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Exhibit |
To: | The Bank of Nova Scotia as Facility Agent and Security Agent |
From: | The persons listed in Schedule 1 to this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement (the Additional
Facility AV Lenders, such defined term to include any lender which becomes a New Lender in respect of Facility AV, by the execution by the Facility Agent of a Transfer Agreement substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Transfer Agreement) to this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement). |
1. | In this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement: |
(i) | the credit agreement dated 5 March 2015 between (among others) Ziggo Secured Finance B.V. as SPV borrower and The Bank of Nova Scotia as facility agent; |
(ii) | the
credit agreement dated 24 May 2019 between (among others) DLG Acquisitions Limited as parent and National Westminster Bank plc as facility agent; |
(iii) | the credit agreement dated 7 June 2013 between, among others, Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited as company and The Bank of Nova Scotia as facility agent; |
(iv) | the credit agreement dated 1 August 2007 between, among others, Telenet NV as borrower and The Bank of Nova Scotia as facility agent; |
(v) | the
indenture dated 18 October 2017 in respect of the $550,000,000 5.500% senior notes due 2028 issued by UPC Holding B.V.; |
(vi) | the indenture dated 13 December 2017 in respect of the $1,000,000,000 5.500% senior secured notes due 2028 and €600,000,000 3.500% senior secured notes due 2028 issued by Telenet Finance Luxembourg Notes S.à r.l.; |
(vii) | the indenture
dated 28 October 2019 in respect of $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.875% senior secured notes due 2030 and €502,500,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.875% senior secured notes due 2030 issued by Ziggo B.V.; |
(viii) | the facilities agreement dated 4 November 2019 between (among others) VZ Financing I B.V. as borrower, VZ Vendor Financing B.V. as lender and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch acting as administrator, in respect of the advance of certain proceeds of the €701,700,000 2.500% vendor financing notes due 2024 issued by VZ Vendor Financing B.V.; |
(ix) | the
indenture dated 11 February 2020 in respect of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.125% senior notes due 2030 and €900,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.375% senior notes due 2030 issued by Ziggo Bond Company B.V.; |
(x) | the indenture dated 22 June 2020 in respect of €500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.750% senior notes due 2030 issued by Virgin Media Finance plc; |
(xi) | the
facilities agreement dated 24 June 2020 in respect of the advance of certain proceeds of the $500,000,000 5.000% vendor financing notes due 2028 issued by Virgin Media Vendor Financing Notes IV Designated Activity Company; and |
(xii) | the indenture dated 29 June 2020 in respect of £450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.125% senior secured notes due 2030 and $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% senior secured notes due 2030 issued by Virgin Media Secured Finance plc, |
2. | Unless otherwise defined in this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement, terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meaning in this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement and a reference to a Clause is a reference to a Clause of the Credit Agreement. The principles of construction set out in Clause 1.2 (Construction) of the Credit Agreement apply to this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement as though they were set out in full in this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement. |
3. | We
refer to Clause 2.3 (Additional Facilities) of the Credit Agreement. This Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement is an Additional Facility Accession Agreement for the purposes of the Credit Agreement. |
4. | This Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement will take effect on the date on which the Facility Agent notifies UPC Broadband and the Additional Facility AV Lenders that it has received the documents and evidence set out in Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent Documents) to this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to it (acting reasonably) or, as the case may be, the requirement to provide any such
documents or evidence has been waived by the Facility Agent on behalf of the Majority Additional Facility AV Lenders (the Effective Date). The Facility Agent must give this notification to UPC Broadband and the Additional Facility AV Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied. |
5. | We, the Additional Facility AV Lenders, agree: |
(a) | to become party to and to be bound by the terms of the Credit Agreement as Lenders in accordance with Clause 2.3 (Additional Facilities)
of the Credit Agreement; and |
(b) | to become party to the Intercreditor Agreement as Senior Lenders and to observe, perform and be bound by the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement in the capacity of Senior Lender, as if we had been an original party to the Intercreditor Agreement. |
6. | The Additional Facility AV Lenders will only be obliged to participate in any Facility AV Advance if on the proposed Utilisation Date: |
(a) | the
representations and warranties in Clause 18.2 (Status) to Clause 18.5 (Non-violation) (inclusive) of the Credit Agreement to be made by UPC Financing are true, in respect of UPC Financing only, (in all |
(b) | it is not unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction
for that Additional Facility AV Lender to perform any of its obligations to fund or participate in that Facility AV Advance. |
7. | No Utilisation of Facility AV may occur unless the Facility Agent has received in form and substance satisfactory to it (acting reasonably) or, as the case may be, the requirement to provide such confirmation has been waived by the Facility Agent on behalf of the Majority Additional Facility AV Lenders: |
(a) | confirmation (in writing) from the Bidder or UPC Broadband to the Facility Agent that all conditions
to the Initial Offer (as such conditions may be amended by the Bidder in its sole discretion) have been satisfied or waived by the Bidder in its sole discretion; and |
(b) | confirmation (in writing) from the Bidder or UPC Broadband to the Facility Agent that a minimum acceptance under the Initial Offer of at least 50.1% of the Target Shares has been obtained by the Bidder. |
8. | During the Additional Facility Availability Period for Facility AV, none of the Additional Facility AV Lenders, the Facility Agent and the other Finance Parties
shall be entitled to: |
(a) | cancel any of its Facility AV Commitments; |
(b) | rescind, terminate or cancel this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents or Facility AV or exercise any similar right or remedy or make or enforce any claim under the Finance Documents it may have to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of any Facility AV Advance; |
(c) | refuse
to participate in the making of any Facility AV Advance; |
(d) | exercise any right of set off or counterclaim or similar right or remedy in respect of a Utilisation to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of any Facility AV Advance; |
(e) | cancel, accelerate or cause repayment or prepayment of any amounts owing under this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Finance Document or exercise any enforcement rights under any Security Document to the extent to do so would prevent or limit
the making of any Facility AV Advance; or |
(f) | take any other action or make or enforce any claim (in its capacity as a Lender) to the extent that such action, claim or enforcement would directly or indirectly prevent or limit the making of any Facility AV Advance, |
9. | The
Additional Facility Commitment in relation to an Additional Facility AV Lender (for the purpose of the definition of Additional Facility Commitment in Clause 1.1 (Definitions) of the Credit Agreement) is its Facility AV Commitment. |
10. | Any interest due in relation to Facility AV will be payable on the last day of each Interest Period and otherwise in accordance with Clause 11 (Interest) of the Credit Agreement. |
11. | The
Additional Facility Availability Period for Facility AV shall be the period from and including the Effective Date up to and including the earlier of (a) the date which falls 5 Business Days after the Initial Offer Closing Date, (b) the Offer Expiry Date and (c) the Longstop Date, provided that if on the Initial Offer Closing Date the Bidder holds less than 100% of the voting rights in the Target, the Additional Facility Availability Period shall be extended to the date falling twelve months after the Initial Offer Closing Date (provided that, notwithstanding any such extension, the Additional Facility Availability Period for Facility AV shall end on a date no later than the Longstop Date) (or any other date agreed between the Additional Facility AV Lenders and UPC Financing), inter alia, for the purpose of financing any payments to be made to holders of the Target Shares that are not tendered in the Initial Offer, whether by way of market purchases or implementing a
Squeeze Out Procedure or for the purpose of refinancing payments previously made to holders of the Target Shares where such previously made payments were not made using funds drawn under Facility AV. At the end of the Additional Facility Availability Period for Facility AV, the Available Commitments in respect of Facility AV shall automatically be cancelled and the Available Commitments in respect of Facility AV for each Additional Facility AV Lender shall automatically be reduced to zero. |
12. | Facility AV may be drawn by up to twenty Advances (or any other number of Advances agreed between the Additional Facility AV Lenders and UPC Financing) and no more than twenty Requests (or any other number of Requests agreed between the Additional Facility AV
Lenders and UPC Financing) may be made in respect of Facility AV under the Credit Agreement. |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (b) below, the first Interest Period to apply to each Facility AV Advance will be a period running from the Utilisation Date in respect of that Facility AV Advance up to (and including) the last Business Day of the Existing Interest Period, and thereafter shall be determined in accordance with Clause 11.2 (Selection of Interest Periods) of the Credit Agreement. |
(b) | If
the Existing Interest Period has less than one month until expiry, the first Interest Period in relation to the relevant Facility AV Advance will be the unexpired portion of the Existing Interest Period plus an additional six months. |
(c) | In respect of the first Interest Period to apply to each Facility AV Advance only, LIBOR shall mean the LIBOR rate as determined in respect of the Existing Interest Period. |
14. | Each Facility AV Advance will be used for general corporate purposes and/or working capital purposes, including without
limitation, the funding of the Acquisition (as defined in the Commitment Letter), the redemption, refinancing, repayment or prepayment of any existing indebtedness of the Borrower Group and/or the payment of any fees and expenses in connection with Facility AV and the other transactions related thereto. |
15. | The Final Maturity Date in respect of Facility AV will be 31 January 2029 or such other date agreed between the Additional Facility AV Lenders and UPC Financing. |
16. | Each outstanding Facility AV Advance will be repaid in full
on the Final Maturity Date in respect of Facility AV. |
17. | The Margin in relation to Facility AV is 3.50 per cent. per annum or such other rate agreed between the Additional Facility AV Lenders and UPC Financing. |
18. | The Borrower in relation to Facility AV is UPC Financing. |
19. | Facility
AV is made available as a term loan. |
20. | The interest rate for Facility AV will be calculated in accordance with Clause 11.1 (Interest rate) of the Credit Agreement, being the sum of LIBOR and the applicable Margin. For the avoidance of doubt, each party to this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement accepts and acknowledges that LIBOR has the meaning given to it under Clause 1.1 (Definitions) of the Credit Agreement and that if, at the time of calculation, the rate is determined to be below zero per cent., then LIBOR will be deemed to be zero per cent and, provided further that, in relation to the first Interest Period to apply to each Facility AV Advance,
LIBOR shall mean the LIBOR rate calculated for the Existing Interest Period. |
21. | Each Facility AV Advance shall be issued at 99.00% of par provided that no original issue discount shall be payable on any Facility AV Advance arising from an increase in the Facility AV Commitments effected in accordance with paragraph 6 (AV OID Fees Funding) of the Fee Letter. |
22. | If on or prior to the date falling 6 months after the first Utilisation Date of
Facility AV (but not otherwise) UPC Financing: |
(a) | makes any prepayment of Facility AV in connection with any Repricing Transaction (as defined below) other than where such prepayment is funded by the issuance of notes by any member of the Borrower Group or a special purpose vehicle which on-lends the proceeds of such notes to a member of the Borrower Group; or |
(b) | effects any amendment of this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement or the Credit Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction, other than, for the avoidance of
doubt, any amendments contemplated by Schedule 6 (Additional Amendments, Waivers, Consents and Other Modifications), Schedule 7 (Fourth Amendments, Waivers, Consents and Other Modifications), Schedule 8 (Fifth Amendments, Waivers, Consents and Other Modifications), Schedule 9 (Sixth Amendments, Waivers, Consents and Other Modifications), Schedule 10 (Seventh Amendments, Waivers, Consents and Other Modifications) and Schedule 11 (Eighth Amendments, Waivers, Consents and Other Modifications) of this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement (the “Approved Amendments”) resulting in a Repricing Transaction, |
(i) | in the case of paragraph (a) above, a prepayment fee equal to 1.00 per cent. flat on the amount of that Additional Facility AV Lender’s Facility AV Advances which are prepaid and such prepayment fee shall be due and payable on the date of such prepayment; and |
(ii) | in the case of paragraph (b) above, a prepayment fee equal to 1.00 per cent. flat on the aggregate amount of the Facility AV Advances of each Additional Facility
AV Lender that shall have been the subject of a mandatory assignment under the Credit Agreement following the failure of such Additional Facility AV Lender to consent to such amendment on or prior to the date falling 6 months after the first Utilisation Date of Facility AV and such prepayment fee shall be due and payable on the effective date of such assignment. |
(a) | Provided that any upsizing of Facility AV permitted under this paragraph will not breach any term of the Credit Agreement,
Facility AV may be upsized by any amount, by the signing of one or more further Additional Facility AV Accession Agreements, that specify (along with the other terms specified therein) UPC Financing as the sole Borrower and which specify Facility AV Commitments denominated in US Dollars, to be drawn in US Dollars, with the same Final Maturity Date and Margin as specified in this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement. |
(b) | For the purposes of this paragraph 23 (unless otherwise specified), references to Facility AV Advances shall include Advances made under any such further and previous Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement. |
(c) | Where
any Facility AV Advance has not already been consolidated with any other Facility AV Advance, on the last day of any Interest Period for that unconsolidated Facility AV Advance, that unconsolidated Facility AV Advance will be consolidated with any other unconsolidated Facility AV Advance which has an Interest Period ending on the same day as that unconsolidated Facility AV Advance, and all such Facility AV Advances will then be treated as one Facility AV Advance. |
24. | For the purposes of any amendment or waiver, consent or other modification (including, with respect to any existing Default or Event of Default) that may be sought by UPC Broadband and UPC Financing under the Credit Agreement or any other Finance Document on or after the date of this Additional
Facility AV Accession Agreement, each Additional Facility AV Lender hereby consents (in the capacity of a Lender and, if it is a Hedge Counterparty, in the capacity of a Hedge Counterparty), and agrees to procure, unless it is prohibited from doing so, that any of its Affiliates or Related Funds that are Hedge Counterparties or a Lender under a Revolving Facility consent (in their capacity as Hedge Counterparties or Lenders under a Revolving Facility, as applicable) to any and all of the following: |
(a) | any and all amendments contemplated by the Approved Amendments; |
(b) | any
consequential amendment, waiver, consent or other modification, whether effected by one instrument or through a series of amendments, to the Credit Agreement or any other Finance Document to be made either to implement the Approved Amendments or to conform any Finance Document to the Approved Amendments; and/or |
(c) | any other amendment, waiver, consent or modification, whether effected by one instrument or through a series of amendments, to the Credit Agreement or any other Finance Document to be made to conform |
25. | Each Additional Facility AV Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees (in the capacity of a Lender and, if it is a Hedge Counterparty, in the capacity of a Hedge Counterparty), and
agrees to procure, unless it is prohibited from doing so, that any of its Affiliates or Related Funds that are Hedge Counterparties or a Lender under a Revolving Facility acknowledge and agree (in their capacity as Hedge Counterparties or Lenders under a Revolving Facility, as applicable) that the Facility Agent and/or the Security Agent may, but shall not be required to, send to the Additional Facility AV Lenders any further formal amendment request in connection with all, or any of the proposed amendments set out under paragraph 24 above and the Facility Agent and/or the Security Agent shall be authorised to consent on behalf of each Additional Facility AV Lender, as a Lender under one or more Additional Facilities and as a Hedge Counterparty under the Intercreditor Agreement, to any such proposed amendments set out under paragraph 24 above (and the Facility Agent and/or the Security Agent shall be authorised to enter into any necessary documentation in connection
with the same), and such consent shall be taken into account in calculating whether the Majority Lenders, or the relevant requisite Lenders, or the Hedge Counterparties have consented to the relevant amendments and/or waivers or other modifications to the Finance Documents in accordance with Clause 27 (Amendments and Waivers) of the Credit Agreement, Clause 28 (Consents, Amendments and Override) of the Intercreditor Agreement, and any clause relating to amendments in any other Finance Document. |
26. | Each Additional Facility AV Lender hereby waives (in the capacity of a Lender and, if it is a Hedge Counterparty, in the capacity of a Hedge Counterparty), and agrees
to procure, unless it is prohibited from doing so, that any of its Affiliates or Related Funds that are Hedge Counterparties or a Lender under a Revolving Facility waive (in their capacity as Hedge Counterparties or Lenders under a Revolving Facility, as applicable) receipt of any fee in connection with the foregoing consent, notwithstanding that other consenting Lenders under the Credit Agreement or Hedge Counterparties under the Intercreditor Agreement may be paid a fee in consideration of such Lenders' or Hedge Counterparties’ consent to any or all of the foregoing amendments, waivers, consents or other modifications. |
27. | UPC Financing, the Additional Facility AV Lenders and the Facility Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other Finance Parties)
hereby agree and acknowledge that Facility AV is made available in connection with a “Limited Condition Transaction” for the purposes of the Credit Agreement and that, as such, the conditions under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of Clause 4.2(b) (Further conditions precedent) of the Credit Agreement are hereby waived in their entirety by the Additional Facility AV Lenders. |
28. | Each Additional Facility AV Lender confirms to each Finance Party that: |
(a) | it
has made its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its related entities in connection with its participation in Facility AV being made available pursuant to this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement and has not relied on any information provided to it by a Finance Party in connection with any Finance Document; and |
(b) | it will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Obligor and its related entities while any amount is or may be outstanding under the Credit Agreement or any Additional Facility Commitment is in force. |
(a) | Each
of the Additional Facility AV Lenders agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of UPC Financing (acting in its sole discretion), effect any transfer, novation, assignment or Sub-participation of any of its rights, benefits or obligations in respect of any Facility AV Commitment under this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement prior to the date that such Facility AV Commitment has been utilised unless such transfer, novation, assignment or Sub-participation is to an Affiliate of that Additional Facility AV Lender provided that in each case: |
(i) | (save for in respect of Sub-participations) such Affiliate has at least equivalent creditworthiness as the transferring Additional Facility AV Lender; |
(ii) | no
such transfer, novation, assignment or Sub-participation shall reallocate, reduce or release any Additional Facility AV Lender’s obligation to fund its entire Facility AV Commitment as at the date of this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement by the required time on each Utilisation Date in the event that any transferee or assignee (or any subsequent transferee or assignee) fails to do so; and |
(iii) | each Additional Facility AV Lender shall retain exclusive control over all rights and obligations with respect to its Facility AV Commitments as at the date of this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement (including, without limitation, all rights with respect to waivers, consents, modifications, amendments and confirmations in relation to the Finance
Documents) until after the date that they are utilised, notwithstanding any such transfer, novation, assignment or Sub-participation. |
(b) | Each of the Additional Facility AV Lenders agrees that without prejudice to Clause 28.4 (Procedure for novations) of the Credit Agreement, each New Lender (as defined in the relevant Transfer Agreement referred to below) shall become, by the execution by the Facility Agent of a Transfer Agreement substantially in the form of Schedule 3 (Transfer Agreement) to this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement, bound by the terms of this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement as if it were an original party hereto as an Additional
Facility AV Lender and shall acquire the same rights, grant the same consents and assume the same obligations towards the other parties to this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement as would have been acquired, granted and assumed had the New Lender been an original party to this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement as an Additional Facility AV Lender. |
(c) | No Additional Facility AV Lender may, in respect of its Facility AV Commitment, assign all or any of its rights and benefits or transfer all or any of its rights, benefits and obligations, in each case, under the Finance Documents in relation to Facility AV to any person in accordance with the Credit Agreement |
30. | We, the Additional Facility AV Lenders, acknowledge and agree that the Lender Asset Security Release Confirmation has been delivered by the Facility Agent to the Lenders and that the Security Agent is therefore irrevocably authorised in accordance with Clause 19.28(a)
(Asset Security Release) of the Credit Agreement to execute such documents as may be required to ensure that the Security (other than (i) any Security required to be granted under paragraph (b)(ii) of the definition of “80% Security Test” and (ii) any Security provided over any account in connection with a Borrower providing cash cover for a Documentary Credit or an Ancillary Facility pursuant to Clause 6.9(a) (Cash Cover by Borrower) and Clause 1.2(a)(iv) (Construction) of the Credit Agreement) is released. |
31. | Within 60 days of the first Utilisation Date of Facility AV, UPC Poland Holding B.V., shall: |
(a) | enter
into an amendment agreement in relation to each of the following: |
(i) | the agreement for registered pledge and financial pledge dated 21 October 2019 made between (amongst others) UPC Poland Holding B.V. as pledgor and the Security Agent as pledgee pursuant to which UPC Poland Holding B.V. granted security in respect of the shares in UPC Poland Property Sp. z o.o.; and |
(ii) | the agreement for registered pledge and financial pledge dated 21 October 2019 made between (amongst others) UPC Poland Holding B.V. as pledgor and the Security
Agent as pledgee pursuant to which UPC Poland Holding B.V. granted security in respect of the shares in UPC Polska Sp. z o.o., |
(b) | submit to enforcement pursuant to article 777 of the Polish code of civil procedure in favour of the Security Agent, |
32. | The Facility Office and address for notices of each Additional Facility AV Lender for the purposes of Clause 35.2 (Addresses for notices) of the Credit Agreement will be that notified by each Additional Facility AV Lender to the Facility Agent. |
33. | This
Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law. |
34. | Clause 37 (Jurisdiction) of the Credit Agreement is incorporated into this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement as if set out in full and as if references in that clause to a “Finance Document” are references to this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement. |
35. | This Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts, and by each party on separate counterparts. Each counterpart is an original, but all counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart signature page of this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement by email (PDF) or telecopy shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement. |
36. | This Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement is a Creditor Accession Undertaking as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement. |
(a) | If
Facility AV is not funded in full on the first Utilisation Date for Facility AV, each party to this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement shall take all steps reasonably required to promptly amend and restate this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement such that it is bifurcated into a separate Additional Facility Accession Agreement (and separate Additional Facility AV tranche thereunder) for (i) the funded portion of the Facility AV Commitment (the “Funded Accession Agreement”) and (ii) the unfunded portion of Facility AV Commitment (the “Unfunded Accession Agreement”), in each case, on substantially equivalent terms provided that mechanics shall be included such that on each subsequent
Utilisation Date for Facility AV, the portion of the Facility AV Commitment that is funded under the Unfunded Accession Agreement shall be deemed to be cancelled and immediately reinstated as (or otherwise converted into) a funded Facility AV Commitment under the Funded Accession Agreement. |
(b) | Where any Facility AV Advance under the Funded Accession Agreement has not already been consolidated with any other Facility AV Advance, on the last day of any Interest Period for that unconsolidated Facility AV Advance, that unconsolidated Facility AV Advance will be consolidated with any other unconsolidated Facility AV Advance which has an Interest Period ending on the same day as that unconsolidated Facility AV Advance, and all such Facility AV Advances
will then be treated as one Facility AV Advance. |
Additional Facility AV Lender | Facility
AV Commitment ($) |
The Bank of Nova Scotia | 1,300,000,000 |
Total | 1,300,000,000 |
1. | Constitutional
Documents |
(a) | A copy of the constitutional documents of each Obligor (other than UPC Financing) and the partnership agreement of UPC Financing or, if the Facility Agent already has a copy, a certificate of an authorised signatory of the relevant Obligor confirming that the copy in the Facility Agent's possession is still correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement. |
(b) | An extract of the registration of each Obligor established in the Netherlands
in the trade register of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce. |
2. | Authorisations |
(a) | A copy of a resolution of the board of managing and, to the extent applicable, board of supervisory directors (or equivalent) and, to the extent that a shareholders' resolution is required, a copy of the shareholders' resolution of each Obligor: |
(i) | approving
the terms of and the transactions contemplated by this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement and (in the case of each of UPC Broadband and UPC Financing) resolving that it execute the same (and, in the case of the Guarantors and the Charging Entities (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement)) resolving that it execute the confirmation described at paragraph 4 below; and |
(ii) | (in the case of UPC Broadband and UPC Financing) authorising the issuance of a power of attorney to a specified person or persons to execute this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement on its behalf and (in the case of the Guarantors and the Charging Entities (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement)) authorising the issuance of a power of attorney to a specified person or persons to execute the confirmation described in paragraph 4 below. |
(b) | A specimen of the signature of each person authorised pursuant to its constitutional documents or to the power of attorney referred to in paragraph (a) above to sign this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement or the confirmation described in paragraph 4 below (as appropriate). |
(c) | A
certificate of an authorised signatory of UPC Broadband, each Guarantor and each Charging Entity certifying that each copy document specified in this Schedule and supplied by UPC Broadband, each Guarantor and each Charging Entity is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Additional Facility AV Accession Agreement. |
3. | Legal opinions |
(a) | A legal opinion of Allen & Overy LLP, English legal advisers to the Facility Agent, addressed to the Finance Parties. |
(b) | A
legal opinion of Allen & Overy LLP, Dutch legal advisers to the Facility Agent, addressed to the Finance Parties. |
(c) | A legal opinion of Allen & Overy LLP, New York legal advisers to the Facility Agent, addressed to the Finance Parties. |
4. | Other documents |
(a) | Confirmation
(in writing) from (i) each of the Guarantors that its obligations under Clause 17 (Guarantee) of the Credit Agreement and (ii) each of the Charging Entities (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) that the Security Interests granted to the Beneficiaries pursuant to the Security Documents and its obligations under the Finance Documents, shall continue unaffected and that such obligations extend to the Total Commitments as increased by the addition of Facility AV and that such obligations shall be owed to each Finance Party including the Additional Facility AV Lenders. |
(b) | A duly executed copy of the Fee Letter. |
1. | Assignment and Assumption |
1. Assignor[s]: | _______________________________________ | ||||||
_______________________________________ | |||||||
[Assignor
[is] [is not] a Defaulting Lender] | _______________________________________ | ||||||
2. Assignee[s]: | _______________________________________ | ||||||
[for each Assignee, indicate [Affiliate][other] | |||||||
3. Borrower(s): | _______________________________________ | ||||||
4. Facility
Agent: | [●], as the facility agent under the Senior Facilities Agreement | ||||||
5. Senior Facilities Agreement: | [The [amount] Senior Facilities Agreement dated as of [●] among [name of Borrower(s)], the Lenders parties thereto and [name of Facility Agent], as Facility Agent] | ||||||
6. Assigned Interest[s]: | |||||||
Assignor[s]5 | Assignee[s]6 | Facility
Assigned7 | Aggregate Amount of Commitment/ Advances for all Lenders8 | Amount of Commitment Advances Assigned | Percentage Assigned of Commitment/ Advances9 | CUSIP Number | |
$ | $ | % | |||||
$ | $ | % | |||||
$ | $ | % |
2. | Accession
to the Intercreditor Agreement |
[7. Trade
Date: | ___________________________________________]10 |
By: | __________________________________ |
Title: |
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By: | __________________________________ |
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1. | Representations and Warranties |
(a) | Assignor[s]. [The][Each]
Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim, (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (iv) it is [not] a Defaulting Lender; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Senior Facilities Agreement or any other Finance Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Finance Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Obligors, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other
person obligated in respect of any Finance Document, or (iv) the performance or observance by the Obligors, any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other person of any of their respective obligations under any Finance Document. |
(b) | Assignee[s]. [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Senior Facilities Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Clause 28.3 (Transfers
by Lenders) of the Senior Facilities Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Clause 28.3 (Transfers by Lenders) of the Senior Facilities Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Senior Facilities Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Senior Facilities Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 19.2 (Financial
Information) thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Facility Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) [if it is a Treaty Lender] attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Senior Facilities Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Facility Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as
it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Finance Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Finance Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender. |
2. | Payments |
3. | General Provisions |
1. | Transfers:
amend Clause 28.3 (Transfers by Lenders) of the Credit Agreement to provide that the consent of UPC Broadband or a Borrower is not required for any assignment, transfer or novation by a Lender if an Event of Default is outstanding pursuant to any of Clauses 21.2 (Non-payment), 21.6 (Insolvency), 21.7 (Insolvency Proceedings), 21.9 (Creditors’ Process) or 21.10 (Similar Proceedings) only (rather than if any Event of Default is outstanding). |
2. | New RCF Maintenance Covenant:
amend the Credit Agreement to provide that: amendments and waivers of Clauses 20.2 (Financial Ratio) to 20.4 (Cure provisions) and Clause 21.17 (Acceleration Following Financial Ratio Breach) shall only be made with the consent of UPC Broadband and the Composite Revolving Facility Instructing Group and shall not require the consent of any other Finance Party. |
1. | Negative Pledge: |
(a) | delete
clause 19.8(a) in its entirety and replace it as follows: |
(i) | Permitted Security Interests; or |
(ii) | any
Security Interest over any present or future undertakings, assets, rights or revenues that is not subject to Security (such Security Interest, the “Initial Security Interest”) if, contemporaneously with the incurrence of such Initial Security Interest, effective provision is made to secure the Financial Indebtedness due under this Agreement equally and ratably with (or prior to, in the case of any Security Interest with respect to Financial Indebtedness that ranks junior to the Facilities) the Financial Indebtedness secured by such Initial Security Interest so long as such Financial Indebtedness is so secured.” |
(b) | include a new clause 19.8(d) as follows: |
“(d) | Any
Security Interest created pursuant to the proviso described in Clause 19.8(a)(ii) securing of the Financial Indebtedness due under this Agreement will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Security Interest to which it relates (and, to the extent required, the Facility Agent and the Security Agent are hereby irrevocably authorised and instructed by the Lenders to enter into such documentation as is reasonably required to effect such release). |
2. | Solvent Liquidation: Amend Clause 27.4 (Release of Guarantees and Security) of the Credit Agreement to provide for equivalent releases as a result of, and in connection with,
any solvent liquidation or dissolution that complies with Clause 19.29 (Internal Reorganisations). |
3. | Non-Consenting Lenders: Remove the timing window of 90 days during which UPC Broadband may exercise its rights as set out in Clause 27.9(b) (Replacement of Lenders) such that UPC Broadband may exercise such rights at any time. |
1. | Amendments and waivers: amend Clause 27.2 (Exceptions) to include the following as a new Clause: |
2. | Transfers by Obligors: include the following as a new carve out to Clause 28.2(a) (Transfers by Obligors): |
(a) | a solvency opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Facility Agent, from an independent financial advisor confirming the solvency of the Borrower Group, taken as a whole, after giving effect to any transactions related to such assignment or transfer; and |
(b) | legal opinions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Facility Agent, confirming that, after giving effect
to any transactions related to such assignment or transfer, the Security created by the Security Documents as amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented, modified or replaced represents valid and perfected Security not otherwise subject to any limitation, imperfection or new hardening period, in equity or at law, that such Security were not otherwise subject to immediately prior to such assignment or transfer.” |
3. | Sub-participations: |
(a) | Include a new definition of Sub-participation as follows: |
(b) | Amend Clause 28.3 (Transfers by Lenders) in order that this clause includes
a restriction on sub-participations of rights and obligations and is subject to the same consent regime as for assignments and transfers in accordance with recent Liberty precedent. |
(c) | Add a new clause as follows: |
(a)
| such Lender remains a Lender under this Agreement with all rights and obligations pertaining thereto and remains liable under the Finance Documents for any such obligation; |
(b) | such Lender retains exclusive control over all rights and obligations in relation to the participations and Commitments that are the subject of the relevant agreement or arrangement, including all voting rights (for the avoidance of doubt, free of any agreement or understanding pursuant to which it is required to or will consult with any other person in relation to the exercise of any such rights and/or obligations), unless: |
(i) | the
proposed sub-participant is a person to whom the relevant rights |
(ii) | prior to entering into the relevant agreement or arrangement, the relevant Lender provides UPC Broadband with full details of that proposed sub-participant and any voting, consultation or other rights to be granted to the sub-participant; |
(c) | the relationship between the Lender and the proposed sub-participant
is that |
(d) | the proposed sub-participant will have no proprietary interest in the benefit |
(e) | the
proposed sub-participant will under no circumstances: (i) be subrogated to, or be substituted in respect of, the relevant Lender’s claims under this Agreement or any of the Finance Documents; or (ii) otherwise have any contractual relationship with, or rights against, the Obligors under or in relation to this Agreement or any of the Finance Documents (in its capacity as sub-participant under that arrangement).” |
(d) | Include the additional provision as follows: |
“(a) | In
the case of a sub-participation (or any other agreement or arrangement having an economic effect substantially similar to a sub-participation) (in each case, other than any non-voting |
(b) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereunder, including without limitation Clause 26 (Evidence and Calculations), the entries in the Sub- Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such person maintaining the Sub-Participant Register shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Sub-Participant Register as the owner of such sub-participation (or similar right) for all purposes of a Finance Document notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. |
(c) | Without
prejudice to the other provisions of this Clause 28, no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Sub-Participant Register to any person (including the identity of any sub-participant or any information relating to a sub-participant’s interest in any Loans, Commitments or other obligations under any Finance Documents) except to the extent that such disclosure to a tax authority is necessary to establish that such Loan, Commitment or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations or is otherwise required thereunder.” |
(e) | Delete Clause 28.3(b)(iii) (Transfers by Lenders). |
(f) | Amend
Clause 28.10 (Register) to add the following to such Clause: |
1. | Related Fund: amend clause 1.1 (Definitions) to delete the definition of “Related Fund” and replace it with the following: |
1. | Resignation of Obligors |
2. | Defaulting Lenders: amend paragraph (a) of Clause 27.8 (Disenfranchisement of Defaulting Lenders) such that it reads as follows: |
3. | Cross Default EOD: amend Clause 21.5 (Cross-default) by deleting the words “or is placed on demand, in each case;” at paragraph (b). |
4. | Changes to the Parties: |
(a) | Amend
the new language to be included pursuant to paragraph 3 of Schedule 9 of this Agreement to add the words “except to the extent permitted by this Agreement and” at the start of the paragraph. |
(b) | Amend paragraph (c)(i) of Clause 28.8 (Additional Obligors) to add the words “under the relevant Facility” after the words “Majority Lenders”. |
5. | Transfers: |
(a) | Delete
paragraph (a), (b) and (c) of Clause 28.3 (Transfers by Lenders) and replace it with the following new paragraphs (a) and (b) and make consequential changes to the numbering of the subsequent clauses: |
“(a) | Subject to the other provisions of this Clause 28, any Lender (an “Existing Lender”) may, at any time, (i) assign all or any of its rights and benefits, (ii) transfer (by way of novation) all or any of its rights, benefits and obligations or (iii) enter into a Sub-participation in respect of any of its rights, benefits and obligations, in each case under any Finance Documents to another person (the “New Lender”)
provided that: |
(i) | the prior written consent of UPC Broadband is received in respect of any assignment, transfer or Sub-participation, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, and provided further that: |
(A) | such consent shall be deemed to have been given if not declined in writing within ten Business Days of a written request by any Lender to UPC Broadband; |
(B) | no
consent shall be required in the case of any assignment, transfer or Sub-participation by a Lender to another Lender and/or to its Affiliate (or, if applicable, to any Related Fund); and |
(C) | no consent shall be required in the case of any assignment, transfer or Sub-participation to any New Lender at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing pursuant to any of Clauses 21.2 (Non-payment), 21.6 (Insolvency), 21.7 (Insolvency Proceedings), 21.9 (Creditors’ Process) or 21.10 (Similar Proceedings); |
(ii) | the
New Lender makes the representation set out in paragraph [X]17 of the Transfer Agreement; and |
(iii) | in the case of a partial assignment, transfer or novation of rights and/or obligations, such assignment, transfer or novation shall be in a minimum amount (in relation to an Additional Facility Commitment denominated in Euros) of €1,000,000 or (in relation to an Additional Facility Commitment denominated in US Dollars) of US$1,000,000 or, in each case, such lower amount as the Existing Lender may agree with UPC Broadband (save that in the case of a partial assignment, transfer or novation by a Lender of its rights and/or obligations under an Additional Facility to an Affiliate or Related
Fund of that Lender, such assignment, transfer or novation shall be in a minimum amount (in relation to an Additional Facility Commitment denominated in Euros) of €500,000 or (in relation to an Additional Facility Commitment denominated in US Dollars) of US$500,000 or, in each case, such lower amount as that Lender may agree with UPC Broadband). |
(b) | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Lender shall be entitled to assign, transfer or sub-participate any of its rights, benefits or obligations under the Finance Documents in relation to a Revolving Facility without the prior written consent of UPC Broadband, provided that no such consent shall be required in the case of any assignment, transfer or Sub-participation: |
(i) | by
a Lender to another Lender under the Revolving Facility and/or to its Affiliate (or, if applicable, to any Related Fund), in each case, which is a deposit taking financial institution authorised by a financial services regulator or similar regulatory body which has a long term credit rating equal to or better than BBB or Baa2 (as applicable) according to at least two of Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s or Fitch; and |
(ii) | to
any New Lender at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing pursuant to any of Clauses 21.2 (Non-payment), 21.6 (Insolvency), 21.7 (Insolvency Proceedings), 21.9 (Creditors’ Process) or 21.10 (Similar Proceedings).” |
(b) | Amend Clause 28.3 (Transfers by Lenders) to include the following new paragraphs: |
(i) | “Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, no Lender shall be entitled to assign, transfer or sub-participate any of its rights, benefits or obligations under the Finance Documents to a New Lender that is a Defaulting Lender or a Sanctioned Lender, in each case without the prior written consent of UPC Broadband (acting in its sole discretion). |
(ii) | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Clause 28.3 (Transfers by Lenders), no assignment or transfer shall be permitted to settle or otherwise become effective within the period of five Business Days prior to the last day of the Interest Period for the relevant Advance. |
(iii) | Each
New Lender, by executing the relevant Transfer Agreement or Novation Certificate, confirms, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Facility Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the transfer or assignment becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement and that it is bound by that decision to the same extent as the transferring Lender would have been had it remained a Lender.” |
6. | Releases |
(a) | Amend
Clause 27.4 (Release of Guarantees and Security) as follows: |
(i) | delete sub-paragraph (b)(i) and replace it as follows: |
“(i) | the disposal (A) is permitted under Clause 19.11 (Disposals), (B) is in accordance with the release of any Obligor in accordance with this Agreement, (C) is as a result of, or in connection with, any solvent liquidation or dissolution that complies with Clause 19.29 (Internal Reorganisation)
or (D) the consent of the Majority Lenders has been obtained; and” |
“(d) | The Security Agent shall (and it is hereby authorised by the other Finance Parties to) at the cost of the relevant Obligor, execute such documents as may be required or desirable to effect any release (i) permitted under this Clause 27.4 (Release of Guarantees and Security), (ii) required to permit the granting of any Security Interest permitted under Clause 19.8 (Negative pledge), (iii) expressly permitted under the Finance Documents (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt,
pursuant to any consent obtained from the Majority Lenders), (iv) permitted under the Intercreditor Agreement, (v) to which a prior written consent of the relevant Lenders has been granted in accordance with paragraph (f) of Clause 27.2 (Exceptions), (vi) in connection with any Permitted Transaction (other than a Permitted Transaction pursuant to paragraph (a) or |
“(f) | Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, UPC Broadband may require the Security Agent to, and the Security Agent shall (and it is hereby authorised by the other Finance Parties to) at the cost of the relevant Obligor, execute such documents as may be required or desirable to effect the release of the Security granted over any asset of an Obligor pursuant to the Security Documents to which it is a party to enable the relevant Obligor to grant in connection with that asset any encumbrance permitted under Clause 19.8 (Negative pledge). If, immediately prior to such release the relevant Obligor was treated as an Obligor for the purpose of the 80% Security Test, the relevant Obligor shall continue to be treated as an Obligor for those purposes notwithstanding any such release. |
(g)
| UPC Broadband may designate that any Affiliate Subsidiary is no longer an Affiliate Subsidiary and require the Security Agent to, and the Security Agent shall (and it is hereby authorised by the other Finance Parties to) at the cost of UPC Broadband, execute such documents as may be required or desirable to effect the release of the guarantees provided and Security granted in connection with the accession of such Affiliate Subsidiary as a Guarantor (“Affiliate Subsidiary Release”); provided that immediately after giving effect to such Affiliate Subsidiary Release, either (i) the Guarantors at the relevant time represent a percentage which is greater than that required to satisfy the 80% Security Test and UPC Broadband provides a certificate to the Facility Agent certifying that upon the Affiliate Subsidiary Release the 80% Security Test would continue to be satisfied
or (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof and either (1) an Obligor could incur at least €1.00 of additional Financial Indebtedness pursuant to paragraph (xxii) of the definition of Permitted Financial Indebtedness or (2) the ratios of Senior Net Debt to Annualised EBITDA and of Total Net Debt to Annualised EBITDA would be no greater than they were immediately prior to giving effect to such designation, in each case, on a pro forma basis taking into account such Affiliate Subsidiary Release.” |
7. | Break Costs: amend sub-paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “Break Costs” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions) to
include the words “and the effect of any interest rate floor” after the words “excluding the Margin” in parentheses. |
8. | Term Loan Interest Periods: |
9. | Hedge Counterparties: in the definitions of “Acceptable Hedge Counterparty” and “Hedge Counterparty” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions)
of the Intercreditor Agreement, after the words “credit institution” add the words “or financial institution”. |
10. | Permitted Financing Action: |
(a) | Amend Clause 12.1 (Place of Payment) to add the following words to the end of that Clause: |
(b) | Amend
Clauses 12.2 (Funds) and 12.3(a) (Distribution) to add the following words to the end of that Clause: |
11. | Amendments and waivers: |
(a) | Add a new paragraph to Clause 27 (Amendments and Waivers) to include the following as
a new paragraph: |
(b) | Delete paragraph (f) of Clause 27.2 (Exceptions) and replace it with the following: |
(c) | Add a new paragraph (h) to Clause 27.2 (Exceptions) as follows: |
(d) | Amend sub-paragraph (a)(vii) of Clause 27.2 (Exceptions) by adding the following proviso at the end: |
12. | Prepayments: amend Clause 10.9
(Miscellaneous Provisions) to delete paragraph (f) and replace it with the following: |
13. | Majority
Lenders: Add the words “in relation to the Facility in respect of that Utilisation” after the words “Majority Lenders” in paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “Non-Funding Lender” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions). |
14. | Release Condition: |
(a) | Amend Clause 19 (Undertakings) to add the following words as a new Clause 19.33: |
(1) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Finance Document, during the period (if any) that a Release Condition (as defined in paragraph (d) below) is satisfied: |
(i) | the following obligations and restrictions shall be suspended and shall not apply: |
(A) | the requirement to make mandatory
prepayments under Clause 10.5 (Mandatory prepayment from disposal proceeds); |
(B) | the restrictions under Clause 19.11 (Disposals); |
(C) | the provisions of Clause 19.12 (Acquisitions and mergers); |
(D) | the
provisions of Clause 19.13 (Restrictions on Financial Indebtedness); |
(E) | the provisions of Clause 19.14 (Restricted Payments); |
(F) | the provisions of Clause 19.15 (Loans and guarantees); |
(G) | the
provisions of Clause 19.16 (Environmental matters); |
(H) | the restrictions under Clause 19.17 (Insurance); |
(I) | the restrictions under Clause 19.18 (Intellectual Property Rights); |
(J) | the
restrictions under Clause 19.19 (Share capital); |
(K) | the restrictions under Clause 19.20 (Priority); |
(L) | the restrictions under Clause 19.21 (Share security); |
(M) | the restrictions
under Clause 19.22 (Shareholder Loans); |
(N) | the restrictions under Clause 19.23 (Further security over receivables); |
(O) | the restrictions under Clause 19.25 (ERISA); and |
(P) | the
provisions of paragraph (b) of Clause 28.8 (Additional Obligors); |
(ii) | the leverage financial covenant in Clause 20.2 (Financial Ratio) shall only be tested semi annually (for the Ratio Period ending on the second and fourth Quarter Dates in each financial year) if the Financial Ratio Test Condition is met on such second and fourth Quarter Dates in each financial year and the Financial Ratio Test Condition will only apply to such second and fourth Quarter Dates; |
(iii) | the
relevant Margin payable on any utilisation or Unpaid Sum (as applicable) under any Additional Facility (to the extent specified in the relevant Additional Facility Accession Agreement for that Additional Facility) will be reduced by 0.50 per cent. per annum; and |
(iv) | the amount of each basket set by reference to a monetary amount for which a specific amount is set out in this Agreement and any definitions used therein (including all “annual”, “life of Facilities” and “at any time” and “aggregate” baskets) shall be increased by 50 per cent. |
(b) | If
at any time after a Release Condition has been satisfied and a Release Condition subsequently ceases to be satisfied, any breach of this Agreement or any other Finance Document that arises as a result of any of the obligations, restrictions or other terms referred to in paragraph (a) above ceasing to be suspended or amended shall not (provided that it did not constitute an Event of Default at the time the relevant event or occurrence took place) constitute (or result in) a breach of any term of this Agreement or any other Finance Documents, a Default or an Event of Default. |
(c) | In respect of any amount which has not been applied in mandatory prepayment of the Facilities in accordance with Clause 10.5 (Mandatory prepayment from
disposal proceeds) as a result of the Release Condition being satisfied (the “Released Amounts”), if the Release Condition subsequently ceases to be satisfied after the date the prepayment would have been required had the Release Condition not been satisfied, the failure to apply the Released Amounts in prepayment shall not result in a breach of any term of this Agreement or any other Finance Document. |
(d) | For the purposes of this Clause 19.33 the “Release Condition” means the Facilities or UPC Broadband receive any two of the following: |
(i) | a
rating of “Baa3” (or the equivalent) or higher from Moody’s or any of its successors or assigns; |
(ii) | a rating of “BBB-” (or the equivalent) or higher from Standard & Poor’s or any of its successors or assigns; and/or |
(iii) | a rating of “BBB-” (or the equivalent) or higher from Fitch or any of its successors or assigns, |
(1) | Amend
the definition of “Margin” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions) to include the following wording at the end of that definition: |
15. | Default Interest: amend “two” in Clause 11.8(a) (Default interest) to read “one”. |
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