Available. No Substantial Customer or Substantial Supplier has been regularly more than sixty (60) calendar days late in making payments due to the Company or to any Subsidiary.
(j)Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice from any Substantial Customer or any Substantial Supplier regarding any of the following: (A) termination, non-renewal or breach of any Material Contract; (B) material reduction in use of products or services; or (C) renegotiation of any terms of any Material Contract.
(k)There are no Contracts to provide any of the following:
(i)product enhancements or maintenance of product customizations (other than in the ordinary course of business),
(ii)support for a particular product version (including any prohibition or limit on declaring the end-of-life of a version); or
(iii)contractual commitments for free end-user support.
2.15Employee Benefit Plans.
(a)Schedule. Section 2.15(a)(1) of the Disclosure Schedule contains an accurate and complete list of each material Company Employee Plan and each Employee Agreement, including a specific designation of each Company Employee Plan and Employee Agreement providing severance or post-termination payments and/or benefits or providing obligations in case of a change of control of the Company. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has made any plan or commitment to establish any new Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement, to modify any Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement (except to the extent required by Legal Requirement or to conform any such Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement to the requirements of any applicable Legal Requirement, in each case as previously disclosed to Parent in writing, or as required by this Agreement), or to enter into any Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement. Section 2.15(a)(2) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a table setting forth the name, hiring date, title supervisor, annual salary or base wages, commissions, bonus (target, maximum and any amounts paid for the current year), classification pursuant to the applicable industry-wide collective bargaining agreement, organization of working time (full-time, part-time, temporary employee), average weekly overtime hours and accrued but unpaid vacation balances of each current employee of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof, including with respect to any Employees on a leave of absence, the date the leave commenced, the reason for the leave and any expected date of return to work of such Employee. No executive officer has provided notice of, or to the Knowledge of the Company, has otherwise expressed, his or her intention to terminate employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Section 2.15(a)(3) of the Disclosure Schedule contains an accurate and complete list of all Persons that have a consulting or advisory relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b)Documents. The Company has Made Available (i) correct and complete copies of all documents embodying each material Company Employee Plan and each Employee Agreement including all amendments thereto and all related trust documents and all related management and/or monitoring and/or information documents and/or records required by Legal Requirements, (ii) the three (3) most recent annual reports (Form Series 5500 and all schedules and financial statements attached thereto), if any, required under ERISA or the Code in connection with each material Company Employee Plan, (iii) if the Company Employee Plan is funded, the most recent annual and periodic accounting of Company Employee Plan assets, (iv) the most recent summary plan description together with the summary(ies) of material modifications thereto, if any, required under ERISA with respect to each Company Employee Plan, (v) all material written agreements and contracts relating to each Company Employee Plan, including administrative service agreements and group or other insurance contracts, (vi) written communications to any Employee or Employees relating to any Company Employee Plan and any proposed Company Employee Plan, in each case, relating to any amendments, terminations, establishments, increases or decreases in compensation benefits, acceleration of payments or vesting schedules or other events which would result in any liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (vii) all material correspondence and/or notifications to or from any Governmental Entity or administrative service relating to any Company Employee Plan, (viii) all policies pertaining to fiduciary liability insurance covering the fiduciaries for each Company Employee Plan, (ix) all nondiscrimination tests for each Company Employee Plan for the three (3) most recent plan years, and (x) the most recent IRS determination, opinion, notification or advisory letters issued with respect to each Company Employee Plan. No promises or commitments have been made to amend any Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement or to provide increased or improved benefits thereunder or accelerate vesting or
funding thereunder. No verbal promises or representations have been made to any Employees to increase their compensation or to continue their employment for any specific duration.
(c)Employee Plan Compliance. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries and ERISA Affiliates in all material respects, have performed all obligations required to be performed by them under the terms of the Company Employee Plan and all applicable Legal Requirements (including, but not limited to ERISA and the Code), including (i) funding, administering and maintaining, in form and in operation, each Company Employee Plan and (ii) timely making all required contributions, payments and accruals for all periods ending prior to or as of the Closing Date or, to the extent not yet required to be accrued, properly accrued on the Books and Records (and in each case, will be subsequently made). For each Company Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, the Company has obtained a favorable determination and/or opinion or advisory letter from the IRS and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no event, condition or circumstances that has adversely affected or could reasonably be expected to adversely affect such qualified status. No non-exempt “prohibited transaction,” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA, has occurred or to the Knowledge of the Company could reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Company Employee Plan or any Person who is a fiduciary with respect to any Company Employee Plan. There are no Actions pending or to the Knowledge of the Company threatened or reasonably anticipated (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Company Employee Plan or against the assets of any Company Employee Plan. Each Company Employee Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued after the Effective Time in accordance with its terms, without liability to the Company, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (other than ordinary administration expenses or with respect to benefits, other than bonuses, commissions or amounts under other compensation plans, that were previously earned, vested or accrued under Company Employee Plans prior to the Effective Time). None of the Company, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is subject or, could reasonably be expected to be subject to any penalty or Tax with respect to any Company Employee Plan under Section 502(i) of ERISA or Sections 4975 through 4980 of the Code.
(d)No Pension Plan. None of the Company, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate currently maintains, sponsors, contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to, or has ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, or contributed to, any Pension Plan subject to Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.
(e)No Self-Insured Plan. None of the Company any, Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate has ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in or contributed to any self-insured plan that provides benefits to Employees (including any such plan pursuant to which a stop-loss policy or contract applies).
(f)Multiemployer and Multiple-Employer Plan, Funded Welfare Plans and MEWAs. The Company, its Subsidiaries and its ERISA Affiliates do not contribute to, are not obligated to contribute to and do not have any liability (including actual or potential withdrawal liability) to (and have never contributed to, been obligated to contribute to or had any liability to) any multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA). None of the Company, any Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate has at any time ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in or contributed to any multiple employer plan as defined in Section 413 of the Code, a “funded welfare plan” within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code, or a Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement, as defined under Section 3(40)(A) of ERISA (without regard to Section 514(b)(6)(B) of ERISA).
(g)No Post-Employment Obligations and Affordable Care Act Compliance. No Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement provides post-termination or retiree or post-employment life insurance, health or other employee welfare benefits to any Person for any reason, except as may be required by COBRA or other applicable Legal Requirements for which the covered person pays the full cost of coverage for such person and their beneficiaries, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has ever represented, promised or contracted (whether in oral or written form) to any Employee (either individually or to Employees as a group) or any other person that such Employee(s) or other person would be provided with life insurance, health or other employee welfare benefits, except to the extent required by statute or other applicable Legal Requirements. The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Affordable Care Act”). No event has occurred, and no condition or circumstance exists, that could reasonably be expected to subject the Company or any Subsidiary to any liability or Taxes under Sections 4980D or 4980H of the Code or any other provision of the Affordable Care Act.
(h)Effect of Merger. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions (alone or in connection with additional or subsequent events) or any termination of employment or service in connection therewith will (i) result in the funding, or payment of any amount or benefit (including severance, golden parachute, bonus or otherwise) becoming due to any Employee, (ii) result in any forgiveness of Indebtedness, (iii) increase any payments or benefits otherwise payable or to the provided by the Company or any Subsidiary or (iv) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such payments or benefits except as required under Section 411(d)(3) of the Code.
2.16Employment Matters.
(a)Compliance with Employment Laws. The Company and each Subsidiary is and since January 1, 2017 has been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable foreign, federal, state and local Legal Requirements and other Contracts or arrangements with any works council, employee representative or other labor organization or group of employees, and its own written policies and internal regulations respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, worker classification, prohibited discrimination, working time, employee representation, equal employment, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, calculation of holiday pay, unions, affirmative action plans, immigration status and legal right to work inspections, employee safety and health, wages (including overtime wages), compensation, and hours of work, or the equivalent under applicable Legal Requirements, and in each case, with respect to Employees or other individual service providers is not liable for any arrears of wages, salaries, holiday pay, bonuses, commissions, wage premiums, fees, expense reimbursements, severance or any other compensation, or any payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Entity, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits or other benefits or obligations for Employees (other than routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistent with past practice). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is currently a party to a conciliation agreement, consent decree or other agreement or order with any federal, state, or local agency or Governmental Entity with respect to employment practices. The services provided by each of the Company’s and each Subsidiary’s current employees inside the United States are terminable at the will of the Company or any Subsidiary, and any such termination would result in no liability to the Company or any Subsidiary for severance or similar payment or benefit (other than ordinary administration expenses or with respect to benefits, other than bonuses, commissions or amounts under other compensation plans, that were previously earned, vested or accrued under Company Employee Plans prior to the Effective Time). To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has no material liability with respect to any misclassification of any person as an independent
contractor, intern and/or temporary worker rather than as an employee, with respect to any employee leased from another employer or with respect to any Employee currently or formerly classified as exempt from overtime wages, or the equivalent under applicable Legal Requirements. Section 2.16(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all liabilities of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries to any Employee for severance pay, retention pay change of control pay or similar payment or benefit that would result from the termination by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent of such Employee’s employment or provision of services, or from a change in control, other than those disclosed in Section 2.15(a). Since January 1, 2017, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has implemented any plant closing or mass layoff as defined in, and that has required advance notice pursuant to, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or similar Legal Requirement (“WARN”), nor are any such actions contemplated, planned, or announced. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is required to maintain an affirmative action plan pursuant to Executive Order 11246 or any other Legal Requirement.
(b)Labor. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to any collective bargaining or other agreements or Contracts with any union, works council, employee representative or other labor organization or group of employees. No strike, labor dispute, slowdown, lockout, concerted refusal to work overtime, or work stoppage or labor strike or other material labor dispute by or against the Company or any Subsidiary is pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, or reasonably anticipated and there has been no such dispute since January 1, 2017. The Company has no Knowledge of any activities or proceedings of any labor union, works council, employee representative or other labor organization or group of employees to organize any Employees. There are no Actions, labor disputes or grievances pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened relating to any labor matters involving any Employee, including charges of unfair labor practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has engaged in any unfair labor practices within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act or similar Legal Requirement. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is presently, nor has it been in the past, a party to, or bound by, any collective bargaining agreement, or other Contracts or agreements with any union, works council, employee representative or other labor organization or group of employees with respect to Employees and no such agreement is being negotiated by the Company or any Subsidiary.
(c)No Interference. To the Knowledge of the Company, no Stockholder, director, officer, Employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated under any, subject to any Order of any Governmental Entity that would interfere with such person’s efforts to carry out his/her functions to promote the interests of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries or that would interfere with the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ business.
2.18Governmental Authorizations. Each material notification, consent, license, permit, grant or other authorization (a) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary currently operates or holds any interest in any of their respective properties or assets, or (b) which is required for the operation of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s business as currently conducted or currently contemplated to be conducted or the holding of any such interest (collectively, “Company Authorizations”) has been issued or granted to the Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may be. The Company Authorizations are in full force and effect, and no suspension or cancellation of any such Company Authorizations is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened. The Company Authorizations constitute all Company Authorizations required to permit the Company and the Subsidiaries to operate or conduct their respective businesses or hold any interest in their respective properties or assets and none of the Company Authorizations is subject to any term, provision, condition or limitation which may adversely change or terminate such Company Authorizations by virtue of the execution of this Agreement or any of the Related Agreements or the consummation of the Transactions. The Company and each of the
Subsidiaries have been and is in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Company Authorizations, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice from any Governmental Entity regarding any violation by the Company or any Subsidiary of any Company Authorizations, or any actual or threatened revocation, cancellation or termination of any Company Authorizations.
2.18Litigation and Orders. There is no Action of any nature pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company threatened, against the Company or any Subsidiary, their respective properties and assets (tangible or intangible) or any of their respective officers or directors (solely in their capacities as such), including any Action relating to any Intellectual Property Rights. There is no Action of any nature pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against any Person who has a contractual right or a right pursuant to applicable Legal Requirements to indemnification from the Company in respect of such Action related to facts and circumstances existing prior to the Closing. No Governmental Entity has at any time challenged the legal right of the Company or any Subsidiary to conduct their respective operations as presently or previously conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is or has been subject to any outstanding Order. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has commenced any Action (including any Action relating to any Intellectual Property Rights) or otherwise entered into any settlement, admitted to any liability or wrongdoing, consented to the entry of any judgment or otherwise resolved or become subject to any judgment in any pending or threatened Action against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.
2.19Insurance. Section 2.19 of the Disclosure Schedule lists all insurance policies (excluding any Company Employee Plans) and fidelity bonds covering the assets, business, equipment, properties, and operations of the Company or any Subsidiary, including with respect to each such policy, the policy number, policy holder, insurance carrier, coverage amount and type, deductible, annual premium and date of expiration of such policy. Such policies and bonds are sufficient for all Material Contracts to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party and, to the Knowledge of the Company, all applicable Legal Requirements. There is no material claim by the Company or any Subsidiary pending under any such policies or bonds as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed, and the Company and each Subsidiary, as applicable, has given timely notice to applicable insurers of all material claims that may be insured or covered by any such policies or bonds. In addition, there is no pending claim of which its total value (inclusive of defense expenses) would reasonably be expected to exceed the policy limits. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been paid, (or if installment payments are due, will be paid if incurred prior to the Closing Date) and the Company and any Subsidiary are otherwise in material compliance with the terms of such policies and bonds (or other policies and bonds providing substantially similar insurance coverage). Such policies and bonds are in full force and effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written threat of termination or invalidation of any of such policies or bonds or any written notice or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any oral notice of any material adjustments in the premiums or costs of such policies or bonds. With respect to each insurance policy, there is no liability of the Company or any Subsidiary in the nature of a retroactive rate adjustment, loss sharing arrangement or other actual or contingent liability, nor would there be any such liability if such insurance policy was terminated at or after the Closing.
2.21Compliance with Legal Requirements. Since January 1, 2015, Company and each Subsidiary has complied in all material respects with, and is not in material violation of, any Legal Requirement. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notices or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any oral notices, of any violation of any Legal Requirement, or has provided any written or oral notice to any Governmental Entity regarding any violation by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of any Legal Requirement. No investigation or review by any Governmental Entity is
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has been threatened against or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
2.21Export Control Laws.
(a)The Company and each Subsidiary have complied in all material respects with all applicable export and re-export control Legal Requirements (“Export Controls”), including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce, trade and economic sanctions maintained by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) maintained by the Department of State, and any applicable anti-boycott compliance regulations. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has directly or indirectly sold, exported, re-exported, transferred, diverted, or otherwise disposed of any products, software, or technology (including products derived from or based on such technology) to any destination, entity, or Person prohibited by the Legal Requirements of the United States, without obtaining prior authorization from the competent government authorities as required by those Legal Requirements. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable import Legal Requirements (“Import Restrictions”), including Title 19 of the U.S. Code and Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(b)Except as authorized under applicable Legal Requirements, the Company and the Subsidiaries have not released or disclosed ITAR-controlled technical data or EAR-controlled technology requiring a license in order to be exported to any foreign national whether in the United States or abroad.
(c)No Action, claim, request for information, or subpoena is pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, concerning or relating to any export or import activity of the Company or any Subsidiary. No voluntary self-disclosures have been filed by or for the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to possible violations of Export Controls and Import Restrictions.
(d)The Company and the Subsidiaries have maintained all records required to be maintained in the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ possession as required under the Export Control and Import Restrictions.
(e)The Company and the Subsidiaries have not, in violation of applicable Legal Requirements, provided any hardware, software, technology, or services to any individual or entity in a prohibited country, including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria or the Crimea Region of the Ukraine or on any relevant list of prohibited parties including but not limited to the Commerce Department’s Denied Persons List (“DPL”), Entity List, and Unverified Parties List; the Treasury Department’s List of Specially Designated Nationals List (“SDN List”), and the State Department’s list of debarred parties.
(f)Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has exported (i) any hardware, software or technical data controlled by the ITAR or (ii) any hardware, software or technology controlled under the EAR that is classified as anything other than EAR99.
2.23Anti-Corruption. Neither the Company, the Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, employee, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any distributor, reseller, consultant, agent or other third party retained by the Company or a Subsidiary and while acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, has provided, offered, promised, or authorized the provision of anything of value (including payments, meals, entertainment, travel expenses or accommodations, or gifts), directly or indirectly, to any Person, including a “foreign official”, as defined by the FCPA, which includes employees or officials working for state-owned or controlled entities, a foreign political party or
candidate, any individual employed by or working on behalf of a public international organization for the purpose of corruptly assisting the Company or a Subsidiary in (i) obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, any person; (ii) influencing any act or decision of a foreign government official in his or her official capacity; (iii) inducing a foreign government official to do or omit to do any act in violation of his/her lawful duties; or (iv) securing any improper advantage, in violation of the FCPA, United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010, the U.S. Travel Act, Title 18 of the U.S. Code section 201, or any applicable local, domestic, or international anticorruption, anti-bribery, or anti-money laundering laws (collectively hereinafter “Anti-Corruption Laws”). Neither the Company, the Subsidiaries, nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or, to the Knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, agents while acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has used any corporate funds to maintain any off-the-books funds or engage in any off-the-books transactions nor has any of the before stated parties entered, submitted, or otherwise included any false, fictitious, or inaccurate entries in the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Books and Records in violation of applicable Legal Requirements. The Company and the Subsidiaries have not made any provisions to any Person (including “foreign officials”), or taken any act in furtherance of such a provision, that would constitute an improper rebate, commercial bribe, influence payment, extortion, kickback, or other improper payment in violation of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws. The Company and the Subsidiaries have not conducted any internal or government-initiated investigation, or made a voluntary, directed, or involuntary disclosure to any governmental body or agency with respect to any alleged act or omission arising under or relating to any noncompliance with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.
2.24Environmental Law. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has released, disposed of, or exposed any Person to, any Hazardous Material in material violation of, or so as to give rise to material liability pursuant to, Environmental Law. Except in compliance with Environmental Law and as would not result in material liability to the Company or any Subsidiary, no Hazardous Materials are or were present in, on or under any real property, including the land, improvements, ground water and surface water thereof, that the Company or any Subsidiary (a) currently leases, operates, or occupies or (b) formerly leased, operated or occupied during any period in which the real property was leased, operated or occupied by the Company or any Subsidiary. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries have conducted all Hazardous Material Activities, and are and have been in compliance in all material respects with all Environmental Laws, which compliance includes obtaining, maintaining and complying in all material respects with all Company Authorizations required pursuant to Environmental Laws. All of the Company’s products comply in all material respects with all Environmental Laws. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice or other information alleging violation of, or liability under, or is subject to any pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened Action under, Environmental Law. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has assumed, undertaken, provided an indemnity with respect to, or otherwise become subject to, any liability of any other Person relating to Environmental Laws or Hazardous Materials.
2.24Interested Party Transactions. No officer, director or Employee of the Company or any Subsidiary or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Person holding more than two percent (2%) of the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock (taking into account any securities convertible into or exercisable for such shares of capital stock of the Company that are held by such Person) (nor any immediate family member of any of such Persons, or any trust, partnership or corporation in which any of such Persons has or has had an interest) (each, an “Interested Party”), has, directly or indirectly, (i) any interest in any Person which furnishes or sells, Technology or Intellectual Property Rights that the Company or any Subsidiary furnishes or sells (whether directly or as a component to, or incorporated in, the goods and services furnished or sold by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or proposes to furnish or sell (whether directly or as a component to, or incorporated in, the goods and services furnished
or sold by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or (ii) any interest in any Person that purchases from or sells or furnishes to the Company or any Subsidiary, any goods or services, or (iii) any interest in any asset or property (tangible or intangible) that is used in the operation of the business of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (iv) any interest in, or is a party to, any Contract to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party (other than in such Person’s capacity as an officer, director or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary); provided, however, that ownership of no more than one percent (1%) of the outstanding voting stock of a publicly traded corporation shall not be deemed to be an “interest in any Person” for purposes of this Section 2.24; provided, further, that the investments held in entities made by pooled investments funds of which a Person may be affiliated shall not be deemed to be an “interest in any Person” for purposes of this Section 2.24. No Interested Party is or has been indebted to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is indebted (or has committed to make any loan or extend or guarantee credit) to any Interested Party. Other than as set forth in the Charter Documents and on Section 5.6 of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no Contracts with regard to contribution or indemnification between the Company and any of the Stockholders. All transactions or Contracts with any Interested Party have been on an arms-length basis on terms no less favorable to the Company or any Subsidiary than would be available from an unaffiliated party.
2.25Books and Records. The minute books of the Company have been Made Available, are complete and up-to-date, and have been maintained in accordance with sound and prudent business practice. The business records, financial books and records, personnel records, ledgers, sales accounting records, tax records and related work papers and other books and records maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary (collectively, the “Books and Records”) are true, complete and correct, in all material respects, and fairly reflect, in all material respects, the business activities and condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and/or any of the Subsidiaries, as applicable. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have engaged in any material transaction, maintained any bank account or used any corporate funds except as reflected in its normally maintained Books and Records.
2.26Brokers. There is no investment banker, broker, finder, agent or other Person that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries who is entitled to any financial advisor’s, brokerage, finder’s or other similar fee, commission or any other payment in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions.
2.28Representations Complete. None of the representations or warranties made by the Company (as modified by the Disclosure Schedule) in this Agreement, and none of the statements made in any exhibit, schedule or certificate furnished by the Company pursuant to this Agreement contains, or will contain at the Effective Time, any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit at the Effective Time to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
2.28No Additional Representations.
(a)Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Article II, the Company expressly disclaims any representations or warranties, including any representations or warranties as to the Company’s business and affairs, or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Company nor any representative of the Company, nor any of its employees, officers, directors or stockholders, has made, and shall not be deemed to have made, any representations or warranties in the materials relating to the business and affairs of the Company that have been made available to Parent or Merger Sub, including
due diligence materials, or in any presentation of the business and affairs of the Company by the management of the Company or others in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and no statement contained in any of such materials or made in any such presentation shall be deemed a representation or warranty hereunder or otherwise or deemed to be relied upon by Parent or Merger Sub in executing, delivering and performing this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby unless expressly contained in Article II. It is understood that any cost estimates, projections or other predictions, any data, any financial information or any memoranda or offering materials or presentations, including but not limited to, any offering memorandum or similar materials made available by the Company and its Advisers, are not and shall not be deemed to be or to include representations or warranties of the Company, and are not and shall not be deemed to be relied upon by Parent or Merger Sub in executing, delivering and performing this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Each of Parent and Merger Sub hereby represents and warrants to the Company, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as follows:
3.1Organization and Standing. Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is duly qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the ownership of its properties makes such qualification necessary, except for where such failures to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to delay or impair Parent’s or Merger Sub’s abilities to consummate the Merger. Parent owns beneficially and of record all outstanding capital stock of Merger Sub free and clear of any Liens, and no other Person holds any capital stock of Merger Sub nor has any rights to acquire any interest in Merger Sub. Merger Sub was incorporated solely for the purpose of engaging in the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Merger Sub has engaged in no business activities or operations and has conducted its operations only as contemplated by this Agreement.
3.2Authority and Enforceability. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and any Related Agreements to which it is a party and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery by each of Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement and any Related Agreements to which it is a party and the consummation of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and other action on the part of Parent and Merger Sub. This Agreement and any Related Agreements to which Parent and/or Merger Sub is a party have been duly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and constitute the valid and binding obligations of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Limitations.
3.3Governmental Approvals and Consents. No consent, waiver, approval, Order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to Parent or Merger Sub in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and any Related Agreements to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or the consummation of the Transactions, except for (a) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and (b) such consents, waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings
that have been obtained prior to the execution of this Agreement on terms that in the aggregate would not materially impair Parent’s ability to consummate the Merger.
3.4No Conflicts. The execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement and any Related Agreement to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party, and the consummation of the Transactions, will not result in any violation of or default under (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation, modification or acceleration of any material obligation or loss of any material benefit under (a) any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or equivalent organizational documents) of Parent or Merger Sub, as amended, (b) any Contract to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets (whether tangible or intangible) are bound, or (c) any Legal Requirement or Order applicable to Parent or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries, except where such conflict, violation, default, termination, cancellation or acceleration, individually or in the aggregate, would not be material to Parent’s and Merger Sub’s ability to consummate the Merger or to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement. There is no material Action of any nature pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent or Merger Sub, threatened against either Parent or Merger Sub, their respective properties and assets (tangible or intangible) or any of their respective officers or directors (solely in their capacity as such) that would materially impair Parent’s ability to consummate the Merger.
3.6Merger Consideration. As of the date hereof and at the Closing, Parent has sufficient funds to pay the Merger Consideration and consummate the Transaction. Parent understands and acknowledges that under the terms of this Agreement, Parent’s obligation to consummate the Transactions is not in any way contingent upon or otherwise subject to Parent’s consummation of any financing arrangements, Parent’s obtaining of any financing or the availability, grant, provision or extension of any financing to Parent.
3.7Brokers. There is no investment banker, broker, finder, agent or other Person that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of Parent or any of its subsidiaries who is entitled to any financial advisor’s, brokerage, finder’s or other similar fee or commission in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries would become liable or obligated prior to the Closing.
3.7Inspection; No Additional Representations.
(a)Each of Parent and Merger Sub is an informed and sophisticated Person, and has engaged expert advisors experienced in the evaluation and acquisition of companies such as the Company as contemplated hereunder. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has undertaken such investigation and has been provided with and has evaluated such documents and information as it has deemed necessary to enable it to make an informed and intelligent decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Parent and Merger Sub acknowledge and agree that they are relying exclusively on the representations set forth in Article II and their own examination and investigation of the Company and that they are not relying on any other statements or documents.
(b)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Parent acknowledges that (i) neither the Company nor any Holder makes any representation or warranty with respect to (A) any projections, estimates or budgets delivered to or made available to Parent of future revenues, future results of operations (or any component thereof), future cash flows or future financial condition (or any component thereof) of the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries or the future business and operations of the
Surviving Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) any other information or documents made available to Parent or its counsel, accountants or advisors with respect to the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, assets, liabilities or operations, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, and (ii) Parent has not relied and will not rely upon any of the information described in subclauses (A) and (B) of clause (i) above in executing, delivering and performing this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or any other information, representation or warranty except those representations or warranties set forth in Article II hereof in negotiating, discussing, executing, delivering and performing this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that nothing in this Section 3.7(b) shall (i) impair or affect in any way Parent’s and Merger Sub’s ability to rely on the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement as they may be modified by the Disclosure Schedules, (ii) serve to limit or reduce in any manner (A) the scope of any of the express representations and warranties made in Article II or (B) any claim for indemnification based upon a claim of Fraud or willful breach with respect to the express representations and warranties made in Article II or (iii) preclude Parent from asserting claims for indemnification in accordance with, and subject to, the limitations contained in Article VII.
ARTICLE IV
CONDUCT OF COMPANY BUSINESS
DURING PENDENCY OF TRANSACTION
4.1Affirmative Obligations of the Company. During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the Closing, except as required or permitted by this Agreement or to the extent that Parent shall otherwise have consented in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), or as required by applicable Legal Requirements, pursuant to any Contract, or as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company shall conduct the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course and in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted (including maintaining working capital and cash management practices, collecting receivables, paying payables (including the writing and mailing of checks with respect thereto) and booking sales), pay or perform all material obligations of the Company and the Subsidiaries when due, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact the present business organizations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, keep available the services of the present officers and Employees of the Company and the Subsidiaries, preserve the assets (including intangible assets) and properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries and preserve the relationships of the Company and the Subsidiaries with customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, and others having business dealings with them, all with the goal of preserving unimpaired the goodwill and ongoing businesses of the Company and the Subsidiaries at the Closing.
4.2Restrictions on Company Business and Operations. In furtherance and not in limitation of Section 4.1, during the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the Closing, except as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement and except as expressly set forth in Section 4.2 of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company shall not (and shall ensure that no Subsidiary shall), unless to the extent that Parent shall otherwise have consented in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), or as required by applicable Legal Requirements, pursuant to any Contract, or as contemplated by this Agreement:
(a)cause or permit any modifications, amendments or changes to the Charter Documents or the organizational documents of any Subsidiary;
(b)declare, set aside, or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock, assets or other property) in respect of any Company Capital Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or make any other actual, constructive or deemed distribution in respect of the such shares of Company Capital Stock;
(c)split, combine or reclassify any Company Capital Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary or issue or authorize or permit the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of Company Capital Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary (or options, warrants or other rights convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for Company Common Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary), except for the issuance of Company Capital Stock pursuant to the exercise of Company Options or Company Warrants, or directly or indirectly repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of Company Capital Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary (or options, warrants or other rights convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for Company Common Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary), except in connection with the termination of services to the Company;
(d)make or agree to make any capital expenditure or commitment exceeding $100,000 individually or $500,000 in the aggregate;
(e)acquire or agree to acquire (in each case, however structured) any business enterprise or any line of business or division of any Person or any equity interests in, or any material portion of the assets of, any Person, or otherwise merge or consolidate with or into any other Person;
(f)sell, assign, transfer, lease, license, dispose of, abandon or permit to lapse any material asset (whether tangible or intangible) or any material portion of the assets (whether tangible or intangible) of the Company or any Subsidiary or any business enterprise or division thereof outside of the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, and consistent with past practice;
(g)propose or adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, equity split or combination (or any similar change in its capitalization), restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries;
(h)incur any Indebtedness (other than the obligation to reimburse employees for travel and business expenses or indebtedness incurred in connection with the purchase of goods and services, each in the ordinary course of the Company’s business consistent with past practices), issue or sell any debt securities, create a Lien over any asset of the Company or any Subsidiary or materially amend the terms of any outstanding agreement with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(i)commence or settle any Action, or allow the lapse of any right in respect of any such Action, in each case, whether made by or against the Company or any Subsidiary or relating to any of their businesses, properties or assets;
(j)except as required under the current terms of any Company Employee Plan, Employee Agreement or applicable Legal Requirement, or any acceleration of vesting for Company Common Stock or Company Options as set forth in the Payment Spreadsheet, (i) increase or make any other change (including any change or amendment to any Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement) that would result in increased cost to the Company or any Subsidiary to the salary, fee structure, wage rate, incentive compensation opportunity, health, welfare and/or retirement benefits, employment status, title or other compensation (including equity based compensation, deferred compensation, termination payments, retirement payments or pension payments) payable or to become payable by the Company or
any Subsidiary to any Employee, or (ii) promote or change the title of any Employee (retroactively or otherwise);
(k)make any declaration, payment, commitment or obligation of any kind for the payment (whether in cash, equity or otherwise) of a severance payment or other change in control payment, termination payment, bonus, special remuneration or other additional salary or compensation (including equity based compensation) to any Employee, other than as required under the current terms of any Company Employee Plan, Employee Agreement or applicable Legal Requirement;
(l)except as required by applicable Legal Requirements, convene any regular or special meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof) of the Stockholders; or
(m)take, commit, or agree in writing or otherwise to take, any of the actions described the foregoing clauses of this Section 4.2, or any other action that would (i) prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from performing, or cause the Company or any Subsidiary not to perform, its covenants or agreements hereunder or (ii) cause or result in any of its representations and warranties set forth herein being untrue or incorrect.
ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
5.1No Solicitation of Competing Acquisition Proposals.
(a)Termination of Pending Discussions. The Company shall, and shall cause its Advisers to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any such negotiations, discussions or agreements (other than with Parent) regarding any Alternative Transaction. The Company agrees that it shall, as soon as practicable following the date hereof but in any event within two (2) Business Days, request of each Third Party that has heretofore executed a confidentiality agreement in connection with its consideration of an Alternative Transaction with the Company to return or destroy (in accordance with the terms of such confidentiality agreement) all confidential information furnished prior to the execution of this Agreement to or for the benefit of such Third Party by or on behalf of the Company, or Adviser.
(b)No Solicitation of Competing Acquisition Proposals. Commencing on the date hereof and continuing at all times until the Closing, the Company shall not, either directly or through any of its Stockholders, directors, officers, representatives, or other agents including its financial, legal or accounting advisors (together, “Advisers”), directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, initiate, seek, knowingly encourage, promote, formally approve or support any inquiry, proposal or offer from, (ii) furnish any non-public information regarding the Company (other than in connection with the sale of products and services in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or license of Technology or Intellectual Property Rights in connection therewith) to, (iii) take any other action that is intended or would be reasonably expected to assist, encourage or facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal that constitutes or could lead to an Alternative Transaction with, (iv) participate or engage in any discussions or negotiations (except to state that such discussions or negotiations are not permitted pursuant to these provisions) with, (v) approve, endorse or recommend, or propose to approve, endorse or recommend, an Alternative Transaction by, (vi) terminate, amend or waive any rights under (or fail to enforce by seeking an injunction or by seeking to specifically enforce the terms of) any confidentiality or “standstill” or other similar agreement between the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with, in each of the preceding clauses (i)-(v) above any corporation, limited liability company, general or limited
partnership, business trust, unincorporated association or other entity, Person or group of any of the foregoing (other than Parent and its Advisers acting in their capacities as such) (each, a “Third Party”) regarding (A) any acquisition of all or any part of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (including by way of any merger or consolidation with or involving the Company or any of the Subsidiaries) or any acquisition, issuance, grant, sale or transfer of any of the securities, business, properties or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (other than the sale of products and services in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or license of Technology or Intellectual Property Rights in connection therewith), (B) any joint venture, partnership or other strategic investment in or involving the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (other than a commercial or strategic relationship in the ordinary course of business), including any new financing, investment round, recapitalization of, or any similar transaction involving, the Company, (C) the employment of all or substantially all of the Employees or (D) any other similar transaction involving the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that is not in the ordinary course of business (each, an “Alternative Transaction”); or (vii) enter into any Contract, whether binding or non-binding, with any Third Party providing for an Alternative Transaction (including a letter of intent or exclusivity agreement) or committing the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to do any of the actions contemplated by the preceding clauses (i)-(vi) above.
(c)Notice of Competing Acquisition Proposals. In the event that the Company or any of its Advisers shall receive, prior to the Closing, any inquiry offer, proposal or indication of interest regarding a potential Alternative Transaction, or any request for disclosure of information or access of the type referenced in clause (ii) of Section 5.1(b), the Company or such Adviser shall promptly notify Parent thereof, which notice shall include the identity of the Third Party making any such inquiry, offer, proposal, indication of interest or request, and the specific terms of such inquiry, offer, proposal, indication or request, as the case may be (including a copy of any written material and electronic communications received from such Third Party), and such other information related thereto as Parent may reasonably request.
(d)Actions of Advisers. The parties hereto understand and agree that any material violation of the restrictions set forth in this Section 5.1 by any Adviser of the Company shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement by the Company.
(e)Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that the provisions of this Section 5.1 were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed by the parties hereto that Parent shall be entitled to an immediate injunction or injunctions, without the necessity of proving the inadequacy of money damages as a remedy and without the necessity of posting any bond or other security, to prevent breaches of the provisions of this Section 5.1 and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States or any state having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which Parent may be entitled at law or in equity. The parties hereto further agree that Parent shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and disbursements (in addition to any other relief to which Parent may be entitled) arising in connection with or related to enforcing the terms of this Section 5.1.
5.2Approval.
(a)Stockholder Written Consent. Promptly following the execution of this Agreement, and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours thereof, the Company shall obtain the written consent, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Stockholder Written Consent”), from the Stockholders holding outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock that are sufficient to fully and
irrevocably deliver the Requisite Stockholder Approval. Within five (5) Business Days after the vote satisfying the Requisite Stockholder Approval is obtained, the Company shall prepare and circulate to all Stockholders who did not previously execute a Stockholder Written Consent an information statement (the “Information Statement”), the Stockholder Written Consent and any notices that such consent has been obtained as required, in each case, pursuant to applicable Legal Requirements or the Charter Documents of the Company and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to solicit such Stockholders’ consent and to cause them to deliver their executed counterpart to the Stockholder Written Consent as soon as practicable following such circulation date. Such materials submitted to the Stockholders in connection with soliciting and obtaining such Stockholder Written Consents shall be subject to review and comment by Parent and the Company shall consider in good faith Parent’s comments thereto. The Company covenants that information in the Information Statement will not, on the date the Information Statement is first sent or furnished to the Stockholders, contain any statement which, at such time, is false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not false or misleading. The parties shall update, amend and supplement the Information Statement from time to time as may be required by applicable Legal Requirements.
(b)Joinder Agreement. The Company shall promptly distribute to each Holder the Joinder Agreement. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Joinder Agreement to be executed on or prior to the Closing Date by each Holder.
5.3Reasonable Best Efforts to Close. Subject to the terms and conditions provided in this Agreement, each of the parties hereto (other than the Representative) shall use reasonable best efforts to take promptly, or cause to be taken promptly, all actions and to do promptly, or cause to be done promptly, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Legal Requirements to consummate and make effective Transactions as promptly as practicable, including by using reasonable best efforts to take all action necessary to satisfy all of the conditions to the obligations of the other party or parties hereto to effect the Merger set forth in Section 1.2(b), to obtain all necessary waivers, consents, approvals and other documents required to be delivered hereunder and to effect all necessary registrations and filings and to remove any injunctions or other impediments or delays, legal or otherwise, in each case in order to consummate and make effective the Transactions for the purpose of securing to the parties hereto the benefits contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that under no circumstances shall the Company or any Subsidiary be required to make any payment to any Person or incur any other liability or Loss to secure any Person’s consent. Each party hereto, at the request of another party hereto, shall execute and deliver such other instruments and do and perform such other acts and things as may be necessary or desirable for effecting completely the consummation of the Transactions.
5.4Access to Information. The Company shall afford Parent and its Advisers reasonable access (at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice) during the period from the date hereof and prior to the Closing to (a) all of the properties, Books and Records and Contracts of the Company and the Subsidiaries, including all Company IP and Company Technology, (b) all other information concerning the business, properties and personnel (subject to restrictions imposed by applicable Legal Requirement) of the Company and the Subsidiaries as Parent may reasonably request, and (c) all Employees of the Company and the Subsidiaries as identified by Parent to the extent such access would not be in violation of the applicable Legal Requirements of any Governmental Entity, except, in each case, for (i) privileged attorney-client communications or attorney work product, (ii) information or materials required to be kept confidential by applicable Legal Requirements or any Contract of the Company or any Subsidiary and (iii) information or materials that relate to the proposed sale of the business or the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Related Agreements. The Company agrees to provide to Parent and
its accountants, counsel and other Advisers copies of internal financial statements (including Tax Returns and supporting documentation) promptly upon request. No information or knowledge obtained in any investigation pursuant to this Section 5.4 or otherwise shall affect or be deemed to modify, amend or supplement any representation or warranty set forth herein or in the Disclosure Schedule, or the conditions to the obligations of the parties to consummate the Merger in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof, restrict, impair or otherwise affect any Indemnified Parties’ right to indemnification hereunder or otherwise prevent or cure any misrepresentations, breach of warranty or breach of covenant.
5.6Transfer Taxes. All transfer, documentary, registration and other similar Taxes payable in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the Closing and the Merger, together with any Losses that the Indemnified Parties may at any time suffer or incur, or become subject to, as a result of or in connection with such Taxes, (collectively, “Transfer Taxes”) shall be borne fifty percent (50%) the Indemnifying Parties and fifty percent (50%) by Parent. All Tax Returns with respect to all such Transfer Taxes shall be prepared and filed by the Person(s) required by applicable Law to file such Tax Returns.
5.6Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification.
(a)For a period of six (6) years following the Closing, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation or its successor to, fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of the Company with respect to all rights to indemnification (including advancement of expenses) or exculpation existing in favor of, and all limitations on the personal liability of, any Person who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date hereof, or who becomes prior to Closing, a director or officer of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries under the Charter Documents or in any indemnification agreements in effect as of the date hereof and set forth in Section 5.6 of the Disclosure Schedule to the fullest extent permitted by the organizational documents of the applicable entities and applicable Legal Requirements (each, a “D&O Indemnified Party” and collectively, the “D&O Indemnified Parties”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent shall have no obligation to maintain the existence of the Surviving Corporation for any specified period following the Effective Time; provided that in the event that the Surviving Corporation is liquidated or dissolved, Parent agrees to assume the indemnification obligations of the Surviving Corporation pursuant to this Section 5.6. The Company hereby represents to Parent that no claim for indemnification has been made as of the date hereof by any director or officer of the Company.
(b)Prior to the Closing, the Company shall purchase an extended reporting period endorsement under the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for the Company’s directors and officers on terms reasonably acceptable to Parent that shall provide such directors and officers with coverage for six (6) years following the Closing of not less than the existing coverage and have other terms not materially less favorable to the insured Persons than the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage presently maintained by the Company (the premium for such policy shall be included in Third Party Expenses). After the Closing, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall maintain such policy in full force and effect, and continue to honor the obligations thereunder; provided, however, that Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall have no obligation to pay premiums or any other amounts with respect to such policy.
(c)Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the obligations under this Section 5.6 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Indemnified Party to whom this Section 5.6 applies without the consent of such affected D&O Indemnified Party (it being expressly agreed that the D&O Indemnified Parties to whom this Section 5.6
applies shall be third party beneficiaries of this Section 5.6 and shall be entitled to enforce the covenants contained herein).
(d)In the event that, following the Closing, Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person or (iii) commences a dissolution, liquidation, assignment for the benefit of creditors or similar action, then, and in each such case, to the extent necessary, proper provision shall be made so that either the successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 5.6.
5.7Notification of Certain Matters. The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent of: (a) the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event, the occurrence or non-occurrence of which is likely to cause any representation or warranty of the Company set forth in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect at or prior to the Effective Time, and (b) any failure of the Company to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder in any material respect; provided, however, that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 5.7 shall not (i) limit or otherwise affect any remedies available to the party receiving such notice, or (ii) constitute an acknowledgment or admission of a breach of this Agreement; and provided, further that the failure to deliver a notice pursuant to this Section 5.7 shall not be considered in determining whether the condition set forth in Section 1.2(b)(i)(B) or Section 1.2(b)(i)(C) has been satisfied. No disclosure by the Company pursuant to this Section 5.7 shall affect or be deemed to modify, amend or supplement any representation or warranty set forth herein or in the Disclosure Schedule, or the conditions to the obligations of the parties to consummate the Merger in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof, restrict, impair or otherwise affect any Indemnified Parties’ right to indemnification hereunder or otherwise prevent or cure any misrepresentations, breach of warranty or breach of covenant.
5.8Tax Matters.
(a)Parent shall prepare or cause to be prepared (consistent with past practice except as required by applicable Legal Requirements) and file or cause to be filed all Tax Returns for the Company and its Subsidiaries for any taxable period or portion thereof that ends on or prior to the Closing Date (“Pre-Closing Tax Period”) that is filed after the Closing Date. Parent shall provide a copy of all such income and other material Tax Returns that reflect a Tax for which the Indemnifying Parties would reasonably be expected to be liable under this Agreement to the Representative for the Representative’s review and comment at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to filing of any such Tax Return that is an income Tax Return and at least ten (10) calendar days prior to filing of any such Tax Return that is a material non-income Tax Return, and shall consider in good faith the Representative’s reasonable comments.
(b)For purposes of this Agreement, in the case of any Straddle Period, the amount of Taxes attributable to the portion of the Straddle Period ending on the Closing Date will be deemed to be (i) in the case of Taxes imposed on a periodic basis, the amount of such Taxes for the entire period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of calendar days in the Straddle Period ending on and including the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of calendar days in the entire relevant Straddle Period and (ii) in the case of Taxes not described in clause (i) above (such as Taxes that are based upon or related to income, receipts or payments or on a withholding basis, based upon occupancy or imposed in connection with any sale or other transfer or assignment of property (real or personal, tangible or intangible)), the amount of any such Taxes will be determined as if the taxable
period of the Company and its Subsidiaries ended as of the close of business on the Closing Date (and for such purposes, the taxable period of any non-U.S. entity, partnership or other pass-through entity owned by any Person will be deemed ended as of the close of business on the Closing Date), except that exemptions, allowances or deductions that are calculated on an annual basis, such as the deduction for depreciation (other than with respect to assets placed in service after the Closing Date), shall be apportioned on a daily basis.
(c)Any and all existing Tax sharing or similar agreements entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date. After the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have any further rights or liabilities thereunder.
5.9Contracts.
(a)Notices and Consents. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary consents, waivers and approvals of, and deliver all notices to, any third parties to any Contract (including all of the Contracts set forth in Section 2.4 of the Disclosure Schedule) as are required thereunder in connection with the Merger in order for such Contract to remain in full force and effect following the Merger. Such consents, modifications, waivers and approvals shall be in a form acceptable to Parent. The Company shall be responsible for making any payments required to obtain such consents, modifications, waivers and approvals and shall reflect such payment or other consideration incurred by the Company as of the Closing or anticipated to be incurred or payable after the Closing in the Statement of Specified Liabilities. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub shall have any liability to the Company or any other Person for any costs, claims, liabilities or damages resulting from the Company seeking to obtain such consents, modifications, waivers and approvals.
(b)Amended or Terminated Agreements. The Company shall amend or terminate, as applicable, each of the agreements listed on Schedule 5.9(b) (the “Amended or Terminated Agreements”) effective as of and contingent upon the Closing, including sending all required notices, such that each Amended or Terminated Agreement shall be amended or of no further force or effect, as applicable, immediately following the Closing. The form and substance of each amendment and termination letter shall be subject to prior review and approval by Parent. Upon the Closing, the Company shall have paid all amounts owed under the Amended or Terminated Agreements (as a result of the amendment or termination of the Amended or Terminated Agreements or otherwise), and the Company will not incur any claim, liability or obligation (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise) under any Amended or Terminated Agreement following the Closing. The Company shall be responsible for making any payments required to amend and terminate the Amended and Terminated Agreements and shall reflect such payment or other consideration incurred by the Company as of the Closing or anticipated to be incurred or payable after the Closing in the Statement of Specified Liabilities. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub shall have any liability to the Company or any other Person for any costs, claims, liabilities or damages resulting from the Company seeking to obtain such amendments or terminations.
5.10Section 280G. The Company shall submit to the Stockholders for approval (in a form and manner satisfactory to Parent), by such number of Stockholders as is required by the terms of Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code, any payments and/or benefits that separately or in the aggregate, constitute “parachute payments” (which determination shall be made by the Company and shall be subject to review and approval by Parent) (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) (the “Section 280G Payments”), such that such 280G Payments shall not be deemed to be “parachute payments” under Section 280G of the Code. Prior to the Closing, the Company
shall deliver to Parent evidence satisfactory to Parent that a Stockholder vote was solicited in conformance with Section 280G and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that (i) the requisite Stockholder approval was obtained with respect to any payments and/or benefits that were subject to the Stockholder vote (the “280G Approval”), or (ii) the 280G Approval was not obtained and as a consequence, that such “parachute payments” shall not be made or provided pursuant to the 280G Waivers, which were duly executed by the affected individuals prior to the date of solicitation of the 280G Approval. The submission to Stockholders pursuant to this Section 5.10, the form of 280G Waiver and the calculations underlying the Company’s determination of “parachute payments” under Section 280G of the Code shall be submitted for review and approval to Parent no later than three (3) Business Days before the Closing Date.
5.11Employee Matters.
(a)Proprietary Information and Inventions Assignment Agreements. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall cause (i) each current employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) each current Developer and each Developer who has provided services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the last three (3) years to have entered into and executed an Employee Proprietary Information Agreement with the Company effective as of such employee’s first date of employment or service. The Company shall cause each current consultant or contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to have entered into and executed, and each Person who becomes a consultant or contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof and prior to the Closing shall be required by the Company to enter into and execute, a Consultant Proprietary Information Agreement with the Company effective as of such consultant or contractor’s first date of service.
(b)Payment of Accrued Employee Amounts. Prior to the Closing, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall have paid out all vacation and/or paid time off that has been accrued but unused as of the Closing Date by any Employee, as well as all accrued wages, pro-rated bonuses, commissions, fees and other accrued but unpaid compensation and benefits of any Employee as of the Closing Date (the “Accrued Employee Amounts”).
(c)Compensation and Benefits. For the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending on December 31, 2020, Parent or an affiliate of Parent shall provide employees of the Company who continue to be employed by the Company or by Parent or an Affiliate of Parent on and after the Closing (the “Continuing Employees”) with health and welfare benefits, that are substantially similar in the aggregate to such Continuing Employees’ existing health and welfare benefits as of immediately prior to the Effective Time. Nothing contained herein, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any employee of the Company any right to continued employment for any period or continued receipt of any specific employee benefit, or shall constitute an amendment to or any other modification of any Parent Plan or Company Employee Plan.
(d)Termination of Employee Plans. Effective as of no later than the day immediately preceding the Closing Date, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall terminate any and all Company Employee Plans intended to include group severance pay or benefits and any Code Section 401(k) arrangement (each, a “401(k) Plan”) (unless Parent provides written notice to the Company that such 401(k) plans shall not be terminated). The Company shall provide Parent with evidence that any such 401(k) Plan has been terminated (effective as of no later than the day immediately preceding the Closing Date) pursuant to resolutions of the Company Board (or similar body) of the Company or its ERISA Affiliates, as the case may be. The form and substance of such resolutions shall be provided to Parent for review and approval no later than three (3) Business Days before the Closing Date. The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries also shall take such other actions in furtherance of terminating any such Company Employee Plan as Parent may require. In the event that termination of a 401(k) Plan would reasonably be anticipated to trigger liquidation charges, surrender charges or other fees, then such charges and/or fees shall be included in Third Party Expenses and shall be the responsibility of the Company, and the Company shall take such actions as are necessary to reasonably estimate the amount of such charges and/or fees and provide such estimate in the Statement of Specified Liabilities. The Company also shall have taken and shall take such other actions in furtherance of terminating any other Company Employee Plans as Parent may require.
(e)No Employment Commitment or Plan Amendments. No provision of this Agreement is intended, or shall be interpreted, to provide nor create any third party beneficiary rights or any other rights of any kind or nature whatsoever in any Stockholder, Employee or any other Person, including any rights of employment for any specified period and/or any employee benefits, in favor of any Person, union, association, Continuing Employee, Key Employee, Employee, consultant or contractor or any other Person, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and all provisions hereof will be personal solely among the parties to this Agreement. In addition, no provision of this Agreement is intended, or shall be interpreted, to amend any term or condition of the Plan or any other employee related plan, program or policy of Parent, any Subsidiary of Parent, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Further, each of Company, Parent and its subsidiaries retain the right to amend or terminate its benefit plans at any time and from time to time.
5.12R&W Insurance Policy. As soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event no later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the execution of this Agreement, Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be bound and incepted the R&W Insurance Policy. During the term of the R&W Insurance Policy, Parent (i) shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation and their Affiliates, to maintain the R&W Insurance Policy in full force and effect and (ii) shall not, and shall not permit the Surviving Corporation to, (A) amend, repeal or modify any provision of the R&W Insurance Policy without Representative’s prior written express consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, it being understood that it shall not be unreasonable for Representative to withhold consent in the event that any such amendment, repeal or modification would adversely affect the Indemnifying Parties), (B) take any action or omit to take any action that would result in the cancellation, termination, amendment or modification of the R&W Insurance Policy or coverage thereunder other than by payment of claims thereunder and (C) permit the assignment, substitution or transfer of the rights or obligations of the insurer under the R&W Insurance Policy other than as allowed by the terms of the R&W Insurance Policy.
5.13Preservation of Records. Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, preserve and keep the records held by them relating to the business of the Surviving Corporation for a period of one (1) year from the Closing Date and shall make such records (or copies) and reasonably appropriate personnel available, at reasonable times and upon reasonable advance notice, to the Representative as may be reasonably required by the Representative in connection with any insurance claims by, Actions against or affecting, or compliance with Legal Requirements by, the Representative, Stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates. At and after the expiration of such period, if the Representative has previously requested in writing that such books and records be preserved, Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, either preserve such books and records for such reasonable period as may be requested by the Representative or transfer such books and records to Representative at the Indemnifying Parties’ sole expense.
ARTICLE VI
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE VII
POST-CLOSING INDEMNIFICATION
7.1Survival of Representations, Warranties and Related Indemnification Claims. The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement, and the right to make indemnification claims in respect thereof under this Agreement, shall survive until 11:59 p.m. California time on the eighteenth (18th) month anniversary of the Closing Date (the date of expiration of such period, the “Expiration Date”); provided, however, that (x) in the event of Fraud or willful breach with respect to a representation or warranty, such representation or warranty shall survive indefinitely, and (y) each Fundamental Representation, IP Representation and each Tax Representation, and the right to make indemnification claims in respect of such Fundamental Representation, IP Representation or Tax Representation, shall survive until the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Closing Date; provided, further, that with respect to those representations and warranties of the Company which are the subject of a claim for indemnification that has been delivered in accordance with Section 7.4 prior to their applicable expiration date as provided herein, such representations and warranties and the right to make indemnification claims in respect thereof under this Agreement, shall survive as to such claim until such claim has been finally resolved; provided further, that where any survival period that extends beyond the Expiration Date would otherwise be limited by 10 Del. C. § 8106(a) the parties intend that 10 Del. C. § 8106(c) shall apply (but shall not exceed the survival period contemplated hereby). The Indemnifying Parties’ obligations in Sections 7.2(a)(ii) – (vii) and the covenants and agreements of the Company shall survive until the expiration of the relevant statute of limitations. The representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement, the Related Agreements or in any certificate or other instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate at the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, it is the intention of the parties hereto that the foregoing respective survival periods and termination dates supersede any applicable statutes of limitations that would otherwise apply to such representations and warranties and the right to make indemnification claims in respect thereof under this Agreement.
7.2Indemnification.
(a)From and after the consummation of the Merger, subject to the terms and limitations of this Article VII, the Holders (each, an “Indemnifying Party” and collectively, the “Indemnifying Parties”) shall severally, but not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless Parent and its affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries) and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors and Advisers (each, an “Indemnified Party” and collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”), from and against all claims, losses, liabilities, damages (whether direct, indirect, incidental or, subject to the terms of Section 7.3(d) below, consequential), diminution in value (for clarity, excluding diminution calculations premised solely on multiples of revenues, profits or other financial metrics and non-cash goodwill impairment charges), royalties, deficiencies, Taxes, costs, interest, awards, judgments, settlements, penalties and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ and consultants’ fees and expenses and including any such reasonable expenses incurred in connection with investigating, defending (including expenses of offensive actions taken in connection with any defensive strategy) against or settling any of the foregoing (hereinafter individually a “Loss” and collectively “Losses”) paid, incurred, suffered or sustained by the Indemnified Parties, or any of them (including the Surviving Corporation and
its Subsidiaries) (regardless of whether or not such Losses relate to any third party claims), directly or indirectly, resulting from, arising out of, or relating to any of the following:
(i)any breach of or inaccuracy in a representation or warranty of the Company set forth in this Agreement or in any certificates or instruments delivered by or on behalf of the Company in connection herewith, without giving effect to any update of or modification to the Disclosure Schedule made or purported to have been made on or after the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event of any such breach or inaccuracy, solely for purposes of determining the amount of any Loss relating thereto, no effect will be given to any qualifications based on the word “material” or similar phrases (including “Company Material Adverse Effect”) contained in such representation or warranty (or any disclosure schedule related thereto) (i.e., as if such words or phrases were deleted from such representation and warranty);
(ii)any inaccuracy in any information required to be set forth in the Payment Spreadsheet or Statement of Specified Liabilities, including any failure to properly calculate any item required to be contained therein;
(iii)any failure by the Company to perform or comply with any covenant or agreement of the Company set forth in this Agreement which is required to be performed prior to the Closing;
(iv)any payment (x) in respect of any Dissenting Shares in excess of the consideration that otherwise would have been payable in respect of such shares in accordance with this Agreement and (y) any other Losses paid, incurred, suffered or sustained in respect of the foregoing, including all reasonable attorneys’ and consultants’ fees, costs and expenses and including any such fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with investigating, defending against or settling any Action in respect of the foregoing;
(v)any Indemnified Taxes;
(vi)third party Actions against Parent or any Subsidiary (including the Company) following the Closing, including the costs of defending against and settling any such third party claims, if the facts and circumstances alleged in any such third party Action would give the Indemnified Parties a right to indemnification under Section 7.2(a)(i) if such facts and circumstances were factually accurate; or
(vii)any Fraud or willful breach by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Disclosure Schedule) or the Transactions.
(b)Each Indemnifying Party waives, and acknowledges and agrees that such Indemnifying Party shall not have and shall not exercise or assert (or attempt to exercise or assert), any right of contribution, right of indemnity, right to advancement of expenses or other right or remedy against the Surviving Corporation or the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any indemnification obligation or any other liability to which such Indemnifying Party may become subject under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Related Agreement. Effective as of the Closing, the Representative, on behalf of itself and each Indemnifying Party, expressly waives and releases any right of subrogation, contribution, advancement or indemnification and any other claim that the Representative or such Indemnifying Party may have, against Parent, any Affiliate of Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of the Subsidiary of the Company.
(c)Any payments made to an Indemnified Party pursuant to any indemnification obligations under this Article VII will, to the extent permissible under applicable Legal Requirement, be treated as adjustments to the Total Consideration for Tax purposes and such agreed treatment will govern for purposes of this Agreement.
(d)Except in connection with claims based on Fraud or willful breach, the indemnification rights set forth in this Article VII shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Indemnified Parties from and after the Effective Time for any claims arising under this Agreement, including claims of any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation, warranty or covenant in this Agreement or in any certificate or instrument delivered in connection herewith; provided, however, that this Section 7.2(d) shall not be deemed a waiver by any party of any right to specific performance or injunctive relief or other non-monetary equitable remedies.
(e)Nothing in this Agreement shall limit the right of Parent or any other Indemnified Party to pursue remedies under any Related Agreement against the parties thereto, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the limitations on indemnification set forth in this Article VII).
(f)The rights of the Indemnified Parties to indemnification, compensation or reimbursement, payment of Losses or any other remedy under this Agreement shall not be affected by any investigation conducted with respect to, or any knowledge acquired (or capable of being acquired) at any time, whether before or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Closing Date, with respect to the accuracy or inaccuracy of or compliance with, any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Company or any other matter. The waiver of any condition based on the accuracy of any such representation or warranty, or on the performance of or compliance with any such covenant or agreement, will not affect the right to indemnification, compensation or reimbursement, payment of Losses, or any other remedy based on any such representation, warranty, covenant or agreement. No Indemnified Party shall be required to show reliance on any representation, warranty, certificate or other agreement in order for such Indemnified Party to be entitled to indemnification, compensation or reimbursement hereunder.
(g)If an Indemnified Party’s claim under Section 7.2(a) may be brought under different sections of Section 7.2(a), then such Indemnified Party shall have the right to bring such claim under any applicable section it chooses in accordance with Section 7.2(a), provided, however, that in no event shall any Indemnified Party be entitled to double recovery with respect to any particular incident, fact or event which resulted in Losses subject to indemnification under Section 7.2(a) regardless of whether there were breaches of more than one representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or otherwise
7.3Limitations on Indemnification.
(a)Basket. Except for claims based on Fraud or willful breach, the Indemnified Parties, as a group, may not recover any Losses pursuant to an indemnification claim under Section 7.2(a)(i) unless and until the Indemnified Parties, as a group, shall have paid, incurred, suffered or sustained $50,000 in Losses in the aggregate in respect of indemnification claims under Section 7.2(a), in which case the Indemnified Parties may recover all such Losses in excess of $50,000.
(b)Recourse to Holdback and Policy. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, subject to Section 7.3(a), if an Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification for Losses claimed pursuant to the indemnity set forth in Section 7.2(a) (other than claims for Fraud or willful breach), fifty percent (50%) of such amount shall be paid and satisfied from the Holdback Amount, in
accordance with and subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, and fifty percent (50%) of such amount shall be borne, paid and/or satisfied, as applicable, by the Indemnified Parties (which for the avoidance of doubt means until the aggregate amount of all Losses the Indemnifying Party is required to pay or is liable for exceeds the Holdback Amount, in which event the applicable Indemnified Party may seek recovery for any portion of a Loss for which an indemnification claim has been made but not paid due to the limitation on liability set forth in this Section 7.3(b) solely and directly from the R&W Insurance Policy).
(c)Maximum Liability.
(i)Except as specifically set forth in this Article VII, (x) the maximum amount that an Indemnified Party may recover for Losses pursuant to the indemnity set forth in Section 7.2(a) (other than claims for Fraud or willful breach) shall be limited to an amount equal to the Holdback Amount and the policy limit under the R&W Insurance Policy and (y) the sole and exclusive sources of recovery for an Indemnified Party to recover Losses pursuant to the indemnity set forth in Section 7.2(a) (other than claims for Fraud or willful breach) shall be the Holdback Amount and the R&W Insurance Policy.
(ii)Subject to Section 7.3(b), the Indemnified Parties’ first source of recovery for claims under Section 7.2(a) shall be recourse against the Holdback Amount, but if the Holdback Amount (or the remaining portion thereof) is insufficient to satisfy any portion of a Loss for which an indemnification claim has been made, the Indemnified Parties shall next be entitled to recover such portion of such Losses in respect of such claims directly from the R&W Insurance Policy until it has been exhausted; provided, that no Indemnified Party shall be required to seek recovery from the R&W Insurance Policy for a matter that is expressly excluded from coverage under the R&W Insurance Policy; provided, further that, such exclusions from the R&W Insurance Policy shall in no way affect the indemnification limits set forth in this Agreement. Parent acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this Section 7.3(c) shall apply regardless of whether (i) Parent obtains or maintains the R&W Insurance Policy, (ii) the R&W Insurance Policy is revoked, cancelled or modified in any manner after issuance or (iii) an Indemnified Party makes a claim under the R&W Insurance Policy and such claim is denied in whole or in part; provided, however, that, subject to Section 7.3(c)(iii), nothing in this Article VII shall limit the liability of an Indemnifying Party in connection with a claim based on Fraud or willful breach.
(iii)The liability of each Indemnifying Party for indemnification claims based on Fraud or willful breach under this Agreement shall be limited, in the aggregate, to a dollar amount equal to the portion of the Total Consideration actually received by such Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Agreement, including any amounts withheld by Parent in accordance with this Agreement in respect of Taxes, the Holdback Amount, the Representative Expense Amount or otherwise; provided, however, that nothing in this Article VII shall limit the liability of an Indemnifying Party in connection with a claim based on such Indemnifying Party’s own Fraud or willful breach. No Indemnifying Party shall be liable for any Fraud or willful breach committed by any other Holder, except the Fraud or willful breach of such other Holder that also constitutes Fraud or willful breach by the Company or any Subsidiary, and for each other claim, an Indemnifying Party shall only be liable for its Aggregate Pro Rata Portion of any Losses related to such claim.
(iv)For the avoidance of doubt, (A) nothing herein is intended to, nor shall it have the effect of, limiting or diminishing the right of an Indemnified Party to seek or obtain recovery under the R&W Insurance Policy, and (B) as between Parent, on the one hand, and the insurer(s) under the R&W Insurance Policy, on the other hand, none of the limitations and restrictions (including time for
asserting claims) on indemnification set forth in this Agreement shall affect the rights of the Indemnified Party under the R&W Insurance Policy, which rights shall be governed solely thereby.
(d)The amount of any Losses that are subject to indemnification under this Article VII shall be calculated net of the amount of any insurance proceeds (excluding the R&W Insurance Policy) actually received by the Indemnified Parties in respect of such Losses or any of the events or circumstances giving rise or otherwise related to such Losses (net of any costs or expenses incurred in obtaining such insurance, including any increases in insurance premiums resulting from any insurance recovery) and the Indemnified Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek full recovery under any applicable insurance policies that might be applicable to such Losses. In the event that any insurance (excluding the R&W Insurance Policy) is actually received by any Indemnified Party with respect to any Losses for which such Indemnified Party has been indemnified hereunder, then a refund equal to the net aggregate amount of the recovery (after taking into account of any costs or expenses incurred in obtaining such insurance (other than the R&W Insurance Policy), including any increases in insurance premiums resulting from any insurance recovery) shall be made promptly to the Indemnifying Parties (in an amount equal to the Aggregate Pro Rata Portion of the Loss paid by or on behalf of each Indemnifying Party in respect of which such recovery is made).
(e)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Indemnifying Party shall, in any event, be liable to any other Indemnified Party for any exemplary or punitive damages except to the extent such exemplary or punitive damages are paid to a third party.
(f)No Indemnified Party shall be entitled to recover Losses relating to any matter arising under one provision of this Agreement to the extent that such Indemnified Party has recovered Losses in respect of the same such matter under another provision of this Agreement. Upon discovery of any matter for which an Indemnified Party is, or may be, entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement, such Indemnified Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate its Losses in connection with such matter.
(g)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Indemnified Party shall be entitled to recover Losses (i) relating to the existence, amount, expiration date or limitation on (or the availability of) any net operating loss carryforward, Tax credit carryforward, Tax basis or other similar Tax attribute of the Company in any taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Closing Date or (ii) resulting from any election under Section 338 or Section 336(e) of the Code or any state, local or foreign law equivalent in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
7.4Indemnification Claim Procedures.
(a)Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 7.1, if an Indemnified Party wishes to make an indemnification claim under this Article VII, such Indemnified Party shall promptly deliver a written notice (an “Indemnification Claim Notice”) to the Representative (or in the event an Indemnified Party elects to pursue such indemnification claim directly against an Indemnifying Party, to such Indemnifying Party directly) (i) stating that an Indemnified Party has paid, incurred, suffered or sustained, or reasonably anticipates that it may pay, incur, suffer or sustain Losses, and (ii) to the extent known, specifying in reasonable detail the nature of such Losses or the basis for such anticipated liability, and the nature of the misrepresentation, breach of warranty or covenant to which such item is related. Parent may update an Indemnification Claim Notice from time to time to reflect any new information discovered with respect to the claim set forth in such Indemnification Claim Notice. The Indemnified Party shall allow the Indemnifying Party and its Advisers to investigate the matter or circumstance alleged to give rise to the
indemnification claim, and whether and to what extent any amount is payable in respect of the indemnification claim and the Indemnified Party shall assist the Indemnifying Party’s investigation by giving such information and assistance (including access to the Company’s premises and personnel and the right to examine and copy any accounts, documents or records during normal business hours) as the Indemnifying Party or any of its Advisers may reasonably request.
(b)If the Representative on behalf of the Indemnifying Parties or the Indemnifying Party, as applicable, shall not object in writing within the thirty (30) day period after receipt of an Indemnification Claim Notice by delivery of a written notice of objection containing a reasonably detailed description of the facts and circumstances supporting an objection to the applicable indemnification claim (an “Indemnification Claim Objection Notice”), such failure to so object shall be an irrevocable acknowledgment by the Representative on behalf of the Indemnifying Parties or the applicable Indemnifying Party that the Indemnified Party is entitled to the full amount of the claim for Losses set forth in such Indemnification Claim Notice. In such event, Parent shall be entitled to retain from the Holdback Amount the amount of Losses set forth in the Indemnification Claim Notice. Should the Holdback Amount (or the remaining portion thereof), if any, be insufficient to satisfy in whole the amount to be paid to an Indemnified Party by the Indemnifying Parties in accordance with such Indemnification Claim Notice (subject to the limitations on indemnification set forth in this Article VII), then each Indemnifying Party shall, within ten (10) Business Days following the expiration date of the right of the Representative to make an Indemnification Claim Objection Notice, pay to the Indemnified Party, such Indemnifying Parties’ Aggregate Pro Rata Portion of such shortfall.
(c)In the event that the Representative or the Indemnifying Party, as applicable, shall deliver an Indemnification Claim Objection Notice in accordance with Section 7.4(b) within thirty (30) calendar days after delivery of such Indemnification Claim Notice, the Representative (on behalf of the Indemnifying Parties) or the Indemnifying Party, as applicable, and Parent may attempt in good faith to agree upon the rights of the respective parties with respect to each of such claims. If the Representative or Indemnifying Party, as applicable, and Parent should so agree, a memorandum setting forth such agreement shall be prepared and signed by both parties and, in the case of an indemnification claim to be recovered from the Holdback Amount, Parent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such memorandum and shall retain amounts from the Holdback Amount (or the remaining portion thereof) in accordance with the terms hereof.
(d)If no such agreement can be reached after good faith negotiation and prior to thirty (30) calendar days after delivery of an Indemnification Claim Objection Notice, either Parent or the Representative or Indemnifying Party, as applicable, may demand arbitration of the matter unless the amount of the Loss that is at issue is the subject of a pending litigation with a third party, in which event arbitration shall not be commenced until such amount is ascertained or both parties agree to arbitration, and in either such event the matter shall be settled by arbitration conducted by one arbitrator mutually agreeable to Parent and the Representative or Indemnifying Party, as applicable. In the event that, within thirty (30) calendar days after submission of any dispute to arbitration, Parent and the Representative or Indemnifying Party, as applicable, cannot mutually agree on one arbitrator, then, within fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of such thirty (30) calendar day period, Parent and the Representative or Indemnifying Party, as applicable, shall each select one independent arbitrator. The two arbitrators so selected shall select a third independent arbitrator.
(e)Any such arbitration shall be held in New York City, New York, under the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures of JAMS (“JAMS”). The arbitrator(s) shall determine how all expenses relating to the arbitration shall be paid, including the respective expenses of each party,
the fees of each arbitrator and the administrative fee of JAMS. The arbitrator or arbitrators, as the case may be, shall set a limited time period and establish procedures designed to reduce the cost and time for discovery while allowing the parties an opportunity, adequate in the sole judgment of the arbitrator or majority of the three arbitrators, as the case may be, to discover relevant information from the opposing parties about the subject matter of the dispute. The arbitrator, or a majority of the three arbitrators, as the case may be, shall rule upon motions to compel or limit discovery and shall have the authority to impose sanctions, including attorneys’ fees and costs, to the same extent as a competent court of law or equity, should the arbitrators or a majority of the three arbitrators, as the case may be, determine that discovery was sought without substantial justification or that discovery was refused or objected to without substantial justification. The decision of the arbitrator or a majority of the three arbitrators, as the case may be, as to the validity and amount of any claim in such Indemnification Claim Notice shall be final, binding, and conclusive upon the parties to this Agreement and the Indemnifying Parties. Such decision shall be written and shall be supported by written findings of fact and conclusions which shall set forth the award, judgment, decree or order awarded by the arbitrator(s), and in the case of an indemnification claim to be recovered from the Holdback Amount, Parent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on, and retain such amounts from the Holdback Amount in accordance with, the terms of such award, judgment, decree or order as applicable. Within thirty (30) calendar days of a decision of the arbitrator(s) requiring payment by Parent to the Indemnifying Parties or by the Indemnifying Parties to Parent, such Person(s) shall make the payment to such other Person(s), including any retention from the Holdback Amount, as applicable. Judgment upon any award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The forgoing arbitration provision shall apply to any dispute among the Indemnifying Parties or any Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Parties under this Article VII, whether or not relating to claims to recover funds from the Holdback Amount.
(f)On the fifth (5th) Business Day following the first anniversary of the Closing Date, Parent shall (i) retain an amount, if any, equal to the amount of any claims for indemnification asserted in good faith by an Indemnified Party in an Indemnification Claim Notice delivered in accordance with Section 7.4 prior to the termination of the Expiration Date but which are not yet resolved or for which payment has not yet been made (each such claim, an “Unresolved Claim”) and (ii) subject to reimbursement claims of the Representative as contemplated in Section 7.6(b), release any remaining Holdback Amount net of such Unresolved Claims to the Paying Agent and the Surviving Corporation for further distribution to the Holders in accordance with this Agreement. The Holdback Amount retained for each Unresolved Claim shall be released (to the extent such funds are not utilized to indemnify any Indemnified Party for such Unresolved Claim in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) by Parent to the Paying Agent and Surviving Corporation, respectively, for further distribution to the Holders in accordance with their respective Aggregate Pro Rata Portion as set forth in this Agreement upon the resolution of such Unresolved Claim in accordance with this Article VII.
7.6Third Party Claims. In the event an Indemnified Party becomes aware of a third party claim which, if the allegations contained therein were true, would result in a claim under Section 7.2(a) (a “Third-Party Claim”), the Indemnified Party shall notify the Representative thereof; provided, however, that any failure on the part of the Indemnified Party to so notify the Representative shall not limit any of the obligations of the Indemnifying Parties under this Article VII. Such Indemnified Party shall have the right in its sole discretion to conduct the defense of and to settle or resolve any such claim (and the costs and expenses incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with such defense, settlement or resolution (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, other professionals’ and experts’ fees and court or arbitration costs) shall be included in the amount for which the Indemnified Party may seek indemnification pursuant to a claim made hereunder); provided, however, that except with the consent of the Representative (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), no such settlement or resolution shall
be determinative of the amount of Losses or the underlying facts and circumstances relating to such claim; provided, further, however, that the consent of the Representative with respect to any such settlement or resolution shall be deemed to have been given unless the Representative shall have objected within thirty (30) calendar days after a written request for such consent. In the event that the Representative consents to any such settlement or resolution, the Indemnifying Parties shall have no power or authority to object under any provision of this Article VII to the amount of such settlement or resolution. To the extent it does not affect any privilege relating to any Indemnified Party, the Representative shall be entitled, at the Indemnifying Parties’ expense, to participate in, but not to determine or conduct, any defense of such Third-Party Claim or settlement negotiations with respect thereto and the Indemnified Party shall consider in good faith recommendations made by the Representative with respect thereto. For the avoidance of doubt and subject to the other terms of this Agreement, the Representative and the Indemnifying Parties shall keep any information obtained in connection with such Third-Party Claim confidential in accordance with Section 8.6 hereof as though such information was subject to the terms of the Confidential Disclosure Agreement, and in no event shall the Representative or any Indemnifying Party disclose such information to any third party unless and until such party has executed a confidentiality agreement with respect to such information, or is otherwise subject to applicable confidentiality obligations, containing confidentiality terms no less favorable to the parties than those contained in the Confidential Disclosure Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Confidential Disclosure Agreement to the contrary, the Representative will not be required to return or destroy any information prior to such time as its responsibilities in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are complete. The Indemnified Parties will have the right in their sole discretion to settle or otherwise consent to the resolution of any Third-Party Claim.
7.6Representative.
(a)By virtue of the execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement and/or a Stockholder Written Consent, and the adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Merger by the Stockholders, each of the Indemnifying Parties shall be deemed to have agreed to appoint, and hereby designates, Shareholder Representative Services LLC as its agent and attorney-in-fact, as the Representative for and on behalf of the Indemnifying Parties for all purposes in connection with this Agreement and the agreements ancillary hereto, including to give and receive notices and communications in respect of indemnification claims under this Agreement, to authorize payment to any Indemnified Party from the Holdback Amount in satisfaction of any indemnification claims hereunder by any Indemnified Party, to object to such payments, to agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and demand arbitration and comply with orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to any such indemnification claims, to assert, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and demand arbitration and comply with orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to, any such indemnification claim by any Indemnified Party hereunder against any Indemnifying Party or by any such Indemnifying Party against any Indemnified Party or any dispute between any Indemnified Party and any such Indemnifying Party, in each case relating to this Agreement or the Transactions, and to take all other actions that are either (i) necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Representative for the accomplishment of the foregoing or (ii) mandated or permitted by the terms of this Agreement or the agreements ancillary hereto. Such agency may be changed by the Indemnifying Parties from time to time upon not less than thirty (30) calendar days prior written notice to Parent; provided, however, that the Representative may not be removed unless holders of a two-thirds interest of the Holdback Amount agree to such removal and to the identity of the substituted agent. The Representative may resign at any time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a resignation of the Representative or other vacancy in the position of Representative, such vacancy may be filled by the holders of a majority in interest of the
Holdback Amount. No bond shall be required of the Representative. After the Closing, notices or communications to or from the Representative shall constitute notice to or from the Indemnifying Parties.
(b)The Representative shall not be liable for any act done or omitted in connection with the Representative’s services pursuant to this Agreement and any agreements ancillary hereto except in the event of liability directly resulting from the Representative’s bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Representative shall not be liable for any action or omission pursuant to the advice of counsel. The Indemnifying Parties shall severally, and not jointly, solely for its, his or her Aggregate Pro Rata Portion, indemnify and defend the Representative and hold the Representative harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities, damages, claims, penalties, fines, forfeitures, actions, fees, costs and expenses arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the Representative’s duties hereunder or under any agreements ancillary hereto, including the reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel retained by the Representative (“Representative Expenses”), in each case, as such Representative Expense is incurred or suffered; provided, that in the event that any such Representative Expense is finally adjudicated to have been directly caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Representative, the Representative will reimburse the Indemnifying Parties the amount of such indemnified Representative Expense to the extent attributable to such gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided, further, that the liability of each Indemnifying Party for indemnification claims by the Representative under this Agreement shall be limited, in the aggregate, to a dollar amount equal to the portion of the Total Consideration actually received by such Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Agreement (without regard to any withholding applicable to such payments). If not paid directly to the Representative by the Indemnifying Parties, any such Representative Expenses may be recovered by the Representative from (i) the Representative Expense Amount and (ii) the amounts of the Holdback Amount at such time as remaining amounts would otherwise be distributable to the Indemnifying Parties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Representative Expense Amount shall be available to pay directly, or reimburse the Representative for, any Representative Expenses. For the avoidance of doubt, while this Section 7.6(b) allows the Representative to be paid from the Representative Expense Fund and the Holdback Amount, this Section 7.6(b) shall not limit the obligation of any Indemnifying Party to promptly pay such Representative Expenses as they are incurred, nor does it prevent the Representative from seeking any remedies available to it at law or otherwise. In no event will the Representative be required to advance its own funds on behalf of the Indemnifying Parties or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any restrictions or limitations on liability or indemnification obligations of, or provisions limiting the recourse against non-parties otherwise applicable to, the Indemnifying Parties set forth elsewhere in this Agreement are not intended to be applicable to the indemnities provided to the Representative under this Section 7.6. The Indemnifying Parties acknowledge and agree that the foregoing indemnities in this Section 7.6(b) will survive the resignation or removal of the Representative or the termination of this Agreement. Following the completion of the Representative’s duties, the Representative shall distribute such portion of the Representative Expense Amount that has not been used to reimburse the Representative for Representative Expenses, if any, to the Paying Agent and the Surviving Corporation (in respect of amounts held in the Representative Expense Fund on behalf of holders of Vested Company Options), who will each promptly distribute such funds to the Indemnifying Parties in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Portions. A decision, act, consent or instruction of the Representative, including an amendment, extension or waiver of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.2 or Section 8.3, shall constitute a decision of the Indemnifying Parties and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the Indemnifying Parties; and Parent and their respective Affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation) may rely upon any such decision, act, consent or instruction of the Representative as being the decision, act, consent or instruction of the Indemnifying Parties. Parent and its respective Affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation) are
hereby relieved from any liability to any Person (including the Holders) for any acts done by them in accordance with such decision, act, consent or instruction of the Representative.
7.7Acknowledgement; Waiver of Conflicts; Retention of Privilege.
(a)Notwithstanding that the Company and its Subsidiaries have been represented by Goodwin Procter, LLP (the “Firm”) prior to the date hereof, including, without limitation, in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the Related Agreements (collectively, the “Transaction Agreements”), each of Parent and the Company agrees, on their own behalf and on behalf of the Surviving Corporation after the Effective Time, that after the Closing the Firm may represent the Representative, the Indemnifying Parties and/or their Affiliates in all matters related to the Transaction Agreements, including without limitation in respect of any indemnification claims pursuant to the Transaction Agreements or such other disputes in which the interests of the Representative and/or the Indemnifying Parties may be directly adverse to Parent and its Subsidiaries (including the Surviving Corporation). Each of Parent and the Company hereby acknowledges, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, that it has had an opportunity to ask for and has obtained information relevant to such representation, including disclosure of the reasonably foreseeable adverse consequences of such representation, and it hereby waives any conflict arising out of such future representation.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
8.1Certain Interpretations. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Annex, or Exhibit, such reference shall be to an Annex or Exhibit to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article or a Section, such reference shall be to an Article or a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” All references in this Agreement to “$” or dollars shall mean U.S. denominated dollars (and to the extent any amounts are not referenced in U.S. denominated dollars, such amounts shall be calculated on an as-converted basis to U.S. denominated dollars using the spot exchange rate as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to Closing). The phrases “ordinary course,” “ordinary course of business,” “ordinary course of business consistent with past practices” and other similar phrases shall all be construed to mean the usual, regular and ordinary course of business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, consistent in nature, scope, frequency and magnitude with past practices. The table of contents and headings set forth in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document. No prior draft of this Agreement, any Related Agreement nor any course of performance or course of dealing shall be used in the interpretation or construction of this Agreement. Although the same or similar subject matters may be addressed in different provisions of this Agreement, the parties intend that, except as reasonably apparent on the face of the Agreement or as expressly provided in this Agreement, each such provision shall be read separately, be given independent significance and not be construed as limiting any other provision of this Agreement (whether or not more general or more specific in scope, substance or content).
8.2Amendment. This Agreement may be amended at any time by execution of an instrument in writing signed by Parent, the Representative and, prior to the Effective Time, the Company (or the Representative following the Effective Time); provided, that no amendment after the receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval and which requires Stockholder approval under applicable Legal Requirements shall be effective until the receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval with respect to such amendment. For purposes of this Section 8.2, subject to the proviso in the prior sentence, the Stockholders are deemed to have agreed that any amendment of this Agreement signed by the Representative shall be binding upon and effective against each of the Holders whether or not they have signed such amendment.
8.3Waiver. At any time prior to the Closing, Parent, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, may, to the extent permitted under any applicable Legal Requirements, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations of the other party hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to such party set forth herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (c) waive compliance with any of the covenants, agreements or conditions for the benefit of such party set forth herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party that is granting such extension and/or waiver. For purposes of this Section 8.3, the Holders are deemed to have agreed that any extension or waiver signed by the Company shall be binding upon and effective against all Stockholders whether or not they have signed such extension or waiver. No extension or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any breach or default thereof shall extend to or affect in any way any other provision or other prior or subsequent breach or default.
8.4Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assigned by any party to this Agreement, whether by operation of law or otherwise without the prior written consent of the non-assigning parties, except that Parent and Merger Sub may, without the consent of any other party, assign their rights and delegate their obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, (a) to any of their Affiliates as long as Parent remains ultimately liable for all of Parent’s obligations hereunder or (b) to any subsequent acquirer of Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries or all or substantially all of their respective assets, taken as a whole.
8.5Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally or by commercial messenger or courier service, or sent by electronic mail (with confirmation or receipt) to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice or, if specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, by email), provided that with respect to notices delivered to the Representative, such notices must be delivered solely email:
(a)if to Parent or Merger Sub, to:
Medallia, Inc.
575 Market Street, Suite 1850
San Francisco, CA 94105
Attention: Drew Grasham, EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Email: ***
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati P.C.
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Attention: Melissa V. Hollatz
Email: ***
(b)if to the Company (prior to the Closing), to:
StellaService Inc.
75 Board St., Suite 1010
New York, NY 10004
Attention: Jordy Leiser
Email: ***
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Goodwin Procter LLP
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210
Attention: John Egan
Email: ***
Goodwin Procter LLP
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Attention: Andrew Pusar
Email: ***
(c) if to the Indemnifying Parties (after Closing) or to the Representative, to:
Shareholder Representative Services LLC
950 17th Street, Suite 1400
Denver, CO 80202
Attention: Managing Director
Email: ***
Facsimile: ***
Telephone: ***
8.6Confidentiality. Each of the parties hereto (other than the Representative) hereby agrees that the information obtained in any investigation pursuant to Section 5.4, or otherwise pursuant to the negotiation and execution of this Agreement or the effectuation of the Transactions, including the existence of this Agreement and the terms herein, shall be governed by the terms of the Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement dated as of July 17, 2020 (the “Confidential Disclosure Agreement”), between Parent and the Company; provided that notwithstanding anything contained in the Confidential Disclosure Agreement, the Representative shall be permitted to disclose such information to the Indemnifying Parties who have a need to know such information, provided that such persons are subject to confidentiality obligations with respect thereto. The Company and its Affiliates and its Advisers shall not disclose any of the terms of this Agreement or the Related Agreements (including the economic
terms) or any non-public information about any other party hereto to any other Person without the prior written consent of the other party hereto about which such non-public information relates. In this regard, the Company acknowledges that the common stock of Parent is publicly traded and that certain information obtained during the course of such party’s due diligence could be considered to be material non-public information within the meaning of federal and state securities Legal Requirements. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges and agrees not to engage in any discussions, correspondence or transactions in the common stock of Parent in violation of applicable securities Legal Requirements. The Representative agrees to keep confidential all Confidential Information disclosed to the Representative in connection with this Agreement and the effectuation of the Transactions; provided, however, following the Closing, the Representative shall be permitted to disclose information as required by Legal Requirement or to employees, advisors, agents or consultants of the Representative and to the Stockholders, in each case who have a need to know such information, provided that such persons are subject to confidentiality obligations with respect thereto.
8.7Public Disclosure. Except as required by Legal Requirements (in which case, to the extent permissible by such Legal Requirements, Parent shall have the right to review and comment on any such statement or communication to be made pursuant to any such Legal Requirement prior to making any such statement or communication), neither the Company nor any of its Advisers shall issue any statement or communication to any third party (other than its agents that are bound by confidentiality restrictions) regarding the subject matter of this Agreement or the Transactions, including the terms thereof, without the consent of Parent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 8.7 shall not prohibit (i) each Holder that is a venture capital, private equity other investment fund and its respective Affiliates may provide information about the subject matter of this Agreement and the Company (including its performance and improvements and certain other Confidential Information) to current, former, future or prospective limited partners or other investors in connection with their ordinary course business operations, including fund raising, marketing, information or reporting activities, but only to the extent that such limited partners or other investors are party to a confidentiality agreement or similar agreement that obligates such limited partner or investor to keep such information confidential, (ii) any disclosure to any Stockholder or any of its representatives in connection with its evaluation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, or (iii) any disclosure made in connection with the enforcement of any right or remedy relating to this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Confidential Disclosure Agreement to the contrary, following Closing and after the public announcement of the Merger, the Representative shall be permitted to publicly announce that it has been engaged to serve as the Representative in connection herewith as long as such announcement does not disclose any of the other terms hereof.
8.8Third Party Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each party shall be responsible for its own expenses and costs that it incurs with respect to the negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Related Agreements; provided, however, that all Third Party Expenses that are incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary shall be deducted from the Total Consideration payable hereunder pursuant to the adjustments contemplated by the definition of Total Consideration.
8.9Entire Agreement. This Agreement, Annexes hereto, the Exhibits hereto, the Schedules hereto, the Disclosure Schedule, the Related Agreements, and the documents and instruments and other agreements among the parties hereto referenced herein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and are not intended to confer upon any other person any rights or remedies hereunder.
8.10No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, or shall be construed to, confer upon any other person any rights or remedies hereunder, except for the D&O Indemnified Parties under Section 5.6 and the Indemnified Parties under Article VII and that from and after the Closing, each Holder is an intended third party beneficiaries of the provisions in Article I with respect to, and subject to, the terms thereof governing the payment of the Total Consideration to such Holder.
8.11Specific Performance and Other Remedies.
(a)The parties to this Agreement agree that damages in the event of a breach by a party of this Agreement would be difficult if not impossible to ascertain and irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed by any party in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached by such party. The parties to this Agreement accordingly agree that in the event of any breach or threatened breach by a party or parties hereto of any covenant, obligation or other agreement set forth in this Agreement, (i) each other party shall be entitled, without any requirement to post a bond or others security or any proof of actual damages (and in addition to any other remedy that may be available to it), to a decree or order of specific performance or mandamus to enforce the observance and performance of such covenant, obligation or other agreement and an injunction, temporary restraining order or any other equitable relief preventing or restraining such breach or threatened breach, and (ii) no party hereto shall be required to provide or post any bond or other security or collateral in connection with any such decree, order or injunction or in connection with any related Action. Each party agrees that it will not oppose or otherwise challenge the appropriateness of equitable relief or the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of an order granting equitable relief.
(b)Any and all remedies herein expressly conferred herein upon a party hereto shall, subject in all respects to the limitations set forth in Article VII (including Section 7.2(d)), be deemed to be cumulative with, and not exclusive of, any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or in equity upon such party, and the exercise by a party hereto of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.
(c)The liability of any Person under Article VII will be in addition to, and not exclusive of, any other liability that such Person may have at law or in equity based on fraudulent acts or omissions, or intentional misrepresentation or willful breach.
8.12Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof, becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances will be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the parties hereto. The parties further agree to replace such void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such void or unenforceable provision.
8.13Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of, and without giving effect to, the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
8.14Exclusive Jurisdiction. Subject to Sections 7.4(d) and 7.4(e), each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state courts of the State of Delaware in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this Agreement and the Transactions or any other
matters contemplated herein (or, only if the state courts of the State of Delaware decline to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court within the State of Delaware). Subject to Sections 7.4(a) and 7.4(d), each party agrees not to commence any legal proceedings related hereto except in such state courts of the State of Delaware (or, only if the state courts of the State of Delaware decline to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, in any federal court within the State of Delaware). By execution and delivery of this Agreement, subject to Sections 7.4(d) and 7.4(e), each party hereto and the Holders irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and to the appellate courts therefrom solely for the purposes of disputes arising under the this Agreement and not as a general submission to such jurisdiction or with respect to any other dispute, matter or claim whatsoever. The parties hereto and the Holders irrevocably consent to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such Action by the delivery of copies thereof by overnight courier to the address for such party to which notices are deliverable hereunder. Any such service of process shall be effective upon delivery. Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable Legal Requirement. The parties hereto and the Holders hereby waive any right to stay or dismiss any Action under or in connection with this Agreement brought before the foregoing courts on the basis of (a) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts for any reason, or that it or any of its property is immune from the above-described legal process, (b) that such Action is brought in an inconvenient forum, that venue for the Action is improper or that this Agreement may not be enforced in or by such courts, or (c) any other defense that would hinder or delay the levy, execution or collection of any amount to which any party hereto is entitled pursuant to any final judgment of any court having jurisdiction.
8.15Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY AND ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY RELATED AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF OR THEREOF. THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT EACH HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT EACH SUCH PARTY MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
8.16Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other party, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. The exchange of a fully executed Agreement (in counterparts or otherwise) by electronic transmission in .PDF format or by facsimile shall be sufficient to bind the parties to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Merger Sub, the Company and the Representative have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
MEDALLIA, INC.
By: /s/ Roxanne Oulman
Name: Roxanne Oulman
Title: Chief Financial Officer
STEELY MERGER SUB, INC.
By: /s/ Roxanne Oulman
Name: Roxanne Oulman
Title: Treasurer
STELLASERVICE INC.
By: /s/ Jordan Leiser
Name: Jordan Leiser
Title: Chief Excutive Officer
SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES LLC, solely in its capacity as the Representative
By: /s/ Sam Riffe
Name: Sam Riffe
Title: Managing Director
[AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER]
ANNEX A
CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS
“280G Approval” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.10.
“280G Waivers” shall mean the 280G Waivers executed and delivered by certain Employees or any other “disqualified individual” (as defined in Code Section 280G and the regulations promulgated thereunder) prior to the solicitation of the 280G Approval in a form that is reasonably acceptable to Parent.
“Action” shall mean any action, suit, claim, allegation of wrongdoing, allegation of misappropriation of any rights (including of any Intellectual Property Rights), litigation, audit, proceeding, arbitration or other similar dispute (whether civil, criminal, administrative, judicial or investigative, whether formal or informal, and whether public or private).
“Affiliate” of any Person shall mean another Person that directly or indirectly through one of more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such first Person, where “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, contract or otherwise.
“Aggregate Exercise Amount” shall mean the aggregate exercise price of all Vested Company Options and Company Warrants outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time that are in the money, including any Vested Company Options that accelerate and become exercisable in connection with or as a result of the Transactions.
“Aggregate Pro Rata Portion” shall mean, with respect to each Holder, the aggregate sum of the Pro Rata Portions applicable to the Company Stock, Company Warrants and Vested Company Options held by such Holder. For the avoidance of doubt, the sum of the Aggregate Pro Rata Portion of all Holders shall be equal to one hundred percent (100%).
“Anti-Corruption Laws” shall mean all U.S. and non-U.S. Legal Requirements relating to the prevention of corruption, money laundering and bribery, including, without limitation, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the UK Bribery Act of 2010.
“Base Consideration” shall mean $100,000,000.
“Book Entry” shall mean shares of Company Capital Stock that are held in non-certificated book entry form (including shares of Company Capital Stock that are held in electronic form through the Company’s online capitalization management platform).
“Business Day” shall mean each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions located in San Francisco, California are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Certificate of Merger” shall mean the certificate of merger filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware for the purposes of effecting the Merger.
“Change in Control Payments” shall mean all bonus, severance, retention, sale bonus, success, change of control or other similar payments, including the Transaction Bonuses, that are due and payable
as a result of or in connection with the consummation of the Transactions (but excluding (i) any payments made to Holders pursuant to Section 1.6 or (ii) any “double trigger” payment provisions that require a termination event triggered by the Company or its Subsidiaries or Parent subsequent to the Effective Time and pursuant to an agreement existing prior to the Closing), and any Transaction Payroll Taxes.
“Closing Per Option Amount” shall mean, with respect to each share underlying a Vested Company Option, an amount of cash equal to the excess of the Per Share Total Closing Residual Consideration, minus the applicable per share exercise price of such Vested Company Option.
“Closing Per Warrant Amount” shall mean, with respect to each Company Warrant, an amount of each equal to the excess of the Per Share Total Closing Residual Consideration, minus the applicable per share exercise price of such Company Warrant; provided, that the Closing Per Warrant Amount shall not be less than zero ($0).
“COBRA” shall mean the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Company Capital Stock” shall mean the Company Common Stock, the Company Preferred Stock and any other shares of capital stock, if any, of the Company, taken together.
“Company Common Stock” shall mean shares of common stock, with a par value of $0.001, which are designated as “Common Stock” pursuant to the certificate of incorporation of the Company.
“Company Employee Plan” shall mean any plan, program, policy, practice, Contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for compensation, deferred compensation, retention or stay-on payment, severance, change of control, termination pay, deferred compensation, incentive, bonus, performance awards, equity or equity-related awards, welfare benefits (including post-termination or post-retirement), health benefits or medical insurance, pension and retirement benefits, vacation, sick leave, fringe benefits or other employee benefits, disability or remuneration of any kind, whether written, unwritten or otherwise, funded or unfunded, including each “employee benefit plan,” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (whether or not subject to ERISA) which is maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by the Company, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of any Employee, or with respect to which the Company, Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate has or may have any liability or obligation.
“Company IP” shall mean any and all Intellectual Property Rights that are owned by or purported to be owned by the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Company Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any change, event, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or effect (any such item, an “Effect”), individually or when taken together with all other Effects that have occurred prior to the date of determination of the occurrence of the Company Material Adverse Effect, that is or is reasonably likely to (i) materially impede the consummation of the Transactions in accordance with the terms hereof and Legal Requirements, or (ii) be materially adverse to the business, assets (including intangible assets), liabilities, capitalization, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, provided, however, that in no event shall any Effect resulting from any of the following, either alone or in combination, be taken into account in
determining whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect under clause (ii): (a) any failure of the Company to meet any projections or forecasts (provided, that this clause (a) shall not prevent a determination that any event, circumstance, change or effect underlying such failure to meet projections or forecasts has resulted in a Company Material Adverse Effect so long as such event, circumstance, change or effect is not otherwise excluded from determining whether there is a Company Material Adverse Effect), (b) any change in the economic conditions of the United States or global economy or capital or financial markets generally or prevailing interest rates, (c) general changes in the industry in which the Company operates, (d) any change in Legal Requirements or interpretations or enforcement thereof by any Governmental Entity, (e) any change in GAAP, (f) weather, natural disasters, earthquakes, or other acts of God, (g) the taking of any action expressly required by the terms of this Agreement, any Related Agreement or any other agreements contemplated hereby (and any change in the financial position of the Company as a result therefrom), (h) acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or military actions or any escalation or material worsening of any such acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or military actions, (i) any epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak (including the COVID-19 virus) or (j) the announcement of this Agreement (including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise with customers, suppliers, licensors, distributors, partners, providers or employees), and unless in each case of (ii)(b)-(i) such Effect disproportionately affects the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly situated companies in the Company’s industry.
“Company Open Source Products” shall mean any Company Product that is subject to an Open Source License, whether such Open Source License applies directly to the Company Product or may apply to such Company Product upon the distribution or operation of the Company Product. For clarification, Company Open Source Products include any Company Products containing Software that qualifies as Open Source Software.
“Company Options” shall mean all options to purchase or otherwise acquire Company Common Stock (whether or not vested) held by any Person that are outstanding and unexercised as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
“Company Preferred Stock” shall mean the Company Series A-1 Preferred Stock, Company Series A-2 Preferred Stock and Company Series B Preferred Stock.
“Company Privacy Policy” shall mean each external or internal, past or present policy or privacy or security-related representation, notice, or promise of the Company or any Subsidiary, including any policy, representation, notice, or promise relating to: (i) the privacy of users of any Company Product or any website or service operated by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary; or (ii) the collection, use, storage, retention, hosting, disclosure, security, transmission, interception, transfer, disposal, or other processing of any Private Data.
“Company Product” shall mean each product (including Software and all other Technology) or service (including websites, Software-as-a-Service (SAAS), and other online services) that (i) was or is developed by or on behalf of Company or (ii) that was or is sold, marketed, distributed, licensed, provided, otherwise made available, or supported by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Company Product Data” shall mean (i) all data and content uploaded or otherwise provided by or for customers or users (or any of their respective customers) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, or stored by or for customers or users (or any of their respective customers) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on the Company Products; (ii) all data and content created, compiled, inferred, derived, or otherwise collected or obtained by or for the Company Products or by or for the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in its provision of the Company Products or operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and (iii) data and content compiled, inferred, or derived directly or indirectly from any of the data and content described in subclauses (i) and (ii) above.
“Company Proprietary Product” shall mean each Company Product that is not a Company Open Source Product.
“Company Restricted Stock” shall mean any shares of Company Common Stock subject to vesting or a repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other condition under any applicable stock restriction agreement or other agreement with the Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
“Company Series A-1 Preferred Stock” shall mean shares of preferred stock, which are designated as “Series A-1 Preferred Stock” pursuant to the certificate of incorporation of the Company.
“Company Series A-2 Preferred Stock” shall mean shares of preferred stock, which are designated as “Series A-2 Preferred Stock” pursuant to the certificate of incorporation of the Company.
“Company Series B Preferred Stock” shall mean shares of preferred stock, which are designated as “Series B Preferred Stock” pursuant to the certificate of incorporation of the Company.
“Company Technology” shall mean any and all Technology owned or purported to be owned by the Company or for which the underlying Intellectual Property Rights are Company IP.
“Company Warrants” shall mean all issued and outstanding warrants to purchase Company Capital Stock.
“Computer Systems” shall mean all Technology, Company Products, computer firmware, computer hardware, electronic data processing, telecommunications networks, network equipment, interfaces, platforms, peripherals, computer systems, and information contained therein, owned or operated by or for the Company or its Subsidiaries.
“Confidential Information” shall mean confidential or non-public information of the Company (including trade secrets) or any of its Subsidiaries and the confidential or non-public information provided to Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any third party which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to keep confidential or non-public.
“Consent” shall mean any approval, consent, ratification, permission, waiver or authorization (including any Consent of a Governmental Entity).
“Continuing Employee” shall mean an Employee who is employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and continues his or her employment with Parent or one of its Subsidiaries on the Business Day following the Closing Date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any employee who is on maternity leave, short-term disability leave, long-term disability leave, military leave or another approved leave of absence as of the Closing Date).
“Contract” shall mean any written, oral or implied contract, mortgage, indenture, lease, license, covenant, plan, insurance policy or other agreement, instrument, arrangement, understanding or commitment, permit, concession, franchise or license or obligation and including all amendments and schedules thereto.
“Delaware Law” shall mean the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
“Developer” shall mean any Person other than an Employee, where such Person developed or contributed to any portion of any Company Proprietary Product, Company Technology and/or Company IP.
“Device Data” shall mean data collected from an IP address, web beacon, pixel tag, ad tag, cookie, JavaScript, local storage, software, or by any other means, or from a particular computer or other device or application.
“Employee” shall mean any current or former employee, individual independent contractor, consultant, or director of the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Employee Agreement” shall mean each management, employment, severance, separation, settlement, consulting, contractor, relocation, change of control, retention, bonus, repatriation, expatriation, loan, visa, work permit or other Contract (including, any offer letter or any agreement providing for acceleration of Company Options or any other agreement providing for compensation or benefits) between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, as applicable, and any Employee.
“Environmental Law” shall mean any Legal Requirement regarding, or to prohibit, regulate or control, a Hazardous Material, a Hazardous Material Activity, pollution or the protection of the environment or the health or safety of persons, including based on exposure to or the presence of Hazardous Materials.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any other Person under common control with the Company or any Subsidiary or that, together with the Company, could be deemed a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA or within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code, and the regulations issued thereunder.
“FCPA” shall mean the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
“FIRPTA” shall mean the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980, as amended.
“Fraud” shall mean fraud as defined by the common law of the State of Delaware.
“Fundamental Representations” shall mean each of (a) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 2.1 (Organization and Good Standing), Section 2.2 (Authority and Enforceability), Section 2.3 (Governmental Approvals and Consents) and Section 2.5 (Company Capital Structure), and (b) the representations and warranties set forth in the Company Officer’s Certificate to the extent such representations and warranties relate to any of the matters addressed in any of the representations and warranties specified in clause (a) of this sentence.
“GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, that are applicable to the circumstances of the date of determination, consistently applied.
“Governmental Entity” shall mean any court, administrative agency or commission or other multinational, federal, state, county, local or other governmental authority, organization, instrumentality, agency or commission, whether located in the United States or outside the United States.
“Hazardous Material” shall mean any substance, material, waste, emission, or chemical that is regulated by, or for which liability or standards of conduct may be imposed pursuant to, Environmental Law, or which has been designated by any Governmental Entity or by Environmental Law to be hazardous, toxic, a pollutant, or contaminant, or otherwise a danger to health, reproduction or the environment, including without limitation, polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, petroleum, urea-formaldehyde and all substances listed a hazardous substances pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), as amended, or defined as a hazardous waste pursuant to the United States Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (“RCRA”), as amended, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to CERCLA and RCRA.
“Hazardous Material Activity” shall mean the transportation, transfer, recycling, storage, use, treatment, manufacture, removal, remediation, release, labeling, disposal, arrangement for disposal, exposure of others to, sale, or distribution of any Hazardous Material or any product or waste containing a Hazardous Material, including, without limitation, compliance with any registration, recycling, product take-back or product content requirements, including without limitation the European Union directives on the restriction on the use of hazardous material in electrical and electronic equipment, the waste electrical and electronic equipment directive.
“HIPAA” shall mean, collectively, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and its implementing regulations at 45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162 and 164 et seq., as amended and supplemented by the HITECH Act.
“HITECH Act” shall mean the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, Title XIII of Division A and Title IV of Division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Pub. Law No. 111-5 and all regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
“Holdback Amount” shall mean an amount of cash equal to $600,000.
“Holders” shall mean the Stockholders, Optionholders and Warrantholders as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
“Inbound License” shall mean any Contract to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party, pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary is granted a license, covenant not to sue, concurrent use, consent-to-use or other rights with respect to the Intellectual Property Rights of another Person, including for use or exploitation in Company Products or that is otherwise used in the operation of the business, excluding non-disclosure agreements, licenses for Off the Shelf Software or Open Source Software, and licenses from employees and independent contractors granted substantially in the form of the Company’s standard forms of employee or independent contractor invention assignment agreement.
“Indebtedness” of any Person shall mean, without duplication: (a) all liabilities of such Person for borrowed money, whether current or funded, secured or unsecured and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; (b) all liabilities of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services, which are required to be classified and accounted for under GAAP as long-term liabilities; (c) all liabilities of such Person in respect of any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which are required to be classified and accounted for under GAAP as capital leases; (d) all liabilities of such Person evidenced by any letter
of credit or similar credit transaction entered into for the purpose of securing any lease deposit; (e) all liabilities of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance, surety or performance bond or similar credit transaction; (f) all liabilities to any Person under any earn-out or similar performance payment (excluding any incentive compensation arrangements and payments made to Holders pursuant to Section 1.6); (g) all liabilities for any accrued but unpaid interest, principal, premium, related expenses, prepayment penalties, commitment and other fee, sale or liquidity participation amounts, reimbursements and all other amounts payable in connection with the foregoing which would be payable if such Indebtedness was paid in full at the Closing to the extend such Indebtedness will be paid at the Closing; and (h) all guarantees by such Person of any liabilities of a third party of a nature similar to the foregoing to the extent of the obligation guaranteed; provided, that Indebtedness shall not be deemed to include (i) any accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Third Party Expenses.
“Indemnified Taxes” shall mean (a) any and all Taxes of or with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary for all Pre-Closing Tax Periods, treating any advance payments, deferred revenues or other prepaid amounts received or arising in any Pre-Closing Tax Period as subject to Tax in such period, regardless of when actually recognized for income Tax purpose, and with respect to any Straddle Period, determined in accordance with Section 5.8(b), including Taxes that are not yet due and payable as of the Closing Date and any Taxes imposed with respect to income of the Company or any Subsidiary for a Pre-Closing Tax Period as a result of Section 965 of the Code, (b) any and all Taxes for which the Indemnifying Parties are responsible pursuant to Section 1.9, (c) any Transaction Payroll Taxes and fifty percent (50%) of any Transfer Taxes, (d) any and all Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) imposed on the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 or any analogous or similar state, local or non-U.S. Legal Requirement as the result of having been, prior to the Closing, a member of any consolidated, combined, unitary or other group or being or having been included or required to be included in any Tax Return related thereto, and (e) any and all Taxes of any Person imposed on the Company or any Subsidiary as a transferee or successor, by assumption, by Contract, pursuant to any Legal Requirement or otherwise, as the result of transactions or events occurring prior to the Closing; provided that, (i) the calculation of any such Taxes shall take into account any deductions attributable to Third Party Expenses and Transaction Payroll Taxes and any available net operating losses to the extent such items were accrued by the Company or any Subsidiary in a Pre-Closing Tax Period to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements and (ii) only Transfer Taxes allocated to the Indemnifying Parties pursuant to Section 5.5 shall constitute Indemnified Taxes.
“Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean all intellectual property rights, including rights of the following types, which may exist or be created under the laws of any jurisdiction in the world: (a) copyrights, mask work rights, and analogous rights in works of authorship; (b) trademarks, service marks, trade names, and trade dress rights and analogous rights in Internet domain names, logos, and other indicia of origin, together with all goodwill associated therewith; (c) trade secrets and analogous rights in confidential information; (d) patent and industrial design rights, and equivalent or similar rights in, or arising out of, inventions (whether or not patentable), invention disclosures, improvements, modifications, methods or processes; (e) moral rights; (f) rights in, or arising out of, or associated with databases or (g) rights in or relating to applications and registrations for any of the rights referred to in clauses (a) through (b) above, including renewals, extensions, foreign counterparts, reissues, divisionals, continuations, and continuations in part.
“IP Representations” shall mean: (a) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.13 (Intellectual Property); and (b) the representations and warranties set forth in the Company Officer’s
Certificate, to the extent such representations and warranties relate to any of the matters addressed in any of the representations and warranties specified in clause (a) of this sentence.
“IRS” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Key Employee” shall mean each Employee set forth on Annex C.
“Knowledge” or “Known” shall mean, with respect to the Company, the knowledge of Jordan Leiser, Julie Li, David Blanke, John Ernsberger and William Beckler after reasonable inquiry; provided that with respect to matters involving Intellectual Property Rights, knowledge does not require any such individual to conduct or have conducted or obtain or have obtained any freedom to operate opinions or similar opinions of counsel or any Intellectual Property Right clearance searches, and no knowledge of any third-party Intellectual Property Right that would have been revealed by such inquiries, opinions or searches will be imputed to such individual.
“Legal Requirement” shall mean any U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state, local or other constitution, law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, published administrative position, policy or principle of common law, or any Order, in any case issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into legal effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Entity.
“Lien” shall mean any lien, pledge, charge, claim, mortgage, license, security interest or other encumbrance, except for Permitted Liens, and excluding, with respect to Intellectual Property Rights, nonexclusive licenses granted by the Company or its Subsidiaries to customers, distributors, resellers, and partners in the ordinary course of business.
“LSA Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness owed by the Company under that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated March 30, 2020, by and between Silicon Valley Bank, as amended and/or restated.
“Made Available” shall mean that the Company or any of its Advisers has posted such materials to the virtual data room hosted on behalf of the Company and made available to Parent and its Advisers, but only if so posted and made available (and remains available through the date of this Agreement) on or prior to the date that is one (1) day prior to the date of this Agreement.
“Major Stockholders” mean each Stockholder of the Company set forth on Annex B.
“Off the Shelf Software” shall mean unmodified software that is generally commercially available on standard terms with license fees of less than $50,000 per year.
“Open Source License” shall mean license meeting the definition of “Open Source” any license meeting the Open Source Definition (as promulgated by the Open Source Initiative) or the “free software” definition (as promulgated by the Free Software Foundation), the Server Side Public License, any Creative Commons license, or any license substantially similar to any of the foregoing.
“Open Source Software” shall mean software that is made available under, or is otherwise subject to the terms of an Open Source License.
“Optionholder” shall mean any holder of any Company Options as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
“Order” shall mean any order, judgment, injunction, ruling, edict or other decree, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered by any Governmental Entity.
“Outbound License” shall mean any Contract to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party, pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary grants any other Person a license, covenant not to sue, concurrent use, consent-to-use, or other rights with respect to Company IP or Company Products, excluding non-disclosure agreements, Open Source Licenses, and non-exclusive licenses to customers, distributors, resellers, and partners with respect to Company Products which are substantially in accordance with Company’s applicable standard forms thereof.
“Paying Agent Agreement” shall mean the paying agent agreement by and between Parent and the Paying Agent, dated as of the Closing Date.
“Pension Plan” shall mean each Company Employee Plan that is an “employee pension benefit plan,” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA.
“Per Share Total Closing Residual Consideration” shall mean a dollar amount equal to the amount obtained by dividing the (x) the Total Closing Residual Consideration by (y) the Total Outstanding Common Shares.
“Permitted Liens” shall mean: (a) Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves for payment have been established in accordance with GAAP; (b) statutory or common law Liens to secure obligations to landlords, lessors or renters under leases or rental agreements incurred in the ordinary course of business; (c) deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment of, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pension or other social security programs mandated under applicable Legal Requirements; (d) statutory or common law Liens in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen, to secure claims for labor, materials or supplies for amounts not yet due or payable; (e) restrictions on transfer of securities imposed by applicable state and federal securities Legal Requirements; and (f) easements, reservations, rights-of-way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar Liens affecting real property not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or materially detracting from the value of the property upon which such Liens exists.
“Person” shall mean any individual or entity, including a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, or a Governmental Entity (or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof).
“Personal Data” shall mean: (a) a natural person’s name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security number or tax identification number, driver’s license number, passport number, credit card number, bank information, or customer or account number, biometric identifiers or any other piece of information that alone or in combination with other information directly or indirectly collected, held or otherwise managed by the Company or any Subsidiary allows the identification of or contact with a natural person, (b) any other information if such information is defined as “personal data”, “personally identifiable information”, “customer proprietary network information,” “individually identifiable health information,” “nonpublic personal information,” or “personal information” under any applicable Legal Requirement; and (c) any information that is associated, directly or indirectly (by, for example, records linked via unique keys), to any of the foregoing.
“Plan” shall mean the Company’s Amended and Restated 2010 Stock Plan.
“PPP Loan” shall mean any Indebtedness owed by the Company in connection with the Paycheck Protection Program established under the CARES Act.
“Privacy Laws” shall mean any Legal Requirement (including HIPAA), any applicable rule, principle, or other requirement of a self-regulatory organization, and any applicable published industry best practice or other standard (including, as applicable, the PCI Data Security Standard and any other rules and regulations of payment card networks or financial institutions, to the extent applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries) or contractual requirement, as in each case amended from time to time, pertaining to (a) privacy or restrictions or obligations related to the collection, use, disclosure, transfer, transmission, storage, security, hosting, disposal, retention, interception or other processing of Private Data or (b) direct marketing to consumers, the initiation, transmission or receipt of communications, or consumer protection.
“Private Data” shall mean, collectively, Personal Data, Company Product Data, and Device Data.
“Pro Rata Portion” shall mean, with respect to each Company Stock Certificate, Company Warrant or Vested Company Option, as applicable, a percentage equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the number of Total Outstanding Common Shares represented by such Company Stock Certificate or issuable upon exercise of such Company Warrant or Vested Company Option, as applicable, by (y) the Total Outstanding Common Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, the sum of the Pro Rata Portion of all Holders shall be equal to one hundred percent (100%). Any rounding in the calculation of each Holder’s Pro Rata Portion shall be done on a per certificate and per grant basis.
“R&W Insurance Policy” shall mean the buyer side representation and warranty insurance policy insuring breaches of the representations and warranties contained in Article II of this Agreement, which includes, among other things, (i) an express waiver of subrogation rights against Holders and their Affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, advisors, agents, managers, attorneys, partners, and managers, except and only to the extent of Fraud or willful breach, then only with the right to subrogate against such Person. The Indemnifying Parties shall be express third party beneficiaries of such anti-subrogation provision.
“Registered IP” shall mean all Intellectual Property Rights that are registered or filed with or by any Governmental Entity or domain name registrar, including all patents, Internet domains, registered copyrights, and registered trademarks, and all currently pending applications for any of the foregoing.
“Related Agreements” shall mean the Confidential Disclosure Agreement, the Joinder Agreements, the 280G Waivers, and all other agreements and certificates entered into by the Company, the Representative or any of the Stockholders in connection with the Transactions.
“Representative Expense Amount” shall mean an amount in cash equal to $100,000.
“Section 280G Payments” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.10.
“Series A-2 Liquidation Amount” shall mean, with respect to each share of Series A-2 Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, $0.50.
“Software” shall mean any and all (a) computer programs, apps (including any app capable of running on a tablet, mobile phone, wearable device, or other mobile devices), firmware, software (whether in source code, object code, executable format, or other form), models, algorithms, methodologies and implementations thereof, (b) development tools, descriptions and flow charts, (c) data, metadata, databases and compilations of data, whether machine readable or otherwise and (d) programmers’ annotations, notes, documentation, product user manuals, training materials and other work product used to design, plan, organize, maintain, support or develop any of the foregoing, irrespective of the media on which it is recorded.
“Specified Liabilities” shall mean (x) Third Party Expenses that have not been satisfied as of the Closing plus (y) Change in Control Payments.
“Stockholder” shall mean any holder of any Company Capital Stock as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
“Straddle Period” shall mean any taxable year or other taxable period beginning on or before and ending after the Closing Date.
“SVB Indebtedness” shall mean the PPP Loan and the LSA Indebtedness.
“Tax” shall mean (a) any income, alternative or add-on minimum tax, gross income, estimated, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, transfer, franchise, capital stock, profits, license, registration, withholding, payroll, social security (or equivalent), employment, unemployment, disability, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property (real, tangible or intangible), environmental or windfall profit tax, custom duty or other tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge in the nature of a tax, together with any interest or any penalty, addition to tax or additional amount (whether disputed or not) imposed by any Governmental Entity responsible for the imposition of any such tax (domestic or foreign), (b) any and all liability for amounts described in clause (a) of any member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group of which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any predecessor of any of the foregoing) is or was a member on or prior to the Closing Date, including pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 or any analogous or similar state, local, or foreign law or regulation, and (c) any and all liability for amounts described in clause (a) of any Person imposed on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a transferee or successor, by Contract, pursuant to any law, rule or regulation, or otherwise.
“Tax Representations” shall mean: the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.10 (Tax Matters).
“Technology” shall mean data, data collections, databases, diagrams, formulae, inventions (whether or not patentable), know-how, designs, diagrams, information, schematics, specifications, Software, user interfaces, web sites, tablet applications, works of authorship (including written, audio and visual materials) and all other forms of technology.
“Third Party Expenses” shall mean, without duplication, all fees and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, which constitute all legal, accounting, financial advisory, consulting, finders and all other fees and expenses incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the negotiation and effectuation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, all other agreements, instruments and other documents referenced herein or contemplated hereby, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
“Total Closing Consideration” shall mean Total Consideration, minus the Holdback Amount, minus the Representative Expense Amount.
“Total Closing Residual Consideration” shall mean an amount of cash equal to the Total Closing Consideration, minus the aggregate Series A-2 Liquidation Amount payable in respect of the outstanding Company Series A-2 Preferred Stock, minus the First Contingent Purchase Price Payment (as defined in the Charter Documents), minus the Second Contingent Purchase Price Payment (as defined in the Charter Documents), plus the Aggregate Exercise Amount.
“Total Consideration” shall mean an amount of cash equal to the Base Consideration minus the Specified Liabilities.
“Total Outstanding Common Shares” shall mean (without duplication) (x) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing, (y) the maximum aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon full exercise of Vested Company Options and Company Warrants as of immediately prior to the Closing and (z) the aggregate number of shares of Company Series B Preferred Stock and Company Series A-1 Preferred Stock measured on an as-converted to Company Common Stock basis as of immediately prior to the Closing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Total Outstanding Common Shares shall not include (a) shares of Company Common Stock underlying any Unvested Company Options, (b) shares of Company Capital Stock held by the Company or its Subsidiaries, (c) the maximum aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon full exercise of any Vested Company Options or Company Warrants that are not in the money or (d) the aggregate number of shares of Company Series A-2 Preferred Stock measured on an as-converted to Company Common Stock basis as of immediately prior to the Closing.
“Transaction Bonuses” shall mean the amounts of cash to be paid at the Closing to certain employees of the Company as set forth on Schedule A-5.
“Transaction Payroll Taxes” shall mean all employer portion payroll, employment, social security, unemployment and other Taxes or similar amounts required to be paid in connection with any bonuses, option cash-outs or other compensatory payments (including the Change in Control Payments) paid in connection with the Transactions (whether by Parent or the Company) other than Accrued Employee Amounts that are being paid by the Company in connection with Section 5.11(b).
“Treasury Regulation” shall mean the United States Treasury Regulations, as amended.
“Unvested Company Option” shall mean a Company Option (or portion thereof) that is outstanding and unvested as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and is not a Vested Company Option.
“Vested Company Option” shall mean any Company Option (or portion thereof) that is outstanding and vested as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
“Warrantholder” shall mean any holder of any Company Warrants as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Index of Other Defined Terms
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Description
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Section
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280G Approval
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5.10
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Accrued Employee Amounts
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5.11(b)
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Affordable Care Act
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2.15(g)
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Agreement
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Preamble
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Alternative Transaction
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5.1(b)
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Amended or Terminated Agreements
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5.9(b)
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Anti-Corruption Laws
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2.22
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Balance Sheet Date
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2.7(a)
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Book Entry
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1.7
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Books and Records
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2.25
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Cancelled Shares
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1.6(b)(ii)(A)
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Charter Documents
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2.1
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Closing
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1.2(a)
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Closing Date
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1.2(a)
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Company
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Preamble
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Company Authorizations
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2.17
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Company Officer’s Certificate
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1.2(b)(i)(J)
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Company Registered IP
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2.13(c)
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Company Returns
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2.10(a)
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Company Stock Certificates
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1.8(d)
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Confidential Disclosure Agreement
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8.6
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Conflict
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2.4
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Current Balance Sheet
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2.7(a)
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D&O Indemnified Parties
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5.6(a)
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D&O Indemnified Party
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5.6(a)
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Disclosure Schedule
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Article II
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Dissenting Shares
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1.6(b)(iii)
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DPL
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2.21(f)
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EAR
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2.21(a)
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Effective Time
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1.1
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Enforceability Limitations
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2.2(c)
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Exchange Documents
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1.8(d)
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Expiration Date
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7.1
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Export Controls
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2.21(a)
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Financials
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2.7(a)
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Harmful Code
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2.13(f)(i)
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Import Restrictions
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2.21(a)
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Indemnification Claim Notice
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7.4(a)
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Indemnification Claim Objection Notice
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7.4(b)
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Indemnified Party
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7.2(a)
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Indemnifying Party
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7.2(a)
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Information Statement
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5.2
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Interested Party
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2.24
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Interim Financials
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2.7(a)
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ITAR
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2.21(a)
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JAMS
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7.4(e)
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Joinder Agreement
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Preamble
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Key Employee Offer Letter
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Preamble
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Lease Agreements
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2.11
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Leased Real Property
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2.11
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Letter of Transmittal
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1.8(d)
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Loan Repayment Amount
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1.10
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Loss
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7.2(a)
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Losses
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7.2(a)
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Major Stockholder
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Preamble
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Material Contracts
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2.14(a)
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Merger
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Preamble
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Merger Consideration
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1.6
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Merger Sub
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Preamble
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Most Recent Audit
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2.7(a)
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OFAC
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2.21(a)
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Parent
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Preamble
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Paying Agent
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1.8(a)
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Payment Spreadsheet
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1.8(c)
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Payoff Letter
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1.8(j)(ii)
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Pre-Closing Tax Period
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5.8(a)
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Repaid Indebtedness
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1.8(j)(i)
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Representative
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Preamble
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Representative Expense Fund
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1.8(b)(iv)
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Representative Expenses
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7.6(b)
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Required Vote
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1.2(b)(i)(E)
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Requisite Stockholder Approval
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2.2(a)
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Reseller Agreements
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2.14(a)(ii)
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SDN List
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2.21(e)
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Section 280G Payments
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5.10
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Specified Person
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2.5(f)
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Statement of Specified Liabilities
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1.8(j)(i)
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Stockholder Written Consent
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5.2
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Subsidiary
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2.5(h)
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Substantial Customer
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2.14(f)
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Substantial Supplier
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2.14(f)
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Surviving Corporation
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1.1
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Tax Return
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2.10(a)
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Third Party
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5.1(b)
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Third-Party Claim
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7.5
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Transactions
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Preamble
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Transfer Taxes
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5.5
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Unresolved Claim
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7.4(f)
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WARN
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2.16(a)
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Year End Financials
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2.7(a)
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Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
$50,000,000
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of September 4, 2020,
by and among
MEDALLIA, INC.,
as Borrower,
the Lenders referred to herein,
as Lenders,
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent,
Swingline Lender and Issuing Lender
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
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ARTICLE I Definitions
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SECTION 1.1 Definitions
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SECTION 1.2 Other Definitions and Provisions
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SECTION 1.3 Accounting Terms.
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SECTION 1.4 UCC Terms
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SECTION 1.5 Rounding
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SECTION 1.6 References to Agreement and Laws
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SECTION 1.7 Times of Day
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SECTION 1.8 Guarantees/Earn-Outs
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SECTION 1.9 Covenant Compliance Generally
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SECTION 1.10 Rates
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SECTION 1.11 Divisions
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ARTICLE II Revolving Credit Facility
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SECTION 2.1 Revolving Credit Loans
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SECTION 2.2 Swingline Loans.
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SECTION 2.3 Procedure for Advances of Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans.
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SECTION 2.4 Repayment and Prepayment of Revolving Credit and Swingline Loans.
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SECTION 2.5 Permanent Reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment.
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SECTION 2.6 Termination of Revolving Credit Facility
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ARTICLE III Letter of Credit Facility
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SECTION 3.1 L/C Facility.
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SECTION 3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit
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SECTION 3.3 Commissions and Other Charges
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SECTION 3.4 L/C Participations
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SECTION 3.5 Reimbursement
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SECTION 3.6 Obligations Absolute
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SECTION 3.7 Effect of Letter of Credit Documents
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SECTION 3.8 Resignation of Issuing Lenders
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SECTION 3.9 Reporting of Letter of Credit Information and L/C Commitment
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SECTION 3.10 Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries
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SECTION 3.11 Letter of Credit Amounts
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ARTICLE IV General Loan Provisions
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SECTION 4.1 Interest
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SECTION 4.2 Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Loans
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SECTION 4.3 Fees.
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SECTION 4.4 Manner of Payment
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SECTION 4.5 Evidence of Indebtedness.
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SECTION 4.6 Sharing of Payments by Lenders
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SECTION 4.7 Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
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SECTION 4.8 Changed Circumstances.
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SECTION 4.9 Indemnity
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SECTION 4.10 Increased Costs.
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SECTION 4.11 Taxes.
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SECTION 4.12 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
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SECTION 4.13 Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase.
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SECTION 4.14 Cash Collateral
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SECTION 4.15 Defaulting Lenders
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ARTICLE V Conditions of Closing and Borrowing
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SECTION 5.1 Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit
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SECTION 5.2 Conditions to All Extensions of Credit
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ARTICLE VI Representations and Warranties of the Credit Parties
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SECTION 6.1 Organization; Power; Qualification
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SECTION 6.2 Ownership
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SECTION 6.3 Authorization; Enforceability
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SECTION 6.4 Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc
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SECTION 6.5 Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals
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SECTION 6.6 Tax Returns and Payments
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SECTION 6.7 Intellectual Property Matters
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SECTION 6.8 Environmental Matters
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SECTION 6.9 Employee Benefit Matters.
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SECTION 6.10 Margin Stock
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SECTION 6.11 Government Regulation
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SECTION 6.12 Employee Relations
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SECTION 6.13 Financial Statements
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SECTION 6.14 No Material Adverse Change
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SECTION 6.15 Solvency
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SECTION 6.16 Title to Properties
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SECTION 6.17 Litigation
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SECTION 6.18 Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions
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SECTION 6.19 Absence of Defaults
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SECTION 6.20 Senior Indebtedness Status
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SECTION 6.21 Disclosure
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ARTICLE VII Affirmative Covenants
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SECTION 7.1 Financial Statements and Budgets
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SECTION 7.2 Certificates; Other Reports
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SECTION 7.3 Notice of Litigation and Other Matters
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SECTION 7.4 Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters
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SECTION 7.5 Maintenance of Property and Licenses.
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SECTION 7.6 Insurance
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SECTION 7.7 Accounting Methods and Financial Records
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SECTION 7.8 Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations
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SECTION 7.9 Compliance with Laws and Approvals
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SECTION 7.10 Environmental Laws
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SECTION 7.11 Compliance with ERISA
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SECTION 7.12 [Reserved].
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SECTION 7.13 Visits and Inspections
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SECTION 7.14 Additional Guarantors and Collateral
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SECTION 7.15 Use of Proceeds
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SECTION 7.16 [Reserved].
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SECTION 7.17 Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws; Beneficial Ownership Regulation, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions
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SECTION 7.18 Corporate Governance
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SECTION 7.19 Further Assurances
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SECTION 7.20 Post-Closing Matters
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ARTICLE VIII Negative Covenants
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SECTION 8.1 Indebtedness
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SECTION 8.2 Liens
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SECTION 8.3 Investments
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SECTION 8.4 Fundamental Changes
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SECTION 8.5 Asset Dispositions
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SECTION 8.6 Restricted Payments
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SECTION 8.7 Transactions with Affiliates
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SECTION 8.8 Accounting Changes; Organizational Documents
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SECTION 8.9 Payments and Modifications of Junior Indebtedness
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SECTION 8.10 No Further Negative Pledges; Restrictive Agreements
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SECTION 8.11 Nature of Business
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SECTION 8.12 [Reserved].
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SECTION 8.13 Sale Leasebacks
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SECTION 8.14 [Reserved]
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SECTION 8.15 Financial Covenants
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SECTION 8.16 Disposal of Subsidiary Interests
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ARTICLE IX Default and Remedies
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SECTION 9.1 Events of Default
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SECTION 9.2 Remedies
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SECTION 9.3 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; etc
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SECTION 9.4 Crediting of Payments and Proceeds
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SECTION 9.5 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
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SECTION 9.6 Credit Bidding.
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ARTICLE X The Administrative Agent
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SECTION 10.1 Appointment and Authority.
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SECTION 10.2 Rights as a Lender
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SECTION 10.3 Exculpatory Provisions.
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SECTION 10.4 Reliance by the Administrative Agent
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SECTION 10.5 Delegation of Duties
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SECTION 10.6 Resignation of Administrative Agent.
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SECTION 10.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
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SECTION 10.8 No Other Duties, Etc
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SECTION 10.9 Collateral and Guaranty Matters.
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SECTION 10.10 Secured Hedge Obligations and Secured Cash Management Obligations
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ARTICLE XI Miscellaneous
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SECTION 11.1 Notices.
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SECTION 11.2 Amendments, Waivers and Consents
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SECTION 11.3 Expenses; Indemnity.
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SECTION 11.4 Right of Setoff
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SECTION 11.5 Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc
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SECTION 11.6 Waiver of Jury Trial
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SECTION 11.7 Reversal of Payments
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SECTION 11.8 Injunctive Relief
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SECTION 11.9 Successors and Assigns; Participations.
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SECTION 11.10 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality
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SECTION 11.11 Performance of Duties
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SECTION 11.12 All Powers Coupled with Interest
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SECTION 11.13 Survival
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SECTION 11.14 Titles and Captions
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SECTION 11.15 Severability of Provisions
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SECTION 11.16 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution.
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SECTION 11.17 Term of Agreement
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SECTION 11.18 USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Money Laundering Laws
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SECTION 11.19 Independent Effect of Covenants
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SECTION 11.20 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.
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SECTION 11.21 Inconsistencies with Other Documents
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SECTION 11.22 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions
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SECTION 11.23 Certain ERISA Matters.
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SECTION 11.24 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs
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Exhibit A-1
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Form of Revolving Credit Note
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Exhibit A-2
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Form of Swingline Note
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Exhibit B
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Form of Notice of Borrowing
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Exhibit C
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Form of Notice of Account Designation
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Exhibit D
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Form of Notice of Prepayment
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Exhibit E
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Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation
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Exhibit F
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Form of Compliance Certificate
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Exhibit G
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Form of Assignment and Assumption
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Exhibit H-1
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Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Non-Partnership Foreign Lenders)
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Exhibit H-2
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Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Non-Partnership Foreign Participants)
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Exhibit H-3
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Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Foreign Participant Partnerships)
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Exhibit H-4
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Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Foreign Lender Partnerships)
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Exhibit I
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Form of Joinder Agreement
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Exhibit J
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule 1.1
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Post-Closing Matters
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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of September 4, 2020, by and among MEDALLIA, INC., a Delaware corporation, as Borrower, the lenders who are party to this Agreement and the lenders who may become a party to this Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof, as Lenders, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed to extend, certain credit facilities to the Borrower.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, such parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
Definitions
SECTION 1.1Definitions
The following terms when used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them below:
“Acquired EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person or business acquired pursuant to an Acquisition for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of any such Person or business so acquired (determined using such definitions as if references to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries therein were to such Person or business), as calculated by the Borrower in good faith and which shall be factually supported by historical financial statements; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, in determining Acquired EBITDA for any Person or business that does not have historical financial accounting periods which coincide with that of the financial accounting periods of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (a) references to Reference Period in any applicable definitions shall be deemed to mean the same relevant period as the applicable period of determination for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) to the extent the commencement of any such Reference Period shall occur during a fiscal quarter of such acquired Person or business (such that only a portion of such fiscal quarter shall be included in such Reference Period), Acquired EBITDA for the portion of such fiscal quarter so included in such Reference Period shall be deemed to be an amount equal to (x) Acquired EBITDA otherwise attributable to the entire fiscal quarter (determined in a manner consistent with the terms set forth above) multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of months of such fiscal quarter included in the relevant Reference Period and the denominator of which shall be actual months in such fiscal quarter.
“Acquisition” means any acquisition, or any series of related acquisitions, consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries (a) acquires any business or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person, or business unit,
line of business or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, exchange, issuance of stock or other equity or debt securities, merger, reorganization, amalgamation, division or otherwise or (b) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for the election of members of the board of directors or the equivalent governing body (other than securities having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage or voting power) of the outstanding ownership interests of a partnership, limited liability company or other entity (excluding, in and of itself, the formation of a new Subsidiary).
“Administrative Agent” means Wells Fargo, in its capacity as Administrative Agent hereunder, and any successor thereto appointed pursuant to Section 10.6.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the office of the Administrative Agent specified in or determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.1(c).
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution, or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agent Parties” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.1(e).
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and the rules and regulations thereunder and the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means any and all laws, statutes, regulations or obligatory government orders, decrees, ordinances or rules related to terrorism financing, money laundering, any predicate crime to money laundering or any financial record keeping, including any applicable provision of the Patriot Act and The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the “Bank Secrecy Act,” 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959).
“Applicable Law” means all applicable provisions of constitutions, laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, treaties, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of Governmental Authorities and all orders and decrees of all courts and arbitrators.
“Applicable Margin” means the corresponding percentages per annum as follows (i) 1.75% for LIBOR Rate Loans, (ii) 0.75% for Base Rate Loans and (iii) 0.25% for the Commitment Fee.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Arranger” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner.
“Asset Disposition” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of any Property (including any sale and leaseback transaction, division, merger or disposition of Equity Interests owned by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.9), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit G or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date of determination, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease Obligation of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease, the capitalized amount or principal amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease Obligation.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“Bankruptcy Code” means 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.
“Base Rate” means, at any time, the highest of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50% and (c) LIBOR for an Interest Period of one month plus 1%; each change in the Base Rate shall take effect simultaneously with the corresponding change or changes in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or LIBOR (provided that clause (c) shall not be applicable during any period in which LIBOR is unavailable or unascertainable).
“Base Rate Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon the Base Rate as provided in Section 4.1(a).
“Benchmark Replacement” means the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate (which may include Term SOFR) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement 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 rate of interest as a replacement to LIBOR for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if the Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than zero, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of LIBOR with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for each applicable Interest Period, 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 giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of LIBOR with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of LIBOR with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters) that the Administrative Agent decides 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 decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to LIBOR:
(a)in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of LIBOR permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide LIBOR; and
(b)in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to LIBOR:
(a)a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of LIBOR announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide LIBOR, permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR;
(b)a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR, the U.S. Federal Reserve System, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for LIBOR, which states that the administrator of LIBOR has ceased or will cease to provide LIBOR permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR; or
(c)a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR announcing that LIBOR is no longer representative.
“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means (a) in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (i) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (ii) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication) and (b) in the case of an Early Opt-in Election, the date specified by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, as applicable, by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (in the case of such notice by the Required Lenders) and the Lenders.
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to LIBOR and solely to the extent that LIBOR has not been replaced with a Benchmark Replacement, the period (a) beginning at the time that such Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced LIBOR for all purposes hereunder in accordance with Section 4.8(c) and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced LIBOR for all purposes hereunder pursuant to Section 4.8(c).
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 CFR § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Borrower” means Medallia, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.2.
“Business Day” means (a) for all purposes other than as set forth in clause (b) below, any day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday) on which banks in San Francisco, California and New York, New York, are open for the conduct of their commercial banking business and (b) with respect to all notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, any LIBOR Rate Loan, or any Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to LIBOR, any day that is a Business Day described in clause (a) and that is also a London Banking Day.
“Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, for any period, (a) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures that are (or would be) set forth in a Consolidated statement of cash flows of such Person for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP and (b) Capital Lease Obligations during such period, but excluding expenditures for the restoration, repair or replacement of any fixed or capital asset which was destroyed or damaged, in whole or in part, to the extent financed by the proceeds of an insurance policy maintained by such Person.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means, subject to Section 1.3(b), the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations would be required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Collateralize” means, to pledge and deposit with, or deliver to the Administrative Agent, or directly to the applicable Issuing Lender (with notice thereof to the Administrative Agent), for the benefit of one or more of the Issuing Lenders, the Swingline Lender or the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of the Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations or Swingline Loans, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender shall agree, in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender, as applicable. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Equivalents” means, collectively, (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof to the extent such
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof and currently having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time either S&P or Moody’s are not rating such fund, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency), (c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof that has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000 and having a long-term debt rating of “A” or better by S&P or “A2” or better from Moody’s (or, if at any time either S&P or Moody’s are not rating such fund, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency), (d) shares of any money market mutual fund that has (i) substantially all of its assets invested in the types of investments referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above, (ii) net assets of not less than $250,000,000 and (iii) a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s (or, if at any time either S&P or Moody’s are not rating such fund, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency) and (e) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, substantially similar investments of the type described in clauses (a) through (d) above denominated in foreign currencies and from similarly capitalized and rated foreign banks in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Subsidiary is organized.
“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card (including non-card electronic payables and purchasing cards), credit card processing services, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.
“CFC” means each Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code and the U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Change in Control” means an event or series of events by which:
(a)any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), other than Sequoia Capital or one if its Controlled Investment Affiliates, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a “person” or “group” shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all Equity Interests that such “person” or “group” has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled to vote in the election of members of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower; or
(b)there shall have occurred under any indenture or other instrument evidencing any Indebtedness or Equity Interests in excess of the Threshold Amount any “change in control” or similar provision (as set forth in the indenture, agreement or other evidence of such
Indebtedness) obligating the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or repay all or any part of the Indebtedness or Equity Interests provided for therein.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; 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 or in implementation thereof 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, implemented or issued.
“Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Collateral” means the collateral security for the Secured Obligations pledged or granted pursuant to the Security Documents.
“Collateral Agreement” means the collateral agreement of even date herewith executed by the Credit Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, which shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Commitment Fee” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.3(a).
“Commitment Percentage” means, as to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage.
“Commitments” means, collectively, as to all Lenders, the Revolving Credit Commitments of such Lenders.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate of the chief financial officer or the vice president of finance of the Borrower substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F.
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consolidated” means, when used with reference to financial statements or financial statement items of any Person, such statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with applicable principles of consolidation under GAAP.
“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any period, the sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries:
(a)Consolidated Net Income for such period plus
(b)the sum of the following, without duplication, in each case to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(i) Consolidated Interest Expense;
(ii) provisions for Taxes measured by net income, profits or capital (or any similar measures), paid or accrued, including federal and state and local income Taxes, foreign income Taxes and franchise Taxes; and
(iii) depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges or expenses (including non-cash expenses related to stock-based compensation, amortization of intangibles, amortization of software development costs and amortization of deferred commissions), excluding any non-cash charge or expense that represents an accrual for a cash expense to be taken in a future period (other than non-cash charges constituting an accrual for cash expenses due in future periods in connection with terminations of facilities leases);
(iv) unusual or extraordinary expenses, charges, and losses;
(v) non-recurring expenses or losses incurred in connection with (A) the Transactions, (B) Permitted Convertible Debt, (C) Permitted Acquisitions, (D) issuances of any Equity Interests, (E) dispositions of assets permitted under the Loan Documents, or (F) the incurrence, amendment, modification, refinancing or repayment of Indebtedness (in each case of clauses (B) through (F), whether or not successful), including, without limitation, legal, accounting, and advisory fees;
(vi) (A) restructuring and integration expenses (which for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, but not be limited to, retention, severance, systems establishment costs, contract termination costs, including future lease commitments, and costs to consolidate facilities and relocate employees) incurred by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with, and directly related to, any Permitted Acquisition or Asset Dispositions, (B) non-recurring costs and extraordinary expenses attributable to Permitted Acquisitions, Asset Dispositions and/or other operating improvement, restructuring, cost savings initiatives or other similar initiatives that have been consummated during the relevant period, and (C) other pro forma adjustments (including anticipated cost savings and other synergies) attributable to Permitted Acquisitions, Asset Dispositions and/or other operating improvement, restructuring, cost savings initiatives or other similar initiatives that have been consummated during the relevant period, to the extent, in each case, that such costs, expenses or adjustments (I) are reasonably expected to be realized within twelve (12) months of such Permitted Acquisition, Asset Disposition and/or other operating improvement, restructuring, cost savings initiative or other similar initiative as set forth in reasonable detail on a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
delivered to the Administrative Agent and (II) are, in each case, reasonably identifiable, factually supportable, and expected to have a continuing impact on the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount added back in reliance on this clause (vi) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $8,000,000 and (y) twenty percent (20%) of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for any period (calculated prior to giving effect to any such amounts added back under this clause (vi));
(vii) any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests held by third parties in any non-wholly owned Subsidiary;
minus
(c)the sum of the following, without duplication, to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(i) interest income,
(ii) Federal, state, local and foreign income Tax credits of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period (to the extent not netted from income Tax expense);
(iii) non-cash gains;
(iv) any cash expense made during such period which represents the reversal of, or any other cash payment made during such period with respect to, any non-cash expense that was added in a prior period pursuant to clause (b)(iii) above subsequent to the fiscal quarter in which the relevant non-cash expenses, charges or losses were incurred; and
(v) unusual or extraordinary gains;
plus or minus, as applicable,
(d)(i) trailing-twelve-month average of quarterly year-over-year changes in deferred revenue (adding any increase or subtracting any decrease), as of the last quarter-end included in such period, and
(ii) trailing-twelve-month average of quarterly year-over-year changes in deferred commissions (subtracting any increase or adding any decrease), as of the last quarter-end included in such period.
For purposes of this Agreement, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, the sum of, without duplication, (a) all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness for borrowed money including, but not limited to, all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments of any such Person, (b) all purchase money Indebtedness, (c) the Attributable Indebtedness of such Person
with respect to such Person’s Capital Lease Obligations (excluding operating leases) and Synthetic Leases (regardless of whether accounted for as indebtedness under GAAP), (d) all drawn and unreimbursed obligations, contingent or otherwise, of any such Person relative to letters of credit, including any Reimbursement Obligation, and banker’s acceptances issued for the account of any such Person, (e) all obligations of any such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests which shall be valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends that are past due, (f) all Guarantees of any such Person with respect to any of the foregoing and (g) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, interest expense (including interest expense attributable to Capital Lease Obligations and all net payment obligations pursuant to Hedge Agreements) for such period.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP; provided, that in calculating Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, the effect of the following shall be excluded: (a) the net income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary which shall be subject to clause (c) below), in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has a joint interest with a third party, except to the extent such net income is actually paid in cash to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by dividend or other distribution during such period, (b) the net income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries except to the extent included pursuant to the foregoing clause (a), (c) the net income (if positive), of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of such net income (i) is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Subsidiary or (ii) would be subject to any taxes payable on such dividends or distributions, but in each case only to the extent of such prohibition or taxes, (d) the net income (or loss) of any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to the extent such net income (or loss) is attributable to the minority interest in such Subsidiary, (e) any gain or loss from Asset Dispositions during such period, (f) without duplication of adjustments set forth in the definition of Pro Forma Basis, any recapitalization or purchase accounting effects including, but not limited to, adjustments to inventory, property and equipment, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP, as a result of any Permitted Acquisition, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof (including any write-off of in process research and development). In addition, proceeds from any business interruption insurance received in such period shall be added to Consolidated Net Income.
“Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of any date of determination on a Consolidated basis without duplication, (a) all Consolidated Funded Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries secured by a Lien on any of their assets minus (b) all Subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries secured by a Lien on any of their assets.
“Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness on such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently completed Reference Period.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Controlled Investment Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person which (a) directly or indirectly, is in Control of, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person and (b) is organized by the former such Person primarily for the purpose of making equity or debt investments in one or more companies.
“Control Agreement” means a control agreement among the Borrower or a Guarantor, a depository bank, a securities intermediary or a commodity intermediary, as the case may be, and the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Credit Facility” means, collectively, the Revolving Credit Facility, the Swingline Facility and the L/C Facility.
“Credit Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Guarantors.
“Debt Issuance” means the issuance of any Indebtedness for borrowed money by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default” means any of the events specified in Section 9.1 which with the passage of time, the giving of notice or any other condition, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 4.15(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of the Revolving Credit Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date such Loans or participations were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such
Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the FDIC or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 4.15(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and each Lender.
“Disclosure Letter” means the disclosure letter dated the Closing Date and delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in respect of this Agreement.
“Disposed EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person or business unit or line of business that is sold or disposed of in an Asset Disposition during any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of any such Person or business subject to such Asset Disposition (determined using such definitions as if references to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries therein were to such Person or business), as calculated by the Borrower in good faith.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interests of such Person that, by their terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interest into
which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) mature or are mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full in cash of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than (1) contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations, (2) obligations and liabilities under Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank have been made and (3) Letters of Credit that have either been Cash Collateralized or as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Lender have been made) and the termination of the Commitments), (b) are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests) (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full in cash of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than (1) contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations, (2) obligations and liabilities under Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank have been made and (3) Letters of Credit that have either been Cash Collateralized or as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Lender have been made) and the termination of the Commitments), in whole or in part, (c) provide for the scheduled payment of dividends in cash or (d) are or become convertible into, or exchangeable for, Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case of clauses (a) through (d), prior to the date that is 91 days after the latest scheduled maturity date of the Loans and Commitments; provided that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such officers or employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
“Dollars” or “$” means, unless otherwise qualified, dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States.
“Early Opt-in Election” means the occurrence of:
(a)(i) a determination by the Administrative Agent or (ii) a notification by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower) that the Required Lenders have determined that U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities being executed at such time, or that include language similar to that contained in Section 4.8(c) are being executed or amended, as applicable, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR, and
(b)(i) the election by the Administrative Agent or (ii) the election by the Required Lenders to declare that an Early Opt-in Election has occurred and the provision, as applicable, by
the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Borrower and the Lenders or by the Required Lenders of written notice of such election to the Administrative Agent.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.9(b)(iii) and (v) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.9(b)(iii)).
“Eligible Investments” means eligible investments under the Investment Policy.
“Employee Benefit Plan” means (a) any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA that is maintained for employees of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate or (b) any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan that has at any time within the preceding five (5) years been maintained, funded or administered for the employees of any Credit Party or any current or former ERISA Affiliate.
“Environmental Claims” means any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, accusations, allegations, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by any Person in the ordinary course of business and not in response to any third party action or request of any kind) or proceedings relating in any way to any actual or alleged violation of or liability under any Environmental Law or relating to any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law, including any and all claims by Governmental Authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to public health or the environment.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, foreign, state, provincial and local laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, standards and regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of courts or Governmental Authorities, relating to the protection of public health (with respect to exposure to Hazardous Materials) or the protection of the environment, including, but not limited to, requirements pertaining to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or remediation of Hazardous Materials.
“Equity Interests” means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests, (e) 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 and (f) any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing; provided that debt instruments that are convertible into, or exchangeable for, Equity Interests of the types described in clauses (a) through (e) of this definition, cash, or a combination of cash and such Equity Interests (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Permitted Convertible Indebtedness) are not Equity Interests).
“Equity Issuance” means (a) any issuance by the Borrower of shares of its Equity Interests to any Person that is not a Credit Party (including in connection with the exercise of options or warrants or the conversion of any debt securities to equity) and (b) any capital contribution from any Person that is not a Credit Party into any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof. The term “Equity Issuance” shall not include (A) any Asset Disposition or (B) any Debt Issuance.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any Person who together with any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor thereto), as in effect from time to time.
“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day, the percentage which is in effect for such day as prescribed by the FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any basic, supplemental or emergency reserves) in respect of eurocurrency liabilities or any similar category of liabilities for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City.
“Event of Default” means any of the events specified in Section 9.1; provided that any requirement for passage of time, giving of notice, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 77 et seq.).
“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by Applicable Law or by any contractual obligation existing on the Closing Date or existing at the time of acquisition of such Subsidiary after the Closing Date (and not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition),
in each case from Guaranteeing the Obligations, but only so long as such prohibition exists, (b) any Immaterial Subsidiary, (c) any Subsidiary that is a CFC, (d) any other Subsidiary so long as the provision of a Guarantee by such Subsidiary could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse tax consequence to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates under Section 956 of the Code or otherwise, as reasonably determined by the Borrower and (e) any other Subsidiary with respect to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower mutually agree that the cost of providing a Guarantee would be excessive in relation to the benefit to be afforded thereby.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Credit Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the liability of such Credit Party for or the guarantee of such Credit Party of (including by any joint and several liability provisions), or the grant by such Credit Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any liability or guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Credit Party’s 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 liability for or the guarantee of such Credit Party or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation (such determination being made after giving effect to any applicable keepwell, support or other agreement for the benefit of the applicable Credit Party, including under the keepwell provisions in the Guaranty Agreement). 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 for the reasons identified in the immediately preceding sentence of this definition.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, United States 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 Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 4.12(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 4.11, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 4.11(g) and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Second Amended And Restated Loan And Security Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016, between Silicon Valley Bank and the Borrower.
“Existing SVB Letters of Credit” means the letters of credit existing on the Closing Date and identified on Schedule 1.2 of the Disclosure Letter.
“Extensions of Credit” means, as to any Lender at any time, (a) an amount equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender then outstanding, (ii) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding, and (iii) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Swingline Loans then outstanding, or (b) the making of any Loan or participation in any Letter of Credit by such Lender, as the context requires.
“FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.
“FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average of the quotation for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Federal Funds Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.
“Fee Letters” means (a) the separate fee letter agreement dated as of September 4, 2020 between the Borrower and Wells Fargo, (b) any letter between the Borrower and any Issuing Lender (other than Wells Fargo) relating to certain fees payable to such Issuing Lender in its capacity as such and (c) any other fee letter, mandate letter, engagement letter or commitment letter executed after the Closing Date by one or more Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent and/or the Arranger in connection with this Agreement.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on January 31st of each calendar year.
“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to any Issuing Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender, other than such L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of outstanding Swingline Loans other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
“Governmental Approvals” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, and all registrations and filings with or issued by, any Governmental Authorities.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services
for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation or (e) for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (whether in whole or in part); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit or customary warranty obligations, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations.
“Guarantors” means, collectively, (a) the Subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Schedule 6.1 of the Disclosure Letter that are identified as a “Guarantor” and (b) each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that executes and delivers a guaranty or guaranty supplement pursuant to Section 7.14.
“Guaranty Agreement” means the unconditional guaranty agreement of even date herewith executed by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit and the Secured Parties, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit J.
“Hazardous Materials” means any substances or materials (a) which are or become defined as hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, chemical substances or mixtures or toxic substances under any Environmental Law, (b) which are toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable, infectious, radioactive, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise harmful to public health or the environment and are or become regulated by any Governmental Authority, (c) the presence of which require investigation or remediation under any Environmental Law or common law, (d) the discharge or emission or release of which requires a permit or license under any Environmental Law or other Governmental Approval, (e) which are deemed by a Governmental Authority to constitute a nuisance or a trespass which pose a health or safety hazard to Persons or neighboring properties, or (f) which contain, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum derived substances or waste, crude oil, nuclear fuel, natural gas or synthetic gas.
“Hedge Agreement” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement; provided that Hedge Agreement shall not include (i) any Permitted Call Spread Transactions, (ii) any derivative instruments issued under equity incentive or similar plans (including any stock option or phantom stock plan), (iii) any forward, option or warrant for the purchase or sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower, (iv) contracts for the purchase of securities of the Borrower or (v) any items constituting a derivative security embedded in convertible debt securities permitted hereunder issued by the Borrower.
“Hedge Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Hedge Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedge Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedge Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Hedge Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedge Agreements (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Immaterial Subsidiaries” means, as of any date of determination, those Subsidiaries designated by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent that, when considered on an individual or aggregate basis, do not have any of the following: (a) individually, assets with a book value of five percent (5%) or more of the total value of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) together with all Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, assets with a book value of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the total value of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (c) individually, revenues (excluding intercompany receivables and revenues that would be eliminated upon consolidation in accordance with GAAP) of five percent (5%) or more of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (excluding intercompany receivables and revenues that would be eliminated upon consolidation in accordance with GAAP), taken as a whole, as at the last day of any period for four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower for which the relevant financial information is available, and (d) together with all Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, revenues (excluding intercompany receivables and revenues that would be eliminated upon consolidation in accordance with GAAP) of less than fifteen percent (15%) of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (excluding intercompany receivables and revenues that would be eliminated upon consolidation in accordance with GAAP), taken as a whole, as at the last day of any period for four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower for which the relevant financial information is available. The Borrower’s written notice described above shall include calculations in detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower may designate and re-designate a Subsidiary as an Immaterial Subsidiary at any time, subject to the limitations and requirements set forth in this definition; provided that any Guarantor that is designated as an Immaterial Subsidiary after becoming a Guarantor shall remain a Guarantor.
“Increase Effective Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13(c).
“Incremental Amendment” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13(f).
“Incremental Facilities Limit” means $50,000,000 less the total aggregate initial principal amount (as of the date of incurrence thereof) of all previously incurred Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increases.
“Incremental Lender” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13(b).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13(a).
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at any date and without duplication, the sum of the following:
(a)all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, including obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, of such Person;
(b)all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services of such Person (including all payment obligations under non-competition, earn-out or similar agreements, solely to the extent any such payment obligation under non-competition, earn-out or similar agreements becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP), except trade payables, intercompany charges of expenses, intercompany payables and other accrued obligations, in each case, arising in the ordinary course of business;
(c)the Attributable Indebtedness of such Person with respect to such Person’s Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Leases (regardless of whether accounted for as indebtedness under GAAP);
(d)all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person to the extent of the value of such property (other than customary reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business);
(e)all Indebtedness of any other Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements except trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f)all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person relative to the face amount of letters of credit, whether or not drawn, including any Reimbursement Obligation, and banker’s acceptances issued for the account of such Person;
(g)all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests;
(h)all net obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreements; and
(i)all Guarantees of such Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. In respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, if such Indebtedness shall not have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse to the assets securing such Lien, the amount of such Indebtedness as of any date of determination will be the lesser of (x) the fair market value of such assets as of such date (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and (y) the amount of such Indebtedness as of such date. The amount of any net obligation under any Hedge Agreement on any date shall be deemed to be the Hedge Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of obligations in respect of any Disqualified Equity Interests shall be valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends that are past due.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.3(b).
“Information” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.10.
“Initial Issuing Lender” means Wells Fargo.
“Insurance and Condemnation Event” means the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its 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.
“Interest Period” means, as to each LIBOR Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such LIBOR Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a LIBOR Rate Loan and ending on the date one (1), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter, in each case as selected by the Borrower in its Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation and subject to availability; provided that:
(a)the Interest Period shall commence on the date of advance of or conversion to any LIBOR Rate Loan and, in the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, each successive Interest Period shall commence on the date on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires;
(b)if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a
Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(c)any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(d)no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; and
(e)there shall be no more than five (5) Interest Periods in effect at any time.
“Interstate Commerce Act” means the body of law commonly known as the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. App. § 1 et seq.).
“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person (a) purchases, owns, invests in or otherwise acquires (in one transaction or a series of transactions), by division or otherwise, any Equity Interests, interests in any partnership or joint venture (including the creation or capitalization of any Subsidiary), evidence of Indebtedness or other obligation or security, (b) makes any Acquisition or (c) makes or holds any loans, advances or extensions of credit to, or any investment in cash or by delivery of Property in, any Person.
“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. § 80(a)(1), et seq.).
“Investment Policy” means the Borrower’s investment policy attached hereto as Exhibit K, as such policy may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time with the approval of the board of directors (or authorized committee thereof) of the Borrower.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP” means the International Standby Practices, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time).
“Issuing Lender” means, with respect to Letters of Credit issued hereunder on or after the Closing Date, (a) the Initial Issuing Lender and (b) any other Revolving Credit Lender to the extent it has agreed in its sole discretion to act as an “Issuing Lender” hereunder and that has been approved in writing by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (such approval by the Administrative Agent not to be unreasonably delayed or withheld) as an “Issuing Lender” hereunder, in each case in its capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit; provided that without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the total number of Issuing Lenders shall not exceed one (1).
“Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Junior Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, any (a) Subordinated Indebtedness, (b) Indebtedness secured by Liens that are junior to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations and (c) unsecured Indebtedness with an aggregate outstanding principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount.
“L/C Commitment” means, as to any Issuing Lender, the obligation of such Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries from time to time in an aggregate amount equal to (a) for the Initial Issuing Lender, $40,000,000 and (b) for any other Issuing Lender becoming an Issuing Lender after the Closing Date, such amount as separately agreed to in a written agreement between the Borrower and such Issuing Lender (which such agreement shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent upon execution), in each case of clauses (a) and (b) above, any such amount may be changed after the Closing Date in a written agreement between the Borrower and such Issuing Lender (which such agreement shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent upon execution); provided that the L/C Commitment with respect to any Person that ceases to be an Issuing Lender for any reason pursuant to the terms hereof shall be $0 (subject to the Letters of Credit of such Person remaining outstanding in accordance with the provisions hereof).
“L/C Facility” means the letter of credit facility established pursuant to Article III.
“L/C Obligations” means at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit which have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5.
“L/C Participants” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the collective reference to all the Revolving Credit Lenders other than the applicable Issuing Lender.
“L/C Sublimit” means the lesser of (a) $40,000,000 and (b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Lender” means the Persons listed on Schedule 1.1 and any other Person that shall have become a party to this Agreement as a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or pursuant to Section 4.13, other than any Person that ceases to be a party hereto as a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender.
“Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender maintaining such Lender’s Extensions of Credit, which office may, to the extent the applicable Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing, include an office of any Affiliate of such Lender or any domestic or foreign branch of such Lender or Affiliate.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application requesting the applicable Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit in the form specified by the applicable Issuing Lender from time to time.
“Letter of Credit Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, a letter of credit agreement or reimbursement agreement and any other document, agreement and instrument required by the applicable Issuing Lender and relating to such Letter of Credit, in each case in the form specified by the applicable Issuing Lender from time to time.
“Letters of Credit” means the collective reference to letters of credit issued pursuant to Section 3.1.
“LIBOR” means, subject to the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement in accordance with Section 4.8(c),
(a)for any interest rate calculation with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the rate of interest per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to the applicable Interest Period as published by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, a United Kingdom company, or a comparable or successor quoting service approved by the Administrative Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) London Banking Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period. If, for any reason, such rate is not so published then “LIBOR” shall be determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic average of the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars would be offered by first class banks in the London interbank market to the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) London Banking Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period for a period equal to such Interest Period, and
(b)for any interest rate calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan, the rate of interest per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for an Interest Period equal to one month (commencing on the date of determination of such interest rate) as published by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, a United Kingdom company, or a comparable or successor quoting service approved by the Administrative Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date of determination, or, if such date is not a Business Day, then the immediately preceding Business Day. If, for any reason, such rate is not so published then “LIBOR” for such Base Rate Loan shall be determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic average of the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars would be offered by first class banks in the London interbank market to the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date of determination for a period equal to one month commencing on such date of determination.
Each calculation by the Administrative Agent of LIBOR shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) in no event shall LIBOR (including any Benchmark Replacement with respect thereto) be less than 0.375% and (y) unless otherwise specified in any amendment to this Agreement entered into in accordance with Section 4.8(c), in the event that a Benchmark Replacement with respect to LIBOR is implemented then all references herein to LIBOR shall be deemed references to such Benchmark Replacement.
“LIBOR Rate” means a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:
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“LIBOR Rate Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon the LIBOR Rate as provided in Section 4.1(a).
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, leasehold mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, hypothecation or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset. For the purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease Obligation or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.
“Liquidity” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate the unrestricted, unencumbered cash and Cash Equivalents and other Eligible Investments of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries held in, from and after the date required by Section 7.20, accounts subject to a Control Agreement as of such date, provided that the proceeds of any Indebtedness incurred substantially concurrently with the determination of such amount shall be excluded. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “unrestricted” as used above includes, without limitation, being free from any contractual or legal restriction on sale, disposition or transfer (other than (i) contractual restrictions under the loan documents and liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, (ii) liens of any depositary bank in connection with statutory, common law and contractual rights of setoff and recoupment with respect to any deposit account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof and (iii) Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents).
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Disclosure Letter, each Note, the Letter of Credit Documents, the Guaranty Agreement, the Fee Letters and each other document, instrument, certificate and agreement executed and delivered by the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries in favor of or provided to the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party in connection with this Agreement or otherwise referred to herein or contemplated hereby (excluding any Secured Hedge Agreement and any Secured Cash Management Agreement).
“Loans” means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Loans and the Swingline Loans, and “Loan” means any of such Loans.
“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market.
“Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (a) a material adverse effect on the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of such Persons, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of
the ability of any such Person to perform its payment obligations under the Loan Documents, (c) a material impairment of the rights and remedies, taken as a whole, of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document or (d) a material impairment of the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Credit Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.
“Material Contract” means (a) any contract or agreement, written or oral, of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries involving monetary liability of or to any such Person in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 per annum or (b) any other contract or agreement, written or oral, of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Minimum Collateral Amount” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during the existence of a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to 102% of the Fronting Exposure of the Issuing Lenders with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time, (b) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.2(b), an amount equal to 102% of the aggregate outstanding amount of all L/C Obligations and (c) otherwise, an amount determined by the Administrative Agent and each of the applicable Issuing Lenders that is entitled to Cash Collateral hereunder at such time in their reasonable discretion.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is making, or is accruing an obligation to make, or has accrued an obligation to make contributions within the preceding five (5) years, or to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability (contingent or otherwise).
“Net Cash Proceeds” means, as applicable, (a) with respect to any Asset Disposition or Insurance and Condemnation Event, all cash and Cash Equivalents received by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries therefrom (including any cash or Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, as and when received) less the sum of (i) all income taxes and other taxes assessed by, or reasonably estimated to be payable to, a Governmental Authority as a result of such transaction (provided that if such estimated taxes exceed the amount of actual taxes required to be paid in cash in respect of such Asset Disposition, the amount of such excess shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds), (ii) all reasonable and customary out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with such transaction or event, (iii) the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents) secured by a Lien on the asset (or a portion thereof) disposed of, which Indebtedness is required to be repaid in connection with such transaction or event and (iv) all amounts that are set aside as a reserve (A) for adjustments in respect of the purchase price of such assets, (B) for any liabilities associated with such sale or casualty, to the extent such reserve is required by GAAP or as otherwise required pursuant to the documentation with respect to such Asset Disposition or Insurance and Condemnation Event, (C) for the payment of unassumed liabilities relating to the assets sold or otherwise disposed of at the
time of, or within 30 days after, the date of such sale or other disposition and (D) for the payment of indemnification obligations; provided that, to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve and received by such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, such amounts shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds, and (b) with respect to any Equity Issuance or Debt Issuance, the gross cash proceeds received by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries therefrom less all reasonable and customary out-of-pocket legal, underwriting and other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith.
“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver, amendment, modification or termination that (a) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.2 and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Guarantor.
“Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not Wholly-Owned.
“Notes” means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Notes and the Swingline Note.
“Notice of Account Designation” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.3(b).
“Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.3(a).
“Notice of Conversion/Continuation” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.2.
“Notice of Prepayment” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.4(c).
“Obligations” means, in each case, whether now in existence or hereafter arising: (a) the principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the filing of any bankruptcy or similar petition whether or not allowed or allowable) the Loans, (b) the L/C Obligations and (c) all other fees and commissions (including attorneys’ fees), charges, indebtedness, loans, liabilities, financial accommodations, obligations, covenants and duties owing by the Credit Parties to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders or the Administrative Agent, in each case under any Loan Document, with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit of every kind, nature and description, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any note and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
“OFAC” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“Organizational Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement or limited liability company agreement (or equivalent or comparable documents); and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such 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” means all present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 4.12).
“Participant” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.9(d).
“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.9(d).
“PATRIOT Act” means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor agency.
“Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code and which (a) is maintained, funded or administered for the employees of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate, (b) has at any time within the preceding five (5) years been maintained, funded or administered for the employees of any Credit Party or any current or former ERISA Affiliates or (c) any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability (contingent or otherwise).
“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition that meets all of the following requirements:
(a)no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the proposed closing date of such Acquisition (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent), the
Borrower shall have delivered written notice of such Acquisition to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, which notice shall include the proposed closing date of such Acquisition, provided that the notice requirement in clause (a) shall not apply to the Acquisition disclosed to the Administrative Agent immediately prior to the Closing Date;
(b)the board of directors or other similar governing body of the Person to be acquired shall have approved such Acquisition;
(c)the Person or business to be acquired shall be in a line of business permitted pursuant to Section 8.11 or, in the case of an Acquisition of assets, the assets acquired are useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as conducted immediately prior to such Acquisition or permitted pursuant to Section 8.11;
(d)if such Acquisition is a merger or consolidation, the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower shall be the surviving Person, and such surviving Person shall become, if required, a Guarantor in accordance with Section 7.14; and no Change in Control shall have been effected thereby;
(e)no later than five (5) Business Days after the closing date of such Acquisition (or such longer period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate demonstrating, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that the Borrower is in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis (based on the most recently completed Reference Period) with each covenant contained in Section 8.15;
(f)no later than five (5) Business Days after the closing date of such Acquisition the Borrower, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a copy of the final Permitted Acquisition Document, and
(g)no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing both before and after giving effect to such Acquisition and any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith.
“Permitted Acquisition Documents” means with respect to any Acquisition, executed copies of the purchase agreement, sale agreement, merger agreement or other agreement evidencing such Acquisition, including all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto and any amendment, modification or supplement to any of the foregoing.
“Permitted Call Spread Transaction” means (a) any call or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) relating to the common stock (or other securities or property following a merger event, reclassification or other change of the common stock) purchased by the Borrower in connection with the issuance of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness and settled in common stock (or such other securities or property), cash or a combination thereof (such amount of cash determined by reference to the price of the common stock or such other securities or property), and cash in lieu of fractional shares of common stock, or (b) any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative
transaction) relating to the common stock (or other securities or property following a merger event, reclassification or other change of the common stock) sold by the Borrower substantially concurrently with any purchase by the Borrower of an option described in clause (a) and settled in common stock (or such other securities or property), cash or a combination thereof (such amount of cash determined by reference to the price of the common stock or such other securities or property), and cash in lieu of fractional shares of common stock; provided that the terms, conditions and covenants of each such transaction described in clause (a) or clause (b) shall be such as are customary for transactions of such type (as determined by the board of directors of the Borrower, or a committee thereof, in good faith).
“Permitted Convertible Indebtedness” means unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower that is convertible or exchangeable into shares of common stock of the Borrower (or other securities or property following a merger event, reclassification or other change of the common stock of the Borrower), cash or a combination thereof (such amount of cash determined by reference to the price of the Borrower’s common stock or such other securities or property), and cash in lieu of fractional shares of common stock of the Borrower in an amount not to exceed $500,000,000 outstanding at any time; provided that (A) immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.03, on a pro forma basis (which in the case of the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio, based on the financial statements for the most recent fiscal quarter end for which financial statements have been provided), (B) the final maturity of such Indebtedness shall not be prior to the date that is one-hundred eighty (180) days after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (it being understood that (x) any conversion of such notes (whether into cash, shares of common stock in the Borrower or any combination thereof), (y) a repurchase of such notes on account of the occurrence of a “fundamental change” or similar event or (z) any redemption of such notes at the option of Borrower, in each case, shall not be deemed to constitute a change in the stated final maturity thereof), (C) such Indebtedness will not have mandatory prepayment, amortization, redemption, sinking fund or similar prepayments (other than asset sale, casualty, condemnation, nationalization or extraordinary receipts events, change of control, fundamental change, make-whole fundamental change or similar event risk provisions providing for mandatory offers to repurchase customary for debt securities, and, for the avoidance of doubt, any settlement in common stock (or other securities or property following a merger event, reclassification or other change of the common stock), cash or a combination thereof) prior to the date that is one-hundred eighty (180) days after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date at the time of the issuance of such Indebtedness, (D) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiary that has not guaranteed the Obligations, (E) the covenants, events of default and other terms of such Indebtedness, taken as a whole, are not more restrictive on Borrower and its Subsidiaries than the terms of the Loan Documents, taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower, it being understood that (1) customary repurchase or redemption obligations described in the parenthetical to clause (C) above and (2) customary additional interest provisions for failure to file required reports or additional interest in lieu of customary events of default, in each case shall not be more restrictive), and (F) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or result from the incurrence of such Indebtedness.
“Permitted Liens” means the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 8.2.
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”), the proceeds of which are used to refinance, refund, renew, extend or replace outstanding Indebtedness (such outstanding Indebtedness, the “Refinanced Indebtedness”); provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinancing Indebtedness (including any unused commitments thereunder) is not greater than the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Refinanced Indebtedness at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal, extension or replacement, except by an amount equal to any original issue discount thereon and the amount of unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing, refunding, renewal, extension or replacement, and by an amount equal to any existing commitments thereunder that have not been utilized at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal, extension or replacement; (b) the final stated maturity and Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be prior to or shorter than that applicable to the Refinanced Indebtedness and such Refinancing Indebtedness does not require any scheduled payment of principal, mandatory repayment, redemption or repurchase that is more favorable to the holders of the Refinancing Indebtedness than the corresponding terms (if any) of the Refinanced Indebtedness (including by virtue of such Refinancing Indebtedness participating on a greater basis in any mandatory repayment, redemption or repurchase as compared to the Refinanced Indebtedness, but excluding any scheduled payment of principal, mandatory repayment, redemption or repurchase occurring on or after the date that is 91 days after the latest scheduled maturity date of the Loans and Commitments); (c) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be secured by (i) Liens on assets other than assets securing the Refinanced Indebtedness at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal, extension or replacement or (ii) Liens having a higher priority than the Liens, if any, securing the Refinanced Indebtedness at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal, extension or replacement; (d) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be guaranteed by or otherwise recourse to any Person other than the Person(s) to whom the Refinanced Indebtedness is recourse or by whom it is guaranteed, in each case as of the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal, extension or replacement; (e) to the extent such Refinanced Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations (or the Liens securing such Indebtedness were originally contractually subordinated to the Liens securing the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents), such refinancing, refunding, renewal, extension or replacement is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations (or the Liens securing such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Liens securing the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents) on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing such Refinanced Indebtedness or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; (f) the covenants with respect to such Refinancing Indebtedness, when taken as a whole, are not materially more restrictive to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than those in the Refinanced Indebtedness (taken as a whole) as determined in good faith by the Borrower; and (g) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of, or would result from, such refinancing, refunding, renewal, extension or replacement.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Platform” means Debt Domain, Intralinks, SyndTrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.
“Prime Rate” means, at any time, the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the day such change in such prime rate occurs. The parties hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate is an index or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other banks.
“Pro Forma Basis” means:
(a)for purposes of calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for any period during which one or more Specified Transactions occurs, that (i) such Specified Transaction (and all other Specified Transactions that have been consummated during the applicable period) shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement, (ii) there shall be included in determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period, without duplication, the Acquired EBITDA of any Person or business, or attributable to any property or asset, acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person or business or any Acquired EBITDA attributable to any assets or property, in each case to the extent not so acquired) in connection with a Permitted Acquisition to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred, abandoned or otherwise disposed of by the Borrower or such Subsidiary during such period, based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such acquired entity or business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) and (iii) there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period, without duplication, the Disposed EBITDA of any Person or business, or attributable to any property or asset, disposed of by the Borrower or any Subsidiary during such period in connection with a Specified Disposition or discontinuation of operations, based on the Disposed EBITDA of such disposed entity or business or discontinued operations for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such disposition or discontinuation); provided that the foregoing amounts shall be without duplication of any adjustments that are already included in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA; and
(b)in the event that the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof incurs (including by assumption or guarantees) or repays (including by redemption, repayment, retirement, discharge, defeasance or extinguishment) any Indebtedness included in the calculations of any financial ratio or test (in each case, other than Indebtedness incurred or repaid under any revolving credit facility in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes), (i) during the applicable measurement period or (ii) subsequent to the end of the applicable measurement period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made, then such financial ratio or test shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, to the extent required, as if the same had occurred on the first day of the applicable measurement period and any such Indebtedness that is incurred (including by assumption or guarantee) that has a floating or formula rate of interest shall have an implied rate
of interest for the applicable period determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as of the relevant date of determination.
“Property” means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including Equity Interests.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Public Lenders” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.2.
“Qualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing Lender, as applicable.
“Reference Period” means, as of any date of determination, the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ended on or immediately prior to such date for which financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have been delivered to the Administrative Agent hereunder.
“Register” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.9(c).
“Reimbursement Obligation” means the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse any Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.5 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Total Credit Exposure representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the Total Credit Exposure of all Lenders. The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.
“Resignation Effective Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.6(a).
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means, as to any Person, the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, controller, vice president of finance, treasurer or assistant treasurer of such Person or any other officer of such Person designated in writing by the Borrower or such Person and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that, to the extent requested thereby, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of such Person certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the signature of each such officer. Any document delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Person shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Person and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Person.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend on, or the making of any payment or other distribution on account of, or the purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition (directly or indirectly) of, or the setting apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of, any class of Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or the making of any distribution of cash, property or assets to the holders of any Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof on account of such Equity Interests.
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means (a) as to any Revolving Credit Lender, the obligation of such Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans to, and to purchase participations in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans for the account of, the Borrower hereunder in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Revolving Credit Lender’s name on the Register, as such amount may be modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof (including Section 4.13) and (b) as to all Revolving Credit Lenders, the aggregate commitment of all Revolving Credit Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans, as such amount may be modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof (including Section 4.13). The aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment of all the Revolving Credit Lenders on the Closing Date shall be $50,000,000. The Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender on the Closing Date is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 1.1.
“Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage” means, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the percentage of the total Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Revolving Credit Lenders represented by such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. If the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated or expired, the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Credit Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments. The Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of each Revolving Credit Lender on the Closing Date is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 1.1.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and such Revolving Credit Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans at such time.
“Revolving Credit Facility” means the revolving credit facility established pursuant to Article II (including any increase in such revolving credit facility pursuant to Section 4.13).
“Revolving Credit Lenders” means, collectively, all of the Lenders with a Revolving Credit Commitment or if the Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated, all Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposure.
“Revolving Credit Loan” means any revolving loan made to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1, and all such revolving loans collectively as the context requires.
“Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) September 4, 2023, (b) the date of termination of the entire Revolving Credit Commitment by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.5, and (c) the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 9.2(a).
“Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Revolving Credit Lender evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A-1, and any substitutes therefor, and any replacements, restatements, renewals or extension thereof, in whole or in part.
“Revolving Credit Outstandings” means the sum of (a) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; plus (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the aggregate outstanding amount thereof on such date after giving effect to any Extensions of Credit occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.
“Revolving Extensions of Credit” means (a) any Revolving Credit Loan then outstanding, (b) any Letter of Credit then outstanding or (c) any Swingline Loan then outstanding.
“Sanctioned Country” means at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself (or whose government is) the subject or target of any Sanctions (including, as of the Closing Date, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and Crimea).
“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC (including OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and OFAC’s Consolidated Non-SDN List), the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, (c) any Person owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any such Person or Persons described in clauses (a) and (b), including a Person that is deemed by OFAC to be a Sanctions target based on the ownership of such legal entity by Sanctioned Person(s) or (d) any
Person otherwise a target of Sanctions, including vessels and aircraft, that are designated under any Sanctions program.
“Sanctions” means any and all economic or financial sanctions, sectoral sanctions, secondary sanctions, trade embargoes and restrictions and anti-terrorism laws, including but not limited to those imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government (including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority in any jurisdiction in which (a) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is located or conducts business, (b) in which any of the proceeds of the Extensions of Credit will be used, or (c) from which repayment of the Extensions of Credit will be derived.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means (a) any Cash Management Agreement in effect on the Closing Date between or among any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and a counterparty that is (i) a Lender, (ii) the Administrative Agent or (iii) an Affiliate of a Lender or the Administrative Agent, in each case as determined as of the Closing Date or (b) any Cash Management Agreement entered into after the Closing Date between or among any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and a counterparty that is (i) a Lender, (ii) the Administrative Agent or (iii) an Affiliate of a Lender or the Administrative Agent, in each case as determined at the time such Cash Management Agreement is entered into.
“Secured Cash Management Obligations” means all existing or future payment and other obligations owing by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries under any Secured Cash Management Agreement.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means (a) any Hedge Agreement in effect on the Closing Date between or among any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and a counterparty that is (i) a Lender, (ii) the Administrative Agent or (iii) an Affiliate of a Lender or the Administrative Agent, in each case as determined as of the Closing Date or (b) any Hedge Agreement entered into after the Closing Date between or among any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and a counterparty that is (i) a Lender, (ii) the Administrative Agent or (iii) an Affiliate of a Lender or the Administrative Agent, in each case as determined at the time such Hedge Agreement is entered into.
“Secured Hedge Obligations” means all existing or future payment and other obligations owing by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries under any Secured Hedge Agreement; provided that the “Secured Hedge Obligations” of a Credit Party shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Credit Party.
“Secured Obligations” means, collectively, (a) the Obligations, (b) any Secured Hedge Obligations and (c) any Secured Cash Management Obligations.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders, the holders of any Secured Hedge Obligations, the holders of any Secured Cash Management Obligations, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 10.5, any other holder from time to time of any of any Secured Obligations and, in each case, their respective successors and permitted assigns.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. § 77 et seq.).
“Security Documents” means the collective reference to the Collateral Agreement and each other agreement or writing pursuant to which any Credit Party pledges or grants a security interest in any Property or assets securing the Secured Obligations.
“SOFR” with respect to any day means the secured overnight financing rate published for such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the benchmark, (or a successor administrator) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website.
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the Property of such Person on a going concern basis is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person on a going concern basis is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business. For purposes of this definition, the amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“Specified Disposition” means any Asset Disposition having gross sales proceeds in excess of the Threshold Amount.
“Specified Transactions” means (a) any Specified Disposition, (b) any Permitted Acquisition and (c) the Transactions.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means the collective reference to any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is subordinated in right and time of payment to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Subsidiary” means as to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Equity Interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) or other managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity is at the time owned by (directly or indirectly) such Person (irrespective of whether,
at the time, Equity Interests of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). Unless otherwise qualified, references to “Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” herein shall refer to those of the Borrower.
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Credit Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Sweep Arrangement” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.2(a).
“Swingline Commitment” means the lesser of (a) $0 and (b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Swingline Facility” means the swingline facility established pursuant to Section 2.2.
“Swingline Lender” means Wells Fargo in its capacity as swingline lender hereunder or any successor thereto.
“Swingline Loan” means any swingline loan made by the Swingline Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.2, and all such swingline loans collectively as the context requires.
“Swingline Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of the Swingline Lender evidencing the Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A-2, and any substitutes therefor, and any replacements, restatements, renewals or extension thereof, in whole or in part.
“Swingline Participation Amount” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.2(b)(iii).
“Synthetic Lease” means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product where such transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, fines, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term SOFR” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
“Termination Event” means the occurrence of any of the following which, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Credit Parties in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount: (a) a “Reportable Event” described in Section 4043 of ERISA, or (b) the withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA
Affiliate from a Pension Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, or (c) the termination of a Pension Plan, the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination, under Section 4041 of ERISA, if the plan assets are not sufficient to pay all plan liabilities, or (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate, or the appointment of a trustee with respect to, any Pension Plan by the PBGC, or (e) any other event or condition which would constitute grounds under Section 4042(a) of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, or (f) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA, or (g) the determination that any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is considered an at-risk plan or plan in endangered or critical status with the meaning of Sections 430, 431 or 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 or 305 of ERISA or (h) the partial or complete withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan if withdrawal liability is asserted by such plan, or (i) any event or condition which results in the reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4245 of ERISA, or (j) any event or condition which results in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the institution by PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, or (k) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Threshold Amount” means $50,000,000 or such lesser amount as included for the same purpose in any issuance of Permitted Convertible Debt.
“Total Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the unused Commitments and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time.
“Trade Date” means the date on which the assigning Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign or participate all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee.
“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the repayment in full of all Indebtedness outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, (b) the initial Extensions of Credit and the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and (c) the payment of all fees, expenses and costs incurred in connection with the foregoing.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.
“UCP” means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time).
“UK Financial Institution” means 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 subject to IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority,
which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“United States” means the United States of America.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.11(g).
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness, in each case of clauses (a) and (b), without giving effect to the application of any prior prepayment to such installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal.
“Wells Fargo” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association.
“Wholly-Owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary, that all of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary are, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by the Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (except for directors’ qualifying shares or other shares required by Applicable Law to be owned by a Person other than the Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries).
“Withholding Agent” means any Credit Party and the Administrative Agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that Person or any other Person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised
under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
SECTION 1.2Other Definitions and Provisions
With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document: (a) the definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined, (b) whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms, (c) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (d) the word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”, (e) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (f) 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, (g) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules (including Schedules to the Disclosure Letter) shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (h) 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, (i) the term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form and (j) in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including”.
SECTION 1.3Accounting Terms.
(a) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time and in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the audited financial statements required by Section 7.1(a), except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.
(b) If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP; provided, further that (A) for purposes of the definitions of “Indebtedness”, “Consolidated Funded Indebtedness”, and all other financial definitions and calculations pursuant to this Agreement (but not the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP), all obligations of any Person that are or would have been treated as operating leases for purposes of GAAP prior to the effectiveness of FASB ASC 842 (whether entered into before or after such effectiveness) shall be accounted for as operating leases (whether or not such operating lease obligations were in effect on such date) notwithstanding the fact that such obligations are required in accordance with FASB ASC 842 (on a prospective or retroactive basis or otherwise) to be treated as Capital Lease Obligations in the financial statements and (B) upon reasonable written request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall promptly provide a schedule showing the modifications necessary to reconcile the adjustments made pursuant to clause (A) above with such financial statements.
SECTION 1.4UCC Terms
Terms defined in the UCC in effect on the Closing Date and not otherwise defined herein shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, have the meanings provided by those definitions. Subject to the foregoing, the term “UCC” refers, as of any date of determination, to the UCC then in effect.
SECTION 1.5Rounding
Any financial ratios required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio or percentage is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
SECTION 1.6References to Agreement and Laws
Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) any definition or reference to formation documents, governing documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual documents or instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) any definition or reference to any Applicable Law, including Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, the Bankruptcy Code, the Code, the Commodity Exchange Act, ERISA, the Exchange Act, the PATRIOT Act, the Securities Act, the UCC, the Investment Company Act, the Trading with the Enemy Act of the United States or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department, shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Applicable Law.
SECTION 1.7Times of Day
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Pacific time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
SECTION 1.8Guarantees/Earn-Outs
Unless otherwise specified, (a) the amount of any Guarantee shall be the lesser of the amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee and (b) the amount of any purchase price adjustment, earn-out or similar obligation shall be the amount of such obligation as reflected on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 1.9Covenant Compliance Generally
For purposes of determining compliance under Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5 and 8.6, any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars in a manner consistent with that used in calculating Consolidated Net Income in the most recent annual financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or Section 5.1(e), as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3, with respect to any amount of Indebtedness or Investment in a currency other than Dollars, no breach of any basket contained in such sections shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.9 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred at any time under such Sections.
SECTION 1.10Rates
The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “LIBOR” or with respect to any rate that is an alternative or replacement for or successor to any such rate (including, without limitation, any Benchmark Replacement) or the effect of any of the foregoing, or of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.
SECTION 1.1Divisions
For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division or establishment of any series under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, (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 and (c) each division and series of any Person shall be treated as a separate Person hereunder.
ARTICLE II.
Revolving Credit Facility
SECTION 2.1Revolving Credit Loans
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time from the Closing Date to, but not including, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date as requested by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.3; provided, that (a) the Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment and (b) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender shall not at any time exceed such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. Each Revolving Credit Loan by a Revolving Credit Lender shall be in a principal amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans requested on such occasion. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Credit Loans hereunder until the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.2Swingline Loans.
(a)Availability. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Swingline Lender may, in its sole discretion, make Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time from the Closing Date to, but not including, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided, that (i) after giving effect to any amount requested, the Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Loans (after giving effect to any amount requested) shall not exceed the Swingline Commitment. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Swingline Lender and the Borrower may agree that the Swingline Facility may be used to automatically draw and repay Swingline Loans (subject to the limitations set forth herein) pursuant to cash management arrangements between the Borrower and the Swingline Lender (the “Sweep Arrangement”). Principal and interest on Swingline Loans deemed requested pursuant to the Sweep Arrangement shall be paid pursuant to the terms and conditions agreed to between the Borrower and the Swingline Lender (without any deduction, setoff or counterclaim whatsoever). The borrowing and disbursement provisions set forth in Section 2.3 and any other provision hereof with respect to the timing or amount of payments on the Swingline Loans (other than Section 2.4(a)) shall not be applicable to Swingline Loans made and prepaid pursuant to the Sweep Arrangement. Unless sooner paid pursuant to the provisions hereof or the provisions of the Sweep Arrangement, the principal
amount of the Swingline Loans shall be paid in full, together with accrued interest thereon, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
(b)Refunding.
i. The Swingline Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion may, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs the Swingline Lender to act on its behalf), by written notice given no later than 12:00 noon on any Business Day request each Revolving Credit Lender to make, and each Revolving Credit Lender hereby agrees to make, a Revolving Credit Loan as a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate amount of the Swingline Loans outstanding on the date of such notice, to repay the Swingline Lender. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make the amount of such Revolving Credit Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such notice. The proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans shall be immediately made available by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lender for application by the Swingline Lender to the repayment of the Swingline Loans. No Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to fund its respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of a Swingline Loan shall be affected by any other Revolving Credit Lender’s failure to fund its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of a Swingline Loan, nor shall any Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage be increased as a result of any such failure of any other Revolving Credit Lender to fund its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of a Swingline Loan.
ii. The Borrower shall pay to the Swingline Lender on demand, and in any event on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, in immediately available funds the amount of such Swingline Loans to the extent amounts received from the Revolving Credit Lenders are not sufficient to repay in full the outstanding Swingline Loans requested or required to be refunded. In addition, the Borrower irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to charge any account maintained by the Borrower with the Swingline Lender (up to the amount available therein) in order to immediately pay the Swingline Lender the amount of such Swingline Loans to the extent amounts received from the Revolving Credit Lenders are not sufficient to repay in full the outstanding Swingline Loans requested or required to be refunded. If any portion of any such amount paid to the Swingline Lender shall be recovered by or on behalf of the Borrower from the Swingline Lender in bankruptcy or otherwise, the loss of the amount so recovered shall be ratably shared among all the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages.
iii. If for any reason any Swingline Loan cannot be refinanced with a Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(i), each Revolving Credit Lender shall, on the date such Revolving Credit Loan was to have been made pursuant to the notice referred to in Section 2.2(b)(i), purchase for cash an undivided participating interest in the then outstanding Swingline Loans by paying to the Swingline Lender an amount (the
“Swingline Participation Amount”) equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding. Each Revolving Credit Lender will immediately transfer to the Swingline Lender, in immediately available funds, the amount of its Swingline Participation Amount. Whenever, at any time after the Swingline Lender has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Revolving Credit Lender’s Swingline Participation Amount, the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of the Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its Swingline Participation Amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded and, in the case of principal and interest payments, to reflect such Revolving Credit Lender’s pro rata portion of such payment if such payment is not sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on all Swingline Loans then due); provided that in the event that such payment received by the Swingline Lender is required to be returned, such Revolving Credit Lender will return to the Swingline Lender any portion thereof previously distributed to it by the Swingline Lender.
iv. Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make the Revolving Credit Loans referred to in Section 2.2(b)(i) and to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(iii) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower may have against the Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Article V, (C) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower, (D) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any other Revolving Credit Lender or (E) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
v. If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.2(b) by the time specified in Section 2.2(b)(i) or 2.2(b)(iii), as applicable, the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Credit Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swingline Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swingline Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Credit Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan or Swingline Participation Amount, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swingline Lender submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (v) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(c)Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, this Section 2.2 shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 4.14 and Section 4.15.
SECTION 2.3Procedure for Advances of Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans.
(a)Requests for Borrowing. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable prior written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit B (a “Notice of Borrowing”) not later than 12:00 noon (i) on the same Business Day as each Base Rate Loan and each Swingline Loan and (ii) at least three (3) Business Days before each LIBOR Rate Loan, of its intention to borrow, specifying (A) the date of such borrowing, which shall be a Business Day, (B) the amount of such borrowing, which shall be, (x) with respect to Base Rate Loans (other than Swingline Loans) in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, (y) with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof and (z) with respect to Swingline Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, in each case, the remaining amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment or the Swingline Commitment, as applicable), (C) whether such Loan is to be a Revolving Credit Loan or Swingline Loan, (D) in the case of a Revolving Credit Loan whether such Revolving Credit Loan is to be a LIBOR Rate Loan or a Base Rate Loan, and (E) in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan, the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a type of Loan in a Notice of Borrowing, then the applicable Loans shall be made as Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a borrowing of LIBOR Rate Loans in any such Notice of Borrowing, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month. A Notice of Borrowing received after 12:00 noon shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of each Notice of Borrowing.
(b)Disbursement of Revolving Credit and Swingline Loans. Not later than 2:00 p.m. on the proposed borrowing date, (i) each Revolving Credit Lender will make available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Borrower, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made on such borrowing date and (ii) the Swingline Lender will make available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Borrower, at the office of the Administrative Agent in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Loans to be made on such borrowing date. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to disburse the proceeds of each borrowing requested pursuant to this Section in immediately available funds by crediting or wiring such proceeds to the deposit account of the Borrower identified in the most recent notice substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C (a “Notice of Account Designation”) delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or as may be otherwise agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent from time to time. Subject to Section 4.7 hereof, the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to disburse the portion of the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loan requested pursuant to this Section to the extent that any Revolving Credit Lender has not made available to the Administrative Agent its Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage of such Loan. Revolving Credit Loans to be made for the purpose of refunding Swingline Loans shall be made by the Revolving Credit Lenders as provided in Section 2.2(b).
SECTION 2.4Repayment and Prepayment of Revolving Credit and Swingline Loans.
(a)Repayment on Termination Date. The Borrower hereby agrees to repay the outstanding principal amount of (i) all Revolving Credit Loans in full on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, and (ii) all Swingline Loans in accordance with Section 2.2(b) (but, in any event, no later than the Revolving Credit Maturity Date), together, in each case, with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon.
(b)Mandatory Prepayments. If at any time the Revolving Credit Outstandings exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment, the Borrower agrees to repay immediately upon notice from the Administrative Agent, by payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Credit Lenders, Extensions of Credit in an amount equal to such excess with each such repayment applied first, to the principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans, second to the principal amount of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and third, with respect to any Letters of Credit then outstanding, a payment of Cash Collateral into a Cash Collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, in an amount equal to such excess (such Cash Collateral to be applied in accordance with Section 9.2(b)).
(c)Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, with irrevocable prior written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D (a “Notice of Prepayment”) given not later than 12:00 noon (i) on the same Business Day as each Base Rate Loan and each Swingline Loan and (ii) at least three (3) Business Days before each LIBOR Rate Loan, specifying the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of LIBOR Rate Loans, Base Rate Loans, Swingline Loans or a combination thereof, and, if of a combination thereof, the amount allocable to each. Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date set forth in such notice. Partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof with respect to Base Rate Loans (other than Swingline Loans), $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans and $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof with respect to Swingline Loans (or if less, the remaining outstanding principal amount of any such Loan). A Notice of Prepayment received after 12:00 noon shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. Each such repayment shall be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.9 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Notice of Prepayment delivered in connection with any refinancing of all of the Credit Facility with the proceeds of such refinancing or of any incurrence of Indebtedness or the occurrence of some other identifiable event or condition, may be, if expressly so stated to be, contingent upon the consummation of such refinancing or incurrence or occurrence of such other identifiable event or condition and may be revoked by the Borrower in the event such contingency is not met
(provided that the failure of such contingency shall not relieve the Borrower from its obligations in respect thereof under Section 4.9).
(d)Limitation on Prepayment of LIBOR Rate Loans. The Borrower may not prepay any LIBOR Rate Loan on any day other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto unless such prepayment is accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.9 hereof.
(e)Hedge Agreements. No repayment or prepayment of the Loans pursuant to this Section shall affect any of the Borrower’s obligations under any Hedge Agreement entered into with respect to the Loans.
SECTION 2.5Permanent Reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment.
(a)Voluntary Reduction. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time, upon at least five (5) Business Days prior irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent, to permanently reduce, without premium or penalty, (i) the entire Revolving Credit Commitment at any time or (ii) portions of the Revolving Credit Commitment, from time to time, in an aggregate principal amount not less than $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender according to its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage. All Commitment Fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment shall be paid on the effective date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any notice to reduce the Revolving Credit Commitment delivered in connection with any refinancing of all of the Credit Facility with the proceeds of such refinancing or of any incurrence of Indebtedness or the occurrence of some other identifiable event or condition, may be, if expressly so stated to be, contingent upon the consummation of such refinancing or incurrence or occurrence of such identifiable event or condition and may be revoked by the Borrower in the event such contingency is not met (provided that the failure of such contingency shall not relieve the Borrower from its obligations in respect thereof under Section 4.9).
(b)Corresponding Payment. Each permanent reduction permitted pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a payment of principal sufficient to reduce the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, Swingline Loans and L/C Obligations, as applicable, after such reduction to the Revolving Credit Commitment as so reduced, and if the aggregate amount of all outstanding Loans and Letters of Credit exceeds the Revolving Credit Commitment as so reduced, the Borrower shall be required to deposit Cash Collateral in a Cash Collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to such excess. Such Cash Collateral shall be applied in accordance with Section 9.2(b). Any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment to zero shall be accompanied by payment of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans (and furnishing of Cash Collateral satisfactory to the Administrative Agent for all L/C Obligations or other arrangements satisfactory to the respective Issuing Lenders) and shall result in the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment and the Swingline Commitment and the Revolving Credit Facility. If the reduction of the Revolving
Credit Commitment requires the repayment of any LIBOR Rate Loan, such repayment shall be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.9 hereof.
SECTION 2.6Termination of Revolving Credit Facility
The Revolving Credit Facility and the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
ARTICLE III.
Letter of Credit Facility
SECTION 3.1L/C Facility.
(a)Availability. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in Section 3.4(a), agrees to issue standby or commercial Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed its L/C Commitment for the account of the Borrower or, subject to Section 3.10, any Subsidiary thereof. Letters of Credit may be issued on any Business Day from the Closing Date to, but not including the fifteenth (15th) Business Day prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date in such form as may be approved from time to time by the applicable Issuing Lender; provided, that no Issuing Lender shall issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, (i) the aggregate amount of the outstanding Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender would exceed its L/C Commitment, (ii) the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Sublimit or (iii) the Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment. Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall constitute utilization of the Revolving Credit Commitments.
(b)Terms of Letters of Credit. Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be denominated in Dollars, (ii) expire on a date no more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance or last renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit (subject to automatic renewal or extension for additional one (1) year periods (but not to a date later than the date set forth below) pursuant to the terms of the Letter of Credit Documents or other documentation acceptable to the applicable Issuing Lender), which date shall be no later than the fifth (5th) Business Day prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, and (iii) unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable Issuing Lender and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued by it, be subject to the UCP, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or ISP, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit, in each case as set forth in the Letter of Credit Documents or as determined by the applicable Issuing Lender and, to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the laws of the State of New York. No Issuing Lender shall at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder if (A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Lender from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Applicable Law applicable to such Issuing Lender or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Lender shall prohibit, or request that such Issuing Lender refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Lender
with respect to letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular any restriction or reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Lender is not otherwise compensated) not in effect on the Closing Date, or any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense that was not applicable, in effect or known to such Issuing Lender as of the Closing Date and that such Issuing Lender in good faith deems material to it, (B) the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 are not satisfied, (C) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Issuing Lender applicable to letters of credit generally, (D) the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person (x) to fund any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country or (y) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this Agreement or (E) any Revolving Credit Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such Issuing Lender has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to such Issuing Lender (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such Issuing Lender’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 4.15(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which such Issuing Lender has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion. References herein to “issue” and derivations thereof with respect to Letters of Credit shall also include extensions or modifications of any outstanding Letters of Credit, unless the context otherwise requires.
(c)Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Article III shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 4.14 and Section 4.15.
SECTION 3.2Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit
The Borrower may from time to time request that any Issuing Lender issue, amend, renew or extend a Letter of Credit by delivering to such Issuing Lender at its applicable office (with a copy to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office) a Letter of Credit Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of such Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other Letter of Credit Documents and information as such Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent may request, not later than 12:00 noon at least two (2) Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Lender may agree in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, as the case may be. Such notice shall specify (a) the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), (b) the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with Section 3.1(b)), (c) the amount of such Letter of Credit, (d) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof, (e) the purpose and nature of such Letter of Credit and (f) such other information as shall be necessary to issue, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. Upon receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable Issuing Lender shall process such Letter of Credit Application and the certificates, documents and other Letter of Credit Documents and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall, subject to Section 3.1 and Article V, promptly issue, amend, renew or extend the Letter of Credit requested thereby (subject to the timing requirements set forth in this Section 3.2) by issuing the original of such Letter of
Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed by such Issuing Lender and the Borrower. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the applicable Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, renewal or extension, including any Letter of Credit Documents, as the applicable Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent may require. The applicable Issuing Lender shall promptly furnish to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a copy of such Letter of Credit and the related Letter of Credit Documents and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the issuance and upon request by any Revolving Credit Lender, furnish to such Revolving Credit Lender a copy of such Letter of Credit and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s participation therein.
SECTION 3.3Commissions and Other Charges
(a)Letter of Credit Commissions. Subject to Section 4.15(a)(iii)(B), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants, a letter of credit commission with respect to each Letter of Credit in the amount equal to the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letters of Credit times the Applicable Margin with respect to Revolving Credit Loans that are LIBOR Rate Loans (determined on a per annum basis). Such commission shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter (commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit), on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and thereafter on demand of the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, distribute to the applicable Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants all commissions received pursuant to this Section 3.3 in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages.
(b)Issuance Fee. In addition to the foregoing commission, unless waived in a separate agreement, the Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable Issuing Lender, for its own account, an issuance fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender in such amount as agreed upon between such Issuing Lender and the Borrower. Such issuance fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and thereafter on demand of the applicable Issuing Lender.
(c)Other Fees, Costs, Charges and Expenses. In addition to the foregoing fees and commissions, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse each Issuing Lender for such normal and customary fees, costs, charges and expenses as are incurred or charged by such Issuing Lender in issuing, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit issued by it. Such customary fees, costs, charges and expenses are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.
SECTION 3.4L/C Participations
(a)Each Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce each Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from each Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, for such L/C Participant’s own account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in each Issuing Lender’s obligations and rights under and in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by it hereunder and the amount of each draft paid by such Issuing Lender thereunder. Each L/C Participant unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with each Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender for which such Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Borrower through a Revolving Credit Loan or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender upon demand at such Issuing Lender’s address for notices specified herein an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, which is not so reimbursed.
(b)Upon becoming aware of any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to any Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by such Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit, issued by it, such Issuing Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent of such unreimbursed amount and the Administrative Agent shall notify each L/C Participant (with a copy to the applicable Issuing Lender) of the amount and due date of such required payment and such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent (which, in turn shall pay such Issuing Lender) the amount specified on the applicable due date. If any such amount is paid to such Issuing Lender after the date such payment is due, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent, which in turn shall pay such Issuing Lender on demand, in addition to such amount, the product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Rate as determined by the Administrative Agent during the period from and including the date such payment is due to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such Issuing Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such Issuing Lender in connection with the foregoing. A certificate of such Issuing Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. With respect to payment to such Issuing Lender of the unreimbursed amounts described in this Section, if the L/C Participants receive notice that any such payment is due (A) prior to 1:00 p.m. on any Business Day, such payment shall be due that Business Day, and (B) after 1:00 p.m. on any Business Day, such payment shall be due on the following Business Day.
(c)Whenever, at any time after any Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter of Credit issued by it and has received from any L/C Participant its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such payment in accordance with this Section, such Issuing Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Administrative Agent or otherwise), or any payment of interest on account thereof, such Issuing Lender will distribute to such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof; provided, that in the event that any such payment received by such Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by such Issuing
Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to the Administrative Agent, which shall in turn pay to such Issuing Lender, the portion thereof previously distributed by such Issuing Lender to it.
(d)Each L/C Participant’s obligation to make the Revolving Credit Loans referred to in Section 3.4(b) and to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section 3.4(a) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower may have against the Issuing Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Article V, (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any other Revolving Credit Lender or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
SECTION 3.5Reimbursement
In the event of any drawing under any Letter of Credit, the Borrower agrees to reimburse (either with the proceeds of a Revolving Credit Loan as provided for in this Section or with funds from other sources), in same day funds, the applicable Issuing Lender by paying to the Administrative Agent the amount of such drawing not later than 12:00 noon on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice of such drawing, if such notice is received by the Borrower prior to 10:00 a.m., or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time, for the amount of (x) such draft so paid and (y) any amounts referred to in Section 3.3(c) incurred by such Issuing Lender in connection with such payment (to the extent invoices therefor have been provided by such Issuing Lender to the Borrower). Unless the Borrower shall immediately notify the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Lender that the Borrower intends to reimburse such Issuing Lender for such drawing from other sources or funds, the Borrower shall be deemed to have timely given a Notice of Borrowing to the Administrative Agent requesting that the Revolving Credit Lenders make a Revolving Credit Loan as a Base Rate Loan on the applicable repayment date in the amount (without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.3(a)) of (i) such draft so paid and (ii) any amounts referred to in Section 3.3(c) incurred by such Issuing Lender in connection with such payment, and the Revolving Credit Lenders shall make a Revolving Credit Loan as a Base Rate Loan in such amount, the proceeds of which shall be applied to reimburse such Issuing Lender for the amount of the related drawing and such fees and expenses (to the extent invoices therefor have been provided by such Issuing Lender to the Borrower). Each Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to fund a Revolving Credit Loan in accordance with this Section to reimburse such Issuing Lender for any draft paid under a Letter of Credit issued by it is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including non-satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.3(a) or Article V. If the Borrower has elected to pay the amount of such drawing with funds from other sources and shall fail to reimburse such Issuing Lender as provided above, or if the amount of such drawing is not fully refunded through a Base Rate Loan as provided above, the unreimbursed amount of such drawing shall bear interest at the rate which would be payable
on any outstanding Base Rate Loans which were then overdue from the date such amounts become payable (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) until paid in full.
SECTION 3.6Obligations Absolute
(a)The Borrower’s obligations under this Article III (including the Reimbursement Obligation) shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable under any and all circumstances whatsoever, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and irrespective of:
i.any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit, any Letter of Credit Document or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein or herein;
ii.the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower may have or have had against the applicable Issuing Lender or any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the applicable Issuing Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
iii.the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent, forged or insufficient in any respect or any statement in such draft or other document being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
iv.any payment by the Issuing Lender under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or
v.any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder.
(b)The Borrower also agrees that the applicable Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants shall not be responsible for, and the Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligation under Section 3.5 shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee. The applicable Issuing Lender, the L/C Participants and their respective Related Parties shall not have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit, or any payment or failure to make any payment
thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the applicable Issuing Lender; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse an Issuing Lender from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by Applicable Law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such Issuing Lender’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the applicable Issuing Lender (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), such Issuing Lender shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination.
(c)In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that (i) with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Lender may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit, (ii) an Issuing Lender may act upon any instruction or request relative to a Letter of Credit or requested Letter of Credit that such Issuing Lender in good faith believes to have been given by a Person authorized to give such instruction or request and (iii) an Issuing Lender may replace a purportedly lost, stolen, or destroyed original Letter of Credit or missing amendment thereto with a certified true copy marked as such or waive a requirement for its presentation. The responsibility of any Issuing Lender to the Borrower in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit issued by it shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment substantially conforms to the requirements under such Letter of Credit.
SECTION 3.7Effect of Letter of Credit Documents
To the extent that any provision of any Letter of Credit Document related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Article III, the provisions of this Article III shall apply.
SECTION 3.8Resignation of Issuing Lenders
(a)Any Issuing Lender may resign at any time by giving at least 30 days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower. After the resignation of an Issuing Lender hereunder, the retiring Issuing Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation, but shall not be
required to issue additional Letters of Credit or to extend, renew or increase the outstanding Letter of Credit.
(b)Any resigning Issuing Lender shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an Issuing Lender hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit issued by it that are outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an Issuing Lender and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Revolving Credit Lenders to take such actions as are required under Section 3.4). Without limiting the foregoing, upon the resignation of a Lender as an Issuing Lender hereunder, the Borrower may, or at the request of such resigned Issuing Lender the Borrower shall, use commercially reasonable efforts to, arrange for one or more of the other Issuing Lenders to issue Letters of Credit hereunder in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, issued by such resigned Issuing Lender and outstanding at the time of such resignation, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the resigned Issuing Lender to effectively cause another Issuing Lender to assume the obligations of the resigned Issuing Lender with respect to any such Letters of Credit.
SECTION 3.9Reporting of Letter of Credit Information and L/C Commitment
At any time that there is an Issuing Lender that is not also the financial institution acting as Administrative Agent, then (a) no later than the fifth Business Day following the last day of each calendar month, (b) on each date that a Letter of Credit is amended, terminated or otherwise expires, (c) on each date that a Letter of Credit is issued or the expiry date of a Letter of Credit is extended, and (d) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender (or, in the case of clauses (b), (c) or (d) of this Section, the applicable Issuing Lender) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a report setting forth in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent information (including any reimbursement, Cash Collateral, or termination in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender) with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender that is outstanding hereunder. In addition, each Issuing Lender shall provide notice to the Administrative Agent of its L/C Commitment, or any change thereto, promptly upon it becoming an Issuing Lender or making any change to its L/C Commitment. No failure on the part of any Issuing Lender to provide such information pursuant to this Section 3.9 shall limit the obligations of the Borrower or any Revolving Credit Lender hereunder with respect to its reimbursement and participation obligations hereunder.
SECTION 3.10Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries
Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, or states that a Subsidiary is the “account party,” “applicant,” “customer,” “instructing party,” or the like of or for such Letter of Credit, and without derogating from any rights of the applicable Issuing Lender (whether arising by contract, at law, in equity or otherwise) against such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit, the Borrower (a) shall be obligated to reimburse, or to cause the applicable Subsidiary to reimburse, the applicable Issuing Lender hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit as if such Letter of Credit had been issued solely for the account of the Borrower and (b) irrevocably waives any and all defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety of any or all of the obligations of such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit. The
Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of any of its Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
SECTION 3.11Letter of Credit Amounts
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to mean the maximum face amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the Letter of Credit Documents therefor (at the time specified therefor in such applicable Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Documents and as such amount may be reduced by (a) any permanent reduction of such Letter of Credit or (b) any amount which is drawn, reimbursed and no longer available under such Letter of Credit).
ARTICLE IV.
General Loan Provisions
SECTION 4.1Interest
(a)Interest Rate Options. Subject to the provisions of this Section, at the election of the Borrower, (i) Revolving Credit Loans shall bear interest at (A) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin or (B) the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin (provided that the LIBOR Rate shall not be available until three (3) Business Days (or four (4) Business Days with respect to a LIBOR Rate based on a twelve month Interest Period) after the Closing Date unless the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent indemnifying the Lenders in the manner set forth in Section 4.9 of this Agreement) and (ii) any Swingline Loan shall bear interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin. The Borrower shall select the rate of interest and Interest Period, if any, applicable to any Loan at the time a Notice of Borrowing is given or at the time a Notice of Conversion/Continuation is given pursuant to Section 4.2.
(b)Default Rate. Subject to Section 9.3, (i) immediately upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 9.1(a), (b), (i) or (j), or (ii) at the election of the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders), upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, (A) the Borrower shall no longer have the option to request LIBOR Rate Loans, Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit, (B) all outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum of two percent (2%) in excess of the rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to LIBOR Rate Loans until the end of the applicable Interest Period and thereafter at a rate equal to two percent (2%) in excess of the rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to Base Rate Loans, (C) all outstanding Base Rate Loans and other Obligations arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to two percent (2%) in excess of the rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to Base Rate Loans or such other Obligations arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document and (D) all accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable on demand of the Administrative Agent. Interest
shall continue to accrue on the Obligations after the filing by or against the Borrower of any petition seeking any relief in bankruptcy or under any Debtor Relief Law.
(c)Interest Payment and Computation. Interest on each Base Rate Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter commencing September 30, 2020; and interest on each LIBOR Rate Loan shall be due and payable on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto, and if such Interest Period extends over three (3) months, at the end of each three (3) month interval during such Interest Period. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by the Prime Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest provided hereunder shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365/366-day year).
(d)Maximum Rate. In no contingency or event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all amounts deemed interest under this Agreement charged or collected pursuant to the terms of this Agreement exceed the highest rate permissible under any Applicable Law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable hereto. In the event that such a court determines that the Lenders have charged or received interest hereunder in excess of the highest applicable rate, the rate in effect hereunder shall automatically be reduced to the maximum rate permitted by Applicable Law and the Lenders shall at the Administrative Agent’s option (i) promptly refund to the Borrower any interest received by the Lenders in excess of the maximum lawful rate or (ii) apply such excess to the principal balance of the Obligations. It is the intent hereof that the Borrower not pay or contract to pay, and that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender receive or contract to receive, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be paid by the Borrower under Applicable Law.
SECTION 4.2Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Loans
Provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, the Borrower shall have the option to (a) convert at any time all or any portion of any outstanding Base Rate Loans (other than Swingline Loans) in a principal amount equal to $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (or such lesser amount as shall represent all of the Base Rate Loans then outstanding) into one or more LIBOR Rate Loans and (b) upon the expiration of any Interest Period, (i) convert all or any part of its outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans in a principal amount equal to $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (or such lesser amount as shall represent all of the LIBOR Rate Loans then outstanding) into Base Rate Loans (other than Swingline Loans) or (ii) continue such LIBOR Rate Loans as LIBOR Rate Loans. Whenever the Borrower desires to convert or continue Loans as provided above, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable prior written notice in the form attached as Exhibit E (a “Notice of Conversion/Continuation”) not later than 12:00 noon three (3) Business Days before the day on which a proposed conversion or continuation of such Loan is to be effective specifying (A) the Loans to be converted or continued, and, in the case of any LIBOR Rate Loan to be converted or continued, the last day of the Interest Period therefor, (B) the effective date of such conversion or continuation (which shall be a Business Day), (C) the
principal amount of such Loans to be converted or continued, and (D) the Interest Period to be applicable to such converted or continued LIBOR Rate Loan. If the Borrower fails to give a timely Notice of Conversion/Continuation prior to the end of the Interest Period for any LIBOR Rate Loan, then the applicable LIBOR Rate Loan shall be converted to a Base Rate Loan. Any such automatic conversion to a Base Rate Loan shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable LIBOR Rate Loan. If the Borrower requests a conversion to, or continuation of, LIBOR Rate Loans, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Swingline Loan may not be converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the affected Lenders of such Notice of Conversion/Continuation.
SECTION 4.3Fees.
(a)Commitment Fee. Commencing on the Closing Date, subject to Section 4.15(a)(iii)(A), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Revolving Credit Lenders, a non-refundable commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”) at a rate per annum equal to the applicable amount for Commitment Fees as set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin on the average daily unused portion of the Revolving Credit Commitment of the Revolving Credit Lenders (other than the Defaulting Lenders, if any); provided, that the amount of outstanding Swingline Loans shall not be considered usage of the Revolving Credit Commitment for the purpose of calculating the Commitment Fee. The Commitment Fee shall be payable in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter during the term of this Agreement commencing September 30, 2020 and ending on the date upon which all Obligations (other than (1) contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations, (2) obligations and liabilities under Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank have been made and (3) Letters of Credit that have either been Cash Collateralized or as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Lender have been made) arising under the Revolving Credit Facility shall have been paid and satisfied in full, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired (or been Cash Collateralized) and the Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated. The Commitment Fee shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Credit Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender) pro rata in accordance with such Revolving Credit Lenders’ respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages.
(b)Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Arranger and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in their Fee Letter. The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified.
SECTION 4.4Manner of Payment
Each payment by the Borrower on account of the principal of or interest on the Loans or of any fee, commission or other amounts (including the Reimbursement Obligation) payable to the Lenders under this Agreement shall be made not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date specified for payment under this Agreement to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office
for the account of the Lenders entitled to such payment in Dollars, in immediately available funds and shall be made without any setoff, counterclaim or deduction whatsoever. Any payment received after such time but before 2:00 p.m. on such day shall be deemed a payment on such date for the purposes of Section 9.1, but for all other purposes shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day. Any payment received after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes. Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of each such payment, the Administrative Agent shall distribute to each such Lender at its address for notices set forth herein its Commitment Percentage in respect of the relevant Credit Facility (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment and shall wire advice of the amount of such credit to each Lender. Each payment to the Administrative Agent on account of the principal of or interest on the Swingline Loans or of any fee, commission or other amounts payable to the Swingline Lender shall be made in like manner, but for the account of the Swingline Lender. Each payment to the Administrative Agent of any Issuing Lender’s fees or L/C Participants’ commissions shall be made in like manner, but for the account of such Issuing Lender or the L/C Participants, as the case may be. Each payment to the Administrative Agent of Administrative Agent’s fees or expenses shall be made for the account of the Administrative Agent and any amount payable to any Lender under Sections 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 or 11.3 shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lender. Subject to the definition of Interest Period, if any payment under this Agreement shall be specified to be made upon a day which is not a Business Day, it shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day and such extension of time shall in such case be included in computing any interest if payable along with such payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there exists a Defaulting Lender each payment by the Borrower to such Defaulting Lender hereunder shall be applied in accordance with Section 4.15(a)(ii).
SECTION 4.5Evidence of Indebtedness.
(a)Extensions of Credit. The Extensions of Credit made by each Lender and each Issuing Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender or such Issuing Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender or the applicable Issuing Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Extensions of Credit made by the Lenders or such Issuing Lender to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender or any Issuing Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Revolving Credit Note and/or Swingline Note, as applicable, which shall evidence such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans and/or Swingline Loans, as applicable, in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Notes and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b)Participations. In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), each Revolving Credit Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Revolving Credit Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Revolving Credit Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
SECTION 4.6Sharing of Payments by Lenders
If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon or other such obligations (other than pursuant to Sections 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 or 11.3) greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them; provided that:
i.if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and
ii.the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (B) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 4.14 or (C) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of, or sale of, a participation in any of its Loans or participations in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).
Each Credit Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under Applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against each Credit Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of each Credit Party in the amount of such participation.
SECTION 4.7Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
(a)Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender (i) in the case of Base Rate Loans, not later than 12:00 noon on the date of any proposed borrowing and (ii) otherwise, prior
to the proposed date of any borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Sections 2.3(b) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent, without duplication, forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the daily average Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(b)Payments by the Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. 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, the Issuing Lenders or the Swingline Lender 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, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders or the Swingline Lender, as the case maybe, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender, Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(c)Nature of Obligations of Lenders. The obligations of the Lenders under this Agreement to make the Loans, to issue or participate in Letters of Credit and to make payments under this Section, Section 4.11(e), Section 11.3(c) or Section 11.7, as applicable, are several and are not joint or joint and several. The failure of any Lender to make available its Commitment Percentage of any Loan requested by the Borrower shall not relieve it or any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Commitment Percentage of such Loan available on the borrowing date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make its Commitment Percentage of such Loan available on the borrowing date.
SECTION 4.8Changed Circumstances.
(a)Circumstances Affecting LIBOR Rate Availability. Unless and until a Benchmark Replacement is implemented in accordance with clause (c) below, in connection with any request for a LIBOR Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof or otherwise, if for any reason (i) the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Loan, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that reasonable and adequate means do not exist for the ascertaining the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Rate Loan or (iii) the Required Lenders shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the LIBOR Rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining such Loans during such Interest Period, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower. Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that such circumstances no longer exist, the obligation of the Lenders to make LIBOR Rate Loans and the right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be suspended, and the Borrower shall either (A) repay in full (or cause to be repaid in full) the then outstanding principal amount of each such LIBOR Rate Loan together with accrued interest thereon (subject to Section 4.1(d)), on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan; or (B) convert the then outstanding principal amount of each such LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan as of the last day of such Interest Period.
(b)Laws Affecting LIBOR Rate Availability. If, after the date hereof, the introduction of, or any change in, any Applicable Law or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, shall make it unlawful or impossible for any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) to honor its obligations hereunder to make or maintain any LIBOR Rate Loan, such Lender shall promptly give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice to the Borrower and the other Lenders. Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that such circumstances no longer exist, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make LIBOR Rate Loans, and the right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be suspended and thereafter the Borrower may select only Base Rate Loans and (ii) if any of the Lenders may not lawfully continue to maintain a LIBOR Rate Loan to the end of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, the applicable Loan shall immediately be converted to a Base Rate Loan for the remainder of such Interest Period.
(c)Effect of Benchmark Transition Event.
i.Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace LIBOR with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. Any such amendment with respect to an Early Opt-in Election will become effective on the date that Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders accept such amendment. No replacement of LIBOR with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 4.8(c) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.
ii.Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent 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.
iii.Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (A) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date and Benchmark Transition Start Date, (B) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (C) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes and (D) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or Lenders pursuant to this Section 4.8(c), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party hereto, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 4.8(c).
iv.Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for a LIBOR Rate Loan of, conversion to or continuation of LIBOR Rate Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans. During any Benchmark
Unavailability Period, the component of the Base Rate based upon LIBOR will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.
(d)Illegality. If, in any applicable jurisdiction, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender or any Lender determines that any Applicable Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender or any Lender to (i) perform any of its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (ii) to fund or maintain its participation in any Loan or (iii) issue, make, maintain, fund or charge interest or fees with respect to any Extension of Credit, such Person shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, then, upon the Administrative Agent notifying the Borrower, and until such notice by such Person is revoked, any obligation of such Person to issue, make, maintain, fund or charge interest or fees with respect to any such Extension of Credit shall be suspended, and to the extent required by Applicable Law, cancelled. Upon receipt of such notice, the Credit Parties shall, (A) repay that Person’s participation in the Loans or other applicable Obligations on the last day of the Interest Period for each Loan or other Obligation occurring after the Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower or, if earlier, the date specified by such Person in the notice delivered to the Administrative Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by Applicable Law) and (B) take all reasonable actions requested by such Person to mitigate or avoid such illegality.
SECTION 4.9Indemnity
The Borrower hereby indemnifies each of the Lenders against any loss or expense (including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain a LIBOR Rate Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained) which may arise or be attributable to each Lender’s obtaining, liquidating or employing deposits or other funds acquired to effect, fund or maintain any Loan (a) as a consequence of any failure by the Borrower to make any payment when due of any amount due hereunder in connection with a LIBOR Rate Loan, (b) due to any failure of the Borrower to borrow or continue a LIBOR Rate Loan or convert to a LIBOR Rate Loan on a date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation or (c) due to any payment, prepayment or conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor. The amount of such loss or expense shall be determined, in the applicable Lender’s sole discretion, based upon the assumption that such Lender funded its Commitment Percentage of the LIBOR Rate Loans in the London interbank market and using any reasonable attribution or averaging methods which such Lender deems appropriate and practical and consistent with customary market practice. A certificate of such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for determining such amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender shall be forwarded to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusively presumed to be correct save for manifest error. All of the obligations of the Credit Parties under this Section 4.9 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
SECTION 4.10Increased Costs.
(a)Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
i.impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or advances, loans or other credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the LIBOR Rate) or any Issuing Lender;
ii.subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
iii.impose on any Lender or any Issuing Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or LIBOR Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender, any Issuing Lender or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender, such Issuing Lender or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, such Issuing Lender or such other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon written request of such Lender, such Issuing Lender or other Recipient, the Borrower shall promptly pay to any such Lender, such Issuing Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, such Issuing Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered. Any demand for compensation pursuant to this Section 4.10(a) shall be made only to the extent such Lender, Issuing Lender or other Recipient is making similar demand with respect to its similarly situated commercial borrowers generally where such Lender, Issuing Lender, or other Recipient has the legal right to make such demand.
(b)Capital Requirements. If any Lender or any Issuing Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or such Issuing Lender or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or such Issuing Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such Issuing Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such Issuing Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Lender or such Lender’s or such Issuing Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s
or such Issuing Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time upon written request of such Lender or such Issuing Lender the Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender or such Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Lender or such Lender’s or such Issuing Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. Any demand for compensation pursuant to this Section 4.10(b) shall be made only to the extent such Lender or Issuing Lender is making similar demand with respect to its similarly situated commercial borrowers generally where such Lender or Issuing Lender has the legal right to make such demand.
(c)Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender, or an Issuing Lender or such other Recipient setting forth in reasonable detail the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Lender, such other Recipient or any of their respective holding companies, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
(d)Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing Lender or such other Recipient to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such Issuing Lender’s or such other Recipient’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate any Lender or an Issuing Lender or any other Recipient pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of such Lender’s or such Issuing Lender’s or such other Recipient’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
(e)Survival. All of the obligations of the Credit Parties under this Section 4.10 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
SECTION 4.11Taxes.
(a)Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 4.11, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Lender and the term “Applicable Law” includes FATCA.
(b)Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If any Applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the
applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Credit Party shall be increased as necessary so that, after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(c)Payment of Other Taxes by the Credit Parties. The Credit Parties 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.
(d)Indemnification by the Credit Parties. The Credit Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Recipient (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Recipient, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e)Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Credit Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.9(d) 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 setoff 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 (e).
(f)Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Credit Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 4.11, such Credit Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(g)Status of Lenders.
i.Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation 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 Section 4.11(g)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s 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 prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from United States 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 prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the 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, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, United States 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 establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, United States federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
2.executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;
3.in the case of a 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 H-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or
4.to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 or Exhibit H-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 H-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 prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States 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 any Loan Document would be subject to United States federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be
necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
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.
(h)Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 4.11 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 4.11), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (h) (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 (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(i)Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 4.11 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
SECTION 4.12Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
(a)Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.10, or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.11, then such Lender shall, at the request of the Borrower, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the
judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.11, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b)Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.10, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.11, and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different Lending Office in accordance with Section 4.12(a), or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.9), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.11) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:
i.the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 11.9;
ii.such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and funded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 4.9) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
iii.in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 4.10 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 4.11, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;
iv.such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Law; and
v.in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Each party hereto agrees that an assignment and delegation required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumptions executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment and delegation need not be a party thereto.
(c)Selection of Lending Office. Subject to Section 4.12(a), each Lender may make any Loan to the Borrower through any Lending Office, provided that the exercise of this option shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower to repay the Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or otherwise alter the rights of the parties hereto.
SECTION 4.13Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase.
(a)Request for Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase. At any time after the Closing Date, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may, from time to time, request one or more increases in the Revolving Credit Commitments (each, a “Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase”); provided that (A) the aggregate initial principal amount of such requested Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase shall not exceed the Incremental Facilities Limit, (B) any such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000 (or such lesser amount as agreed to by the Administrative Agent) or, if less, the remaining amount of the Incremental Facilities Limit, (C) no Lender will be required otherwise obligated to provide any portion of such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase and (D) no more than five (5) Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increases shall be permitted to be requested during the term of this Agreement.
(b)Incremental Lenders. Each notice from the Borrower pursuant to this Section 4.13 shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase. Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increases may be provided by any existing Lender or by any other Persons (each such Lender or other Person, an “Incremental Lender”); provided that the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender and/or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to such Incremental Lender’s providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increases to the extent any such consent would be required under Section 11.9(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, to such Incremental Lender. If any existing Lenders will be asked to participate in the Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase, the Borrower shall send a written notice to the applicable existing Lenders in which the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each proposed Incremental Lender is requested to respond, which shall in no event be less than ten (10) Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the proposed Incremental Lenders (or such shorter period as agreed to by the Administrative Agent). Each proposed Incremental Lender may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, and shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether it agrees, to provide an Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than or less than requested. Any Person not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to provide an Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase.
(c)Increase Effective Date and Allocations. The Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date (the “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase (limited in the case of the Incremental Lenders to their own respective allocations thereof). The Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify the Borrower and the Incremental Lenders of the final allocation of such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increases and the Increase Effective Date.
(d)Terms of Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increases. The terms of each Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase (which shall be set forth in the relevant Incremental Amendment) shall be determined by the Borrower and the applicable Incremental Lenders; provided that:
i.each such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase shall have the same terms, including maturity, Applicable Margin and Commitment Fees, as the Revolving Credit Facility; provided that (x) any upfront fees payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under any Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increases may differ from those payable under the then existing Revolving Credit Commitments and (y) the Applicable Margins or Commitment Fees or interest rate floor applicable to any Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase may be higher than the Applicable Margins or Commitment Fees or interest rate floor applicable to the Revolving Credit Facility if the Applicable Margins or Commitment Fees or interest rate floor applicable to the Revolving Credit Facility are increased to equal the Applicable Margins and Commitment Fees and interest rate floor applicable to such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase; and
ii.the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages of Swingline Loans and L/C Obligations will be reallocated by the Administrative Agent on the applicable Increase Effective Date among the Revolving Credit Lenders (including the Incremental Lenders providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase) in accordance with their revised Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages (and the Revolving Credit Lenders (including the Incremental Lenders providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase) agree to make all payments and adjustments necessary to effect such reallocation and the Borrower shall pay any and all costs required pursuant to Section 5.9 in connection with such reallocation as if such reallocation were a repayment); and
iii.each Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase shall constitute Obligations of the Borrower and will be guaranteed by the Guarantors and secured on a pari passu basis with the other Secured Obligations.
(e)Conditions to Effectiveness of Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increases. Any Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase shall become effective as of such Increase Effective Date and shall be subject to the following conditions precedent:
i.no Default or Event of Default shall exist on such Increase Effective Date immediately prior to or after giving effect to (A) such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase or (B) the making of the initial Extensions of Credit pursuant thereto;
ii.all of the representations and warranties set forth in Article VI shall be true and correct in all material respects (or if qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect,
in all respects) as of such Increase Effective Date, or if such representation speaks as of an earlier date, as of such earlier date;
iii.the Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower, a Compliance Certificate demonstrating that the Borrower is in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.15 based on the financial statements for the most recently completed Reference Period that have been delivered pursuant hereto, both before and after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to the incurrence of any such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase (and assuming that any such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase is fully drawn) and any Permitted Acquisition, refinancing of Indebtedness or other event consummated in connection therewith giving rise to a Pro Forma Basis adjustment;
iv.the Credit Parties shall have executed an Incremental Amendment in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the applicable Incremental Lenders; and
v.the Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower, any customary legal opinions or other documents (including a resolution duly adopted by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of each Credit Party authorizing such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase), modifications to existing Loan Documents, reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in connection with such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase.
(f)Incremental Amendments. Each such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase shall be effected pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Incremental Lenders, which Incremental Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 4.13.
(g)Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of any Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase may be used by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including the financing of Permitted Acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder and any other use not prohibited by this Agreement.
SECTION 4.14Cash Collateral
At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within one Business Day following the written request of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) or the Swingline Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Fronting Exposure of such Issuing Lender and/or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, with respect to such Defaulting Lender (determined after giving effect to Section 4.15(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender) in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount.
(a)Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of each Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral as security for the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans, to be applied pursuant to subsection (b) below. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender as herein provided (other than Permitted Liens), or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(b)Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Cash Collateral provided under this Section 4.14 or Section 4.15 in respect of Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.
(c)Termination of Requirement. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce the Fronting Exposure of any Issuing Lender and/or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 4.14 following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender), or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the Swingline Lender that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided that, subject to Section 4.15, the Person providing Cash Collateral, the Issuing Lenders and the Swingline Lender may agree that Cash Collateral shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations; but so long as no Default then exists, any Cash Collateral no longer required to be so held as Cash Collateral shall, upon written request of the Borrower, be returned to the Borrower.
SECTION 4.15Defaulting Lenders
(a)Defaulting Lender Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law:
i.Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders” and Section 11.2.
ii.Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article IX or otherwise) or
received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.4 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Lenders or the Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize the Fronting Exposure of the Issuing Lenders and the Swingline Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 4.14; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan or funded participation in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (A) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans and funded participations under this Agreement and (B) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Lenders’ future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 4.14; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (1) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or funded participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (2) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and funded participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or funded participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Revolving Credit Commitments under the applicable Revolving Credit Facility without giving effect to Section 4.15(a)(iv). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 4.15(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
iii.Certain Fees.
(A)No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).
(B)Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive Letter of Credit commissions pursuant to Section 3.3 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 4.14.
(C)With respect to any Commitment Fee or Letter of Credit commission not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above, the Borrower shall (1) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations or Swingline Loans that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (2) pay to each applicable Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Issuing Lender’s or Swingline Lender’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (3) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
iv.Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. Subject to Section 11.22, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.
v.Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swingline Loans. If the reallocation described in clause (iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, (x) first, repay Swingline Loans in an amount equal to the Swingline Lenders’ Fronting Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the Issuing Lenders’ Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4.14.
(b)Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the Swingline Lender agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting
Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), such Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Commitments under the applicable Credit Facility (without giving effect to Section 4.15(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Non-Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
ARTICLE V.
Conditions of Closing and Borrowing
SECTION 5.1Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit
The obligation of the Lenders to close this Agreement and to make the initial Loans or issue or participate in the initial Letter of Credit, if any, is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(a)Executed Loan Documents. This Agreement, a Revolving Credit Note in favor of each Revolving Credit Lender, a Swingline Note in favor of the Swingline Lender and the Guaranty Agreement, together with any other applicable Loan Documents, shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent by the parties thereto, shall be in full force and effect and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(b)Closing Certificates; Etc. The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
i.Officer’s Certificate. A certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that (A) all representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents delivered on the Closing Date are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects); (B) after giving effect to the Transactions, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (C) since January 31, 2020, no event has occurred or condition arisen, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
ii.Certificate of Secretary of each Credit Party. A certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Credit Party certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the signature of each officer of such Credit Party executing Loan Documents to which it is a party and certifying that attached thereto is a true, correct and complete copy of (A) the articles or certificate of incorporation or formation (or equivalent), as applicable, of such Credit Party and all amendments thereto, certified as of a recent date (to the extent practicable) by the appropriate Governmental Authority in its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation (or equivalent), as applicable, (B) the bylaws or governing documents of such Credit Party as in effect on the Closing Date, (C) resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or other governing body) of such Credit Party authorizing and approving the transactions contemplated hereunder and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (D) each certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b)(iii).
iii.Certificates of Good Standing. Certificates as of a recent date of the good standing of each Credit Party under the laws of the States of Delaware and California.
iv.Opinions of Counsel. Opinions of counsel to the Credit Parties addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Credit Parties, the Loan Documents and such other matters as the Administrative Agent shall request.
(c)Personal Property Collateral.
i.Filings and Recordings. Subject to the limitations and qualifications in the Security Documents, the Administrative Agent shall have received all filings and recordations that are necessary to perfect the security interests of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, in the Collateral and the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that upon such filings and recordations such security interests constitute valid and perfected first priority Liens thereon (subject to Permitted Liens).
ii.Lien Search. The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a Lien search (including a search as to judgments, pending litigation, bankruptcy, tax and intellectual property matters), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory thereto, made against the Credit Parties under the Uniform Commercial Code (or applicable judicial docket) as in effect in each jurisdiction in which filings or recordations under the Uniform Commercial Code should be made to evidence or perfect security interests in all assets of such Credit Party, indicating among other things that the assets of each such Credit Party are free and clear of any Lien (except for Permitted Liens).
iii.Intellectual Property. The Administrative Agent shall have received security agreements duly executed by the applicable Credit Parties for all federally registered copyrights, copyright applications, patents, patent applications, trademarks and trademark applications included in the Collateral, in each case in proper form for filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or U.S. Copyright Office, as applicable.
(d)Consents; Defaults.
i.Governmental and Third Party Approvals. The Credit Parties shall have received all material governmental, shareholder and third party consents and approvals necessary (or any other material consents as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent) in connection with the Transactions, which shall be in full force and effect.
ii.No Injunction, Etc. No action, suit, proceeding or investigation shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or any Governmental Authority to enjoin, restrain, or prohibit, or to obtain substantial damages in respect of, or which is related to or arises out of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the consummation of the Transactions, or which, in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, would make it inadvisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the consummation of the Transactions.
(e)Financial Matters.
i.Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent shall have received (A) the audited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of January 31, 2020 and the related audited statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended and (B) unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of April 30, 2020 and related unaudited interim statements of income and retained earnings.
ii.Financial Projections. The Administrative Agent shall have received projections prepared by management of the Borrower, of balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements on a quarterly basis for the first year following the Closing Date and on an annual basis for each year thereafter during the term of the Credit Facility, which shall not be materially inconsistent with any financial information or projections previously delivered to the Administrative Agent.
iii.Financial Condition/Solvency Certificate. The Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, that (A) after giving effect to the Transactions, each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof is each Solvent and (B) the financial projections previously delivered to the Administrative Agent represent the good faith estimates (utilizing reasonable assumptions) of the financial condition and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
iv.Payment at Closing. The Borrower shall have paid or made arrangements to pay contemporaneously with closing (A) to the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Lenders the fees set forth or referenced in Section 4.3 and any other accrued and unpaid fees or commissions due hereunder, (B) all reasonable and documented fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent (directly to such counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent) to the extent accrued and unpaid prior to or on the Closing Date and to the extent invoices therefor are provided to the Borrower at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) and (C) to any other Person such amount as may be due thereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including all taxes, fees and other charges in connection with the execution, delivery, recording, filing and registration of any of the Loan Documents, to the extent invoices therefor are provided to the Borrower at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date.
(f)Miscellaneous.
i.Notice of Account Designation. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Account Designation specifying the account or accounts to which the proceeds of any Loans made on or after the Closing Date are to be disbursed.
ii.Due Diligence. The Administrative Agent shall have completed, to its satisfaction, all legal, tax, environmental, business and other due diligence with respect to the business, assets, liabilities, operations and condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in scope and determination satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (including review of SaaS metrics).
iii.Existing Indebtedness. All existing Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement but excluding Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 8.1) shall be repaid in full, all commitments (if any) in respect thereof shall have been terminated and all guarantees therefor and security therefor shall be released, and the Administrative Agent shall have received pay-off letters in form and substance satisfactory to it evidencing such repayment, termination and release.
iv.PATRIOT Act, etc. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or required by regulatory authorities in order for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to comply with requirements of any Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including the PATRIOT Act and any applicable “know your customer” rules and regulations.
v.Other Documents. All opinions, certificates and other instruments and all proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of all other documents, certificates and
instruments reasonably requested thereby, with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 10.3(c), for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.1, the Administrative Agent and each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
SECTION 5.2Conditions to All Extensions of Credit
The obligations of the Lenders to make or participate in any Extensions of Credit (including the initial Extension of Credit) and/or any Issuing Lender to issue or extend any Letter of Credit are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the relevant borrowing, issuance or extension date:
(a)Continuation of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects, except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, which such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects, on and as of such borrowing, issuance or extension date with the same effect as if made on and as of such date (except for any such representation and warranty that by its terms is made only as of an earlier date, which representation and warranty shall remain true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, which such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date).
(b)No Existing Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (i) on the borrowing date with respect to such Loan or after giving effect to the Loans to be made on such date or (ii) on the issuance or extension date with respect to such Letter of Credit or after giving effect to the issuance or extension of such Letter of Credit on such date.
(c)Notices. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing or Letter of Credit Application, as applicable, from the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.3(a) or Section 3.2, as applicable.
(d)New Swingline Loans/Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, (i) the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loans unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swingline Loan and (ii) the Issuing Lenders shall not be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.
Each Notice of Borrowing or Letter of Credit Application, as applicable, submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in
Sections 5.2(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Extension of Credit.
ARTICLE VI.
Representations and Warranties of the Credit Parties
To induce the Administrative Agent and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make Extensions of Credit, the Credit Parties hereby represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder, which representations and warranties shall be deemed made on the Closing Date and as otherwise set forth in Section 5.2, that:
SECTION 6.1Organization; Power; Qualification
Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, (b) has the power and authority to own its Properties and to carry on its business as now being and hereafter proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) is duly qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its Properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification and authorization except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The jurisdictions in which each Credit Party are organized and qualified to do business as of the Closing Date are described on Schedule 6.1 of the Disclosure Letter. Schedule 6.1 of the Disclosure Letter identifies each Guarantor as of the Closing Date. No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is an EEA Financial Institution.
SECTION 6.2Ownership
Each Subsidiary of each Credit Party as of the Closing Date is listed on Schedule 6.2 of the Disclosure Letter. As of the Closing Date, the capitalization of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries consists of the number of shares, authorized, issued and outstanding, of such classes and series, with or without par value, described on Schedule 6.2 of the Disclosure Letter. All outstanding shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive or similar rights, except as described in Schedule 6.2 of the Disclosure Letter. The shareholders or other owners, as applicable, of each Subsidiary of the Borrower and the number of shares owned by each as of the Closing Date are described on Schedule 6.2 of the Disclosure Letter. As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding stock purchase warrants, subscriptions, options, securities, instruments or other rights of any type or nature whatsoever, which are convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise provide for or require the issuance of Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, except as described on Schedule 6.2 of the Disclosure Letter.
SECTION 6.3Authorization; Enforceability
Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof has the right, power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party in accordance with their respective terms. This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof that is a party thereto, and each such document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof that is a party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal Debtor Relief Laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies.
SECTION 6.4Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc
The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof of the Loan Documents to which each such Person is a party, in accordance with their respective terms, the Extensions of Credit hereunder and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice or otherwise, (a) require any Governmental Approval or violate any Applicable Law relating to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the Organizational Documents of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, (c) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound or any Governmental Approval relating to such Person, (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person other than Permitted Liens or (e) require any consent or authorization of, filing with, or other act in respect of, an arbitrator or Governmental Authority and no consent of any other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement other than (i) consents or filings under the UCC and (ii) filings with the United States Copyright Office and/or the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
SECTION 6.5Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals
Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof (a) has all Governmental Approvals required by any Applicable Law for it to conduct its business, each of which is in full force and effect, is final and not subject to review on appeal and is not the subject of any pending or, to its knowledge, threatened attack by direct or collateral proceeding, (b) is in compliance with each Governmental Approval applicable to it and in compliance with all other Applicable Laws relating to it or any of its respective properties and (c) has timely filed all material reports, documents and other materials required to be filed by it under all Applicable Laws with any Governmental Authority and has retained all material records and documents required to be retained by it under Applicable Law, except where the failure to have, comply or file could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.6Tax Returns and Payments
Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof has duly filed or caused to be filed all federal, state, local and other tax returns required by Applicable Law to be filed, and has paid, or made adequate provision for the payment of, all federal, state, local and other taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it and its property, income, profits and assets which are due and payable (other than (a) any amount the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided for on the books of the relevant Credit Party or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect). As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 6.6 of the Disclosure Letter, there is no ongoing audit or examination of the tax liability of any Credit Party. No Governmental Authority has asserted any Lien against any Credit Party with respect to unpaid taxes which has not been discharged or resolved (other than (a) any amount the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided for on the books of the relevant Credit Party and (b) Permitted Liens).
SECTION 6.7Intellectual Property Matters
Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof owns or possesses rights to use all franchises, licenses, copyrights, copyright applications, patents, patent rights or licenses, patent applications, trademarks, trademark rights, service mark, service mark rights, trade names, trade name rights, copyrights and other rights with respect to the foregoing which are necessary to conduct its business, except where the failure to own or possess the same could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No event has occurred which permits, or after notice or lapse of time or both would permit, the revocation or termination of any such rights, and no Credit Party is liable to any Person for infringement under Applicable Law with respect to any such rights as a result of its business operations except where the occurrence of such an event could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.8Environmental Matters
(a)The properties owned, leased or operated by each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof now or in the past do not contain, and to their knowledge have not previously contained, any Hazardous Materials in amounts or concentrations which constitute or constituted a violation of applicable Environmental Laws, except where it could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(b)Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof and such properties and all operations conducted in connection therewith are in compliance, and have been in compliance, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and there is no contamination at, under or about such properties or such operations which could interfere with the continued operation of such properties or impair the fair saleable value thereof, except in each case where the same could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c)No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof has received any written notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding
environmental matters, Hazardous Materials, or compliance with Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor does any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened in writing;
(d)To its knowledge, Hazardous Materials have not been transported or disposed of to or from the properties owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in violation of, or in a manner or to a location which could give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws, nor have any Hazardous Materials been generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of such properties in violation of, or in a manner that could give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Laws except where any such liability could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e)No judicial proceedings or governmental or administrative action is pending, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing, under any Environmental Law to which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof is or will be named as a potentially responsible party, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any applicable Environmental Law with respect to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, with respect to any real property owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or operations conducted in connection therewith that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(f)There has been no release, or to its knowledge, threat of release, of Hazardous Materials at or from properties owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, now or in the past, in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under applicable Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.9Employee Benefit Matters.
(a)As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains or contributes to, or has any obligation under, any Employee Benefit Plans other than those identified on Schedule 6.9 of the Disclosure Letter;
(b)Each Credit Party and each ERISA Affiliate is in compliance with all applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans except for any required amendments for which the remedial amendment period as defined in Section 401(b) of the Code has not yet expired and except where a failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has been determined by the IRS to be so qualified, and each trust related to such plan has been determined to be exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code except for such plans that have not yet received determination letters but for which the remedial amendment period for submitting a determination letter has not yet expired. No liability has been incurred by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate which remains unsatisfied for any taxes or penalties
assessed with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan or any Multiemployer Plan except for a liability that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c)As of the Closing Date, no Pension Plan has been terminated, nor has any Pension Plan become subject to funding based upon benefit restrictions under Section 436 of the Code, nor has any funding waiver from the IRS been received or requested with respect to any Pension Plan, nor has any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate failed to make any contributions or to pay any amounts due and owing as required by Sections 412 or 430 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA or the terms of any Pension Plan on or prior to the due dates of such contributions under Sections 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, nor has there been any event requiring any disclosure under Section 4041(c)(3)(C) or 4063(a) of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan;
(d)Except where the failure of any of the following representations to be correct could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Credit Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has: (i) engaged in a nonexempt prohibited transaction described in Section 406 of the ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, (ii) incurred any liability to the PBGC which remains outstanding other than the payment of premiums and there are no premium payments which are due and unpaid, (iii) failed to make a required contribution or payment to a Multiemployer Plan, or (iv) failed to make a required installment or other required payment under Sections 412 or 430 of the Code;
(e)No Termination Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur;
(f)Except where the failure of any of the following representations to be correct could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, no proceeding, claim (other than a benefits claim in the ordinary course of business), lawsuit and/or investigation is existing or, to its knowledge, threatened concerning or involving (i) any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) currently maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate, (ii) any Pension Plan or (iii) any Multiemployer Plan.
(g)No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is a party to any contract, agreement or arrangement that could, solely as a result of the delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the consummation of transactions contemplated hereby, result in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code.
(h)As of the Closing Date the Borrower is not nor will be using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments.
SECTION 6.10Margin Stock
No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is engaged principally or as one of its activities in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” (as each such term is defined or used, directly or indirectly, in Regulation U of the FRB).
Following the application of the proceeds of each Extension of Credit, not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the value of the assets (either of the Borrower only or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis) subject to the provisions of Section 8.2 or Section 8.5 or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between the Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to Indebtedness in excess of the Threshold Amount will be “margin stock”.
SECTION 6.11Government Regulation
No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is required to register as an “investment company” (as such term is defined or used in the Investment Company Act) and no Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is, or after giving effect to any Extension of Credit will be, subject to regulation under the Interstate Commerce Act, or any other Applicable Law which limits its ability to incur or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 6.12Employee Relations
As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party nor any Domestic Subsidiary thereof is party to any collective bargaining agreement, nor has any labor union been recognized as the representative of its employees except as set forth on Schedule 6.12 of the Disclosure Letter. The Borrower knows of no pending, threatened (in writing) or contemplated strikes, work stoppage or other collective labor disputes involving its employees or those of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.13Financial Statements
The audited and unaudited financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(e)(i) are complete and correct and fairly present in all material respects on a Consolidated basis the assets, liabilities and financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such dates, and the results of the operations and changes of financial position for the periods then ended (other than customary year-end adjustments for unaudited financial statements and the absence of footnotes from unaudited financial statements). All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. Such financial statements show all material indebtedness and other material liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including material liabilities for taxes, material commitments, and Indebtedness, in each case, to the extent required to be disclosed under GAAP. The projections delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(e)(iii) and were prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions are believed to be reasonable in light of then existing conditions (it being recognized by the Lenders that projections are not to be viewed as facts or guarantees of future performance and that the actual results during the period or periods covered by such projections may vary from such projections).
SECTION 6.14No Material Adverse Change
Since January 31, 2020, there has been no material adverse change in the properties, business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and no event
has occurred or condition arisen, either individually or in the aggregate, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.15Solvency
The Credit Parties, on a Consolidated basis, are Solvent.
SECTION 6.16Title to Properties
As of the Closing Date, the real property listed on Schedule 6.16 of the Disclosure Letter constitutes all of the real property that is owned, leased, subleased or used by any Credit Party or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof has such title to the real property owned or leased by it as is necessary or desirable to the conduct of its business and valid and legal title to all of its personal property and assets, except those which have been disposed of by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries subsequent to such date which dispositions have been in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise expressly permitted hereunder.
SECTION 6.17Litigation
Except for matters existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.17 of the Disclosure Letter, there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending nor, to its knowledge, threatened in writing against or in any other way relating adversely to or affecting any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.18Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions
(a)None of (i) the Borrower, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers, employees or Affiliates, or (ii) to the knowledge of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, any agent or representative of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the Credit Facility, (A) is a Sanctioned Person or currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (B) has its assets located in a Sanctioned Country, (C) is under administrative, civil or criminal investigation for an alleged violation of, or received notice from or made a voluntary disclosure to any governmental entity regarding a possible violation of, Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions by a governmental authority that enforces Sanctions or any Anti-Corruption Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws, or (D) directly or indirectly derives revenues from investments in, or transactions with, Sanctioned Persons.
(b)Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and Affiliates with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and applicable Sanctions.
(c)Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of the Borrower, director, officer, employee, agent and Affiliate of Borrower and each such Subsidiary, is in compliance with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws in all material respects and applicable Sanctions.
(d)No proceeds of any Extension of Credit have been used, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents in violation of Section 7.16(c).
SECTION 6.19Absence of Defaults
No event has occurred or is continuing (a) which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, or (b) which constitutes, or which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute, a default or event of default by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof under (i) any contract governing Indebtedness in excess of the Threshold Amount or (ii) any judgment, decree or order to which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof is a party or by which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties may be bound or which would require any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof to make any payment thereunder prior to the scheduled maturity date therefor that, in any case under this clause (ii), could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.20Senior Indebtedness Status
The Obligations of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents ranks and shall continue to rank at least senior in priority of payment to all Subordinated Indebtedness and all senior unsecured Indebtedness of each such Person and is designated as “Senior Indebtedness” (or any other similar term) under all instruments and documents, now or in the future, relating to all Subordinated Indebtedness and all senior unsecured Indebtedness of such Person.
SECTION 6.21Disclosure
The Borrower has disclosed (including through its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission) to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all matters known to them, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No financial statement, material report, material certificate or other material information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), taken together as a whole, and taken together with the Borrower’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, estimated financial information and other projected or estimated information, such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time (it being recognized by the Lenders that projections are not to be viewed
as facts and that the actual results during the period or periods covered by such projections may vary from such projections).
ARTICLE VII.
Affirmative Covenants
Until all of the Obligations (other than (1) contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations, (2) obligations and liabilities under Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank have been made and (3) Letters of Credit that have either been Cash Collateralized or as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Lender have been made) and the Commitments terminated, each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 7.1Financial Statements and Budgets
Deliver to the Administrative Agent, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):
(a)Annual Financial Statements. As soon as practicable and in any event within ninety (90) days (or, if earlier, on the date of any required public filing thereof, after giving effect to any applicable extensions) after the end of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal Year ended January 31, 2022), an audited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such Fiscal Year and audited Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows including the notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the year. Such annual financial statements shall be audited by an independent certified public accounting firm of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and accompanied by a report and opinion thereon by such certified public accountants prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards that is not subject to any “going concern” or similar qualification or exception or any qualification as to the scope of such audit or with respect to accounting principles followed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not in accordance with GAAP.
(b)Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as practicable and in any event within forty-five(45) days (or, if earlier, on the date of any required public filing thereof, after giving effect to any applicable extensions) after the end of the first three fiscal quarters of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2020), an unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and unaudited Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended and that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, including the notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of
and for the corresponding period in the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared by the Borrower in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the period, and certified by the chief financial officer or vice president of finance of the Borrower to present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of their respective dates and the results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the respective periods then ended, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
(c)Projected Financial Statements. As soon as practicable and in any event within sixty (60) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, projected financial statements for such Fiscal Year (detailed on a quarterly basis), including calculations demonstrating projected compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.15 and a reasonable disclosure of the key assumptions and drivers.
SECTION 7.2Certificates; Other Reports
Deliver to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):
(a)at each time financial statements are delivered pursuant to Sections 7.1(a) or (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate that, among other things, (i) states that no Default or Event of Default is continuing as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate or, if a Default or Event of Default is continuing, states the nature thereof and the action that the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto, (ii) demonstrates compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.15 as of the last day of the applicable Reference Period ending on the last day of the Reference Period covered by such financial statements and (iii) such other information set forth in the form of Compliance Certificate, together with a report containing management’s discussion and analysis of the Borrower’s material quarterly and annual operating results, as applicable, and a report containing management’s discussion and analysis of such financial statements;
(b)promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all reports, if any, submitted to any Credit Party, any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective boards of directors by their respective independent public accountants with respect to significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in connection with their auditing function, including any management report and any management responses thereto;
(c)promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or report furnished to any holder of Indebtedness of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in excess of the Threshold Amount pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement;
(d)promptly after the assertion or occurrence thereof, notice of any action or proceeding against or of any noncompliance by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof with any Environmental Law that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e)promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of the Borrower, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or with any national securities exchange, and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;
(f)promptly upon the request thereof, such other information and documentation required under applicable “know your customer” rules and regulations, the PATRIOT Act or any applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Anti-Corruption Laws, in each case as from time to time reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; and
(g)such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or (b) or Section 7.2(f) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent). Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section 7.2 to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 11.1. Except for such Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arranger will make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on 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 it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (w) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, means that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Borrower or
its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 11.10); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger 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 designated “Public Investor.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall be under no obligation to mark any Borrower Materials “PUBLIC”.
SECTION 7.3Notice of Litigation and Other Matters
Promptly (but in no event later than ten (10) days after any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party obtains knowledge thereof) notify the Administrative Agent in writing of (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):
(a)the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b)the commencement of all proceedings and investigations by or before any Governmental Authority and all actions and proceedings in any court or before any arbitrator against or involving any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties, assets or businesses in each case that if adversely determined could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c)any notice of any violation received by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof from any Governmental Authority including any notice of violation of Environmental Laws where such violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d)any labor controversy that has resulted in, or threatens to result in, a strike or other work action against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e)any attachment, judgment, lien, levy or order exceeding the Threshold Amount that may be assessed against or threatened against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof;
(f)(i) any unfavorable determination letter from the IRS regarding the qualification of an Employee Benefit Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code (along with a copy thereof), (ii) all notices received by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate of the PBGC’s intent to terminate any Pension Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer any Pension Plan, (iii) all notices received by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning the imposition or amount of withdrawal liability pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA and (iv) the Borrower obtaining knowledge or reason to know that any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has filed or intends to file a notice of intent to terminate any Pension Plan under a distress termination within the meaning of Section 4041(c) of ERISA; and
(g)any event which makes any of the representations set forth in Article VI that is subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications inaccurate in any respect or any event which makes any of the representations set forth in Article VI that is not subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications inaccurate in any material respect.
Each notice pursuant to Section 7.3 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 7.3(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.
SECTION 7.4Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters
Except as permitted by Section 8.4, preserve and maintain its separate corporate existence or equivalent form and all rights, franchises, licenses and privileges necessary to the conduct of its business, and qualify and remain qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction where the nature and scope of its activities require it to so qualify under Applicable Law in which the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 7.5Maintenance of Property and Licenses.
(a)In addition to the requirements of any of the Security Documents, protect and preserve all Properties necessary in and material to its business, including copyrights, patents, trade names, service marks and trademarks; maintain in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, all buildings, equipment and other tangible real and personal property; and from time to time make or cause to be made all repairs, renewals and replacements thereof and additions to such Property necessary for the conduct of its business, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be conducted in a commercially reasonable manner, except as such action or inaction could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)Maintain, in full force and effect in all material respects, each and every license, permit, certification, qualification, approval or franchise issued by any Governmental Authority required for each of them to conduct their respective businesses as presently conducted, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 7.6Insurance
Maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against at least such risks and in at least such amounts as are customarily maintained by similar businesses and as may be required by Applicable Law and as are required by any Security Documents. All such insurance shall, (a) provide that no cancellation or material modification thereof shall be effective until at least 30 days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice thereof (except as a result of non-payment of premium in which case only 10 days’ prior written notice shall be required), (b) in the case of liability insurance, name the Administrative Agent as an
additional insured party thereunder and (c) in the case of each property insurance policy, name the Administrative Agent as lender’s loss payee or mortgagee, as applicable. Deliver to the Administrative Agent upon its request information in reasonable detail as to the insurance then in effect, stating the names of the insurance companies, the amounts and rates of the insurance, the dates of the expiration thereof and the properties and risks covered thereby.
SECTION 7.7Accounting Methods and Financial Records
Maintain a system of accounting, and keep proper books, records and accounts (which shall be accurate and complete in all material respects) as may be required or as may be necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance in all material respects with GAAP and in compliance with the regulations of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or any of its Properties.
SECTION 7.8Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations
Pay and perform (a) all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges that may be levied or assessed upon it or any of its Property and (b) all other Indebtedness, obligations and liabilities in accordance with customary trade practices; provided, that the Borrower or such Subsidiary may contest any item described in clause (a) of this Section in good faith so long as adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and except in each case where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
SECTION 7.9Compliance with Laws and Approvals
Observe and remain in compliance with all Applicable Laws and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals, in each case applicable to the conduct of its business, except in each case where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 7.10Environmental Laws
In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 7.9, and except in each case where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) comply with, and ensure such compliance by all tenants and subtenants with all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and comply with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants, if any, obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws and (b) conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws, and promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of any Governmental Authority regarding Environmental Laws.
SECTION 7.11Compliance with ERISA
In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 7.9, (a) except where the failure to so comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, (i) comply with applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans, (ii) not take any action or fail to take action the result of which could reasonably be expected to result in a liability to the PBGC or to a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) not participate in any prohibited transaction that could result in any civil penalty under ERISA or tax under the Code and (iv) operate each Employee Benefit Plan in such a manner that will not incur any tax liability under Section 4980B of the Code or any liability to any qualified beneficiary as defined in Section 4980B of the Code and (b) furnish to the Administrative Agent upon the Administrative Agent’s request such additional information about any Employee Benefit Plan as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 7.12[Reserved].
SECTION 7.13Visits and Inspections
Permit representatives of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, from time to time upon prior reasonable written notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours, to visit and inspect its properties; inspect, audit and make extracts from its books, records and files, including, but not limited to, management letters prepared by independent accountants; and discuss with its principal officers, and its independent accountants, its business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations and business prospects; provided that excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than one (1) time during any calendar year at the Borrower’s expense; provided further that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time without advance notice. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, participate in a meeting of the Administrative Agent and Lenders once during each Fiscal Year, which meeting will be held at the Borrower’s corporate offices (or such other location or by conference call as may be agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) at such time as may be agreed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 7.14Additional Guarantors and Collateral
(a)Additional Subsidiaries. Promptly notify the Administrative Agent of (i) the creation or acquisition (including by division) of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) and (ii) any Subsidiary that is an Excluded Subsidiary failing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary and, within thirty (30) days after such event, as such time period may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, cause such Subsidiary to (A) become a Guarantor by delivering to the Administrative Agent a duly executed Joinder Agreement or such other document as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate for such purpose, (B) grant a security interest in all Collateral (subject to the exceptions specified in the Collateral Agreement) owned by such Subsidiary by delivering to the Administrative Agent a duly executed Joinder Agreement and a supplement to each applicable Security Document or such other document as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate for such purpose and comply with the terms of each applicable Security Document, (C) deliver to the Administrative
Agent such opinions, documents and certificates of the type referred to in Section 5.1 as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, (D) if such Equity Interests are certificated, deliver to the Administrative Agent such original certificated Equity Interests or other certificates and stock or other transfer powers evidencing the Equity Interests of such Person, (E) deliver to the Administrative Agent such updated Schedules to the Loan Documents with respect to such Subsidiary, and (F) deliver to the Administrative Agent such other documents as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(b)Merger Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any new Subsidiary is created solely for the purpose of consummating a Permitted Acquisition, and such new Subsidiary at no time holds any assets or liabilities other than any merger consideration contributed to it contemporaneously with the closing of such merger transaction, such new Subsidiary shall not be required to take the actions set forth in Section 7.14(a) until the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition (at which time, the surviving entity of the respective merger transaction shall be required to so comply with Section 7.14(a) (if at all) within ten (10) Business Days after the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition, as such time period may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion).
(c)Additional Collateral. Comply with the requirements set forth in the Security Documents with respect to any Property constituting Collateral thereunder.
SECTION 7.15Use of Proceeds
(a)Use the proceeds of the Extensions of Credit (i) to finance Capital Expenditures, (ii) pay fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the Transactions and (iii) for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that no part of the proceeds of any of the Loans or Letters of Credit shall be used for purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the FRB) in any manner which would violate the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the FRB. If requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent and each requesting Lender a statement in conformity with the requirements of Form G-3 or Form U-1, as applicable, under Regulation U of the FRB.
(b)Not request any Extension of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall ensure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Extension of Credit, directly or indirectly, (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
SECTION 7.16[Reserved].
SECTION 7.17Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws; Beneficial Ownership Regulation, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions
(a) Maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and applicable Sanctions, (b) notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender that previously received a Beneficial Ownership Certification (or a certification that the Borrower qualifies for an express exclusion to the “legal entity customer” definition under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation) of any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified therein (or, if applicable, the Borrower ceasing to fall within an express exclusion to the definition of “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation) and (c) promptly upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide the Administrative Agent or directly to such Lender, as the case may be, any information or documentation requested by it for purposes of complying with the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
SECTION 7.18Corporate Governance
(a) Maintain entity records and books of account separate from those of any other entity which is an Affiliate of such entity, (b) not commingle its funds or assets with those of any other entity which is an Affiliate of such entity (except pursuant to cash management systems reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) and (c) provide that its board of directors (or equivalent governing body) will hold all appropriate meetings to authorize and approve such entity’s actions, which meetings will be separate from those of any other entity which is an Affiliate of such entity. For the purposes of this Section 7.18, “Affiliate” shall not include the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof.
SECTION 7.19Further Assurances
Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements and other documents), which may be required under any Applicable Law, or which the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or to grant, preserve, protect or perfect the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents or the validity or priority of any such Lien, all at the expense of the Credit Parties. The Borrower also agrees to provide to the Administrative Agent, from time to time upon the reasonable request by the Administrative Agent, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.
SECTION 7.20Post-Closing Matters
Execute and deliver the documents, take the actions and complete the tasks set forth on Schedule 7.20, in each case within the applicable corresponding time limits specified on such schedule. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, all conditions, representations, warranties and covenants of the Loan Documents with respect to the taking of such actions are qualified by the noncompletion of such actions until such time as they are completed or required to be completed in accordance with this Section 7.20.
ARTICLE VIII.
Negative Covenants
Until all of the Obligations (other than (1) contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations, (2) obligations and liabilities under Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank have been made and (3) Letters of Credit that have either been Cash Collateralized or as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Lender have been made) have been paid and satisfied in full in cash, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired (or been Cash Collateralized) and the Commitments terminated, the Credit Parties will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 8.1Indebtedness
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness except:
(a)the Obligations;
(b)Indebtedness (i) owing under Hedge Agreements entered into in order to manage existing or anticipated interest rate, exchange rate or commodity price risks and not for speculative purposes and (ii) in respect of Cash Management Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(c)Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 8.1 of the Disclosure Letter, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(d)Attributable Indebtedness with respect to Capital Lease Obligations and Indebtedness incurred in connection with purchase money Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $40,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(e) (i) Guarantees by any Credit Party of Indebtedness of any other Credit Party not otherwise prohibited pursuant to this Section 8.1 and (ii) Guarantees by any Credit Party of Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 8.3 (other than clause (l) thereof); provided further that any Guarantee of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall only be permitted if it meets the requirements of the definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(f)unsecured intercompany Indebtedness (i) owed by any Credit Party to another Credit Party, (ii) owed by any Credit Party to any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary (provided that such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Obligations in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (iii) owed by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary and (iv) owed by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to any Credit Party to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 8.3(c);
(g)Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or other similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
(h)Indebtedness under performance bonds, surety bonds, release, appeal and similar bonds, statutory obligations or with respect to workers’ compensation claims, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, and reimbursement obligations in respect of any of the foregoing;
(i)Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(j)Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued to current or former officers, directors and employees (or their respective family members, estates or trusts or other entities for the benefit of any of the foregoing) of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to purchase or redeem Equity Interests or options of the Borrower permitted pursuant to Section 8.6(d)(iv); provided that the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness shall not exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(k)Permitted Convertible Indebtedness and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof;
(l)Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of a Credit Party, or is merged with or into a Credit Party, or in respect of a line of business or business unit acquired in a transaction permitted hereunder, so long as such Indebtedness does not exceed $15,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding; provided that any such Indebtedness was not created in anticipation of or in connection with the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Subsidiary of a Credit Party, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof;
(m)customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods and services purchased in the ordinary course of business;
(n)Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply agreements, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, so long as the amount of such Indebtedness is not in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of, such insurance for the period in which such Indebtedness is incurred and such Indebtedness is outstanding only during such period;
(o)unsecured payment obligations under non-competition, earn-out or similar agreements in connection with Permitted Acquisitions;
(p)unsecured Indebtedness which may be deemed to exist in connection with agreements providing for indemnification, purchase price adjustments and similar obligations or guarantees securing the performance of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (both before and after liability associated therewith becomes fixed), in each case, in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or the acquisition or disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement;
(q)Indebtedness with respect to the Existing SVB Letters of Credit in an aggregate face amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time; and
(r)unsecured Indebtedness of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof not otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section 8.1 in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $20,000,000 at any time outstanding.
SECTION 8.2Liens
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a)Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents (including Liens in favor of the Swingline Lender and/or the Issuing Lenders, as applicable, on Cash Collateral granted pursuant to the Loan Documents);
(b)Liens in existence on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 8.2 of the Disclosure Letter, and the replacement, renewal or extension thereof (including Liens incurred, assumed or suffered to exist in connection with any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 8.1(c) (solely to the extent that such Liens were in existence on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 8.2 of the Disclosure Letter)); provided that the scope of any such Lien shall not be increased, or otherwise expanded in contravention of the definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(c)Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies (excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA or Environmental Laws) (i) not yet due or as to which the period of grace, if any, related thereto has not expired or (ii) which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP;
(d)the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, processors or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals incurred in the ordinary course of business, which (i) are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days, or if more than thirty (30) days overdue, no action has been taken to enforce such Liens and such Liens are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP and (ii) do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(e)deposits or pledges made in the ordinary course of business in connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security or similar legislation, or to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business, in each case, so long as no foreclosure sale or similar proceeding has been commenced with respect to any portion of the Collateral on account thereof;
(f)encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements and rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property, which in the aggregate are not substantial in amount and which do not, in any case, detract from the value of such property or impair the use thereof in the ordinary conduct of business;
(g)Liens arising from the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to personal property leased pursuant to operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(h)Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.1(d); provided that (i) such Liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with or within one hundred eighty (180) days after the acquisition, repair, construction, improvement or lease, as applicable, of the related Property, (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the Property financed or improved by such Indebtedness, (iii) the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased and (iv) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such Lien shall at no time exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the original price for the purchase, repair, construction, improvement or lease amount (as applicable) of such Property at the time of purchase, repair, construction, improvement or lease (as applicable);
(i)Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.1(m) or securing appeal or other surety bonds relating to such judgments;
(j)Liens on Property (i) of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary existing at the time that such Person becomes a Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition permitted hereunder and (ii) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Property is purchased or otherwise acquired by the Borrower or such Subsidiary pursuant to a transaction permitted hereunder and, in each case any modification, replacement, renewal and extension thereof; provided that, with respect to each of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), (A) such Liens are not incurred in connection with, or in anticipation of, such Permitted Acquisition, purchase or other acquisition, (B) such Liens do not encumber any Property other than Property encumbered at the time of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary and the proceeds and products thereof and are not all asset Liens, (C) such Liens do not attach to any other Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (D) such Liens will secure only those obligations which it secures at the time such acquisition or purchase occurs;
(k)Liens on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries; provided that (i) such Liens do not extend to, or encumber, assets that constitute Collateral or the Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, and (ii) such Liens extending to the assets of any Foreign Subsidiary secure only Indebtedness incurred by such Foreign Subsidiary pursuant to Section 8.1(c) or (i);
(l)(i) Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, (ii) Liens of any depositary bank, securities intermediary or other depositary institution in connection with statutory, common law and contractual rights of setoff and recoupment with respect to any deposit account or securities account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof and (iii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of any assets or property in the ordinary course of business;
(m)(i) Liens of landlords arising in the ordinary course of business to the extent relating to the property and assets relating to any lease agreements with such landlord, and (ii) Liens of suppliers (including sellers of goods) or customers arising in the ordinary course of business to the extent limited to the property or assets relating to such contract;
(n)(i) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others which do not (A) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or materially detract from the value of the relevant assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or (B) secure any Indebtedness and (ii) any interest or title of a licensor, sub-licensor, lessor or sub-lessor under leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses entered into by any of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as licensee, sub-licensee, lessee or sub-lessee in the ordinary course of business or any customary restriction or encumbrance with respect to the Property subject to any such lease, license, sublease or sublicense;
(o)(i) Liens on Equity Interests of joint ventures securing capital contributions thereto and (ii) customary rights of first refusal and tag, drag and similar rights in joint venture agreements and agreements with respect to Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries;
(p)Customary Liens granted in favor of a trustee to secure fees and other amounts owing to such trustee in its capacity as such (excluding any amounts for borrowed money or similar obligations) under an indenture or other agreement with respect to Indebtedness not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement;
(q)Liens on cash collateral pledged to secure the Existing SVB Letters of Credit;
(r)Liens that do not secure obligations for borrowed money and that are not otherwise permitted hereunder on assets other than the Collateral securing Indebtedness or other obligations in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(s)Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(t)Liens on insurance proceeds securing the premium of financed insurance proceeds;
(u)Liens on any cash earnest money deposit made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with any letter of intent or acquisition agreement that is not prohibited by this Agreement;
(v)deposits as security for contested taxes or contested import or customs duties;
(w)Liens securing any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository or cash management services or automated clearinghouse transfer of funds;
(x)any encumbrance or restriction with respect to the transfer of the Equity Interests in any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to the terms thereof;
(y)Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and the proceeds thereof securing obligations in respect of documentary letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(z)assignments of the right to receive income effected as part of the sale of a Subsidiary or business unit that is otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 8.5; and
(aa)any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in this definition (other than Liens set forth on Schedule 8.2 to the Disclosure Letter); provided that such extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to all or a part of the property which secured the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced.
SECTION 8.3Investments
Make any Investment, except:
(a)Investments existing on the Closing Date (other than Investments in Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date) and described on Schedule 8.3 of the Disclosure Letter and any modification, replacement, renewal or extension thereof so long as such modification, renewal or extension thereof does not increase the amount of such Investment except as otherwise permitted by this Section 8.3;
(b)Investments (i) existing on the Closing Date in Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date, (ii) made after the Closing Date by any Credit Party in any other Credit Party, (iii) made after the Closing Date by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in any Credit Party and (iv) made after the Closing Date by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;
(c)Investments made after the Closing Date by any Credit Party in any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $5,000,000;
provided that any Investments in the form of loans or advances made by any Credit Party to any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (c) shall be evidenced by a demand note in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall be pledged and delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Documents;
(d)Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents and other Eligible Investments in accounts subject to a Control Agreement;
(e)deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of leases or other obligations as permitted by Section 8.2;
(f)Cash Management Agreements and Hedge Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 8.1;
(g)purchases of assets in the ordinary course of business;
(h)Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in the form of Permitted Acquisitions;
(i)Investments in the form of loans and advances to officers, directors and employees in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding $1,000,000 (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such loans or advances);
(j)Investments in the form of Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to Section 8.6;
(k)Guarantees permitted pursuant to Section 8.1;
(l)Investments in joint ventures and minority interests; provided, that the aggregate amount of all such Investments shall not at any time exceed $1,000,000;
(m)non-cash consideration received in connection with Asset Dispositions expressly permitted by Section 8.5;
(n)Investments in marketable securities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are consistent with the Investment Policy and in accounts subject to a Control Agreement;
(o)Investments consisting of the purchase by the Borrower of any Permitted Call Spread Transaction and the performance of its obligations thereunder;
(p)Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with or judgments against, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business;
(q)to the extent constituting Investments, pledges and deposits permitted pursuant to Section 8.2;
(r)Investments of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof, provided that (i) such Investments exist at the time that such Person becomes a Subsidiary and (ii) such Investments were not made in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;
(s)security deposits, prepaid expenses and negotiable instruments held for collection in the ordinary course of business; and
(t)Investments not otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section; provided that immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such Investments, (i) (A) Liquidity is at least $100,000,000 or (B) if the foregoing Liquidity test is not satisfied at such time, all such Investments made under this clause (B) shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
For purposes of determining the amount of any Investment outstanding for purposes of this Section 8.3, such amount shall be deemed to be the amount of such Investment when made, purchased or acquired (without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment) less any amount realized in respect of such Investment upon the sale, collection or return of capital (not to exceed the original amount invested).
SECTION 8.4Fundamental Changes
Merge, consolidate, amalgamate or enter into any similar combination with (including by division), or enter into any Asset Disposition of all or substantially all of its assets (whether in a single transaction or a series of transactions) with, any other Person or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) except:
(a)(i) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged, amalgamated, liquidated, dissolved, wound up or consolidated with or into the Borrower (provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving entity) or (ii) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any Guarantor (provided that when any Guarantor is merging, amalgamating, liquidating, dissolving, winding up or consolidating with another Subsidiary, such Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving entity or the continuing or surviving entity shall become a Guarantor to the extent required under, and within the time period set forth in Section 7.14, with which the Borrower shall comply in connection with such transaction);
(b)(i) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into, or be liquidated into, any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary and (ii) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into, or be liquidated into, the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary;
(c)any Subsidiary may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation, dissolution, winding up, division or otherwise) to the Borrower or any Guarantor; provided that, with respect to any such disposition by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, the consideration for such disposition shall not exceed the fair value of such assets;
(d)(i) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation, dissolution, winding up, division or otherwise) to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;
(e)Asset Dispositions permitted by Section 8.5 (other than clause (b) thereof);
(f)any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge with or into the Person such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary was formed to acquire in connection with any acquisition permitted hereunder (including any Permitted Acquisition permitted pursuant to Section 8.3(i)); provided that in the case of any merger involving a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, (i) a Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving entity or (ii) simultaneously with such transaction, the continuing or surviving entity shall become a Guarantor and the Borrower shall comply with Section 7.14 in connection therewith; and
(g)any Person may merge with or into the Borrower or any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries in connection with a Permitted Acquisition permitted pursuant to Section 8.3(i); provided that (i) in the case of a merger involving the Borrower or a Guarantor, the continuing or surviving Person shall be the Borrower or such Guarantor and (ii) the continuing or surviving Person shall be the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
SECTION 8.5Asset Dispositions
Make any Asset Disposition except:
(a)the sale of inventory or equipment in the ordinary course of business;
(b)the transfer of assets to the Borrower or any Guarantor pursuant to any other transaction permitted pursuant to Section 8.4;
(c)the write-off, discount, sale or other disposition of defaulted or past-due receivables and similar obligations in the ordinary course of business and not undertaken as part of an accounts receivable financing transaction;
(d)the disposition, termination or unwinding of any Cash Management Agreement or Hedge Agreement;
(e)dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents and other Eligible Investments;
(f)Asset Dispositions (i) between or among Credit Parties, (ii) by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to any Credit Party (provided that in connection with any new transfer, such Credit Party shall not pay more than an amount equal to the fair market value of such assets as determined in good faith at the time of such transfer) and (iii) by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;
(g)the sale or other disposition of obsolete, worn-out or surplus assets no longer used or useful in the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(h)non-exclusive licenses and sublicenses of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business not interfering, individually or in the aggregate, in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(i)leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses of real or personal property granted by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to others in the ordinary course of business not detracting from the value of such real or personal property or interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(j)Asset Dispositions in connection with Insurance and Condemnation Events;
(k)Asset Dispositions of property in the form of an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 8.3 (other than clause (n) thereof);
(l)termination of licenses, leases, and other contractual rights in the ordinary course of business, which does not materially interfere with the conduct of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and is not disadvantageous to the rights or remedies of the Lenders;
(m)the unwinding of Permitted Call Spread Transactions;
(n)the settlement, waiver, release or surrender of claims or litigation rights of any kind;
(o)the write-off, discount, sale or other disposition of defaulted or past-due receivables and similar obligations in the ordinary course of business and not undertaken as part of an accounts receivable financing transaction;
(p)the lapse of registered intellectual property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the extent not economically desirable in the conduct of their business;
(q)Asset Dispositions in respect of fixed assets to the extent that (i) such fixed assets are exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement fixed assets or (ii) the proceeds of such Asset Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement fixed assets;
(r)(i) the transfer for fair value of assets (including Equity Interests of Subsidiaries) to another Person in connection with a joint venture arrangement with respect to such transferred assets so long as, after accounting for the value of such transferred assets, the requirements of Section 8.3 are complied with in connection therewith, and (ii) Asset Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(s)Dispositions in sale leaseback transactions in connection with Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 8.1(c); and
(t)Asset Dispositions not otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section; provided that (i) at the time of such Asset Disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or would result from such Asset Disposition, (ii) such Asset Disposition is made for fair market value and (iii) the aggregate fair market value of all property disposed of in reliance on this clause (t) shall not exceed 10% of the Consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in any Fiscal Year.
SECTION 8.6Restricted Payments
Declare or make any Restricted Payments; provided that:
(a)so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may pay dividends in shares of its own Qualified Equity Interests;
(b)any Subsidiary of the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Guarantor;
(c)(i) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary or to the Borrower or any Guarantor (and, if applicable, to other holders of its outstanding Equity Interests on a ratable basis) and (ii) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary or to the Borrower or any Guarantor (and, if applicable, to other holders of its outstanding Equity Interests on a ratable basis); and
(d)the Borrower may declare and make (and each Subsidiary of the Borrower may declare and make to enable the Borrower to do the same) Restricted Payments to the Borrower, so that the Borrower may, and the Borrower shall be permitted to:
i.pay any Taxes which are due and payable by the Credit Parties as part of a consolidated, affiliated, combined, unitary or similar group; and
ii.pay corporate operating (including directors fees and expenses) and overhead expenses (including rent, utilities and salary) in the ordinary course of business and fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants, appraisers and the like;
(e)so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire shares of its Equity Interests or options or other equity or phantom equity in respect of its Equity Interests from present or former officers, employees, directors or consultants (or their family members or trusts or other entities for the benefit of any of the foregoing) or make severance payments to such Persons in connection with the death, disability or termination of employment or consultancy of any such officer, employee, director or consultant (A) to the extent that such purchase is made with the Net Cash Proceeds of any offering of Equity Interests of the Borrower or (B) otherwise in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 during any Fiscal Year;
(f)the Borrower may make Restricted Payments with the proceeds of a substantially concurrent issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock);
(g)the Borrower may make repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such repurchased Equity Interests represents a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants, and (ii) the Borrower may make repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the withholding of a portion of the Capital Stock issued, granted or awarded to a current or former officer, director, employee or consultant to pay for the taxes payable by such Person upon such issuance, grant or award (or upon vesting thereof);
(h)the Borrower may make other Restricted Payments, so long as immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such Restricted Payments, (i) (A) Liquidity is at least $100,000,000 or (B) if the foregoing Liquidity test is not satisfied at such time, all such Restricted Payments made under this clause (B) shall not exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(i)the Borrower may pay the premium in respect of, make any payments (of cash or deliveries in shares of common stock or other securities or property following a merger event, reclassification or other change of the common stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares) required by, and otherwise perform its obligations under, any Permitted Call Spread Transaction, including in connection with any settlement, unwind or termination thereof.
SECTION 8.7Transactions with Affiliates
Directly or indirectly enter into any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than:
i.transactions permitted by Sections 8.1, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, and 8.6;
ii.transactions existing on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 8.7 of the Disclosure Letter;
iii.transactions among Credit Parties not prohibited hereunder;
iv.other transactions in the ordinary course of business on terms at least as favorable to the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries as would be obtained by it on a comparable arm’s-length transaction with an independent, unrelated third party as determined in good faith by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower;
v.employment, severance and other similar compensation arrangements (including equity incentive plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements) with their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business;
vi.payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities for the benefit of, directors, officers and employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 8.8Accounting Changes; Organizational Documents
(a)Change its Fiscal Year end (other than in the case of any Subsidiary, to conform such Subsidiary’s Fiscal Year end to that of the Borrower), or make (without the consent of the Administrative Agent) any material change in its accounting treatment and reporting practices except as permitted or required by GAAP.
(b)Amend, modify or change its Organizational Documents in any manner materially adverse to the rights or interests of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders.
SECTION 8.9Payments and Modifications of Junior Indebtedness
(a)Amend, modify, waive or supplement (or permit the modification, amendment, waiver or supplement of) any of the terms or provisions of any Junior Indebtedness in any respect which would materially and adversely affect the rights or interests of the Administrative Agent and Lenders hereunder or would violate the subordination terms thereof or the subordination agreement applicable thereto.
(b)Prepay, repay, redeem, purchase, defease or acquire for value (including (x) by way of depositing with any trustee with respect thereto money or securities before due for the purpose of paying when due and (y) at the maturity thereof) any Junior Indebtedness, or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Junior Indebtedness, except:
i.in connection with any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1 and in compliance with any subordination provisions thereof or any subordination agreement applicable thereto;
ii.payments and prepayments of any Junior Indebtedness made solely with the proceeds of Qualified Equity Interests or any capital contribution in respect of Qualified Equity Interests of Borrower, so long as immediately before and after giving effect to any such payment or prepayment, no Default or Event of Default then exists;
iii.(A) payments and prepayments of Junior Indebtedness as a result of the conversion of all or any portion of such Junior Indebtedness into Qualified Equity Interests of Borrower, and (B) payments of interest in respect of Junior Indebtedness in the form of payment in kind interest constituting Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 8.1;
iv.with respect to any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, any required payments of cash or deliveries in shares of common stock or any combination thereof (or other securities or property following a merger event, reclassification or other change of the common stock) (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) pursuant to the terms of, and otherwise perform its obligations under, any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness
(including, without limitation, making required payments of interest and principal thereon, making payments due upon required repurchase or redemption thereof and/or making payments and deliveries upon conversion thereof);
v.the payment of interest, expenses and indemnities in respect of Junior Indebtedness (except to the extent prohibited by the subordination terms thereof or the subordination agreement applicable thereto).
SECTION 8.10No Further Negative Pledges; Restrictive Agreements
(a)Enter into, assume or be subject to any agreement prohibiting or otherwise restricting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or requiring the grant of any security for such obligation if security is given for some other obligation, except: (i) pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) pursuant to any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.1(d) (provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets financed thereby), (iii) customary restrictions contained in the organizational documents of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary as of the Closing Date and (iv) customary restrictions in connection with any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien (provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien).
(b)Create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary on its Equity Interests or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, (ii) pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to any Credit Party or (iii) make loans or advances to any Credit Party, except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (A) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (B) Applicable Law.
(c)Create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof to (i) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to any Credit Party or (ii) act as a Credit Party pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (A) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (B) Applicable Law, (C) any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.1(d) (provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets acquired in connection therewith), (D) any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien (provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien), (E) obligations that are binding on a Subsidiary at the time such Subsidiary first becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such obligations are not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary, (F) customary restrictions contained in an agreement related to the sale of Property (to the extent such sale is permitted pursuant to Section 8.5) that limit the transfer of such Property pending the consummation of
such sale, (G) customary restrictions in leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted by this Agreement so long as such restrictions relate only to the assets subject thereto and (H) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business.
SECTION 8.11Nature of Business
Engage in any business other than the businesses conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and businesses and business activities reasonably related or ancillary thereto or that are reasonable extensions thereof.
SECTION 8.12[Reserved].
SECTION 8.13Sale Leasebacks
Directly or indirectly become or remain liable as lessee or as guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease, whether an operating lease or a capital lease, of any Property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, (a) which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof has sold or transferred or is to sell or transfer to a Person which is not another Credit Party or Subsidiary of a Credit Party or (b) which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other Property that has been sold or is to be sold or transferred by such Credit Party or such Subsidiary to another Person which is not another Credit Party or Subsidiary of a Credit Party in connection with such lease.
SECTION 8.14[Reserved]
SECTION 8.15Financial Covenants
(a)Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio. As of the last day of any fiscal quarter, permit the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio to be greater than 3.00:1.00.
(b)Liquidity. Permit Liquidity at any time to be less than $50,000,000.
SECTION 8.16Disposal of Subsidiary Interests
Permit any Subsidiary to be a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary except as a result of or in connection with a dissolution, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or disposition permitted by Section 8.4 or Section 8.5.
ARTICLE IX.
Default and Remedies
SECTION 9.1Events of Default
Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a)Default in Payment of Principal of Loans and Reimbursement Obligations. The Borrower or any other Credit Party shall default in any payment of principal of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation when and as due (whether at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise) or fail to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.4(b), Section 2.5(b), Section 3.1, Section 4.14 or Section 4.15(a)(v).
(b)Other Payment Default. The Borrower or any other Credit Party shall default in the payment when and as due (whether at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise) of interest on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or the payment of any other Obligation, and such default shall continue for a period of three (3) Business Days.
(c)Misrepresentation. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in this Agreement, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith that is subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications, shall be incorrect or misleading in any respect when made or deemed made or any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in this Agreement, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith that is not subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications, shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made.
(d)Default in Performance of Certain Covenants. Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall default in the performance or observance of any covenant or agreement contained in Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.14, 7.15, 7.17, 7.18 or 7.20 or Article VIII.
(e)Default in Performance of Other Covenants and Conditions. Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall default in the performance or observance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than as specifically provided for in this Section 9.1) or any other Loan Document and such default shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) the Administrative Agent’s delivery of written notice thereof to the Borrower and (ii) a Responsible Officer of any Credit Party having obtained knowledge thereof.
(f)Indebtedness Cross-Default. Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall (i) default in the payment of any Indebtedness (other than the Loans or any Reimbursement Obligation) the aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts), or with respect to any Hedge Agreement, the Hedge Termination Value, of which is in excess of the Threshold Amount beyond the period of grace if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created, or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness (other than the Loans or any Reimbursement Obligation) the aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts), or with respect to any Hedge Agreement, the Hedge Termination Value, of which is in excess of the Threshold Amount 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, with the giving of notice and/or lapse of time, if required, any such Indebtedness to (A) become due, or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity (any applicable grace period having expired) or (B) be cash collateralized; provided that this Section 9.1(f) shall not apply to (x) any repurchase, prepayment, defeasance, redemption, conversion or settlement with respect to any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness pursuant to its terms, or any event that permits such repurchase, prepayment, defeasance, redemption, conversion or settlement, unless such repurchase, prepayment, defeasance, redemption, conversion or settlement, or such relevant event, results from a default thereunder or an event of the type that constitutes an Event of Default, or (y) or any early payment requirement or unwinding or termination with respect to any Permitted Call Spread Transaction.
(g)[Reserved].
(h)Change in Control. Any Change in Control shall occur.
(i)Voluntary Bankruptcy Proceeding. Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall (i) commence a voluntary case under any Debtor Relief Laws, (ii) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any Debtor Relief Laws, (iii) consent to or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under any Debtor Relief Laws, (iv) apply for or consent to, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee, or liquidator of itself or of a substantial part of its property, domestic or foreign, (v) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, (vi) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vii) take any corporate action for the purpose of authorizing any of the foregoing.
(j)Involuntary Bankruptcy Proceeding. A case or other proceeding shall be commenced against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief under any Debtor Relief Laws, or (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like for any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or for all or any substantial part of its assets, domestic or foreign, and such case or proceeding shall continue without dismissal or stay for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days, or an order granting the relief requested in such case or proceeding under such Debtor Relief Laws shall be entered.
(k)Failure of Agreements. Any provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Loan Document shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof party thereto or any such Person shall so state in writing, or any Loan Document shall for any reason cease to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on, or security interest in, any of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, in each case other than in accordance with the express terms hereof or thereof.
(l)ERISA Events. The occurrence of any of the following events: (i) any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to make full payment when due of all amounts which, under the provisions of any Pension Plan or Sections 412 or 430 of the Code, any Credit Party or any
ERISA Affiliate is required to pay as contributions thereto and such unpaid amounts are in excess of the Threshold Amount, (ii) a Termination Event or (iii) any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate makes a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan and the Multiemployer Plan notifies such Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate that such entity has incurred a withdrawal liability requiring payments in an amount exceeding the Threshold Amount.
(m)Judgment. One or more judgments, orders or decrees shall be entered against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof by any court and continues without having been discharged, vacated or stayed for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days after the entry thereof and such judgments, orders or decrees are either (i) for the payment of money, individually or in the aggregate (to the extent not paid or covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has acknowledged the claim and has not disputed coverage), in excess of the Threshold Amount or (ii) for injunctive relief and could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n)Subordination Terms. (i) Any of the Secured Obligations for any reason shall cease to be “senior debt,” “senior indebtedness,” “designated senior debt” or “senior secured financing” (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in, the documentation governing any Subordinated Indebtedness that is subordinated (in terms of payment or lien priority) to the Secured Obligations, (ii) the subordination provisions set forth in the documentation for any Subordinated Indebtedness that is subordinated (in terms of payment or lien priority) to the Secured Obligations shall, in whole or in part, cease to be effective or cease to be legally valid, binding and enforceable against the holders of any Subordinated Indebtedness, if applicable, or (iii) any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party, shall assert any of the foregoing in writing.
SECTION 9.2Remedies
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower:
(a)Acceleration; Termination of Credit Facility. Terminate the Commitments and declare the principal of and interest on the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations at the time outstanding, and all other amounts owed to the Lenders and to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (including all L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented or shall be entitled to present the documents required thereunder) and all other Obligations, to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by each Credit Party, anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, and terminate the Credit Facility and any right of the Borrower to request borrowings or Letters of Credit thereunder; provided, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 9.1(i) or (j), the Credit Facility shall be automatically terminated and all Obligations shall automatically become due and payable without presentment, demand,
protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by each Credit Party, anything in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.
(b)Letters of Credit. With respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to the preceding paragraph, demand that the Borrower shall at such time deposit in a Cash Collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount of the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letter of Credit. Amounts held in such Cash Collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay the other Secured Obligations in accordance with Section 9.4. After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, the Reimbursement Obligation shall have been satisfied and all other Secured Obligations shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in such Cash Collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower.
(c)General Remedies. Exercise on behalf of the Secured Parties all of its other rights and remedies under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and Applicable Law, in order to satisfy all of the Obligations.
SECTION 9.3Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; etc
(a)The enumeration of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders set forth in this Agreement is not intended to be exhaustive and the exercise by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any right or remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies, all of which shall be cumulative, and shall be in addition to any other right or remedy given hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or that may now or hereafter exist at law or in equity or by suit or otherwise. No delay or failure to take action on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege or shall be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default. No course of dealing between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or their respective agents or employees shall be effective to change, modify or discharge any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to constitute a waiver of any Event of Default.
(b)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Credit Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 9.2 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) any Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender from exercising the rights and
remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as an Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 11.4 (subject to the terms of Section 4.6), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Credit Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.2 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 4.6, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
SECTION 9.4Crediting of Payments and Proceeds
In the event that the Obligations have been accelerated pursuant to Section 9.2 or the Administrative Agent or any Lender has exercised any remedy set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, all payments received on account of the Secured Obligations and all net proceeds from the enforcement of the Secured Obligations shall, subject to the provisions of Section 4.14 and Section 4.15, be applied by the Administrative Agent as follows:
First, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts, including attorney fees, payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees (other than Commitment Fees and Letter of Credit fees payable to the Revolving Credit Lenders), indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Swingline Lender under the Loan Documents, including attorney fees, ratably among the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Swingline Lender in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Commitment Fees, Letter of Credit fees payable to the Revolving Credit Lenders and interest on the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations, ratably among the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Swingline Lender in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and Secured Hedge Obligations and Secured Cash Management Obligations then owing and to Cash Collateralize any L/C Obligations then outstanding, ratably among the holders of such obligations in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth payable to them; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Applicable Law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Secured Cash Management Obligations and Secured Hedge Obligations shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable holders thereof following such acceleration or exercise of remedies and at least three (3) Business Days prior to the application of the proceeds thereof. Each holder of Secured Hedge Obligations or Secured Hedge Obligations not a party to this Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Article X for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto.
SECTION 9.5Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on any Credit Party) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a)to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Secured Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 3.3, 4.3 and 11.3) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b)to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and each Issuing Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 3.3, 4.3 and 11.3.
SECTION 9.6Credit Bidding.
(a)The Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, shall have the right, exercisable at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid and purchase for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties all or any portion of Collateral at any sale thereof conducted by the Administrative Agent under the provisions of the UCC, including
pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the UCC, at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code, including Section 363 thereof, or a sale under a plan of reorganization, or at any other sale or foreclosure conducted by the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with Applicable Law. Such credit bid or purchase may be completed through one or more acquisition vehicles formed by the Administrative Agent to make such credit bid or purchase and, in connection therewith, the Administrative Agent is authorized, on behalf of itself and the other Secured Parties, to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles, and assign the applicable Secured Obligations to any such acquisition vehicle in exchange for Equity Interests and/or debt issued by the applicable acquisition vehicle (which shall be deemed to be held for the ratable account of the applicable Secured Parties on the basis of the Secured Obligations so assigned by each Secured Party); provided that any actions by the Administrative Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or Equity Interests thereof, shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by the vote of the Required Lenders, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in Section 11.2.
(b)Each Lender hereby agrees, on behalf of itself and each of its Affiliates that is a Secured Party, that, except as otherwise provided in any Loan Document or with the written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, it will not take any enforcement action, accelerate obligations under any of the Loan Documents, or exercise any right that it might otherwise have under Applicable Law to credit bid at foreclosure sales, UCC sales or other similar dispositions of Collateral.
ARTICLE X.
The Administrative Agent
SECTION 10.1Appointment and Authority.
(a)Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Lender hereby irrevocably appoints Wells Fargo to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Except as provided in Section 10.6, the provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.
(b)The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including each holder of Secured Hedge Obligations and
Secured Cash Management Obligations) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and such Issuing Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Credit Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto (including to enter into additional Loan Documents or supplements to existing Loan Documents on behalf of the Secured Parties). In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Article X for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of Articles X and XI (including Section 11.3, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
SECTION 10.2Rights as a Lender
The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
SECTION 1.3Exculpatory Provisions.
(a)The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder and thereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
i.shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
ii.shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or Applicable Law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under
any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and
iii.shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
(b)The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 11.2 and Section 9.2) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until notice describing such Default or Event of Default and indicating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or an Issuing Lender.
(c)The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith (including any report provided to it by an Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.9), (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or (vi) the utilization of any Issuing Lender’s L/C Commitment (it being understood and agreed that each Issuing Lender shall monitor compliance with its own L/C Commitment without any further action by the Administrative Agent).
SECTION 10.4Reliance by the Administrative Agent
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such
Issuing Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Lender prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
SECTION 10.5Delegation of Duties
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the Credit Facility as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such subagents.
SECTION 10.6Resignation of Administrative Agent.
(a)The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower and subject to the consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Borrower (provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such resignation), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank or financial institution reasonably experienced in serving as administrative agent on syndicated bank facilities with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that in no event shall any such successor Administrative Agent be a Defaulting Lender. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.
(b)With effect from the Resignation Effective Date (as applicable), (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (ii) except for any indemnity
payments owed to the retiring Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and each Issuing Lender directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring Administrative Agent), and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.3 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent or relating to its duties as Administrative Agent that are carried out following its retirement.
(c)Any resignation by Wells Fargo as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Lender, if in its sole discretion it elects to, and Swingline Lender, (ii) the retiring Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (iii) the successor Issuing Lender, if in its sole discretion it elects to, shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring Issuing Lender to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring Issuing Lender with respect to such Letters of Credit.
SECTION 10.7Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
Each Lender and each Issuing Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and each Issuing Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 10.8No Other Duties, Etc
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the syndication agents, documentation agents, co-agents, arrangers or bookrunners listed on the cover page hereof shall have any
powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Issuing Lender hereunder.
SECTION 10.9Collateral and Guaranty Matters.
(a)Each of the Lenders (including in its or any of its Affiliate’s capacities as a holder of Secured Hedge Obligations and Secured Cash Management Obligations) irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion:
i.to release any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, under any Loan Document (A) upon the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment and payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than (1) contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations, (2) obligations and liabilities under Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank have been made and (3) Letters of Credit that have either been Cash Collateralized or as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Lender have been made) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been Cash Collateralized or as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Lender shall have been made), (B) that is sold or otherwise disposed of or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or other disposition to a Person other than a Credit Party permitted under the Loan Documents, as certified by the Borrower, or (C) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 11.2;
ii.to subordinate any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Permitted Lien; and
iii.to release any Guarantor from its obligations under any Loan Documents if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents, as certified by the Borrower.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.9. In each case as specified in this Section 10.9, the Administrative Agent will, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Credit Party such documents as such Credit Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Security Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty Agreement, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 10.9 as certified by the Borrower.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree (a) in circumstances where the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that the cost or effort of obtaining or perfecting a security interest in any asset that constitutes Collateral is excessive in relation to the benefit afforded to the Secured Parties thereby, the Administrative Agent may exclude such Collateral from the creation and/or perfection requirements set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) the Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time for the creation and/or perfection of Liens in a particular property (including extensions of time beyond the Closing Date) where it determines that such creation and/or perfection cannot be accomplished without undue effort and/or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (c) other than to the extent contemplated and required in accordance with Section 7.14, no Credit Party shall be required to take actions outside the United States to create and/or perfect local law security in any Collateral.
(b)The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Credit 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 10.10Secured Hedge Obligations and Secured Cash Management Obligations
No holder of any Secured Hedge Obligations or Secured Cash Management Obligations that obtains the benefits of Section 9.4 or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any Security Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article X to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Secured Cash Management Obligations and Secured Hedge Obligations unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Secured Cash Management Obligations and Secured Hedge Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable holders thereof.
ARTICLE XI.
Miscellaneous
SECTION 11.1Notices.
(a)Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in paragraph (b) below), all
notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail, sent by email or sent by facsimile as follows:
If to the Borrower:
Medallia, Inc.
575 Market St. Suite 1850
San Francisco, CA 94105
Attention of: Kevin Furlong and Karina Chen
E-mail: ***
If to Wells Fargo, as Administrative Agent:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
333 Market Street, 15th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Attention of: Lydia Diaconou
Telephone No.: ***
E-mail: ***
If to any Lender:
To the address of such Lender set forth on the Register with respect to deliveries of notices and other documentation that may contain material non-public information.
Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).
(b)Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or any Issuing Lender pursuant to Article II or Article III if such Lender or such Issuing Lender, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended
recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice, email or other communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
(c)Administrative Agent’s Office. The Administrative Agent hereby designates its office located at the address set forth above, or any subsequent office which shall have been specified for such purpose by written notice to the Borrower and Lenders, as the Administrative Agent’s Office referred to herein, to which payments due are to be made and at which Loans will be disbursed and Letters of Credit requested.
(d)Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender may change its address or other contact information for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Any Lender may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender.
(e)Platform.
i.Each Credit Party agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Borrower Materials available to the Issuing Lenders and the other Lenders by posting the Borrower Materials on the Platform.
ii.The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the Borrower Materials or the adequacy of the Platform, and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Borrower Materials. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Borrower Materials or the Platform. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Credit Party, any Lender or any other Person or entity for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Credit Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of communications through the Internet (including the Platform), except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to any Credit Party, any Lender, any Issuing Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, losses or expenses (as opposed to actual damages, losses or expenses).
(f)Private Side Designation. 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 Lender’s compliance procedures and Applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Applicable Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials 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 United States Federal or state securities Applicable Laws.
SECTION 11.2Amendments, Waivers and Consents
Except as set forth below or as specifically provided in any Loan Document, any term, covenant, agreement or condition of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents may be amended or waived by the Lenders, and any consent given by the Lenders, if, but only if, such amendment, waiver or consent is in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and delivered to the Administrative Agent and, in the case of an amendment, signed by the Borrower; provided, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a)amend, modify or waive (i) Section 5.2 or any other provision of this Agreement if the effect of such amendment, modification or waiver is to require the Revolving Credit Lenders (pursuant to, in the case of any such amendment to a provision hereof other than Section 5.2, any substantially concurrent request by the Borrower for a borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans or issuance of Letters of Credit) to make Revolving Credit Loans when such Revolving Credit Lenders would not otherwise be required to do so, (ii) the amount of the Swingline Commitment or (iii) the amount of the L/C Sublimit, in each case without the written consent of the Required Lenders;
(b)increase or extend the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 9.2) or increase the amount of Loans of any Lender, in any case, without the written consent of such Lender;
(c)waive, extend or postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(d)reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, or (subject to clauses (iv) and (viii) of the proviso set forth in the paragraph below) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the rate set forth in Section 4.1(b) during the continuance of an Event of Default;
(e)change Section 4.6 or Section 9.4 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments or order of application required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(f)change any provision of this Section or reduce the percentages specified in the definitions of “Required Lenders,” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(g)consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of such Credit Party’s rights and obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 8.4), in each case, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h)release any Guarantor from any Guaranty Agreement (other than as authorized in Section 10.9), without the written consent of each Lender;
(i)release all or substantially all of the Collateral or release any Security Document which would have the effect of releasing all or substantially all of the Collateral (other than as authorized in Section 10.9 or as otherwise specifically permitted or contemplated in this Agreement or the applicable Security Document) without the written consent of each Lender;
provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each affected Issuing Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such Issuing Lender under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Documents relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or modify Section 11.23 hereof; (iv) each Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto, (v) each Letter of Credit Document may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto; provided that a copy of such amended Letter of Credit Document, cash collateral agreement or other document, as the case may be, shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent upon such amendment or waiver, (vi) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend any provision of the Loan Documents (and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error, ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or omission of a technical or immaterial nature in any such provision and (vii) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may, without the consent of any Lender, enter into amendments or modifications to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to enter into additional Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems appropriate in order to implement any Benchmark Replacement or any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes or otherwise effectuate the terms of Section 4.8(c) in accordance with the terms of
Section 4.8(c). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that (A) the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender, and (B) any amendment, waiver, or consent hereunder which requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms disproportionately and adversely affects any such Defaulting Lender relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent on its behalf, and without further consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent), to (x) amend and restate this Agreement and the other Loan Documents if, upon giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (y) enter into amendments or modifications to this Agreement (including amendments to this Section 11.2) or any of the other Loan Documents or to enter into additional Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems appropriate in order to effectuate the terms of Section 4.13 (including as applicable, (1) to permit the Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increases to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (2) to include an Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Increase, as applicable, in any determination of (i) Required Lenders or (ii) similar required lender terms applicable thereto); provided that no amendment or modification shall result in any increase in the amount of any Lender’s Commitment or any increase in any Lender’s Commitment Percentage, in each case, without the written consent of such affected Lender.
SECTION 11.13Expenses; Indemnity.
(a)Costs and Expenses. The Borrower and any other Credit Party, jointly and severally, shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the syndication of the Credit Facility, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder,
including all such documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b)Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and each Issuing Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, and shall pay or reimburse any such Indemnitee for, any and all losses, claims (including any Environmental Claims), penalties, damages, liabilities and related reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Credit Party), arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the Transactions), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any Issuing Lender to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, or any Environmental Claim related in any way to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, or (v) any claim (including any Environmental Claims), investigation, litigation or other proceeding (whether or not the Administrative Agent or any Lender is a party thereto) and the prosecution and defense thereof, arising out of or in any way connected with the Loans, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including reasonable attorneys and consultant’s fees, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (A) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, (B) result from a claim brought by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if such Credit Party or such Subsidiary has obtained a final and non-appealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, (C) result from a dispute solely among Indemnitees (other than any claims against any Indemnitee in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or an Arranger or any similar role under the Loan Documents) and not arising out of any act or omission of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or (D) resulting from any agreement governing any settlement effected without the prior written consent of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding this clause (D) if at any time an Indemnitee shall have requested that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries reimburse such Indemnitee in accordance with this Section 11.3 for legal or other expenses
incurred in connection with investigating, responding to or defending any investigation, litigation or proceeding, then the Borrower and the Credit Parties shall be liable for any settlement of such investigation, litigation or proceeding effected without the consent of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries if (x) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after the receipt by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of such request for reimbursement and (y) the Borrower or its Subsidiaries shall not have reimbursed such Indemnitee in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. This Section 11.3(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
(c)Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under clause (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), any Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lender’s share of the Total Credit Exposure at such time, or if the Total Credit Exposure has been reduced to zero, then based on such Lender’s share of the Total Credit Exposure immediately prior to such reduction) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender); provided that with respect to such unpaid amounts owed to any Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender solely in its capacity as such, only the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be required to pay such unpaid amounts, such payment to be made severally among them based on such Revolving Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought or, if the Revolving Credit Commitment has been reduced to zero as of such time, determined immediately prior to such reduction); provided, further, that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 4.7.
(d)Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Borrower and each other Credit Party shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in clause (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from such Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(e)Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after demand therefor.
(f)Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section shall survive the termination of the Loan Documents and payment of the obligations hereunder.
SECTION 11.4Right of Setoff
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, after obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to setoff and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, such Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Credit Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Credit Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender, such Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, such Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any such Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Credit Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender, such Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or such Affiliate different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender or any Affiliate thereof shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so setoff shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.15 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender or Affiliate of a Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender or its Affiliate shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Secured Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender or any of its Affiliates as to which such right of setoff was exercised. The rights of each Lender, each Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, such Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender, such Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender agree to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
SECTION 11.5Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc
(a)Governing Law. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any claim, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon,
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except, as to any other Loan Document, as expressly set forth therein) and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
(b)Submission to Jurisdiction. The Borrower and each other Credit Party irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender, or any Related Party of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or any other Credit Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c)Waiver of Venue. The Borrower and each other Credit Party irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d)Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 11.1. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law.
SECTION 11.6Waiver of Jury Trial
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). IF AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THE FOREGOING WAIVER OF THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL IS UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON IN SUCH FORUM, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
CONSENTS TO THE ADJUDICATION OF ALL CLAIMS PURSUANT TO JUDICIAL REFERENCE AS PROVIDED IN CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 638, AND THE JUDICIAL REFEREE SHALL BE EMPOWERED TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ALL ISSUES IN SUCH REFERENCE, WHETHER FACT OR LAW EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 11.7Reversal of Payments
To the extent any Credit Party makes a payment or payments to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of any of the Secured Parties or to any Secured Party directly or the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party receives any payment or proceeds of the Collateral or any Secured Party exercises its right of setoff, which payments or proceeds (including any proceeds of such setoff) or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any Debtor Relief Law, other Applicable Law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or proceeds repaid, the Secured Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by the Administrative Agent, and each Lender and each Issuing Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its (or its applicable Affiliate’s) applicable ratable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent plus interest thereon at a per annum rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 11.8Injunctive Relief
The Borrower recognizes that, in the event the Borrower fails to perform, observe or discharge any of its obligations or liabilities under this Agreement, any remedy of law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Lenders. Therefore, the Borrower agrees that the Lenders, at the Lenders’ option, shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.
SECTION 11.9Successors and Assigns; Participations.
(a)Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (e) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto
shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving Credit Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that, in each case with respect to any Credit Facility, any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
i.Minimum Amounts.
A.in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and/or the Loans at the time owing to it (in each case with respect to any Credit Facility) or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds (determined after giving effect to such assignments) that equal at least the amount specified in paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
B.in any case not described in paragraph (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have given its consent ten (10) Business Days after the date written notice thereof has been delivered by the assigning Lender (through the Administrative Agent) unless such consent is expressly refused by the Borrower prior to such tenth (10th) Business Day;
ii.Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loan or the Commitment assigned;
iii.Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
A.the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof; and provided, further, that the Borrower’s consent shall not be required during the primary syndication of the Credit Facility;
B.the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender; and
C.the consents of the Issuing Lenders and the Swingline Lender (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility.
iv.Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 for each assignment; provided that (A) only one such fee will be payable in connection with simultaneous assignments to two or more related Approved Funds by a Lender and (B) the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
v.No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made to (A) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, (B) a natural Person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural Person) or (C) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (v).
vi.Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested, but not funded by, the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (A) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders, the Swingline Lender and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon),
and (B) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in accordance with its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under Applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s 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 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 and 11.3 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section (other than a purported assignment to a natural Person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates, which shall be null and void).
(c)Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices, a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of (and stated interest on) 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 and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender (but only to the extent of entries in the Register that are applicable to such Lender), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d)Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person, (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural Person, or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s
obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 11.3(c) with respect to any payments made by such Lender to its Participant(s).
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in Section 11.2(b), (c) or (d) that directly and adversely affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.9, 4.10 and 4.11 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 4.11(g) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 4.11(g) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 4.12 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 4.10 or 4.11, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 4.12(b) with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.4 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 4.6 and Section 11.4 as though it were a Lender.
Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts of (and stated interest on) each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) and Proposed Section 1.163-5 of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(e)Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(f)Cashless Settlement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or rollover all or a portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Lender.
SECTION 11.10Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality
Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and each Issuing Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective Related Parties in connection with the Credit Facility, this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or in connection with marketing of services by such Affiliate or Related Party to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent required or requested by, or required to be disclosed to, any regulatory or similar authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) or in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s, such Issuing Lender’s or any Lender’s regulatory compliance policy if the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Lender or such Lender, as applicable, deems such disclosure to be necessary for the mitigation of claims by those authorities against the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Lender or such Lender, as applicable, or any of its Related Parties (in which case, the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Lender or such Lender, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority, promptly notify the Borrower, in advance, to the extent practicable and otherwise permitted by Applicable Law), (c) as to the extent required by Applicable Laws or regulations or in any legal, judicial, administrative proceeding or other compulsory process (in which case, the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Lender or such Lender, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly notify the Borrower, in advance, to the extent practicable and otherwise permitted by Applicable Law), (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement, under any other Loan Document or under any Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement, or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement, or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and, in each case, their respective financing sources, (ii) any
actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any Hedge Agreement under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (iii) an investor or prospective investor in an Approved Fund that also agrees that Information shall be used solely for the purpose of evaluating an investment in such Approved Fund, (iv) a trustee, collateral manager, servicer, backup servicer, noteholder or secured party in an Approved Fund in connection with the administration, servicing and reporting on the assets serving as collateral for an Approved Fund, or (v) a nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information regarding the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the Loans and the Loan Documents in connection with ratings issued with respect to an Approved Fund, (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the Credit Facility or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Credit Facility, (h) with the consent of the Borrower, (i) deal terms and other information customarily reported to Thomson Reuters, other bank market data collectors and similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration of the Loan Documents, (j) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Lender or any of their respective Affiliates from a third party that is not, to such Person’s knowledge, subject to confidentiality obligations to the Borrower, (k) to the extent that such information is independently developed by such Person without the use of Information required to be kept confidential pursuant to this Section 11.10, (l) to the extent required by an insurance company in connection with providing insurance coverage or providing reimbursement pursuant to this Agreement or (m) for purposes of establishing a “due diligence” defense. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof relating to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. For the sake of clarity, the Borrower may publicly disclose this Agreement or any Loan Document in each case to the extent required by Applicable Law in connection with any securities law filing requirements or otherwise as required by Applicable Law.
SECTION 11.11Performance of Duties
Each of the Credit Party’s obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall be performed by such Credit Party at its sole cost and expense.
SECTION 11.12All Powers Coupled with Interest
All powers of attorney and other authorizations granted to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and any Persons designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to any
provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be deemed coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Obligations remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than (1) contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations, (2) obligations and liabilities under Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank have been made and (3) Letters of Credit that have either been Cash Collateralized or as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Lender have been made), any of the Commitments remain in effect or the Credit Facility has not been terminated.
SECTION 11.13Survival
(a)All representations and warranties set forth in Article VI and all representations and warranties contained in any certificate delivered by any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the Loan Documents, or any of the Loan Documents (including, but not limited to, any such representation or warranty made in or in connection with any amendment thereto) shall constitute representations and warranties made under this Agreement. All representations and warranties made under this Agreement shall be made or deemed to be made at and as of the Closing Date (except those that are expressly made as of a specific date), shall survive the Closing Date and shall not be waived by the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any investigation made by or on behalf of the Lenders or any borrowing hereunder.
(b)Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the indemnities to which the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are entitled under the provisions of this Article XI and any other provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall continue in full force and effect and shall protect the Administrative Agent and the Lenders against events arising after such termination as well as before.
SECTION 11.14Titles and Captions
Titles and captions of Articles, Sections and subsections in, and the table of contents of, this Agreement are for convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 11.15Severability of Provisions
Any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions hereof or thereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. In the event that any provision is held to be so prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such provision to preserve the original intent thereof in such jurisdiction (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders).
SECTION 11.16Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution.
(a)Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and/or the Arranger, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 5.1, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
(b)Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
SECTION 11.17Term of Agreement
This Agreement shall remain in effect from the Closing Date through and including the date upon which all Obligations (other than (1) contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations, (2) obligations and liabilities under Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank have been made and (3) Letters of Credit that have either been Cash Collateralized or as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Lender have been made) arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall have been paid and satisfied in full in cash, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired (or been Cash Collateralized) or otherwise satisfied in a manner acceptable to the applicable Issuing Lender) and the Commitments have been terminated. No termination of this Agreement shall affect the rights and obligations of the parties hereto arising prior to such termination or in respect of any provision of this Agreement which survives such termination.
SECTION 11.18USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Money Laundering Laws
The Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act or any other Anti-Money Laundering Laws, each of them is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will
allow such Lender to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the PATRIOT Act or such Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
SECTION 11.19Independent Effect of Covenants
The Borrower expressly acknowledges and agrees that each covenant contained in Articles VII or VIII hereof shall be given independent effect. Accordingly, the Borrower shall not engage in any transaction or other act otherwise permitted under any covenant contained in Articles VII or VIII, before or after giving effect to such transaction or act, the Borrower shall or would be in breach of any other covenant contained in Articles VII or VIII.
SECTION 11.20No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.
(a)In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that (i) the facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Lenders, on the other hand, and the Borrower is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof), (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, each of the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Lenders is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person, (iii) none of the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or the Lenders has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether any Arranger or Lender has advised or is currently advising the Borrower or any of its Affiliates on other matters) and none of the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or the Lenders has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the financing transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, (iv) the Arranger and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from, and may conflict with, those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or the Lenders has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship and (v) the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Lenders have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and the Credit Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they have deemed appropriate.
(b)Each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that each Lender, the Arranger and any Affiliate thereof may lend money to, invest in, and generally engage in any kind of business
with, any of the Borrower, any Affiliate thereof or any other person or entity that may do business with or own securities of any of the foregoing, all as if such Lender, Arranger or Affiliate thereof were not a Lender or Arranger or an Affiliate thereof (or an agent or any other person with any similar role under the Credit Facilities) and without any duty to account therefor to any other Lender, the Arranger, the Borrower or any Affiliate of the foregoing. Each Lender, the Arranger and any Affiliate thereof may accept fees and other consideration from the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof for services in connection with this Agreement, the Credit Facilities or otherwise without having to account for the same to any other Lender, the Arranger, the Borrower or any Affiliate of the foregoing.
SECTION 11.21Inconsistencies with Other Documents
In the event there is a conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and any other Loan Document, the terms of this Agreement shall control; provided that any provision of the Security Documents which imposes additional burdens on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or further restricts the rights of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or gives the Administrative Agent or Lenders additional rights shall not be deemed to be in conflict or inconsistent with this Agreement and shall be given full force and effect.
SECTION 11.22Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any 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.
SECTION 11.23Certain ERISA Matters.
(a)Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Credit Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
i.such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments;
ii.the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement;
iii.(A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement; or
iv.such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b)In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, the
Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Credit Party, that none of the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
SECTION 11.24Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs
To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Hedge Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support” and, each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the FDIC under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
(a)In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
(b)As used in this Section 11.24, the following terms have the following meanings:
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i)a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii)a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii)a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed under seal by their duly authorized officers, all as of the day and year first written above.
MEDALLIA, INC., as Borrower
By: /s/ Roxanne M. Oulman
Name: Roxanne M. Oulman
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND LENDERS:
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender, Issuing Lender and a Lender
By: /s/ Kim Crosslin
Name: Kim Crosslin
Title: Senior Vice President
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]