Exhibit 10.1

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of September 28, 2022

among

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.,

as Borrower,

THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and an L/C Issuer,

TRUIST BANK,

as Syndication Agent,

FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

MUFG BANK, LTD.,

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Co-Documentation Agents

and

THE OTHER L/C ISSUERS AND LENDERS PARTY HERETO

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,

and

TRUIST SECURITIES, INC.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 28, 2022 (the “Second Amendment Effective Date”), is entered into among AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party hereto, the Lenders (including the Exiting Lender (as defined below)) party hereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and an L/C Issuer, and the other L/C Issuers party hereto. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined below) or the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below), as applicable.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and an L/C Issuer, have entered into that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 17, 2016 (as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, the “Existing Credit Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Existing Credit Agreement be amended as set forth below, subject to the terms and conditions specified in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Amendments to Existing Credit Agreement; Effect of this Agreement; No Impairment; Treatment of Existing Eurocurrency Rate Loans.

(a) The Existing Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read in the form attached hereto as Annex A (the credit agreement attached hereto as Annex A being referred to herein as the “Amended Credit Agreement”).

(b) Schedules 1.01(b), 5.10, 5.18, 5.19(b), 5.19(c), 5.22, 5.23, 7.01, 7.02 and 7.03 to the Existing Credit Agreement are amended to read in the forms of Schedules 1.01(b), 5.10, 5.18, 5.19(b), 5.19(c), 5.22, 5.23, 7.01, 7.02 and 7.03 attached hereto, respectively.

(c) Schedule A of Exhibit B to the Existing Credit Agreement is amended by (i) replacing the reference to $265,000,000 therein with $375,000,000. Exhibits G and I to the Existing Credit Agreement are amended to read in the forms of Exhibits G and I attached hereto, respectively.

(d) The parties hereto agree that, on and as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, the following transactions shall be deemed to occur automatically, without further action by any party hereto: (i) the Existing Credit Agreement shall automatically be amended and restated in its entirety to read in the form of the Amended Credit Agreement, (ii) all Obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement outstanding on and as of the Second Amendment Effective Date shall in all respects be continuing and shall be deemed to be Obligations outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement, (iii) the Guaranty provided pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect with respect to the Secured Obligations and is hereby reaffirmed, and (iv) all Letters of Credit outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement

on and as of the Second Amendment Effective Date shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit outstanding on and as of the Second Amendment Effective Date under the Amended Credit Agreement. Except as expressly modified and amended in this Agreement, all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. The Loan Documents and any and all other documents heretofore, now or hereafter executed and delivered pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement are hereby amended so that any reference to the Existing Credit Agreement shall mean a reference to the Amended Credit Agreement. The Amended Credit Agreement is not a novation of the Existing Credit Agreement.

(e) Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties under the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified hereby, are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle any Loan Party to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.

(f) It is understood and agreed that, with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a LIBOR Quoted Currency (any such loan, a “LIBOR Loan”) that is outstanding immediately prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, (i) such LIBOR Loan shall continue to bear interest at the applicable LIBO Rate until the end of the current Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Loan, and (ii) any LIBO Rate-related provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement applicable to such LIBOR Loan shall be deemed to be incorporated into the Amended Credit Agreement, mutatis mutandis, and applicable with respect to such LIBOR Loan until the end of the current Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Loan (and the parties hereto hereby agree that such provisions shall continue to apply to such LIBOR Loan until the end of the current Interest Period applicable thereto).

(g) The Lenders party hereto that are party to the Existing Credit Agreement (including the Exiting Lender) and constitute the Required Lenders thereunder hereby waive the prior notice requirements set forth in Section 2.05(a) of the Existing Credit Agreement with respect to any application of proceeds from the Term Loan to amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement.

2. Conditions Precedent. This Agreement shall become effective upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) receipt by the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, properly executed by a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party, each Lender (including the Exiting Lender), the Swingline Lender, each L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent;

(b) receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel: (i) copies of the Organization Documents of each Loan Party certified to be true and complete as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation, where applicable, and certified by a secretary or assistant secretary of such Loan Party to be true and correct as of the Second Amendment Effective Date (or, as to any such Organization Documents

 

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that have not been amended, modified or terminated since the date most recently certified to the Administrative Agent (such date, the “Prior Certification Date”), certifying that such Organization Documents have not been amended, modified or terminated since the Prior Certification Date and remain in full force and effect, and true and complete, in the form delivered to the Administrative Agent on the Prior Certification Date); (ii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party; and (iii) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation (where such concepts are applicable);

(c) receipt by the Administrative Agent of an opinion or opinions of counsel for the Loan Parties, dated the Second Amendment Effective Date and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

(d) there shall not have occurred since December 31, 2021 any event or condition that has had or could be reasonably expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(e) receipt by the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of: (i)(A) searches of UCC filings in the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as applicable, of each Loan Party and each jurisdiction where any Collateral is located or where a filing would need to be made in order to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral, copies of the financing statements on file in such jurisdictions and evidence that no Liens exist other than Permitted Liens, and (B) tax lien and judgment searches; (ii) searches of ownership of Intellectual Property in the appropriate governmental offices and duly executed notices of grant of security interest in the form required by the Collateral Documents as are necessary, in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Intellectual Property of the Loan Parties; (iii) completed UCC financing statements for each appropriate jurisdiction as is necessary, in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral; (iv) all certificates evidencing any certificated Equity Interests pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents, together with duly executed in blank and undated stock powers attached thereto; and (v) to the extent required to be delivered pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents, all instruments, documents and chattel paper in the possession of any of the Loan Parties, together with allonges or assignments as may be necessary or appropriate to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral;

(f) receipt by the Administrative Agent of copies of insurance certificates, and endorsements of insurance, evidencing insurance meeting the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents;

(g) receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 2(d), 2(i) and 2(j) and Section 5(e)(iv) have been satisfied;

 

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(h) receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Solvency Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as to the financial condition, solvency and related matters of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the Credit Extensions to be made on the Second Amendment Effective Date and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Amended Credit Agreement;

(i) there shall not be any action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened in writing in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(j) all Board of Director, governmental, shareholder and material third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and effect;

(k) the Borrower shall have (or concurrently with the Credit Extensions to be made on the Second Amendment Effective Date) (i) paid all accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement through the Second Amendment Effective Date, (ii) prepaid any Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Loans ratable with the revised Commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, and (iii) paid all accrued fees owing to the lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement through the Second Amendment Effective Date;

(l) (i) the Lenders shall have completed a due diligence investigation of the Loan Parties with respect to OFAC, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and “know your customer” due diligence in scope, and with results, satisfactory to the Lenders, (ii) the Loan Parties shall have provided to the Administrative Agent and each Lender the documentation and information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act, and (iii) if any Loan Party qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, such Loan Party shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Lender requesting the same, a Beneficial Ownership Certification with respect to such Loan Party; and

(m) receipt by the Administrative Agent of any fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent, BofA Securities, or the Lenders on or before the Second Amendment Effective Date.

For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 2, 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 Second Amendment Effective Date specifying its objection thereto.

3. Payment of Expenses. The Loan Parties agree to reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement, including all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent (paid directly to such counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent).

 

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4. Exiting Lender.

(a) The Person executing this Agreement under the heading “Exiting Lender” on the signature pages hereto, in its capacity as a lender under the Existing Credit Agreement (the “Exiting Lender”), is signing this Agreement for the purposes of amending the Existing Credit Agreement as contemplated by Section 1 and assigning its revolving credit commitment and term commitment it holds under the Existing Credit Agreement on the Second Amendment Effective Date to one or more Lenders under the Amended Credit Agreement as described in the following sentence. Upon giving effect to this Agreement, (i) the Exiting Lender’s revolving credit commitment and term commitment under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be fully assigned to one or more Lenders under the Amended Credit Agreement, in each case so that, after giving effect to such assignments, the Lenders under the Amended Credit Agreement shall have Commitments and Applicable Percentages as set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) attached hereto, (ii) the Exiting Lender shall not be a Lender under the Amended Credit Agreement, (iii) the Exiting Lender shall not have any rights, obligations or duties as a lender under the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, except for any right, obligation or duty which by the express terms of the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document would survive termination of the Existing Credit Agreement or such other Loan Document, and (iv) the Loan Parties shall have no obligations or liabilities to any Exiting Lender, except for obligations or liabilities which by the express terms of the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document would survive termination of the Existing Credit Agreement or such other Loan Document.

(b) With respect to any obligation owing to the Exiting Lender in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are not otherwise satisfied by the assignments and reallocations described in this Agreement, the Borrower hereby agrees to pay to such Exiting Lender all such remaining outstanding obligations (other than contingent obligations not then due and owing or for which no claim has been made) owing to such Exiting Lender, if any, in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents substantially contemporaneously with the Second Amendment Effective Date. The Exiting Lender acknowledges that, unless and until the Second Amendment Effective Date occurs, it shall remain a Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement with the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder in accordance with the terms thereof. At the expense of the Borrower, the Exiting Lender shall take such further action and execute such other documents as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Section 4.

5. Reallocation; Miscellaneous.

(a) On the Second Amendment Effective Date, the loans and commitments made by the Lenders (including the Exiting Lender) under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be re-allocated and restated among the Lenders so that, and loans and commitments shall be made by the Lenders so that, as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, the respective commitments of the Lenders shall be as set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) attached hereto.

(b) The Loan Documents and the obligations of the Loan Parties thereunder are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect according to their terms. This Agreement shall constitute a Loan Document.

(c) Each Loan Party (i) agrees that the Collateral Documents continue to be in full force and effect and are not impaired or adversely affected in any manner whatsoever, (ii) confirms its grant of security interests pursuant to the Collateral Documents to which it is a party

 

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as Collateral for the Secured Obligations, and (iii) acknowledges that all Liens granted (or purported to be granted) pursuant to the Collateral Documents remain and continue in full force and effect in respect of, and to secure, the Secured Obligations.

(d) Each Guarantor (i) acknowledges and consents to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (ii) affirms all of its obligations under the Loan Documents and (iii) agrees that this Agreement and all documents executed in connection herewith do not operate to reduce or discharge its obligations under the Loan Documents.

(e) Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants as follows: (i) such Loan Party has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; (ii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law); (iii) no approval, consent, exemption, authorization or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, such Loan Party of this Agreement; and (iv) after giving effect to this Agreement, (A) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement and in each other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection therewith, are true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation and warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) on and as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) as of such earlier date, except that for purposes of this Section 5(e)(iv)(A), the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 of the Amended Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement, and (B) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

(f) Each Lender party hereto and each L/C Issuer party hereto represents and warrants that, after giving effect to this Agreement, the representations and warranties of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement are true and correct as of the Second Amendment Effective Date. Each Lender party hereto and each L/C Issuer party hereto hereby agrees to comply with the covenants applicable to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement.

(g) Subject to Section 11.18 of the Amended Credit Agreement, this Agreement may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures (including facsimile and .pdf) and shall be considered an original, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record. This Agreement may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts are one and the same Agreement.

(h) If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (i) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to

 

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replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

(i) THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(j) The terms of Sections 11.14 and 11.15 of the Amended Credit Agreement with respect to submission to jurisdiction, waiver of venue and waiver of jury trial are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis, and the parties hereto agree to such terms.

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Each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

BORROWER:				AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.,
				a Delaware corporation
				By:		/s/ Daniel L. Boehle
				Name: Daniel L. Boehle
				Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
GUARANTORS:				AEROJET ROCKETDYNE, INC.,
				an Ohio corporation
				By:		/s/ Daniel L. Boehle
				Name: Daniel L. Boehle
				Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
				AEROJET ROCKETDYNE OF DE, INC., a Delaware corporation
				By:		/s/ Daniel L. Boehle
				Name: Daniel L. Boehle
				Title: Authorized Signatory
				ARDE, INC., a New Jersey corporation
				By:		/s/ Daniel L. Boehle
				Name: Daniel L. Boehle
				Title: Authorized Signatory
				ARDE-BARINCO, INC., a New Jersey corporation
				By:		/s/ Daniel L. Boehle
				Name: Daniel L. Boehle
				Title: Authorized Signatory

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:				BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
				as Administrative Agent
				By:		/s/ Kyle D. Harding
				Name: Kyle D. Harding
				Title: Vice President

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

LENDERS:				BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
				as Lender, an L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender
				By:		/s/ Aaron Marks
				Name: Aaron Marks
				Title: Senior Vice President

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

EXITING LENDER:				REGIONS BANK, as an Exiting Lender
				By:		/s/ Neel Patel
				Name: Neel Patel
				Title: Director

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.

Annex A

Amended Credit Agreement

See attached.

Published CUSIP Number: 00778GAA2

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 17, 2016

among

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.,

as Borrower,

THE SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER PARTY HERETO,

as Guarantors,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and an L/C Issuer,

TRUIST BANK,

as Syndication Agent,

FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

MUFG BANK, LTD.,

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Co-Documentation Agents

and

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,

and

TRUIST SECURITIES, INC.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS					1
1.01		Defined Terms			1
1.02		Other Interpretive Provisions			49
1.03		Accounting Terms			50
1.04		Rounding			53
1.05		Times of Day			53
1.06		Letter of Credit Amounts			53
1.07		UCC Terms			54
1.08		Currency Equivalents; Rates			54
1.09		Additional Alternative Currencies			55
1.10		Change of Currency			55
1.11		Calculation of Certain Baskets			56
ARTICLE II COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS					56
2.01		Loans			56
2.02		Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans			58
2.03		Letters of Credit			64
2.04		Swingline Loans			74
2.05		Prepayments			76
2.06		Termination or Reduction of Commitments			79
2.07		Repayment of Loans			80
2.08		Interest and Default Rate			81
2.09		Fees			82
2.10		Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate			83
2.11		Evidence of Debt			84
2.12		Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback			84
2.13		Sharing of Payments by Lenders			86
2.14		Cash Collateral			87
2.15		Defaulting Lenders			88
ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY					91
3.01		Taxes			91
3.02		Illegality and Designated Lenders			95
3.03		Inability to Determine Rates			97
3.04		Increased Costs			102
3.05		Compensation for Losses			103
3.06		Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders			103
3.07		[Reserved]			104
3.08		Survival			104
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS					104
4.01		[Reserved]			104
4.02		[Reserved]			104
4.03		Conditions to all Credit Extensions			104
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES					105
5.01		Existence, Qualification and Power			105
5.02		Authorization; No Contravention			105

 

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5.03		Governmental Authorization; Other Consents			105
5.04		Binding Effect			106
5.05		Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect			106
5.06		Litigation			106
5.07		No Default			107
5.08		Ownership of Property			107
5.09		Environmental Compliance			107
5.10		Insurance			107
5.11		Taxes			108
5.12		ERISA Compliance			108
5.13		Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act			108
5.14		Disclosure			109
5.15		Compliance with Laws			109
5.16		Solvency			109
5.17		Sanctions Concerns; Anti-Corruption Laws; PATRIOT Act			109
5.18		Subsidiaries; Equity Interests			110
5.19		Collateral Representations			110
5.20		[Reserved]			111
5.21		Designation as Senior Indebtedness			111
5.22		Labor Matters			111
5.23		Material Contracts			111
5.24		Affected Financial Institution			111
5.25		Covered Entity			111
ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS					111
6.01		Financial Statements			112
6.02		Certificates; Other Information			113
6.03		Notices			115
6.04		Payment of Obligations			116
6.05		Preservation of Existence, Etc			116
6.06		Maintenance of Properties			116
6.07		Maintenance of Insurance			116
6.08		Compliance with Laws			116
6.09		Books and Records			117
6.10		Inspection Rights			117
6.11		Use of Proceeds			117
6.12		Material Contracts			117
6.13		Covenant to Guarantee Obligations			117
6.14		Covenant to Give Security			118
6.15		Further Assurances			118
6.16		Federal Assignment of Claims Act			118
6.17		Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions			119
ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS					119
7.01		Liens			119
7.02		Indebtedness			122
7.03		Investments			124
7.04		Fundamental Changes			125
7.05		Dispositions			126
7.06		Restricted Payments			126
7.07		Change in Nature of Business			127
7.08		Transactions with Affiliates			127

 

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7.09		Burdensome Agreements			127
7.10		Use of Proceeds			128
7.11		Financial Covenants			128
7.12		Amendments of Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Organization; Form of Entity and Accounting Changes; Amendment to Material Contracts			128
7.13		Sale and Leaseback Transactions			129
7.14		Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness			129
7.15		Amendment, Etc. of Indebtedness			129
7.16		Ownership of Subsidiaries			130
7.17		Sanctions			130
7.18		Anti-Corruption Laws			130
7.19		Accounts			130
7.20		Voluntary Pension Plan Contributions			130
ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES					131
8.01		Events of Default			131
8.02		Remedies upon Event of Default			133
8.03		Application of Funds			134
ARTICLE IX ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT					135
9.01		Appointment and Authority			135
9.02		Rights as a Lender			135
9.03		Exculpatory Provisions			136
9.04		Reliance by Administrative Agent			137
9.05		Delegation of Duties			137
9.06		Resignation of Administrative Agent			137
9.07		Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Arrangers and Other Lenders			139
9.08		No Other Duties, Etc			140
9.09		Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim; Credit Bidding			140
9.10		Collateral and Guaranty Matters			141
9.11		Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements			142
9.12		Plan Assets			142
9.13		Erroneous Payments			143
ARTICLE X CONTINUING GUARANTY					143
10.01		Guaranty			143
10.02		Rights of Lenders			144
10.03		Certain Waivers			144
10.04		Obligations Independent			145
10.05		Subrogation			145
10.06		Termination; Reinstatement			145
10.07		Stay of Acceleration			145
10.08		Condition of Borrower			145
10.09		Appointment of Borrower			146
10.10		Right of Contribution			146
10.11		Keepwell			146
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS					146
11.01		Amendments, Etc			146
11.02		Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications			150
11.03		No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement			152
11.04		Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver			152

 

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11.05		Payments Set Aside			154
11.06		Successors and Assigns			155
11.07		Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality			159
11.08		Right of Setoff			161
11.09		Interest Rate Limitation			161
11.10		Integration; Effectiveness			161
11.11		Survival of Representations and Warranties			162
11.12		Severability			162
11.13		Replacement of Lenders			162
11.14		Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc			163
11.15		Waiver of Jury Trial			164
11.16		Subordination			164
11.17		No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility			165
11.18		Electronic Execution; Electronic Records; Counterparts			165
11.19		USA PATRIOT Act Notice			166
11.20		ENTIRE AGREEMENT			167
11.21		Judgment Currency			167
11.22		Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions			167
11.23		Successor Administrative Agent			168
11.24		Amendment and Restatement			168
11.25		New Lenders			168
11.26		California Judicial Reference			168
11.27		Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs			169

 

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SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 1.01(a)		Certain Addresses for Notices
Schedule 1.01(b)		Initial Commitments and Applicable Percentages as of the Second Amendment Effective Date
Schedule 1.01(c)		Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 1.01(d)		L/C Commitments
Schedule 1.01(e)		Unrestricted Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.01(f)		Litigation
Schedule 5.10		Insurance
Schedule 5.12		ERISA
Schedule 5.18		Subsidiaries
Schedule 5.19(b)		Intellectual Property
Schedule 5.19(c)		Owned and Leased Property
Schedule 5.22		Labor Matters
Schedule 5.23		Material Contracts
Schedule 7.01		Liens Existing as of the Second Amendment Effective Date
Schedule 7.02		Indebtedness Existing as of the Second Amendment Effective Date
Schedule 7.03		Investments Existing as of the Second Amendment Effective Date
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A		Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B		Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit C		Form of Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement
Exhibit D		Form of Incremental Term Note
Exhibit E		Form of Joinder Agreement
Exhibit F		Form of Letter of Credit Report
Exhibit G		Form of Loan Notice
Exhibit H		Form of Notice of Additional L/C Issuer
Exhibit I		Form of Notice of Loan Prepayment
Exhibit J		Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit K		Form of Secured Party Designation Notice
Exhibit L		Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit M		Form of Swingline Loan Notice
Exhibit N		Form of Term Note
Exhibit O		Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates
Exhibit P		Form of Successor Agency Agreement

 

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FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of June 17, 2016, among AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors (defined herein), the Lenders (defined herein), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and an L/C Issuer (each such term, defined herein).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

WHEREAS, the Loan Parties (defined herein), the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Wells Fargo (as defined herein), as administrative agent, have entered into that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2014 (as amended or modified from time to time, the “Existing Credit Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Loan Parties wish to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement to (a) provide for loans and other financial accommodations to the Loan Parties as set forth herein, (b) appoint Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and an L/C Issuer, and (c) make certain other amendments and modifications to the Existing Credit Agreement, all as more fully set forth herein.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

1.01 Defined Terms.

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

“Acquisition” means the acquisition, whether through a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of (a) a majority of the Voting Stock or other controlling ownership interest in another Person (including the purchase of an option, warrant or convertible or similar type security to acquire such a controlling interest at the time it becomes exercisable by the holder thereof), whether by purchase of such equity or other ownership interest or upon the exercise of an option or warrant for, or conversion of securities into, such equity or other ownership interest, or (b) assets of another Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or of a division, line of business or other business unit of such Person.

“Acquisition Consideration” means the purchase consideration for any Permitted Acquisition and all other payments by any Loan Party in exchange for, or as part of, or in connection with, any Permitted Acquisition, whether paid in cash or by exchange of Equity Interests (other than Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower (to the extent not constituting a Change of Control)) or of properties or otherwise and whether payable at or prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or deferred for payment at any future time, whether or not any such future payment is subject to the occurrence of any contingency, and includes any and all payments representing the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness, deferred purchase price, Earn Out Obligations and other agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of payment of which are, in any respect subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of any Person.

 

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“Additional Second Lien Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary secured by Liens on the Collateral junior to those created under the Collateral Documents; provided, that, (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness or would result therefrom, (b) such Indebtedness has a maturity date that is at least ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date (and the terms of such Indebtedness shall not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or casualty event and customary acceleration rights after an event of default)), (c) such Indebtedness is subject to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the holder(s) of such Indebtedness (or any duly authorized trustee or other representative for such holder(s)) shall have executed such intercreditor agreement, (d) none of the security for such Indebtedness shall consist of assets that are not Collateral and the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness shall be in form and substance substantially the same as the applicable Collateral Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (e) none of the obligors or guarantors with respect to such Indebtedness shall be a Person that is not a Loan Party, (f) the terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (including, without limitation, financial covenants, affirmative covenants, negative covenants, representations and warranties and defaults) are customary for similar Indebtedness in light of then-prevailing market conditions and in any event, when taken as a whole (other than interest rate and redemption premiums), are no more restrictive to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries than the terms and conditions set forth in the Loan Documents, and (g) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that, upon giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness (after giving effect to any Permitted Acquisition consummated in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness and assuming for such purposes that such Indebtedness is fully drawn), (i) the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio is at least 0.25 to 1.0 less than the ratio required to be maintained at such time by Section 7.11(a), and (ii) the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b).

“Additional Secured Obligations” means (a) all obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements, and (b) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with enforcement and collection of the foregoing, including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel, in each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof 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; provided, that, Additional Secured Obligations of a Guarantor shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor.

“Additional Unsecured Indebtedness” means unsecured senior Indebtedness or unsecured subordinated Indebtedness, in each case, of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that, (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness or would result therefrom, (b) such Indebtedness has a maturity date that is at least ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date (and the terms of such Indebtedness shall not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or casualty event and customary acceleration rights after an event of default)), (c) if such Indebtedness is subordinated, such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (d) none of the obligors or guarantors with respect to such Indebtedness shall be a person that is not a Loan Party, (e) the terms and

 

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conditions of such Indebtedness (including, without limitation, financial covenants, affirmative covenants, negative covenants, representations and warranties and defaults) are customary for similar Indebtedness in light of then-prevailing market conditions and in any event, when taken as a whole (other than interest rate and redemption premiums), are no more restrictive to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries than the terms and conditions set forth in the Loan Documents, and (f) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that, upon giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness (after giving effect to any Permitted Acquisition consummated in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness and assuming for such purposes that such Indebtedness is fully drawn), the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b).

“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

“Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 1.01(a) with respect to such currency, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.

“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.

“Aerojet Rocketdyne” means Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., an Ohio corporation.

“Aerojet Rocketdyne Savings Plan” means the Aerojet Rocketdyne Retirement Savings Plan, a defined contribution plan, as amended from time to time, which plan includes the Aerojet Rocketdyne Stock Fund.

“Aerojet Rocketdyne Stock Fund” means the unitized stock fund that invests primarily in the Equity Interests of the Borrower, but also has small investments in cash and Cash Equivalents, that issues units to plan participants.

“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.

“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.

“Agreement” means this Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

“Agreement Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 11.21.

“All-In-Yield” means, with respect to any term loan facility (including the Term Facility and any Incremental Term Facility), the weighted average yield to maturity with respect to such term loan facility which shall take into account interest rate margins and any interest rate floors or similar devices, and shall be deemed to include any original issue discount and any fees (other than facility arrangement, structuring, underwriting or other closing fees and expenses not paid for the account of, or distributed to,

 

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all Lenders providing such term loan facility) paid or payable in connection with such term loan facility, in each case, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in a manner consistent with customary financial practice based on an assumed four-year life to maturity or, if less, the actual remaining life to maturity of such term loan facility, commencing from the borrowing date of such term loan facility and assuming that the interest rate (including the Applicable Rate) for such term loan facility in effect on such borrowing date (after giving effect to the Indebtedness incurred in connection with such term loan facility) shall be the interest rate for the entire Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such term loan facility.

“Alternative Currency” means each of Euros and Sterling, together with each other currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.09; provided, that, for each Alternative Currency, such requested currency is an Eligible Currency.

“Alternative Currency Daily Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any Revolving B Loan: (a) denominated in Sterling, the rate per annum equal to SONIA determined pursuant to the definition thereof plus the SONIA Adjustment; and (b) denominated in any other Alternative Currency (to the extent such Revolving B Loan denominated in such currency will bear interest at a daily rate), the daily rate per annum as designated with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time such Alternative Currency is approved by the Administrative Agent and the Revolving B Lenders pursuant to Section 1.09(a) plus the adjustment (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent and the Revolving B Lenders pursuant to Section 1.09(a); provided, that, if any Alternative Currency Daily Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement. Any change in an Alternative Currency Daily Rate shall be effective from and including the date of such change without further notice.

“Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan” means a Revolving B Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the definition of “Alternative Currency Daily Rate.” All Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans must be denominated in an Alternative Currency.

“Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, by reference to Bloomberg (or such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates), to be the exchange rate for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two (2) Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided, that, if no such rate is available, the “Alternative Currency Equivalent” shall be determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, using any reasonable method of determination they deem appropriate in its sole discretion (and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error).

“Alternative Currency Loan” means an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, as applicable.

“Alternative Currency Sublimit” means an amount equal to $150,000,000.

“Alternative Currency Term Rate” means, for any Interest Period, with respect to any Revolving B Loan: (a) denominated in Euros, the rate per annum equal to the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”), as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) on the day that is two TARGET Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; and (b) denominated in any other Alternative Currency (to the extent such Revolving B Loan denominated in such currency will bear interest at a term rate), the term rate per

 

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annum as designated with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time such Alternative Currency is approved by the Administrative Agent and the Revolving B Lenders pursuant to Section 1.09(a) plus the adjustment (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent and the Revolving B Lenders pursuant to Section 1.09(a); provided, that, if any Alternative Currency Term Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.

“Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan” means a Revolving B Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the definition of “Alternative Currency Term Rate.” All Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans must be denominated in an Alternative Currency.

“Applicable Authority” means, with respect to any Alternative Currency, the applicable administrator for the Relevant Rate for such Alternative Currency or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or such administrator with respect to its publication of the applicable Relevant Rate, in each case acting in such capacity.

“Applicable Percentage” means (a) in respect of the Term Facility, with respect to any Term Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Term Facility represented by the outstanding principal amount of such Term Lender’s Term Loan at such time, (b) in respect of the Revolving A Facility, with respect to any Revolving A Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Revolving A Facility represented by such Revolving A Lender’s Revolving A Commitment at such time, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.15, (c) in respect of the Revolving B Facility, with respect to any Revolving B Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Revolving B Facility represented by such Revolving B Lender’s Revolving B Commitment at any such time, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.15 and (d) in respect of an Incremental Term Facility, with respect to any Incremental Term Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of such Incremental Term Facility represented by the outstanding principal amount of such Incremental Term Lender’s Incremental Term Loan with respect to such Incremental Term Facility at such time. If the Commitments of all of the Lenders to make Loans and the obligations of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, or if the Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of the applicable Facility shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender in respect of such Facility most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of each Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 1.01(b), in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto or in any documentation executed by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.02(g), as applicable.

“Applicable Rate” means (a) with respect to the Incremental Term Loans made pursuant to any Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement, the percentage(s) per annum set forth in such Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement, and (b) with respect to Revolving Loans, Term Loans, Swingline Loans, Letter of Credit Fees and the fees payable pursuant to Section 2.09(a), the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(b):

 

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Pricing Tier		Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio		Commitment Fees		Letter of Credit Fee		Daily SOFR Loans, Term SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Loans		Base Rate Loans
I		≥ 2.75 to 1.0		0.45%		2.50%		2.50%		1.50%
II		< 2.75 to 1.0 but ≥ 2.25 to 1.0		0.40%		2.25%		2.25%		1.25%
III		< 2.25 to 1.0 but ≥ 1.75 to 1.0		0.35%		2.00%		2.00%		1.00%
IV		< 1.75 to 1.0		0.30%		1.75%		1.75%		0.75%

Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b); provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then, upon the request of the Required Lenders, Pricing Tier I shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall remain in effect until the first Business Day immediately following the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered in accordance with Section 6.02(b), whereupon the Applicable Rate shall be adjusted based upon the calculation of the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio contained in such Compliance Certificate. The Applicable Rate in effect from the Second Amendment Effective Date to the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b) for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2022 shall be determined based upon Pricing Tier IV. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the determination of the Applicable Rate for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(b).

“Applicable Revolving A Percentage” means with respect to any Revolving A Lender at any time, such Revolving A Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving A Facility at such time.

“Applicable Revolving B Percentage” means with respect to any Revolving B Lender at any time, such Revolving B Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving B Facility at such time.

“Applicable Time” means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.

“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds a Loan under such Facility at such time, (b) with respect to the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) the L/C Issuers and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to Section 2.03 (or any Existing Letters of Credit are at such time outstanding), the Revolving A Lenders and (c) with respect to the Swingline Sublimit, (i) the Swingline Lender and (ii) if any Swingline Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a), the Revolving A Lenders.

“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.

 

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“Arranger” means each of BofA Securities and Truist Securities, Inc., in each case in their capacities as a joint lead arranger and a joint bookrunner.

“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 11.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit A or any other form (including an electronic documentation form generated by use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capitalized Lease 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, (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation of any Person, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease or similar payments under the relevant lease or other applicable agreement or instrument that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease or other agreement or instrument were accounted for as a Capitalized Lease, (c) in respect of any Securitization Transaction of any Person, the outstanding principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve accounts and making appropriate adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment and (d) in respect of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction of any Person, the present value (discounted in accordance with GAAP at the debt rate implied in the applicable lease) of the obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the term of such lease.

“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and the related Consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iv).

“Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(v).

“Availability Period” means (a) with respect to the Revolving A Facility, the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (i) the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, (ii) the date of termination of the Revolving A Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (iii) the date of termination of the Revolving A Commitments of all Revolving A Lenders and of the obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02 and (b) with respect to the Revolving B Facility, the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (i) the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, (ii) the date of termination of the Revolving B Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06 and (iii) the date of termination of the Revolving B Commitments of all Revolving B Lenders pursuant to Section 8.02.

“Available Amount” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the sum of, without duplication, (i) $25,000,000, plus (ii) an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, equal to fifty percent (50%) of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for the period (taken as one accounting period) commencing from the first day of the first full fiscal quarter following the Closing Date to the end of the fiscal quarter most recently ended prior to such date of determination in respect of which a Compliance Certificate has been delivered as required hereunder, plus (iii) one hundred percent (100%) of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower prior to such date of determination from issuances after the Closing Date of Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower (solely to the extent such net cash proceeds are (A) received from a Person other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, and (B) Not Otherwise Applied), plus (iv) the amount of any Investment made following the Closing Date in reliance on the Available Amount to the extent that such amount is returned in cash prior to such date of

 

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determination from the return of or return on principal of such Investment (other than a sale to a Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary), or from a dividend or interest received with respect to such Investment, plus (v) the amount by which Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries is reduced on the Borrower’s Consolidated balance sheet prior to such date of determination upon the conversion or exchange of such Indebtedness for Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower (less the amount of any cash or the Fair Market Value of other property distributed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary upon such conversion or exchange, other than in connection with a restructuring), plus (vi) in the event that the Borrower re-designates any Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than any Subsidiary that was an Excluded Subsidiary on the Closing Date, any Excluded Subsidiary or any other Unrestricted Subsidiary to which any Subsidiary that was an Excluded Subsidiary on the Closing Date or any other Excluded Subsidiary transfers all or any significant portion of its assets after the Closing Date) as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date but prior to such date of determination, the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower (such determination to be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed))) of the Borrower’s Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such re-designation so long as such Investment was originally made using the Available Amount, minus (b) the sum of (i) the cumulative aggregate amount of all Investments made in reliance on the Available Amount pursuant to Section 7.03(m), plus (ii) the cumulative aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments made in reliance on the Available Amount pursuant to Section 7.06(g) plus (iii) the cumulative aggregate amount of all Junior Debt Payments made in reliance on the Available Amount pursuant to Section 7.14(b).

“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.

“Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.

“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate,” and (c) Term SOFR plus 1.00%; and if the Base Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. If the Base Rate is being used as an alternative rate of interest pursuant to Section 3.03, then the Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.

“Base Rate Loan” means a Revolving Loan, a Term Loan or an Incremental Term Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate. All Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.

 

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“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

“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 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”.

“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.

“Board of Directors” means (a) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof, and (d) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

“Boeing License Agreement” means that certain Assignment and License of Intellectual Property, dated as of August 2, 2005, among The Boeing Company, Boeing Management Company and Aerojet Rocketdyne of DE, Inc. (formerly known as Ruby Acquisition Enterprises Co.).

“BofA Securities” means BofA Securities, Inc.

“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“Borrowing” means a Revolving Borrowing, a Swingline Borrowing, a Term Borrowing or an Incremental Term Borrowing, as the context may require.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located; provided, that: (a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Alternative Currency Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Alternative Currency Loan, means a Business Day that is also a TARGET Day; (b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in Sterling, means a day other than a day banks are closed for general business in London because such day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday under the laws of the United Kingdom; (c) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in a currency other than Euro or Sterling, means any day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency; and (d) if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than Euro in respect of an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in a currency other than Euro, or any other dealings in any currency other than Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Alternative Currency Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such currency.

 

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“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases.

“Cash Collateralize” means, to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the L/C Issuers or Swingline Lender (as applicable) or the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations, the Obligations in respect of Swingline Loans, or obligations of the Revolving A Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), (a) cash or deposit account balances, (b) backstop letters of credit entered into on terms, from issuers and in amounts satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer, and/or (c) if the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender shall agree, in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case, in Dollars and pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer or 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 (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided, that, the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve (12) months from the date of acquisition (“Government Obligations”), (b) Dollar denominated (or Alternative Currency fully hedged to the Dollar) time deposits, certificates of deposit, eurodollar time deposits and eurodollar certificates of deposit of (i) any domestic commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000 or (ii) any bank whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than three hundred sixty-four (364) days from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by any domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within twelve (12) months of the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements with a bank or trust company (including a Lender) or a recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations of the types described in clauses (a) and (b) above, (e) obligations of any state of the United States or any political subdivision thereof for the payment of the principal and redemption price of and interest on which there shall have been irrevocably deposited Government Obligations maturing as to principal and interest at times and in amounts sufficient to provide such payment, (f) auction preferred stock rated in the highest short-term credit rating category by S&P or Moody’s, and (g) Investments in money market and tax-exempt mutual funds that (i) comply with SEC Regulation 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and (ii) invest substantially all their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (f) above.

“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement that is not prohibited by the terms hereof to provide treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overnight draft, credit cards, debit cards, p-cards (including purchasing cards and commercial cards), funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other cash management services.

“Cash Management Bank” means any Person in its capacity as a party to a Cash Management Agreement that (a) at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement with a Loan Party, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (b) in the case of any Cash Management Agreement in effect on or prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, is, as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and a party to a Cash Management Agreement with a Loan Party; provided, however, that for any of the foregoing to be included as a “Secured Cash Management Agreement” on

 

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any date of determination by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Cash Management Bank (other than the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) must have delivered a Secured Party Designation Notice to the Administrative Agent prior to such date of determination.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, 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 and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

“Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities 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 Equity Interests representing forty-five percent (45%) or more of the aggregate ordinary voting power in the election of the Board of Directors of the Borrower represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such “person” or “group” has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right).

“Closing Date” means June 17, 2016.

“CME” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

“Collateral” means a collective reference to all personal property with respect to which Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, are purported to be granted pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents. Notwithstanding anything in the Loan Documents to the contrary, the term “Collateral” shall not include any Excluded Property.

“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Qualifying Control Agreements, each Joinder Agreement, each of the security agreements, pledge agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.14, and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

“Commitment” means a Term Commitment, a Revolving Commitment or an Incremental Term Commitment, as the context may require.

“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

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“Communication” means this Agreement, any other Loan Document, and any document, any amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to any Loan Document.

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with any Relevant Rate or any proposed Successor Rate for an Alternative Currency, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definition of “EURIBOR”, the definition of “Interest Period”, the definition of “SONIA”, the timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definition of “Business Day”, the timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and the length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate(s) and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice for such Alternative Currency (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate for such Alternative Currency exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Loan Document).

“Consolidated” means, when used with reference to financial statements or financial statement items of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or any other Person, such statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with the consolidation principles of GAAP.

“Consolidated EBITDAP” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period (a) plus the following, without duplication, to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, (ii) tax expense (including, without limitation, any federal, state, local and foreign income (or equivalent) taxes) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, (iii) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses or charges (excluding amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period, and provided that if any such other non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, (A) the Borrower may determine not to add back such non-cash charge in the current period and (B) to the extent the Borrower does decide to add back such non-cash charge, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDAP to such extent) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, and (iv) the amount of net cost savings and synergies projected by the Borrower, as determined by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, to be realized as a result of specified actions taken or reasonably expected to be taken within twelve (12) months after the date of determination to take such action, in the reasonable judgment of the chief financial officer of the Borrower (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings or synergies had been realized on the first day of such period and as if such cost savings and synergies were realized during the entirety of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided, that, (A) such cost savings or synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable and (B) the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (a)(iv) for any period shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of Consolidated EBITDAP (calculated without giving effect to the add backs permitted pursuant to this clause (a)(iv)) for such period, and (b) minus the following, without duplication, to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) all non-cash income or gains for such period, and (ii) federal, state, local and foreign income tax credits of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period.

 

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“Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the total of (i) the amount of all Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that is secured by a first priority security interest on any asset or property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary as of such date minus (ii) Designated Cash as of such date of determination in an aggregate amount not to exceed $375,000,000 to (b) Consolidated EBITDAP for the Measurement Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means Funded Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, for any period, the sum of, without duplication, all interest expense (including the interest component under Capitalized Leases, but excluding (i) amortization of debt discount and premium and any interest obligations paid in Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower, and (ii) interest payable to any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any TAB Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(r)) for such period of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis; provided, that, interest expense with respect to any Indebtedness to the extent the proceeds of such Indebtedness are held in a blocked account with the Administrative Agent or a separate account with an escrow agent shall not be included as Consolidated Interest Charges. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that Letter of Credit Fees and any fronting fees and other fees, costs and charges described in Section 2.03(h) and (i) shall be included as “Consolidated Interest Charges” to the extent required for purposes of computing any financial covenants hereunder, but shall not be considered to be interest on borrowings.

“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDAP for the Measurement Period most recently ended on or prior to such date to (b) Consolidated Interest Charges (net of interest income) for the Measurement Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends; provided, that, Consolidated Net Income shall exclude (a) any gain (or loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such gain (or loss), realized in connection with (i) any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business, or (ii) the Disposition of any Equity Interest or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness; (b) any restructuring charges or reserves (which shall include retention, severance, systems establishment cost, excess pension charges, contract termination costs, including future lease commitments, costs related to start up, closure, relocation or consolidation of facilities, costs to relocate employees, consulting fees, one time information technology costs, one time branding costs and losses on the sale of assets and from closures) in an aggregate amount for all cash charges not to exceed $20,000,000 in any Measurement Period; (c) any unusual or non-recurring items, together with any related provision for taxes on such gain (or loss), or item including (i) Acquisition-related pension or employee benefit expenses, and (ii) fees and expenses related to the issuance of Equity Interests or Indebtedness, Permitted Acquisitions or Investments permitted pursuant to Section 7.03; provided, that, any cash payment made in connection with a non-cash charge (other than any non-cash charge under clause (b) hereof) excluded from Consolidated Net Income in a prior period shall be deducted from the calculation of Consolidated Net Income in the period such payment is actually made; (d) any net income or loss attributable to discontinued operations (including, without limitation, operations disposed of during such period); (e) any gain (or loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such gain (or loss), attributable to the early repurchase, extinguishment or conversion of Indebtedness, hedging obligations or other derivative instruments (including any premiums paid) and the write-off of any issuance costs incurred by such Person in connection with the refinancing or repayment of any Indebtedness; (f) any after-tax effect of income (or loss) from the early

 

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extinguishment or conversion of Indebtedness or obligations under Swap Contracts or other derivative instruments; (g) any non-cash charge, expense or other impact or adjustment attributable to application of the purchase method of accounting (including the total amount of depreciation and amortization, cost of sales or other non-cash expense resulting from the write-up of assets to the extent resulting from such purchase accounting adjustments); (h) any non-cash asset impairment charge, including with respect to goodwill or other intangible assets and equity method investments and any write-ups, write-downs or write-offs of assets (including intangible assets, goodwill and deferred financing costs but excluding accounts receivable); (i) any non-cash compensation expense realized for grants of performance shares, stock options or other rights to officers, directors and employees; provided, that, such shares, options or other rights can be redeemed at the option of the holder only for Equity Interests of any Loan Party (other than Disqualified Capital Stock); (j) any non-cash gains or losses, together with any related provision for taxes on such gains or losses, related to retirement benefit plans and any non-cash employee-related benefit expenses; (k) any unrealized foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses in respect of Indebtedness or other obligations denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of such Person; (l) the non-cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense; (m) non-cash charges for deferred tax asset allowances; (n) the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interest of third parties in any non-wholly owned Subsidiary; (o) charges related to legal matters involving the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect to the Specified Legal Claims in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate after the Closing Date; (p) earn-out and contingent consideration obligations (including to the extent accounted for as bonuses or otherwise) and adjustments thereof and purchase price adjustments; (q) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles; and (r) interest income arising from TAB Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(r). In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of proceeds received from business interruption insurance and reimbursements of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, Investment or any Disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement.

“Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the total of (i) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date minus (ii) Designated Cash as of such date of determination, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $375,000,000 to (b) Consolidated EBITDAP for the Measurement Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

“Consolidated Total Assets” means the book value, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, of all assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

“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.

“Convertible Bond Indebtedness” means Indebtedness having a feature which entitles the holder thereof to convert or exchange all or a portion of such Indebtedness into or by reference to Equity Interests of the Borrower.

 

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“Covered Entity” means any of the following: (a) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (b) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (c) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

“Covered Party” has the meaning specified in Section 11.27.

“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing; and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.

“Daily SOFR” means the rate per annum equal to SOFR determined for any day pursuant to the definition thereof plus the SOFR Adjustment. Any change in Daily SOFR shall be effective from and including the date of such change without further notice. If the rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

“Daily SOFR Loan” means a Revolving Loan, a Term Loan or an Incremental Term Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Daily SOFR. All Daily SOFR Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.

“Debt Issuance” means the issuance by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02.

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

“Default Rate” means (a) with respect to any Obligation for which a rate is specified, a rate per annum equal to two percent (2%) in excess of the rate otherwise applicable thereto and (b) with respect to any Obligation for which a rate is not specified or available, a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans plus two percent (2%), in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.15(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans 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 L/C Issuer, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer 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

 

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specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) 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 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 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, and the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.15(b)) as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, each L/C Issuer, the Swingline Lender and each other Lender promptly following such determination.

“Designated Cash” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Loan Parties subject to Qualifying Control Agreements or otherwise maintained with the Administrative Agent or any Lender, plus (b) Earmarked Cash, in each case, as of such date of determination. It is understood and agreed that, for purposes of any calculation of the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio or the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in connection with determining the permissibility of any incurrence of Indebtedness, the identifiable proceeds of such Indebtedness shall not qualify as “Designated Cash” for the purposes of such calculation.

“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country, region or territory to the extent that such country, region or territory is the subject or target of any Sanction.

“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of any property (including the Equity Interests in any Subsidiary) by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (or the granting of any option or other right to do any of the foregoing), including (x) any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith, and (y) any issuance by any Restricted Subsidiary of its Equity Interests, but excluding (a) Specified Sales (provided, that, in each case, at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the aggregate consideration received in connection with such disposition is received in cash or Cash Equivalents), (b) sales, transfers, or other dispositions of any assets that are obsolete, worn out or no longer useful by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (c) any sales, transfers, licenses, leases or other dispositions of property by a Loan Party to any other Loan Party (provided, that prior to or simultaneously with any such sale, lease or transfer, all actions required by the Administrative Agent shall be taken to ensure the continued perfection and priority of the Administrative Agent’s Liens on such property or assets), (d) any disposition of property or assets giving rise to a Recovery Event (so long as at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the aggregate consideration received in connection with such Recovery Event is received in cash or Cash Equivalents), (e) the sale or discount, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of business, of accounts receivable or other long-term receivables (i) which are overdue, or (ii) which the Borrower or any

 

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Restricted Subsidiary may reasonably deem are difficult or uneconomical to collect but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with customary industry practice and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of receivables (provided, that, in each case, at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the aggregate consideration received in connection with such disposition is received in cash or Cash Equivalents), (f) the license of Intellectual Property (provided, that, (i) such license shall be assignable to the Administrative Agent without the consent of the licensee, (ii) no such license shall (A) transfer ownership of such Intellectual Property to any other Person, or (B) require the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay any fees for any such use, and (iii) at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the aggregate consideration received in connection with such license is received in cash or Cash Equivalents), (g) the contribution of assets that are not material to the business of the Loan Parties (which may include the sale of such assets and the corresponding contribution of the cash proceeds resulting from such sale) or the contribution of real property of the Loan Parties to any Plan to meet the minimum funding requirements of such Plan, (h) any disposition by a Loan Party of TAB Property in connection with the issuance of TAB Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(r), to the extent required by the terms of the TAB Documents entered into in connection with such TAB Indebtedness, so long as (i) such Loan Party shall retain a fee or leasehold interest in such TAB Property (and, in the case of a leasehold interest, such Loan Party shall have the right to reacquire such TAB Property for nominal consideration), and (ii) the use of such TAB Property by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be materially limited or restricted thereby, and (i) the issuance or other disposition by the Borrower of the Borrower’s Equity Interests.

“Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, prior to the ninety-first (91^st) day after the Latest Maturity Date, (b) requires the payment of any cash dividends, (c) is convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Equity Interests referred to in clause (a) or (b) above, in each case at any time prior to the ninety-first (91^st) day after the Latest Maturity Date, or (d) contains any repurchase obligation which may come into effect prior to payment in full of all Obligations; provided, that, any Equity Interests that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of any security into or for which such Equity Interests are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the issuer thereof to redeem or repurchase such Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a change in control or an asset sale occurring prior to the ninety-first (91^st) day after the Latest Maturity Date shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock if such Equity Interests provide that the issuer thereof may not redeem or repurchase any such Equity Interests pursuant to such provisions prior to the Facility Termination Date.

“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.

“Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States.

 

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“Earmarked Cash” means cash and Cash Equivalents of the Loan Parties held in a blocked account with the Administrative Agent or a separate account with an escrow agent, in each case, that are earmarked for the permanent reduction of Indebtedness of the Loan Parties.

“Earn Out Obligations” means, with respect to an Acquisition, all obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to make earn out or other contingency payments (including purchase price adjustments, non-competition and consulting agreements, or other indemnity obligations) pursuant to the documentation relating to such Acquisition. For purposes of determining the amount of any Earn Out Obligations, the amount of Earn Out Obligations shall be deemed to be the aggregate liability in respect thereof, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Easton Development Company” means Easton Development Company, LLC.

“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.

“Electronic Copy” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.18.

“Electronic Record” has the meanings assigned to it by 15 U.S.C. §7006.

“Electronic Signature” has the meanings assigned to it by 15 U.S.C. §7006.

“Eligible Assets” means fixed or capital assets that are used or useful in the same or a related line of business as the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries were engaged in on the Closing Date (or any reasonable extensions or expansions thereof).

“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06 (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii)).

“Eligible Currency” means any lawful currency other than Dollars that is readily available, freely transferable and convertible into Dollars in the international interbank market available to the Revolving B Lenders in such market and as to which a Dollar Equivalent may be readily calculated. If, after the designation by the Revolving B Lenders or the L/C Issuers, as applicable, of any currency as an Alternative Currency, any change in currency controls or exchange regulations or any change in the national or international financial, political or economic conditions are imposed in the country in which such currency is issued, result in, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent (in the case of any Revolving B Loans to be denominated in an Alternative Currency) or an L/C Issuer (in the case of any Letter of Credit to be denominated in an Alternative Currency), (a) such currency no longer being readily available, freely transferable and convertible into Dollars, (b) a Dollar Equivalent no longer being readily calculable with respect to such currency, (c) the provision for such currency becoming

 

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impracticable for the Revolving B Lenders or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, or (d) such currency no longer being one in which the Required Revolving B Lenders or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, are willing to make such Credit Extensions (each of clause (a), (b), (c) and (d), a “Disqualifying Event”), then the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Revolving B Lenders and the Borrower, and such country’s currency shall no longer be an Alternative Currency until such time as the Disqualifying Event(s) no longer exist. Within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall repay all Revolving B Loans in such currency to which any Disqualifying Event applies or convert such Revolving B Loans into the Dollar Equivalent of Revolving B Loans in Dollars, subject to the other terms contained herein.

“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits or governmental requirements or restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment.

“Environmental Liability” means any liability (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law or any Environmental Permit, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

“Environmental Liens” means Liens in favor of any Governmental Authority for (a) any liability under Environmental Laws, or any limitations or restrictions relating to Environmental Laws placed upon any real property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Governmental Authority or court due to an Environmental Liability, or (b) damages relating to, or costs incurred by such Governmental Authority in response to, a release or threatened release into the environment of any Hazardous Materials.

“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.

“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including, but not limited to, partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination; provided, that, Equity Interests shall not include Convertible Bond Indebtedness.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

 

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“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan, (b) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity 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, (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan, (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan, (f) any event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, (g) 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 the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or (h) a failure by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to meet all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of a Pension Plan, whether or not waived, or the failure by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan.

“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

“EURIBOR” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Alternative Currency Term Rate”.

“Euro” and “€” means the single currency of the Participating Member States.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

“Excluded Deposit and Securities Accounts” means (a) employee benefits accounts, (b) deposit accounts maintained for the purpose of holding cash on which Permitted Liens have been granted, (c) deposit and securities accounts held by any Foreign Subsidiary, (d) deposit and securities accounts not located in the United States or any political subdivision thereof, (e) escrow accounts (to the extent maintained by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the purpose of establishing or maintaining escrow amounts for third parties), and (f) withholding and trust accounts that prohibit the applicable Loan Party from entering into a Qualifying Control Agreement with respect to such account.

“Excluded Property” means, with respect to any Loan Party, (a) (i) any owned real property, and (ii) any leased real property, (b) unless requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, any personal property (including, without limitation, motor vehicles) in respect of which perfection of a Lien is not either (i) governed by the Uniform Commercial Code or (ii) effected by appropriate evidence of the Lien being filed in either the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, (c) the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary to the extent not required to be pledged to secure the Secured Obligations pursuant to Section 6.14(a), (d) any property which, subject to the terms of Section 7.02(c), is subject to a Lien of the type described in Section 7.01(c) pursuant to documents that prohibit such Loan Party from granting any other Liens in such property, (e) any personal property as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree in writing that the costs or other consequences of obtaining a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom, (f) any “intent-to-use” application for registration of a Trademark (as defined in the Security Agreement) of such Loan Party filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1051, prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act with respect thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable federal law, and (g) any general intangible, investment property or other right of any Loan Party arising under any contract,

 

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instrument, license or other document if (but only to the extent that) the grant of a security interest therein would constitute a violation of a valid and enforceable restriction in respect of such general intangible, investment property or other right in favor of a third party or under any law, regulation, permit, order or decree of any Governmental Authority, unless and until all required consents shall have been obtained; provided, that, (i) any such restriction described in this clause (g) on the security interests granted under the Collateral Documents shall only apply to the extent that any such restriction could not be rendered ineffective pursuant to the UCC or any other applicable Law or principles of equity and (ii) in the event of the termination or elimination of any such restriction, a security interest in such assets shall be automatically and simultaneously granted under the Collateral Documents and such assets shall be included as Collateral.

“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) Easton Development Company, and (b) any other direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the Borrower as an “Excluded Subsidiary” by notice to the Administrative Agent which is formed for the sole purpose of holding, managing, developing or monetizing any of the real property assets of such Subsidiary and any other activity reasonably related thereto; provided, that, (i) concurrently with the designation by the Borrower of a Subsidiary as an Excluded Subsidiary pursuant to the foregoing clause (b), the Borrower shall designate such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (and if such Subsidiary cannot be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary at such time, the Borrower shall not be permitted to designate such Subsidiary as an Excluded Subsidiary at such time), (ii) each Excluded Subsidiary shall at all times be an Unrestricted Subsidiary (it being understood and agreed that upon the re-designation by the Borrower of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is an Excluded Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall cease to be an Excluded Subsidiary at the time of such re-designation), and (iii) a Subsidiary shall cease to be an Excluded Subsidiary to the extent that it conducts any material activities or business other than the foregoing.

“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a Lien to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to Section 10.11 and any other “keepwell”, support or other agreement for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties) at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor, or grant by such Guarantor of a Lien, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a Master Agreement governing more than one Swap Contract, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swap Contracts for which such Guaranty or Lien is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.

“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (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 Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or 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 11.13) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii), (a)(iii) or (c), amounts with respect to such

 

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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 3.01(e) and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.

“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Existing Letters of Credit” means those certain letters of credit described by issuer, date of issuance, letter of credit number, undrawn amount, name of beneficiary and date of expiry as set forth on Schedule 1.01(c).

“Facility” means the Term Facility, the Revolving A Facility, the Revolving B Facility or any Incremental Term Facility, as the context may require.

“Facility Termination Date” means the date as of which all of the following shall have occurred: (a) the Aggregate Commitments have terminated, (b) all Obligations have been paid in full in cash (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted), and (c) all Letters of Credit have terminated or expired (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements with respect thereto satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer shall have been made).

“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of which is under pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.

“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, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate; provided, that, except for purposes of the definition of “Base Rate,” if the Federal Funds Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.

“Fee Letter” means the fee letter agreement, dated August 16, 2022, among the Borrower, Bank of America and BofA Securities.

“First Amendment Effective Date” means September 20, 2018.

“Foreign Lender” means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this

 

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definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

“Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, a State thereof or the District of Columbia.

“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 that is a Revolving A Lender, (a) with respect to each L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Revolving A Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving A Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Revolving A Percentage of Swingline Loans other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving A 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 and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

“Funded Indebtedness” means as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP: (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money (including the Obligations), (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds (other than TAB Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(r)), debentures, notes or similar instruments, or upon which interest payments are customarily made, (c) the maximum amount of Earn Out Obligations to the extent such Earn Out Obligations appear as liabilities on a balance sheet of such Person, (d) all Attributable Indebtedness, (e) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Disqualified Capital Stock in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (f) all Indebtedness of others of the types described in clauses (a) through (e) hereof secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (g) all Guarantees with respect to Funded Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (f) hereof of another Person, and (h) all Indebtedness of the types described in clauses (a) through (g) hereof of any partnership or unincorporated joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer (to the extent that such Person is liable therefore) calculated based on the percentage of such Indebtedness for which such Person is liable; provided, that, Funded Indebtedness shall not include (i) Indebtedness permitted under Sections 7.02(j) and (m), (ii) any Indebtedness of the Loan Parties to the extent backed by Earmarked Cash, or (iii) other Indebtedness to the extent the proceeds of such Indebtedness are held in a blocked account with the Administrative Agent or a separate account with an escrow agent, in each case, for purposes of funding a Permitted Acquisition.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth from time to time 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 agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the

 

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accounting profession) including, without limitation, the FASB Accounting Standards Codification, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied and subject to Section 1.03.

“GDX Automotive SAS Judgments” means any legal judgments rendered under French law against GDX Automotive SAS.

“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, without limitation, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority and any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into 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 (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed or expressly undertaken by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.

“Guarantors” means, collectively, (a) each Person identified as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto, (b) the Subsidiaries of the Borrower as are or may from time to time become parties to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.13, (c) with respect to Additional Secured Obligations owing by any Loan Party and any Swap Obligation of a Specified Loan Party (determined before giving effect to Sections 10.01 and 10.11) under the Guaranty, the Borrower, and (d) the successor and permitted assigns of the foregoing; provided, however, in no event shall an Excluded Subsidiary be a Guarantor.

“Guaranty” means, collectively, (a) the Guarantee made by the Guarantors under Article X in favor of the Secured Parties, and (b) each other guaranty delivered pursuant to Section 6.13.

“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, natural gas, natural gas liquids, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, toxic mold, infectious or medical wastes, defined or regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

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“Hedge Bank” means any Person in its capacity as a party to a Swap Contract that, (a) at the time it enters into a Swap Contract permitted under Article VI and VII, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or (b) in the case of any Swap Contract permitted under Article VI and VII in effect on or prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, is, as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and a party to a Swap Contract permitted under Article VI and VII with a Loan Party; provided, that, in the case of a Secured Hedge Agreement with a Person who is no longer a Lender (or Affiliate of a Lender), such Person shall be considered a Hedge Bank only through the stated termination date (without extension or renewal) of such Secured Hedge Agreement; provided, further, that for any of the foregoing to be included as a “Secured Hedge Agreement” on any date of determination by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Hedge Bank (other than the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) must have delivered a Secured Party Designation Notice to the Administrative Agent prior to such date of determination.

“HMT” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Sanction(s)”.

“Honor Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c).

“IFRS” means international accounting standards within the meaning of IAS Regulation 1606/2002 to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements delivered under or referred to herein.

“Incremental Facility” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(g).

“Incremental Increase Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the greater of (a) the total of (i) $250,000,000 minus (ii) the aggregate amount of any Incremental Facilities incurred in reliance on clause (a)(i) prior to such date pursuant to Section 2.02(g) and (b) any amount, such that after giving effect to such Incremental Facility (assuming for such purposes that such Incremental Facility is fully drawn) on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of such date does not exceed 3.25 to 1.0.

“Incremental Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Incremental Term Loans of the same Type and under the same Incremental Term Facility and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Incremental Term Lenders with respect to such Incremental Term Facility pursuant to Section 2.01(c).

“Incremental Term Commitment” means, as to each Incremental Term Lender with respect to an Incremental Term Facility, its obligation to make Incremental Term Loans with respect to such Incremental Term Facility pursuant to an Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement; provided, that, at any time after the funding of an Incremental Term Facility, any determination of “Required Lenders” shall include the Outstanding Amount of all Incremental Term Loans with respect to such Incremental Term Facility.

“Incremental Term Facility” means, at any time, with respect to any Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement, the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Term Loans made by Incremental Term Lenders pursuant to such Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement that are outstanding at such time.

“Incremental Term Lender” means each of the Persons identified as an “Incremental Term Lender” in an Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement (so long as such Persons are Lenders at the time of execution of such Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement or other Persons selected at such time by the Borrower and acceptable to the Administrative Agent (so long as such

 

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Persons would be permitted at such time by Section 11.06(b)(v) to become assignees hereunder)), together with their respective successors and assigns.

“Incremental Term Loan” means an advance made by an Incremental Term Lender under an Incremental Term Facility.

“Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, or such other form as shall be reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent, executed and delivered in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02(g)(ii).

“Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date” with respect to any Incremental Term Facility, has the meaning set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement for such Incremental Term Facility.

“Incremental Term Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of an Incremental Term Lender evidencing Incremental Term Loans made by such Incremental Term Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP: (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money (including the Obligations), (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds (including TAB Indebtedness), debentures, notes or similar instruments, or upon which interest payments are customarily made, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person (other than customary reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business), (d) all obligations (including, without limitation, the maximum amount of Earn Out Obligations) of such Person incurred, issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services purchased by such Person (other than trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business and due within six (6) months of the incurrence thereof) which would appear as liabilities on a balance sheet of such Person, (e) all Attributable Indebtedness, (f) the maximum amount of all letters of credit issued or bankers’ acceptances facilities created for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder (to the extent unreimbursed), (g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Disqualified Capital Stock in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (h) payment obligations of such Person under non-compete agreements, (i) the Swap Termination Value of any Swap Contract, (j) all obligations of such Person under take-or-pay or similar arrangements or under commodities agreements, (k) all Indebtedness of others of the types described in clauses (a) through (j) hereof secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (l) all Guarantees with respect to Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (k) hereof of another Person, and (m) all Indebtedness of the types described in clauses (a) through (l) hereof of any partnership or unincorporated joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer (to the extent that such Person is liable therefore) calculated based on the percentage of such Indebtedness for which such Person is liable.

“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.

“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).

 

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“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07.

“Intellectual Property” means all trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights, copyright applications, patents, patent applications, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights.

“Intercompany Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.

“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Term SOFR Loan or any Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made; (b) as to any Base Rate Loan or Swingline Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made (with Swingline Loans being deemed made under the Revolving A Facility for purposes of this definition); and (c) as to any Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan or any Daily SOFR Loan, the last Business Day of each calendar month and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.

“Interest Period” means, as to each Term SOFR Loan and each Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Term SOFR Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, as applicable, and ending on the date one (1) or three (3) months thereafter (in each case, subject to availability for the interest rate applicable to the relevant currency), as selected by the Borrower in its Loan Notice; provided, that:

(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately prior Business Day;

(b) any Interest Period 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 calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.

“Interim Financial Statements” means the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022, including balance sheets and statements of income and operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows.

“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or interest in, another Person (including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person), or (c) an Acquisition. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

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“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by an L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary) or in favor of such L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.

“Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E, executed and delivered in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.13.

“Junior Debt Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.14.

“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest of the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, the Term Facility Maturity Date, and the latest Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date.

“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving A Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Revolving A Percentage. All L/C Advances shall be denominated in Dollars.

“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving A Borrowing. All L/C Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.

“L/C Commitment” means, as to each L/C Issuer, its obligation to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.03 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such L/C Issuer’s name on Schedule 1.01(d), as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.

“L/C Issuer” means (a) Bank of America, through itself or through one of its designated Affiliates or branch offices, in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of such Letters of Credit hereunder, (b) Wells Fargo in its capacity as issuer of the Existing Letters of Credit, or any successor issuer of such Existing Letters of Credit, (c) such other Lenders selected by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.03(l) from time to time to issue Letters of Credit (provided, that, no Lender shall be required to become an L/C Issuer pursuant to this clause (c) without such Lender’s consent), or any successor issuer thereof, or (d) any Lender selected by the Borrower (with the prior consent of the Administrative Agent) to replace a Lender who is a Defaulting Lender at the time of such Lender’s appointment as an L/C Issuer (provided, that, no Lender shall be required to become an L/C Issuer pursuant to this clause (d) without such Lender’s consent), or any successor issuer thereof.

 

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“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts (including all L/C Borrowings). For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

“LCA Test Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1.03(e).

“Lender” means each of the Persons identified as a “Lender” on the signature pages hereto, each other Person that becomes a “Lender” in accordance with this Agreement (including each Incremental Term Lender) or any other Loan Document, and their successors and assigns and, unless the context requires otherwise, includes the Swingline Lender.

“Lender Party” means each Lender, each L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender.

“Lending Office” means, as to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender, the office or offices of such Person described as such in such Person’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as such Person may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; which office may include any Affiliate of such Person or any domestic or foreign branch of such Person or such Affiliate.

“Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit. Letters of Credit may be issued in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency.

“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by an L/C Issuer.

“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is ten (10) days prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately prior Business Day).

“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h).

“Letter of Credit Report” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F or any other form reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $100,000,000 and (b) the Revolving A Facility. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving A Facility.

“Leverage Increase Period” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11(a).

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

 

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“Limited Condition Acquisition” means a Permitted Acquisition that is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.

“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of a Term Loan, a Revolving Loan, an Incremental Term Loan or a Swingline Loan.

“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty, the Collateral Documents, the Fee Letter, each Issuer Document, each Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement, each Joinder Agreement, any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.14, any intercreditor agreement entered into by the Administrative Agent in connection with Additional Second Lien Indebtedness, any subordination agreement entered into by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Indebtedness permitted hereunder, the Successor Agency Agreement, and all other certificates, agreements, documents and instruments executed and delivered, in each case, by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to the foregoing (but specifically excluding any Secured Hedge Agreement and any Secured Cash Management Agreement).

“Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing (other than a Swingline Borrowing), (b) a conversion of Term SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, (c) a conversion of Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, (d) a conversion of Daily SOFR Loans to Term SOFR Loans or Base Rate Loans, or (e) a continuation of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, in each case pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit G or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.

“Master Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Swap Contract”.

“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the operations, business, assets, properties, or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document, or of the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

“Material Contract” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries any contract, agreement, permit or license, written or oral, of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as to which the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew in accordance with the terms thereof by any party thereto, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

“Material Domestic Subsidiary” means any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (a) that provides a Guarantee of any other Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or (b) the Consolidated Total Assets of which were more than ten percent (10%) of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year of the Borrower for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a); provided, that, in the event that the aggregate of the Consolidated Total Assets of all Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower that do not constitute Material Domestic Subsidiaries exceeds ten percent (10%) of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year of the Borrower for which the

 

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Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a), the Borrower (or the Administrative Agent, in the event the Borrower has failed to do so within ten (10) days of request therefor by the Administrative Agent) shall, to the extent necessary, designate sufficient Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower to be deemed to be “Material Domestic Subsidiaries” to eliminate such excess, and such designated Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower shall thereafter constitute Material Domestic Subsidiaries.

“Material Foreign Subsidiary” means any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower the Consolidated Total Assets of which were more than ten percent (10%) of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year of the Borrower for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a); provided, that, in the event that the aggregate of the Consolidated Total Assets of all Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower that do not constitute Material Foreign Subsidiaries exceeds ten percent (10%) of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year of the Borrower for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a), the Borrower (or the Administrative Agent, in the event the Borrower has failed to do so within ten (10) days of request therefor by the Administrative Agent) shall, to the extent necessary, designate sufficient Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower to be deemed to be “Material Foreign Subsidiaries” to eliminate such excess, and such designated Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower shall thereafter constitute Material Foreign Subsidiaries.

“Material Intellectual Property” means any Intellectual Property that is material to the operation of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

“Maturity Date” means the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, the Term Facility Maturity Date or an Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date, as the context may require.

“Measurement Period” means, at any date of determination, the four (4) fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently completed on or prior to such date of determination.

“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 any period when a Revolving A Lender constitutes a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to one hundred five percent (105%) of the Fronting Exposure of an L/C Issuer 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 2.14(a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii), an amount equal to one hundred two percent (102%) of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, and (c) otherwise, an amount determined by the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer in their sole discretion.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five (5) plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.

 

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“Net Cash Proceeds” means the aggregate cash or Cash Equivalents proceeds received by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Disposition, Debt Issuance, or Recovery Event, net of (a) direct costs whether paid or accrued (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions associated therewith), (b) with respect to any Disposition, amounts held in escrow to be applied as part of the purchase price of any Disposition, (c) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, (d) with respect to any Disposition or Recovery Event, payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium (if any) and interest on any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the assets subject to such Disposition or Recovery Event, and (e) with respect to any Disposition or Recovery Event, amounts payable directly or indirectly to Governmental Authorities for such Disposition or Recovery Event to the extent required by such Governmental Authorities or Contractual Obligations. The term “Net Cash Proceeds” shall include, without limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration (but only as and when such cash is actually received) received by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Disposition, Debt Issuance, or Recovery Event and any cash or Cash Equivalents released from escrow as part of the purchase price in connection with any Disposition.

“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (a) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.01 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-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iv).

“Non-Reinstatement Deadline” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(v).

“Not Otherwise Applied” means, with reference to any proceeds of any transaction or event or of the Available Amount that is proposed to be applied to a particular use or transaction, that such amount has not previously been (and is not simultaneously being) applied to anything other than such particular use or transaction.

“Note” means a Term Note, a Revolving Note or an Incremental Term Note, as the context may require.

“Notice of Additional L/C Issuer” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H or any other form reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Notice of Loan Prepayment” means a notice of prepayment with respect to a Loan, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit I or such other form as may be reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

“Obligations” means (a) all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit and (b) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with enforcement and collection of the foregoing, including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel, in each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof pursuant to any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws

 

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naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding; provided, that, Obligations of a Guarantor shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor.

“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), (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 constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), (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 (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), and (d) with respect to all entities, 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 (or equivalent or comparable documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction).

“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 or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.06).

“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to the Term Loans, Revolving Loans, Incremental Term Loans and Swingline Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of the Term Loans, Revolving Loans, Incremental Term Loans and Swingline Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date, and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.

“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer, or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

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“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).

“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.

“PATRIOT Act” has the meaning specified in Section 11.19.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.

“Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by the Borrower and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code.

“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition by a Loan Party (the Person, assets or division, line of business or other business unit of the Person to be acquired in such Acquisition shall be referred to herein as the “Target”); provided, that, (a) the Target of such Acquisition operates a Permitted Business or the assets acquired pursuant to such Acquisition are used or useful in a Permitted Business, (b) no Event of Default shall exist or would result from giving effect to such Acquisition, (c) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that, upon giving Pro Forma Effect to such Acquisition, (i) the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) and (ii) the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio is at least 0.25 to 1.0 less than the ratio required to be maintained at such time by Section 7.11(a), (d) such Acquisition shall not be a “hostile” Acquisition and shall have been approved by the Board of Directors and/or the shareholders (or equivalent) of the applicable Loan Party and the Target, and (e) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a description of the material terms of such Acquisition, and (ii) if the Acquisition Consideration for such Acquisition exceeds $50,000,000, (A) if available, quarterly and audited financial statements of the Target for its most recently ended fiscal year and any fiscal quarters ended within the fiscal year to date, and (B) consolidated projected income statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Acquisition), all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided, that, for any Acquisition for which the Acquisition Consideration is less than $20,000,000, the Loan Parties shall only be required to comply with clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above.

“Permitted Business” means any business that is, directly or indirectly through a Restricted Subsidiary, the same as, or reasonably related, ancillary or complementary to, the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date.

“Permitted Liens” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01.

“Permitted Real Property Encumbrances” means (a) as to any particular real property at any time, such easements, encroachments, covenants, restrictions, rights of way, minor defects, irregularities or encumbrances on title which do not, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, materially impair such real property for the purpose for which it is held by the applicable Loan Party or owner, as the case may be, thereof, (b) municipal and zoning laws, regulations, codes and ordinances, which are not

 

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violated in any material respect by the existing improvements and the present use made by the Loan Party or owner, as the case may be, of such real property, (c) general real estate taxes and assessments not yet delinquent, (d) leases and subleases of real property entered into in the ordinary course of business so long as such leases and subleases do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or materially impair the use (for its intended purpose) or value of the real property subject thereto, and (e) such other items to which the Administrative Agent may consent in its sole discretion.

“Permitted Real Estate Exchanges” means the transfer of any owned real property of a Loan Party (other than any Specified Real Property) to another Person in exchange for real property having an equivalent Fair Market Value.

“Permitted Real Estate Sales” means the sale of any Specified Real Property; provided, that, (a) no Default or Event of Default shall be existing or would result from such sale, and (b) such sale is for Fair Market Value.

“Permitted Real Estate Transfers” means the contribution, sale or other transfer of any owned real property of a Loan Party (other than any Specified Real Property) to an Excluded Subsidiary; provided, that, (a) no Default or Event of Default shall be existing or would result from such contribution, sale, or other transfer, and (b) in the event of a sale, such sale is for Fair Market Value.

“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Indebtedness of any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of such Indebtedness; provided, that, (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the outstanding principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended on the date of such modification, refinancing, refund, renewal or extension, except by an amount equal to (i) unpaid accrued interest and premiums thereon (including tender premiums) plus reasonable fees and expenses (including upfront fees and original issue discount) incurred in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, plus (ii) any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, (b) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has (i) a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, and (ii) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or longer than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (c) immediately before and after giving effect thereto, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii) the Loan Parties shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), (d) the direct and contingent obligors of such Indebtedness shall not be changed, as a result of or in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, (e) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Secured Obligations or secured by Liens on the Collateral junior to those created under the Collateral Documents, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended (it being understood that any Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Collateral junior to those created under the Collateral Documents may be modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended with unsecured Indebtedness), (f) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is unsecured, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension shall be unsecured, and (g) the terms (excluding pricing, fees, rate floors, discounts, premiums and optional prepayments or redemption terms) of such Indebtedness shall not be changed in any manner that is materially adverse, taken as a whole, to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, as a result of or in connection with such

 

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modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (it being understood that any Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Collateral junior to those created under the Collateral Documents may be modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended with unsecured Indebtedness), except for terms applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date.

“Permitted Transfer” means (a) any Permitted Real Estate Exchange, (b) any Permitted Real Estate Sale, (c) any Permitted Real Estate Transfer, (d) the grant of certain rights pertaining to “Aggregates” to (i) Granite Construction Company pursuant to the Agreement Granting Right to Mine Aggregates dated November 18, 2004 or (ii) to any other person pursuant to an agreement pertaining to such rights entered into by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary subsequent to the Closing Date, (e) the termination of any Swap Contract, (f) the sale of any Equity Interests in any Excluded Subsidiary provided that such sale is for Fair Market Value, or (g) any other Disposition; provided, that, in the case of this clause (g), (i) the assets are sold for Fair Market Value, (ii) at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the aggregate consideration for such Disposition is received in cash or Cash Equivalents, (iii) no Event of Default exists or would result from such Disposition, (iv) upon giving Pro Forma Effect to such Disposition, the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), and (v) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of such Disposition, when taken together with the Net Cash Proceeds received from all other Dispositions made in reliance on this clause (g) (to the extent not reinvested in Eligible Assets during the applicable twelve (12) month period) during any twelve (12) month period, shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year of the Borrower prior to such Disposition for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a).

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

“Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or any such Plan to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.

“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“Pledge Agreement” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, executed in favor of the Administrative Agent by each of the Loan Parties.

“Pro Forma Basis”, “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” means, in respect of a Specified Transaction, that such Specified Transaction and the following transactions in connection therewith (to the extent applicable) shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable Measurement Period for the applicable covenant or requirement: (a)(i) with respect to any Disposition, any disposition resulting in a Recovery Event, or sale, transfer or other disposition that results in a Person ceasing to be a Subsidiary or any designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, income statement and cash flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Person or property disposed of or the Subsidiary so designated shall be excluded and (ii) with respect to any Acquisition, Investment, or a designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, income statement and cash flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Person or property acquired or the Subsidiary so designated shall be included to the extent relating to any period applicable in such calculations to the extent (A) such items are not otherwise included in such income statement items for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP or in accordance with any defined terms set forth in Section 1.01 and (B) such items are supported by financial statements or other

 

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information satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness and (c) any incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided, that, (x) Pro Forma Basis, Pro Forma Compliance and Pro Forma Effect in respect of any Specified Transaction shall be calculated in a reasonable and factually supportable manner and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and (y) any such calculation shall be subject to the applicable limitations set forth in the definition of Consolidated EBITDAP.

“Pro Forma Compliance Certificate” means a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower containing reasonably detailed calculations of the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) after giving Pro Forma Effect to the applicable Specified Transaction.

“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 Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).

“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning specified in Section 11.27.

“Qualified Acquisition” means (a) a Permitted Acquisition with aggregate Acquisition Consideration of at least $50,000,000 or (b) a series of related Permitted Acquisitions in any twelve (12) month period, with aggregate Acquisition Consideration for all such Permitted Acquisitions of at least $50,000,000.

“Qualified Capital Stock” of any Person means any Equity Interests of such Person that are not Disqualified Capital Stock.

“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, at any time, each Loan Party with total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or that qualifies at such time as an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

“Qualifying Control Agreement” means an agreement, among a Loan Party, a depository institution or securities intermediary and the Administrative Agent, which agreement is in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and which provides the Administrative Agent with “control” (as such term is used in Article 9 of the UCC) over the deposit account(s) or securities account(s) described therein.

“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder.

“Recovery Event” means the receipt by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any cash insurance proceeds or condemnation or expropriation award payable by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction or damage, taking or similar event with respect to any of their respective property or assets

 

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other than obsolete property or assets no longer used or useful in the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c).

“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 Rate” means with respect to any Revolving Loan, Term Loan or Incremental Term Loan denominated in (a) Dollars, SOFR, (b) Sterling, SONIA, or (c) Euros, EURIBOR.

“Removal Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 9.06(b).

“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived.

“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing (other than a Swingline Borrowing), conversion or continuation of Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans or Revolving Loans, a Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swingline Borrowing, a Swingline Loan Notice.

“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Total Credit Exposures representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the Total Credit Exposures of all Lenders at such time. The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time; provided, that, the amount of any participation in any Swingline Loan and Unreimbursed Amounts that such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the Swingline Lender or an L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in making such determination.

“Required Revolving A Lenders” means, at any time, Revolving A Lenders having Revolving A Exposures representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the Revolving A Exposures of all Revolving A Lenders. The Revolving A Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Revolving A Lenders at any time; provided, that, the amount of Unreimbursed Amounts that such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is an L/C Issuer in making such determination.

“Required Revolving B Lenders” means, at any time, Revolving B Lenders having Revolving B Exposures representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the Revolving B Exposures of all Revolving B Lenders. The Revolving B Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Revolving B Lenders at any time.

“Rescindable Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(b)(ii).

“Rescission Offer” means a rescission offer or offers to be launched by the Borrower under which the Borrower will offer (using cash and/or Qualified Capital Stock) to (a) rescind and repurchase the units (consisting, in part, of Equity Interests of the Borrower), including any unrealized losses with respect to such units, sold to or issued to Persons in the Aerojet Rocketdyne Stock Fund of the Aerojet Rocketdyne Savings Plan who may have been deemed to have purchased such units that were “sold” in violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act, or any similar state laws (the “Rescission Offer Affected Persons”), (b) make payments to Rescission Offer Affected Persons who sold such units at a loss or who have

 

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unrealized losses with respect to such units and (c) pay interest to Rescission Offer Affected Persons as compensation for such losses or unrealized losses; provided, that, the Rescission Offer shall not include the rescission of units purchased by participants after the effective date of the Borrower’s registration statement on Form S-8 dated June 30, 2008.

“Resignation Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.06(a).

“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer, controller or authorized signatory of a Loan Party, and, solely for purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates, the secretary or any assistant secretary of a Loan Party, and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party. To the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, each Responsible Officer will provide an incumbency certificate and to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, appropriate authorization documentation, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Equity Interests of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, and (d) any payment made in cash to holders of Convertible Bond Indebtedness in excess of the original principal (or notional) amount thereof and interest thereon (and, to the extent not permissible to be satisfied with shares of common stock, customary redemption, mandatory conversion or similar premiums, if any).

“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Each Guarantor shall be a Restricted Subsidiary.

“Revaluation Date” means, (a) with respect to any Revolving B Loan, each of the following: (i) each date of a Revolving B Borrowing of Alternative Currency Loans; (ii) each date of a continuation of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.02; (iii) each Interest Payment Date with respect to an Alternative Currency Loan; and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Revolving B Lenders shall require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance, amendment and/or extension of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency; (ii) each date of any payment by an L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency; (iii) in the case of all Existing Letters of Credit denominated in Alternative Currencies, the Closing Date; and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer shall determine or the Required Revolving A Lenders shall require.

 

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“Revolving A Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving A Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving A Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(i).

“Revolving A Commitment” means, as to each Revolving A Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving A Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(i), (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swingline Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01(b) under the caption “Revolving A Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate amount of the Revolving A Commitments of all of the Revolving A Lenders on the Second Amendment Effective Date shall be $490,000,000.

“Revolving A Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving A Loans and such Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans at such time.

“Revolving A Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving A Lenders’ Revolving A Commitments at such time.

“Revolving A Lender” means, at any time, (a) so long as any Revolving A Commitment is in effect, any Lender that has a Revolving A Commitment at such time or (b) if the Revolving A Commitments have terminated or expired, any Lender that has a Revolving A Loan or a participation in L/C Obligations or Swingline Loans at such time.

“Revolving A Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b)(i).

“Revolving B Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving B Loans of the same Type, in the same currency and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving B Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(ii).

“Revolving B Commitment” means, as to each Revolving B Lender, its obligation to make Revolving B Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(ii), in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01(b) under the caption “Revolving B Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate amount of the Revolving B Commitments of all of the Revolving B Lenders on the Second Amendment Effective Date shall be $160,000,000.

“Revolving B Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving B Loans.

“Revolving B Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving B Lenders’ Revolving B Commitments at such time.

“Revolving B Lender” means, at any time, (a) so long as any Revolving B Commitment is in effect, any Lender that has a Revolving B Commitment at such time or (b) if the Revolving B Commitments have terminated or expired, any Lender that has a Revolving B Loan at such time.

 

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“Revolving B Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b)(ii).

“Revolving Borrowing” means a Revolving A Borrowing and/or a Revolving B Borrowing, as applicable.

“Revolving Commitment” means a Revolving A Commitment and/or a Revolving B Commitment, as applicable.

“Revolving Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of such Lender’s (a) outstanding Revolving A Loans, plus (b) participation in L/C Obligations, plus (c) participation in Swingline Loans, plus (d) outstanding Revolving B Loans.

“Revolving Facility Maturity Date” means September 20, 2025; provided, that, if such date is not a Business Day, the Revolving Facility Maturity Date shall be the immediately prior Business Day.

“Revolving Lender” means a Revolving A Lender and/or a Revolving B Lender, as applicable.

“Revolving Loan” means a Revolving A Loan and/or a Revolving B Loan, as applicable.

“Revolving Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Revolving Lender evidencing Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans, as the case may be, made by such Revolving Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit J.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc., and any successor thereto.

“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred; provided, that, a transaction of the type described in clause (h) of the definition of Disposition shall not constitute a Sale and Leaseback Transaction.

“Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.

“Sanction(s)” means any sanction or trade embargo imposed, administered or enforced by the United States Government (including, without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”) or other relevant sanctions authority.

“Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(d).

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

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“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank.

“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any interest rate, currency, foreign exchange, or commodity Swap Contract permitted under Article VI and VII between any Loan Party and any Hedge Bank.

“Secured Obligations” means all Obligations and all Additional Secured Obligations.

“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuers, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, each Indemnitee and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.05.

“Secured Party Designation Notice” means a notice from any Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender substantially in the form of Exhibit K.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, including all amendments thereto and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Securitization Transaction” means, with respect to any Person, any financing transaction or series of financing transactions (including factoring arrangements) pursuant to which such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or grant a security interest in, accounts, payments, receivables, rights to future lease payments or residuals or similar rights to payment to a special purpose subsidiary or affiliate of such Person.

“Security Agreement” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, executed in favor of the Administrative Agent by each of the Loan Parties.

“Snappon Judgments” means any legal judgments rendered under French law against Snappon SA, a French subsidiary of the Borrower.

“SOFR” means the Secured Overnight Financing Rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator).

“SOFR Adjustment” means: (a) with respect to Daily SOFR, 0.10% (10 basis points); and (b) with respect to Term SOFR, (i) 0.10% (10 basis points) for an Interest Period of one month’s duration, and (ii) 0.10% (10 basis points) for an Interest Period of three months’ duration.

“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of SOFR, or any successor administrator of SOFR designated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or other Person acting as the SOFR Administrator at such time that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“SOFR Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with SOFR, Daily SOFR, or any proposed SOFR Successor Rate, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definition of “SOFR”, the definition of “Daily SOFR”, the timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definition of “Business Day”, the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, the timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, and the length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent, to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate(s) and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner

 

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substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Loan Document).

“SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(b).

“SOFR Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(b).

“Solvency Certificate” means a solvency certificate in substantially in the form of Exhibit L.

“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 is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on their 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 the ability of such Person 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 the property of such Person 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. 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.

“SONIA” means, with respect to any applicable determination date, the Sterling Overnight Index Average Reference Rate published on the fifth Business Day preceding such date on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time); provided, that, if such determination date is not a Business Day, SONIA means such rate that applied on the first Business Day immediately prior thereto.

“SONIA Adjustment” means 0.0326% (3.26 basis points) per annum.

“Special Notice Currency” means, at any time, any Alternative Currency other than the currency of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at such time located in North America or Europe.

“Specified Event of Default” means any Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.01(a), Section 8.01(f) or Section 8.01(g).

“Specified Legal Claims” means claims arising from (a) environmental and litigation matters discussed in the Borrower’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K or Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and (b) additional matters disclosed on Schedule 1.01(f).

“Specified Loan Party” means any Loan Party that is not then an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined prior to giving effect to Section 10.11).

“Specified Real Property” means each of the following owned real properties: (a) 7499 Pine Stake Road, Culpeper, Virginia 22701, (b) 11441 Willows NE, Redmond, Washington 98052, and (c) 8900 De Soto Avenue, Los Angeles, California 91304.

 

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“Specified Sales” means the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of (a) inventory and materials in the ordinary course of business, and (b) cash into Cash Equivalents or Cash Equivalents into cash.

“Specified Transaction” means (a) any Acquisition, any Disposition, any sale, transfer or other disposition that results in a Person ceasing to be a Subsidiary, any disposition resulting in a Recovery Event, any Investment that results in a Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, any designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, or any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness or (b) any other event that by the terms of the Loan Documents requires Pro Forma Compliance with a test or covenant, calculation as to Pro Forma Effect with respect to a test or covenant or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.

“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two (2) Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided, that, the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; provided, further, that such L/C Issuer may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.

“Sterling” and “£” mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

“Subordinating Loan Party” has the meaning specified in Section 11.16.

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of Voting Stock is at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

“Successor Agency Agreement” means that certain Agency Resignation, Appointment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit P.

“Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(d).

“Supported QFC” has the meaning specified in Section 11.27.

“Swap Contract” 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

 

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Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

“Swap Obligations” means with respect to any Guarantor 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.

“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (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 Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

“Swingline Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swingline Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.

“Swingline Lender” means Bank of America, in its capacity as provider of Swingline Loans, or any successor swingline lender hereunder.

“Swingline Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).

“Swingline Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swingline Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit M or such other form as reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

“Swingline Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $10,000,000, and (b) the Revolving A Facility. The Swingline Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving A Facility.

“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property (including Sale and Leaseback Transactions), in each case, creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the application of any Debtor Relief Laws to such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

“TAB Documents” means, in connection with an issuance of TAB Indebtedness, any TAB Indenture, any TAB Lease Agreement, and any other certificate, agreement, document or instrument, in each case, executed and delivered by any Loan Party in connection with such issuance of TAB Indebtedness.

“TAB Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness and other obligations arising in connection with the issuance of tax abatement bonds by a TAB Issuer to mitigate Taxes otherwise payable in connection with the ownership of a TAB Property.

“TAB Indenture” means an indenture or other agreement governing TAB Indebtedness entered into by any Loan Party in connection with the issuance of such TAB Indebtedness.

 

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“TAB Issuer” means a Governmental Authority located in the United States that issues TAB Indebtedness.

“TAB Lease Agreement” means a lease agreement entered into by and between a Loan Party and a TAB Issuer (or any affiliate thereof) in connection with the issuance by such TAB Issuer of TAB Indebtedness.

“TAB Property” means a real property owned by a Loan Party.

“TARGET2” means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on November 19, 2007.

“TARGET Day” means any day on which TARGET2 (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system, if any, determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.

“Tax Benefit” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(f).

“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

“Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a).

“Term Commitment” means, as to each Term Lender, its obligation to make a Term Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Term Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01(b) under the caption “Term Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate amount of the Term Commitments of all of the Term Lenders on the Second Amendment Effective Date shall be $269,062,500.

“Term Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans of all Term Lenders outstanding at such time.

“Term Facility Maturity Date” means September 20, 2025; provided, that, if such date is not a Business Day, the Term Facility Maturity Date shall be the immediately prior Business Day.

“Term Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that holds a Term Loan at such time.

“Term Loan” means an advance made by any Term Lender under the Term Facility.

“Term Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Term Lender evidencing Term Loans made by such Term Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit N.

“Term SOFR” means: (a) for any Interest Period with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that if

 

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the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date, then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto; in each case, plus the applicable SOFR Adjustment; and (b) for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate with a term of one (1) month commencing that day; provided, that, if Term SOFR determined in accordance with either of the foregoing clause (a) or clause (b) would otherwise be less than zero, Term SOFR shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.

“Term SOFR Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with SOFR, Daily SOFR, Term SOFR, or any proposed Term SOFR Successor Rate, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definition of “Base Rate”, the definition of “Interest Period”, the definition of “SOFR”, the definition of “Daily SOFR”, the definition of “Term SOFR”, the timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definition of “Business Day”, the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, the timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, and the length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent, to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate(s) and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Loan Document).

“Term SOFR Loan” means a Revolving Loan, a Term Loan or an Incremental Term Loan that is denominated in Dollars and that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “Term SOFR”.

“Term SOFR Replacement Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(c).

“Term SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(c).

“Term SOFR Screen Rate” means the forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).

“Term SOFR Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(c).

“Threshold Amount” means $25,000,000.

“Total Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the unused Commitments, Revolving Exposure, Outstanding Amount of the Term Loans, and Outstanding Amount of all Incremental Term Loans of such Lender at such time.

“Total Revolving A Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving A Loans, Swingline Loans and L/C Obligations.

“Total Revolving B Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving B Loans.

 

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“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan, a Term SOFR Loan, a Daily SOFR Loan, an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided, that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook 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.

“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, any Subsidiary of the Borrower that has been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Borrower (in a written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent); provided, that, no Subsidiary that owns any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, further, that, (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that, upon giving Pro Forma Effect to such designation, the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) and (iii) such Subsidiary shall have been or will promptly be designated an “unrestricted subsidiary” (or otherwise not be subject to the covenants) under any Additional Second Lien Indebtedness, any Additional Unsecured Indebtedness, any other Indebtedness with an outstanding principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount and any Permitted Refinancing of any of the foregoing. The designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary therein. Any Unrestricted Subsidiary may be redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary in a written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent; provided, that, (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) no Excluded Subsidiary may be redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary (unless, as of the date of such redesignation, such Subsidiary ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary) and (iii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that, upon giving Pro Forma Effect to such redesignation, the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b). The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of such designation of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time. Once an Unrestricted Subsidiary has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary may not be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary again. As of the First Amendment Effective Date, Schedule 1.01(e) contains a list of each Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

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“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any Business Day, except any Business Day on which any of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business because such day is a legal holiday under the federal laws of the United States or the laws of the State of New York, as applicable.

“U.S. Loan Party” means any Loan Party that is organized under the laws of one of the states of the United States.

“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” has the meaning specified in Section 11.27.

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(e)(ii)(B)(3).

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests issued by such Person the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right to so vote has been suspended by the happening of such contingency.

“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date of determination, 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 of determination and the making of such payment by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness as of such date of determination.

“Wells Fargo” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

“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.

1.02 Other Interpretive 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. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context

 

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requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including the Loan Documents and any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, amended and restated, modified, extended, restated, replaced or supplemented from time to time (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “hereto,” “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory rules, regulations, orders and provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

(b) 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.”

(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(d) Any reference herein to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale, or disposition, or similar term, with respect to any Person, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale, or disposition, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person. Any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person).

1.03 Accounting Terms.

(a) Generally. 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, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, 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, (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at one hundred percent (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, and (ii) all liability amounts shall be determined excluding any liability relating to any operating lease, all asset amounts shall be determined excluding any right-of-use assets relating to any

 

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operating lease, all amortization amounts shall be determined excluding any amortization of a right-of-use asset relating to any operating lease, and all interest amounts shall be determined excluding any deemed interest comprising a portion of fixed rent payable under any operating lease, in each case to the extent that such liability, asset, amortization or interest pertains to an operating lease under which the covenantor or a member of its consolidated group is the lessee and would not have been accounted for as such under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2015.

(b) Changes in GAAP. The Borrower shall provide a written summary of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary with each Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b). If at any time any change in GAAP (including the adoption of IFRS but excluding, for any reporting period ending after December 31, 2016, the recognition by the Borrower of revenue in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 (Revenue From Contracts With Customers (Topic 606)) pursuant to amendments that have been issued as of the Closing Date but are not effective as of the Closing Date) 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.

(c) Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. All references herein to Consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or to the determination of any amount for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that the Borrower is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB ASC 810 as if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein.

(d) Pro Forma Calculations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all calculations of the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio (including for purposes of determining the Applicable Rate), the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis with respect to all Specified Transactions occurring during the applicable Measurement Period to which such calculation relates, and/or subsequent to the end of such Measurement Period but not later than the date of such calculation; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, when calculating the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio and/or the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio for purposes of determining (i) compliance with Section 7.11, and/or (ii) the Applicable Rate, any Specified Transaction and any related adjustment contemplated in the definition of Pro Forma Basis that occurred subsequent to the end of the applicable Measurement Period shall not be given Pro Forma Effect. For purposes of determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires Pro Forma Compliance with any financial covenant set forth in Section 7.11, such Pro Forma Compliance shall be determined by reference to the maximum Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio and/or minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio, as applicable, permitted for the fiscal quarter most recently then ended for which financial statements have been delivered (or were required to have been delivered) in accordance with Section 6.01(a) or (b). The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that for purposes of all calculations hereunder, the principal

 

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amount of Convertible Bond Indebtedness shall be the outstanding principal (or notional) amount thereof, valued at par.

(e) Limited Condition Acquisitions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent that the terms of this Agreement require (i) compliance with any basket, financial ratio or test (including any Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio test, any Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio test or any Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio test), (ii) the absence of a Default or an Event of Default, or (iii) a determination as to whether the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect), in each case in connection with the consummation of a Limited Condition Acquisition, the determination of whether the relevant condition is satisfied may be made, at the election of the Borrower, (A) on the date of the execution of the definitive agreement with respect to such Limited Condition Acquisition (such date, the “LCA Test Date”), or (B) on the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated, in either case, after giving effect to the relevant Limited Condition Acquisition and any related incurrence of Indebtedness, on a Pro Forma Basis; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition: (1) the condition set forth in clause (b) of the proviso to the definition of “Permitted Acquisition” shall be satisfied if (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the applicable LCA Test Date, and (y) no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition; (2) if the proceeds of an Incremental Term Facility are being used to finance such Limited Condition Acquisition, then (x) the conditions set forth in Section 2.02(g)(ii)(E)(x) and Section 4.03(a) shall be required to be satisfied at the time of closing of the Limited Condition Acquisition and funding of such Incremental Term Facility but, if the lenders providing such Incremental Term Facility so agree, the representations and warranties which must be accurate at the time of closing of the Limited Condition Acquisition and funding of such Incremental Term Facility may be limited to customary “specified representations” and such other representations and warranties as may be required by the lenders providing such Incremental Term Facility, and (y) the conditions set forth in Section 2.02(g)(ii)(B), Section 2.02(g)(ii)(E)(y) and Section 4.03(b) shall, if and to the extent the lenders providing such Incremental Term Facility so agree, be satisfied if (I) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the applicable LCA Test Date, and (II) no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the funding of such Incremental Term Facility in connection with the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition; and (3) such Limited Condition Acquisition and the related Indebtedness to be incurred in connection therewith and the use of proceeds thereof shall be deemed incurred and/or applied at the LCA Test Date (until such time as the Indebtedness is actually incurred or the applicable definitive agreement is terminated without actually consummating the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition) and outstanding thereafter for purposes of determining Pro Forma Compliance (other than for purposes of determining Pro Forma Compliance in connection with the making of any Restricted Payment or the making of any Junior Debt Payment) with any financial ratio or test (including any Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio test, any Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio test, any Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio test, or any calculation of the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11) (it being understood and agreed that for purposes of determining Pro Forma Compliance in connection with the making of any Restricted Payment or the making of any Junior Debt Payment, the Borrower shall demonstrate compliance with the applicable test both after giving effect to the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition and assuming that such transaction had not occurred); provided, further, that, in connection with the incurrence of an Incremental Term Facility being used to finance a Limited Condition

 

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Acquisition, (x) if, following the applicable LCA Test Date with respect to such Limited Condition Acquisition, the Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b) for a period ending subsequent to such LCA Test Date (such financial statements being referred to herein as the “Subsequent Financial Statements”), the Borrower may, if and to the extent the lenders providing such Incremental Term Facility so agree, recalculate the Incremental Increase Amount by reference to the Subsequent Financial Statements for purposes of determining the amount of such Incremental Term Facility that may be incurred to finance such Limited Condition Acquisition, (y) the date of any recalculation pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (x) shall be deemed to be the LCA Test Date for purposes of clause (3) in the immediately preceding proviso, and (z) the amount of the Indebtedness to be incurred in connection with such Limited Condition Acquisition shall be determined after giving effect to the recalculation of the Incremental Increase Amount and any increase in the amount of the Incremental Term Facility being used to finance such Limited Condition Acquisition, in each case pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (x) for purposes of clause (3) in the immediately preceding proviso. For the avoidance of doubt, if any of such ratios or amounts for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCA Test Date are thereafter exceeded or otherwise failed to have been complied with as a result of fluctuations in such ratio or amount (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDAP), at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Acquisition, such ratios or amounts will not be deemed to have been exceeded or failed to be complied with as a result of such fluctuations solely for purposes of determining whether the relevant Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted to be consummated or taken. Except as set forth in clause (2) in the proviso to the first sentence in this Section 1.03(e) in connection with the use of the proceeds of an Incremental Term Facility to finance a Limited Condition Acquisition (and, in the case of such clause (2), only if and to the extent the lenders providing such Incremental Term Facility so agree as provided in such clause (2)), it is understood and agreed that this Section 1.03(e) shall not limit the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 with respect to any proposed Credit Extension, in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition or otherwise.

1.04 Rounding.

Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower 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 is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

1.05 Times of Day.

Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

1.06 Letter of Credit Amounts.

Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

 

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1.07 UCC 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.

1.08 Currency Equivalents; Rates.

(a) The Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by the Loan Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable.

(b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of an Alternative Currency Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Borrowing, Alternative Currency Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be.

(c) The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to any reference rate referred to herein or with respect to any rate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the selection of such rate and any related spread or other adjustment) that is an alternative or replacement for or successor to any such rate (including any SOFR Successor Rate, any Term SOFR Successor Rate or any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or the effect of any of the foregoing, or of any SOFR Conforming Changes, any Term SOFR Conforming Changes or any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions or other activities that affect any reference rate referred to herein, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any SOFR Successor Rate, any Term SOFR Successor Rate or any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or any related spread or other adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any reference rate referred to herein or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any SOFR Successor Rate, any Term SOFR Successor Rate or any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing), in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or other action or omission related to or affecting the selection, determination, or calculation of any rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.

 

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1.09 Additional Alternative Currencies.

(a) The Borrower may from time to time request that Revolving B Loans be made and/or Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency”; provided, that, such requested currency is an Eligible Currency. In the case of any such request with respect to the making of Revolving B Loans, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and each Revolving B Lender; and in the case of any such request with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and each L/C Issuer.

(b) Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., twenty (20) Business Days prior to the date of the desired Credit Extension (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, each L/C Issuer, in its or their sole discretion). In the case of any such request pertaining to Revolving B Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving B Lender thereof; and in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each L/C Issuer thereof. Each Revolving B Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to Revolving B Loans) or each L/C Issuer (in the case of a request pertaining to Letters of Credit) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Revolving B Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such requested currency.

(c) Any failure by a Revolving B Lender or an L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding subsection shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Revolving B Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to permit Revolving B Loans to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued in such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and all of the Revolving B Lenders consent to making Revolving B Loans in such requested currency and the Administrative Agent and the Revolving B Lenders reasonably determine that an appropriate interest rate is available to be used for such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and (i) the Administrative Agent and the Revolving B Lenders may amend this Agreement to the extent necessary to add the applicable rate for such currency and any applicable adjustment for such rate, as applicable, and (ii) to the extent this Agreement reflects the appropriate interest rate for such currency or has been amended to reflect the appropriate rate for such currency, such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency for purposes of any Revolving B Borrowings. If the Administrative Agent and each L/C Issuer consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers may amend this Agreement to add such currency as an Alternative Currency for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.09, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrower. Any specified currency of an Existing Letter of Credit that is neither Dollars nor one of the Alternative Currencies specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency” shall be deemed an Alternative Currency with respect to such Existing Letter of Credit only.

1.10 Change of Currency.

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in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided, that, if any Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest Period.

(b) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.

(c) Each provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the change in currency.

1.11 Calculation of Certain Baskets.

With respect to the incurrence of Liens in reliance on the basket set forth in Section 7.01(v)(ii) or the consummation of an Investment in reliance on the basket set forth in clause (ii) of the proviso to Section 7.03(l), a determination as to whether the incurrence of such Liens (in the case of the basket set forth in Section 7.01(v)(ii)) or the consummation of such Investment (in the case of the basket set forth in clause (ii) of the proviso to Section 7.03(l)), as applicable, is permitted by this Agreement shall be made at the time of the incurrence of such Liens (in the case of the basket set forth in Section 7.01(v)(ii)) or at the time of the consummation of such Investment (in the case of the basket set forth in clause (ii) of the proviso to Section 7.03(l)), as applicable, and, for the avoidance of doubt, if any of such basket is exceeded following the incurrence of such Liens or the consummation of such Investment, in each case, solely as a result of fluctuation in the amount of Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of the incurrence of such Liens or the date of the consummation of such Investment, such basket shall not be deemed to have been exceeded solely as a result of fluctuation in the amount of Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries after such date.

ARTICLE II

COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

2.01 Loans.

(a) Term Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender severally agrees to make a term loan to the Borrower in Dollars on the Second Amendment Effective Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Lender’s Term Commitment. Each Term Lender shall make its Term Loan to the Borrower by (i) continuing its term loan outstanding under this Agreement immediately prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, and/or (ii) advancing additional amounts constituting all or a portion of its Term Loan on the Second Amendment Effective Date. Each Term Borrowing shall consist of Term Loans made simultaneously by the Term Lenders in accordance with their respective Term

 

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Commitments. Term Borrowings repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans, Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, as further provided herein.

(b) Revolving Borrowings.

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving A Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving A Loan”) to the Borrower in Dollars, from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period for the Revolving A Facility, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving A Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Revolving A Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving A Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving A Facility and (ii) the Revolving A Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed such Revolving A Lender’s Revolving A Commitment. Within the limits of each Revolving A Lender’s Revolving A Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow Revolving A Loans, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(b)(i). Revolving A Loans may be Base Rate Loans, Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, as further provided herein.

(ii) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving B Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving B Loan”) to the Borrower in Dollars or one or more Alternative Currencies, from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period for the Revolving B Facility, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving B Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Revolving B Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving B Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving B Facility, (ii) the Revolving B Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed such Revolving B Lender’s Revolving B Commitment and (iii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving B Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, plus the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations denominated in Alternative Currencies, shall not exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit. Within the limits of each Revolving B Lender’s Revolving B Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow Revolving B Loans, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(b)(ii). Revolving B Loans may be Base Rate Loans, Term SOFR Loans, Daily SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

(c) Incremental Term Loans. Subject to Section 2.02(g), on the effective date of any Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement, each Incremental Term Lender party to such Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement severally agrees to make a term loan in one advance to the Borrower in the amount of its respective Incremental Term Commitment with respect to such Incremental Term Facility as set forth in such Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement; provided, however, that after giving effect to any such advance, the Outstanding Amount of such Incremental Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Incremental Term Commitments set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement of the applicable Incremental Term Lenders. Each Incremental Term Borrowing shall consist of Incremental Term Loans made simultaneously by the Incremental Term Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentage of the applicable Incremental Term Facility. Incremental Term Borrowings prepaid or repaid may not be reborrowed. Incremental Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans, Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, as further provided herein.

 

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2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.

(a) Notice of Borrowing. Each Borrowing, each conversion of Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, each conversion of Term SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, each conversion of Daily SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans, each continuation of Term SOFR Loans, and each continuation of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, in each case, shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by: (i) telephone or (ii) a Loan Notice; provided, that, any telephonic notice must be confirmed immediately by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Loan Notice. Each such Loan Notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (A) two (2) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans, or of any conversion of Term SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, (B) four (4) Business Days (or five (5) Business Days, in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of Alternative Currency Loans, (C) four (4) Business Days (or five (5) Business Days, in the case of a Special Notice Currency) in the case of the continuation of any Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, (D) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, and (E) on the requested date of any conversion of Base Rate Loans to Daily SOFR Loans or of Daily SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Loans shall be in a principal amount of the Dollar Equivalent of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, in connection with any conversion or continuation of Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding). Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of, or conversion to, Base Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Loans shall be in a principal amount of the Dollar Equivalent of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, in connection with any conversion of Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding). Each Loan Notice and each telephonic notice shall specify (I) the applicable Facility and whether the Borrower is requesting a Borrowing, a conversion, or a continuation, as the case may be, under such Facility, (II) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (III) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (IV) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, (V) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto, and (VI) the currency of the Loans to be borrowed. If the Borrower fails to specify a currency in a Loan Notice requesting a Revolving B Borrowing, then the Loans so requested shall be made in Dollars. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans; provided, that, in the case of a failure to timely request a continuation of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, such Loans shall be continued as Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans in their original currency with an Interest Period of one (1) month. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans in any such Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Section 2.02 shall not apply to Swingline Loans. No Loan may be converted into or continued as a Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead must be repaid in the original currency of such Loan and reborrowed in the other currency.

 

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(b) Advances. Following receipt of a Loan Notice for a Facility, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the amount and currency of its Applicable Percentage under such Facility of the applicable Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Appropriate Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation of Loans denominated in a currency other than Dollars, in each case as described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of a Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the applicable currency not later than 1:00 p.m., in the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, and not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of any Loan in an Alternative Currency, in each case on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.03, the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date a Loan Notice with respect to a Revolving A Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Revolving A Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to the Borrower as provided above.

(c) Term SOFR Loans; Daily SOFR Loans; Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans; Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Term SOFR Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Loan. During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans, Daily SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, in each case, without the consent of the Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the outstanding Term SOFR Loans be converted immediately to Base Rate Loans and any or all of the then outstanding Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans be prepaid, or redenominated into Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto.

(d) Interest Rates. Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error.

(e) Interest Periods. After giving effect to all Term Borrowings, all conversions of Term Loans from one Type to another Type, and all continuations of Term Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than five (5) Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Term Facility. After giving effect to all Revolving Borrowings, all conversions of Revolving Loans from one Type to another Type, and all continuations of Revolving Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than five (5) Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Revolving A Facility and the Revolving B Facility. With respect to each Incremental Term Facility, after giving effect to all Incremental Term Borrowings, all conversions of Incremental Term Loans from one Type to another Type, and all continuations of Incremental Term Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than five (5) Interest Periods in effect in respect of such Incremental Term Facility.

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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.

(g) Increase in Revolving A Facility; Incremental Term Loans. The Borrower may at any time after the Second Amendment Effective Date until the date that is six (6) months prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date or the Term Facility Maturity Date, as applicable, upon prior written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, increase the Revolving A Facility (but not the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit) and/or establish one or more Incremental Term Facilities (each such increase and/or establishment of an Incremental Term Facility, an “Incremental Facility” and collectively, the “Incremental Facilities”), by a maximum aggregate amount for all such Incremental Facilities incurred after the Second Amendment Effective Date not to exceed the Incremental Increase Amount, as follows:

(i) Increase in Revolving A Facility. The Borrower may at any time after the Second Amendment Effective Date until the date that is six (6) months prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, upon prior written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, increase the Revolving A Facility (but not the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit) with additional Revolving A Commitments from any Revolving A Lender or new Revolving A Commitments from one or more other Persons selected by the Borrower and acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and each L/C Issuer (so long as such Persons would be permitted at such time by Section 11.06(b)(v) to become assignees hereunder); provided, that:

(A) any such increase shall be in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 and in integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof;

(B) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and be continuing at the time of any such increase;

(C) no existing Lender shall be under any obligation to increase its Revolving A Commitment and any such decision whether to increase its Revolving A Commitment shall be in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion;

(D) (1) any new Lender shall join this Agreement by executing such joinder documents as are required by the Administrative Agent and/or (2) any existing Lender electing to increase its applicable Revolving A Commitment shall have executed a commitment agreement satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(E) as a condition precedent to such increase, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Borrower dated as of the date of such increase and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (x) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) on and as of the date of such increase, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects

 

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(and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.02(g)(i)(E), the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, and (y) no Default or Event of Default exists;

(F) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (x) a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that, upon giving Pro Forma Effect to any such increase in the Revolving A Facility (and assuming for such calculation that such increase is fully drawn), the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 7.11(a) and (b) as of the most recent fiscal quarter for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b) and (y) a certificate of such Responsible Officer setting forth a calculation of the Incremental Increase Amount as of such date (and assuming for such calculation that such increase is fully drawn);

(G) the Administrative Agent shall have received such amendments to the Collateral Documents as the Administrative Agent reasonably requests to cause the Collateral Documents to secure the Secured Obligations after giving effect to such increase in the Revolving A Facility; and

(H) Schedule 1.01(b) shall be deemed revised to include any increase in the Revolving A Facility pursuant to this Section 2.02(g)(i) and to include thereon any Person that becomes a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.02(g)(i).

The Borrower shall prepay any Revolving A Loans owing by it and outstanding on the date of any such increase (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving A Loans ratable with any revised Revolving A Commitments arising from any non-ratable increase in the Revolving A Commitments under this Section.

(ii) Institution of Incremental Term Facilities. The Borrower may at any time from the Second Amendment Effective Date until the date that is six (6) months prior to the Term Facility Maturity Date, upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, institute an Incremental Term Facility from one or more Incremental Term Lenders; provided, that:

(A) any such Incremental Term Facility shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof;

(B) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and be continuing at the time of any such institution (but subject to Section 1.03(e) with respect to any Incremental Term Facility requested with respect to any Limited Condition Acquisition);

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Incremental Term Lender shall be in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion;

(D) the Borrower (in consultation and coordination with the Administrative Agent) shall obtain commitments for the amount of such Incremental Term Facility from existing Lenders or other Persons acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which Lenders shall join in this Agreement as Incremental Term Lenders by executing an Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement;

(E) as a condition precedent to such institution, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Borrower dated as of the date of such institution and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that, before and after giving effect to such institution, (x) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) on and as of the date of such institution, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.02(g)(ii)(E), the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01 (but subject to Section 1.03(e) with respect to any Incremental Term Facility requested with respect to any Limited Condition Acquisition), and (y) no Default or Event of Default exists (but subject to Section 1.03(e) with respect to any Incremental Term Facility requested with respect to any Limited Condition Acquisition);

(F) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (x) a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that, upon giving Pro Forma Effect to any such Incremental Term Facility (and assuming for such purposes that such Incremental Term Facility is fully drawn), the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 7.11(a) and (b) as of the most recent fiscal quarter for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b) and (y) a certificate of such Responsible Officer setting forth a calculation of the Incremental Increase Amount as of such date (and assuming for such calculation that such Incremental Term Facility is fully drawn);

(G) Schedule 1.01(b) shall be deemed revised to include such Incremental Term Facility pursuant to this Section 2.02(g)(ii) and to include thereon any Person that becomes an Incremental Term Lender pursuant to this Section 2.02(g)(ii);

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Agreement relating to such Incremental Term Facility; provided, that, such date shall not be earlier than the Term Facility Maturity Date;

(I) the scheduled principal amortization payments under such Incremental Term Facility shall be as set forth in the Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement relating to such Incremental Term Facility; provided, that, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Incremental Term Loans made under such Incremental Term Facility shall not be shorter than the then-remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans;

(J) the Applicable Rate of the Incremental Term Loans for such Incremental Term Facility shall be as set forth in the Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement relating to such Incremental Term Facility; provided, that, (i) with respect to any tranche of new term loan facility that is a “term loan A” tranche, if the All-In-Yield on such Incremental Term Loans made under such Incremental Term Facility exceeds the All-In-Yield on the Term Loans or any other existing Incremental Term Loans by more than fifty basis points (0.50%) per annum, then the Applicable Rate or fees payable with respect to the Term Loans and/or such other existing Incremental Term Loans, as applicable, shall on the effective date of such Incremental Term Facility be increased to the extent necessary to cause the All-In-Yield on the Term Loans and/or such other existing Incremental Term Loans, as applicable, to be fifty basis points (0.50%) less than the All-In-Yield on such Incremental Term Loans made under such Incremental Term Facility (such increase to be allocated as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent), and (ii) with respect to any tranche of new term loan facility that is a “term loan B” tranche (each, an “Incremental Term Loan B Facility”), if the All-In-Yield on such Incremental Term Loans made under such Incremental Term Loan B Facility exceeds the All-In-Yield on any existing Incremental Term Loans made under any other existing Incremental Term Loan B Facility by more than fifty basis points (0.50%) per annum, then the Applicable Rate or fees payable with respect to such other existing Incremental Term Loans under any other existing Incremental Term Loan B Facility shall on the effective date of such Incremental Term Loan B Facility be increased to the extent necessary to cause the All-In-Yield on the existing Incremental Term Loans under any other existing Incremental Term Loan B Facility to be fifty basis points (0.50%) less than the All-In-Yield on such Incremental Term Loans made under such Incremental Term Loan B Facility (such increase to be allocated as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent);

(K) to the extent any of the terms of the Incremental Term Loans under such Incremental Term Facility (other than as set forth in Sections 2.02(g)(ii)(H), (I) and (J) above) are not substantially consistent with the terms of the Term Facility, such terms shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and

(L) the Administrative Agent shall have received such amendments to the Collateral Documents as the Administrative Agent reasonably requests to cause the Collateral Documents to secure the Secured Obligations after giving effect to such Incremental Term Facility.

 

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2.03 Letters of Credit.

(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving A Lenders set forth in this Section, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies for the account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving A Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided, that, after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (w) the Total Revolving A Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving A Facility, (x) the Revolving A Exposure of any Revolving A Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving A Commitment, (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, and (z) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving B Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, plus the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations denominated in Alternative Currencies, shall not exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit; provided, further, that, after giving effect to all L/C Credit Extensions, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations of any L/C Issuer shall not exceed such L/C Issuer’s L/C Commitment. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto and deemed L/C Obligations, and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.

(ii) No L/C Issuer shall issue any Letter of Credit if:

(A) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iv), the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Revolving A Lenders have approved such expiry date; or

(B) the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving A Lenders have approved such expiry date.

(iii) No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any

 

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request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

(B) the issuance of the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;

(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than the Dollar Equivalent of $500,000;

(D) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or an Alternative Currency;

(E) any Revolving A Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Revolving A Lender to eliminate such L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.15(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 L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion; or

(F) such L/C Issuer does not as of the issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit issue Letters of Credit in the requested currency.

(iv) No L/C Issuer shall amend any Letter of Credit if such L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

(v) No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.

(vi) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving A Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article IX included such L/C Issuer with respect

 

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to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to such L/C Issuer.

(vii) No Existing Letter of Credit shall be amended or extended without the consent of Wells Fargo.

(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.

(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to an L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application may be sent by fax transmission, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by such L/C Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to such L/C Issuer. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by an L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least five (5) Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to such L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day), (B) the amount and currency thereof (and in the absence of specification of currency, shall be deemed a request for a Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars), (C) the expiry date thereof, (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof, (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder, (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder, (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit, and (H) such other matters as such L/C Issuer may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to such L/C Issuer: (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended, (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day), (3) the nature of the proposed amendment, and (4) such other matters as such L/C Issuer may require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to such L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as such L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.

(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, an L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless such L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving A Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one (1) Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with such L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately

 

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upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving A Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from such L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving A Lender’s Applicable Revolving A Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

(iii) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

(iv) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, an L/C Issuer may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided, that, any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit such L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve (12) month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve (12) month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by such L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to such L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving A Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) such L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that such L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) such L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven (7) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving A Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving A Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.03 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing such L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

(v) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, an L/C Issuer may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that permits the automatic reinstatement of all or a portion of the stated amount thereof after any drawing thereunder (each, an “Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit”). Unless otherwise directed by such L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to such L/C Issuer to permit such reinstatement. Once an Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit has been issued, except as provided in the following sentence, the Revolving A Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) such L/C Issuer to reinstate all or a portion of the stated amount thereof in accordance with the provisions of such Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit permits such L/C Issuer to decline to reinstate all or any portion of the stated amount thereof after a drawing thereunder by giving notice of such non-reinstatement within a specified number of days after such drawing (the “Non-Reinstatement Deadline”), such L/C Issuer shall not permit such reinstatement if it has received a notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or

 

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before the day that is seven (7) Business Days before the Non-Reinstatement Deadline (A) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving A Lenders have elected not to permit such reinstatement or (B) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.03 is not then satisfied (treating such reinstatement as an L/C Credit Extension for purposes of this clause) and, in each case, directing such L/C Issuer not to permit such reinstatement.

(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.

(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Borrower shall reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer in such Alternative Currency, unless (A) such L/C Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, the Borrower shall have notified such L/C Issuer promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that the Borrower will reimburse such L/C Issuer in Dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in Dollars, or the Applicable Time on the date of any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in an Alternative Currency (an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency. In the event that (1) a drawing denominated in an Alternative Currency is to be reimbursed in Dollars pursuant to the second sentence in this Section 2.03(c)(i) and (2) the Dollar amount paid by the Borrower, whether on or after the Honor Date, shall not be adequate on the date of that payment to purchase in accordance with normal banking procedures a sum denominated in the Alternative Currency equal to the drawing, the Borrower agrees, as a separate and independent obligation, to indemnify the applicable L/C Issuer for the loss resulting from its inability on that date to purchase the Alternative Currency in the full amount of the drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving A Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving A Lender’s Applicable Revolving A Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving A Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving A Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 (other than the delivery of a Loan Notice). Any notice given by the applicable L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided, that, the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

 

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(ii) Each Revolving A Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments in an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving A Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving A Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable L/C Issuer in Dollars.

(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving A Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving A Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section.

(iv) Until each Revolving A Lender funds its Revolving A Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Revolving A Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of such L/C Issuer.

(v) Each Revolving A Lender’s obligation to make Revolving A Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse an L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against such L/C Issuer, the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving A Lender’s obligation to make Revolving A Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 (other than delivery of a Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

(vi) If any Revolving A Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate

 

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from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving A Loan included in the relevant Revolving A Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of such L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving A Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Repayment of Participations.

(i) At any time after an L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving A Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Revolving A Percentage thereof in Dollars and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving A Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Applicable Revolving A Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse each L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;

(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any

 

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such transferee may be acting), such L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement or by such Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated hereby or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

(iii) any draft, demand, endorsement, certificate or other document presented under or in connection with such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;

(iv) waiver by such L/C Issuer of any requirement that exists for such L/C Issuer’s protection and not the protection of the Borrower or any waiver by such L/C Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower;

(v) honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft;

(vi) any payment made by such L/C Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under, such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC or the ISP, as applicable;

(vii) any payment by such L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by such L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;

(viii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; or

(ix) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative Currency to the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the relevant currency markets generally.

The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the applicable L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against such L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, no L/C Issuer shall have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight or time draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving A Lenders or the Required Revolving A Lenders, as applicable, (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may

 

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have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer, and an L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves, as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and no L/C Issuer shall be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring, endorsing or assigning or purporting to transfer, endorse or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. Each L/C Issuer may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.

(g) Applicability of ISP; Limitation of Liability. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no L/C Issuer shall be responsible to the Borrower for, and no L/C Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Borrower shall be impaired by, any action or inaction of such L/C Issuer required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Law or any order of a jurisdiction where such L/C Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade – International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.

(h) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving A Lender in accordance, subject to Section 2.15, with its Applicable Revolving A Percentage a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit, equal to the Applicable Rate times the Dollar Equivalent of the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the first Business Day following each fiscal quarter end, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the first payment of Letter of Credit Fees after the Second Amendment Effective Date shall be the first Business Day following the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2022. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.

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fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by Bank of America, at the rate per annum specified in the Fee Letter, computed on the Dollar Equivalent of the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears, and due and payable on or prior to the date that is ten (10) Business Days following each fiscal quarter end, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand, and (ii) each other L/C Issuer, a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer at a rate separately agreed between such L/C Issuer and the Borrower. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account, in Dollars, the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

(j) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

(k) L/C Issuer Reports to the Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer shall, in addition to its notification obligations set forth elsewhere in this Section 2.03, provide the Administrative Agent a Letter of Credit Report, as set forth below:

(i) reasonably prior to the time that such L/C Issuer issues, amends, renews, increases or extends a Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal, increase or extension and the stated amount of the applicable Letters of Credit after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (and whether the amounts thereof shall have changed);

(ii) on each Business Day on which such L/C Issuer makes a payment pursuant to a Letter of Credit, the date and amount of such payment;

(iii) on any Business Day on which the Borrower fails to reimburse a payment made pursuant to a Letter of Credit required to be reimbursed to such L/C Issuer on such day, the date of such failure and the amount of such payment;

(iv) on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer; and

(v) for so long as any Letter of Credit issued by an L/C Issuer is outstanding, such L/C Issuer shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (A) on the last Business Day of each calendar month, (B) at all other times a Letter of Credit Report is required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, and (C) on each date that (1) an L/C Credit Extension occurs or (2) there is any expiration, cancellation and/or disbursement, in each case, with respect to any such Letter of Credit, a Letter of Credit Report appropriately completed with the information for every outstanding Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer.

(l) Additional L/C Issuers. Any Lender hereunder may become an L/C Issuer upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of a fully executed Notice of Additional L/C Issuer which shall be signed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each L/C Issuer. Such new L/C Issuer shall provide its L/C Commitment in such Notice of Additional L/C

 

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Issuer and upon the receipt by the Administrative Agent of the fully executed Notice of Additional L/C Issuer, the defined term L/C Commitment shall be deemed amended to incorporate the L/C Commitment of such new L/C Issuer.

(m) Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted 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 Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Restricted Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Restricted Subsidiaries.

2.04 Swingline Loans.

(a) The Swingline. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section, may in its sole discretion make loans to the Borrower (each such loan, a “Swingline Loan”). Each such Swingline Loan may be made, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, to the Borrower, in Dollars, from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period for the Revolving A Facility in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swingline Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swingline Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Revolving A Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving A Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swingline Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving A Commitment; provided, however, that (i) after giving effect to any Swingline Loan, (A) the Total Revolving A Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving A Facility at such time, and (B) the Revolving A Exposure of any Revolving A Lender at such time shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving A Commitment, (ii) the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swingline Loan to refinance any outstanding Swingline Loan, and (iii) the Swingline Lender shall not be under any obligation to make any Swingline Loan if it shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that it has, or by such Credit Extension may have, Fronting Exposure. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section. Each Swingline Loan shall bear interest only at a rate based on the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate. Immediately upon the making of a Swingline Loan, each Revolving A Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swingline Lender a risk participation in such Swingline Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving A Lender’s Applicable Revolving A Percentage times the amount of such Swingline Loan.

(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swingline Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by: (i) telephone or (ii) a Swingline Loan Notice; provided, that, any telephonic notice must be confirmed immediately by delivery to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent of a Swingline Loan Notice. Each such Swingline Loan Notice must be received by the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (A) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (B) the requested date of the Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day). Promptly after receipt by the Swingline Lender of any Swingline Loan Notice, the Swingline Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swingline Loan Notice and, if not, the Swingline

 

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Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swingline Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving A Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swingline Borrowing (1) directing the Swingline Lender not to make such Swingline Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (2) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swingline Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swingline Loan available to the Borrower at its office by crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of the Swingline Lender in immediately available funds.

(c) Refinancing of Swingline Loans.

(i) The Swingline Lender at any time in its sole discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swingline Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving A Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Revolving A Percentage of the amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Revolving A Facility and the conditions set forth in Section 4.03. The Swingline Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving A Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving A Percentage of the amount specified in such Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swingline Loan) for the account of the Swingline Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving A Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swingline Lender.

(ii) If for any reason any Swingline Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving A Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swingline Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swingline Lender that each of the Revolving A Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swingline Loan and each Revolving A Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.

(iii) If any Revolving A Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swingline Lender at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Swingline Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative,

 

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processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swingline Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving A Loan included in the relevant Revolving A Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swingline Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swingline Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(iv) Each Revolving A Lender’s obligation to make Revolving A Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving A Lender’s obligation to make Revolving A Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 (other than delivery of a Loan Notice). No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swingline Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

(d) Repayment of Participations.

(i) At any time after any Revolving A Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swingline Loan, if the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of such Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Revolving A Lender its Applicable Revolving A Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Swingline Lender.

(ii) If any payment received by the Swingline Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swingline Loan is required to be returned by the Swingline Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swingline Lender in its discretion), each Revolving A Lender shall pay to the Swingline Lender its Applicable Revolving A Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swingline Lender. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e) Interest for Account of Swingline Lender. The Swingline Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swingline Loans. Until each Revolving A Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section to refinance such Revolving A Lender’s Applicable Revolving A Percentage of any Swingline Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Revolving A Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swingline Lender.

(f) Payments Directly to Swingline Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swingline Loans directly to the Swingline Lender.

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(a) Optional.

(i) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Notice of Loan Prepayment, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay the Term Loans, Revolving Loans and/or any Incremental Term Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty subject to Section 3.05; provided, that, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, (A) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (1) two (2) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Term SOFR Loans, (2) four (4) Business Days (or five (5) Business Days in the case of prepayment of Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies) prior to any date of prepayment of Alternative Currency Loans, and (3) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, (B) any prepayment of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Loans shall be in a principal amount of the Dollar Equivalent of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (C) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date, the currency and amount of such prepayment, the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid, and whether the Loans to be prepaid are Term Loans, Revolving A Loans, Revolving B Loans, and/or Incremental Term Loans and, if Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility). If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of principal shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with, in the case of any prepayment of any loans other than Base Rate Loans, any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each prepayment of Term Loans and Incremental Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) shall be applied to the Term Loans and any Incremental Term Loans on a pro rata basis and shall be applied to the principal repayment installments thereof in the direct order of maturity. Subject to Section 2.15, such prepayments shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages in respect of each of the relevant Facilities.

(ii) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swingline Lender pursuant to delivery to the Swingline Lender of a Notice of Loan Prepayment (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swingline Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided, that, unless otherwise agreed by the Swingline Lender, (A) such notice must be received by the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (B) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding). Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of principal shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid.

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(i) Revolving Outstandings.

(A) If for any reason the Total Revolving A Outstandings at any time exceed the Revolving A Facility at such time, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Revolving A Loans, Swingline Loans and L/C Borrowings (together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon) and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(i)(A) unless, after the prepayment of the Revolving A Loans and Swingline Loans, the Total Revolving A Outstandings exceed the Revolving A Facility at such time.

(B) If for any reason the Total Revolving B Outstandings at any time exceed the Revolving B Facility at such time, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Revolving B Loans (together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon).

(ii) Dispositions. The Borrower shall promptly prepay the Loans as hereinafter provided in an aggregate amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds received by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary from all Dispositions; provided, that, such Net Cash Proceeds shall not be required to be so applied (A) until the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds derived from all such Dispositions in any fiscal year is equal to or greater than $50,000,000 and (B) if, at the election of the Borrower (as notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or promptly after the date of such Disposition), so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such Disposition or at the time of such reinvestment, such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary reinvests all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in Eligible Assets within three hundred sixty five (365) days of the date of such Disposition (or to the extent it commits within such three hundred sixty five (365) day period to make such reinvestment, within one hundred eighty (180) days after such three hundred sixty five (365) day period); provided, further, that, for purposes of the foregoing clause (B), if such Net Cash Proceeds shall have not been so reinvested by the end of such period(s), such Net Cash Proceeds shall be promptly applied to prepay the Loans. Any prepayment pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be applied as set forth in clause (v) below.

(iii) Debt Issuance. Promptly upon the receipt by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Debt Issuance, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans as hereinafter provided in an aggregate amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Cash Proceeds. Any prepayment pursuant to this clause (iii) shall be applied as set forth in clause (v) below.

(iv) Recovery Events. The Borrower shall promptly prepay the Loans as hereinafter provided in an aggregate amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds received by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary from all Recovery Events; provided, that, such Net Cash Proceeds shall not be required to be so applied (A) until the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds derived from all such Recovery Events in any fiscal year is equal to or greater than $25,000,000 and (B) if, at the election of the Borrower (as notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or promptly after the date of such Recovery Event), so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such Recovery Event or at

 

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the time of such reinvestment, such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary reinvests all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in Eligible Assets within three hundred sixty five (365) days of the date of such Recovery Event (or to the extent it commits within such three hundred sixty five (365) day period to make such reinvestment, within one hundred eighty (180) days after such three hundred sixty five (365) day period); provided, further, that, for purposes of the foregoing clause (B), if such Net Cash Proceeds shall have not been so reinvested by the end of such period(s), such Net Cash Proceeds shall be promptly applied to prepay the Loans. Any prepayment pursuant to this clause (iv) shall be applied as set forth in clause (v) below.

(v) Application of Payments. Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to the foregoing provisions of Sections 2.05(b)(ii) through (iv) shall be applied, first, to the Term Loans and any Incremental Term Loans on a pro rata basis and to the principal repayment installments thereof in the inverse order of maturity, second, to outstanding Swingline Loans, and third, to outstanding Revolving A Loans and outstanding Revolving B Loans on a pro rata basis (without a corresponding permanent reduction of the Revolving A Facility or the Revolving B Facility). Subject to Section 2.15, such prepayments shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages in respect of each of the relevant Facilities.

(vi) Alternative Currencies. If the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower at any time that (A) the Outstanding Amount of all Revolving B Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies at such time, plus (B) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations denominated in Alternative Currencies at such time, exceeds an amount equal to one hundred five percent (105%) of the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect, then, within two (2) Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall prepay Revolving B Loans and/or Cash Collateralize Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such Outstanding Amount as of such date of payment and/or Cash Collateralization to an amount not to exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect.

Within the parameters of the applications set forth above, prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans, second to Daily SOFR Loans, third to Term SOFR Loans in direct order of Interest Period maturities, and lastly ratably to Alternative Currency Loans (and, in the case of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, in direct order of Interest Period maturities). All prepayments under this Section 2.05(b) shall be subject to Section 3.05, but otherwise without premium or penalty, and shall be accompanied by interest on the principal amount prepaid through the date of prepayment.

2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.

(a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Revolving A Facility, the Letter of Credit Sublimit, the Swingline Sublimit, the Revolving B Facility or the Alternative Currency Sublimit, or from time to time permanently reduce the Revolving A Facility, the Letter of Credit Sublimit, the Swingline Sublimit, the Revolving B Facility or the Alternative Currency Sublimit; provided, that: unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. five (5) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (iii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce (A) the Revolving A Facility if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent

 

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prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving A Outstandings would exceed the Revolving A Facility, (B) the Letter of Credit Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations not fully Cash Collateralized hereunder would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (C) the Swingline Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans would exceed the Swingline Sublimit, (D) the Revolving B Facility if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving B Outstandings would exceed the Revolving B Facility, or (E) the Alternative Currency Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Outstanding Amount of all Revolving B Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, plus the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations denominated in Alternative Currencies not fully Cash Collateralized hereunder, would exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit.

(b) Mandatory.

(i) The aggregate Term Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced to zero on the Second Amendment Effective Date after giving effect to the borrowings made pursuant to Section 2.01(a).

(ii) If after giving effect to any reduction or termination of the Revolving A Facility under this Section 2.06, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit exceeds the Revolving A Facility at such time, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit, as the case may be, shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.

(c) Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of the Letter of Credit Sublimit, the Swingline Sublimit, the Revolving A Facility, the Revolving B Facility or the Alternative Currency Sublimit under this Section 2.06. Upon any reduction of the Revolving A Facility, the Revolving A Commitment of each Revolving A Lender shall be reduced by such Lender’s Applicable Revolving A Percentage of such reduction amount. Upon any reduction of the Revolving B Facility, the Revolving B Commitment of each Revolving B Lender shall be reduced by such Lender’s Applicable Revolving B Percentage of such reduction amount. All fees in respect of the Revolving A Facility or the Revolving B Facility, as applicable, accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving A Facility or the Revolving B Facility, as applicable, shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

2.07 Repayment of Loans.

(a) Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans in installments on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and on the Term Facility Maturity Date, in each case, in the respective amounts set forth in the table below (which amounts shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.05), unless accelerated sooner pursuant to Section 8.02:

 

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Payment Dates		Principal Amortization Payment (% of Aggregate Principal Amount of Term Facility on the Second Amendment Effective Date)
September, 2022		1.250%
December, 2022		1.250%
March, 2023		1.250%
June, 2023		1.250%
September, 2023		1.250%
December, 2023		1.250%
March, 2024		1.250%
June, 2024		1.250%
September, 2024		1.250%
December, 2024		1.250%
March, 2025		1.250%
June, 2025		1.250%
Term Facility Maturity Date		Outstanding Principal Balance of Term Loans

provided, however, that, the final principal repayment installment of the Term Loans shall be repaid on the Term Facility Maturity Date and in any event shall be in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding on such date.

(b) Revolving Loans.

(i) The Borrower shall repay to the Revolving A Lenders on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving A Loans outstanding on such date.

(ii) The Borrower shall repay to the Revolving B Lenders on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving B Loans outstanding on such date.

(c) Incremental Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay the outstanding principal amount of all Incremental Term Loans in the installments, on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement for such Incremental Term Loans (as such installments may hereafter be adjusted as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.05), unless accelerated sooner pursuant to Section 8.02.

(d) Swingline Loans. The Borrower shall repay each Swingline Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) the date ten (10) Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the Revolving Facility Maturity Date.

2.08 Interest and Default Rate.

(a) Interest. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b), (i) each Term SOFR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate for Term SOFR Loans, (ii) each Daily SOFR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to Daily SOFR plus the Applicable Rate for Daily SOFR Loans, (iii) each Alternative

 

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Currency Daily Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Alternative Currency Daily Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Alternative Currency Loans, (iv) each Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Alternative Currency Term Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate for Alternative Currency Loans, (v) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans, and (vi) each Swingline Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans. To the extent that any calculation of interest or any fee required to be paid under this Agreement shall be based on (or result in) a calculation that is less than zero, such calculation shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.

(b) Default Rate.

(i) (A) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, or (B) an Event of Default pursuant to Sections 8.01(f) or (g) exists, all outstanding Obligations shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by any Loan Party under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of the Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(iii) Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all outstanding Obligations (including Letter of Credit Fees) shall accrue at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(iv) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

(c) Interest Payments. Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

2.09 Fees.

In addition to certain fees described in subsections (h) and (i) of Section 2.03:

(a) Commitment Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of (i) each Revolving A Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving A Percentage, a commitment fee equal to the Applicable Rate times the actual daily amount by

 

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which the Revolving A Facility exceeds the sum of (A) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving A Loans and (B) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.15, and (ii) each Revolving B Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving B Percentage, a commitment fee in Dollars equal to the Applicable Rate times the actual daily amount by which the Revolving B Facility exceeds the Outstanding Amount of Revolving B Loans, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.15. For the avoidance of doubt, the Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans shall not be counted towards or considered usage of the Revolving A Facility for purposes of calculating the commitment fee payable pursuant to the foregoing clause (i). The commitment fees shall accrue at all times during the applicable Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met. The commitment fees shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with December 30, 2022, and, with respect to the Revolving A Facility, on the last day of the Availability Period for the Revolving A Facility, and, with respect to the Revolving B Facility, on the last day of the Availability Period for the Revolving B Facility. The commitment fees shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.

(b) Other Fees.

(i) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent and BofA Securities for their own respective accounts, fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

(ii) The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders, in Dollars, such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate.

(a) Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to Term SOFR) 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 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 day year), or, in the case of interest in respect of Revolving B Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such market practice. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one (1) day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(b) Financial Statement Adjustments or Restatements. If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or for any other reason, the Borrower or the Lenders determine that (i) the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Borrower as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a

 

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proper calculation of the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or the L/C Issuers, as the case may be, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under any provision of this Agreement to payment of any Obligations hereunder at the Default Rate or under Article VIII. The Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

2.11 Evidence of Debt.

(a) Maintenance of Accounts. The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register in accordance with Section 11.06(c). The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower 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 and the Register, the Register 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 Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount, currency and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

(b) Maintenance of Records. In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.11(a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such 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 Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.

(a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made free and clear of and without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and except with respect to principal of and interest on Revolving B Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder with respect to principal and interest on Revolving B Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Revolving B Lenders to which such

 

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payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in such Alternative Currency and in Same Day Funds not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent on the dates specified herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require that any payments due under this Agreement be made in the United States. If, for any reason, the Borrower is prohibited by any Law from making any required payment hereunder in an Alternative Currency, such Borrower shall make such payment in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the Alternative Currency payment amount. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent (i) after 2:00 p.m., in the case of payments in Dollars, or (ii) after the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent, in the case of payments in an Alternative Currency, shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. Except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement, if any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

(b) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, prior to 12:00 Noon on the date of such 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 Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in Same Day Funds 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 Overnight Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans or in the case of Alternative Currencies in accordance with such market practice, in each case, as applicable. 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.

(ii) Payments by 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 or the L/C Issuers hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the

 

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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 Appropriate Lenders or the L/C Issuers, as the case may be, the amount due. With respect to any payment that the Administrative Agent makes for the account of any Lender or any L/C Issuer hereunder as to which the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that any of the following applies (such payment referred to as a “Rescindable Amount”): (A) the Borrower has not in fact made such payment; (B) the Administrative Agent has made a payment in excess of the amount so paid by the Borrower (whether or not then owed); or (C) the Administrative Agent has for any reason otherwise erroneously made such payment; then each of the Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuers, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the Rescindable Amount so distributed to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Rate.

A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

(d) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 11.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 11.04(c).

(e) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.

2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders.

If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of (a) Obligations in respect of any of the Facilities due and payable to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations due and payable to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all the Lenders at such time or (b) Obligations in respect of any of the Facilities owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such

 

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time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all of the Lenders at such time, then, in each case under clauses (a) and (b) above, 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 subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of Obligations in respect of the Facilities then due and payable to the Lenders or owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the case may be; provided, that:

(1) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

(2) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by or on behalf of 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), (y) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.14, or (z) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).

Each Loan 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 such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.

2.14 Cash Collateral.

(a) Certain Credit Support Events. If (i) an L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, (ii) as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, (iii) the Borrower shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.05 or 8.02(c), or (iv) there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower shall immediately (in the case of clause (iii) above) or within one (1) Business Day (in all other cases) following any request by the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer, provide Cash Collateral in an amount not less than the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (iv) above, after giving effect to Section 2.15(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender). Additionally, if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower at any time that the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations at such time exceeds one hundred five percent (105%) of the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect, then within two (2) Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall provide Cash Collateral for the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations in an amount not less than the

 

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amount by which the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations exceeds the Letter of Credit Sublimit.

(b) Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.14(c). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer as herein provided, 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. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in one or more blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America. The Borrower shall pay on demand therefor from time to time all customary account opening, activity and other administrative fees and charges in connection with the maintenance and disbursement of Cash Collateral.

(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.14 or Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.15 or 8.02 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Revolving A Lender that is a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.

(d) Release. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Revolving A Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 11.06(b)(vi))) or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (A) any such release shall be without prejudice to, and any disbursement or other transfer of Cash Collateral shall be and remain subject to, any other Lien conferred under the Loan Documents and the other applicable provisions of the Loan Documents, and (B) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the applicable L/C Issuer may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

2.15 Defaulting Lenders.

(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

(i) Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting 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 11.01.

 

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(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 VIII or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.08 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 L/C Issuers or the Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize each L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.14; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the 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 under this Agreement and (B) Cash Collateralize each L/C Issuer’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.14; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any L/C Issuer 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 as may be required under the Loan Documents in connection with any Lien conferred thereunder or directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, that, if (1) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (2) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Obligations owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Obligations owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder without giving effect to Section 2.15(a)(v). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.15(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(iii) Certain Fees.

(A) Fees. No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any fee payable under Section 2.09(a) 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).

 

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(B) Letter of Credit Fees. Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive Letter of Credit Fees for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Applicable Revolving A Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.14.

(C) Defaulting Lender Fees. With respect to any fee payable under Section 2.09(a) or Letter of Credit Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (B) above, the Borrower shall (1) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving A 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 the L/C Issuers and the Swingline Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to each L/C Issuer’s or the 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 Applicable Revolving A Percentages 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 that are Revolving A Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Revolving A Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving A Commitment) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving A Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving A 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 applicable Law, (A) first, prepay Swingline Loans in an amount equal to the Swingline Lender’s Fronting Exposure and (B) second, Cash Collateralize each L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.14.

(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the L/C Issuers agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.15(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; provided, further, that except

 

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to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

ARTICLE III

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

3.01 Taxes.

(a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.

(i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Laws. If any applicable Laws (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent) require the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by the Administrative Agent or a Loan Party, then the Administrative Agent or such Loan Party shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.

(ii) If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States federal backup withholding and withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) the Administrative Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by the Administrative Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any such required withholding or the making of all such required deductions (including such deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.

(iii) If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by any applicable Laws other than the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as required by such Laws, shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by it to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, to the extent required by such Laws, shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with such Laws, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any such required withholding or the making of all such required deductions (including such deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.

 

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(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Loan 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.

(c) Tax Indemnifications.

(i) Each of the Loan Parties shall, and does hereby, jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, and shall make payment in respect thereof 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 3.01) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or an L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or an L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each of the Loan Parties shall also, and does hereby, jointly and severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender or an L/C Issuer for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required pursuant to Section 3.01(c)(ii) below.

(ii) Each Lender and each L/C Issuer shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) days after demand therefor, (A) the Administrative Agent against any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender or such L/C Issuer (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (B) the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.06(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (C) the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties, as applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or a Loan Party 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 and each L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).

(d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority, as provided in this Section 3.01, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.

 

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(e) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.

(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 Sections 3.01(e)(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, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person,

(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the 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 U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or 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 (or W-8BEN, as applicable) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or W-8BEN, as applicable) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

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(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 O-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 W-8BEN, as applicable); 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 (or W-8BEN, as applicable), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit O-2 or Exhibit O-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 O-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 (or originals, as required) of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the 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.

 

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(iii) Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 3.01 expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender or an L/C Issuer, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender or any L/C Issuer, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be. If any Recipient determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund, credit or other reduction of any Taxes (a “Tax Benefit”) as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall pay to such Loan Party an amount equal to such Tax Benefit (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Loan Party under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such Tax Benefit), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) incurred in obtaining such Tax Benefit by such Recipient, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such Tax Benefit), provided that each Loan Party, upon the request of the Recipient, agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Recipient in the event the Recipient is required to repay such Tax Benefit to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection, in no event will the applicable Recipient be required to pay any amount to such Loan Party pursuant to this subsection the payment of which would place the Recipient in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such Recipient would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such Tax Benefit 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 subsection shall not be construed to require any Recipient to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other Person.

(g) FATCA. For purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after the Closing Date, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) the Loans as not qualifying as a “grandfathered obligation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i).

(h) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.01 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or an L/C Issuer, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.

3.02 Illegality and Designated Lenders.

(a) If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to perform any of its obligations hereunder or to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to any Relevant Rate, or charge interest with respect to any Credit Extension or to determine or charge interest rates based upon any Relevant Rate, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to issue, make, maintain, fund or charge interest with respect to, or

 

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continue, any Term SOFR Loans, Daily SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Loans in the affected currency or currencies or to convert any existing Loans to Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, as applicable, shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (A) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay in full such Term SOFR Loans, such Daily SOFR Loans or such Alternative Currency Loans then outstanding (which prepayment shall be made (1) with respect to Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, on the last day of the relevant Interest Periods of such Loans, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Loans to such day, and (2) with respect to Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, on the next Interest Payment Date for such Loans, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Loans to such day) or, if applicable, and such Loans are Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, convert such Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of Daily SOFR Loans, on the next Interest Payment Date therefor), if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Loans and (B) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Term SOFR component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon Term SOFR. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.

(b) If, in any applicable jurisdiction, the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer, or any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer, or any Lender to (i) perform any of its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (ii) fund or maintain its participation in any Loan or (iii) issue, make, maintain, fund or charge interest or fees with respect to any Credit Extension, such Person shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, and, until such notice is revoked, any obligation of such Person to issue, make, maintain, fund or charge interest with respect to any such Credit Extension shall be suspended, and to the extent required by applicable Law, cancelled. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower 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, in the case of an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan or a Daily SOFR Loan, on the next applicable Interest Payment Date) 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.

 

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3.03 Inability to Determine Rates.

(a) If in connection with any request for a Term SOFR Loan, a Daily SOFR Loan or an Alternative Currency Loan, or a request for a conversion of Loans to Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, or a request for a continuation of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, as applicable, (i) the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (A)(1) no SOFR Successor Rate has been determined in accordance with Section 3.03(b) and the circumstances under Section 3.03(b)(i) or the SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred, (2) no Term SOFR Successor Rate has been determined in accordance with Section 3.03(c) and the circumstances under Section 3.03(c)(i) or the Term SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred, or (3) no Successor Rate for the applicable Relevant Rate has been determined in accordance with Section 3.03(d) and the circumstances under Section 3.03(d)(i) or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred, as applicable, (B) adequate and reasonable means do not otherwise exist for determining Term SOFR, Daily SOFR or the applicable Relevant Rate, as applicable, for any determination date(s) or requested Interest Period, as applicable, with respect to a proposed Term SOFR Loan, Daily SOFR Loan or Alternative Currency Loan, or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (C) a fundamental change has occurred in the foreign exchange or interbank markets with respect to any Alternative Currency (including changes in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls), or (ii) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders reasonably determine that for any reason Term SOFR, Daily SOFR or the applicable Relevant Rate, as applicable, for any determination date(s) or requested Interest Period, as applicable, does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Term SOFR Loans, Daily SOFR Loans or the applicable Alternative Currency Loans shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans, Daily SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Loans, Interest Periods or determination date(s), as applicable), and (y) in the event of a determination described above with respect to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Term SOFR component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a determination by the Required Lenders described in clause (a)(ii) above, until the Administrative Agent upon instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (1) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of the applicable Loans (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans, Daily SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Loans, Interest Periods or determination date(s), as applicable) or, failing that, with respect to any request for a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans shall, if necessary, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate), (2) any outstanding affected Term SOFR Loans shall be converted to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base

 

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Rate Loans shall, if necessary, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate) at the end of their respective applicable Interest Periods, (3) any outstanding affected Daily SOFR Loans shall be converted to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans shall, if necessary, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate) on the next occurring Interest Payment Date, and (4) any outstanding affected Alternative Currency Loans shall, at the Borrower’s election, shall either be (I) converted to Base Rate Loans denominated in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such outstanding Alternative Currency Loans, with such conversion to happen on the next applicable Interest Payment Date(s) applicable to such Alternative Currency Loans, in the case of an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan or at the end of the applicable Interest Period(s) applicable to such Alternative Currency Loans, in the case of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, or (II) prepaid in full (such prepayment to occur on the next applicable Interest Payment Dates, in the case of Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans, or at the end of the applicable Interest Periods, in the case of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans); provided that if no election is made by the Borrower pursuant to this clause (4), (x) in the case of an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, by the date that is three (3) Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of such notice or (y) in the case of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, by the last day of the current Interest Period for the applicable Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected clause (I) above.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Borrower) that the Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that: (i) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining SOFR for any Daily SOFR Loan because SOFR is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or (ii) the SOFR Administrator or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or the SOFR Administrator with respect to its publication of SOFR, in each case acting in such capacity, has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which SOFR shall or will no longer be made available, or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of syndicated loans denominated in Dollars, or shall or will otherwise cease; provided, that, in each case, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that will continue to provide SOFR (the date on which SOFR is no longer available permanently or indefinitely, the “SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date”); or if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 3.03(b)(i) or Section 3.03(b)(ii) have occurred with respect to the SOFR Successor Rate then in effect, then, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing SOFR for any Daily SOFR Loan or any then-current SOFR Successor Rate in accordance with this Section 3.03(b) with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then-existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States and denominated in Dollars for such alternative benchmarks, and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then-existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States and denominated in Dollars for such benchmarks, which adjustment or method for calculating such adjustment shall be published on an information service as selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion and may be periodically updated (and any such proposed rate, including for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment

 

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thereto, a “SOFR Successor Rate”), and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders object to such amendment.

The Administrative Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify the Borrower and each Lender of the implementation of any SOFR Successor Rate. Any SOFR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, that, to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such SOFR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any SOFR Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than zero, such SOFR Successor Rate will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

In connection with the implementation of a SOFR Successor Rate, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make SOFR Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such SOFR Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided, that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such SOFR Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.

For purposes of this Section 3.03(b), those Lenders that either have not made, or do not have an obligation under this Agreement to make, Daily SOFR Loans (or Loans accruing interest by reference to a SOFR Successor Rate, as applicable) shall be excluded from any determination of Required Lenders.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Borrower) that the Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that: (i) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining one month and three month interest periods of Term SOFR, including because the Term SOFR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or (ii) CME or any successor administrator of the Term SOFR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or such administrator with respect to its publication of Term SOFR, in each case acting in such capacity, has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which one month and three month interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate shall no longer be made available, or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of syndicated loans, or shall or will otherwise cease; provided, that, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that will continue to provide such interest periods of Term SOFR after such specific date (the latest date on which one month and three month interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate are no longer available permanently or indefinitely, the “Term SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date”); then, on a date and time reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent (any such date, a “Term SOFR Replacement Date”), which date shall be at the end of an Interest Period or on the relevant Interest Payment Date, as applicable, for interest calculated and, solely with respect to clause (ii) above, no later than the Term SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date, Term

 

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SOFR will be replaced hereunder and under any other Loan Document with Daily SOFR without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document (any such successor rate established pursuant to this Section 3.03(c), a “Term SOFR Successor Rate”).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (A) if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that Daily SOFR is not available on or prior to the Term SOFR Replacement Date, or (B) if the events or circumstances of the type described in clause (i) above or clause (ii) above have occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Successor Rate then in effect, then, in each case, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing Term SOFR or any then-current Term SOFR Successor Rate in accordance with this Section 3.03(c) at the end of any Interest Period, relevant Interest Payment Date or payment period for interest calculated, as applicable, with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then-existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States for such alternative benchmark and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then-existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States for such benchmark, which adjustment or method for calculating such adjustment shall be published on an information service as selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion and may be periodically updated. For the avoidance of doubt, any such proposed rate and adjustments shall constitute a “Term SOFR Successor Rate”. Any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders object to such amendment.

The Administrative Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify the Borrower and each Lender of the implementation of any Term SOFR Successor Rate. Any Term SOFR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, that, to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Term SOFR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any Term SOFR Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than zero, such Term SOFR Successor Rate will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

In connection with the implementation of a Term SOFR Successor Rate, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Term SOFR Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Term SOFR Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided, that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Term SOFR Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.

For purposes of this Section 3.03(c), those Lenders that either have not made, or do not have an obligation under this Agreement to make, Term SOFR Loans (or Loans accruing interest by reference to a Term SOFR Successor Rate, as applicable) shall be excluded from any determination of Required Lenders.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Borrower) that the Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that: (i) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Relevant Rate for an Alternative Currency because none of the tenors of such Relevant Rate (including any forward-looking term rate thereof) is available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or (ii) the Applicable Authority has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which all tenors of the Relevant Rate for an Alternative Currency (including any forward-looking term rate thereof) shall or will no longer be representative or made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans denominated in such Alternative Currency, or shall or will otherwise cease; provided, that, in each case, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that will continue to provide such representative tenor(s) of the Relevant Rate for such Alternative Currency (the latest date on which all tenors of the Relevant Rate for such Alternative Currency (including any forward-looking term rate thereof) are no longer representative or available permanently or indefinitely, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date” for such Relevant Rate); or if the events or circumstances of the type described in clause (i) above or clause (ii) above have occurred with respect to a Successor Rate then in effect, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing the Relevant Rate for an Alternative Currency or any then-current Successor Rate for an Alternative Currency in accordance with this Section 3.03(d) with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then-existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States and denominated in such Alternative Currency for such alternative benchmarks, and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then-existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States and denominated in such Alternative Currency for such benchmarks, which adjustment or method for calculating such adjustment shall be published on an information service as selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion and may be periodically updated (and any such proposed rate, including for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment thereto, a “Successor Rate”), and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders object to such amendment.

The Administrative Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify the Borrower and each Lender of the implementation of any Successor Rate. Any Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, that, to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than zero, the Successor Rate will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

In connection with the implementation of a Successor Rate, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided, that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the

 

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Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.

For purposes of this Section 3.03(d), those Lenders that either have not made, or do not have an obligation under this Agreement to make, Loans denominated in the applicable Alternative Currency shall be excluded from any determination of Required Lenders for purposes of the establishment of a Successor Rate with respect to Alternative Currency.

3.04 Increased 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 credit extended or participated in by, any Lender or any L/C Issuer;

(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, and (B) Excluded 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 L/C Issuer or the applicable interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Term SOFR Loans, Daily SOFR Loans, or Alternative Currency 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 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 or such L/C Issuer 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 or such L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or any L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or such L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’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 L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

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(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or an L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

(d) [Reserved].

(e) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.04 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided, that, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine (9) months prior to the date that such Lender or such L/C Issuer, 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 L/C Issuer’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 (9) month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

3.05 Compensation for Losses.

Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:

(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period or the relevant interest payment date for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);

(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower;

(c) any assignment of a Term SOFR Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 11.13; or

(d) any failure by the Borrower to make payment of any Revolving B Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit (or interest due thereon) denominated in an Alternative Currency on its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency;

including any loss of anticipated profits, any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange contract. The Borrower shall also pay customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

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(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender, any L/C Issuer, or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or any L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then at the request of the Borrower, such Lender or such L/C Issuer shall, as applicable, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or any L/C Issuer in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if 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 3.01 and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 3.06(a), the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 11.13.

3.07 [Reserved].

3.08 Survival.

All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder, resignation of the Administrative Agent and the Facility Termination Date.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

4.01 [Reserved].

4.02 [Reserved].

4.03 Conditions to all Credit Extensions.

The obligation of each Lender and each L/C Issuer to honor any Request for Credit Extension is subject to the following conditions precedent:

(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true

 

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and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.03, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01.

(b) Default. No Default or Event of Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof.

(c) Request for Credit Extension. The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the applicable L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender, shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.

(d) Alternative Currency. In the case of a Credit Extension to be denominated in an Alternative Currency, such currency remains an Eligible Currency.

Each Request for Credit Extension submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.03(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, as of the date made or deemed made, that:

5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power.

Each Loan Party and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.02 Authorization; No Contravention.

The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is or is to be a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Loan Party’s Organization Documents, (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject, or (c) violate any Law.

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No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) the grant by any Loan Party of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents, (c) the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Collateral Documents (including the first priority nature thereof), or (d) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents, other than (i) authorizations, approvals, actions, notices and filings which have been duly obtained and (ii) filings to perfect the Liens created by the Collateral Documents.

5.04 Binding Effect.

Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. Each Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).

5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.

(a) Audited Financial Statements. The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, (ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of the date thereof and their results of operations, cash flows and changes in shareholder’s equity for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities (including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and contingent obligations), direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof.

(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. The Interim Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of the date thereof and their results of operations, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.

(c) [Reserved].

(d) Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2021, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.06 Litigation.

There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened in writing, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any of the

 

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transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) either individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.07 No Default.

Neither any Loan Party nor any Restricted Subsidiary is in default under or with respect to, or a party to, any Contractual Obligation that could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

5.08 Ownership of Property.

Each Loan Party and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.09 Environmental Compliance.

(a) The Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof the Loan Parties have reasonably concluded that such Environmental Laws and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Neither any Loan Party nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is undertaking, and has not completed, either individually or together with other potentially responsible parties, any investigation or assessment or remedial or response action relating to any actual or threatened release, discharge or disposal of Hazardous Materials at any site, location or operation, either voluntarily or pursuant to the order of any Governmental Authority or the requirements of any Environmental Law which could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and all Hazardous Materials generated, used, treated, handled or stored at, or transported to or from, any property currently or formerly owned during the past five (5) years or operated by any Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries have been disposed of in a manner which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.10 Insurance.

The properties of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the applicable Loan Party or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary operates. The general liability, casualty, property, terrorism and business interruption insurance coverage of the Loan Parties as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date is outlined as to carrier, policy number, expiration date, type, amount and deductibles on Schedule 5.10 and such insurance coverage complies with the requirements set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

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5.11 Taxes.

Each Loan Party and the Restricted Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are (a) not yet delinquent or (b) being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed tax assessment against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect, nor is there any tax sharing agreement applicable to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

5.12 ERISA Compliance.

(a) Except for the Multiemployer Plan described on Schedule 5.12, each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state laws. Each Pension Plan that is intended to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter or is subject to a favorable opinion letter from the IRS to the effect that the form of such Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and the trust related thereto has been determined by the IRS to be exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Code, or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS. To the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, nothing has occurred that would prevent or cause the loss of such tax-qualified status.

(b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) (i) Except for the Multiemployer Plan described on Schedule 5.12, no ERISA Event has occurred, and no Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate is aware of any fact, event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to constitute or result in an ERISA Event with respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (ii) as of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in Section 430(d)(2) of the Code) is sixty percent (60%) or higher and no Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate knows of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the funding target attainment percentage for any such plan to drop below sixty percent (60%) as of the most recent valuation date; (iii) no Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC other than for the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due that are unpaid; (iv) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of ERISA; and (v) no Pension Plan has been terminated by the plan administrator thereof nor by the PBGC, and no event or circumstance has occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to cause the PBGC to institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any Pension Plan.

(d) As of the Second Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower is not, and will not 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.

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(a) Margin Regulations. The Borrower is not engaged, nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. Following the application of the proceeds of each Borrowing or drawing under each Letter 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 Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis) subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 or Section 7.05 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 and within the scope of Section 8.01(e) will be margin stock.

(b) Investment Company Act. None of any Loan Party, any Person Controlling any Loan Party, or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

5.14 Disclosure.

The Borrower has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any other Loan Party is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished in writing by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (in each case as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of 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, each Loan Party represents and warrants only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time. The information included in any Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects as of the date such Beneficial Ownership Certification, if any, is delivered.

5.15 Compliance with Laws.

Each Loan Party and each Restricted Subsidiary is in compliance with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.16 Solvency.

Each Loan Party is, individually and together with its Subsidiaries, on a Consolidated basis, Solvent.

5.17 Sanctions Concerns; Anti-Corruption Laws; PATRIOT Act.

(a) Sanctions Concerns. No Loan Party, nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative thereof, is an individual or entity that is, or is owned or controlled by one or more individuals or entities that are (i) the subject or target of any Sanctions, (ii) included on OFAC’s

 

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List of Specially Designated Nationals, HMT’s Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority or (iii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction. The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Sanctions and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such Sanctions.

(b) Anti-Corruption Laws. The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have conducted their business in compliance with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions, and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.

(c) PATRIOT Act. To the extent applicable, each Loan Party and each Subsidiary is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto and (ii) the PATRIOT Act.

5.18 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests.

Set forth on Schedule 5.18 is a complete and accurate list of all Subsidiaries of the Loan Parties as of the Second Amendment Effective Date. Information on such Schedule includes, as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, the number of shares of each class of Equity Interests outstanding; the number and percentage of outstanding shares of each class of Equity Interests owned by the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries; the number and effect, if exercised, of all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and similar rights; and whether each such Subsidiary is a Restricted Subsidiary, an Unrestricted Subsidiary and/or an Excluded Subsidiary. The outstanding Equity Interests of all such Subsidiaries are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and are owned, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens). There are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees or directors and directors’ qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Equity Interests of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, except as contemplated in connection with the Loan Documents.

5.19 Collateral Representations.

(a) The provisions of the Collateral Documents are effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a legal, valid and enforceable first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on all right, title and interest of the respective Loan Parties in the Collateral described therein. Except for filings completed prior to the Closing Date and as contemplated hereby and by the Collateral Documents, no filing or other action will be necessary to perfect or protect such Liens.

(b) Set forth on Schedule 5.19(b), as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, is a list of all Intellectual Property registered, filed or pending registration with the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office and owned by each Loan Party as of the Second Amendment Effective Date. Except for such claims and infringements that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual

 

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Property, nor does any Loan Party know of any such claim, and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, the use of any Intellectual Property by any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the granting of a right or a license in respect of any Intellectual Property from any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person. As of the Second Amendment Effective Date, none of the Intellectual Property owned by any of the Loan Parties or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is subject to any licensing agreement or similar arrangement except as set forth on Schedule 5.19(b).

(c) Set forth on Schedule 5.19(c), as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, is a list of all real property located in the United States that is owned or leased by any Loan Party (in each case, including (i) the name of the Loan Party owning (or leasing) such property, (ii) the property address, and (iii) the city, county, state and zip code which such property is located).

5.20 [Reserved].

5.21 Designation as Senior Indebtedness.

The Obligations constitute “Designated Senior Indebtedness” or any similar designation under and as defined in any agreement governing any subordinated Indebtedness.

5.22 Labor Matters.

Except as set forth on Schedule 5.22, there are no collective bargaining agreements or Multiemployer Plans covering the employees of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary as of the Second Amendment Effective Date. Neither any Loan Party nor any Restricted Subsidiary has suffered any strikes, walkouts, work stoppages or other material labor difficulty within the last five (5) years preceding the Second Amendment Effective Date.

5.23 Material Contracts.

Set forth on Schedule 5.23 is a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries in effect as of the Second Amendment Effective Date. Other than as set forth on Schedule 5.23, each Material Contract is, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby will be, in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof. The Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries have made available to the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of each Material Contract requested by the Administrative Agent. No Loan Party nor any Restricted Subsidiary is in default in the performance, observance, or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants, or conditions contained in any Material Contract to which it is a party, except to the extent such defaults could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.24 Affected Financial Institution.

No Loan Party is an EEA Financial Institution.

5.25 Covered Entity.

No Loan Party is a Covered Entity.

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Each of the Loan Parties hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter until the Facility Termination Date, such Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or, in the case of the covenant set forth in Section 6.17, each Subsidiary) to:

6.01 Financial Statements.

Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

(a) Audited Financial Statements. As soon as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if earlier, the date required to be filed with the SEC), a Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related Consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, such Consolidated statements to be audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception (other than any such qualification or exception that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, an upcoming maturity date under the Facilities provided herein) or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit.

(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if earlier, the date required to be filed with the SEC), a Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related Consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Borrower’s fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, such Consolidated statements to be certified by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller who is a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

(c) [Reserved].

(d) Unrestricted Subsidiaries. If any Subsidiary is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall deliver concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(b), the related unaudited consolidating financial statements reflecting the adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries from such Consolidated financial statements.

As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 6.02(c), the Borrower shall not be separately required to furnish such information under Section 6.01(a) or (b) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Borrower to furnish the information and materials described in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) above at the times specified therein.

 

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6.02 Certificates; Other Information.

Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

(a) Accountants’ Certificate. Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.01(a), a certificate of its independent certified public accountants certifying such financial statements and stating that in making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of any Default under the financial covenants set forth herein or, if any such Default shall exist, stating the nature and status of such event.

(b) Compliance Certificate. Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b), (i) a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller, in each case, which is a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, including (A) a certification as to whether the Loan Parties and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries have performed and observed each covenant and condition of the Loan Documents applicable to it during the period covered by the Compliance Certificate (or, if not, a listing of the conditions or covenants that have not been performed or observed and the nature and status of each such Default), (B) a certification of compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11, including financial covenant analyses and calculation for the period covered by the Compliance Certificate and a calculation of the Available Amount as of such date, (C) for any Compliance Certificate delivered concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.01(a), a listing of (1) all applications by any Loan Party, if any, for any Intellectual Property made since the date of the prior certificate (or, in the case of the first such certificate, the Closing Date), (2) all issuances of registrations or letters on existing applications by any Loan Party for any Intellectual Property received since the date of the prior certificate (or, in the case of the first such certificate, the Closing Date), and (3) all licenses relating to any Intellectual Property entered into by any Loan Party since the date of the prior certificate (or, in the case of the first such certificate, the Closing Date), and (D) for any Compliance Certificate delivered concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.01(a), any updated insurance binder or other evidence of insurance for any insurance coverage of any Loan Party that was renewed, replaced or modified during the period covered by such Compliance Certificate, and (ii) a management report setting forth customary information with respect to contract backlog. Unless the Administrative Agent or a Lender requests executed originals, delivery of the Compliance Certificate may be by electronic communication including fax or email and shall be deemed to be an original and authentic counterpart thereof for all purposes.

(c) Annual Reports; Etc. 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or with any national securities exchange, and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto.

(d) SEC Notices. Promptly, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such

 

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agency regarding financial or other operational results of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

(e) Other Notices. Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of any non-routine correspondence or official notices received by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Governmental Authority which regulates the operations of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(f) Additional Information. Promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial, legal or corporate affairs of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or Section 6.02(c) (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 (a) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 1.01(a), or (b) 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); provided, that: (i) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon its request to the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by fax transmission or e-mail transmission) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by e-mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request by a Lender for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (A) the Administrative Agent and/or an Affiliate thereof may, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks, Syndtrak, ClearPar or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the “Platform”) and (B) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities. 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 (1) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof, (2) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, any Affiliate thereof, the Arrangers, the L/C Issuers 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 11.07), (3) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information”, and (4) the Administrative Agent and any Affiliate

 

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thereof and the Arrangers 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 Side Information.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall be under no obligation to mark any Borrower Materials “PUBLIC”.

6.03 Notices.

(a) Promptly after any Loan Party obtains actual knowledge thereof, provide written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall transmit such notice to each Lender as soon as practicable) of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default.

(b) Promptly (but in no event later than four (4) Business Days after any Loan Party obtains actual knowledge thereof), provide written notice of the following to the Administrative Agent (which shall transmit such notice to each Lender as soon as practicable):

(i) the occurrence of any default or event of default under any Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(ii) the occurrence of any ERISA Event;

(iii) any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding, (A) affecting any of the Loan Parties which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) that seeks to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to recover any damages or obtain relief as a result of, the provisions of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby;

(iv) any notice of any violation received by any Loan Party from any Governmental Authority including, without limitation, any notice of material violation of Environmental Laws, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(v) any labor controversy that has resulted in, or threatens to result in, a strike or other work action against any Loan Party which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(vi) any determination by the Borrower referred to in Section 2.10(b);

(vii) any (A) occurrence of any Disposition for which any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ii), (B) Debt Issuance for which any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iii), or (C) occurrence of any disposition resulting in a Recovery Event for which any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iv); and

(viii) any other development or event which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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applicable, stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.

6.04 Payment of Obligations.

Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including (a) all material tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the applicable Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary, (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property, and (c) all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness.

6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc.

(a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 7.04 or Section 7.05.

(b) Take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.06 Maintenance of Properties.

Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear, casualty and obsolescence excepted.

6.07 Maintenance of Insurance.

(a) Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons, including, without limitation, terrorism insurance.

(b) Evidence of Insurance. Cause the Administrative Agent to be named as lenders’ loss payable or loss payee, as its interest may appear, and/or additional insured with respect to any such insurance providing liability coverage or coverage in respect of any Collateral, and cause, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent, each provider of any such insurance to agree, by endorsement upon the policy or policies issued by it or by independent instruments furnished to the Administrative Agent that it will give the Administrative Agent ten (10) days prior written notice before any such policy or policies shall be altered or cancelled.

6.08 Compliance with Laws.

Comply with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings

 

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diligently conducted, or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.09 Books and Records.

Maintain proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its businesses and activities.

6.10 Inspection Rights.

Permit, during regular business hours and upon reasonable notice by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time, upon reasonable notice and as often as may reasonably be desired, and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Loan Parties with officers and employees of the Loan Parties and with their independent certified public accountants (it being understood and agreed that a representative of the Borrower may be present at any such meeting with the independent certified public accountants).

6.11 Use of Proceeds.

Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions (a) to refinance certain existing Indebtedness, (b) to finance working capital, (c) to make voluntary or discretionary contributions to any Pension Plan, any Plan or any other employee benefit plan, and (d) for other general corporate purposes; provided, that, in no event shall the proceeds of the Credit Extensions be used in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document.

6.12 Material Contracts.

Faithfully keep and perform, or cause to be kept and performed, all of the covenants, conditions, and agreements contained in each material lease (including any equipment lease), rental agreement, management contract, franchise agreement, construction contract, technical services agreement or other Material Contract, license or permit, now or hereafter existing, and at all times use commercially reasonable efforts to enforce, with respect to each other party to said agreements, all obligations, covenants and agreements by such other party to be performed thereunder; provided, that, no Loan Party shall have any obligation under this Section 6.12 unless such Loan Party’s performance or breach of its obligations with respect to any such covenants, conditions or agreements could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.13 Covenant to Guarantee Obligations.

Within thirty (30) days (or such longer period of time as is agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) after the acquisition or formation of any Material Domestic Subsidiary (it being understood that any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Material Domestic Subsidiary becoming a Material Domestic Subsidiary shall be deemed to be the acquisition of a Material Domestic Subsidiary for purposes of this Section 6.13), cause such Person to become a Guarantor hereunder by way of execution of a Joinder Agreement; provided, however, no Excluded Subsidiary shall be required to become a Guarantor. In connection with the foregoing, the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, with respect to each new Guarantor to the extent applicable, Organization Documents, resolutions, incumbency certificates, good standing certificates, personal property collateral documentation, substantially the same documentation required pursuant to Section 6.14 and, if requested

 

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by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, favorable opinions of counsel to such Person (which should cover, among other things, legality, binding effect and enforceability), all in form, content and scope satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

6.14 Covenant to Give Security.

Except with respect to Excluded Property:

(a) Equity Interests. Cause (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Material Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) directly owned by any Loan Party and (ii) sixty five percent (65%) of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) and one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) in each Material Foreign Subsidiary and each Unrestricted Subsidiary directly owned by a Loan Party to be subject at all times to a first priority, perfected Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents, together with opinions of counsel and any filings and deliveries necessary in connection therewith to perfect the security interests therein, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(b) Other Property. Cause all property of each Loan Party to be subject at all times to first priority, perfected Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to secure the Secured Obligations pursuant to the Collateral Documents or, with respect to any such property acquired subsequent to the Closing Date, such other additional security documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request and, in connection with the foregoing, deliver to the Administrative Agent such other documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request including filings and deliveries necessary to perfect such Liens, Organization Documents, resolutions and favorable opinions of counsel to such Person, all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(c) Landlord Waivers. In the case of any personal property Collateral located at any premises leased by a Loan Party, the Loan Parties will provide the Administrative Agent with such estoppel letters, consents and waivers from the landlords on such real property to the extent (i) reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Loan Parties are able to secure such letters, consents and waivers after using commercially reasonable efforts (such letters, consents and waivers shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).

6.15 Further Assurances.

Upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, promptly perform or cause to be performed any and all acts and execute or cause to be executed any and all documents for filing under the provisions of the UCC or any other requirement of Law which are necessary or advisable to maintain in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, Liens on the Collateral that are duly perfected in accordance with the requirements of, or the obligations of the Loan Parties under, the Loan Documents and all applicable requirements of Law.

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Promptly, upon request by the Administrative Agent, comply with any and all of the requirements of the Assignment of Claims Act (Title 31 Section 3727 and Title 41 Section 15 of the United States Code), and FAR Subpart 32.8 (including FAR 52.232-23) (and comparable Laws of any state) where such statutes and regulations are applicable to any government contracts of any Loan Party, and take all such other action as may be necessary to make the direct assignment to the Administrative Agent of the payments due or to become due under such government contracts, and such further action as may be necessary to facilitate the creation and perfection of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in such payments; provided, that, no Loan Party shall be required to take any such action with respect to any government contract with (x) less than $500,000 in remaining value or (y) less than six (6) months in remaining duration.

6.17 Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions.

Conduct its business in compliance in all material respects with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions and with all applicable Sanctions, and maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and Sanctions.

ARTICLE VII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Each of the Loan Parties hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter until the Facility Termination Date, no Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary (or, in the case of the covenants set forth in Sections 7.17 and 7.18, any Subsidiary) to, directly or indirectly:

7.01 Liens.

Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for the following (the “Permitted Liens”):

(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;

(b) Liens existing on the Second Amendment Effective Date and listed on Schedule 7.01 and any extension, renewal or replacement thereof; provided, that, (i) the property covered thereby is not changed, (ii) the amount secured or benefited thereby is not increased, (iii) the direct or any contingent obligor with respect thereto is not changed, and (iv) any extension, renewal or replacement of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is a Permitted Refinancing permitted by Section 7.02(b);

(c) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(c); provided, that: (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness together with any accessions thereto and proceeds thereof, and (ii) such Liens attach to such property concurrently with or within one hundred twenty (120) days after the acquisition thereof;

(d) Liens for taxes not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued; provided, that, (i) any proceedings commenced for the enforcement of such Liens shall have been stayed or suspended within thirty (30) days of the commencement thereof, and (ii) provision for the payment of all such taxes

 

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known to such Person has been made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP;

(e) mechanic’s, processor’s, materialman’s, carrier’s, warehousemen’s, landlord’s and similar Liens (including statutory and common law landlord’s Liens under leases to which any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party) arising by operation of Law and arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations of such Person that are not overdue for a period of more than ninety (90) days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued; provided, that, (i) any proceedings commenced for the enforcement of such Liens shall have been stayed or suspended within thirty (30) days of the commencement thereof, and (ii) provision for the payment of such Liens has been made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP;

(f) Liens arising in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions and social security benefits (other than Liens imposed by ERISA) which are not overdue or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued; provided, that, (i) any proceedings commenced for the enforcement of such Liens shall have been stayed or suspended within thirty (30) days of the commencement thereof, and (ii) provision for the payment of such Liens has been made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP;

(g) Liens (i) incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of bids, tenders, statutory obligations, fee and expense arrangements with trustees and fiscal agents (exclusive of obligations incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property) and customary deposits granted in the ordinary course of business under operating leases, and (ii) incurred or deposits made securing the performance of surety, indemnity, performance, appeal and release bonds incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided, that, in each case, full provision for the payment of all such obligations has been made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP;

(h) Permitted Real Property Encumbrances;

(i) attachment, judgment or other similar Liens arising in connection with court or arbitration proceedings involving individually and in the aggregate liability of $2,000,000 or less at any one time; provided, that, the same are discharged, or that execution or enforcement thereof is stayed pending appeal, within thirty (30) days or, in the case of any stay of execution or enforcement pending appeal, within such lesser time during which such appeal may be taken;

(j) leases or subleases granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any interest or title of a lessor under any lease permitted by the Loan Documents;

(k) customary rights of set off, revocation, refund or chargeback under deposit agreements or under the UCC of banks or other financial institutions where the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries maintains deposits in the ordinary course of business permitted by the Loan Documents;

(l) landlord’s Liens arising by contract in the ordinary course of business and secured by assets at the applicable leased property in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate;

 

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(m) Environmental Liens; provided, that, (i) any proceedings commenced for the enforcement of such Liens shall have been suspended or are being contested in good faith, (ii) provision for all liability and damages that are the subject of said Environmental Liens has been made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP, and (iii) such Liens do not relate to obligations exceeding $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time.

(n) Liens on special tooling assets and Intellectual Property of Aerojet Rocketdyne as required by the terms of the contract with Lockheed Martin regarding the Atlas Program;

(o) Liens securing (i) the financing of insurance premiums or other financial assurances associated with workers compensation insurance coverage, and (ii) the financing of insurance premiums or other financial assurances associated with other insurance coverage or other financial assurance requirements obtained in the normal course of business not to exceed $20,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;

(p) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(e); provided, that, (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations it secures on the date of acquisition;

(q) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(g); provided, that, such Lien shall not extend to any Collateral or the Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries;

(r) Liens on the Equity Interests of a joint venture (other than any Restricted Subsidiary) owned by a Loan Party pursuant to a joint venture agreement or Liens on the Equity Interests of a joint venture (other than any Restricted Subsidiary) securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(h) so long as the recourse of any lender in respect of such Indebtedness against any Loan Party is limited to such Equity Interests or proceeds from the sale thereof;

(s) Liens in favor of a trustee under customary indenture documentation on cash deposited with such trustee in connection with the repayment of Indebtedness issued pursuant to such indenture, to the extent the repayment of such Indebtedness would have been permitted on the date of creation of such Liens;

(t) Liens securing Additional Second Lien Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(d);

(u) Liens in favor of financial institutions issuing letters of credit permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(p) on cash collateral posted to support obligations under such letters of credit; and

(v) other Liens not permitted by the foregoing clauses of this Section 7.01 securing Indebtedness or other obligations permitted pursuant to this Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (i) $30,000,000, and (ii) one and one-half percent (1.5%) of Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year of the Borrower for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a);

provided, that, in no event shall the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary grant, or allow to exist, any Lien (other than Permitted Real Property Encumbrances) upon any Specified Real Property.

 

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7.02 Indebtedness.

Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;

(b) Indebtedness outstanding on the Second Amendment Effective Date and listed on Schedule 7.02 (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof);

(c) Indebtedness in respect of Capitalized Leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations and purchase money obligations hereafter incurred by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to finance the purchase of fixed assets or to provide all or a portion of the purchase price or cost of construction for an asset, and renewals, replacements, refinancings and extensions thereof; provided, that (i) the total of all such Indebtedness for all such Persons taken together, plus the total of all Indebtedness incurred in reliance on Section 7.02(r), shall not exceed an aggregate principal amount equal to $150,000,000, (ii) such Indebtedness when incurred shall not exceed the purchase price of the asset(s) financed or cost of construction of the asset, and (iii) no such Indebtedness shall be refinanced, renewed, replaced, restructured or extended for a principal amount in excess of the principal balance outstanding thereon at the time of such renewal, replacement, refinancing, restructuring or extension;

(d) Additional Second Lien Indebtedness (and Permitted Refinancings thereof);

(e) Indebtedness of any Target acquired after the Closing Date in a Permitted Acquisition to the extent existing at the time of such Permitted Acquisition; provided, that, (i) such Indebtedness shall not have been incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition, and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness outstanding at any one time shall not exceed an amount equal to the greater of (A) $40,000,000, and (B) two percent (2%) of Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year of the Borrower for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a);

(f) Indebtedness consisting of Earn Out Obligations incurred in connection with Permitted Acquisitions;

(g) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (i) $100,000,000, and (ii) five percent (5%) of Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year of the Borrower for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a);

(h) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are joint ventures (other than any Loan Parties) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (i) $100,000,000, and (ii) five percent (5%) of Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year of the Borrower for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a);

(i) unsecured intercompany Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03 (“Intercompany Debt”); provided, that, (i) in the case of Indebtedness owing to a Loan Party, such Indebtedness shall be evidenced by an intercompany note payable to such Loan Party, which

 

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intercompany note shall be pledged to secure the Secured Obligations and delivered to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and (ii) in the case of Indebtedness owing by a Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (A) such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Secured Obligations in a manner and to the extent acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (B) such Indebtedness shall not be prepaid unless no Default exists immediately prior to and after giving effect to such prepayment, and (C) except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 7.14(b); such Indebtedness shall not be repaid in cash or Cash Equivalents and shall not be renewed, extended, refinanced or replaced (it being understood and agreed that the Loan Parties shall be permitted to write-off such Indebtedness to the extent such Indebtedness existed prior to the Closing Date);

(j) obligations (contingent or otherwise) existing or arising under any Swap Contract; provided, that, (i) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by such Person, and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view;” and (ii) such Swap Contract does not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party;

(k) Indebtedness under Secured Cash Management Agreements;

(l) Additional Unsecured Indebtedness (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof);

(m) unsecured Guarantees of the obligations of Aerojet Rocketdyne provided by the Borrower in favor of the United States Environmental Protection Agency in connection with environmental remediation; provided, that, the aggregate principal amount of the obligations to which such Guarantees relate shall not exceed $120,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

(n) [reserved];

(o) [reserved];

(p) Indebtedness under letters of credit issued by any financial institution (other than any Lender) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $5,000,000;

(q) (i) Guarantees with respect to Indebtedness of any Loan Party otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section 7.02, and (ii) Guarantees consisting of a guarantee of any obligation (other than Indebtedness) performable by a Restricted Subsidiary;

(r) TAB Indebtedness; provided, that, (i) the net cash proceeds of such TAB Indebtedness are used for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, developing, expanding and/or upgrading a TAB Property, (ii) such TAB Indebtedness is non-recourse to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (iii) a Loan Party is the holder of such TAB Indebtedness, (iv) no TAB Document entered into in connection with such TAB Indebtedness shall limit in any material respect the use by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of its property or assets, (v) the aggregate principal amount of all TAB Indebtedness, plus the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred in reliance on Section 7.02(c), shall not exceed an amount equal to $150,000,000, and (vi) promptly following the initial funding thereof, the Administrative Agent

 

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