UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 25, 2024 (the “Credit Facility Closing Date”), Helios Technologies, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Helios” or the “Company”), and certain of its subsidiaries party thereto as guarantors entered into a Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) with PNC Bank, National Association (“PNC Bank”), as administrative agent, and the various lenders party thereto, which amends, restates and supersedes the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 28, 2020 (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented). The Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provides (i) a revolving credit facility (“Revolving Credit Facility”) in the aggregate principal amount of $500 million as of the Credit Facility Closing Date and (ii) a five-year term loan facility (“Term Loan Facility”) in the aggregate principal amount of $300 million that will be funded in a single drawing on the Credit Facility Closing Date, with the option to increase the revolver or incur one or more additional term loans by a maximum of $400 million, subject to new or existing lenders agreeing to participate in the increase and other customary conditions. The total commitments under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are not to exceed $1.2 billion.
Scheduled principal payments under the Term Loan Facility are payable in quarterly installments beginning on September 28, 2024 and continuing on the last day of each following fiscal quarter, beginning at $3.75 million before increasing to $5.6 million in June 2026 and $7.5 million in June 2028. All remaining principal and unpaid accrued interest are due on the Term Loan Facility maturity date, which is June 25, 2029.
Pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, Helios can select an interest rate for its Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan Facility from the following options:
The obligations under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are guaranteed by each of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries. The obligations under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and the guarantors.
The Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement requires the Company to maintain a consolidated total net leverage ratio not to exceed 3.75 to 1.00, calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter for the four fiscal quarters then ended. The maximum permitted total net leverage ratio is temporarily increased by 0.50 to 1.00 at the closing of a material permitted acquisition and for the following twelve months. The Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement also requires the Company to maintain a minimum interest coverage ratio of no less than 3.00 to 1.00, calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter for the four fiscal quarters then ended.
The foregoing description of the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by, the text of the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On June 26, 2024, the Company issued a press release in connection with Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press release dated June 26, 2024
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
* Certain schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company will furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibits or schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
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June 26, 2024 |
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/s/ Sean Bagan |
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Sean Bagan |
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
CUSIP NO. (REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY) 42328JAB1
CUSIP NO. (TERM LOAN FACILITY) 42328JAC9
$800,000,000.00
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
by and among
HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Florida corporation,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,
and
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
BMO BANK N.A.,
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
BOFA SECURITIES, INC., and
CITIBANK, N.A., and
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
BMO BANK N.A. and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Syndication Agents
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Co-Documentation Agents
Dated as of June 25, 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CERTAIN DEFINITIONS |
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Certain Definitions |
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Construction |
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Accounting Principles; Changes in GAAP |
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Currency Calculations |
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Divisions |
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Benchmark Replacement Notification |
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Limited Condition Transactions |
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REVOLVING CREDIT AND SWING LOAN FACILITIES |
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Revolving Credit Commitments |
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Revolving Credit Loans; Optional Currency Loans |
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Swing Loan Commitment |
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Nature of Lenders’ Obligations with Respect to Revolving Credit Loans |
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Commitment Fees |
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Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments |
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Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests |
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Loan Requests |
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Swing Loan Requests |
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Making Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans; Presumptions by the Administrative Agent; Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans; Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans |
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Making Revolving Credit Loans |
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Presumptions by the Administrative Agent |
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Making Swing Loans |
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Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans |
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Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans |
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Swing Loans Under Cash Management Agreements |
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Notes |
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Use of Proceeds |
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Letter of Credit Subfacility |
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Letter of Credit Fees |
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Disbursements, Reimbursement |
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Repayment of Participation Advances |
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Documentation |
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Determinations to Honor Drawing Requests |
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Nature of Participation and Reimbursement Obligations |
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Indemnity |
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Liability for Acts and Omissions |
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Issuing Lender Reporting Requirements |
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Cash Collateral for Extended Letters of Credit |
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Defaulting Lenders |
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Defaulting Lender Adjustments |
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Defaulting Lender Cure |
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New Swing Loans/Letters of Credit |
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Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments; Incremental Term Loans |
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Utilization of Commitments in Optional Currencies |
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Periodic Computations of Dollar Equivalent Amounts of Revolving Credit Loans that are Optional Currency Loans and Letters of Credit Outstanding; Repayment in Same Currency |
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European Monetary Union |
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Initial TERM LOAN |
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Term Loan Commitments |
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Nature of Lenders’ Obligations with Respect to Term Loans; Repayment Terms |
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INTEREST RATES |
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Interest Rate Options |
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Revolving Credit Interest Rate Options; Swing Line Interest Rate |
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Swing Loan Interest Rate |
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Term Loan Interest Rate Options |
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Interest Act (Canada) |
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Rate Calculations; Rate Quotations |
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4.2 |
Conforming Changes Relating to Term SOFR, the Eurocurrency Rate, Term RFR, or Daily Simple SOFR. |
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Interest After Default |
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4.3.1 |
Letter of Credit Fees, Interest Rate |
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Other Obligations |
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4.3.3 |
Acknowledgment |
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4.4 Rate Unascertainable; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available; Illegality; Benchmark Replacement Setting |
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Unascertainable; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available |
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Illegality |
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Administrative Agent’s and Lender’s Rights |
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Benchmark Replacement Setting |
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Selection of Interest Rate Options |
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PAYMENTS |
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Payments |
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5.2 |
Pro Rata Treatment of Lenders |
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5.3 |
Sharing of Payments by Lenders |
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5.4 |
Administrative Agent’s Clawback |
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5.4.1 |
Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent |
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Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent |
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5.5 |
Interest Payment Dates |
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5.6 |
Voluntary Prepayments |
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Right to Prepay |
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5.6.2 |
Replacement of a Lender |
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5.6.3 |
Designation of a Different Lending Office |
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5.7 |
Mandatory Prepayments |
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5.7.1 |
Sale of Assets and Recovery Events |
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5.7.3 |
Debt Issuances |
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[Reserved] |
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5.7.5 |
Currency Fluctuations |
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Application Among Interest Rate Options |
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Increased Costs |
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Increased Costs Generally |
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Capital Requirements |
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Certificates for Reimbursement; Repayment of Outstanding Loans; Borrowing of New Loans |
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Delay in Requests |
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[Reserved] |
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5.9 |
Taxes |
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Issuing Lender |
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5.9.2 |
Payments Free of Taxes |
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Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties |
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Indemnification by the Loan Parties |
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Indemnification by the Lenders |
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Evidence of Payments |
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Status of Lenders |
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5.9.8 |
Treatment of Certain Refunds |
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5.9.9 |
Survival |
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5.10 |
Indemnity |
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5.11 |
Settlement Date Procedures |
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5.12 |
Currency Conversion Procedures for Judgments |
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5.13 |
Indemnity in Certain Events |
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Cash Collateral |
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Grant of Security Interest |
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Application |
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Termination of Requirement |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Representations and Warranties |
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Organization and Qualification; Power and Authority; Compliance With Laws; Title to Properties; Event of Default |
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Subsidiaries; Investment Companies |
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Validity and Binding Effect |
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No Conflict; Material Agreements; Consents |
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Litigation |
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Financial Statements |
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Margin Stock |
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6.1.8 |
Full Disclosure |
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6.1.9 |
Taxes |
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Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Licenses, Etc |
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Liens in the Collateral |
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Insurance |
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ERISA Compliance |
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Environmental Matters |
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Solvency |
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Sanctions and International Trade Laws |
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Anti-Corruption Laws |
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Affected Financial Institution |
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6.1.19 |
Material Contracts; Burdensome Restrictions |
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Employment Matters |
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Beneficial Ownership |
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CONDITIONS TO EffectIVENESS and LENDING AND ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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Conditions to Effectiveness |
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7.1.1 |
Deliveries |
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Payment of Fees |
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7.2 |
Each Loan or Letter of Credit |
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COVENANTS |
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8.1 |
Affirmative Covenants |
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8.1.1 |
Preservation of Existence, Etc |
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Payment of Taxes |
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8.1.3 |
Maintenance of Insurance |
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8.1.4 |
Maintenance of Properties and Leases |
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8.1.5 |
Visitation Rights |
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8.1.6 |
Keeping of Records and Books of Account |
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Compliance with Laws; Use of Proceeds |
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Pledged Assets, Further Assurances |
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8.1.9 |
Additional Guarantors |
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Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and International Trade Laws |
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Post-Closing Obligations |
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8.2 |
Negative Covenants |
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8.2.1 |
Indebtedness |
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Liens; Lien Covenants |
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Guaranties |
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Investments |
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8.2.5 |
Dividends and Related Distributions |
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Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions |
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8.2.7 |
Dispositions of Assets or Subsidiaries |
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8.2.8 |
Affiliate Transactions |
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8.2.9 |
Subsidiaries, Partnerships and Joint Ventures |
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8.2.10 |
Continuation of or Change in Business |
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8.2.11 |
Fiscal Year |
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8.2.12 |
[Reserved] |
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8.2.13 |
Changes in Organizational Documents |
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8.2.14 |
Maximum Total Net Leverage Ratio |
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8.2.15 |
Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio |
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8.2.16 |
Sanctions and other Anti-Terrorism Laws |
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8.2.17 |
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8.2.18 |
Limitation on Negative Pledges |
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Use of Proceeds |
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8.3 |
Reporting Requirements |
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8.3.1 |
Quarterly Financial Statements |
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8.3.2 |
Annual Financial Statements |
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8.3.3 |
Certificate of the Borrower |
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8.3.4 |
Notices |
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8.3.5 |
Electronic Delivery |
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9.1 |
Events of Default |
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9.1.1 |
Payments Under Loan Documents |
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9.1.2 |
Breach of Warranty |
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9.1.3 |
[Reserved] |
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9.1.4 |
Breach of Negative Covenants, Visitation Rights or Anti-Money Laundering Laws |
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118 |
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9.1.5 |
Breach of Other Covenants |
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118 |
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9.1.6 |
Defaults in Other Agreements or Indebtedness |
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118 |
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9.1.7 |
Final Judgments or Orders |
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119 |
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9.1.8 |
Loan Document Unenforceable |
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119 |
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9.1.9 |
Uninsured Losses; Proceedings Against Assets |
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119 |
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9.1.10 |
Events Relating to Pension Plans and Multiemployer Plans |
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119 |
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9.1.11 |
Change of Control |
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119 |
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9.1.12 |
Relief Proceedings |
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119 |
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9.2 |
Consequences of Event of Default |
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120 |
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9.2.1 |
Generally |
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120 |
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9.2.2 |
Set-off |
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120 |
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9.2.3 |
Enforcement of Rights and Remedies |
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121 |
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9.2.4 |
Application of Proceeds |
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121 |
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10. |
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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123 |
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10.1 |
Appointment and Authority |
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123 |
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10.2 |
Rights as a Lender |
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123 |
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10.3 |
Exculpatory Provisions |
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123 |
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10.4 |
Reliance by Administrative Agent |
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124 |
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10.5 |
Delegation of Duties |
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124 |
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10.6 |
Resignation of Administrative Agent |
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125 |
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10.7 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders |
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126 |
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10.8 |
No Other Duties, Etc |
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126 |
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10.9 |
Administrative Agent’s Fee |
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126 |
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10.10 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
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126 |
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10.11 |
Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors |
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127 |
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10.12 |
No Reliance on Administrative Agent’s Customer Identification Program |
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127 |
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10.13 |
Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedges, Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedges and Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products No Reliance on Administrative Agent’s Customer Identification Program |
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128 |
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10.14 |
Certain ERISA Matters |
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128 |
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11. |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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129 |
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11.1 |
Modifications, Amendments or Waivers |
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129 |
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11.1.1 |
Increase of Commitment |
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129 |
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11.1.2 |
Extension of Payment; Reduction of Principal, Interest or Fees; Modification of Terms of Payment |
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129 |
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11.1.3 |
Release of Collateral or Guarantor |
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130 |
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11.1.4 |
Miscellaneous |
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130 |
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11.2 |
No Implied Waivers; Cumulative Remedies |
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131 |
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11.3 |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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131 |
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11.3.1 |
Costs and Expenses |
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131 |
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11.3.2 |
Indemnification by the Borrower |
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132 |
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11.3.3 |
Reimbursement by Lenders |
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132 |
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11.3.4 |
Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc |
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133 |
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11.3.5 |
Payments |
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133 |
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11.3.6 |
Survival |
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133 |
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11.4 |
Holidays |
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133 |
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11.5 |
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication |
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133 |
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11.5.1 |
Notices Generally |
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133 |
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11.5.2 |
Electronic Communications |
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134 |
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11.5.3 |
Change of Address, Etc |
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134 |
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11.5.4 |
Platform |
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134 |
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11.6 |
Severability |
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135 |
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11.7 |
Duration; Survival |
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135 |
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11.8 |
Successors and Assigns |
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135 |
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11.8.1 |
Successors and Assigns Generally |
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135 |
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11.8.2 |
Assignments by Lenders |
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135 |
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11.8.3 |
Register |
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137 |
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11.8.4 |
Participations |
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137 |
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11.8.5 |
Cashless Settlement |
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138 |
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11.8.6 |
Arrangers/Bookrunners |
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139 |
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11.8.7 |
Certain Pledges; Successors and Assigns Generally |
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139 |
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11.9 |
Confidentiality |
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139 |
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11.9.1 |
General |
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139 |
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11.9.2 |
Sharing Information With Affiliates of the Lenders |
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139 |
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11.10 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution; Electronic Records |
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140 |
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11.10.1 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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140 |
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11.10.2 |
Electronic Execution |
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140 |
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11.10.3 |
Electronic Records |
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140 |
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11.11 |
CHOICE OF LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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141 |
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11.11.1 |
Governing Law |
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141 |
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11.11.2 |
SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION |
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141 |
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11.11.3 |
WAIVER OF VENUE |
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141 |
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11.11.4 |
SERVICE OF PROCESS |
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142 |
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11.11.5 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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142 |
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11.12 |
USA Patriot Act Notice |
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142 |
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11.13 |
Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions |
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142 |
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11.14 |
[Reserved] |
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143 |
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11.15 |
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs |
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143 |
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11.16 |
Amendment and Restatement |
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143 |
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12. |
GUARANTY |
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147 |
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12.1 |
The Guaranty |
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147 |
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12.2 |
Obligations Unconditional |
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147 |
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12.3 |
Reinstatement |
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148 |
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12.4 |
Certain Additional Waivers |
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149 |
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12.5 |
Remedies |
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149 |
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12.6 |
Rights of Contribution |
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149 |
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12.7 |
Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee |
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149 |
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12.8 |
Keepwell |
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149 |
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LIST OF SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
SCHEDULES |
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SCHEDULE 1.1(A) |
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COMMITMENTS OF LENDERS AND ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES |
SCHEDULE 1.1(B) |
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PERMITTED LIENS |
SCHEDULE 1.1(C) |
- |
PERMITTED INVESTMENTS |
SCHEDULE 1.1(D) |
- |
EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT |
SCHEDULE 6.1.2(i) |
- |
SUBSIDIARIES |
SCHEDULE 6.1.2(ii) |
- |
REAL PROPERTY |
SCHEDULE 8.1.3 |
- |
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COLLATERAL |
SCHEDULE 8.1.11 |
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POST-CLOSING OBLIGATIONS |
SCHEDULE 8.2.1 |
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PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS |
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EXHIBITS |
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EXHIBIT 1.1(A) |
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ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT |
EXHIBIT 1.1(B) |
- |
JOINDER AGREEMENT |
EXHIBIT 1.1(C) |
- |
[RESERVED] |
EXHIBIT 1.1(D) |
- |
REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE |
EXHIBIT 1.1(E) |
- |
SWING LOAN NOTE |
EXHIBIT 1.1(F) |
- |
TERM NOTE |
EXHIBIT 2.5.1 |
- |
LOAN REQUEST |
EXHIBIT 2.5.2 |
- |
SWING LOAN REQUEST |
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(A) |
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U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(B) |
- |
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(C) |
- |
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(D) |
- |
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
EXHIBIT 8.2.6 |
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ACQUISITION COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE |
EXHIBIT 8.3.3 |
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COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE |
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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (as hereafter amended, the “Agreement”) is dated as of June 25, 2024 and is made by and among HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Florida corporation (the “Borrower”), each of the GUARANTORS (as hereinafter defined), the LENDERS (as hereinafter defined) and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement.
The Borrower (formerly known as Sun Hydraulics Corporation), the Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 28, 2020 (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented, the “Existing Credit Agreement”). The Borrower (i) requests the Lenders to provide a revolving credit facility in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 as of the Closing Date and (ii) further requests the Lenders to provide a term loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 as of the Closing Date, collectively, as evidenced by this Agreement which amends, restates and supersedes the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety. In consideration of their mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
“Adjustment Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.2.14 [Maximum Total Net Leverage Ratio].
“Administrative Agent” shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, and its successors and assigns, in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder.
“Administrative Agent’s Fee” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.9 [Administrative Agent’s Fee].
“Administrative Agent’s Letter” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.9 [Administrative Agent’s Fee].
“Affected Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any EEA Financial Institution, or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” as to any Person shall mean any other Person (i) which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, (ii) which beneficially owns or holds 10% or more of any class of the voting or other equity interests of such Person, or (iii) 10% or more of any class of voting interests or other equity interests of which is beneficially owned or held, directly or indirectly, by such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person shall mean the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
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“Anti-Corruption Laws” shall mean (a) the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; (b) the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, as amended; and (c) any other applicable Law relating to anti-bribery or anti-corruption in any jurisdiction in which any Covered Entity is located or doing business.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” shall mean (a) the Bank Secrecy Act and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001; (b) the U.K. Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, as amended and the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010; and (c) any other applicable Law relating to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism in any jurisdiction in which any Covered Entity is located or doing business.
“Applicable Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean the percentage rate per annum based on the Total Net Leverage Ratio then in effect according to the pricing grid in the definition of “Applicable Margin” below the heading “Commitment Fee.”
“Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate” shall mean the percentage rate per annum based on the Total Net Leverage Ratio then in effect according to the pricing grid in the definition of “Applicable Margin” below the heading “Letter of Credit Fee.”
“Applicable Margin” shall mean the corresponding percentages per annum as specified below based on the Total Net Leverage Ratio:
Pricing Level |
Total Net Leverage Ratio |
Commitment Fee |
Letter of Credit Fee |
Term Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars, British Pounds Sterling and Euros; and Swing Loans |
Base Rate Loans denominated in Dollars |
I |
Less than 1.00 to 1.00 |
0.175% |
1.25% |
1.25% |
0.25% |
II |
Greater than or equal to 1.00 to 1.00, but less than 1.75 to 1.00 |
0.20% |
1.50% |
1.50% |
0.50% |
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III |
Greater than or equal to 1.75 to 1.00, but less than 2.50 to 1.00 |
0.25% |
1.75% |
1.75% |
0.75% |
IV |
Greater than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00, but less than 3.25 to 1.00 |
0.25% |
2.00% |
2.00% |
1.00% |
V |
Greater than or equal to 3.25 to 1.00 |
0.30% |
2.25% |
2.25% |
1.25% |
The Applicable Margin shall be determined and adjusted quarterly on the date on which the Borrower is required to provide a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 8.3.3 [Certificate of the Borrower] for the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower (each such date, a “Calculation Date”); provided that (a) the Applicable Margin shall be based on Pricing Level IV until the Calculation Date related to the Compliance Certificate delivered for the first full fiscal quarter after the fiscal quarter in which the Closing Date occurs, and, thereafter the Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower preceding the applicable Calculation Date, and (b) if the Borrower fails to provide any Compliance Certificate when due as required by Section 8.3.3 [Certificate of the Borrower], the Applicable Margin from the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered shall be based on Pricing Level V until such time as such Compliance Certificate is delivered, at which time the Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower preceding such Calculation Date. The applicable Pricing Level shall be effective from one Calculation Date until the next Calculation Date, except as provided in the preceding sentence. Any adjustment in the Pricing Level shall be applicable to all extensions of credit then existing or subsequently made or issued.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any financial statement or Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements], Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements] or Section 8.3.3 [Certificate of the Borrower], respectively, is shown to be inaccurate (regardless of whether (i) this Agreement is in effect, (ii) any Commitments are in effect, or (iii) any Loan or Letter of Credit Obligation is outstanding when such inaccuracy is discovered or such financial statement or Compliance Certificate was delivered), and such
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inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the actual Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (A) the Borrower shall immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (B) the Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period shall be determined as if the Total Net Leverage Ratio in the corrected Compliance Certificate were applicable for such Applicable Period, and (C) the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the applicable Lenders) the accrued additional interest and fees owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 5.4 [Administrative Agent’s Clawback]. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Sections 5.1 [Payments] and 9.2 [Consequences of Event of Default] nor any of their other rights under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
“Applicable Time” shall mean, with respect to any Loans and payments in any Optional Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Optional Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, 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.
“Approved Fund” shall mean any fund that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Asset Sale” shall mean any disposition or series of related dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof of the type described in clause (vi) of Section 8.2.7 [Dispositions of Assets or Subsidiaries].
“Assignment and Assumption Agreement” shall mean an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee permitted under Section 11.8.2 [Assignments by Lenders], in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(A).
“Australian Dollar” shall mean the lawful currency of Australia.
“Australian Rate Lookback Day” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”
“Authorized Officer” shall mean, with respect to any Loan Party, the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party, any manager or the members (if member managed) in the case of any Loan Party which is a limited liability company, or such other individuals, designated by written notice to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower, authorized to execute notices, reports and other documents on behalf of such Loan Party
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required hereunder. The Borrower may amend such list of individuals from time to time by giving written notice of such amendment to the Administrative Agent.
“Bail-In Action” shall mean, the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” shall mean, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, rule, regulation or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Base Rate” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating per annum rate of interest equal to the highest of (i) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate, plus 0.5%, (ii) the Prime Rate, and (iii) Daily Simple SOFR, plus 1.00%, so long as Daily Simple SOFR is offered, ascertainable and not unlawful; provided, however, if the Base Rate as determined above would be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero. Any change in the Base Rate (or any component thereof) shall take effect at the opening of business on the day such change occurs. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the case of any event specified in Section 4.4.1 [Unascertainable; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available] or Section 4.4.2[Illegality], to the extent any such determination affects the calculation of the Base Rate, the definition hereof shall be calculated without reference to clause (iii) until the circumstances giving rise to such event no longer exist.
“Base Rate Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.
“Base Rate Option” shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms set forth in Section 4.1.1(i)(A) [Revolving Credit Base Rate Option] or Section 4.1.3(i) [Term Loan Base Rate Option], as applicable. The Base Rate Option shall only be available for Loans denominated in Dollars.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” shall mean a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan” shall mean any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
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“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party shall mean an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Blocked Property” shall mean any property: (a) owned, directly or indirectly, by a Sanctioned Person; (b) due to or from a Sanctioned Person; (c) in which a Sanctioned Person otherwise holds any interest; (d) located in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction; or (e) that otherwise could cause any actual or possible violation by the Lenders or Administrative Agent of any applicable International Trade Law if the Lenders or Administrative Agent were to obtain an encumbrance on, lien on, pledge of, or security interest in such property, or provide services in consideration of such property.
“Borrower” shall have the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph.
“Borrowing Date” shall mean, with respect to any Loan, the date for the making thereof or the renewal or conversion thereof at or to the same or a different Interest Rate Option, which date shall be a Business Day.
“Borrowing Tranche” shall mean specified portions of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, or Swing Loans, as the context may require, consisting of simultaneous loans of the same Type in the same Currency, and in the case of Term Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period. For the avoidance of doubt, Base Rate Loans shall be considered one Borrowing Tranche.
“British Pounds Sterling” shall mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banks are authorized or required to be closed, or are in fact closed, for business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; provided that for purposes of any direct or indirect calculation or determination of, or when used in connection with any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements, payments, or other dealings with respect to any (i) Term SOFR Rate Loan or Daily SOFR Loan, the term “Business Day” shall mean any such day that is also a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, (ii) Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the term “Business Day” shall mean any such day that is also a Eurocurrency Banking Day; and (iii) Term RFR Loan, the term “Business Day” shall mean any such day that is also a Term RFR Business Day.
“Canadian Banking Day” shall mean any day on which banks are open for business in Toronto, Ontario.
“Canadian Dollar” shall mean the lawful currency of Canada.
“Capital Stock” shall mean any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing, but in no event will Capital Stock include any debt securities convertible or exchangeable into equity unless and until actually converted or exchanged.
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“Cash Collateralize” shall mean, to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Issuing Lender or the Lenders, as collateral for Letter of Credit Obligations or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of Letter of Credit Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and each applicable Issuing Lender shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each applicable Issuing Lender. “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” shall mean, collectively, such items described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of the definition of Permitted Investments.
“Cash Management Agreements” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.6.6 [Swing Loans Under Cash Management Agreements].
“Cash Management Bank” shall mean any Person in its capacity as a party to such Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product that (i) at the time it enters into an Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (ii) on the Closing Date, it (or its Affiliate), or the at the time it (or its Affiliate) becomes a Lender, is party to an Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product.
“CFTC” shall mean the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or any successor agency.
“Change in Law” shall mean the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (i) the adoption or taking effect of any new Law, (ii) any change in any Law or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Official Body or (iii) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of Law) by any Official Body; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith (whether or not having the force of Law) and (y) all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations 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 (whether or not having the force of Law), 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, issued, promulgated or implemented.
“Change of Control” shall mean (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), shall become, or obtain rights (whether by means or warrants, options or otherwise) to become, the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Borrower, or (b) in any twelve (12) month period, occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on
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the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated.
“CIP Regulations” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.12 [No Reliance on Administrative Agent’s Customer Identification Program].
“Closing Date” shall mean the Business Day on which the first Loan shall be made, which shall be June 25, 2024.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
“Collateral” shall mean the collateral under the Collateral Documents.
“Collateral Documents” shall mean, collectively, (i) the Security and Pledge Agreement, and (ii) any other security documents executed and delivered by any Loan Party pursuant to Section 8.1.8 [Further Assurances].
“Commitment” shall mean as to any Lender the aggregate of its Revolving Credit Commitment, Term Loan Commitment and, in the case of PNC, its Swing Loan Commitment, and Commitments shall mean the aggregate of the Revolving Credit Commitments, Term Loan Commitments and Swing Loan Commitment of all of the Lenders.
“Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.3 [Commitment Fees].
“Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.) and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Communications” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.5.4 [Platform].
“Compliance Authority” shall mean (a) the United States government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and its Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency; (b) the government of Canada or any agency thereof; (c) the European Union or any agency thereof; (d) the government of the United Kingdom or any agency thereof; (e) the United Nations Security Council; and (f) any other Official Body with jurisdiction to administer Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or International Trade Laws with respect to the conduct of a Covered Entity.
“Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.3.3 [Certificate of the Borrower].
“Computation Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.12.1 [Periodic Computations of Dollar Equivalent Amounts of Revolving Credit Loans that are Optional Currency Loans and Letters of Credit Outstanding; Repayment in Same Currency].
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“Conforming Changes” shall mean, with respect to the Term SOFR Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, the Eurocurrency Rate, Term RFR or any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of the Term SOFR Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, the Eurocurrency Rate, Term RFR or such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of the Term SOFR Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, the Eurocurrency Rate, Term RFR or the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Connection Income Taxes” shall mean Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consideration” shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the aggregate, without duplication, of: (a) the cash paid by any of the Loan Parties, directly or indirectly, to the seller in connection therewith, (b) the Indebtedness incurred or assumed by any of the Loan Parties, whether in favor of the seller or otherwise and whether fixed or contingent, (c) any guaranty given or incurred by any Loan Party in connection therewith, and (d) any other consideration given or obligation incurred by any of the Loan Parties in connection therewith.
“Consolidated EBITDA” for any period of determination shall mean (i) the sum of (a) net income, (b) depreciation, (c) amortization, (d) other non-cash charges to net income (excluding non-cash charges that are expected to become cash charges in a future period or that are reserves for future cash charges), (e) interest expense, (f) income tax expense, (g) one-time fees and expenses relating to this Agreement (including any amendment or modifications relating thereto) and any fees, expenses or charges related to any equity issuance, Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness is each case permitted by this Agreement (in each case including a refinancing thereof) (in each case, whether or not successful), (h) 100% of any contingent consideration expense related to future acquisitions to the extent reducing net income in such period, and (i) other one-time operating and restructuring charges not to exceed the greater of (i) $10,000,000 and (ii) fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated EBITDA in the aggregate in any period of determination, minus (ii) non-cash credits to net income (excluding non-cash credits that represent an accrual or reserve for a future or potential future cash payment), in each case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period determined and consolidated in accordance with GAAP (as applicable). For any period of determination in which a Loan Party has completed a Permitted Acquisition or any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of a line of business, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis for such period as if such Permitted Acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first (1st)
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day of such period, as evidenced by pro forma financial statements in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case determined and consolidated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (as applicable); provided that, in preparing such pro forma financial statements, (a) with respect to any such disposition (i) income statement and cash flow statement items attributable to the Person or property disposed of shall be excluded to the extent relating to any period occurring prior to the date of such transaction and (ii) Indebtedness which is retired shall be excluded and deemed to have been retired as of the first day of the applicable period, and (b) with respect to any such acquisition, (i) income statement and cash flow statement items attributable to the Person or property acquired shall only be included to the extent (A) such items are not otherwise included in such income statement and cash flow statement items for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP or in accordance with any defined terms set forth in this Section 1.1 [Certain Definitions] and (B) such items are supported by financial statements of, or other information related to, the Person or property acquired, in each case reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (ii) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (including the Person or property acquired) in connection with such transaction and any Indebtedness of the Person or property acquired which is not retired in connection with such transaction shall be deemed to have been incurred as of the first day of the applicable period.
“Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date.
“CORRA” shall mean a rate equal to the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average as administered by the CORRA Administrator.
“CORRA Administrator” shall mean the Bank of Canada (or any successor administrator of the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average).
“CORRA Administrator’s Website” shall mean the Bank of Canada’s website, at https://www.bankofcanada.ca, or any successor source for the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average identified as such by the CORRA Administrator from time to time.
“Covered Entity” shall mean (a) the Borrower and each of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries; (b) each Guarantor and any Person who has pledged (or will pledge) Collateral under any Loan Document; and (c) each Person that, directly or indirectly, controls a Person described in clause (a) or (b) above. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the direct or indirect (x) ownership of, or power to vote, 25% or more of the issued and outstanding equity interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or other Persons performing similar functions for such Person, or (y) power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by ownership of equity interests, contract or otherwise.
“Currency” shall mean Dollars or any Optional Currency and “Currencies” shall mean, collectively, Dollars and each Optional Currency.
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“Daily Simple RFR” shall mean, for any day (a “Daily RFR Day”), a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (rounded upwards, at the Administrative Agent’s discretion, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to:
provided, that if by 5:00 pm (local time for the applicable Daily Simple RFR) on the second (2nd) Business Day (or, in the case of CORRA, the second (2nd) Canadian Banking Day) immediately following any Daily Simple RFR Lookback Day, the RFR in respect of such Daily Simple RFR Lookback Day has not been published on the applicable Daily RFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the applicable Daily Simple RFR has not occurred, then the RFR for such Daily Simple RFR Lookback Day will be the RFR as published in respect of the first preceding Business Day (or, in the case of CORRA, the first preceding Canadian Banking Day) for which such RFR was published on the Daily RFR Administrator’s Website; provided further that any RFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily Simple RFR for no more than three (3) consecutive Daily RFR Days; provided further that if the Daily Simple RFR as determined above would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor for purposes of this Agreement.
The Daily Simple RFR for each Loan that bears interest at rate based on a Daily Simple RFR shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the applicable RFR without notice to the Borrower. Determination by Administrative Agent of the Daily Simple RFR shall be deemed conclusive absent manifest error.
“Daily RFR Administrator” shall mean the SONIA Administrator, the €STR Administrator, or the CORRA Administrator, as applicable.
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“Daily RFR Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple RFR”.
“Daily Simple RFR Lookback Days” shall mean, collectively, the SONIA Lookback Day, €STR Lookback Day, and CORRA Lookback Day, and each individually is a Daily Simple RFR Lookback Day.
“Daily Simple SOFR” shall mean, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent equal to (rounded upwards, at the Administrative Agent’s discretion, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) SOFR for the day (the “SOFR Determination Date”) that is 2 Business Days prior to (i) such SOFR Rate Day if such SOFR Rate Day is a Business Day or (ii) the Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day if such SOFR Rate Day is not a Business Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate) on the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source identified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or its successor administrator for the secured overnight financing rate from time to time. If Daily Simple SOFR as determined above would be less than the SOFR Floor, then Daily Simple SOFR shall be deemed to be the SOFR Floor. If SOFR for any SOFR Determination Date has not been published or replaced with a Benchmark Replacement by 5:00 p.m. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time) on the second Business Day immediately following such SOFR Determination Date, then SOFR for such SOFR Determination Date will be SOFR for the first Business Day preceding such SOFR Determination Date for which SOFR was published in accordance with the definition of “SOFR”; provided that SOFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be used for purposes of calculating Daily Simple SOFR for no more than 3 consecutive SOFR Rate Days. If and when Daily Simple SOFR as determined above changes, any applicable rate of interest based on Daily Simple SOFR will change automatically without notice to the Borrower, effective on the date of any such change.
“Daily SOFR Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest based on Daily Simple SOFR.
“Daily SOFR Option” shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Swing Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms specified in Section 4.1.2 [Swing Loan Interest Rate].
“Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default 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” shall mean subject to Section 2.10.2 [Defaulting Lender Cure], any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two 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, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Loan
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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 Swing Loans) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swing Loan Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the 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 an Official Body 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 Official Body) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.10.2 [Defaulting Lender Cure]) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Loan Lender and each Lender.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” shall mean (a) the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Subsidiary in connection with an asset sale pursuant to Section 8.2.7(vi) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth the basis of such valuation less (b) the amount of cash or Permitted Investments received in connection with a subsequent sale of, or collection on, such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.
“Dollar, Dollars, U.S. Dollars” and the symbol $ shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
“Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, with respect to any amount of any currency, as of any Computation Date, the Equivalent Amount of such currency expressed in Dollars.
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“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of Borrower or any other U.S. domestic Loan Party domiciled in the United States which may now exist or which may hereafter be acquired, formed or created.
“Drawing Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3.1.
“EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, 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” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Effective Date” shall mean the date indicated in a document or agreement to be the date on which such document or agreement becomes effective, or, if there is no such indication, the date of execution of such document or agreement.
“Effective Federal Funds Rate” shall mean for any day the rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed and rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1% announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any successor) on such day as being the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions arranged by federal funds brokers on the previous trading day, as computed and announced by such Federal Reserve Bank (or any successor) in substantially the same manner as such Federal Reserve Bank computes and announces the weighted average it refers to as the “Effective Federal Funds Rate” as of the date of this Agreement; provided that if such Federal Reserve Bank (or its successor) does not announce such rate on any day, the “Effective Federal Funds Rate” for such day shall be the Effective Federal Funds Rate for the last day on which such rate was announced. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Effective Federal Funds Rate as determined under any method above would be less than zero percent (0.00%), such rate shall be deemed to be zero percent (0.00%) for purposes of this Agreement.
“Eligible Contract Participant” shall mean an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and regulations thereunder.
“Eligibility Date” shall mean, with respect to each Loan Party and each Swap, the date on which this Agreement or any other Loan Document becomes effective with respect to such Swap (for the avoidance of doubt, the Eligibility Date shall be the Effective Date of such Swap if this Agreement or any other Loan Document is then in effect with respect to such Loan Party, and otherwise it shall be the Effective Date of this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document(s) to which such Loan Party is a party).
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“Environmental Laws” shall mean all applicable federal, state, local, tribal, territorial and foreign Laws (including common law), constitutions, statutes, treaties, regulations, rules, ordinances and codes and any consent decrees, settlement agreements, judgments, orders, directives, policies or programs issued by or entered into with an Official Body pertaining or relating to: (i) pollution or pollution control; (ii) protection of human health from exposure to regulated substances; (iii) protection of the environment and/or natural resources; (iv) employee safety in the workplace; (v) the presence, use, management, generation, manufacture, processing, extraction, treatment, recycling, refining, reclamation, labeling, packaging, sale, transport, storage, collection, distribution, disposal or release or threat of release of regulated substances; (vi) the presence of contamination; (vii) the protection of endangered or threatened species; and (viii) the protection of environmentally sensitive areas.
“Equivalent Amount” shall mean, at any time, as determined by Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), with respect to an amount of any currency (the “Reference Currency”) which is to be computed as an equivalent amount of another currency (the “Equivalent Currency”), the amount of such Equivalent Currency converted from such Reference Currency at Administrative Agent’s rate (based on the market rates then prevailing and available to Administrative Agent) for such Equivalent Currency in exchange for such Reference Currency at a time determined by Administrative Agent on the date that is the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Lookback Day (for amounts relating to Eurocurrency Rate Loans and Letters of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency to which the Eurocurrency Rate would apply), the applicable Term RFR Lookback Day (for amounts relating to Term RFR Loans and Letters of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency to which a Term RFR would apply) immediately preceding the date of determination, or otherwise on the date which is two (2) Business Days immediately preceding the date of determination or otherwise with respect to Loans to which any other Interest Rate Option applies, the lookback date applicable thereto (or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide such rate of exchange, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as applicable using any method of determination it deems appropriate in its sole discretion).
“Equivalent Currency” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Equivalent Amount”.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
“ERISA Event” shall mean (a) with respect to a Pension Plan, a reportable event under Section 4043 of ERISA as to which event (after taking into account notice waivers provided for in the regulations) there is a duty to give notice to the PBGC; (b) a withdrawal by Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group from a Multiemployer Plan, or occurrence of an event described in Section 4041A(a) of ERISA that results in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041(e)
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of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan; (e) an 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 or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the determination that any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; or (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 Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group.
“ERISA Group” shall mean, at any time, the Borrower and all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control and all other entities which, together with the Borrower, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA.
“Erroneous Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.17.1.
“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.17.4.
“Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.17.4.
“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.17.4.
“Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.17.4.
“€STR” shall mean a rate equal to the Euro Short Term Rate as administered by the €STR Administrator.
“€STR Administrator” shall mean the European Central Bank (or any successor administrator of the Euro Short Term Rate).
“€STR Administrator’s Website” shall mean the European Central Bank’s website, at http://www.ecb.europa.eu, or any successor source for the Euro Short Term Rate identified as such by the €STR Administrator from time to time.
“EURIBOR” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”.
“Euro” shall refer to the lawful currency of the Participating Member States.
“Eurocurrency Banking Day” shall mean any day which is, as applicable, for Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect (i) Euros, a TARGET Day and (ii) Australian Dollars, any day on which banks are open for business in Australia.
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“Eurocurrency Rate” shall mean the following:
provided that if the adjusted Eurocurrency Rate as determined above would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor for purposes of this Agreement. The Eurocurrency Rate for any Loans shall be based upon the Eurocurrency Rate for the Currency in which such Loans are requested. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower of the Eurocurrency Rate as determined or adjusted in accordance herewith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing” shall mean, as to any Borrowing Tranche, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan comprising such Borrowing Tranche.
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“Eurocurrency Rate Lookback Days” shall mean, collectively, an Australian Rate Lookback Day and an EURIBOR Lookback Day, and each such day is a “Eurocurrency Rate Lookback Day”.
“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate.
“Eurocurrency Rate Option” shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms set forth in Section 4.1.1(ii)(A) [Revolving Credit Term Rate Loan Option] or Section 4.1.3(ii) [Term Loan Eurocurrency Rate Option], as applicable.
“Event of Default” shall mean any of the events described in Section 9.1 [Events of Default] and referred to therein as an “Event of Default.”
“Exchange Act” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of Change of Control.
“Excluded Account” shall mean (a) any deposit account used solely for funding payroll or segregating payroll taxes or funding other employee wage or benefit payments in the ordinary course of business, (b) any fiduciary or trust account, (c) any other zero balance account or disbursement only account and (d) any other deposit account with an average monthly balance of not more than $100,000; provided, that the aggregate average monthly balance of all deposit accounts and securities accounts constituting Excluded Accounts under this clause (d) shall not exceed $500,000.
“Excluded Hedge Liability or Liabilities” shall mean, with respect to each Loan Party, each of its Swap Obligations if, and only to the extent that, all or any portion of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that relates to such Swap Obligation is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act, or any rule, regulation or order of the CFTC, solely by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date for such Swap. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing or in any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the foregoing is subject to the following provisos: (a) if a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one Swap, this definition shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swaps for which such guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act, or any rule, regulations or order of the CFTC, solely as a result of the failure by such Loan Party for any reason to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date for such Swap, (b) if a guarantee of a Swap Obligation would cause such obligation to be an Excluded Hedge Liability but the grant of a security interest would not cause such obligation to be an Excluded Hedge Liability, such Swap Obligation shall constitute an Excluded Hedge Liability for purposes of the guaranty but not for purposes of the grant of the security interest, and (c) if there is more than one Loan Party executing this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and a Swap Obligation would be an Excluded Hedge Liability with respect to one or more of such Persons, but not all of them, the definition of Excluded Hedge Liability or Liabilities with respect to each such Person shall only be deemed applicable to (i) the particular Swap Obligations that constitute Excluded Hedge Liabilities with respect to such Person, and (ii) the particular Person with respect to which such Swap Obligations constitute Excluded Hedge Liabilities.
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“Excluded Property” shall mean, with respect to any Loan Party, (a) any owned real property, (b) any leased real property, (c) any trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights for which a perfected Lien thereon is not effected either by filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or by appropriate evidence of such Lien being filed in either the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, (d) the equity interests of (x) any Foreign Subsidiary to the extent not required to be pledged to secure the Obligations pursuant to the Security and Pledge Agreement, (y) any Joint Venture to the extent not permitted by the terms of such Joint Venture’s organizational or joint venture documents after giving effect to applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC (as defined in the Security and Pledge Agreement) or any other applicable Law (including Debtor Relief Laws) or principles of equity and (y) any Special Purpose Subsidiary, (e) any trucks, trailers, tractors, service vehicles, automobiles, rolling stock or other registered mobile equipment or assets covered by certificates of title or ownership of any Loan Party, (f) any General Intangible (as defined in the Security and Pledge Agreement), permit, lease, license, contract or other Instrument (as defined in the Security and Pledge Agreement) of a Loan Party to the extent the grant of a security interest in such General Intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other Instrument in the manner contemplated by the Collateral Documents, under the terms thereof or under applicable Law, is prohibited and would result in the termination thereof or give the other parties thereto the right to terminate, accelerate or otherwise alter such Loan Party’s rights, titles and interests thereunder (including upon the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both); provided that (x) any such limitation described in this clause (f) shall only apply to the extent that any such prohibition or right to terminate or accelerate or alter the Loan Party’s rights could not be rendered ineffective pursuant to the UCC or any other applicable Law (including Debtor Relief Laws) or principles of equity and (y) in the event of the termination or elimination of any such prohibition or right or the requirement for any consent contained in any applicable Law, General Intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other Instrument, to the extent sufficient to permit any such item to no longer constitute Excluded Property hereunder, or upon the granting of any such consent, or waiving or terminating any requirement for such consent, such General Intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other Instrument shall automatically and simultaneously no longer constitute Excluded Property hereunder, (g) any United States intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of or render void or result in the cancellation of, any registration issued as a result of such intent-to-use trademark applications under applicable Law; provided that upon submission and acceptance by the United States Patent and Trademark Office of an amendment to allege pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 1060(a) (or any successor provision), such intent-to-use trademark application shall no longer constitute Excluded Property, (h) Excluded Accounts, (i) any property or asset owned by any Loan Party that is subject to a purchase money Lien or a capital lease obligation to the extent that the Indebtedness secured by such purchase money security interest or capital lease obligation and such Lien is permitted under this Agreement and to the extent that the contractual agreement pursuant to which such Lien is granted (or in the document providing for such capital lease obligation) prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than a Loan Party and its Affiliates as a condition to the creation of any other Lien on such property or asset and (j) those assets as to which the Administrative Agent determines (in its sole discretion) that the burden or cost of obtaining a security interest in or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the benefit to the Lenders and other Secured Parties of the security to be afforded thereby.
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“Excluded Taxes” shall mean any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (a) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (b) that are Other Connection Taxes, (ii) 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 (a) such Lender acquires such interest in such Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender]) or (b) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 5.9.7 [Status of Lenders], amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (iii) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 5.9.7 [Status of Lenders], and (iv) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA (except to the extent imposed due to the failure of the Borrower to provide documentation or information to the IRS).
“Existing Letters of Credit” shall mean those letters of credit existing on the Closing Date and identified on Schedule 1.1(D).
“Expiration Date” shall mean, with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments, June 25, 2029.
“Extended Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.1.1.
“FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
“Floor” shall mean a rate of interest equal to 0%.
“Foreign Currency Hedge” shall mean any foreign exchange transaction, including spot and forward foreign currency purchases and sales, listed or over-the-counter options on foreign currencies, non-deliverable forwards and options, foreign currency swap agreements, currency exchange rate price hedging arrangements, and any other similar transaction providing for the purchase of one currency in exchange for the sale of another currency.
“Foreign Currency Hedge Liabilities” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge.
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“Foreign Direct Subsidiary” shall mean each first tier, direct Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower or any other U.S. domestic Loan Party which may now exist or which may hereafter be acquired, formed or created.
“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, a State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Foreign Lender” shall mean (i) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (ii) 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.
“Fronting Exposure” shall mean, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the Issuing Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Ratable Share of the outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender other than Letter of Credit Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to any Swing Loan Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Ratable Share of outstanding Swing Loans made by such Swing Loan Lender other than Swing Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders.
“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as are in effect from time to time, subject to the provisions of Section 1.3 [Accounting Principles; Changes in GAAP], and applied on a consistent basis both as to classification of items and amounts.
“Government Official” shall mean any officer, employee, official, representative, or any Person acting for or on behalf of any Official Body, government-owned or government-controlled association, organization, business, or enterprise, or public international organization, any political party or official thereof and any candidate for political office.
“Guaranteed Obligations” shall have the meaning specified in Section 12.1 [The Guaranty].
“Guarantor” shall mean (a) with respect to all Obligations, (i) each of the parties to this Agreement which is designated as a “Guarantor” on the signature page hereof, and (ii) each other Person which joins this Agreement as a Guarantor after the date hereof, (b) with respect to (i) any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge with any Loan Party (other than the Borrower) or any Subsidiary that is permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Agreement and any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product owing by any Loan Party (other than the Borrower) or any Subsidiary and (ii) the payment and performance by each Specified Loan Party of its obligations under its Guaranty with respect to all Swap Obligations, the Borrower, and (c) the successors and permitted assigns of the foregoing.
“Guaranty” of any Person shall mean any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any liability or obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any agreement to indemnify or hold harmless any other Person, any performance bond or other suretyship arrangement and any other form of assurance against loss, except endorsement of negotiable or other instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.
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“Guaranty Agreement” shall mean the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, pursuant to Article 12 [Guaranty].
“Hedge Bank” shall mean any Person in its capacity as a party to such Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge or Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge that (i) at the time it enters into a Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge or Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (ii) on the Closing Date, it (or its Affiliate), or the at the time it (or its Affiliate) becomes a Lender, is party to a Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge or Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge.
“Hedge Liabilities” shall mean collectively, the Foreign Currency Hedge Liabilities and the Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities.
“Hostile Acquisition” shall mean the acquisition of the capital stock or other equity interests of a Person through a tender offer or similar solicitation of the owners of such capital stock or other equity interests which has not been approved (prior to such acquisition) by resolutions of the board of directors of such Person, or by similar action if such Person is not a corporation, or as to which such prior approval by resolutions of the board of directors of such Person has not been withdrawn.
“ICC” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.11.1 [Governing Law].
“Increasing Lender” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.11 [Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments; Incremental Term Loans].
“Incremental Term Loan” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.11 [Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments; Incremental Term Loans]; Incremental Term Loans shall mean collectively all of the Incremental Term Loans.
“Indebtedness” shall mean, as to any Person at any time, any and all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities (whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or joint or several) of such Person for or in respect of: (i) borrowed money, (ii) amounts raised under or liabilities in respect of any note purchase or acceptance credit facility, (iii) reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) under any letter of credit agreement, (iv) obligations under any currency swap agreement, interest rate swap, cap, collar or floor agreement or other interest rate management device, (v) any other transaction (including forward sale or purchase agreements, capitalized and/or synthetic leases, conditional sales agreements, and Securitization Transactions) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money entered into by such Person to finance its operations or capital requirements (but not including trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business which are not represented by a promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness), (vi) any Guaranty of Indebtedness for borrowed money, or (vii) joint venture and/or partnership debt but only to the extent there is recourse to such Person for payment thereof. The amount of any net obligations under any Indebtedness of the type described in clause (iv) above on any date shall be deemed to be the swap termination value thereof as of such date.
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“Indemnified Taxes” shall mean (i) 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 (ii) to the extent not otherwise described in the preceding clause (i), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.3.2 [Indemnification by the Borrower].
“Information” shall mean all written information received from the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries relating to the Loan Parties or any of such Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries.
“Initial Term Loan” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.1 [Term Loan Commitments].
“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (a) a case, action or proceeding with respect to such Person (i) before any court or any other Official Body under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, or (ii) for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator, conservator (or similar official) of any Loan Party or otherwise relating to the liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or relief of such Person, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors, or other, similar arrangement in respect of such Person’s creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors; undertaken under any Law.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (x) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to (y) consolidated interest expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case of clauses (x) and (y) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date.
“Interest Period” shall mean the period of time selected by the Borrower in connection with (and to apply to) any election permitted hereunder by the Borrower to have Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans bear interest under a Term Rate Loan Option. Subject to the last sentence of this definition and subject to availability for the interest rate applicable to the relevant Currency, such period shall be one, three or six months (or with respect to Interest Periods applicable to TSRR or Term CORRA, one or three months). Such Interest Period shall commence on the effective date of such Term Rate Loan Option, which shall be (i) the Borrowing Date if the Borrower is requesting new Loans, or (ii) the date of renewal of or conversion to a Term Rate Loan Option if the Borrower is renewing or converting to a Term Rate Loan Option applicable to outstanding Loans. Notwithstanding the second sentence hereof: (A) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a date which is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (B) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, the Borrower shall not select, convert to or renew an Interest Period for any portion of the Revolving Credit Loans that would end after the Expiration Date, (C) with respect to Term Loans, the Borrower shall not select, convert to or renew an Interest Period for any portion of the Term
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Loans that would end after the applicable Term Loan Maturity Date, and (D) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.
“Interest Rate Hedge” shall mean an interest rate exchange, collar, cap, swap, floor, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor, cross-currency swap or similar agreements entered into by any Loan Party in order to provide protection to, or minimize the impact upon, such Loan Party of increasing floating rates of interest applicable to Indebtedness.
“Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge” in Section 1.1 [Certain Definitions].
“Interest Rate Option” shall mean any Term Rate Loan Option, the Base Rate Option, or the Daily SOFR Option.
“International Trade Laws” shall mean all Laws relating to economic and financial sanctions, trade embargoes, export controls, customs and anti-boycott measures.
“Investment” shall mean, 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, Guaranty or assumption of debt or other obligation 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 guaranties Indebtedness of such other Person), or (c) an acquisition, whether by purchase or by merger, of (i) a majority of the voting equity interests or economic interests of another Person, or (ii) all or substantially all of the assets of another Person or of a division, line of business or other business unit of another Person. 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.
“IRS” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor thereto.
“ISP98” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.11.1 [Governing Law].
“Issuing Lender” shall mean (i) PNC, in its individual capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder and (ii) any other Lender that Borrower, Administrative Agent and such other Lender may agree may from time to time to issue Letters of Credit hereunder.
“Joinder Agreement” shall mean a joinder by a Person as a Guarantor under the Loan Documents in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(B).
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“Joint Lead Arranger” shall mean each of PNC Capital Markets LLC, BMO Bank N.A., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., and Citibank, N.A..
“Joint Venture” shall mean a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity in which any Person other than the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries holds, directly or indirectly, an equity interest.
“Law” shall mean any law(s) (including common law), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, opinion, issued guidance release, ruling, order, executive order, injunction, writ, decree, bond, judgment, authorization or approval, lien or award, or any settlement arrangement, by agreement, consent or otherwise, of any Official Body, foreign or domestic.
“LCT Election” shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.7.1 [Limited Condition Transactions].
“LCT Test Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.7.1 [Limited Condition Transactions].
“Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge” shall mean a Foreign Currency Hedge which is entered into between any Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party and any Hedge Bank that it: (a) is documented in a standard International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement or another reasonable and customary manner, (b) provides for the method of calculating the reimbursable amount of the provider’s credit exposure in a reasonable and customary manner, and (c) is entered into for hedging (rather than speculative) purposes. The liabilities owing to the Hedge Bank providing any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge (the “Foreign Currency Hedge Liabilities”) by any Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is party to such Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge shall, for purposes of this Agreement and all other Loan Documents be “Obligations” of such Person and of each Loan Party, be guaranteed obligations under the Guaranty Agreement and secured obligations under any other Loan Document, as applicable, and otherwise treated as Obligations for purposes of the other Loan Documents, except to the extent constituting Excluded Hedge Liabilities of such Person. The Liens securing the Foreign Currency Hedge Liabilities shall be pari passu with the Liens securing all other Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, subject to the express provisions of Section 9.2.4 [Application of Proceeds].
“Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge” shall mean an Interest Rate Hedge which is entered into between a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party and any Hedge Bank that it: (a) is documented in a standard International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement or another reasonable and customary manner, (b) provides for the method of calculating the reimbursable amount of the provider’s credit exposure in a reasonable and customary manner, and (c) is entered into for hedging (rather than speculative) purposes. The liabilities owing to the Hedge Bank providing any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge (the “Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities”) by any Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is party to such Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge shall, for purposes of this Agreement and all other Loan Documents be “Obligations” of such Person and of each Loan Party, be guaranteed obligations under any Guaranty Agreement and secured obligations under any other Loan Document, as applicable, and otherwise treated as
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Obligations for purposes of the other Loan Documents, except to the extent constituting Excluded Hedge Liabilities of such Person. The Liens securing the Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities shall be pari passu with the Liens securing all other Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, subject to the express provisions of Section 9.2.4 [Application of Proceeds].
“Lenders” shall mean the financial institutions named on Schedule 1.1(A) and their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a Lender. For the purpose of any Loan Document which provides for the granting of a security interest or other Lien to the Lenders or to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders as security for the Obligations, “Lenders” shall include any Affiliate of a Lender to which such Obligation is owed.
“Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.1 [Issuance of Letters of Credit]. As of the Closing Date, each of the Existing Letters of Credit shall constitute, for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, a Letter of Credit issued and outstanding hereunder.
“Letter of Credit Borrowing” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3.3.
“Letter of Credit Fee” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.2 [Letter of Credit Fees].
“Letter of Credit Obligation” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit on such date (if any Letter of Credit shall increase in amount automatically in the future, such aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount available to be drawn shall currently give effect to any such future increase) plus the aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount of Reimbursement Obligations and Letter of Credit Borrowings on such date.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.1.1.
“Lien’ shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, security interest, charge or other encumbrance or security arrangement of any nature whatsoever, whether voluntarily or involuntarily given, including any conditional sale or title retention arrangement, and any assignment, deposit arrangement or lease intended as, or having the effect of, security and any filed financing statement or other notice of any of the foregoing (whether or not a lien or other encumbrance is created or exists at the time of the filing).
“Limited Condition Transaction” means any acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder by the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.
“LLC Division” shall mean, in the event a Borrower or Guarantor is a limited liability company, (a) the division of any such Borrower or Guarantor into two or more newly formed limited liability companies (whether or not such Borrower or Guarantor is a surviving entity following any such division) pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or any similar provision under any similar act governing limited liability companies organized under the laws of any other State or Commonwealth or of the District of Columbia, or
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(b) the adoption of a plan contemplating, or the filing of any certificate with any applicable Official Body that results or may result in, any such division.
“Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Administrative Agent’s Letter, the Notes, the Collateral Documents and any other instruments, certificates or documents delivered in connection herewith or therewith.
“Loan Parties” shall mean the Borrower and the Guarantors.
“Loan Request” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.5.1 [Loan Requests].
“Loans” shall mean collectively, and Loan shall mean individually, all Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Loans and Term Loans or any Revolving Credit Loan, Swing Loan or Term Loan, as applicable.
“Material Adverse Change” shall mean any set of circumstances or events which (a) has or would reasonably be expected to have any material adverse effect whatsoever upon the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) is or would reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the business, properties, assets, financial condition or results of operations of the Loan Parties taken as a whole, (c) impairs materially or would reasonably be expected to impair materially the ability of the Loan Parties taken as a whole to duly and punctually perform any of the payment or material other Obligations, or (d) impairs materially or would reasonably be expected to impair materially the ability of the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders, to the extent permitted, to enforce their legal remedies pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Material Permitted Acquisition” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.2.6 [Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions].
“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan which is a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA and to which the Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or, within the preceding five plan years, has made or had an obligation to make such contributions.
“Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean in connection with any Asset Sale, any Recovery Event or the issuance of any Indebtedness by a Loan Party, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received), net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking and other customary advisor fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Collateral Document) and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements).
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“New Lender” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a) [Increasing Lenders and New Lenders].
“Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.1 [Modifications, Amendments or Waivers].
“Non-Qualifying Party” shall mean any Loan Party that fails for any reason to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Effective Date of the applicable Swap.
“Notes” shall mean collectively, and Note shall mean separately, the promissory notes in the form of Exhibit 1.1(D) evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans, in the form of Exhibit 1.1(E) evidencing the Swing Loan, and in the form of Exhibit 1.1(F) evidencing the applicable Term Loan.
“Obligation” shall mean any obligation or liability of any of the Loan Parties, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter existing, or due or to become due, under or in connection with (i) this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent’s Letter or any other Loan Document whether to the Administrative Agent, any of the Lenders or their Affiliates or other persons provided for under such Loan Documents, (ii) any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, (iii) any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge and (iv) any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing, the Obligations shall not include any Excluded Hedge Liabilities.
“OFAC” shall mean the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
“Official Body” shall mean the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank) and any group or body charged with setting financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards (including the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).
“Optional Currency” shall mean the following lawful currencies: Australian Dollars, British Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars, Euros and any other currency approved by Administrative Agent and all of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.13(iii) [European Monetary Union; Requests for Additional Optional Currencies], in each case so long as there is a published Term RFR or Eurocurrency Rate, as applicable, or a Benchmark Replacement effected pursuant to Section 4.4.4 [Benchmark Replacement Setting] with respect thereto. Subject to Section 2.13 [European Monetary Union], each Optional Currency must be the lawful currency of the specified country.
“Optional Currency Loans” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.1.1 [Revolving Credit Loans; Optional Currency Loans].
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“Order” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.9 [Liability for Acts and Omissions].
“Original Currency” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.12 [Currency Conversion Procedures for Judgments].
“Other Currency” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.12 [Currency Conversion Procedures for Judgments].
“Other Connection Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient (or an agent or Affiliate thereof) and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely 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 Lender Provided Financial Service Product” shall mean agreements or other arrangements entered into between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank that provides any of the following products or services to any of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries: (a) credit cards, (b) credit card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) purchase cards, (e) ACH transactions, (f) cash management, including controlled disbursement, overdraft lines, accounts or services, or (g) foreign currency exchange.
“Other Taxes” shall mean 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 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender]).
“Overnight Bank Funding Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurocurrency borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as set forth on its public website from time to time, and as published on the next succeeding Business Day as the overnight bank funding rate by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or by such other recognized electronic source (such as Bloomberg) selected by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of displaying such rate); provided, that if such day is not a Business Day, the Overnight Bank Funding Rate for such day shall be such rate on the immediately preceding Business Day; provided, further, that if such rate shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist, a comparable replacement rate determined by PNC at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error). If the Overnight Bank Funding Rate determined as above would be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero. The rate of interest charged shall be adjusted as of each Business Day based on changes in the Overnight Bank Funding Rate without notice to the Borrower.
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“Overnight Rate” shall mean for any day with respect to any Loans in an Optional Currency, an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error).
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.8.4 [Participations].
“Participant Register” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.8.4 [Participations].
“Participating Member State” shall mean any member State of the European Community that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“Participation Advance” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3.3.
“Payment Date” shall mean the first Business Day of each calendar quarter after the date hereof and on the Expiration Date or Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable, or upon acceleration of the Notes.
“Payment In Full” and “Paid in Full” shall mean the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Loans and other Obligations hereunder (other than (i) contingent indemnity and expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made, (ii) other obligations in respect of Letters of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized and (iii) obligations and liabilities under any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge and any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product (other than any such obligations for which written notice has been received by the Administrative Agent that either (x) amounts are currently due and payable under such Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge and any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product, as applicable, or (y) no arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Hedge Bank or Cash Management Bank party thereto have been made)), the termination of the Commitments and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized).
“Payment Recipient” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.17.1.
“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA or any successor.
“Pension Plan” shall mean at any time an “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) (including a “multiple employer plan” as described in Sections 4063 and 4064 of ERISA, but not a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 or Section 430 of the Code and either (i) is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (ii) has at any time within the preceding five years been sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any entity which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group for employees of any entity which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group, or in the case of a “multiple employer” or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.
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“Permitted Acquisition” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.2.6 [Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions].
“Permitted Intercompany Investments” shall mean (A) Investments in any Loan Party, (B) Investments by any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and (C) Permitted Non-Loan Party Investments.
“Permitted Investments” shall mean:
“Permitted Joint Venture” shall mean any joint venture (x) in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower holds not less than twenty percent (20.0%) of the Capital Stock in such joint venture and retains an equivalent amount of the voting control thereof, and (y) for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary of Borrower, as applicable, invested not more than $25,000,000 individually or $50,000,000 in the aggregate.
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“Permitted Liens” shall mean:
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provided that no “Permitted Liens” (other than liens described in clauses (v), (vi) and (ix) above) shall be permitted to encumber real property owned by the Loan Parties.
“Permitted Non-Loan Party Investments” shall mean Investments by any Loan Party in any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; provided that, the aggregate outstanding amount of such Investments shall not any at time exceed the greater of (x) $35,000,000 and (y) an amount equal to 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fiscal quarters ended as of the date of the financial statements most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent under Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] or Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements].
“Permitted Securitization Transaction” shall mean a Securitization Transaction permitted under Section 8.2.1[Indebtedness].
“Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, joint venture, government or political subdivision or agency thereof, or any other entity.
“Plan” shall mean 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 member of the ERISA Group or any such Plan to which the Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
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“Platform” shall mean Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.
“PNC” shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, its successors and assigns.
“Potential Default” shall mean any event or condition which with notice or passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Prime Rate” shall mean the interest rate per annum announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent at its Principal Office as its then prime rate, which rate may not be the lowest or most favorable rate then being charged commercial borrowers or others by the Administrative Agent. Any change in the Prime Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day such change is announced.
“Principal Office” shall mean the main banking office of the Administrative Agent in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
“PTE” shall mean a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Purchase Money Security Interest” shall mean Liens upon tangible personal property securing loans to any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party or deferred payments by such Loan Party or Subsidiary for the purchase of such tangible personal property.
“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” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.15 [Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs].
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” shall mean, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that, at the time the Guaranty (or grant of security interest, as applicable) becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation, has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or such other Loan Party as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and which may cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” with respect to such Swap Obligation at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Ratable Share” shall mean:
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“Receivables and Related Assets” shall mean accounts receivable, any other property (including contract rights) that is customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with receivables securitization transactions and all proceeds of the foregoing.
“Recipient” shall mean (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) any Lender and (iii) the Issuing Lender, as applicable.
“Recovery Event” shall mean any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including any event described in clause (iii) of Schedule 8.1.3 hereof.
“Reference Currency” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Equivalent Amount.”
“Reimbursement Obligation” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3.1.
“Reinvestment Notice” shall mean a written notice executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that the Borrower (directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event to acquire or repair assets useful in its business, other than current assets within three hundred (360) days of receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds.
“Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relief Proceeding” shall mean any proceeding seeking a decree or order for relief in respect of any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party in a voluntary or involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law now or hereafter in
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effect, or for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator, conservator (or similar official) of any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party for any substantial part of its property, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, or an assignment for the benefit of its creditors.
“Reportable Compliance Event” shall mean that: (a) any Covered Entity becomes a Sanctioned Person, or is charged by indictment, criminal complaint, or similar charging instrument, arraigned, custodially detained, penalized or the subject of an assessment for a penalty, by, or enters into a settlement with an Official Body in connection with any Anti-Corruption Law, Anti-Money Laundering Law or International Trade Law, or any predicate crime to any Anti-Corruption Law, Anti-Money Laundering Law or International Trade Law, or has knowledge of facts or circumstances to the effect that it is reasonably likely that any aspect of its operations represents a violation of any Anti-Corruption Law, Anti-Money Laundering Law or International Trade Law; (b) any Covered Entity engages in a transaction that has caused or would cause any Person hereunder (including the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, the Issuing Lender, the Lenders, and any underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise) to be in violation of any Anti-Corruption Law, Anti-Money Laundering Law or International Trade Law, including a Covered Entity’s use of any proceeds of the Loans hereunder to directly or indirectly fund any activities or business of, with, or for the benefit of any Person that is a Sanctioned Person, or to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or in any Sanctioned Jurisdiction; (c) any pledged Collateral qualifies as Blocked Property; or (d) any Covered Entity otherwise violates, or reasonably believes that it will violate, any of the Anti-Corruption Law-, Anti-Money Laundering Law- or International Trade Law- specific representations and covenants herein.
“Required Lenders” shall mean at least two (2) Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender) having more than 50% of the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders (excluding any Defaulting Lender) or, after the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and Ratable Share of Letter of Credit Obligations and outstanding Swing Loans of the Lenders (excluding any Defaulting Lender) and (b) the aggregate outstanding amount of any Term Loans.
“Required Share” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11 [Settlement Date Procedures].
“Resolution Authority” shall mean an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Restricted” shall mean, when referring to cash or Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, that such cash or Cash Equivalents (i) appears (or would be required to appear) as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary (unless such appearance is related to the Loan Documents or Liens created thereunder) as determined in accordance with GAAP, or (ii) are subject to any Lien in favor of any Person other than Administrative Agent for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations (but excluding amounts serving as cash collateral for Letters of Credit) other than bankers’ liens and rights of setoff.
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“Restricted Payments” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.2.5 [Dividends and Related Distributions].
“Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, as to any Lender at any time, the amount initially set forth opposite its name on Schedule 1.1(A) in the column labeled “Amount of Commitment for Revolving Credit Loans,” as such Commitment is thereafter assigned or modified and Revolving Credit Commitments shall mean the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the Lenders.
“Revolving Credit Loans” shall mean collectively and Revolving Credit Loan shall mean separately all Revolving Credit Loans or any Revolving Credit Loan made by the Lenders or one of the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1 [Revolving Credit Commitments] or Section 2.9.3 [Disbursements, Reimbursement].
“Revolving Facility Usage” shall mean at any time the sum of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, the outstanding Swing Loans, and the Letter of Credit Obligations.
“RFR” shall mean, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, (a) British Prounds Sterling, SONIA, (b) Euro, €STR, and (c) Canadian Dollars, CORRA.
“Sanctioned Jurisdiction” shall mean, at any time, a country, area, territory, or jurisdiction that is the subject or target of comprehensive U.S. sanctions.
“Sanctioned Person” shall mean any Person that is (a) located in, organized under the laws of, or ordinarily resident in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction; (b) identified on any sanctions-related list maintained by any Compliance Authority; or (c) owned 50% or more, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly by, controlled by, or acting for, on behalf of, or at the direction of, one or more Persons described in clauses (a) or (b) above.
“Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Lender, any Hedge Bank, any Cash Management Bank, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 11.5 [Delegation of Duties], and the other Persons the Obligations owing to which are or are purported to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral Documents.
“Securitization Related Property” shall mean Receivables and Related Assets which are sold, conveyed, contributed or transferred to a Special Purpose Subsidiary pursuant to a Securitization Transaction.
“Securitization Transaction” shall mean, 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.
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“Security and Pledge Agreement” shall mean that certain Second Amended and Restated Security and Pledge Agreement executed and delivered on or about the date hereof by each of the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Settlement Date” shall mean the Business Day on which the Administrative Agent elects to effect settlement pursuant Section 5.11 [Settlement Date Procedures].
“SOFR” shall mean, for any day, a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Floor” shall mean a rate of interest per annum equal to 0.0 basis points (0.0%).
“Solvent” shall mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, taking into account any right of reimbursement, contribution or similar right available to such Person from other Persons, that on such date (i) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (ii) 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 its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the normal course of business, (iv) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and (v) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in 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” shall mean a rate equal to the Sterling Overnight Index Average as administered by the SONIA Administrator.
“SONIA Administrator” shall mean the Bank of England (or any successor administrator of the Sterling Overnight Index Average).
“SONIA Administrator’s Website” shall mean the Bank of England’s website, at http://www.bankofengland.co.uk, or any successor source for the Sterling Overnight Index Average identified as such by the SONIA Administrator from time to time.
“Special Purpose Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Permitted Securitization Transaction, the special purpose Subsidiary or Affiliate for such Permitted Securitization Transaction.
“Specified Loan Party” shall mean any Loan Party that is, at the time on which the Guaranty (or grant of security interest, as applicable) becomes effective with respect to a Swap Obligation, a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, organization, trust or other entity that would
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not be an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act at such time but for the effect of Section 12.8 [Keepwell].
“Standard & Poor’s” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
“Statements” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.1.6(i) [Historical Statements].
“Subsidiary” of any Person at any time shall mean any corporation, trust, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity (i) of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities or other interests normally entitled to vote for the election of the directors or trustees (regardless of any contingency which does or may suspend or dilute the voting rights) is at such time owned directly or indirectly by such Person or one or more of such Person’s Subsidiaries, or (ii) which is controlled or capable of being controlled by such Person or one or more of such Person’s Subsidiaries.
“Subsidiary Equity Interests” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.1.2 [Subsidiaries; Investment Companies].
“Supported QFC” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.15 [Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs].
“Swap” shall mean any “swap” as defined in Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act and regulations thereunder, other than (a) a swap entered into, or subject to the rules of, a board of trade designated as a contract market under Section 5 of the Commodity Exchange Act, or (b) a commodity option entered into pursuant to CFTC Regulation 32.3(a).
“Swap Obligation” shall mean any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a Swap which is also a Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge or a Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge.
“Swing Loan Commitment” shall mean PNC’s commitment to make Swing Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.2 [Swing Loan Commitment] hereof in an aggregate principal amount up to $50,000,000.
“Swing Loan Lender” shall mean PNC, in its capacity as a lender of Swing Loans.
“Swing Loan Request” shall mean a request for Swing Loans made in accordance with Section 2.5.2 [Swing Loan Requests] hereof.
“Swing Loans” shall mean collectively, and Swing Loan shall mean separately, all Swing Loans or any Swing Loan made by PNC to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.2 [Swing Loan Commitment] hereof.
“TARGET2” shall mean 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.
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“TARGET Day” shall mean any day on which TARGET2 is open for the settlement of payments in Euros.
“Taxes” shall mean all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Official Body, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term CORRA Reference Rate” shall mean the forward-looking term rate based on CORRA, as administered by the Term CORRA Reference Rate Administrator.
“Term CORRA Reference Rate Administrator” shall mean CanDeal Benchmark Administration Services Inc. or TSX Inc. (or any successor administrator of the Term CORRA Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term Loan” shall mean collectively, and individually, as applicable, all Term Loans made to the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.1 [Term Loan Commitments] and/or any Incremental Term Loans.
“Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, as to any Lender at any time, the amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule 1.1(A) in the column labeled “Amount of Commitment for Term Loans”, as such Commitment is thereafter assigned or modified and Term Loan Commitments shall mean the aggregate Term Loan Commitments of all of the Lenders.
“Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean, (i) with respect to the Initial Term Loans made pursuant to Section 3.1 [Term Loan Commitments], June 25, 2029 and (ii) with respect to any Incremental Term Loan, the final maturity date applicable thereto as specified in the applicable amendment relating to such Incremental Term Loan.
“Term Rate Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate, Term SOFR Rate or Term RFR.
“Term Rate Loan Option” shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms specified in [Section 4.1.1(ii) [Revolving Credit Term Rate Loan Option] or Section 4.1.3(ii) [Term Loan Eurocurrency Rate Option], as applicable.
“Term RFR” shall mean, for any Term RFR Borrowing for any Interest Period, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (rounded upwards, at the Administrative Agent’s discretion, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions, or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to:
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provided further that if the Term RFR as determined above would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor for purposes of this Agreement. The Term RFR for each outstanding Term RFR Loan shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the first day of each Interest Period without notice to the Borrower. Determination of the Term RFR by Administrative Agent shall be deemed conclusive absent manifest error.
“Term RFR Adjustment” shall mean with respect to Term RFR Loans, the applicable adjustment set forth in the table below:
Term RFR |
Interest Period |
Adjustment to |
TSRR Rate |
1 month |
0.0326% |
TSSR Rate |
3 month |
0.1193% |
Term CORRA Reference Rate |
1 month |
0.29547% |
Term CORRA Reference Rate |
3 month |
0.32138% |
“Term RFR Borrowing” shall mean, as to any Borrowing Tranche, a Term RFR Loan comprising such Borrowing Tranche.
“Term RFR Business Day” shall mean, as applicable, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to (i) British Pounds Sterling, a day on which banks are open for general business in London and (ii) Canadian Dollars, a Canadian Banking Day.
“Term RFR Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on a Term RFR.
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“Term RFR Lookback Day” shall mean the TSRR Lookback Day or the Term CORRA Reference Rate Lookback Day, as applicable.
“Term RFR Option” shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms specified in Section 4.1.1(ii)(C) [Revolving Credit Term RFR Option].
“Term SOFR Administrator” shall mean CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Determination Date” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR Rate”.
“Term SOFR Rate” shall mean, with respect to any amount to which the Term SOFR Rate Option applies, for any Interest Period, the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent equal to (rounded upwards, at the Administrative Agent’s discretion, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the day (the “Term SOFR Determination Date”) that is two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period. If the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published or replaced with a Benchmark Replacement by 5:00 p.m. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time) on the Term SOFR Determination Date, then the Term SOFR Reference Rate shall be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor on the first Business Day preceding such Term SOFR Determination Date for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published in accordance herewith, so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than three (3) Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Date. If the Term SOFR Rate, determined as provided above, would be less than the SOFR Floor, then the Term SOFR Rate shall be deemed to be the SOFR Floor. The Term SOFR Rate shall be adjusted automatically without notice to the Borrower on and as of the first day of each Interest Period.
“Term SOFR Rate Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest based on the Term SOFR Rate.
“Term SOFR Rate Option” shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms specified in Section 4.1(a)(i)(1) [Revolving Credit Loan Term SOFR Rate Option] and Section 4.1(c)(i)(1) [Term Loan Term SOFR Rate Option], as applicable.
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” shall mean the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Total Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (A) consolidated Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred in respect of any Permitted Securitization Transaction) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date minus Unrestricted Cash on such date to (B) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date.
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“TSRR” shall mean a rate equal to the ICE Term SONIA Reference Rate as administered by the TSRR Administrator.
“TSRR Administrator” shall mean ICE Benchmark Administration Limited.
“TSRR Rate” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Term RFR”.
“TSSR Lookback Day” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Term RFR”.
“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing Tranche, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing Tranche, is determined by reference to (a) the Base Rate Option (with respect to Loans denominated in Dollars), (b) the Term Rate Loan Option for such Currency, or (c) the Daily SOFR Option (with respect to Swing Loans).
“UCP” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.11.1 [Governing Law].
“UK Financial Institution” shall mean any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person subject to IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” shall mean the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unrestricted Cash” shall mean, at any time, cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are not Restricted at such time.
“USA Patriot Act” shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 10756, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” shall mean any day except for (a) a Saturday or Sunday or (b) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Person” shall mean any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.9.7 [Status of Lenders].
“Withholding Agent” shall mean any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.
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“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” shall mean, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, 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.
1.2 Construction. Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise clearly requires, the following rules of construction shall apply to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents: (i) references to the plural include the singular, the plural, the part and the whole and the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”; (ii) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereto” and similar terms in this Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document as a whole; (iii) article, section, subsection, clause, schedule and exhibit references are to this Agreement or other Loan Document, as the case may be, unless otherwise specified; (iv) reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns; (v) reference to any agreement, including this Agreement and any other Loan Document together with the schedules and exhibits hereto or thereto, document or instrument shall mean such agreement, document or instrument as amended, modified, replaced, substituted for, superseded or restated; (vi) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” shall mean “from and including,” “to” shall mean “to but excluding,” and “through” shall mean “through and including”; (vii) 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, (viii) section headings herein and in each other Loan Document are included for convenience and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or such Loan Document, (ix) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (x) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall constitute references to Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Time, as applicable.
1.3 Accounting Principles; Changes in GAAP. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all computations and determinations as to accounting or financial matters and all financial statements to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be made and prepared in accordance with GAAP (including principles of consolidation where appropriate), and all accounting or financial terms shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms by GAAP; provided, however, that all accounting terms used in Section 8.2 [Negative Covenants] (and all defined terms used in the definition of any accounting term used in Section 8.2 [Negative Covenants]) shall have the meaning given to such terms (and defined terms) under GAAP as in effect on the date hereof applied on a basis consistent with those used in preparing Statements referred to in Section 6.1.6(i) [Historical Statements]. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that the Borrower wishes to amend any financial covenant in Section 8.2 [Negative Covenants], any related definition and/or the definition of the term Total
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Net Leverage Ratio for purposes of interest, Letter of Credit Fee and Commitment Fee determinations to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP occurring after the Closing Date on the operation of such financial covenants and/or interest, Letter of Credit Fee or Commitment Fee determinations (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower in writing that the Required Lenders wish to amend any financial covenant in Section 8.2 [Negative Covenants], any related definition and/or the definition of the term Total Net Leverage Ratio for purposes of interest, Letter of Credit Fee and Commitment Fee determinations to eliminate the effect of any such change in GAAP), then the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratios or requirements 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, the Loan Parties’ compliance with such covenants and/or the definition of the term Total Net Leverage Ratio for purposes of interest, Letter of Credit Fee and Commitment Fee determinations shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenants or definitions are amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required Lenders, and the Loan Parties shall provide to the Administrative Agent, when they deliver their financial statements pursuant to Sections 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] and 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements], such reconciliation statements as shall be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything else set forth herein, any lease that was or would have been treated as an operating lease under GAAP as in effect on December 14, 2018 that would become or be treated as a capital lease solely as a result of a change in GAAP after December 14, 2018 shall always be treated as an operating lease for all purposes and at all times under this Agreement.
1.4 Currency Calculations. All financial statements and Compliance Certificates shall be set forth in Dollars. For purposes of preparing the financial statements, calculating financial covenants and determining compliance with covenants expressed in Dollars, Optional Currencies shall be converted to Dollars in accordance with GAAP.
1.5 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any LLC Division: (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its equity interests at such time.
1.6 Benchmark Replacement Notification. Section 4.4.4 [Benchmark Replacement Setting] of this Agreement provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest in the event that any Benchmark, for any applicable Currency, is no longer available or in certain other circumstances. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of or calculation of, or any other matter related to, any Benchmark, for any applicable Currency, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate therefor (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, such Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or
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composition of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any Benchmark for any applicable Currency, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower or any other person or entity. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity 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 calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
1.7 Limited Condition Transactions; Other Calculations.
1.7.1 Limited Condition Transactions. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Loan Document to the contrary, when (i) calculating any applicable ratio in connection with the making of an Investment, (ii) determining the accuracy of any representation or warranty, (iii) determining whether any Potential Default or Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would result from any action, or (iv) determining compliance with any other condition precedent to any action or transaction, in each case of clauses (i) through (iv) in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction (but not in connection with any Borrowing of Loans or other extension of credit under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than the incurrence of an Incremental Term Loan the proceeds of which are being used to finance such Limited Condition Transaction, if agreed to by the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan and subject to the terms hereof), the date of determination of such ratio, the accuracy of such representation or warranty (but taking into account any earlier date specified therein), whether any Potential Default or Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would result therefrom, or the satisfaction of any other condition precedent shall, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”), be deemed to be the date of that the definitive agreement for such Investment is entered into (the “LCT Test Date”). If on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any (x) incurrence of Indebtedness (other than any Borrowing of Loans or other extension of credit under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than the incurrence of an Incremental Term Loan the proceeds of which are being used to finance such Limited Condition Transaction, if agreed to by the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan and subject to the terms hereof) and the use of proceeds thereof and (y) granting of Liens) such ratios, representations and warranties, absence of defaults, satisfaction of conditions precedent and other provisions are calculated as if such Limited Condition Transaction or other transactions had occurred at the beginning of the most recent fiscal quarter ending prior to the LCT Test Date for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] or 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements], as applicable, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with the applicable ratios or other provisions, such provisions shall be deemed to have been complied with, unless an Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.1.1 [Payments Under Loan Documents] or 9.1.12 [Relief Proceedings] shall be continuing on the date such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated; provided that, with
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respect to the incurrence of an Incremental Term Loan the proceeds of which are being used to finance an Limited Condition Transaction, if required by the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan, the representations and warranties which must be accurate at the time of the funding of such Incremental Term Loan may include customary “specified representations,” customary “specified acquisition agreement representations,” and such other representations and warranties as may be required by such Lenders. For the avoidance of doubt, subject to the foregoing exceptions, (i) if any of such ratios, representations and warranties, absence of defaults, satisfaction of conditions precedent or other provisions are exceeded or breached as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA), a change in facts and circumstances or other provisions at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Transaction, such ratios, representations and warranties, absence of defaults, satisfaction of conditions precedent and other provisions will not be deemed to have been exceeded, breached, or otherwise failed as a result of such fluctuations or changed circumstances solely for purposes of determining whether the Limited Condition Transaction and any related transactions are permitted hereunder and (ii) such ratios and compliance with such conditions shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction. If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to any other transaction on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earliest of (i) the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated, (ii) the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, and (iii) 90 days after the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated (x) on a pro forma basis but without giving effect to such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any (1) incurrence of Indebtedness (other than any Borrowing of Loans or other extension of credit under this Agreement or any other Loan Document) and the use of proceeds thereof and (2) granting of Liens) have been consummated and (y) on a pro forma basis giving effec