(B)禁止:(I)貸款收益的任何部分(或任何信用證或替代信用證)不得直接使用,或據任何貸款方或其任何附屬公司所知,(A)向任何政府官員或僱員、政黨、政黨官員、政黨候選人或其他以官方身份行事的人支付任何款項,以獲取、保留或指導業務或獲得任何不正當利益,違反經修訂的《1977年美國反海外腐敗法》(The United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Of 1977)。
(ii) 信貸安排不包括的金額“指(1)$17500萬(或其以其他貨幣計算的等值)及(2)0.25%乘以本公司、任何獲准聯屬母公司及受限制附屬公司在測試期內的預計EBITDA,兩者以較大者爲準。貨幣協議“就某人而言,指該人爲當事一方或受益人的任何外匯合約、貨幣互換協議、期貨合約、期權合約、衍生工具或其他類似協議。化武集團指原始借款人根據2027年高級擔保票據契約發行的2027年到期的5.75%高級擔保票據。現有高級擔保票據契約指截至2019年4月5日,原借款人(發行人)、豐業銀行(證券託管人)和紐約梅隆公司信託服務有限公司(受託人)之間的契約,經不時修訂、補充或以其他方式修改。公平市價在本協議中使用該術語的任何地方(除非本協議另有明確規定),可由董事會、公司高級管理人員或高級管理人員或允許的關聯母公司本着善意最終確定。催化裂化“指的是美國聯邦通信委員會。優先留置權指對部分或全部抵押品的任何留置權,這些抵押品對或打算對抵押品進行排名平價通行證對義務和擔保的留置權,包括任何平價通行證憑藉任何債權人間協議或任何其他協議或文書;提供進一步
1.重新確認2015年4月2日巴巴多斯法律管轄的股票抵押契約,該契約由Sable Holding Limited作爲起訴人,豐業銀行(作爲法國巴黎銀行的繼任者)作爲證券受託人,以及Columbus International Inc.就Columbus International Inc.的股票做出。
2.再次確認一份日期爲2020年1月10日的巴巴多斯法律管轄的股份抵押契約,該契約由Sable Holding Limited作爲起訴人,豐業銀行作爲證券受託人和Columbus International Inc.就Columbus International Inc.的股份作出。
proviso and subject to Section 2.13, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
Section 10.04. Attorney Costs and Expenses.
The Arrangers shall bear their own costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, syndication and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated). From and after the 2020 Amendment Effective Date, the Company shall pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and/or the Security Trustee for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, and including all respective Attorney Costs, which shall be limited to Attorney Costs of one counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders taken as a whole and one local counsel as reasonably necessary in any relevant jurisdiction material to the interests of the Lenders taken as a whole and solely in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to the affected Indemnitees similarly situated). The agreements in this Section 10.04 shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations. All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be paid within 30 days after written demand therefor (together with documentation and details supporting such reimbursement request). If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by it hereunder or under any Loan Document, such amount may be paid on behalf of such Loan Party by the Administrative Agent in its discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10.04 shall not apply to Taxes, except any Taxes that represent costs and expenses arising from any non-Tax claim.
Section 10.05. Indemnification by the Borrower.
Each Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the Security Trustee, each Agent-Related Person, each Lender, each Arranger, each Bookrunner and each of their respective Affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, partners, agents, advisors and other representatives of the foregoing (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, claims, or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs but limited in the case of legal fees and expenses to the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel to all Indemnitees taken as a whole and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel for all Indemnitees taken as a whole in each relevant jurisdiction, and solely in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to the affected Indemnitees similarly situated) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) any Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or Alternative Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom including any refusal by an L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit or Alternative Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or Alternative Letter of Credit, (c) any actual or alleged Environmental Liability of the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary thereof, or (d) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) (a “Proceeding”) and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto or whether or not such Proceeding is brought by any Borrower or any other Person and, in each case, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the negligence of the Indemnitee; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, losses, damages, claims or out-of-pocket expenses resulted from (i) the fraud, gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or of any of its Related Indemnified Persons, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) a material breach of any obligations under any Loan Document by such Indemnitee or of any of its Related Indemnified Persons, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (iii) any dispute solely among Indemnitees other than any claims against an Indemnitee in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as an administrative agent or arranger or any similar role under any Facility and other than any claims arising out of any act or omission of any Borrower or any of its Affiliates (as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of
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competent jurisdiction). No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement (except for direct (as opposed to indirect, special, punitive or consequential) damages resulting from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment, of any such Indemnitee), nor shall any Indemnitee, Related Indemnified Person, Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the 2020 Amendment Effective Date) (other than, in the case of any Loan Party, in respect of any such damages incurred or paid by an Indemnitee to a third party, or which are included in a third-party claim, and for any out-of-pocket expenses related thereto). In the case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section 10.05 applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Loan Party, any Subsidiary thereof, its directors, stockholders or creditors or an Indemnitee or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnitee is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents are consummated. All amounts due under this Section 10.05 shall be paid within ten days after written demand therefor (together with backup documentation supporting such reimbursement request); provided that such Indemnitee shall promptly refund such amount to the extent that there is a final judicial or arbitral determination that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification rights with respect to such payment pursuant to the express terms of this Section 10.05. The agreements in this Section 10.05 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10.05 shall not apply to Taxes, except any Taxes that represent liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, prepayments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements arising from any non-Tax claims.
To the extent that any Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under this Section 10.05 or Section 10.04 to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), an L/C Issuer, an Alternative L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such L/C Issuer, such Alternative L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), an L/C Issuer or an Alternative L/C Issuer in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this paragraph are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(e).
Section 10.06. Payments Set Aside.
To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer, any Alternative L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer, any Alternative L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer, such Alternative L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender, each L/C Issuer and each Alternative L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect (or such other applicable daily interest rate as reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent). The obligations of the Lenders, L/C Issuers and Alternative L/C Issuers under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
Section 10.07. Successors and Assigns.
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(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (except as permitted by Section 5.01 of Annex II) and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Assignee pursuant to an assignment made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(b) (such an assignee, an “Eligible Assignee”) and (A) in the case of any Assignee that, immediately prior to or upon giving effect to such assignment, is an Affiliated Lender, solely Section 10.07(k) or (B) in the case of any Assignee that is a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, solely Section 2.05(a)(v) or Section 10.07(l), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(e), (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 10.07(g) or Section 10.07(i) or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(h) (each, a “New Lender”); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender may assign or transfer by participation any of its rights or obligations hereunder (1) to any Person that is then a Defaulting Lender, (2) to a natural Person or, subject to Section 10.07(b), a Disqualified Institution or (3) where such rights and obligations relate to a Loan to a UK Borrower, to any Person that is not a UK Qualifying Lender. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Section 10.07(e), any sub-agents of the Administrative Agent or the Security Trustee, and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice to the Company of any request by a Lender to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder to any Person that is on the Disqualified Institutions List or, to the extent it has knowledge, any Person that is an Affiliate of a Person on the Disqualified Institutions List; provided that the Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to the Disqualified Institutions List or any assignments to any Disqualified Institution.
(b) (i) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10.07(a) and the conditions set forth in Section 10.07(b)(ii), any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (“Assignees”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this Section 10.07(b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, except (x) in connection with a proposed assignment to any Disqualified Institution or (y) with respect to the consent of the Company for an assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment or Revolving Credit Loan) of:
(A) the Company; provided that no consent of the Company shall be required (1) for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, (2) for an assignment of, or related to, Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Exposure if such assignment is to an entity which is a lender under any revolving credit facility for any member of the Restricted Group or the Wider Group, (3) other than with respect to any proposed assignment to any Person that is a Disqualified Institution, if an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or, solely with respect to the applicable Borrower, Section 8.01(f) has occurred and is continuing, or (4) for an assignment of all or a portion of the Loans pursuant to Section 10.07(k) or Section 10.07(l); provided, further, that, other than with respect to any proposed assignment to any Person that is a Disqualified Institution, the Company shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment of, or related to, Term Loans unless it shall have objected thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 15 Business Days after having received notice thereof;
(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or a portion of the Loans pursuant to Section 10.07(k) or Section 10.07(l);
(C) each applicable L/C Issuer at the time of such assignment; provided that no consent of the applicable L/C Issuer shall be required for any assignment of Term Loans or Term Commitments, any assignment of Revolving Credit Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments that are not Participating Revolving Credit Commitments with respect to such L/C Issuer, or any assignment to the Administrative Agent or an Arranger or Bookrunner or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or an Arranger or Bookrunner; and
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(D) each applicable Swing Line Lender; provided that no consent of a Swing Line Lender shall be required for any assignment of Term Loans or Term Commitments, any assignment of Revolving Credit Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments that are not Participating Revolving Credit Commitments with respect to such Swing Line Lender, or any assignment to the Administrative Agent or an Arranger or Bookrunner or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or an Arranger or Bookrunner;
provided that, to the extent contemplated by any Intercreditor Agreement, the Assignee shall have entered into any documentation required for it to accede as a party to such Intercreditor Agreement in the relevant capacity (which documentation may include an Assignment and Assumption to the extent the relevant accession provisions are included therein).
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary set forth herein, to the extent any Lender is required to assign any portion of its Commitments, Loans and other rights, duties and obligations hereunder in order to comply with applicable Laws, such assignment may be made by such Lender without the consent of the Company, the Administrative Agent, any applicable L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, any applicable Swing Line Lender or any other party hereto so long as such Lender complies with the requirements of Section 10.07(b)(ii); provided that to the extent applicable Laws do not require any Lender to assign any portion of its Commitments, Loans and other rights, duties and obligations hereunder to any specific Person, the Company, the Administrative Agent, any applicable L/C Issuer, any applicable Alternative L/C Issuer, any applicable Swing Line Lender or any other party hereto shall maintain any consent rights pursuant to this Section 10.07(b)(i).
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than an amount of $5,000,000 in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Loans and $1,000,000 in the case of Term Loans or Term Commitments unless each of the Company and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided that such assignments shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;
(B) unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Company, no Lender shall be entitled to effect any assignment or transfer which would result in the Assignee holding an aggregate participation of more than zero but less than (1) $5,000,000 in relation to any Revolving Credit Loan or Revolving Credit Commitment or (2) $1,000,000 in relation to any Term Loan or Term Commitment;
(C) in relation to its Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments (unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Company), no Lender shall be entitled to effect any assignment or transfer other than to the extent such transfers and assignments are on a pro rata basis as between the relevant Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments under each Class under which it is a Lender;
(D) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (unless waived or reduced by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion); and
(E) other than in the case of assignments pursuant to Section 10.07(l), the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
This Section 10.07(b) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Facilities on a non-pro rata basis among such Facilities.
In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein,
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the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Company and the Administrative Agent, the applicable Pro Rata Share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (1) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (2) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full Pro Rata Share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Pro Rata Share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
(c) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.07(d), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, (i) other than in connection with an assignment pursuant to Section 10.07(l), the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement; provided that an Assignee will not be eligible for benefits under Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.04 or 3.09 where the relevant payment under Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.04 or 3.09, as applicable, is required as a result of circumstances existing on the effective date of the Assignment and Assumption, to the extent such benefits would not have been available to the assignor had the assignor remained a Lender, and (ii) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, and the surrender by the assigning Lender of its Note, the applicable Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender; provided that, except as otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 10.07(c) shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 10.07(e).
(d) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption, each Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption delivered to it, and each notice of cancellation of any Loans delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 10.07(k) or Section 10.07(l) and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Loans, L/C Obligations (specifying the Unreimbursed Amounts and the Drawn Amounts thereof), L/C Borrowings, Alternative L/C Borrowings and the amounts due under Section 2.03, owing to each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrowers and the Finance Parties shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company, and any Finance Party, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. This Section 10.07(d) and Section 2.11 shall be construed so that all Loans are at all times maintained in 「registered form」 within the meaning of Section 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related United States Department of the Treasury Regulations (or any other relevant or successor provisions of the Code or of such United States Department of the Treasury Regulations). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Administrative Agent be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender is an Affiliated Lender nor shall the Administrative Agent be obligated to monitor the aggregate amount of Term Loans held by Affiliated Lenders.
(e) Subject to Section 10.07(f), any Lender, without consent of, or notice to, the Company or the Administrative Agent, may at any time sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, any Borrower or any Borrower’s Affiliate or its Subsidiaries, a Disqualified Institution or a Defaulting Lender) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement
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(including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Company, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clauses (i) through (x) of the first proviso to Section 10.01 that requires the affirmative vote of such Lender. Subject to Section 10.07(f), the Company agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 3.09 to the same extent as if it were a Lender (subject, for the avoidance of doubt, to the limitations and requirements of those Sections (including Section 3.01(d)) applying to each Participant as if it were a Lender, and it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.01(d) shall be delivered to the Discount Prepayment Participating Lender) and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.07(c). To the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.09 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. The portion of any Participant Register relating to any Participant requesting payment from the applicable Borrower or seeking to exercise its rights under Section 10.09 shall be available for inspection by the applicable Borrower upon reasonable request to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Department of the Treasury Regulations, or is otherwise required thereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register or with respect to the sale of participations to any Person that is a Disqualified Institution.
(f) If:
(i) a Lender assigns or transfers any participation to a Participant or changes its Lending Office; and
(ii) as a result of circumstances existing at the date of the assignment or transfer or change, a Loan Party would be obliged to make a payment to the Participant or Lender acting through its new Lending Office under Section 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.09,
then the Participant or Lender acting through its new Lending Office shall only be entitled to receive payment under those Sections to the same extent as the Participant or Lender acting through its existing Lending Office would have been if the assignment, transfer or change had not occurred. This Section 10.07(f) shall not apply to: (a) an assignment or transfer in the ordinary course of primary syndication of the Loans or (b) in relation to Section 3.02(c) or (d), to a new lender that has included a confirmation of its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with Section 3.03(c)(i) or (ii) and such Loan Party making the payment has not filed a form DTTP2 with HMRC in respect of that new lender within 30 days following the date of the Assignment and Assumption or Increase Confirmation (as applicable).
(g) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any other central bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
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(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan, (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof and (iii) such SPC and the applicable Loan or any applicable part thereof, shall be appropriately reflected in the Participant Register. Each party hereto hereby agrees that (A) an SPC shall be entitled to the benefit of Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 3.05 and 3.09 (subject to the requirements and the limitations of such Sections and it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.01(d) shall be delivered to the Granting Lender), but neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement except, in the case of Section 3.01, to the extent that the grant to the SPC was made with the prior written consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall have a reasonable basis for withholding consent if an exercise by an SPC immediately after the grant would result in materially increased indemnification obligation to the Company at such time), (B) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and (C) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the Lender hereunder. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (1) with notice to, but without prior consent of the Company and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a processing fee of $3,500, assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (2) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC. If a Granting Lender grants an option to an SPC as described herein and such grant is not reflected in the Register, the Granting Lender shall maintain a separate register on which it records the name and address of each SPC and the principal amounts (and related interest) of each SPC’s interest with respect to the Loans, Commitments or other interests hereunder, which entries shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose any portion of such register to any Person except to the extent disclosure is necessary to establish that the Loans, Commitments or other interests hereunder are in registered form for United States federal income tax purposes.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, without the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent, (i) any Lender may in accordance with applicable Law create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and any Note held by it and (ii) any Lender that is a fund may create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and any Note held by it to the trustee for holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such fund as security for such obligations or securities; provided that unless and until such trustee actually becomes a Lender in compliance with the other provisions of this Section 10.07, (A) no such pledge shall release the pledging Lender from any of its obligations under the Loan Documents and (B) such trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of a Lender under the Loan Documents even though such trustee may have acquired ownership rights with respect to the pledged interest through foreclosure or otherwise.
(j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any L/C Issuer, any Alternative L/C Issuer or any Swing Line Lender may, upon 30 days’ notice to the Company and the Lenders, resign as an L/C Issuer, Alternative L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, respectively; provided that on or prior to the expiration of such 30-day period with respect to such resignation, the relevant L/C Issuer, Alternative L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender shall have identified a successor L/C Issuer, Alternative L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender reasonably acceptable to the Company willing to accept its appointment as successor L/C Issuer, Alternative L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable. In the event of any such resignation of an L/C Issuer, Alternative L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Company shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders willing to accept such appointment a successor L/C Issuer, Alternative L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided that no failure by the Company to appoint any such successor or by the relevant L/C Issuer, Alternative L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender to designate any such successor shall affect the resignation of the relevant L/C Issuer, Alternative L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, except as expressly provided above. If an L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer resigns as an L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the
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rights and obligations of an L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit or Alternative Letters of Credit, as applicable, outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If a Swing Line Lender resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of a Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c).
(k) Any Lender may at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations with respect to Term Loans under this Agreement to a Person who is or will become, after such assignment, an Affiliated Lender solely through (x) Dutch auctions or other offers to purchase or take by assignment open to all Lenders on a pro rata basis (including in accordance with the procedures described in Section 2.05(a)(v) or as otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent) or (y) open market purchase on a non-pro rata basis, in each case subject to the following limitations:
(i) the assigning Lender and the Affiliated Lender purchasing such Lender’s Term Loans shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an assignment agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto (an “Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption”);
(ii) Affiliated Lenders will not receive information provided solely to Lenders by the Administrative Agent or any Lender and will not be permitted to attend or participate in conference calls or meetings attended solely by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans or Commitments required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Article II;
(iii) (A) each Affiliated Lender that purchases any Term Loans pursuant to clause (x) above shall represent and warrant to the selling Lender and the Administrative Agent (other than any other Affiliated Lender), or shall make a statement that such representation cannot be made, that it does not possess material non-public information with respect to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries or the securities of any of them that has not been disclosed to the Term Lenders generally (other than Term Lenders who elect not to receive such information) and (B) each Lender (other than any other Affiliated Lender) that assigns any Term Loans to an Affiliated Lender pursuant to clause (y) above shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Company a customary Big Boy Letter;
(iv) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans held at any one time by Affiliated Lenders shall not exceed 30% of the principal amount of all Term Loans at such time outstanding (such percentage, the “Affiliated Lender Cap”); provided that to the extent any assignment to an Affiliated Lender would result in the aggregate principal amount of all Loans held by Affiliated Lenders exceeding the Affiliated Lender Cap, the assignment of such excess amount will be void ab initio; provided, further, that such cap shall not apply to Loans assigned to Affiliated Lenders where the assignment is in relation to a Qualifying Assignment; and
(v) as a condition to each assignment pursuant to this Section 10.07(k), the Administrative Agent and the Company shall have been provided a notice in the form of Exhibit E-2 to this Agreement in connection with each assignment to an Affiliated Lender or a Person that upon effectiveness of such assignment would constitute an Affiliated Lender pursuant to which such Affiliated Lender shall waive any right to bring any action in connection with such Term Loans against the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as such.
Each Affiliated Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent promptly (and in any event within ten Business Days) if it acquires any Person who is also a Lender, and each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent promptly (and in any event within ten Business Days) if it becomes an Affiliated Lender. Such notice shall contain the type of information required and be delivered to the same addressee as set forth in Exhibit E-2.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Affiliated Lender that has purchased Term Loans pursuant to this Section 10.07(k) may, in its sole discretion, contribute, directly or indirectly, the
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principal amount of such Term Loans, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (except to the extent owing to or for the account of any direct or indirect assignor Lender), to the relevant Borrower for the purpose of cancelling and extinguishing such Term Loans. Upon the date of such contribution, assignment or transfer, (A) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Term Loans of the relevant Class shall reflect such cancellation and extinguishing of such Term Loans and (B) the relevant Borrower shall promptly provide notice to the Administrative Agent of such contribution of such Term Loans, and the Administrative Agent, upon receipt of such notice, shall reflect the cancellation of such Term Loans in the Register.
(l) Any Lender may, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations with respect to Term Loans under this Agreement to a Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries solely through (x) Dutch auctions or other offers to purchase open to all Lenders on a pro rata basis (including in accordance with procedures of the type described in Section 2.05(a)(v)) or (y) notwithstanding Sections 2.12 and 2.13 or any other provision in this Agreement, open market purchase on a non-pro rata basis; provided that:
(i) upon such assignment, transfer or contribution, such Loan Party or Subsidiary shall automatically be deemed to have contributed the principal amount of such Term Loans, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to a Borrower; and
(ii) (A) the principal amount of such Term Loans, along with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (except to the extent owing to or for the account of any direct or indirect assignor Lender), so contributed, assigned or transferred to a Borrower shall be deemed automatically cancelled and extinguished on the date of such contribution, assignment or transfer, (B) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Term Loans of the relevant Class shall reflect such cancellation and extinguishing of such Term Loans and (C) such Borrower shall promptly provide notice to the Administrative Agent of such contribution, assignment or transfer of such Term Loans, and the Administrative Agent, upon receipt of such notice, shall reflect the cancellation of such Term Loans in the Register.
(m) Notwithstanding anything in Section 10.01 or the definitions of 「Required Lenders」 or 「Required Class Lenders」 to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders and Required Class Lenders (in respect of a Class of Term Loans) have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document or any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, or subject to Section 10.07(n), any plan of reorganization pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document, or (iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, no Affiliated Lender shall have any right to consent (or not consent), otherwise act or direct or require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to take (or refrain from taking) any such action, and all Term Loans held by any Affiliated Lenders shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether the Required Lenders, Required Class Lenders (in respect of a Class of Term Loans) or all Lenders have taken any actions, except that no amendment, modification or waiver of any Loan Document shall, without the consent of the applicable Affiliated Lender, deprive any Affiliated Lender of its Pro Rata Share of any payment to which all Lenders of the applicable Class of Term Loans are entitled or affect an Affiliated Lender in a manner that is disproportionate to the effect on any Lender of the same Class of Term Loans.
(n) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary, each Affiliated Lender hereby agrees that (and each Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption shall provide a confirmation that) if a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law shall be commenced by or against any Loan Party at a time when such Affiliated Lender is a Lender, such Affiliated Lender irrevocably authorizes and empowers the Administrative Agent to vote on behalf of such Affiliated Lender with respect to the Term Loans held by such Affiliated Lender in a manner such that all Affiliated Lenders will be deemed to vote in the same proportion as Lenders that are not Affiliated Lenders, unless the Administrative Agent instructs such Affiliated Lender to vote, in which case such Affiliated Lender shall vote with respect to the Term Loans held by it in order to provide that all Affiliated Lenders will be deemed to vote in the same proportion as Lenders that are not Affiliated Lenders; provided that such Affiliated Lender shall be entitled to vote in accordance with its sole discretion (and not in accordance with the direction of the Administrative Agent) in connection with any plan of reorganization to the extent any such plan of reorganization proposes to treat any Obligations held by such
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Affiliated Lender in a manner that has a disproportionate effect on such Affiliated Lender as compared to the proposed treatment of similar Obligations held by Term Lenders that are not Affiliated Lenders.
(o) [Reserved].
(p) The aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Term Loans of the applicable Class shall be deemed reduced by the full par value of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans purchased by, or contributed to (in each case, and immediately cancelled hereunder), any Borrower pursuant to Section 10.07(k) or (l) and the principal repayment instalments with respect to the Term Loans of such Class pursuant to Section 2.07(a)(i) shall be reduced pro rata by the par value of the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans so purchased or contributed (and subsequently cancelled), with such reduction being applied solely to the Term Loans of the Lenders which sold such Term Loans.
Section 10.08. Confidentiality.
Each of the Finance Parties agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information, except that Information may be disclosed: (a) to its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates’ managers, administrators, directors, officers, employees, trustees, partners, investors, investment advisors and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors and loan syndication service providers (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority or self-regulatory authority having or asserting jurisdiction over such Person (including any Governmental Authority regulating any Lender or its Affiliates); provided that the applicable Finance Party agrees that it will notify the Company prior to any such disclosure by such Person to the extent practicable (other than at the request of a regulatory authority or any self-regulatory authority having or asserting jurisdiction over such Person) unless such notification is prohibited by law, rule or regulation; (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; provided that the applicable Finance Party agrees that it will notify the Company as soon as practicable in the event of any such disclosure by such Person (other than at the request of a regulatory authority or any self-regulatory authority having or asserting jurisdiction over such Person) unless such notification is prohibited by law, rule or regulation; (d) to any other party to this Agreement; (e) subject to an agreement containing provisions at least as restrictive as those of this Section 10.08 (or as may otherwise be reasonably acceptable to the Company), to any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be an Additional Lender, any pledgee referred to in Section 10.07(g), or any actual or prospective direct or indirect counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrowers and their obligations, or any provider of credit insurance relating to the Borrowers and their obligations; (f) with the written consent of the Company; (g) to the extent such Information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.08 by such Finance Party or becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Lender, any L/C Issuer, any Alternative L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than a Loan Party or their respective Affiliates (so long as such source is not known to the Administrative Agent, such Arranger, such Lender, such L/C Issuer, such Alternative L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates to be bound by confidentiality obligations to any Loan Party); (h) to any rating agency when required by it on a customary basis and after consultation with the Company (it being understood that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Information relating to Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries received by it from such Lender); (i) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder, under any other Loan Document or the enforcement of its rights hereunder or thereunder; or (j) to the extent such Information is independently developed by such Person or its Affiliates so long as not based on Information obtained in a manner that would otherwise violate this Section 10.08.
For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof relating to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof or their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any other Finance Party on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.08 by such Finance Party; provided that all information received after the 2020 Amendment Effective Date from the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries shall be deemed confidential unless such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as not being confidential.
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Each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Alternative L/C Issuers and the Lenders acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.
Section 10.09. Setoff.
In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and its Affiliates (and the Administrative Agent, in respect of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses payable hereunder) is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Company, any such notice being waived by each Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held by, and other Indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender and its Affiliates or the Administrative Agent to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries against any and all Obligations (other than, with respect to any Guarantor, Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor) owing to such Lender and its Affiliates or the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender or Affiliate shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or Indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (a) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Alternative L/C Issuers and the Lenders, and (b) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent after any such set off and application made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent and each Lender under this Section 10.09 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Administrative Agent and such Lender may have at Law.
Section 10.10. Interest Rate Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent, an Arranger or a Bookrunner or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the relevant Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or such Arranger, Bookrunner or Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
Section 10.11. Counterparts; Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.
This Agreement and each other Loan Document may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by telecopier, .pdf or other electronic imaging means of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement and such other Loan Document. The Administrative Agent may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by telecopier, .pdf or other electronic imaging means be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by telecopier, .pdf or other electronic imaging means.
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The words 「execution,」 「signed,」 「signature,」 and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Section 10.12. Integration; Termination.
This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.
Section 10.13. Survival of Representations and Warranties.
All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than Obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements, Treasury Services Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations, in any such case, not then due and payable) or any Letter of Credit or Alternative Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized or back-stopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer such Letter of Credit or Alternative Letter of Credit has been deemed reissued under another agreement reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer).
Section 10.14. Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.14, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Alternative L/C Issuers or the Swing Line Lenders, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
Section 10.15. GOVERNING LAW; FORUM; PROCESS AGENT.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT (OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE
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TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY (BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN) OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE AND ANY APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH LOAN PARTY, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE OR SUPPORT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT WILL PREVENT ANY LENDER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FROM BRINGING ANY ACTION TO ENFORCE ANY AWARD OR JUDGMENT OR EXERCISE ANY RIGHT UNDER THE COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS OR AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR ANY OTHER PROPERTY OF ANY LOAN PARTY IN ANY OTHER FORUM IN WHICH JURISDICTION CAN BE ESTABLISHED. EACH LOAN PARTY, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES (OTHER THAN TELECOPIER) IN SECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
(c) EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY (I) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL WRITS, PROCESS AND SUMMONSES IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK MAY BE MADE UPON THE ORIGINAL CO-BORROWER (IN SUCH CAPACITY, THE “PROCESS AGENT”) AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY HEREBY CONFIRMS AND AGREES THAT THE PROCESS AGENT HAS BEEN DULY AND IRREVOCABLY APPOINTED AS ITS RESPECTIVE AGENT TO ACCEPT SUCH SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL SUCH WRITS, PROCESSES AND SUMMONSES, AND AGREES THAT THE FAILURE OF THE PROCESS AGENT TO GIVE ANY NOTICE OF ANY SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS TO THE OTHER BORROWERS OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY SHALL NOT IMPAIR OR AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF SUCH SERVICE OR OF ANY JUDGMENT BASED THEREON. IF THE PROCESS AGENT SHALL CEASE TO SERVE AS AGENT FOR THE OTHER BORROWERS OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY TO RECEIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS HEREUNDER, EACH OF THE BORROWERS AND THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL PROMPTLY APPOINT A SUCCESSOR AGENT SATISFACTORY TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. EACH OF THE OTHER BORROWERS AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY HEREBY FURTHER CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING THEREOF BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, AT ITS NOTICE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, AND (II) AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW, OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
Section 10.16. WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
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Section 10.17. Binding Effect.
This Agreement shall become effective when (a) it shall have been executed by the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent and (b) the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by each Lender, Swing Line Lender, L/C Issuer and Alternative L/C Issuer that each such Lender, Swing Line Lender, L/C Issuer and Alternative L/C Issuer has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Loan Parties, each Lender, each other Person that becomes party hereto and each of their respective successors and assigns, in each case in accordance with Section 10.07 (if applicable).
Section 10.18. USA Patriot Act.
Each Lender that is subject to the USA Patriot Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name, address and tax identification number of such Loan Party and other information regarding such Loan Party that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the USA Patriot Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act and is effective as to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
Section 10.19. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.
In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (a) (i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent and the other Arrangers are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the other Arrangers and the Lenders, on the other hand, (ii) each Loan Party has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (iii) each Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (b) (i) the Administrative Agent, each other Arranger and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for each Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person and (ii) neither the Administrative Agent, any other Arranger nor any Lender has any obligation to the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (c) the Administrative Agent, the other Arrangers, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Arranger nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, each Loan Party hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the other Arrangers and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
Section 10.20. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENTS.
(a) PURSUANT TO THE EXPRESS TERMS OF EACH INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE TERMS OF THE RELEVANT INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE PROVISIONS OF THE RELEVANT INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
(b) EACH LENDER AUTHORIZES AND INSTRUCTS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT TO ENTER INTO THE RELEVANT INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF SUCH LENDER, AND TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS (AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS) REQUIRED (OR DEEMED ADVISABLE) BY IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT(S). EACH LENDER AGREES TO BE BOUND BY AND WILL TAKE NO ACTIONS CONTRARY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE RELEVANT INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.
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(c) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 10.20 ARE NOT INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE ALL RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE RELEVANT INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. REFERENCE MUST BE MADE TO THE RELEVANT INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ITSELF TO UNDERSTAND ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF. EACH LENDER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING ITS OWN ANALYSIS AND REVIEW OF THE RELEVANT INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS THEREOF, AND NO AGENT (AND NONE OF ITS AFFILIATES) MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION TO ANY LENDER AS TO THE SUFFICIENCY OR ADVISABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE RELEVANT INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.
(d) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 10.20 SHALL APPLY WITH EQUAL FORCE, MUTATIS MUTANDIS, TO EACH INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND ANY OTHER INTERCREDITOR ARRANGEMENT PERMITTED BY THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 10.21. Additional Parties.
(a) Permitted Affiliate Group and Affiliate Subsidiary Designation.
The Company may at any time provide the Administrative Agent with notice that it wishes to designate and include (x) any Affiliate of the Company (other than a Subsidiary of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent) (upon satisfaction of the conditions in this Section 10.21(a), any such Affiliate an “Affiliate Subsidiary”) (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, such Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries) or (y) any Affiliate of the Company (upon satisfaction of the conditions in this Section 10.21(a), any such Affiliate “Permitted Affiliate Parent”) and the Subsidiaries of any such Permitted Affiliate Parent as members of the Restricted Group for the purposes of this Agreement. Such Affiliate shall (in the case of clause (x)) become an Affiliate Subsidiary (an “Affiliate Subsidiary Accession”) and a Restricted Subsidiary or (in the case of clause (y)) a Permitted Affiliate Parent (a “Permitted Affiliate Parent Accession”) and such Subsidiaries thereof shall become Restricted Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent designated as such in accordance with this Agreement) for the purposes of this Agreement upon confirmation from the Administrative Agent to the Company that such Affiliate and the Company have complied with the requirements of:
(A) Section 10.21(b) and such Affiliate has acceded to this Agreement as a Borrower; or
(B) Section 10.21(c) and such Affiliate has acceded to this Agreement as a Guarantor;
provided that, prior to or immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(ii) The Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent may designate that any Permitted Affiliate Parent is no longer a Permitted Affiliate Parent (a “Permitted Affiliate Parent Release”) or that an Affiliate Subsidiary is no longer an Affiliate Subsidiary (an “Affiliate Subsidiary Release”); provided that immediately after giving effect to such Permitted Affiliate Parent Release or Affiliate Subsidiary Release, as applicable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof and either (A) the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a) of Annex II or (B) the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio would be no greater than it was immediately prior to giving effect to such designation, in each case, on a pro forma basis taking into account such Permitted Affiliate Parent Release or Affiliate Subsidiary Release, as applicable.
(iii) Concurrently with a Permitted Affiliate Parent Accession or an Affiliate Subsidiary Accession, the immediate Holding Company of such Permitted Affiliate Parent or Affiliate Subsidiary, as applicable, will grant a Lien pursuant to a Collateral Document over all the issued capital stock or share capital of such Permitted Affiliate Parent or Affiliate Subsidiary, as applicable, as security for the Obligations in favor of the Security Trustee and in form and substance satisfactory to the Security Trustee (acting reasonably).
(b) Additional Borrowers.
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(i) Subject to Section 10.21(b)(ii), the Company or any Permitted Affiliate Parent may, upon not less than five Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, request that it or any Permitted Affiliate Parent, any Affiliate Subsidiary or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a member of the Restricted Group becomes an Additional Borrower under this Agreement.
(ii) Any such Person referred to in Section 10.21(b)(i) may become an Additional Borrower with respect to a Facility if:
(A) it is incorporated, registered or organized under the laws of an Approved Key Jurisdiction for that Facility (provided that, where such Additional Borrower is incorporated in Barbados, such entity shall only be deemed to satisfy this requirement if it is established as a body corporate which is licensed under the International Business Companies Act or any other regime which provides the same or substantially similar benefits thereto in Barbados) or the Required Lenders under such Facility have approved the addition of that Person as an Additional Borrower;
(B) such Person and the Company deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly completed and executed joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent pursuant to which such Person agrees to become a party to this Agreement as an Additional Borrower;
(C) the Company confirms that no Event of Default is continuing or would occur as a result of such Person becoming an Additional Borrower;
(D) the Administrative Agent (for and on behalf of the Lenders) shall have received, at least three Business Days prior to the date of accession of such Person as an Additional Borrower, all documentation and other information about such Person required under applicable 「know your customer」 and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including under the Beneficial Ownership Regulations (such information to include, for the avoidance of doubt, a Beneficial Ownership Certification for each entity that qualifies as a 「legal entity customer」 thereunder) and the USA Patriot Act, and satisfactory to each Finance Party (acting reasonably), that has been requested by the Administrative Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent and for itself) in writing at least ten days prior to the date of accession of such Person as an Additional Borrower;
(E) the Administrative Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 10.21 in relation to such Person, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(F) such Person shall have entered into all documentation required for it to (1) accede to (x) this Agreement as an Additional Borrower and (y) to the extent required by any Intercreditor Agreement, such Intercreditor Agreement as a 「debtor」 (or other relevant capacity) and/or to (2) have acknowledged any Intercreditor Agreement in the manner contemplated thereby.
(iii) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied that the conditions specified in Section 10.21(b)(ii) (and, in the case of any Permitted Affiliate Parent, Section 10.21(a)) have been satisfied.
(c) Additional Guarantors.
(i) Subject to Section 10.21(c)(ii), the Company or any Permitted Affiliate Parent may, upon not less than five Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, request that any Permitted Affiliate Parent, any Affiliate Subsidiary or any member of the Restricted Group becomes an Additional Guarantor under this Agreement.
(ii) Any such Person referred to in Section 10.21(c)(i) may become an Additional Guarantor if:
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(A) such Person and the Company deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly completed and executed joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(B) the Company confirms that no Event of Default is continuing or would occur as a result of such Person becoming an Additional Guarantor;
(C) the Administrative Agent (for and on behalf of the Lenders) shall have received, at least three Business Days prior to the date of accession of such Person as an Additional Guarantor, all documentation and other information about such Person required under applicable 「know your customer」 and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including under the Beneficial Ownership Regulations (such information to include, for the avoidance of doubt, a Beneficial Ownership Certification for each entity that qualifies as a 「legal entity customer」 thereunder) and the USA Patriot Act, and satisfactory to each Finance Party (acting reasonably), that has been requested by the Administrative Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent and for itself) in writing at least ten days prior to the date of accession of such Person as an Additional Guarantor;
(D) the Administrative Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 10.21 in relation to such Person, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(E) to the extent required by any Intercreditor Agreement, such Person shall have entered into all documentation required for it to accede to or acknowledge (as required) any applicable Intercreditor Agreement as a 「debtor」 (or other relevant capacity) or an Additional Guarantor (as defined thereunder).
(iii) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied that the conditions specified in Section 10.21(c)(ii) have been satisfied.
(d) Assumption of Rights and Obligations. Upon satisfactory delivery of a duly executed joinder to the Administrative Agent, together with the other documents required to be delivered under Section 10.21(b) or Section 10.21(c), the relevant Person, the Loan Parties and the Secured Parties, will assume such obligations towards one another and/or acquire such rights against each other as they would each have assumed or acquired had such Person been an original party to this Agreement as a Borrower or a Guarantor as the case may be and such Person shall become a party to this Agreement as an Additional Borrower and/or an Additional Guarantor as the case may be.
Section 10.22. Resignation of an Additional Borrower or an Additional Guarantor.
(a) With the prior consent of the Required Lenders, an Additional Borrower or Additional Guarantor may cease to be an Additional Borrower or an Additional Guarantor by delivering to the Administrative Agent a resignation letter.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall accept a resignation letter and notify the Company and the other Finance Parties of its acceptance if:
(i) the Company has confirmed that (A) no Event of Default is continuing or would result from the acceptance of the resignation letter and (B) no breach of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement would result from the acceptance of the resignation letter;
(ii) with respect to an Additional Borrower, such Additional Borrower is not under any present obligation to make any payment as a Borrower under any Loan Documents at such time; and
(iii) with respect to an Additional Guarantor, (A) if such Additional Guarantor is also an Additional Borrower, it has resigned as an Additional Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Section 10.22 and (B) such Additional Guarantor is not under any present obligation to make any payments under any Loan Documents at such time.
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(c) Upon notification by the Administrative Agent to the Company of its acceptance of the resignation of the relevant Additional Borrower or Additional Guarantor, that company shall cease to be an Additional Borrower or Additional Guarantor, as applicable, and shall have no further rights or obligations under the Loan Documents as an Additional Borrower or Additional Guarantor, as applicable.
Section 10.23. Judgment Currency.
If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrowers in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent from the Borrowers in the Agreement Currency, the Borrowers agree, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or the Person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in such currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to the Borrowers (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable Law).
Section 10.24. Continuing Obligations.
As of the 2020 Amendment Effective Date, this Agreement shall amend, and restate as amended, the 2018 Credit Agreement, but shall not constitute a novation thereof or in any way impair or otherwise affect the rights or obligations of the parties thereunder (including with respect to Loans and Commitments and representations and warranties made thereunder) except as such rights or obligations are amended or modified hereby. The 2018 Credit Agreement as amended and restated hereby shall be deemed to be a continuing agreement among the parties, and all documents, instruments and agreements delivered pursuant to or in connection with the 2018 Credit Agreement not amended and restated in connection with the entry of the parties into this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, each in accordance with its terms, as of the date of delivery or such other date as contemplated by such document, instrument or agreement to the same extent as if the modifications to the 2018 Credit Agreement contained herein were set forth in an amendment to the 2018 Credit Agreement in a customary form, unless such document, instrument or agreement has otherwise been terminated or has expired in accordance with or pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the 2018 Credit Agreement or such document, instrument or agreement or as otherwise agreed by the required parties hereto or thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, the execution of this Agreement or the Term B-5 Joinder by the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer, any Alternative L/C Issuer, any Swing Line Lender or any other Person party to the 2018 Credit Agreement immediately prior to the 2020 Amendment Effective Date shall constitute the irrevocable consent, approval and agreement of the Administrative Agent, such Lender, such L/C Issuer, such Alternative L/C Issuer, such Swing Line Lender and such other Person to the amendment and restatement of the 2018 Credit Agreement as provided in this Agreement and to the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein.
Section 10.25. Waiver of Immunities.
Each of the Loan Parties acknowledges and agrees that the activities contemplated by the provisions of the Loan Documents are commercial in nature rather than governmental or public and therefore acknowledges and agrees that such Loan Party is not entitled to any right of immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise with respect to such activities or in any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Loan Documents. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Loan Party, in respect of itself, its process agents and its properties (including its Subsidiaries) and revenues, expressly and irrevocably waives any such right of immunity which may now or hereafter exist (including any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any suit, execution, attachment (whether provisional or final, in aid of execution, prior to judgment or
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otherwise) or other legal process (including in any jurisdiction where immunity (whether or not claimed) may be attributed to it or its assets)) or claim thereto which may now or hereafter exist and irrevocably agrees not to assert any such right or claim of immunity in any such action or proceeding to the fullest extent permitted now or in the future by the Laws of any such jurisdiction. The Loan Parties agree that the waivers set forth in this Section 10.24 shall have the fullest effect permitted under applicable Law, including the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 of the United States of America (28 U.S.C. §§1602-1611) (the 「FSIA」), and are intended to be irrevocable and not subject to withdrawal for purposes of the FSIA.
ARTICLE XI GUARANTEE
Section 11.01. The Guaranty
Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally irrevocably with the other Guarantors guarantees, as a primary obligor and not as a surety, to each Secured Party and their respective successors and assigns, the prompt payment in full when due (whether at Stated Maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, demand, by acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest (including any interest, fees, costs or charges that would accrue but for the provisions of (i) the Bankruptcy Code after any bankruptcy or insolvency petition under the Bankruptcy Code and (ii) any other Debtor Relief Laws) on the Loans made by the Lenders to, and the Notes held by each Lender of, the Borrower, and all other Obligations (excluding, with respect to any Guarantor, any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor) from time to time owing to the Secured Parties by any Loan Party under any Loan Document or any Secured Hedge Agreement or any Treasury Services Agreement, in each case strictly in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being herein collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree that if the Borrowers or other Guarantor(s) shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Guarantors will promptly pay the same in cash, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
Section 11.02. Obligations Unconditional.
The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 11.01 shall constitute a guaranty of payment and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, are absolute, irrevocable and unconditional, joint and several, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement, the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or Guarantor (except for termination or release of a Guarantor’s obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms of Section 11.09). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law and except for termination or release of a Guarantor’s obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms of Section 11.09, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Guarantors hereunder which shall remain absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances as described above:
(a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Guarantors, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;
(b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement or the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be done or omitted;
(c) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be amended in any respect, or any right under the Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be amended or waived in any respect or any other
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guarantee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or except as permitted pursuant to Section 11.09, any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;
(d) any Lien or security interest granted to, or in favor of, an L/C Issuer, an Alternative L/C Issuer, any Lender or the Security Trustee shall fail to be perfected;
(e) the release of any other Guarantor pursuant to Section 11.09; or
(f) any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable (including for the benefit of any creditor of any Guarantor) or shall be subordinated to the claims of any Person (including any creditor of any Guarantor).
The Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that any Secured Party exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against the Borrowers under this Agreement or the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantors waive, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension, waiver, termination or accrual of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by any Secured Party upon this guarantee or acceptance of this guarantee, and the Guaranteed Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon this guarantee, and all dealings between the Borrowers and the Secured Parties shall likewise be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this guarantee. This guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to any right of offset with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations at any time or from time to time held by Secured Parties, and the obligations and liabilities of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be conditioned or contingent upon the pursuit by the Secured Parties or any other Person at any time of any right or remedy against the Borrowers or against any other Person which may be or become liable in respect of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or against any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto. This guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon the Guarantors and the successors and assigns thereof, and shall inure to the benefit of the Lenders, and their respective successors and assigns, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of this Agreement there may be no Guaranteed Obligations outstanding.
Section 11.03. Reinstatement.
The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article XI shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of the Borrowers or other Loan Party in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise. Each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Secured Parties and each holder of the Guaranteed Obligations in connection with such rescission or restoration including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under Debtor Relief Law.
Section 11.04. Subrogation; Subordination.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that until the irrevocable payment and satisfaction in full in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations and the expiration and termination of the Commitments of the Lenders under this Agreement it shall waive any claim and shall not exercise any right or remedy, direct or indirect, arising by reason of any performance by it of its guarantee in Section 11.01, whether by subrogation or otherwise, against the Borrowers or any other Guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations.
Section 11.05. Remedies.
The Guarantors jointly and severally agree that, as between the Guarantors and the Lenders, the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement and the Notes, if any, may be declared to be forthwith due
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and payable as provided in Section 8.02 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in Section 8.02) for purposes of Section 11.01, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against the Borrowers and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by the Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 11.01.
Section 11.06. Instrument for the Payment of Money.
Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the guarantee in this Article XI constitutes an instrument for the payment of money, and consents and agrees that any Lender or the Administrative Agent, at its sole option, in the event of a dispute by such Guarantor in the payment of any moneys due hereunder, shall have the right to bring a motion-action under New York CPLR Section 3213.
Section 11.07. Continuing Guarantee.
The guarantee in this Article XI is a continuing guarantee of payment and not of collection, and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising.
Section 11.08. General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations.
In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate limited partnership or limited liability company law, or any applicable state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other applicable Law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Guarantor under Section 11.01 would otherwise be held or determined to be void, voidable, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under Section 11.01, then, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Guarantor, any Loan Party or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 11.10) that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.
Section 11.09. Release of Guarantors.
(a) If, in compliance with the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents (and subject to the terms of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement):
(i) any Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary or a Permitted Affiliate Parent pursuant to a transaction or designation permitted by this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a Permitted Affiliate Parent Release or an Affiliate Subsidiary Release);
(ii) any Guarantor is an Affiliate Subsidiary and such Affiliate Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of or is merged into or with the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or another Restricted Subsidiary which is not an Affiliate Subsidiary;
(iii) any Guarantor is a Permitted Affiliate Parent and such Permitted Affiliate Parent becomes a Subsidiary of or is merged into or with the Initial Borrower, another Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary which is not an Affiliate Subsidiary;
(iv) all or substantially all of the Equity Interests or property of any Guarantor are sold or otherwise transferred to a Person or Persons, none of which is a Loan Party, in an Enforcement Sale or otherwise;
(v) a Guarantor is prohibited or restricted by applicable Law from guaranteeing the Obligations (other than customary legal and contractual limitations substantially similar to those provided for in this Agreement or the Guaranty); provided that such guarantee will be released as a whole or in part to the extent it is necessary to achieve compliance with such prohibition or restriction;
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(vi) a Guarantor is released from its obligations under the Loan Documents as a result of a transaction permitted by, and in compliance with, the covenant set forth in Section 5.01 of Annex II; provided that such Guarantor is not under any present obligation or claim to pay principal and/or interest on the Facilities at such time;
(vii) a Guarantor resigns pursuant to Section 10.22 or as a result of, and in connection, with any Solvent Liquidation; or
(viii) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations,
any such Guarantor in (i) to (viii) above, a “Released Guarantor”), such Released Guarantor and (in the case of a sale of all of the Equity Interests of the Released Guarantor) its Restricted Subsidiaries shall, upon the designation, consummation of such sale or transfer or other transaction, be automatically released from its obligations under this Agreement (including under Section 10.05 hereof) and its obligations to pledge and grant any Collateral owned by it pursuant to any Collateral Document and, in the case of a sale of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of the Released Guarantor, the pledge of or security interest in such Equity Interests to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents shall be automatically released, and, so long as the Borrowers shall have provided the Administrative Agent such certifications or documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, the Administrative Agent shall take such actions as are necessary to effect each release described in this Section 11.09 in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Collateral Documents.
(b) If a Guaranty has been provided by an Additional Guarantor as required under Section 4.15 of Annex II as a result of its guarantee of other Indebtedness of the Restricted Group, then such Guaranty shall be automatically released (subject to the terms of the applicable Intercreditor Agreement) upon the release or discharge of such Additional Guarantor from such guarantee of other Indebtedness so long as no other Indebtedness that would give rise to the obligation to provide such Guaranty is at the time guaranteed by such Additional Guarantor. In addition, if an Additional Guarantor resigns in accordance with Section 10.22, then the Guaranty of such Additional Guarantor shall be automatically released.
(c) Subject to Section 11.09(a) and Section 11.09(b), the guarantees made herein shall remain in full force and effect so long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, or any Loan or any other Obligation remains outstanding (other than (i) contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and (ii) obligations under Treasury Services Agreements or obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements as to which arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Hedge Bank have been made) hereunder which is accrued and payable shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit or Alternative Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized or back-stopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, or such Letter of Credit or Alternative Letter of Credit has been deemed reissued under another agreement reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable).
(d) In the event of a Post-Closing Reorganization and/or a Permitted Tax Reorganization, any Guaranty of a Parent that ceases to be a Parent of the Company, shall be automatically released (subject to the terms of the applicable Intercreditor Agreement).
(e) The Administrative Agent shall be authorized to enter into any documents desirable to evidence or document such release of Guaranty and resignation of such relevant Guarantor.
Section 11.10. Right of Contribution.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 11.04. The provisions of this Section 11.10 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Alternative L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lenders and the Lenders,
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and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Alternative L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lenders and the Lenders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
Section 11.11. Keepwell.
Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally, and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under this Guaranty in respect of any Swap Obligation (provided that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 11.11 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 11.11, or otherwise under this Guaranty, voidable under applicable Law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 11.11 shall remain in full force and effect until the payment in full and discharge of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 11.11 constitute, and this Section 11.11 shall be deemed to constitute, a 「keepwell, support, or other agreement」 for the benefit of each other Guarantor for all purposes of section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Section 11.12. No Marshalling.
Except to the extent required by applicable Law, neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party will be required to marshal any collateral securing, or any guaranties of, the Guaranteed Obligations, or to resort to any item of collateral or any guaranty in any particular order, and the Secured Parties’ rights with respect to any collateral and guaranties will be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, the Guarantor irrevocably waives, and agrees that it will not invoke or assert, any Law requiring or relating to the marshalling of collateral or guaranties or any other Law which might cause a delay in or impede the enforcement of the Secured Parties’ rights under this guarantee or any other agreement.
Section 11.13. Election of Remedies.
Each Guarantor understands that the exercise by the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties of certain rights and remedies contained in the Loan Documents may affect or eliminate the Guarantor’s right of subrogation and reimbursement against the Loan Parties and that the Guarantor may therefore incur a partially or totally nonreimbursable liability under this guarantee. The Guarantors expressly authorize the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties to pursue their rights and remedies with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations in any order or fashion they deem appropriate, in their sole and absolute discretion, and waives any defense arising out of the absence, impairment, or loss of any or all rights of recourse, reimbursement, contribution, exoneration or subrogation or any other rights or remedies of the Guarantors against the Borrower, any other person or any security, whether resulting from any election of rights or remedies by the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties, or otherwise.
Section 11.14. Administrative Agent’s Duties.
The grant to the Administrative Agent under this guarantee of any right or power does not impose upon the Administrative Agent any duty to exercise that right or power.
Section 11.15. Guarantor Intent.
Without prejudice to the generality of Section 11.13, and subject to applicable Law restrictions, each Guarantor expressly confirms that it intends that this Guaranty shall extend from time to time to any (however fundamental) variation, increase, extension or addition of or to the Obligations, including for the purposes of or in connection with any of the following: business acquisitions of any nature; increasing working capital; enabling investor distributions to be made; carrying out restructurings; refinancing existing facilities; refinancing any other indebtedness; making facilities available to new borrowers; any other variation or extension of the purposes for which any such facility or amount might be made available from time to time; and any fees, costs and/or expenses associated with any of the foregoing.
Section 11.16. Joint and Several Liability .
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All Loans, upon funding, shall be deemed to be jointly funded to and received by the Borrowers. Each Borrower is jointly and severally liable under this Agreement for all Obligations, regardless of the manner or amount in which proceeds of Loans are used, allocated, shared or disbursed by or among the Borrowers themselves, or the manner in which any Lender or other Finance Party accounts for such Loans or other extensions of credit on its books and records. Each Borrower shall be liable for all amounts due to any Lender or other Finance Party from the Borrowers under this Agreement, regardless of which Borrower actually receives Loans or other extensions of credit hereunder or the amount of such Loans and extensions of credit received or the manner in which such Lender or other Finance Party accounts for such Loans or other extensions of credit on its books and records. Each Borrower’s Obligations with respect to Loans and other extensions of credit made to it, and such Borrower’s Obligations arising as a result of the joint and several liability of such Borrower hereunder with respect to Loans made to, and Letters of Credit issued for the account of, the other Borrowers hereunder shall be separate and distinct obligations, but all such Obligations shall be primary obligations of such Borrower. The Borrowers acknowledge and expressly agree with each Lender and other Finance Party that the joint and several liability of each Borrower is required solely as a condition to, and is given solely as inducement for and in consideration of, credit or accommodations extended or to be extended under the Loan Documents to any or all of the other Borrowers and is not required or given as a condition of extensions of credit to such Borrower. Each Borrower’s Obligations under this Agreement shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be unconditional irrespective of (i) the validity or enforceability, avoidance, or subordination of the Obligations of any other Borrower or of any promissory note or other document evidencing all or any part of the Obligations of any other Borrower, (ii) the absence of any attempt to collect the Obligations from any other Borrower, or any other security therefor, or the absence of any other action to enforce the same, (iii) the waiver, consent, extension, forbearance, or granting of any indulgence by an any Lender or other Finance Party with respect to any provision of any instrument evidencing the Obligations of any other Borrower, or any part thereof, or any other agreement executed as of the 2020 Amendment Effective Date or thereafter executed by any other Borrower and delivered to any Lender or other Finance Party, (iv) the failure by any Lender or other Finance Party to take any steps to perfect and maintain its security interest in, or to preserve its rights to, any security or collateral for the Obligations of any other Borrower, (v) any Lender’s or other Finance Party’s election, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, (vi) any borrowing or grant of a security interest by any other Borrower, as debtor-in-possession under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code, (vii) the disallowance of all or any portion of any Lender’s or other Finance Party’s claim(s) for the repayment of the Obligations of any other Borrower under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (viii) any other circumstances which might constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor or of any other Borrower. With respect to any Borrower’s Obligations arising as a result of the joint and several liability of the Borrowers hereunder with respect to any Loans or other extensions of credit made to any of the other Borrowers hereunder, such Borrower waives, until the Obligations shall have been paid in full and this Agreement shall have been terminated, any right to enforce any right of subrogation or any remedy which any Lender or other Finance Party had as of the 2020 Amendment Effective Date or may have thereafter against any other Borrower, any endorser or any guarantor of all or any part of the Obligations, and any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security or collateral given to any Lender or other Finance Party to secure payment of the Obligations or any other liability of any Borrower to any Lender or other Finance Party. Upon any Event of Default, the Finance Parties may proceed directly and at once, without notice, against any Borrower to collect and recover the full amount, or any portion of the Obligations, without first proceeding against any other Borrower or any other Person, or against any security or collateral for the Obligations. Each Borrower consents and agrees that the Finance Parties shall be under no obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Borrower or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, none of the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.16 shall apply to any Person released from its Obligations as a Borrower in accordance with this Agreement.
Section 11.17. Acknowledgement Regarding any Supported QFCs.
To the extent that any Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Secured Hedge Agreement or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support”, and each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents
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and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
(a) In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
(b) As used in this Section 11.17, the following terms have the following meanings:
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an 「affiliate」 (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i) a 「covered entity」 as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii) a 「covered bank」 as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b);
(iii) a 「covered FSI」 as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term 「qualified financial contract」 in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
C&W SENIOR SECURED PARENT LIMITED, as the Company and a Guarantor
By:
Name:
Title:
SABLE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED, as the Original Borrower
By:
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CORAL-US CO-BORROWER, as the Original Co-Borrower
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SABLE HOLDING LIMITED, as a Guarantor
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CWIGROUP LIMITED, as a Guarantor
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[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]
COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL INC., as a Guarantor
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CABLE AND WIRELESS (WEST INDIES) LIMITED, as a Guarantor
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Revolving Credit Lender
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as L/C Issuer
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as Swing Line Lender
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as Administrative Agent
[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as Security Trustee
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[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]
ANNEX 1 ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS
Unless otherwise specified herein, (1) references in this Annex I to sections of Articles 4 or 5 are to those sections of Annex II and (2) defined terms used in this Annex I shall bear the meanings given to them in this Annex I or as otherwise given to them in Section 1.01 of this Agreement.
“2015 Columbus Acquisition” refers to the acquisition on March 31, 2015 of the Columbus Group by C&W Communications and its subsidiaries.
“2015 Columbus Carve-Out” means the transfer of the Columbus Carve-Out Entities and the Columbus Carve-Out Receivable from Columbus Networks Limited to the Columbus SPV Transferee pending receipt of the regulatory approval from the FCC, in connection with the 2015 Columbus Acquisition.
“2016 Liberty Acquisition” means the acquisition by Liberty Global, directly or indirectly, of Cable & Wireless Communications Limited.
“2016 Transactions” means (1) the 2016 Liberty Acquisition, (2) a cross-border merger between Cable & Wireless Communications Limited with LG Coral Mergerco Limited, LGE Coral Mergerco B.V. with certain subsidiaries of the Ultimate Parent and the formation of C&W Communications, a new company under the Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (UK), in each case, in connection with the 2016 Liberty Acquisition, (3) the payment of the Special Dividend and/or the making of any intercompany loans, distributions or contributions by LGE Coral Holdco Limited (or another subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent) to C&W Communications to the fund the payment of the Special Dividend, (4) the making of any dividend, loan or other investment to a Parent in an aggregate principal amount necessary to prepay any borrowings under the interim credit agreement dated as of November 16, 2015 by and among LGE Coral Holdco Limited and the lenders party thereto (as amended from time to time), (5) any transaction required pursuant to, or in connection with, clauses (1), (2), (3) or (4) above (including, without limitation, any transaction taken pursuant to the C&W Co-operation Agreement or pursuant to any agreement with or condition set by any antitrust or regulatory authority) and (6) the payment of fees, costs, expenses in connection with the above.
“Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (1) of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case whether or not Incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such acquisition. Acquired Indebtedness shall be deemed to have been Incurred, with respect to clause (1) of the preceding sentence, on the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and, with respect to clause (2) of the preceding sentence, on the date of consummation of such acquisition of assets.
“Additional Intercreditor Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.23(b).
“Additional Assets” means:
(1) any property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital Stock) to be used by the Company, the Affiliate Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Related Business or are otherwise useful in a Related Business (it being understood that capital expenditure on property or assets already used in a Related Business or to replace any property or assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition or any operating expenses Incurred in the day-to-day operations of a Related Business shall be deemed an Investment in Additional Assets);
(2) the Capital Stock of a Person that is engaged in a Related Business and becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Company, the Affiliate Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary; or
(3) Capital Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary.
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“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, 「control」 when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms 「controlling」 and 「controlled」 have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Approved Jurisdiction” means any of the following: any member state of the European Union that is a member of the European Union on the Amendment Effective Date, Barbados, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, England and Wales, the Netherlands, the United States of America, any State of the United States of America or the District of Columbia.
“Approved Key Jurisdiction” means any of the following: Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, England and Wales, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United States of America, any State of the United States of America or the District of Columbia.
“Asset Disposition” means any direct or indirect sale, lease (other than an operating lease entered into in the ordinary course of business), transfer, issuance or other disposition, or a series of related sales, leases (other than an operating lease entered into in the ordinary course of business), transfers, issuances or dispositions that are part of a common plan, of shares of Capital Stock of a Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required by applicable Law to be held by a Person other than the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary), property or other assets (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”) by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall not be deemed to be an Asset Disposition:
(1) a disposition by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity) to a Restricted Subsidiary, by the Company to a Permitted Affiliate Parent or by a Permitted Affiliate Parent to the Company;
(2) the sale or disposition of cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities in the ordinary course of business;
(3) a disposition of inventory, equipment, trading stock, communications capacity or other assets in the ordinary course of business;
(4) a sale, lease, transfer or other disposition, or a series of related sales, leases, transfers, issuances or dispositions that are part of a common plan, of obsolete, surplus or worn out equipment or other equipment and assets that are no longer useful in the conduct of the business of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(5) transactions permitted under Section 5.01 or a transaction that constitutes a Change of Control;
(6) an issuance of Capital Stock or other securities by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(7) (a) for purposes of Section 4.10 only, the making of a Permitted Investment or a disposition permitted to be made under Section 4.07 or (b) solely for the purpose of Section 4.10(a)(3), a disposition, the proceeds of which are used to make Restricted Payments permitted to be made under Section 4.07 or Permitted Investments;
(8) dispositions of assets of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, or the issuance or sale of Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary in a single transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate fair market value in any calendar
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year of less than the greater of $200.0 million and 3.0% of Total Assets (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to the next succeeding year subject to a maximum of the greater of $200.0 million and 3.0% of Total Assets of carried over amounts for any calendar year);
(9) dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens;
(10) dispositions of Receivables or related assets in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements;
(11) the assignment, licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles and assignments, licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases of spectrum or other property;
(12) foreclosure, condemnation or similar action with respect to any property, securities, or other assets;
(13) the sale or discount (with or without recourse, and on customary or commercially reasonable terms) of Receivables arising in the ordinary course of business, or the conversion or exchange of accounts receivable for notes receivable;
(14) sales of accounts receivable and related assets or an interest therein of the type specified in the definition of 「Qualified Receivables Transaction」 to a Receivables Entity, and Investments in a Receivables Entity consisting of cash or Securitization Obligations;
(15) a transfer of Receivables and related assets of the type specified in the definition of 「Qualified Receivables Transaction」 (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Entity in a Qualified Receivables Transaction;
(16) any disposition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(17) any disposition of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person (other than the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition;
(18) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;
(19) (a) disposals of assets, rights or revenue not constituting part of the Distribution Business of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) other disposals of non-core assets acquired in connection with any acquisition permitted under this Agreement;
(20) any disposition or expropriation of assets or Capital Stock which the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary is required by, or made in response to concerns raised by, a regulatory authority or court of competent jurisdiction including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such disposition or expropriation of Capital Stock or assets of Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago or TSTT HoldCo required by, or made in response to, concerns raised by any such regulatory authority in connection with the 2015 Columbus Acquisition or the 2016 Transactions;
(21) any disposition of other interests in other entities in an amount not to exceed $10.0 million;
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(22) any disposition of real property; provided that the fair market value of the real property disposed of in any calendar year does not exceed the greater of $200.0 million and 3.0% of Total Assets (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to the next succeeding year, subject to a maximum of the greater of $200.0 million and 3.0% of Total Assets of carried over amounts for any calendar year);
(23) any disposition of assets to a Person who is providing services related to such assets, the provision of which have been or are to be outsourced by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary to such Person;
(24) any disposition of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding agreements; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received in such disposition is applied in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(i) of this Agreement;
(25) any sale or disposition with respect to property built, repaired, improved, owned or otherwise acquired by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to customary sale and lease-back transactions, asset securitizations and other similar financings permitted by this Agreement;
(26) any disposition of Capital Stock or assets of Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago or TSTT HoldCo;
(27) contractual arrangements under long-term contracts with customers entered into by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business which are treated as sales for accounting purposes; provided that there is no transfer of title in connection with such contractual arrangement;
(28) any disposition reasonably required in connection with the Spin-Off (including any transfer of assets to Affiliates of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and any Restricted Subsidiary prior to the completion of any Spin-Off);
(29) the sale or disposition of the Towers Assets;
(30) any dispositions constituting the surrender of tax losses by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (A) to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary; (B) to the Ultimate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary); or (C) in order to eliminate, satisfy or discharge any tax liability of any Person that was formerly a Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent which has been disposed of pursuant to which a disposal permitted by the terms of this Agreement, to the extent that the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary would have a liability (in the form of an indemnification obligation or otherwise) to one or more Persons in relation to such tax liability if not so eliminated, satisfied or discharged; and
(31) any other disposition of assets comprising in aggregate percentage value of 10.0% or less of Total Assets.
In the event that a transaction (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of a disposition permitted under clauses (1) through (31) above and would also be a Restricted Payment permitted to be made under Section 4.07 or a Permitted Investment, the Company, in its sole discretion, will be entitled to divide and classify such transaction (or a portion thereof) as a disposition permitted under clauses (1) through (31) above and/or one or more of the types of Restricted Payments permitted to be made under Section 4.07 or Permitted Investments.
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“Bank Products” means (1) any facilities or services related to cash management, cash pooling, treasury, depository, overdraft, commodity trading or brokerage accounts, credit or debit card, p-cards (including purchasing cards or commercial cards), electronic funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade financial services or other cash management and cash pooling arrangements and (2) daylight exposures of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of banking and treasury arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business.
“beneficial owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular 「person」 (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such 「person」 will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such 「person」 has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms 「beneficially held」, 「beneficially holding」 and 「beneficial ownership」 have a corresponding meaning.
“Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof; provided that (i) if and for so long as the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent is a Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent, any action required to be taken under this Agreement by the Board of Directors of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent can, in the alternative, at the option of the Company or such Permitted Affiliate Parent, be taken by the Board of Directors of the Ultimate Parent and (ii) following consummation of a Spin-Off, any action required to be taken under this Agreement by the Board of Directors of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent can, in the alternative, at the option of the Company or such Permitted Affiliate Parent, be taken by the Board of Directors of the Spin Parent.
“Business Division Transaction” means any creation of or participation in any joint venture with respect to any assets, undertakings and/or businesses of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary which comprise all or part of the Company’s, any Permitted Affiliate Parent’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s business solutions division (or its predecessor or successors), to or with any other entity or person whether or not the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, excluding the contribution to (but not the use by) any joint venture of the backbone assets utilized by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary and excluding any Subsidiary included in or owned by the Company’s, a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s business solutions division but not engaged in the business of that division.
“C&W Communications” means Cable & Wireless Communications Limited (successor by merger to Cable & Wireless Communications plc) and any and all successors thereto.
“C&W Co-operation Agreement” means the cooperation agreement dated November 16, 2015 between Liberty Global and C&W Communications.
“C&W Parent” means Cable & Wireless Limited; provided that (1) following the Permitted Affiliate Group Designation Date, 「C&W Parent」 will mean a Holding Company of the Company and each Permitted Affiliate Parent and such Holding Company’s successors, (2) upon consummation of the Post-Closing Reorganization, 「C&W Parent」 will mean New Holdco and its successors and (3) upon consummation of any Spin-Off in which C&W Communications is no longer a Parent of the Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent, 「C&W Parent」 will mean a Parent of the Company (or if a Permitted Affiliate Group Designation Date has occurred, a Holding Company of the Company and each Permitted Affiliate Parent) designated by the Company and any successor of such Parent or Holding Company, as applicable.
“Cable & Wireless Supplemental Pension Scheme” means the scheme established under and in accordance with the trust deed and rules dated June 8, 2001 to which Cable & Wireless Limited and the Law Debenture Trust Corporation PLC were parties, as amended, amended and restated, modified or replaced from time to time, including, for the avoidance of doubt, by way of a side letter.
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“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participation or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. The amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation will be the capitalized amount of such obligation at the time any determination thereof is to be made as determined in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof will be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date such lease may be terminated without penalty.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(1) securities or obligations issued, insured or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States government, the government of the United Kingdom, the relevant member state of the European Union as of January 1, 2004 (each, a “Qualified Country”) or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in each case having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;
(2) securities or obligations issued by any Qualified Country, or any political subdivision of any such Qualified Country, or any public instrumentality thereof, having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having an investment grade rating generally obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, then from another nationally recognized rating service in any Qualified Country);
(3) commercial paper issued by any lender party to a Credit Facility or any bank holding company owning any lender party to a Credit Facility;
(4) commercial paper maturing no more than 12 months after the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service in any Qualified Country);
(5) time deposits, eurodollar time deposits, bank deposits, certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing no more than two years after the date of acquisition thereof issued by any lender party to a Credit Facility or any other bank or trust company (x) having combined capital and surplus of not less than $250.0 million in the case of U.S. banks and $100.0 million (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof) in the case of non-U.S. banks or (y) the long-term debt of which is rated at the time of acquisition thereof at least 「A-」 or the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, or 「A-」 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (or if at the time neither is issuing comparable ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating agency in any Qualified Country);
(6) auction rate securities rated at least Aa3 by Moody’s and AA- by S&P (or, if at any time either S&P or Moody’s shall not be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);
(7) repurchase agreements or obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (1), (2) and (5) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (5) above or securities dealers of recognized national standing;
(8) marketable short-term money market and similar funds (x) either having assets in excess of $250.0 million (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof) or (y) having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such
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obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service in any Qualified Country);
(9) interests in investment companies or money market funds, 95% the investments of which are one or more of the types of assets or instruments described in clauses (1) through (8) above;
(10) any other investments used by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or the Restricted Subsidiaries as temporary investments permitted by the Administrative Agent in writing in its sole discretion; and
(11) in the case of investments by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary organized or located in a jurisdiction other than the United States or a member state of the European Union (or any political subdivision or territory thereof), or in the case of investments made in a country outside the United States, other customarily utilized high-quality investments in the country where such Restricted Subsidiary is organized or located or in which such Investment is made, all as conclusively determined in good faith by the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent;
provided that bank deposits and short term investments in local currency of any Restricted Subsidiary shall qualify as Cash Equivalents as long as the aggregate amount thereof does not exceed the amount reasonably estimated by such Restricted Subsidiary as being necessary to finance the operations, including capital expenditures, of such Restricted Subsidiary for the succeeding 90 days.
“CFA” means the Contingent Funding Agreement dated February 3, 2010 among the Company, the Original Borrower and Cable & Wireless Pension Trustee Limited, as amended, amended and restated, modified or replaced from time to time, including, for the avoidance of doubt, by way of a side letter.
“Change of Control” means:
(1) C&W Parent (a) ceases to be the 「beneficial owner」 (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company or any Permitted Affiliate Parent, or (b) ceases, by virtue of any powers conferred by the articles of association or other documents regulating the Company or any Permitted Affiliate Parent to, directly or indirectly, direct or cause the direction of management and policies of the Company or any Permitted Affiliate Parent, as applicable; or
(2) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation) in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any 「person」 (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than a Permitted Holder; or
(3) any Borrower ceases to be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company; or
(4) the Company ceases to be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the direct Holding Company of the Company; or
(5) the adoption by the stockholders of the Company or any Permitted Affiliate Parent of a plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or any Permitted Affiliate Parent, other than a transaction complying with Section 5.01;
provided that a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred pursuant to (i) clause (1) of this definition upon the consummation of the Post-Closing Reorganization, a Permitted Tax Reorganization or a Spin-Off or (ii) this definition solely as a result of the resignation and/or release of any Borrower or Permitted Affiliate Parent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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“Columbus Carve-Out Entities” refers, collectively, to ARCOS-1 USA, Inc., Columbus Networks Puerto Rico, Inc., Columbus Networks USA, Inc., A. SUR Net, Inc., and Columbus Networks Telecommunications Services USA, Inc.
“Columbus Carve-Out Receivable” means the intra-group debt owned by ARCOS-1 USA, Inc. to Columbus Networks Limited.
“Columbus Group” means Columbus International and all of its Subsidiaries.
“Columbus International” means Columbus International Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Columbus Principal Vendors” refers collectively to CVBI Holdings (Barbados) Inc., Clearwater Holdings (Barbados) Limited, Brendan Paddick, and Columbus Holdings LLC.
“Columbus SPV Transferee” means the special purpose vehicle indirectly wholly owned by certain of the Columbus Principal Vendors.
“Commodity Agreements” means, in respect of a Person, any commodity purchase contract, commodity futures or forward contract, commodities option contract or other similar contract (including commodities derivative agreements or arrangements), to which such Person is a party or a beneficiary.
“Common Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or nonvoting) of such Person’s common stock whether or not outstanding on the Amendment Effective Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, operating income (loss) determined on the basis of GAAP of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, plus, without duplication, at the option of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent (except with respect to clauses (1) and (2) below), the following (to the extent deducted or taken into account, as the case may be, for the purposes of determining operating income (loss), other than in respect of clause (20)(b) below):
(1) Consolidated depreciation expense;
(2) Consolidated amortization expense;
(3) stock based compensation expense;
(4) other non-cash charges reducing operating income (provided that if any such non-cash charge represents an accrual of or reserve for potential cash charges in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall reduce operating income to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period) less other non-cash items of income increasing operating income (excluding any such non-cash item of income to the extent it represents (a) a receipt of cash payments in any future period, (b) the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced operating income in any prior period and (c) any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period so long as such cash did not increase operating income in such prior period);
(5) any extraordinary, one-off, non-recurring, exceptional or unusual gain, loss, expense or charge, including any charges or reserves in respect of any restructuring, redundancy, relocation, refinancing, integration or severance or other post-employment arrangements, signing, retention or completion bonuses, transaction costs, acquisition costs, disposition costs, business optimization, information technology implementation or development costs, costs related to governmental investigations and curtailments or modifications to pension or post-retirement benefits schemes, litigation or any asset impairment charges or the financial
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impacts of natural disasters (including fire, earthquake, flood, hurricane and storm and related events);
(6) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in such Person’s Consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP (including inventory, property, equipment, software, goodwill, intangible assets, in process research and development, deferred revenue and debt line items) attributable to the application of recapitalization accounting or acquisition accounting, as the case may be, in relation to any consummated acquisition or joint venture investment or the amortization or write-off or write-down of amounts thereof, net of taxes;
(7) any net gain (or loss) realized upon the sale, held for sale or other disposition of any asset or disposed operations of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (as determined conclusively in good faith by the Board of Directors, senior management or an Officer of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent);
(8) the amount of Management Fees and other fees and related expenses (including Intra-Group Services) paid in such period to the Permitted Holders to the extent permitted by Section 4.11;
(9) any reasonable expenses, charges or other costs to effect or consummate the Transactions, a Permitted Joint Venture, any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, any transaction permitted under Section 4.11, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the Incurrence of any Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement, in each case, as determined conclusively in good faith by the Board of Directors, senior management or an Officer of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent;
(10) any adjustments to reduce the impact of the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting principles or policies;
(11) (a) the amount of loss on the sale or transfer of any assets in connection with an asset securitization programme, Receivables factoring transaction or other Receivables transaction (including, without limitation, a Qualified Receivables Transaction) and/or (b) any gross margin (revenue minus cost of goods sold) recognized by any Affiliate of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in relation to the sale of goods and services relating to the business of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(12) Specified Legal Expenses;
(13) an amount equal to 100% of the up-front installation fees associated with commercial contract installations completed during the applicable reporting period, less any portion of such fees included in operating income for such period; provided that the amount of such fees, to the extent amortized over the life of the underlying service contract, shall not be included in operating income in any future period;
(14) any fees or other amounts charged or credited to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary related to Intra-Group Services may be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA;
(15) any charges or costs in relation to any long-term incentive plan and any interest component of pension or post-retirement benefits schemes;
(16) after reversing net other operating income or expense;
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(17) Receivables Fees;
(18) any costs, charges, fees and related expenses in connection with programming rights that would be accounted for as intangible assets under GAAP;
(19) any taxes, assessments, levies or other governmental charges that are based, in whole or in part, on income measures; and
(20) (a) any expense to the extent covered by liability, casualty events or business interruption insurance or indemnity, or Parametric Cover, and actually reimbursed or paid out or with respect to which the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification, reimbursement or pay-out, but only to the extent that such amount is in fact indemnified, reimbursed or paid out within the next four fiscal quarters following such determination (collectively, “Business Interruption Receipts”) (with a deduction in calculating Consolidated EBITDA in the applicable future period of any amount so added back in any prior period to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such four fiscal quarters) and (b) to the extent not otherwise included in operating income and without duplication of amounts included under clause (a) above, the amount of proceeds of business interruption or Parametric Cover in an amount representing the earnings for the applicable period that such proceeds are intended to replace (whether or not then received) so long as the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in good faith expects to receive such proceeds within the next four fiscal quarters (collectively, “Business Interruption Expected Proceeds”, and together with Business Interruption Receipts, the “Business Interruption Addback”) (it being understood that (i) to the extent not actually received within such four fiscal quarters, such amount shall be deducted in calculating Consolidated EBITDA for such future period and (ii) there shall be no double counting of amounts included in calculating Consolidated EBITDA as Business Interruption Expected Proceeds which are subsequently received in such future period as Business Interruption Receipts); provided that for the avoidance of doubt, for any period, there shall be no double counting of any amount included in calculating Consolidated EBITDA as a Business Interruption Addback and as an addback pursuant to clause (5) of this definition of Consolidated EBITDA.
For the purposes of determining the amount of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries under this definition which is denominated in a foreign currency, the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent may, at its option, calculate the Dollar Equivalent amount of such Consolidated EBITDA based on either (i) the weighted average exchange rates for the relevant period used in the Consolidated financial statements of the Reporting Entity for such relevant period or (ii) the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on November 16, 2015.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the net interest income/expense of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis (in each case, determined on the basis of GAAP), whether paid or accrued, including any such interest and charges consisting of:
(1) interest expense attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations;
(2) non-cash interest expense;
(3) dividends or other distributions in respect of all Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent and all Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent held by Persons other than the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Subsidiary of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent;
(4) the Consolidated interest expense that was capitalized during such period; and
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(5) interest actually paid by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, under any guarantee of Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated Interest Expense shall not include (a) any interest accrued, capitalized or paid in respect of Subordinated Shareholder Loans, (b) any commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges related to Qualified Receivables Transactions, (c) any payments on any operating leases, including without limitation any payments on any lease, concession or license of property (or guarantee thereof) which would be considered an operating lease under GAAP, (d) any foreign currency gains or losses, (e) any pension liability cost, (f) any amortization of debt discount, debt issuance cost, charges and premium, (g) costs and charges associated with Hedging Obligations and (h) any interest, costs and charges contained in clause (3) of this definition.
“Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio”, as of any date of determination, means the ratio of:
(1) (a) the outstanding Indebtedness of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of such date and the Reserved Indebtedness Amount (to the extent applicable) as of such date, other than:
(i) Indebtedness up to a maximum amount equal to the Credit Facility Excluded Amount (or its equivalent in other currencies) at the date of determination Incurred under any Permitted Credit Facility;
(ii) any Subordinated Shareholder Loans;
(iii) any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(25);
(iv) any Indebtedness arising under the Production Facilities to the extent that it is limited recourse to the assets funded by such Production Facilities; and
(v) any Indebtedness which is a contingent obligation of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any guarantee by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of any Parent shall be included for the purposes of calculating the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio under Section 4.09(a)(1), Section 4.09(b)(6)(A), Section 4.09(b)(6)(B) and Section 4.09(b)(15);
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(b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, to
(2) the Pro forma EBITDA for the Test Period,
provided that the pro forma calculation of the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio shall not give effect to (a) any Indebtedness Incurred on the date of determination pursuant to Section 4.09(b), (b) the discharge on the date of determination of any Indebtedness to the extent that such discharge results from the proceeds Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b) or (c) any cash and Cash Equivalents represented by Escrowed Proceeds of Indebtedness described in the first proviso to the definition of 「Indebtedness」.
For the avoidance of doubt, in determining the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio, (i) no cash or Cash Equivalents shall be included that are the proceeds of Indebtedness in respect of which the calculation of the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio is to be made and (ii) the Consolidated EBITDA and all outstanding Indebtedness of any company, business division or other assets to be acquired or disposed of pursuant to a signed purchase agreement (which may be subject to one or more conditions precedent) may be given pro forma effect.
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“Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio”, as of any date of determination, means the ratio of:
(1) (a) the outstanding Senior Secured Indebtedness of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of such date and the Reserved Indebtedness Amount (to the extent applicable) as of such date, other than:
(i) Senior Secured Indebtedness up to a maximum amount equal to the Credit Facility Excluded Amount (or its equivalent in other currencies) at the date of determination Incurred under any Permitted Credit Facility;
(ii) Senior Secured Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(25); and
(iii) any Senior Secured Indebtedness which is a contingent obligation of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary;
less
(b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, to
(2) the Pro forma EBITDA for the Test Period,
provided that the pro forma calculation of the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio shall not give effect to (a) any Indebtedness Incurred on the date of determination pursuant to Section 4.09(b), (b) the discharge on the date of determination of any Indebtedness to the extent that such discharge results from the proceeds Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b) or (c) any cash and Cash Equivalents represented by Escrowed Proceeds of Indebtedness described in the first proviso to the definition of 「Indebtedness」.
For the avoidance of doubt, in determining the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, (i) no cash or Cash Equivalents shall be included that are the proceeds of Indebtedness in respect of which the calculation of the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio is to be made and (ii) the Consolidated EBITDA and all outstanding Indebtedness of any company, business division or other assets to be acquired or disposed of pursuant to a signed purchase agreement (which may be subject to one or more conditions precedent) may be given pro forma effect.
“Consolidation” means the consolidation or combination of the accounts of each of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding the Affiliate Subsidiaries) with those of the Company and each of a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding the Affiliate Subsidiaries) with those of such Permitted Affiliate Parent, in each case, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and together with the accounts of the Affiliate Subsidiaries on a combined basis (including eliminations of intercompany transactions and balances, as appropriate); provided that for the purposes of making any determination or calculation under this Agreement (other than with respect to any determination or calculation of Total Assets) that refers to 「Consolidated」 or 「Consolidation」, the relevant measures being consolidated or combined shall (without duplication) (1) be reduced proportionately to reflect any Non-Controlling Interests, and to the extent that, since the beginning of the relevant period, the Company’s or a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s proportionate interest in any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary has decreased as at the date of determination or calculation, such measures shall be reduced by an amount proportionate to such reduction as if such reduction occurred on the first day of such period (and in the event of an increase, shall be increased by an amount proportionate to such increase) and (2) be deemed to include the relevant measures of any Minority Investments to the extent of the Company’s, a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s proportionate interest in such Person, and to the extent that, since the beginning of the relevant period, the Company’s, a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s proportionate interest in any such Person has decreased as at the date of determination or calculation, such measures shall be reduced by an amount proportionate to such reduction as if such reduction occurred on the first day of such period (and in the event of an increase, shall be increased by an amount proportionate to such increase); provided, further, that 「Consolidation」 will not include (a) consolidation or combination of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of the Company, any Permitted
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Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an investment, (b) at the Company’s or a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s election, any Receivables Entities and (c) at the Company’s or a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s election, any Minority Investment, any Restricted Subsidiary or other assets in any Person held for sale in accordance with GAAP. The term 「Consolidated」 has a correlative meaning.
“Content” means any rights to broadcast, transmit, distribute or otherwise make available for viewing, exhibition or reception (whether in analogue or digital format and whether as a channel or an internet service, a teletext-type service, an interactive service, or an enhanced television service or any part of any of the foregoing, or on a pay-per-view basis, or near video-on-demand, or video-on-demand basis or otherwise) any one or more of audio and/or visual images, audio content, or interactive content (including hyperlinks, re-purposed web-site content, database content plus associated templates, formatting information and other data including any interactive applications or functionality), text, data, graphics, or other content, by means of any means of distribution, transmission or delivery system or technology (whether now known or herein after invented).
“Content Transaction” means any sale, transfer, demerger, contribution, spin-off or distribution of, any creation or participation in any joint venture and/or entering into any other transaction or taking any action with respect to, in each case, any assets, undertakings and/or businesses of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary which comprise all or part of the Content business (or its predecessor or successors) of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, to or with any other entity or person whether or not the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Credit Facility” means, one or more debt facilities, arrangements, instruments, trust deeds, note purchase agreements, indentures, commercial paper facilities or overdraft facilities (including, without limitation, the Facilities, any Permitted Credit Facility or any Production Facility) with banks or other institutions or investors providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, Receivables financing (including through the sale of Receivables to such institutions or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such institutions against such Receivables), letters of credit, notes, bonds, debentures or other Indebtedness, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, refinanced, repaid, increased or extended in whole or in part from time to time (and whether in whole or in part and whether or not with the original administrative agent and lenders or another administrative agent or agents or other banks or institutions or investors and whether provided under this Agreement, a Permitted Credit Facility, a Production Facility or one or more other credit or other agreements, indentures, financing agreements or otherwise) and in each case including all agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with the foregoing (including but not limited to any notes and letters of credit issued pursuant thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, patent and trademark security agreement, mortgages or letter of credit applications and other guarantees, pledges, agreements, security agreements and collateral documents). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term 「Credit Facility」 shall include any agreement or instrument (1) changing the maturity of any Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby, (2) adding additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, (3) increasing the amount of Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or available to be borrowed thereunder or (4) otherwise altering the terms and conditions thereof.
“Credit Facility Excluded Amount” means the greater of (1) $175.0 million (or its equivalent in other currencies) and (2) 0.25 multiplied by the Pro forma EBITDA of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for the Test Period.
“Currency Agreement” means, in respect of a Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option contract, derivative or other similar agreement as to which such Person is a party or a beneficiary.
“CWC Group” means C&W Communications and its Subsidiaries.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Disposition that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in
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connection with a subsequent payment, redemption, retirement, sale or other disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration. A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed or otherwise retired or sold or otherwise disposed of in compliance with Section 4.10.
“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event:
(1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;
(2) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock (excluding Capital Stock which is convertible or exchangeable solely at the option of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary); or
(3) is redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock in whole or in part,
in each case on or prior to the earlier of the date (a) of the Latest Maturity Date of the Facilities or (b) on which there are no Loans outstanding; provided that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date will be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, that any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale (each defined in a substantially identical manner to the corresponding definitions in this Agreement) shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock (and all such securities into which it is convertible or for which it is ratable or exchangeable); provided that the Company or such Permitted Affiliate Parent may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock (and all such securities into which it is convertible or for which it is ratable or exchangeable) pursuant to such provision prior to compliance by the Company or such Permitted Affiliate Parent with Section 4.10, and such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.07.
“Distribution Business” means:
(1) the business of upgrading, constructing, creating, developing, acquiring, operating, owning, leasing and maintaining cable television networks (including for avoidance of doubt master antenna television, satellite master antenna television, single and multi-channel microwave single or multi-point distribution systems and direct-to-home satellite systems) for the transmission, reception and/or delivery of multi-channel television and radio programming, telephony and internet and/or data services to the residential markets; or
(2) any business which is incidental to or related to such business.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, (1) with respect to any monetary amount in Dollars, such amount and (2) with respect to any monetary amount in a currency other than Dollars, at any time of determination thereof by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, the amount of Dollars obtained by converting such currency other than Dollars involved in such computation into Dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of Dollars with the applicable currency other than Dollars as published in The Financial Times in the 「Currencies」 section (or, if The Financial Times is no longer published, or if such information is no longer available in The Financial Times, such source as may be selected in good faith by the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent) on the date of such determination.
“Equity Offering” means (1) the distribution of Capital Stock of the Spin Parent in connection with any Spin-Off or (2) a sale of (a) Capital Stock of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent (other than Disqualified Stock), (b) Capital Stock the proceeds of which are contributed as equity share capital to the
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Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent or as Subordinated Shareholder Loans or (c) Subordinated Shareholder Loans.
“Escrowed Proceeds” means the proceeds from the offering of any debt securities or other Indebtedness paid into escrow accounts with an independent escrow agent on the date of the applicable offering or Incurrence pursuant to escrow arrangements that permit the release of amounts on deposit in such escrow accounts upon satisfaction of certain conditions or the occurrence of certain events. The term 「Escrowed Proceeds」 shall include any interest earned on the amounts held in escrow.
“European Union” means the European Union, including member states as of May 1, 2004 but excluding any country which became or becomes a member of the European Union after May 1, 2004.
“Excess Capacity Network Services” means the provision of network services, or an agreement to provide network services, by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in favor of one or more other members of the Wider Group where such network services are only provided in respect of the capacity available to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in excess of that network capacity it requires to continue to provide current services to its existing and projected future customers and to allow it to provide further services to both its existing and projected future customers.
“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded Contribution” means Net Cash Proceeds or property or assets received by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary as capital contributions or Subordinated Shareholder Loans to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary after April 1, 2015 or from the issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary (other than Net Cash Proceeds, or other property or assets, if any, received by the Company as capital contributions or Subordinated Shareholder Loans that were subsequently used to fund the Special Dividend), in each case, to the extent designated as an Excluded Contribution pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent.
“Existing Senior Notes” means the Senior Notes Issuer’s (as successor to the SPV Issuer) (1) 6.875% senior notes due 2027 and (2) 7.500% senior notes due 2027, each issued pursuant to the relevant Existing Senior Notes Indenture and in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of the aggregate principal amount outstanding on the Amendment Effective Date.
“Existing Senior Notes Indentures” means (1) the indenture dated as of August 16, 2017, between, among others, the Senior Notes Issuer (as successor to the SPV Issuer), The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as security trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and (2) the indenture dated as of October 11, 2018, between, among others, the Senior Notes Issuer (as successor to the SPV Issuer), The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as security trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Existing Senior Secured Notes” means the Original Borrower’s 5.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 issued pursuant to the 2027 Senior Secured Notes Indenture.
“Existing Senior Secured Notes Indentures” means the indenture dated as of April 5, 2019, between, among others, the Original Borrower, as issuer, The Bank of Nova Scotia, as security trustee and BNY Mellon Corporate Trustee Services Limited, as trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“fair market value” wherever such term is used in this Agreement (except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement), may be conclusively established by the Board of Directors, senior management or an Officer of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent in good faith.
“FCC” refers to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
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“First-Priority Lien” means any Lien on some or all of the Collateral that ranks or is intended to rank pari passu with the Liens on the Obligations and the Guaranty, including any Lien that ranks pari passu therewith by virtue of any Intercreditor Agreement or any other agreement or instrument; provided, further, that Liens that rank pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and the Guaranty but secure Indebtedness that is junior to the Obligations and/or the Guaranty with respect to the distributions of proceeds of enforcement of Collateral shall not be First-Priority Liens.
“Grantor” means any Person that has granted a security interest in or pledged Collateral to secure the Obligations and/or the Guaranty.
“guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:
(1) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); or
(2) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided that the term 「guarantee」 will not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term 「guarantee」 used as a verb has a corresponding meaning. The term 「guarantor」 means the obligor under a guarantee.
“Hedging Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement, Commodity Agreement or Currency Agreement.
“Holding Company” means, in relation to a Person, an entity of which that Person is a Subsidiary.
“Incur” means issue, create, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) will be deemed to be Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; and the terms 「Incurred」 and 「Incurrence」 have meanings correlative to the foregoing and any Indebtedness pursuant to any revolving credit or similar facility shall only be 「Incurred」 at the time any funds are borrowed thereunder, subject to the definitions of 「Additional Facility Availability Amount」 (as defined in Section 1.01 of this Agreement) and of 「Reserved Indebtedness Amount」 (as defined in Section 4.09(d)(7)) and related provisions.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person (and with respect to the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on a Consolidated basis) on any date of determination (without duplication):
(1) money borrowed or raised and debit balances at banks;
(2) any bond, note, loan stock, debenture or similar debt instrument;
(3) acceptance or documentary credit facilities; and
(4) the principal component of Indebtedness of other Persons to the extent guaranteed by such Person to the extent not otherwise included in the Indebtedness of such Person,
provided that Indebtedness which has been cash-collateralized shall not be included in any calculation of Indebtedness to the extent so cash-collateralized (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Indebtedness to the extent the proceeds thereof constitute Escrowed Proceeds).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, 「Indebtedness」 shall not include (a) any deposits or prepayments received by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary from a customer or subscriber for its service and any other deferred or prepaid revenue, (b) any obligations to make payments in relation to earn outs, (c) Indebtedness which is in the nature of equity (other than redeemable shares) or equity derivatives; (d) Capitalized Lease Obligations, (e) Receivables sold or discounted, whether recourse or non-recourse, including for the avoidance of doubt, any indebtedness in respect of Qualified Receivables Transactions, including, without limitation, guarantees by a Receivables Entity of the obligations of another Receivables Entity and any indebtedness in respect of Limited Recourse, (f) pension obligations or any obligation under employee plans or employment agreements, (g) any 「parallel debt」 obligations to the extent that such obligations mirror other Indebtedness, (h) any payments or liability for assets acquired or services supplied deferred (including Trade Payables and, without limitation, any liability under an IRU Contract), (i) the principal component or liquidation preference of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary, any Preferred Stock (including, in each case, any accrued dividends), (j) any Hedging Obligations, (k) any Non-Recourse Indebtedness and (l) any escrow shortfall guarantee (or similar arrangement entered into in connection with an Escrow Account). The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date will be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability, upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, of any contingent obligations at such date.
“Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking or consulting firm of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.
“Initial Public Offering” means an Equity Offering of common stock or other common equity interests of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent, the Spin Parent or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent (the “IPO Entity”) following which there is a Public Market and, as a result of which, the shares of the common stock or other common equity interests of the IPO Entity in such offering are listed on an internationally recognized exchange or traded on an internationally recognized market (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such Equity Offering of common stock or other common equity interest of the Spin Parent in connection with any Spin-Off).
“Interest Rate Agreement” means, with respect to any Person, any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement as to which such Person is party or a beneficiary.
“Intra-Group Services” means any of the following (provided that the terms of each such transaction are not materially less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could be obtained in a comparable transaction in arm’s length dealings with a Person that is not an Affiliate or, in the event that there are no comparable transactions to apply for comparative purposes, is otherwise on terms that, taken as a whole, the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent has conclusively determined in the good faith judgment of its Board of Directors or senior management to be fair to the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary):
(1) the sale of programming or other content by the Ultimate Parent, Liberty Latin America, the Spin Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any other direct or indirect holder of equity interests in the Company or any of its Affiliates to any of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) the lease or sublease of office space, other premises or equipment by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or the Restricted Subsidiaries to the Ultimate Parent, Liberty Latin America, the Spin Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any other direct or indirect holder of equity interests in the Company or any of its Affiliates or by the Ultimate Parent, Liberty Latin America, the Spin Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any other
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direct or indirect holder of equity interests in the Company or any of its Affiliates to the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) the provision or receipt of other goods, services, facilities or other arrangements (in each case not constituting Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business, by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or the Restricted Subsidiaries to or from the Ultimate Parent, Liberty Latin America, the Spin Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any other direct or indirect holder of equity interests in the Company or any of its Affiliates, including, without limitation, (a) the employment of personnel, (b) provision of employee healthcare or other benefits, including stock and other incentive plans, (c) acting as agent to buy or develop equipment, other assets or services or to trade with residential or business customers and (d) the provision of treasury, audit, accounting, banking, strategy, IT, branding, marketing, network, technology, research and development, telephony, office, administrative, compliance, payroll or other similar services; and
(4) the extension by or to the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or the Restricted Subsidiaries to or by the Ultimate Parent, Liberty Latin America, the Spin Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any other direct or indirect holder of equity interests in the Company or any of its Affiliates of trade credit not constituting Indebtedness in relation to the provision or receipt of Intra-Group Services referred to in paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of this definition of Intra-Group Services.
“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of any direct or indirect advance, loan (other than advances or extensions of credit to customers in the ordinary course of business) or other extensions of credit (including by way of guarantee or similar arrangement, but excluding any debt or extension of credit represented by a bank deposit other than a time deposit) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by, such Person and all other items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that none of the following will be deemed to be an Investment:
(1) Hedging Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(2) endorsements of negotiable instruments and documents in the ordinary course of business; and
(3) an acquisition of assets, Capital Stock or other securities by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Subsidiary for consideration to the extent such consideration consists of Common Stock of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Parent.
For purposes of the definition of 「Unrestricted Subsidiary」 and Section 4.07:
(1) 「Investment」 will include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s or a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s equity interest in a Restricted Subsidiary to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Restricted Subsidiary at the time that such Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company or such Permitted Affiliate Parent will be deemed to continue to have a permanent 「Investment」 in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (a) the Company’s or such Permitted Affiliate Parent’s 「Investment」 in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (b) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s or such Permitted Affiliate Parent’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time that such Subsidiary is so redesignated a Restricted Subsidiary; and
(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer,
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in each case, as determined conclusively in good faith by the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent.
If the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers, conveys, sells, leases or otherwise disposes of Voting Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary such that such Subsidiary is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Investment of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent in such Person shall be deemed to have been made as of the date of such transfer or other disposition in an amount equal to the fair market value of such Voting Stock on such date.
The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced (at the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s option) by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount or value received in respect of such Investment.
“Investment Grade Securities” means:
(1) securities issued by the U.S. government or by any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents) or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government and in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of the acquisition;
(2) securities issued by or a member of the European Union as of January 1, 2004, or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents) or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by a member of the European Union as of January 1, 2004, and in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of the acquisition;
(3) debt securities or debt instruments with a rating of A or higher by S&P or A-2 or higher by Moody’s or the equivalent of such rating by such rating organization, or if no rating of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any other nationally recognized securities ratings agency, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent and their respective Subsidiaries;
(4) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) through (3) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash and Cash Equivalents pending investment and/or distribution; and
(5) corresponding instruments in countries other than those identified in clauses (1) and (2) above customarily utilized for high-quality investments and, in each case, with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of the acquisition.
“Investment Grade Status” shall occur when the Facilities receive any two of the following:
(1) a rating of 「Baa3」 (or the equivalent) or higher from Moody’s;
(2) a rating of 「BBB-」 (or the equivalent) or higher from S&P; and
(3) a rating of 「BBB-」 (or the equivalent) or higher from Fitch,
in each case, with a 「stable outlook」 from such rating agency.
“IPO Market Capitalization” means an amount equal to (1) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock of the IPO Entity at the time of closing of the Initial Public Offering multiplied by (2) the price per share at which such shares of common stock or common equity interests are sold or distributed in such Initial Public Offering.
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“IRU Contract” means a contract entered into by C&W Communications, the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business in relation to the right to use capacity on a telecommunications cable system (including the right to lease such capacity to another person).
“Joint Venture Parent” means the joint venture entity formed in a Parent Joint Venture Transaction.
“Liberty Latin America” means Liberty Latin America Ltd., and any and all successors thereto.
“Lien” means any assignment, mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof).
“Limited Condition Transaction” means (1) any Investment or acquisition, in each case, by one or more of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries of any assets, business or Person, the consummation of which is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing; (2) any redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness requiring irrevocable notice in advance of such redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment; and (3) any Restricted Payment.
“Limited Recourse” means a letter of credit, revolving loan commitment, cash collateral account, guarantee or other credit enhancement issued by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity) in connection with the Incurrence of Indebtedness by a Receivables Entity under a Qualified Receivables Transaction; provided that the aggregate amount of such letter of credit reimbursement obligations and the aggregate available amount of such revolving loan commitments, cash collateral accounts, guarantees or other such credit enhancements of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Entity) shall not exceed 25% of the principal amount of such Indebtedness at any time.
“Management Fees” means any management, consultancy, stewardship or other similar fees payable by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, including any fees, charges and related expenses Incurred by any Parent on behalf of and/or charged to the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Market Capitalization” means an amount equal to (1) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock of the IPO Entity on the date of the declaration of the relevant dividend, multiplied by (2) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such Capital Stock for the 30 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of the declaration of such dividend.
“Minority Investment” means any Person in which the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary owns a minority interest that is not a Subsidiary of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary that has been designated as a 「Minority Investment」 by the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent. The Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent may subsequently elect to remove any such designation. Any such designation or election shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by promptly filing with the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate certifying such designation or election by the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent.
“Net Available Cash” from an Asset Disposition means cash payments received (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise and net proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any securities received as consideration, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition or received in any other non-cash form) therefrom, in each case net of:
(1) all legal, accounting, investment banking, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses Incurred, and all federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or accrued as a liability under GAAP (after taking into account any
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available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing agreements), as a consequence of such Asset Disposition;
(2) all payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable Law be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition;
(3) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Disposition; and
(4) the deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition and retained by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, Subordinated Shareholder Loans or other capital contributions, the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, listing fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees and charges actually Incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result of such issuance or sale (after taking into account any available tax credit or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements).
“Non-Controlling Interest” means any minority interest in a Restricted Subsidiary held by a Person other than the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Non-Recourse Indebtedness” means any indebtedness of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (and not of any other Person), in respect of which the Person or Persons to whom such indebtedness is or may be owed has or have no recourse whatsoever to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary for any payment or repayment in respect thereof:
(1) other than recourse to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary which is limited solely to the amount of any recoveries made on the enforcement of any collateral securing such indebtedness or in respect of any other disposition or realization of the assets underlying such indebtedness;
(2) provided that such Person or Persons are not entitled, pursuant to the terms of any agreement evidencing any right or claim arising out of or in connection with such indebtedness, to commence proceedings for the winding up, dissolution or administration of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (or proceedings having an equivalent effect) or to appoint or cause the appointment of any receiver, trustee or similar person or officer in respect of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary or any of its assets until after the Facilities have been repaid in full; and
(3) provided, further, that the principal amount of all indebtedness Incurred and outstanding pursuant to this definition does not exceed the greater of (i) $250.0 million and (ii) 5.0% of Total Assets.
“Officer” of any Person means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President, any Managing Director, any Director, any Board Member, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, or any authorized signatory of such Person.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by one or more Officers.
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“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or the Administrative Agent.
“ordinary course of business” means the ordinary course of business of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent, any Affiliate Subsidiary and any of their respective Subsidiaries and/or the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries.
“Parametric Cover” means any parametric insurance or derivative arrangements in respect of weather-related events.
“Parent” means (1) the Ultimate Parent, (2) any Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent of which the Company is a Subsidiary on the Amendment Effective Date, (3) any other Person of which the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent at any time is or becomes a Subsidiary after the Amendment Effective Date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Spin Parent and any Subsidiary of the Spin Parent following any Spin-Off) and (4) any Joint Venture Parent, any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Parent and any Parent Joint Venture Holders following any Parent Joint Venture Transaction.
“Parent Expenses” means:
(1) costs (including all professional fees and expenses) Incurred by any Parent or any Subsidiary of a Parent in connection with reporting obligations under or otherwise Incurred in connection with compliance with applicable Laws, rules or regulations of any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory body or stock exchange, the Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument relating to Indebtedness of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) indemnification obligations of any Parent or any Subsidiary of a Parent owing to directors, officers, employees or other Persons under its charter or by-laws or pursuant to written agreements with any such Person with respect to its ownership of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or the conduct of the business of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(3) obligations of any Parent or any Subsidiary of a Parent in respect of director and officer insurance (including premiums therefor) with respect to its ownership of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or the conduct of the business of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) general corporate overhead expenses, including professional fees and expenses and other operational expenses of any Parent or Subsidiary of a Parent related to the ownership, stewardship or operation of the business (including, but not limited to, Intra-Group Services) of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, including acquisitions or dispositions or treasury transactions by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or the Subsidiaries permitted hereunder (whether or not successful), in each case, to the extent such costs, obligations and/or expenses are not paid by another Subsidiary of such Parent; and
(5) fees and expenses payable by any Parent in connection with the Transactions.
“Parent Joint Venture Holders” means the holders of the share capital of the Joint Venture Parent.
“Parent Joint Venture Transaction” means a transaction pursuant to which a joint venture is formed by the contribution of some or all of the assets of a Parent or issuance or sale of shares of a Parent to one or more entities which are not Affiliates of the Ultimate Parent.
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“Permitted Asset Swap” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of related business assets (including, without limitation, securities of a Related Business) or a combination of such assets, cash and Cash Equivalents between the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person.
“Permitted Business” means any business:
(1) engaged in by any Parent, any Subsidiary of any Parent, the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary on the Amendment Effective Date;
(2) that consists of the upgrade, construction, creation, development, marketing, acquisition (to the extent permitted under this Agreement), operation, utilization and maintenance of networks that use existing or future technology for the transmission, reception and delivery of voice, video and/or other data (including networks that transmit, receive and/or deliver services such as multi-channel television and radio, programming, telephony (including for the avoidance of doubt, mobile telephony), internet services and Content, high speed data transmission, video, multi-media and related activities);
(3) or other activities that are reasonably similar, ancillary, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which any Parent, any Subsidiary of any Parent, the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or the Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Amendment Effective Date, including, without limitation, all forms of television, telephony (including, for the avoidance of doubt, mobile telephony) and internet services and any services relating to carriers, networks, broadcast or communications services, or Content; or
(4) that comprises being a Holding Company of one or more Persons engaged in any such business referred to above.
“Permitted Collateral Liens” means:
(1) Liens on the Collateral that are described in one or more of clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (8), (9), (11) and (12) of the definition of 「Permitted Liens」 and that, in each case, would not materially interfere with the ability of the Security Trustee to enforce the Lien in the Collateral granted under the Collateral Documents; and
(2) Liens on the Collateral to secure:
(a) the Obligations (other than in respect of any Additional Facility that is unsecured);
(b) Indebtedness of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries, that is permitted to be Incurred under Section 4.09(a)(2), Section 4.09(b)(1), Section 4.09(b)(3), Section 4.09(b)(4) (in the case of Section 4.09(b)(4), to the extent such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is existing on, or provided for, under written arrangements existing on the Amendment Effective Date), Section 4.09(b)(13) (in the case of 4.09(b)(13), to the extent such guarantee is in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be secured and specified in this clause (2) of this definition of Permitted Collateral Liens), Section 4.09(b)(14), Section 4.09(b)(18), Section 4.09(b)(21) or Section 4.09(b)(25);
(c) Indebtedness that is permitted to be Incurred under Section 4.09(b)(6) and guarantees thereof; provided that at the time of the acquisition or other transaction pursuant to which such Indebtedness was Incurred and after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness on a pro forma basis, (i) the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries would have been able to Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a)(2) or (ii) the Consolidated Senior
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Secured Net Leverage Ratio would not be greater than it was immediately prior to giving pro forma effect to such acquisition or other transaction and to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness; and
(d) any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness referred to in the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c);
provided that (i) such Lien ranks equal or junior to all other Liens on the Collateral securing Senior Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and (ii) holders of Indebtedness referred to in this clause (2) (or their duly authorized Representative) shall enter into any applicable Intercreditor Agreement; and
(3) Liens on the Collateral to secure:
(a) Indebtedness that is permitted to be Incurred under Section 4.09(a)(1), Section 4.09(b)(1), Section 4.09(b)(4) (in the case of Section 4.09(b)(4), to the extent such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is existing on, or provided for, under written arrangements existing on the Amendment Effective Date), Section 4.09(b)(6), Section 4.09(b)(13) (in the case of 4.09(b)(13), to the extent such guarantee is in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be secured and specified in this clause (3) of this definition of Permitted Collateral Liens), Section 4.09(b)(14), Section 4.09(b)(18), Section 4.09(b)(21) or Section 4.09(b)(25);
(b) any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness referred to in the foregoing clause (a) and this clause (b);
provided that (i) such Lien ranks junior to all other Liens on the Collateral securing the Senior Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and (ii) holders of Indebtedness referred to in this clause (3) (or their duly authorized Representative) shall enter into any applicable Intercreditor Agreement.
“Permitted Credit Facility” means, one or more debt facilities or arrangements (including, without limitation, this Agreement) that may be entered into by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries providing for credit loans, letters of credit or other Indebtedness or other advances, in each case, Incurred in compliance with Section 4.09.
“Permitted Financing Action” means, to the extent that any Incurrence of Indebtedness or Refinancing Indebtedness is permitted pursuant to Section 4.09, any transaction to facilitate or otherwise in connection with a cashless rollover of one or more lenders’ or investors’ commitments or funded Indebtedness in relation to the Incurrence of that Indebtedness or Refinancing Indebtedness.
“Permitted Holders” means, collectively, (1) the Ultimate Parent, (2) in the event of a Spin-Off, the Spin Parent and any Subsidiary of the Spin Parent, (3) any Affiliate or Related Person of a Permitted Holder described in clauses (1) or (2) above, and any successor to such Permitted Holder, Affiliate, or Related Person, (4) any Person who is acting as an underwriter in connection with any public or private offering of Capital Stock of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, acting in such capacity and (5) any 「person」 or 「group」 of related persons (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) whose acquisition of 「beneficial ownership」 (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of Voting Stock or of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which the Company has notified the Administrative Agent of such Change of Control and the Required Lenders have not required a prepayment and cancellation of the Facilities under Section 2.05(b)(ix) of this Agreement.
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“Permitted Investment” means:
(1) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity) or a Person which will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity);
(2) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in another Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its assets to, the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity);
(3) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash and Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;
(4) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in Receivables owing to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; provided that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;
(5) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;
(6) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary;
(7) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in Capital Stock, obligations, accounts receivables, or securities received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, or as a result of foreclosure, perfection or enforcement of any Lien, or in satisfaction of judgments or pursuant to any plan of reorganization, workout, recapitalization or similar arrangement including upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of a debtor;
(8) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from a sale or other disposition of property or assets, including without limitation an Asset Disposition, in each case, that was made in compliance with Section 4.10 and other Investments resulting from the disposition of assets in transactions excluded from the definition of 「Asset Disposition」 pursuant to the exclusions from such definition;
(9) any Investment by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the Amendment Effective Date or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Amendment Effective Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification, replacement, renewal or reinvestment of any Investment or binding commitment existing on the Amendment Effective Date or made in compliance with Section 4.07; provided that the amount of any such Investment or binding commitment may be increased (a) as required by the terms of such Investment or binding commitment as in existence on the Amendment Effective Date (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities) or (b) as otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
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(10) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in Currency Agreements, Commodity Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements, in each case not entered into for speculative purposes, and related Hedging Obligations;
(11) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, together with all other Investments pursuant to this clause (11), in an aggregate amount at the time of such Investment not to exceed the greater of $250.0 million and 5.0% of Total Assets at any one time; provided that if an Investment is made pursuant to this clause in a Person that is not a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary and such Person subsequently becomes a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary, is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its assets to, the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity) or is subsequently designated a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.07, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of the definition of 「Permitted Investments」 and not this clause;
(12) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Receivables Entity or any Investment by a Receivables Entity in any other Person, in each case, in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; provided that any Investment in any such Person is in the form of a Purchase Money Note, or any equity interest or interests in Receivables and related assets generated by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary and transferred to any Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction or any such Person owning such Receivables;
(13) guarantees by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary issued in accordance with Section 4.09 and other guarantees (and similar arrangements) of obligations not constituting Indebtedness;
(14) pledges or deposits of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) with respect to leases or utilities provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business or (b) otherwise described in the definition of 「Permitted Liens」 or made in connection with Liens permitted under Section 4.12;
(15) the Facilities, the Existing Senior Secured Notes and any other Indebtedness (other than Subordinated Obligations) of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(16) so long as no Default or Event of Default of the type specified in Section 8.01(a) of this Agreement has occurred and is continuing, (a) minority Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person engaged in a Permitted Business and (b) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in joint ventures that conduct a Permitted Business to the extent that, after giving pro forma effect to any such Investment, the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio would not exceed 4.00 to 1.00;
(17) any Investment by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent made using as consideration Capital Stock of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent (other than Disqualified Stock), Subordinated Shareholder Loans or Capital Stock of any Parent;
(18) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Amendment Effective Date as a result of an acquisition by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary, including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 5.01, after the Amendment Effective Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in
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contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
(19) Permitted Joint Ventures;
(20) Investments in Securitization Obligations;
(21) [Reserved];
(22) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person where such Investment was acquired by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(23) any transaction to the extent constituting an Investment by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary that is permitted and made in accordance with Section 4.11(b) (except those transactions described in Section 4.11(b)(1), Section 4.11(b)(5), Section 4.11(b)(9), and Section 4.11(b)(22));
(24) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in or constituting Bank Products;
(25) the 2015 Columbus Carve-Out, or any component or the unwinding thereof, to the extent constituting an Investment;
(26) any loans or guarantees by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary relating to Excess Capacity Network Services provided that the price payable to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in relation to such Excess Capacity Network Services is no less than the cost incurred by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in providing such Excess Capacity Network Services;
(27) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of all or a portion of the Escrowed Proceeds permitted under the relevant escrow agreement;
(28) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material, services or equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property;
(29) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements;
(30) advances by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in the form of a prepayment of expenses, so long as such expenses are being paid in accordance with customary trade terms of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(31) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business; and
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(32) Investments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any start-up financing or seed funding of any Person, together with all other Investments pursuant to this clause (32), in an aggregate amount at the time of such Investment not to exceed the greater of (a) $75.0 million and (b) 1.0% of Total Assets at any one time; provided that if an Investment is made pursuant to this clause in a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary and such Person subsequently becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is subsequently designated a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.07, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of the definition of 「Permitted Investments」 and not this clause.
“Permitted Joint Ventures” means one or more joint ventures formed (1) by the contribution of some or all of the assets of the Company’s, a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s business solutions division pursuant to a Business Division Transaction to a joint venture formed by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary with one or more joint venturers, (2) by the contribution of some or all of the assets of the Company’s, a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Content business pursuant to a Content Transaction to a joint venture formed by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary with one or more joint venturers and/or (3) for the purposes of network and/or infrastructure sharing with one or more joint venturers.
“Permitted Liens” means:
(1) Liens on Receivables and related assets of the type described in the definition of 「Qualified Receivables Transaction」 Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, and Liens on Investments in Receivables Entities;
(2) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation Laws, unemployment insurance Laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or United States government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import or customs duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(3) Liens imposed by Law, including carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction and other like Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are bonded or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(4) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet subject to penalties for non-payment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(5) Liens in favor of issuers of surety, bid or performance bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or trade or government contracts or to secure leases or permits, licenses, statutory or regulatory obligations, or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
(6) (a) mortgages, liens, security interests, restrictions, encumbrances or any other matters of record that have been placed by any government, statutory or regulatory authority, developer, landlord or other third party on property or assets over which the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary has easement rights or on any leased property and subordination or similar arrangements relating thereto (including, without limitation, the right reserved to or vested in any governmental authority by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit acquired by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or by any statutory provision to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or other payments as a condition to the
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continuance thereof), (b) minor survey exceptions, encumbrances, trackage rights, special assessments, ground leases, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries or to the ownership of its properties which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (c) any condemnation or eminent domain proceedings affecting any real property;
(7) [Reserved];
(8) leases, licenses, subleases and sublicenses of assets (including, without limitation, real property and intellectual property rights) which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(9) Liens arising out of judgments, decrees, orders or awards so long as any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment, decree, order or award have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired;
(10) Liens for the purpose of securing the payment of all or a part of the purchase price of, or Capitalized Lease Obligations, Purchase Money Obligations or other payments Incurred to finance the acquisition, improvement or construction of, assets or property acquired or constructed in the ordinary course of business (including Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, hire purchase, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business); provided that such Liens do not encumber any other assets or property of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary other than such assets or property and assets affixed or appurtenant thereto;
(11) Liens (a) arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions or customary business provisions relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depositary institution, (b) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, (c) encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes or (d) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;
(12) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings (or similar filings in other applicable jurisdictions) regarding operating leases entered into by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(13) Liens securing Indebtedness to the extent Incurred in compliance with Section 4.09(b)(17), including guarantees and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(14) Liens (a) over the segregated trust accounts set up to fund productions, (b) required to be granted over productions to secure production grants granted by regional and/or national agencies promoting film production in the relevant regional and/or national jurisdiction and (c) over assets relating to a specific production funded by Production Facilities;
(15) Liens existing on, or provided for under written arrangements existing on, the Amendment Effective Date;
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(16) Liens on property, other assets or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (including Liens created, Incurred or assumed in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition or transaction); provided that any such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than pursuant to after-acquired property clauses in effect with respect to such Lien at the time of acquisition on property of the type that would have been subject to such Lien notwithstanding the occurrence of such acquisition);
(17) Liens on property at the time the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into any Restricted Subsidiary (including Liens created, Incurred or assumed in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition or transaction); provided that any such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary (other than pursuant to after-acquired property clauses in effect with respect to such Lien at the time of acquisition on property of the type that would have been subject to such Lien notwithstanding the occurrence of such acquisition);
(18) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or another Restricted Subsidiary;
(19) Permitted Collateral Liens;
(20) Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to refinance Indebtedness that was previously so secured; provided that any such Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could secure) the Indebtedness being refinanced or is in respect of property that is the security for a Permitted Lien hereunder;
(21) Liens securing Indebtedness Incurred under any Permitted Credit Facility;
(22) Liens on Capital Stock or other securities of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(23) any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligations or operating leases;
(24) any encumbrance or restriction (including, but not limited to, put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;
(25) Liens over rights under loan agreements relating to, or over notes or similar instruments evidencing, the on-loan of proceeds received by a Restricted Subsidiary from the issuance of Indebtedness, which Liens are created to secure payment of such Indebtedness;
(26) Liens on assets or property of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party securing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party permitted by Section 4.09;
(27) any Liens in respect of the ownership interests in, or assets owned by, any joint ventures securing obligations of such joint ventures or similar agreements;
(28) Liens on Escrowed Proceeds for the benefit of the related holders of debt securities or other Indebtedness (or the underwriters or arrangers or escrow agent thereof) or on cash set aside at the time of the Incurrence of any Indebtedness or government securities purchased with such cash, in either case to the extent such cash or government securities prefund the payment of
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interest on such Indebtedness and are held in escrow accounts or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose;
(29) Liens Incurred with respect to obligations that do not exceed the greater of (a) $250.0 million and (b) 5.0% of Total Assets at any time outstanding;
(30) Liens consisting of any right of set-off granted to any financial institution acting as a lockbox bank in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;
(31) Liens for the purpose of perfecting the ownership interests of a purchaser of Receivables and related assets pursuant to any Qualified Receivables Transaction;
(32) Cash deposits or other Liens for the purpose of securing Limited Recourse;
(33) Liens arising in connection with other sales of Receivables permitted hereunder without recourse to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(34) Liens in respect of Bank Products or to implement cash pooling arrangements or arising under the general terms and conditions of banks with whom the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary maintains a banking relationship or to secure cash management and other banking services, netting and set-off arrangements, and encumbrances over credit balances on bank accounts to facilitate operation of such bank accounts on a cash-pooled and net balance basis (including any ancillary facility under any Credit Facility or other accommodation comprising of more than one account) and Liens of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary under the general terms and conditions of banks and financial institutions entered into in the ordinary course of banking or other trading activities;
(35) Liens on cash, Cash Equivalents, Investments or other property arising in connection with the defeasance, discharge or redemption of Indebtedness; provided that such defeasance, discharge or redemption is not prohibited hereunder;
(36) Liens on Receivables and related assets of the type specified in the definition of 「Qualified Receivables Transaction」;
(37) Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents securing the obligations and facilities of Cable & Wireless Limited under and in respect of the Cable & Wireless Supplemental Pension Scheme and the trust deed and rules in respect thereof;
(38) Liens on cash in support of letters of credit issued pursuant to the terms of the CFA or any cash escrow arrangements for the same purpose;
(39) Liens on equipment of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to a client of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary at which such equipment is located;
(40) subdivision agreements, site plan control agreements, development agreements, servicing agreements, cost sharing, reciprocal and other similar agreements with municipal and other governmental authorities affecting the development, servicing or use of a property; provided that the same are complied with in all material respects except as such non-compliance does not interfere in any material respect, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, with the business of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and their respective Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
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(41) facility cost sharing, servicing, reciprocal or other similar agreements related to the use and/or operation a property in the ordinary course of business; provided that the same are complied with in all material respects;
(42) deemed trusts created by operation of Law in respect of amounts which are (a) not yet due and payable, (b) immaterial, (c) being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP or (d) unpaid due to inadvertence after exercising due diligence;
(43) Liens encumbering deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liabilities to insurance carriers; and
(44) Liens securing the Obligations and the Guaranty.
“Permitted Tax Reorganization” means any reorganization and other activities related to tax planning and tax reorganization, so long as such Permitted Tax Reorganization is not materially adverse to the Lenders (as determined by the Company in good faith).
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company, government or any agency or political subdivision hereof or any other entity.
“Post-Closing Reorganization” means the possible reorganization of the CWC Group by the Ultimate Parent, which is expected to include: (1) a distribution or other transfer of the Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent and their respective Subsidiaries or a Parent of both the Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent to the Ultimate Parent or another direct Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent through one or more mergers, transfers, consolidations or other similar transactions such that the Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent and their respective Subsidiaries or such Parent will become the direct Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent or such other direct Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent and/or (2) the issuance by the Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent of Capital Stock to the Ultimate Parent or another direct Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent and, as consideration therefor, the assignment by the Ultimate Parent or a direct Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent of a loan receivable to the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, as the case may be, and/or (3) the insertion of a new entity as a direct Subsidiary of C&W Communications, which new entity will become a Parent of the Company.
“Preferred Stock”, as applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such entity, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such entity.
“Pro forma EBITDA” means, for any period, the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that for the purposes of calculating Pro forma EBITDA for such period, if, as of such date of determination:
(1) since the beginning of such period the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary will have made any Asset Disposition or disposed of any company, any business, any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business or any Minority Investment (any such disposition, a “Sale”) or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Pro forma Non-Controlling Interest EBITDA, as applicable, is such a Sale, Pro forma EBITDA for such period will be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets which are the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such period;
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(2) since the beginning of such period the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) will have made an Investment in any Person that thereby becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, acquires any Non-Controlling Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise acquires any company, any business, any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business or any Minority Investment (any such Investment or acquisition, a “Purchase”) including any such Purchase occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, Consolidated EBITDA for such period will be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of such period; and
(3) since the beginning of such period any Person (that became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) will have made any Sale or any Purchase that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above if made by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period, Consolidated EBITDA for such period will be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Sale or Purchase occurred on the first day of such period.
For purposes of this definition and determining compliance with any provision of the Loan Documents that requires the calculation of any financial ratio or test, (a) whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any transaction or calculation, the pro forma calculations will be as determined conclusively in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company (including without limitation in respect of anticipated expense and cost reductions) including, without limitation, as a result of, or that would result from any actions taken, committed to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken, by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary including, without limitation, in connection with any cost reduction synergies or cost savings plan or program or in connection with any transaction, investment, acquisition, disposition, restructuring, corporate reorganization or otherwise (regardless of whether these cost savings and cost reduction synergies could then be reflected in pro forma financial statements to the extent prepared), (b) in determining the amount of Indebtedness outstanding on any date of determination, pro forma effect shall be given to any Incurrence, repayment, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition, retirement or discharge of Indebtedness as if such transaction had occurred on the first day of the relevant period and (c) interest on any Indebtedness that bears interest at a floating rate and that is being given pro forma effect shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of calculation had been applicable for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness).
For the avoidance of doubt, the Consolidated EBITDA and all outstanding Indebtedness of any company or business division or other assets to be acquired or disposed of pursuant to a signed purchase agreement (which may be subject to one or more conditions precedent) may be given pro forma effect for the purpose of calculating Pro forma EBITDA.
“Pro forma Non-Controlling Interest EBITDA” means, for any period, an amount equal to the proportion of the Pro forma EBITDA of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries which would have been attributable to Non-Controlling Interests, on the basis that the relevant measures for calculating such Pro forma EBITDA for such period under the definition of 「Pro forma EBITDA」 (including 「Consolidated EBITDA」) are attributed to such Non-Controlling Interests in accordance with the definition of 「Consolidation」.
“Production Facilities” means any facilities provided by a lender to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary to finance a production.
“Public Debt” means any Indebtedness consisting of bonds, debentures, notes or other similar debt securities issued in (1) a public offering registered under the Securities Act or (2) a private placement to institutional investors that is underwritten for resale in accordance with Rule 144A and/or Regulation S under the Securities Act, whether or not it includes registration rights entitling the holders of such debt securities to registration thereof with the SEC for public resale. For the avoidance of doubt, the term 「Public Debt」 shall not be construed to include any Indebtedness issued to institutional investors in a direct placement of such
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Indebtedness that is not underwritten by an intermediary (it being understood that, without limiting the foregoing, a financing that is distributed to not more than ten Persons (provided that multiple managed accounts and Affiliates of any such Persons shall be treated as one Person for the purposes of this definition) shall be deemed not to be underwritten), or any Indebtedness under the Loan Documents, a Permitted Credit Facility, a Production Facility, commercial bank or similar Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations or recourse transfer of any financial asset or any other type of Indebtedness Incurred in a manner not customarily viewed as a 「securities offering」.
“Public Market” means any time after an Equity Offering has been consummated, shares of common stock or other common equity interests of the IPO Entity having a market value in excess of $75.0 million on the date of such Equity Offering have been distributed pursuant to such Equity Offering.
“Public Offering” means any offering, including an Initial Public Offering, of shares of common stock or other common equity interests that are listed on an exchange or publicly offered (which shall include any offering pursuant to Rule 144A and/or Regulation S under the Securities Act to professional market investors or similar persons).
“Public Offering Expenses” means expenses Incurred by any Parent in connection with any public offering of Capital Stock or Indebtedness (whether or not successful):
(1) where the net proceeds of such offering are intended to be received by or contributed or loaned to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary; or
(2) in a prorated amount of such expenses in proportion to the amount of such net proceeds intended to be so received, contributed or loaned; or
(3) otherwise on an interim basis prior to completion of such offering so long as any Parent shall cause the amount of such expenses to be repaid to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary out of the proceeds of such offering promptly if completed, in each case, to the extent such expenses are not paid by another Subsidiary of such Parent.
“Purchase Money Note” means a promissory note of a Receivables Entity evidencing the deferred purchase price of Receivables (and related assets) and/or a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction with a Receivables Entity, which note is intended to finance that portion of the purchase price that is not paid in cash or a contribution of equity and which (1) is repayable from cash available to the Receivables Entity, other than (a) amounts required to be established as reserves pursuant to agreements, (b) amounts paid to investors in respect of interest, (c) principal and other amounts owing to such investors and (d) amounts owing to such investors and amounts paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated Receivables and (2) may be subordinated to the payments described in clause (1).
“Purchase Money Obligations” means any Indebtedness Incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, leasing, construction or improvement of property (real or personal) or assets (including Capital Stock), and whether acquired through the direct acquisition of such property or assets or the acquisition of the Capital Stock of any Person owning such property or assets, or otherwise.
“Qualified Receivables Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (1) a Receivables Entity (in the case of a transfer by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries) and (2) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Entity), or may grant a Lien in, any Receivables (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such Receivables, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, the proceeds of such Receivables and other assets which are customarily
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transferred, or in respect of which Liens are customarily granted, in connection with asset securitization involving Receivables and any Hedging Obligations entered into by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Receivables.
“Receivable” means a right to receive payment arising from a sale or lease of goods or the performance of services by a Person pursuant to an arrangement with another Person pursuant to which such other Person is obligated to pay for goods or services under terms that permit the purchase of such goods and services on credit and shall include, in any event, any items of property that would be classified as an 「account」, 「chattel paper」, 「payment intangible」 or 「instrument」 under the Uniform Commercial Code and any 「supporting obligations」 as so defined.
“Receivables Entity” means a Subsidiary of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (or another Person in which the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary makes an Investment or to which the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary transfers Receivables and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Receivables and which is designated by the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent (as provided below) as a Receivables Entity:
(1) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which:
(a) is guaranteed by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings);
(b) is recourse to or obligates the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; or
(c) subjects any property or asset of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;
except, in each such case, Limited Recourse and Permitted Liens as defined in clauses (30) through (33) and (36) of the definition thereof;
(2) with which neither the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding (except in connection with a Purchase Money Note or Qualified Receivables Transaction) other than on terms not materially less favorable to the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company or such Permitted Affiliate Parent, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing Receivables; and
(3) to which neither the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results (other than those related to or incidental to the relevant Qualified Receivables Transaction), except for Limited Recourse and Permitted Liens as defined in clauses (30) through (33) and (36) of the definition thereof.
Any such designation by the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by promptly delivering to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate giving effect to such designation and certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
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“Receivables Fees” means reasonable distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Receivables Entity in connection with, any Qualified Receivables Transaction.
“Receivables Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller of Receivables in a Qualified Receivables Transaction to repurchase Receivables arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, offset or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.
“Refinancing” means the repayment of all principal, accrued and unpaid interest, fees and other amounts outstanding on or about the Amendment Effective Date, and the termination of all outstanding commitments, under the Term B-4 Loan Facility (as defined in the 2018 Credit Agreement).
“Refinancing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that is Incurred to refund, refinance, replace, exchange, renew, repay or extend (including pursuant to any defeasance or discharge mechanism) (collectively, 「refinance」, 「refinances」 and 「refinanced」 shall have a correlative meaning) any Indebtedness existing on the Amendment Effective Date or Incurred in compliance with this Agreement (including Indebtedness of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent that refinances Indebtedness of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, and Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or another Restricted Subsidiary) including Indebtedness that refinances Refinancing Indebtedness, including successive refinancings; provided that:
(1) if the Indebtedness being refinanced constitutes Subordinated Obligations, (a) if the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced is earlier than the Latest Maturity Date of the Facilities, the Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced or (b) if the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced is later than the Latest Maturity Date of the Facilities, the Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity later than the Latest Maturity Date of the Facilities;
(2) such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the sum of the aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refinanced plus an amount to pay any interest, fees and expenses, premiums and defeasance costs, Incurred in connection therewith; and
(3) if the Indebtedness being refinanced constitutes Subordinated Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Finance Parties as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being refinanced.
Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Credit Facility or any other Indebtedness may be Incurred from time to time after the termination, discharge or repayment of all or any part of any such Credit Facility or other Indebtedness.
“Related Business” means any business that is the same as or related, ancillary or complementary to, any of the businesses of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Amendment Effective Date.
“Related Person” with respect to any Permitted Holder, means:
(1) any controlling equity holder or majority (or more) owned Subsidiary of such Permitted Holder;
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(2) in the case of an individual, any spouse, family member or relative of such individual, any trust or partnership for the benefit of one or more of such individual and any such spouse, family member or relative, or the estate, executor, administrator, committee or beneficiaries of any thereof; or
(3) any trust, corporation, partnership or other Person for which one or more of the Permitted Holders and other Related Persons of any thereof constitute the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners or owners thereof, or Persons beneficially holding in the aggregate a majority (or more) controlling interest therein.
“Related Taxes” means:
(1) any taxes, including but not limited to sales, use, transfer, rental, ad valorem, value added, stamp, property, consumption, franchise, license, capital, registration, business, customs, net worth, gross receipts, excise, occupancy, intangibles or similar taxes (other than (x) taxes measured by income and (y) withholding imposed on payments made by any Parent), required to be paid by any Parent by virtue of its:
(a) being organized or incorporated or having Capital Stock outstanding (but not by virtue of owning stock or other equity interests of any corporation or other entity other than the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or any of the Company’s, a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries), or
(b) being a Holding Company of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company’s, a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries, or
(c) receiving dividends from or other distributions in respect of the Capital Stock of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company’s, a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries, or
(d) having guaranteed any obligations of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, or
(e) having made any payment in respect to any of the items for which the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary is permitted to make payments to any Parent pursuant to Section 4.07,
in each case, to the extent such taxes are not paid by another Subsidiary or such Parent; or
(2) any taxes measured by income for which any Parent is liable up to an amount not to exceed with respect to such taxes the amount of any such taxes that the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent, any Restricted Subsidiary and their respective Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a separate company basis or on a Consolidated basis if the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent, any Restricted Subsidiary and their respective Subsidiaries had paid tax on a Consolidated, combined, group, affiliated or unitary basis on behalf of an affiliated group consisting only of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent, any Restricted Subsidiary and their respective Subsidiaries and any taxes imposed by way of withholding on payments made by one Parent to another Parent on any financing that is provided, directly or indirectly in relation to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent, any Restricted Subsidiary and their respective Subsidiaries (in each case, reduced by any taxes measured by income actually paid by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent, any Restricted Subsidiary and their respective Subsidiaries).
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“Representative” means any trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of Senior Indebtedness or the provider of Senior Indebtedness (if provided on a bilateral basis), as the case may be.
“Reporting Entity” refers to C&W Communications, or following any election made in accordance with Section 4.03(d), the Company or such other Parent of the Company, or, following a Permitted Affiliate Group Designation Date, C&W Parent or a Parent of C&W Parent.
「Reserved Indebtedness Amount」 has the meaning given to that term in Section 4.09.
“Restricted Investment” means any Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company or of a Permitted Affiliate Parent (including any Borrower), together with any Affiliate Subsidiaries, in each case, other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Sable Holding” means Sable Holding Limited and its successors.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securitization Obligation” means any Indebtedness or other obligation of any Receivables Entity.
“Senior Indebtedness” means, whether outstanding on the Amendment Effective Date or thereafter Incurred, all amounts payable by, under or in respect of all other Indebtedness of the Loan Parties, including premiums and accrued and unpaid interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to each Loan Party at the rate specified in the documentation with respect thereto whether or not a claim for post filing interest is allowed in such proceeding) and fees relating thereto; provided that Senior Indebtedness will not include:
(1) any Indebtedness Incurred in violation of this Agreement;
(2) any obligation of any Loan Party to any Restricted Subsidiary;
(3) any liability for taxes owed or owing by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business (including guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities);
(5) any Indebtedness, guarantee or obligation of a Loan Party that is expressly subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness, guarantee or obligation of a Loan Party, including, without limitation, any Subordinated Obligation; or
(6) any Capital Stock.
「Senior Notes Issuer」 means C&W Senior Finance Limited, and any and all successors thereto.
“Senior Secured Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, any Indebtedness that is (1) secured by a First-Priority Lien, (2) Incurred by a Loan Party and secured by any other Lien on assets of a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Lien permitted under clauses (22), (28) or (29) of the definition of 「Permitted Liens」) or (3) Incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (other than any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred by Cable & Wireless International Finance B.V. in respect thereof), in each case, without double counting.
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“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary which, together with the Restricted Subsidiaries of such Restricted Subsidiary, accounted for more than 10.0% of Total Assets as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year.
“Solvent Liquidation” means any voluntary liquidation, winding up or corporate reconstruction involving the business or assets of, or shares of (or other interests in) any Subsidiary of a Parent or any Grantor (other than the Borrowers); provided that to the extent such Subsidiary of a Parent or Grantor involved in such Solvent Liquidation is a Guarantor, the Successor Company assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under the Loan Documents and any Intercreditor Agreement, to which such Guarantor was a party prior to the Solvent Liquidation unless (i) such Successor Company is an existing Guarantor or (ii) such Successor Company would, but for the operation of this proviso, no longer be required to guarantee the Facilities or any other Senior Secured Indebtedness secured on the Collateral and accordingly any guarantee required by this proviso would become subject to automatic release in accordance with Section 11.09(b) of this Agreement.
「SPV Issuer」 means C&W Senior Financing Designated Activity Company, and any and all successors thereto.
“Special Dividend” means the special dividend in the amount of in the amount of £0.03 per share paid to the C&W Communications’ shareholders of record immediately prior to the consummation of the 2016 Liberty Acquisition.
“Specified Legal Expenses” means, to the extent not constituting an extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual loss, charge or expense, all attorneys’ and experts’ fees and expenses and all other costs, liabilities (including all damages, penalties, fines and indemnification and settlement payments) and expenses paid or payable in connection with any threatened, pending, completed or future claim, demand, action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation (whether civil, criminal, administrative, governmental or investigative).
“Spin-Off” means a transaction by which all outstanding ordinary and/or equity shares of the Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Parent of the Company or such Permitted Affiliate Parent directly or indirectly owned by the Ultimate Parent are distributed to (1) all of the Ultimate Parent’s shareholders or (2) all of the shareholders comprising one or more group of the Ultimate Parent’s shareholders as provided by the Ultimate Parent’s articles of association, in each case, either directly or indirectly through the distribution of shares in a Parent holding the Company’s and any Permitted Affiliate Parent’s shares or such Parent’s shares.
“Spin Parent” means the Person the shares of which are distributed to the shareholders of the Ultimate Parent pursuant to the Spin-Off.
“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary which are reasonably customary in securitization of Receivables transactions, including, without limitation, those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Entity and Limited Recourse, it being understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.
“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any security, loan or other evidence of Indebtedness, the date specified in such security, loan or other evidence of Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such security, loan or other evidence of Indebtedness is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory repayment, redemption or repurchase provision, but shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
“Subordinated Obligation” means, in the case of a Borrower, any Indebtedness of such Borrower (whether outstanding on the Amendment Effective Date or thereafter Incurred) which is expressly subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Obligations pursuant to a written agreement and, in the case of a Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Amendment Effective Date or thereafter Incurred) which is expressly subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Guaranty of such Guarantor pursuant to a written agreement.
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“Subordinated Shareholder Loans” means Indebtedness of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (and any security into which such Indebtedness, other than Capital Stock, is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the option of the holder) issued to and held by any Affiliate (other than the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary) that (either pursuant to its terms or pursuant to an agreement with respect thereto):
(1) does not mature or require any amortization, redemption or other repayment of principal or any sinking fund payment prior to the first anniversary of the Latest Maturity Date of the Facilities (other than through conversion or exchange of such Indebtedness into Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, as applicable, or any Indebtedness meeting the requirements of this definition);
(2) does not require, prior to the first anniversary of the Latest Maturity Date of the Facilities, payment of cash interest, cash withholding amounts or other cash gross-ups, or any similar cash amounts;
(3) contains no change of control or similar provisions that are effective, and does not accelerate and has no right to declare a default or event of default or take any enforcement action or otherwise require any cash payment prior to the first anniversary of the Latest Maturity Date of the Facilities;
(4) does not provide for or require any Lien or encumbrance over any asset of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(5) is subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Obligations in the event of (a) a total or partial liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, (b) a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its property, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or its property or a Restricted Subsidiary or its property, as applicable, (c) an assignment for the benefit of creditors or (d) any marshalling of the Company’s, a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s assets and liabilities, as applicable;
(6) under which the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, may not make any payment or distribution of any kind or character with respect to any obligations on, or relating to, such Subordinated Shareholder Loans if (a) a payment Default under a Loan Document in relation to the Obligations occurs and is continuing or (b) any other Default under the Loan Documents occurs and is continuing that permits the Lenders to accelerate their outstanding Loans and the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, receives notice of such Default from the Administrative Agent, until in each case the earliest of (i) the date on which such Default is cured or waived or (ii) 180 days from the date such Default occurs (and only one such notice may be given during any 360 day period); and
(7) under which, if the holder of such Subordinated Shareholder Loans receives a payment or distribution with respect to such Subordinated Shareholder Loan (a) other than in accordance with this Agreement or as a result of a mandatory requirement of applicable Law or (b) under circumstances described under clauses (5)(a) through (d) above, such holder will forthwith pay all such amounts to the Administrative Agent or the Security Trustee to be held in trust for application in accordance with the Loan Documents.
“Subsidiary” of any Person means (1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total ordinary voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof (or Persons performing similar functions) or (2) any partnership, joint venture limited liability company or similar entity of which more than 50% of the capital
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accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, is, in the case of clauses (1) and (2), at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (a) such Person, (b) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (c) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person. Except as used in Section 4.09(b)(7)(B), the definitions of 「ordinary course of business」, 「CWC Group」 and clause (2)(b) of 「Permitted Collateral Liens」, or as otherwise specified herein or unless as the context may require, each reference to a Subsidiary will refer to a Subsidiary of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent.
“Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago” means Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited.
“Test Period” means, on any date of determination, the period of the most recent two consecutive fiscal quarters for which, at the option of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, (1) interim management statements and/or quarterly financial statements have previously been furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 4.03 or (2) internal interim management statements and/or internal financial statements of the Reporting Entity are available immediately preceding the date of determination (the “L2QA Test Period”); provided that, the Company may make an election to establish that 「Test Period」 shall mean, on the date of determination the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters for which, at the option of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, (i) quarterly financial statements have previously been furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 4.03 or (ii) internal financial statements of the Reporting Entity are available immediately preceding the date of determination (the “LTM Test Period”). The calculation of Pro forma EBITDA and Pro forma Non-Controlling Interest EBITDA in respect of any Test Period that is an L2QA Test Period shall be determined by multiplying Pro forma EBITDA or Pro forma Non-Controlling Interest EBITDA, as applicable, for such L2QA Test Period by two. The Company may only make one election to change from the L2QA Test Period to the LTM Test Period and once so elected may not then elect to change from the LTM Test Period back to the L2QA Test Period.
“Total Assets” means the Consolidated total assets of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries as shown on the most recent balance sheets (excluding the footnotes thereto) which have previously been furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 4.03 or are internally available immediately preceding the date of determination (and, in the case of any determination relating to any Incurrence of Indebtedness, any Restricted Payment or other determination under this Agreement, calculated with such pro forma and other adjustments as are consistent with the pro forma provisions set forth in the definition of 「Pro forma EBITDA」 including, but not limited to, any property or assets being acquired in connection therewith).
“Towers Assets” means:
(1) all present and future wireless and broadcast towers and tower sites that host or assist in the operation of plant and equipment used for transmitting telecommunications signals, being tower and tower sites that are owned by or vested in the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (whether pursuant to title, rights in rem, leases, rights of use, site sharing rights, concession rights or otherwise) and include, without limitation, any and all towers and tower sites under construction;
(2) all rights (including, without limitation, rights in rem, leases, rights of use, site sharing rights and concession rights), title, deposits (including, without limitation, deposits placed with landlords, electricity boards and transmission companies) and interest in, or over, the land or property on which such towers and tower sites referred to in paragraph (1) above have been or will be constructed or erected or installed;
(3) all current assets relating to the towers or tower sites and their operation referred to in paragraph (1) above, whether movable, immovable or incorporeal;
(4) all plant and equipment customarily treated by telecommunications operators as forming part of the towers or tower sites referred to in paragraph (1) above, including, in particular, but
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without limitation, the electricity power connections, utilities, diesel generator sets, batteries, power management systems, air conditioners, shelters and all associated civil and electrical works; and
(5) all permits, licences, approvals, registrations, quotas, incentives, powers, authorities, allotments, consents, rights, benefits, advantages, municipal permissions, trademarks, designs, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property and powers of every kind, nature and description whatsoever, whether from government bodies or otherwise, pertaining to or relating to paragraphs (1) to (4) above; and
(6) shares or other interests in Tower Companies.
“Tower Company” means a company or other entity whose principal activity relates to Towers Assets and substantially all of whose assets are Towers Assets.
“Trade Payables” means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or guaranteed by such Person arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or services.
“Transactions” means (1) the entry into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (2) the funding of the Loans and Commitments hereunder and the consummation of the Refinancing, (3) any Spin-Off (except for purposes of Section 4.07(a)(22), 4.09(a)(20) or 5.01(e)), (4) any Permitted Financing Activities (except for purposes of Section 5.01(e)), (5) any Post-Closing Reorganization, (6) the 2016 Transactions, (7) any Permitted Tax Reorganization and (8) all other associated transactions taken in relation to any of the foregoing and the payment or incurrence of any fees, expenses or charges associated with any such transactions.
“TSTT HoldCo” means any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent that holds no material assets other than the Capital Stock of Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago.
“Ultimate Parent” means (1) Liberty Latin America and any and all successors thereto or (2) upon consummation of a Spin-Off, 「Ultimate Parent」 will mean the Spin Parent and its successors and (3) upon consummation of a Parent Joint Venture Transaction, 「Ultimate Parent」 will mean each of the top tier Parent entities of the Parent Joint Venture Holders and their successors.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:
(1) any Subsidiary of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, or any Affiliate Subsidiary, that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent in the manner provided below; and
(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent may designate any Subsidiary of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, or an Affiliate Subsidiary, as applicable (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary or a Person becoming a Subsidiary through merger or consolidation or Investment therein), to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary only if such designation and the Investment of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent in such Subsidiary or Affiliate Subsidiary complies with Section 4.07.
Any such designation shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by promptly filing with the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complies with the foregoing conditions.
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The Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof and either (1) the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.09(a)(2) or (2) the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio would be no greater than it was immediately prior to giving effect to such designation, in each case, on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation.
“Voting Stock” of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled to vote in the election of directors.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means (1) in respect of any Person, a Person, all of the Capital Stock of which (other than (a) directors’ qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of shares required to be owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable Law, regulation or to ensure limited liability and (b) in the case of a Receivables Entity, shares held by a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent solely for the purpose of permitting such Person (or such Person’s designee) to vote with respect to customary major events with respect to such Receivables Entity, including without limitation the institution of bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceedings, any merger or dissolution, and any change in charter documents or other customary events) is owned by that Person directly or (2) indirectly by a Person that satisfies the requirements of clause (1).
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ANNEX 2 COVENANTS
Unless otherwise specified herein, (i) references in this Annex II to sections of Article 4 or 5 are to those sections of this Annex II and (ii) defined terms used in this Annex II shall bear the meanings given to them in Annex I or as otherwise given to them in Section 1.01 of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the section references in this Annex II is deliberately retained for consistency given the equivalent provisions in indentures entered into by Liberty Latin America and its Subsidiaries for ease of reference.
ARTICLE 4
Section 4.01 [Reserved]
Section 4.02 [Reserved]
Section 4.03 Reports
(a) The Company or any Permitted Affiliate Parent will provide to the Administrative Agent, and, in each case of clauses (1) and (2) of this Section 4.03(a), will post on its, the Reporting Entity’s or the Ultimate Parent’s website (or make similar disclosure) the following (provided that to the extent any reports are filed on the SEC’s website or on the Reporting Entity’s or the Ultimate Parent’s website, such reports shall be deemed to be provided to the Administrative Agent):
(1) within 150 days after the end of each fiscal year, audited combined or Consolidated balance sheets of the Reporting Entity as of the end of the two most recent fiscal years (or such shorter period as the Reporting Entity has been in existence) and audited combined or Consolidated income statements and statements of cash flow of the Reporting Entity for the two most recent fiscal years (or such shorter period as the Reporting Entity has been in existence), in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP, including appropriate footnotes to such financial statements, and a report of the independent public accountants on the financial statements; provided that such financial statements need not (i) contain any segment data other than as required under GAAP in its financial statements with respect to the period presented, (ii) include any exhibits or (iii) include separate financial statements for any Affiliates of the Reporting Entity or any acquired businesses;
(2) within 75 days after the end of each of the first, second and third quarters of each fiscal year, to the extent the Reporting Entity is not required under English law to provide financial statements, a report or announcement disclosing the Reporting Entity’s revenue, ending period cash on balance sheet, net debt and capital expenditures, accompanied by customary management commentary (an “interim management statement”); provided that such financial statements need not (i) contain any segment data other than as required under GAAP in its financial statements with respect to the period presented, (ii) include any exhibits or (iii) include separate financial statements for any Affiliates of the Reporting Entity or any acquired businesses; and
(3) within 10 days after the occurrence of such event, information with respect to (i) any change in the independent public accountants of the Reporting Entity (unless such change is made in conjunction with a change in the auditor of the Ultimate Parent), (ii) any material acquisition or disposal of the Company, the Permitted Affiliate Parents and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole and (iii) any material development in the business of the Company, the Permitted Affiliate Parents and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(b) If the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries and any such Unrestricted Subsidiary or group of Unrestricted Subsidiaries would, if they were Restricted Subsidiaries, constitute Significant Subsidiaries of the Reporting Entity, then the annual and quarterly financial statements required by Section 4.03(a)(1) and Section 4.03(a)(2), as applicable, shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements, in the footnotes thereto or in a separate report delivered therewith, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Reporting Entity and the Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
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(c) Following any election by the Reporting Entity to change accounting principles in accordance with the definition of GAAP the annual and quarterly information required by Section 4.03(a)(1) and Section 4.03(a)(2), as applicable, shall include any reconciliation presentation required by clause (2)(a) of the definition of GAAP.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may satisfy its obligations under Section 4.03(a)(1) and Section 4.03(a)(2) by (i) prior to a Permitted Affiliate Group Designation Date, delivering the corresponding Consolidated annual and quarterly financial statements of any Parent of the Company and (ii) following a Permitted Affiliate Group Designation Date, delivering the corresponding condensed combined or Consolidated annual or quarterly financial statements, as applicable, of C&W Parent or any Parent of C&W Parent; provided that to the extent that material differences exist between the business, assets, results of operations or financial condition of (i) the Reporting Entity and (ii) the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the effect of any intercompany balances between the Reporting Entity and the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries), such annual and quarterly financial statements shall include an unaudited reconciliation of such Parent’s or C&W Parent’s (as the case may be) financial statements to the condensed combined or Consolidated financial statements of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
Section 4.04 [Reserved]
Section 4.05 [Reserved]
Section 4.06 [Reserved]
Section 4.07 Limitation on Restricted Payments
(a) The Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly:
(1) to declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on or in respect of its Capital Stock (including any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries) except:
(A) dividends or distributions payable in Capital Stock of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary (other than Disqualified Stock) or Subordinated Shareholder Loans; and
(B) dividends or distributions payable to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (and if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, as applicable, to its other holders of common Capital Stock on a pro rata basis);
(2) to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent, or any Affiliate Subsidiary or any Parent of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent, or any Affiliate Subsidiary held by Persons other than the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than in exchange for Capital Stock of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary (other than Disqualified Stock) or Subordinated Shareholder Loans);
(3) to purchase, repurchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Subordinated Obligations (other than (i) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Obligations purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement, (ii) in exchange for Capital Stock of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary (other than Disqualified Stock) or (iii) Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09(b)(2)); or
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(4) to make any Restricted Investment in any Person;
(any such dividend, distribution, purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, other acquisition, retirement or Restricted Investment referred to in Section 4.07(a)(1) through Section 4.07(a)(4) is referred to herein as a “Restricted Payment”), if at the time the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary makes such Restricted Payment:
(A) except in the case of a Restricted Investment, an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom); or
(B) except in the case of a Restricted Investment, if such Restricted Payment is made in reliance on Section 4.07(a)(C)(i) below, the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not able to Incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a)(2), after giving effect, on a pro forma basis, to such Restricted Payment; or
(C) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments declared or made subsequent to April 1, 2015 and not returned or rescinded (excluding all Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07(b)) would exceed the sum of:
(i) an amount equal to 100% of the Consolidated EBITDA for the period beginning on the first day of the first full fiscal quarter commencing prior to April 1, 2015 to the end of the Reporting Entity’s most recently ended full fiscal quarter ending prior to the date of such Restricted Payment for which internal Consolidated financial statements of the Reporting Entity are available, taken as a single accounting period, less the product of 1.4 times the Consolidated Interest Expense for such period;
(ii) 100% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds and the fair market value, of marketable securities, or other property or assets, received by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Affiliate Subsidiary from the issue or sale of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) or other capital contributions or received by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary from the issue or sale of Subordinated Shareholder Loans subsequent to April 1, 2015 (other than (A) Net Cash Proceeds received from an issuance or sale of such Capital Stock or Subordinated Shareholder Loans to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent, a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan, option plan or similar trust to the extent such sale to an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust is financed by loans from or guaranteed by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of determination, (B) Excluded Contributions, (C) Net Cash Proceeds, or other property or assets, if any, received by the Company as capital contributions or Subordinated Shareholder Loans that were subsequently used to fund the Special Dividend, (D) any Cure Amounts or (E) any property received in connection with Section 4.07(b)(26));
(iii) 100% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds and the fair market value, of marketable securities, or other property or assets, received by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary from the issuance or sale (other than to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary) by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary subsequent to April 1, 2015 of any Indebtedness that has been converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary (other than Disqualified Stock) or Subordinated Shareholder Loans; provided that the proceeds of any Cure Amounts shall not be taken into account for the purposes of this Section 4.07(a)(C)(iii);
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(iv) the amount equal to the net reduction in Restricted Investments made by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries subsequent to April 1, 2015 resulting from:
(a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions or retirements of any such Restricted Investment, proceeds realized upon the sale or other disposition to a Person other than the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of any such Restricted Investment, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets (including by way of dividend, distribution, interest payments or returns of capital) to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(b) the redesignation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries (valued, in each case, as provided in the definition of 「Investment」) not to exceed, in the case of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, the amount of Investments previously made by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary,
which amount in each case under this Section 4.07(a)(C)(iv) was included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; provided that no amount will be included in Consolidated EBITDA for the purposes of Section 4.07(a)(C)(i) to the extent that it is (at the Company’s option) included under this Section 4.07(a)(C)(iv);
(v) without duplication of amounts included in Section 4.07(a)(C)(iv), the amount by which Indebtedness of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Affiliate Subsidiary is reduced on the Company’s, such Permitted Affiliate Parent’s or such Affiliate Subsidiary’s Consolidated balance sheet, as applicable, upon the conversion or exchange of any Indebtedness of the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Affiliate Subsidiary issued after April 1, 2015, which is convertible or exchangeable for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Affiliate Subsidiary, as applicable, held by Persons not including the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable (less the amount of any cash or the fair market value of other property or assets distributed by the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Affiliate Subsidiary upon such conversion or exchange); and
(vi) 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds and the fair market value of marketable securities, or other property or assets, received by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with: (A) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Subsidiary of the Company or of a Permitted Affiliate Parent for the benefit of its employees to the extent funded by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of determination) of Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and (B) any dividend or distribution made by an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that no amount will be included in Consolidated EBITDA for the purposes of Section 4.07(a)(C)(i) to the extent that it is (at the Company’s option) included under this Section 4.07(a)(C)(vi).
The fair market value of property or assets other than cash for, purposes of this Section 4.07, shall be the fair market value thereof as determined conclusively by the Board of Directors, senior management or an Officer of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent.
(b) Section 4.07(a) will not prohibit:
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(1) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Capital Stock, Disqualified Stock, Subordinated Shareholder Loans or Subordinated Obligations of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange (including any such exchange pursuant to the exercise of a conversion right or privilege in connection with which cash is paid in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares) for, or out of the proceeds of the sale or issuance within 90 days of, Subordinated Shareholder Loans, or Capital Stock of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary (other than Disqualified Stock or Capital Stock issued or sold to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such sale to an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust is financed by loans from or guaranteed by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of determination), or a substantially concurrent capital contribution to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary; provided that the Net Cash Proceeds from such sale or issuance of Capital Stock or Subordinated Shareholder Loans or from such capital contribution will be excluded from Section 4.07(a)(C)(ii);
(2) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Obligations of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the sale or issuance within 90 days of, Subordinated Obligations of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary that is permitted or otherwise not prohibited to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 and that in each case constitutes Refinancing Indebtedness;
(3) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Disqualified Stock of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the sale or issuance within 90 days of Disqualified Stock of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that, in each case, is permitted or not otherwise prohibited to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 and that in each case constitutes Refinancing Indebtedness;
(4) dividends paid within 60 days after the date of declaration if at such date of declaration such dividend would have complied with this provision;
(5) the purchase, repurchase, defeasance, redemption or other acquisition, cancellation or retirement for value of Capital Stock, or options, warrants, equity appreciation rights or other rights to purchase or acquire Capital Stock of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or any parent of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary held by any existing or former employees or management of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent, an Affiliate Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary or their assigns, estates or heirs, in each case in connection with the repurchase provisions under employee stock option or stock purchase agreements or other agreements to compensate management employees or where such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition, cancellation or retirement for value of such Capital Stock or options, warrants, equity appreciation rights or other rights to purchase or acquire such Capital Stock is made as a hedge against a management incentive scheme or other employee bonus scheme in which a bonus or other incentive payment is payable in the relevant Capital Stock or is based on the price of the relevant Capital Stock; provided that such purchases, repurchases, defeasances, redemptions or other acquisitions pursuant to this Section 4.07(b)(5) will not exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate during any calendar year (with any unused amounts in any preceding calendar year being carried over to the succeeding calendar year);
(6) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock, or of any Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, Incurred in accordance with the terms of, or otherwise not prohibited to be Incurred pursuant to, Section 4.09;
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(7) purchases, repurchases, redemptions, defeasance or other acquisitions or retirements of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options, warrants or other convertible securities if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price thereof;
(8) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Obligation:
(A) at a purchase price not greater than 101% of the principal amount of such Subordinated Obligation in the event of a Change of Control; provided that prior to or simultaneously with such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement specified in this Section 4.07(b)(8)(A), the Company has notified the Administrative Agent of such Change of Control and the Required Lenders have not required a prepayment and cancellation of the Facilities under Section 2.05(b)(ix) of this Agreement; or
(B) (i) consisting of Acquired Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness Incurred to provide all or any portion of the funds utilized to consummate the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was designated a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary) and (ii) at a purchase price not greater than 100% of the principal amount of such Subordinated Obligation plus accrued and unpaid interest and any premium required by the terms of such Acquired Indebtedness;
(9) dividends, loans, advances or distributions to any Parent or other payments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in amounts equal to:
(A) the amounts required for any Parent to pay Parent Expenses;
(B) the amounts required for any Parent to pay Public Offering Expenses or fees and expenses related to any other equity or debt offering of such Parent that are directly attributable to the operation of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(C) the amounts required for any Parent to pay Related Taxes or, without duplication, pursuant to any tax sharing agreement or any arrangement between or among the Ultimate Parent, a Loan Party, any other Person or a Restricted Subsidiary; and
(D) amounts constituting payments satisfying the requirements of Section 4.11(b)(11), Section 4.11(b)(12) or Section 4.11(b)(22);
(10) Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed the aggregate cash amount of Excluded Contributions, or consisting of non-cash Excluded Contributions, or Investments in exchange for or using as consideration Investments previously made under this Section 4.07(b)(10);
(11) payments by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary, or loans, advances, dividends or distributions to any Parent to make payments to holders of Capital Stock of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary or any Parent in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of such Capital Stock;
(12) Restricted Payments in relation to any tax losses received by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary from the Ultimate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided that (i) such Restricted Payments shall only be made in relation to such
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tax losses in an amount equal to the amount of tax that would have otherwise been required to be paid by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary if those tax losses were not so received and such payment shall only be made in the tax year in which such losses are utilized by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) such payments shall only be made in relation to such tax losses in an amount not exceeding, in any financial year, the greater of $150.0 million and 2.0% of Total Assets (with any unused amounts in any financial year being carried over to the next succeeding financial year);
(13) so long as no Default or Event of Default of the type specified in Section 8.01(a) of this Agreement has occurred and is continuing, any Restricted Payment to the extent that, after giving pro forma effect to any such Restricted Payment, the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio would not exceed 4.00 to 1.00;
(14) Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding, when taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this Section 4.07(b)(14), not to exceed the greatest of (A) $250.0 million and (B) 5.0% of Total Assets and (C) 0.25 multiplied by the Pro forma EBITDA for the Test Period, in the aggregate in any calendar year (with any unused amounts in any preceding calendar year being carried over to the succeeding calendar year);
(15) [Reserved];
(16) Restricted Payments for the purpose of making corresponding payments on:
(A) the Existing Senior Notes;
(B) any Indebtedness of a Parent; provided that, in the case of this Section 4.07(b)(16)(B), (i) on the date of Incurrence of such Indebtedness by a Parent and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio, calculated for the purposes of this Section 4.07(b)(16) as if such Indebtedness of such Parent were being Incurred by the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, would not exceed 5.00 to 1.00 or (ii) such Indebtedness of a Parent is guaranteed by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(15);
(C) any Indebtedness of a Parent or any such Parent’s Subsidiaries, to the extent that such Indebtedness is guaranteed by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a guarantee otherwise permitted to be Incurred under this Agreement;
(D) any Indebtedness of a Parent or any such Parent’s Subsidiaries (i) the net proceeds of which are or were used in the prepayment, repayment, redemption, defeasance, retirement or purchase of the Facilities or other Indebtedness of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary, in whole or in part or (ii) the net proceeds of which are or were contributed to or otherwise loaned or transferred to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) which is otherwise Incurred for the benefit of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary,
and, in each case of Section 4.07(b)(16)(A), Section 4.07(b)(16)(B), Section 4.07(b)(16)(C) and Section 4.07(b)(16)(D), any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(17) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of or, Indebtedness owed to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
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(18) following a Public Offering of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Parent, the declaration and payment by the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Parent, or the making of any cash payments, advances, loans, dividends or distributions to any Parent to pay, dividends or distributions on the Capital Stock, common stock or common equity interests of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Parent; provided that the aggregate amount of all such dividends or distributions under this Section 4.07(b)(18) shall not exceed in any fiscal year the greater of (A) 6.0% of the Net Cash Proceeds received from such Public Offering or subsequent Equity Offering by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or Parent or contributed to the capital of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent by any Parent in any form other than Indebtedness or Excluded Contributions and (B) following the Initial Public Offering, an amount equal to the greater of (i) 7.0% of the Market Capitalization and (ii) 7.0% of the IPO Market Capitalization; provided that after giving pro forma effect to the payment of any such dividend or making of any such distribution, the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio would not exceed 4.00 to 1.00;
(19) after the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, distributions (including by way of dividend) consisting of cash, Capital Stock or property or other assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary that in each case is held by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that: (A) such distribution or disposition shall include the concurrent transfer of all liabilities (contingent or otherwise) attributable to the property or other assets being transferred; (B) any property or other assets received from any Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than Capital Stock issued by any Unrestricted Subsidiary) may be transferred by way of distribution or disposition pursuant to this Section 4.07(b)(19) only if such property or other assets, together with all related liabilities, is so transferred in a transaction that is substantially concurrent with the receipt of the proceeds of such distribution or disposition by the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary; and (C) such distribution or disposition shall not, after giving effect to any related agreements, result nor be likely to result in any material liability, tax or other adverse consequences to the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis; provided, further, however, that proceeds from the disposition of any cash, Capital Stock or property or other assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that are so distributed will not increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 4.07(a)(C)(iv);
(20) [Reserved];
(21) any Business Division Transaction or Content Transaction; provided that after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.09(a)(2);
(22) any Restricted Payment reasonably required to consummate, or in connection with, the Transactions;
(23) distributions or payments of Receivables Fees and purchases of Receivables pursuant to a Receivables Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;
(24) [Reserved];
(25) [Reserved];
(26) Restricted Payments to finance Investments or other acquisitions by a Parent or any Affiliate (other than the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary) which would otherwise be permitted to be made pursuant to this Section 4.07 if made by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Restricted Payment shall be made within 120 days of the closing of such Investment
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or other acquisition, (ii) such Parent or Affiliate shall, prior to or promptly following the date such Restricted Payment is made, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Capital Stock) to be contributed to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) the merger, amalgamation, consolidation, or sale of the Person formed or acquired into the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (in a manner not prohibited by Section 5.01) in order to consummate such Investment or other acquisition, (iii) such Parent or Affiliate receives no consideration or other payment in connection with such transaction except to the extent the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary could have given such consideration or made such payment in compliance with this Section 4.07 and (iv) any property received in connection with such transaction shall not constitute an Excluded Contribution up to the amount of such Restricted Payment made under this Section 4.07(b)(26);
(27) any Restricted Payment from the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary to a Parent or any other Subsidiary of a Parent which is not a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Subsidiary advances the proceeds of any such Restricted Payment to the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, within three days of receipt thereof and that such Restricted Payments do not exceed an amount equal to 10.0% of Total Assets at any one time; and
(28) distributions (including by way of dividend) to a Parent consisting of cash, Capital Stock or property or other assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is in each case held by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary for the sole purpose of transferring such cash, Capital Stock or property or other assets to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary.
(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.07, in the event that a Restricted Payment meets the criteria of more than one of the categories described in Section 4.07(b)(1) through Section 4.07(b)(28) above, or is permitted pursuant to Section 4.07(a) or the definition of 「Permitted Investments」, the Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent will be entitled to classify such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) on the date of its payment or later reclassify such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.07 or the definition of 「Permitted Investments」.
(d) The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value on the date of such Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be paid, transferred or issued by the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to such Restricted Payment. The fair market value of any cash Restricted Payment shall be its face amount.
Section 4.08 Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries
(a) The Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Loan Parties) to, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Loan Parties) to:
(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock or pay any Indebtedness or other obligations owed to the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) make any loans or advances to the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(3) transfer any of its property or assets to the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that (x) the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on Common Stock and (y) the subordination of (including but not limited to, the application of any standstill requirements to) loans or advances made to the Company, any
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Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness Incurred by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, shall not be deemed to constitute such an encumbrance or restriction.
(b) The preceding provisions will not prohibit:
(1) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement in effect at, entered into or substantially agreed on the Amendment Effective Date, including, without limitation, this Agreement, the Existing Senior Secured Notes Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement and any related documentation, in each case, as in effect, or substantially agreed, on the Amendment Effective Date;
(2) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement or instrument of a Person relating to any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of a Person, Incurred on or before the date on which such Person was acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, or designated a Permitted Affiliate Parent, an Affiliate Subsidiary or a Restricted Subsidiary (or became a Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof), or which such agreement or instrument is assumed by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of assets (other than Capital Stock or Indebtedness Incurred as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged or consolidated with or into the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or in contemplation of such transaction) and outstanding on such date; provided that any such encumbrance or restriction shall not extend to any assets or property of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets and property so acquired; provided, further, that for the purposes of this Section 4.08(b)(2), if another Person is the Successor Company, any Subsidiary thereof or agreement or instrument of such Person or any such Subsidiary shall be deemed acquired or assumed by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary when such Person becomes the Successor Company;
(3) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement or instrument effecting a refunding, replacement or refinancing of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, or that otherwise extends, renews, refunds, refinances or replaces, an agreement referred to in Section 4.08(b)(1) or Section 4.08(b)(2) or this Section 4.08(b)(3) or contained in any amendment, supplement, restatement or other modification to an agreement referred to in Section 4.08(b)(1) or Section 4.08(b)(2) or this Section 4.08(b)(3); provided that the encumbrances and restrictions, taken as a whole, with respect to the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary contained in any such agreement are no less favorable in any material respect to the Finance Parties than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in such agreements referred to in Section 4.08(b)(1) or Section 4.08(b)(2) (as determined conclusively in good faith by the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent);
(4) in the case of Section 4.08(a)(3), any encumbrance or restriction:
(A) that restricts in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is subject to a lease, license or similar contract, or the assignment or transfer of any such lease, license or other contract;
(B) contained in Liens permitted under this Agreement securing Indebtedness of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such encumbrances or restrictions restrict the transfer of the property subject to such mortgages, pledges or other security agreements;
(C) pursuant to customary provisions restricting dispositions of real property interests set forth in any reciprocal easement agreements of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
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(D) contained in operating leases for real property and restricting only the transfer of such real property upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a default in the payment of rent;
(5) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to (A) Purchase Money Obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business or (B) Capitalized Lease Obligations permitted under this Agreement, in each case, that either (i) impose encumbrances or restrictions of the nature described in Section 4.08(a)(3) on the property so acquired or (ii) are customary in connection with Purchase Money Obligations, Capitalized Lease Obligations and mortgage financings for property acquired in the ordinary course of business (as determined conclusively in good faith by the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent);
(6) any encumbrance or restriction arising in connection with, or any contractual requirement Incurred with respect to, any Purchase Money Note, other Indebtedness or a Qualified Receivables Transaction relating exclusively to a Receivables Entity that, in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, are necessary to effect such Qualified Receivables Transaction;
(7) any encumbrance or restriction (A) with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary (or any of its property or assets) imposed pursuant to an agreement (or option to enter into such agreement) entered into for the direct or indirect sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary (or the property or assets that are subject to such restriction) pending the closing of such sale or disposition or (B) arising by reason of contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale and disposition of all or substantially all assets of such Subsidiary or conditions imposed by governmental authorities or otherwise resulting from dispositions required by governmental authorities;
(8) (A) customary provisions in leases, asset sale agreements, joint venture agreements and other agreements and instruments entered into by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or (B) in the case of a joint venture or a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, encumbrances, restrictions and conditions imposed by its organizational documents or any related shareholders, joint venture or other agreements (including restrictions on the payment of dividends or other distributions);
(9) encumbrances or restrictions arising or existing by reason of applicable Law or any applicable rule, regulation, governmental license, order, concession, franchise, or permit or required by any regulatory authority;
(10) any encumbrance or restriction on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(11) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to Currency Agreements, Commodity Agreements or Interest Rate Agreements;
(12) any encumbrance or restriction arising pursuant to an agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred subsequent to the Amendment Effective Date pursuant Section 4.09 if (A) the encumbrances and restrictions taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Finance Parties than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and any related documentation, in each case, as in effect on the Amendment Effective Date (as determined conclusively in good faith by the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent) or (B) such encumbrances and restrictions taken as a whole are not materially more disadvantageous to the Finance Parties than is customary in comparable financings (as determined conclusively in good faith by the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent) and, in each case, either (i) the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent reasonably believes that such encumbrances and restrictions will not materially affect the Borrowers’ ability to make principal or interest payments on the Loans as and
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when they come due or (ii) such encumbrances and restrictions apply only if a default occurs in respect of a payment or financial covenant relating to such Indebtedness;
(13) any encumbrance or restriction arising by reason of customary non-assignment provisions in agreements; and
(14) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to any Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 4.09 Limitation on Indebtedness
(a) The Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness); provided that the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent and any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) if, on the date of such Incurrence and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis,
(1) the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio would not exceed 5.00 to 1.00; and
(2) to the extent that such Indebtedness is Senior Secured Indebtedness, the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio would not exceed 4.00 to 1.00.
(b) Section 4.09(a) will not prohibit the Incurrence of Indebtedness under the Loan Documents or the following Indebtedness:
(1) Indebtedness of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries under Credit Facilities, and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, in the aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed (A) an amount equal to the greater of (i)(a) $625.0 million, plus (b) the amount of any Credit Facilities that may be Incurred under Section 4.09(a)(2) or any other provision of this Section 4.09(b) to acquire any property, other assets or shares of Capital Stock of a Person and (ii) 10.0% of Total Assets plus (B) any accrual or accretion of interest that increases the principal amount of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities, plus (C) in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness permitted under this Section 4.09(b)(1) or any portion thereof, the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses Incurred in connection with such refinancing;
(2) Indebtedness of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent owing to and held by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity) or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to and held by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity); provided that:
(A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Indebtedness being beneficially held by a Person other than the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity), and
(B) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person other than the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity),
shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be;
(3) (A) Indebtedness represented by the Initial Term Loans and the related guarantees thereof; and (B) and Indebtedness under the Existing Senior Secured Notes and the related guarantees thereof;
(4) any Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness described in Section 4.09(b)(1), Section 4.09(b)(2) and Section 4.09(b)(3)) outstanding on the Amendment Effective Date;
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(5) any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any Indebtedness described in Section 4.09(b) (4), this Section 4.09(b)(5), Section 4.09(b)(6), Section 4.09(b)(8), Section 4.09(b)(14), Section 4.09(b)(15), Section 4.09(b)(18), Section 4.09(b)(20), Section 4.09(b)(22), or Section 4.09(b)(25) or Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a);
(6) Indebtedness of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred after the Amendment Effective Date (A) Incurred and outstanding on the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or is merged, consolidated, amalgamated or otherwise combined with (including pursuant to any acquisition of assets and assumption of related liabilities) the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or was designated a Permitted Affiliate Parent, an Affiliate Subsidiary or a Restricted Subsidiary, (B) Incurred to provide all or a portion of the funds utilized to consummate the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or a Permitted Affiliate Parent or was otherwise acquired by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary, or such Person was designated as a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary or (C) Incurred and outstanding on the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged, consolidated, amalgamated or otherwise combined with (including pursuant to any acquisition of assets and assumption of related liabilities) the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or was designated a Permitted Affiliate Parent, an Affiliate Subsidiary or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness Incurred in contemplation of the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that with respect to Section 4.09(b)(6)(A) and Section 4.09(b)(6)(B) only, immediately following the consummation of the acquisition of such Restricted Subsidiary by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent, any Restricted Subsidiary or such other transaction, (i) the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries would have been able to Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a)(1) after giving pro forma effect to the relevant acquisition or other transaction and the Incurrence of such Indebtedness pursuant to this Section 4.09(b)(6) or (ii) the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio would not be greater than immediately prior to such acquisition or such other transaction;
(7) [Reserved];
(8) Indebtedness consisting of (A) mortgage financings, asset backed financings, Purchase Money Obligations or other financings, Incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation or improvement (including, without limitation, in respect of tenant improvement) of property (real or personal), plant, equipment or other assets (including, without limitation, network assets) used or useful in the business of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary or (B) Indebtedness otherwise Incurred to finance the purchase, lease, rental or cost of design, development, construction, installation or improvement (including, without limitation, in respect of tenant improvement) of property (real or personal), plant, equipment or other assets (including, without limitation, network assets) used or useful in the business of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets, and any Refinancing Indebtedness which refinances, replaces or refunds such Indebtedness, in an aggregate outstanding principal amount which, when taken together with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this Section 4.09(b)(8), will not exceed the greater of (i) $200.0 million and (ii) 3.0% of Total Assets at any time outstanding so long as such Indebtedness exists on the date of, or commissioning of, or contracting for, such purchase, design, development, construction, installation or improvement, or is created within 270 days thereafter;
(9) Indebtedness in respect of (A) workers’ compensation claims, casualty or liability insurance, self-insurance obligations, performance (including insurance policies), bid, indemnity, surety, judgment, appeal, completion, advance payment, customs, VAT or other tax or other guarantees or other similar bonds, instruments or obligations and completion guarantees and warranties provided by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary or relating to liabilities, obligations or guarantees Incurred in the ordinary course of business (or consistent with past practice or
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industry practice) or in respect of any government requirement, including, but not limited to, those Incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations or rental obligations, (B) letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, guarantees, or other similar instruments or obligations issued or relating to liabilities or obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of business (or consistent with past practice or industry practice) or in respect of any government requirement, including, but not limited to, letters of credit or similar instruments in respect of casualty or liability insurance, self-insurance, unemployment insurance, workers compensation obligations, health disability or other benefits, the CFA, pensions-related obligations and other social security Laws, (C) the financing of insurance premiums or take-or-pay obligations contained in supply agreements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business and (D) any customary cash management, cash pooling or netting or setting off arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
(10) Indebtedness Incurred constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued and bank guarantees in the ordinary course of business provided to lessors of real property or otherwise in connection with the leasing of real property and letters of credit in connection with the maintenance of, or pursuant to the requirements of, environmental or other permits or licenses in respect of any government requirement, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding the foregoing; provided that upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or Incurrence;
(11) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, guarantees or obligations in respect of earn-outs or adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, Incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or Capital Stock of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds (including the fair market value of non-cash proceeds) actually received (in the case of dispositions) or paid (in the case of acquisitions) by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition or acquisition, as applicable;
(12) Indebtedness arising from (A) Bank Products and (B) the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided that in the case of this Section 4.09(b)(12)(B), such Indebtedness is extinguished within thirty Business Days of Incurrence;
(13) guarantees by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or any other obligation or liability of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than of any Indebtedness Incurred by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or Restricted Subsidiary in violation of this Section 4.09); provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then such guarantee shall be subordinated substantially to the same extent as the relevant Indebtedness guaranteed;
(14) Indebtedness Incurred by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Amendment Effective Date to provide all or a portion of the funds utilized to consummate the acquisition by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of any Non-Controlling Interests in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed 4.0x Pro forma Non-Controlling Interest EBITDA for the Test Period;
(15) Indebtedness of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred pursuant to any guarantees of Indebtedness of any Parent; provided that for purposes of this Section 4.09(b)(15): (i) on the date of such Incurrence and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio would not exceed 5.00 to 1.00 (for the avoidance of doubt, outstanding Indebtedness for the purpose of calculating the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio under this Section 4.09(b)(15) shall include any Indebtedness represented by guarantees by the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of any Parent) and (ii) such guarantees shall be subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the applicable Intercreditor Agreement;
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(16) Subordinated Shareholder Loans;
(17) Indebtedness (including any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) of any Restricted Subsidiary under any local Credit Facility in an amount not to exceed the greater of (A) $200.0 million and (B) 3.0% of Total Assets;
(18) Indebtedness of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate outstanding principal amount which, when taken together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and the principal amount of all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this Section 4.09(b)(18) and then outstanding, will not exceed 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent from the issuance or sale (other than to the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Subordinated Shareholder Loans or its Capital Stock or otherwise contributed to the equity of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, in each case, subsequent to April 1, 2015 (and in each case, other than through the issuance of Disqualified Stock, Preferred Stock or an Excluded Contribution); provided that (A) any such Net Cash Proceeds that are so received or contributed shall be excluded for purposes of making Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(C)(ii), Section 4.07(a)(C)(iii) and Section 4.07(b)(1) to the extent the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs Indebtedness in reliance thereon and (B) any Net Cash Proceeds that are so received or contributed shall be excluded for purposes of Incurring Indebtedness pursuant to this Section 4.09(b)(18) to the extent the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary makes a Restricted Payment under Section 4.07(a)(C)(ii), Section 4.07(a)(C)(iii) and Section 4.07(b)(1) in reliance thereon; provided, further, that the proceeds of any Cure Amounts and any Net Cash Proceeds so received that were subsequently used to fund the Special Dividend shall not be taken into account for the purposes of this Section 4.09(b)(18);
(19) Indebtedness of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary relating to any VAT liabilities or deferral of PAYE taxes with the agreement of the U.K. HM Revenue and Customs (including guarantees by a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the U.K. HM Revenue and Customs in connection with the U.K. tax liability of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (including, without limitation, any VAT liabilities));
(20) Indebtedness under day-light borrowing facilities and Indebtedness with Affiliates, in each case reasonably necessary to effect or consummate the Transactions;
(21) (a) Indebtedness arising under (i) any arrangements to fund a production where such funding is only repayable from the distribution revenues of that production or (ii) Production Facilities provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness under all Production Facilities Incurred pursuant to this clause (ii) does not exceed the greater of (A) $75.0 million and (B) 1.0% of Total Assets at any time outstanding and (b) any Refinancing Indebtedness of any Indebtedness Incurred under Section 4.09(b)(21)(a);
(22) Indebtedness arising under borrowing facilities provided by a special purpose vehicle notes issuer to the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the issuance of notes or other similar debt securities intended to be supported primarily by the payment obligations of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any vendor financing platform;
(23) [Reserved];
(24) Indebtedness pursuant to any Permitted Financing Action and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; and
(25) in addition to the items referred to in Section 4.09(b)(1) through Section 4.09(b)(24) above, Indebtedness of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate outstanding principal amount which, when taken together with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this Section 4.09(b)(25) and then outstanding, will not exceed the greater of (A) $250.0 million and (B) 5.0% of Total Assets at any time outstanding.
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(c) [Reserved].
(d) For purposes of determining compliance with, and the outstanding principal amount of any particular Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to and in compliance with, this Section 4.09:
(1) in the event that Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Section 4.09(a) and Section 4.09(b), or, as applicable, in the definition of 「Additional Facility Available Amount」 in Section 1.01 of this Agreement, the Company, in its sole discretion, will classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its Incurrence and only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of such clauses and will be permitted on the date of such Incurrence to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Section 4.09(a) and Section 4.09(b), or, as applicable, in the definition of 「Additional Facility Available Amount」 in Section 1.01 of this Agreement, and, from time to time, may reclassify all or a portion of such Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09 and the definition of 「Additional Facility Available Amount」 in Section 1.01 of this Agreement; provided that the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Amendment Effective Date shall be deemed to have been Incurred under Section 4.09(b)(1) and cannot be reclassified;
(2) guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included;
(3) if obligations in respect of letters of credit are Incurred pursuant to any Credit Facility and are being treated as Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) or Section 4.09(b)(1), Section 4.09(b)(17), Section 4.09(b)(18), Section 4.09(b)(21), or Section 4.09(b)(25) and the letters of credit relate to other Indebtedness, then such other Indebtedness shall not be included;
(4) the principal amount of any Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, will be equal to the greater of the maximum mandatory redemption or repurchase price (not including, in either case, any redemption or repurchase premium) or the liquidation preference thereof;
(5) Indebtedness permitted by this Section 4.09 need not be permitted solely by reference to one provision permitting such Indebtedness but may be permitted in part by one such provision and in part by one or more other provisions of this Section 4.09 permitting such Indebtedness;
(6) the amount of Indebtedness issued at a price that is less than the principal amount thereof will be equal to the amount of the liability in respect thereof determined in accordance with GAAP; and
(7) in the event that the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary enters into or increases commitments under a revolving credit facility, enters into any commitment to Incur or issue Indebtedness or commits to Incur any Lien pursuant to clause (29) of the definition of 「Permitted Liens」, the Incurrence or issuance thereof for all purposes under this Section 4.09, including without limitation for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or usage of clauses (1) through (25) under Section 4.09(b) (if any) for borrowings and re-borrowings thereunder (and including issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder) will, at the Company’s or a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s option (except as otherwise provided in the definition of 「Additional Facility Available Amount」 in Section 1.01 of this Agreement), either (a) be determined on the date of such revolving credit facility or such entry into or increase in commitments (assuming that the full amount thereof has been borrowed as of such date) or other Indebtedness, and, if such Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio or the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or other provision of this Section 4.09 is satisfied with respect thereto at such time, any borrowing or re-borrowing thereunder (and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder) will be permitted under this covenant irrespective of the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or other provision of this Section 4.09 at the time of any borrowing or re-borrowing (or issuance or creation of letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances thereunder) (the committed amount permitted to be borrowed
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or re-borrowed (and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances) on a date pursuant to the operation of this sub-clause (a) shall be the “Reserved Indebtedness Amount” as of such date for purposes of the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio and, to the extent of the usage of clauses (1) through (25) under Section 4.09(b) (if any), shall be deemed to be Incurred and outstanding under such clauses) or (b) be determined on the date such amount is borrowed pursuant to any such facility or increased commitment, and in the case of sub-clause (a) of this Section 4.09(d)(7), the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent may revoke any such determination at any time and from time to time.
Accrual of interest, accrual of dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock and increases in the amount of Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 4.09. The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be (i) the accreted value thereof in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount and (ii) the principal amount or liquidation preference thereof, together with any interest thereon that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
If at any time an Unrestricted Subsidiary becomes a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary, any Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be Incurred by a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary as of such date.
(e) For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness, the Dollar Equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be (1) calculated by the Company based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was Incurred, in the case of term Indebtedness, or first committed or first Incurred (whichever yields the lower Dollar Equivalent), in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness; provided that if such Indebtedness is Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced and (2) if and for so long as any such Indebtedness is subject to an agreement intended to protect against fluctuations in currency exchange rates with respect to the currency in which such Indebtedness is denominated covering principal and interest on such Indebtedness, the swapped rate of such Indebtedness (if swapped into Dollars) as of the date of the applicable swap. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.09, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur pursuant to this Section 4.09 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. The principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if Incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such Refinancing Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
(f) For purposes of determining compliance with (1) Section 4.09(a) and (2) any other provision of the Loan Documents which requires the calculation of any financial ratio or test, including the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the Dollar Equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency (if such Indebtedness has not been swapped into Dollars, or if such Indebtedness has been swapped into a currency other than Dollars) shall be calculated by the Company using the same exchange rates for the relevant period used for calculating the Dollar Equivalent of Consolidated EBITDA denominated in the same currency as the currency in which such Indebtedness is denominated or into which it has been swapped.
(g) The Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent will not Incur, and will not permit the Loan Parties to Incur, any Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Loan Parties that ranks pari passu with or is subordinated to the Obligations or Guaranty, as applicable, unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations or relevant Guaranty, on substantially identical terms (as conclusively determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent); provided that no Indebtedness will be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Loan
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Parties or any other Restricted Subsidiary solely by virtue of being unsecured or secured on a junior Lien basis or by virtue of not being guaranteed or by virtue of the application of waterfall or other payment ordering provisions affecting different tranches of Indebtedness.
Section 4.10 Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock
(a) The Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, without the consent of the Required Lenders, make any Asset Disposition unless:
(1) the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration (including by way of relief from, or by any other Person assuming responsibility for, any liabilities, contingent or otherwise) at least equal to the fair market value (such fair market value to be determined on the date of contractually agreeing to such Asset Disposition) (including as to the value of all non-cash consideration) of the shares and assets subject to such Asset Disposition;
(2) unless the Asset Disposition is a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration from such Asset Disposition (excluding any consideration by way of relief from, or by any other Person assuming responsibility for, any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than Indebtedness) received by the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; and
(3) the Net Available Cash from such Asset Disposition is reinvested or applied to prepay the Loans or Other Applicable Indebtedness, in each case, in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(i) of this Agreement.
(b) For the purposes of this Section 4.10, the following will be deemed to be cash:
(1) the assumption by the transferee of Indebtedness (other than Subordinated Obligations) of any Loan Party or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and the release of such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary from all liability on such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Disposition (in which case the relevant Borrower will, without further action, be deemed to have applied such deemed cash to Indebtedness in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(i) of this Agreement);
(2) securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that are convertible by the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Disposition;
(3) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Disposition, to the extent that the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and each other Restricted Subsidiary are released from any guarantee of payment of the principal amount of such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Disposition;
(4) consideration consisting of Indebtedness of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(5) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Dispositions having an aggregate fair market value not to exceed 25.0% of the consideration from such Asset Disposition (excluding any consideration received from such Asset Disposition in accordance with Section 4.10(b)(1) to Section 4.10(b)(4)) (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
(6) in addition to any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to Section 4.10(b)(5), any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Dispositions having an aggregate fair market value,
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taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this Section 4.10(b)(6) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $250.0 million and 5.0% of Total Assets (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
(7) consideration consisting of securities or obligations issued, insured or unconditionally guaranteed by a government (or any agency or instrumentality thereof) of a country where the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary is organized or located; and
(8) any Capital Stock or assets of the kind referred to in the definition of 「Additional Assets」.
Section 4.11 Limitation on Affiliate Transactions
(a) The Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent (an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $50.0 million, unless:
(1) the terms of such Affiliate Transaction are not materially less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could be obtained in a comparable transaction at the time of such transaction in arm’s-length dealings with a Person who is not such an Affiliate (or, in the event that there are no comparable transactions involving Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary to apply for comparative purposes, is otherwise on terms that, taken as a whole, the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary has conclusively determined in good faith to be fair to the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary); and
(2) in the event such Affiliate Transaction involves an aggregate consideration in excess of $100.0 million, the terms of such transaction have been approved by either (i) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors or (ii) senior management of the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent, or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable.
(b) Section 4.11(a) will not apply to:
(1) any Restricted Payment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 4.07 or any Permitted Investment;
(2) any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, options, other equity-related interests or other securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, or entering into, or maintenance of, any employment, consulting, collective bargaining or benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement, related trust or other similar agreement and other compensation arrangements, options, warrants or other rights to purchase Capital Stock of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent, restricted stock plans, long-term incentive plans, stock appreciation rights plans, participation plans or similar employee benefits or consultant plans (including, without limitation, valuation, health, insurance, deferred compensation, severance, retirement, savings or similar plans, programs or arrangements) and/or indemnities provided on behalf of officers, employees or directors or consultants, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(3) loans or advances to employees, officers or directors in the ordinary course of business of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, but in any event not to exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate amount outstanding at any one time with respect to all loans or advances made since the Amendment Effective Date;
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(4) (A) any transaction between or among the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent and a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable (or an entity that becomes a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such transaction) or between or among Restricted Subsidiaries (or an entity that becomes a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such transaction); and (B) any guarantees issued by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary for the benefit of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (or an entity that becomes a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such transaction), as the case may be, in accordance with Section 4.09;
(5) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, which, taken as a whole, are fair to the Company, the relevant Permitted Affiliate Parent or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, or are on terms not materially less favorable than those that could reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;
(6) loans or advances to any Affiliate of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the terms of such loan or advance are fair to the Company or the relevant Permitted Affiliate Parent or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, or are on terms not materially less favorable than those that could reasonably have been obtained from an unaffiliated party;
(7) the payment of reasonable and customary fees paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, directors, executives or officers of any Parent, the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(8) the performance of obligations of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent, or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries under (A) the terms of any agreement to which the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party as of or on the Amendment Effective Date or (B) any agreement entered into after the Amendment Effective Date on substantially similar terms to an agreement under Section 4.11(b)(8)(A), in each case, as these agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time; provided that any such agreement or amendment, modification, supplement, extension or renewal to such agreement, in each case, entered into after the Amendment Effective Date will be permitted to the extent that its terms are not materially more disadvantageous to the Finance Parties than the terms of the agreements in effect on the Amendment Effective Date;
(9) any transaction with (i) a Receivables Entity effected as part of a Qualified Receivables Transaction, acquisitions of Permitted Investments in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, and other Investments in Receivables Entities consisting of cash or Securitization Obligations or (ii) with an Affiliate in respect of Non-Recourse Indebtedness;
(10) the issuance of Capital Stock or any options, warrants or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary to any Affiliate of the Company, such Permitted Affiliate Parent or such Affiliate Subsidiary;
(11) the payment to any Permitted Holder of all reasonable expenses Incurred by any Permitted Holder in connection with its direct or indirect investment in the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent, an Affiliate Subsidiary and their Subsidiaries and unpaid amounts accrued for prior periods;
(12) the payment to any Parent or Permitted Holder (1) of Management Fees (A) on a bona fide arm’s-length basis in the ordinary course of business or (B) of up to the greater of $35.0 million and 0.5% of Total Assets in any calendar year, (2) for financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including without limitation in connection with loans, capital market transactions, hedging and other derivative transactions, acquisitions or divestitures or (3) of Parent Expenses;
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(13) guarantees of indebtedness, hedging and other derivative transactions, and other obligations not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement;
(14) if not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement, the issuance of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) or Subordinated Shareholder Loans (including the payment of cash interest thereon; provided that after giving pro forma effect to any such cash interest payment, the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio would not exceed 5.00 to 1.00) of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary to any Parent of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or an Affiliate Subsidiary or any Permitted Holder;
(15) arrangements with customers, clients, suppliers, contractors, lessors or sellers of goods or services that are negotiated with an Affiliate, in each case, which are otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement; provided that the terms and conditions of any such transaction or agreement as applicable to the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole are fair to the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries and are on terms not materially less favorable to the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those that could have reasonably been obtained in respect of an analogous transaction or agreement that would not constitute an Affiliate Transaction;
(16) (A) transactions with Affiliates in their capacity as holders of indebtedness or Capital Stock of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such Affiliates are not treated materially more favorably than holders of such indebtedness or Capital Stock generally and (B) transactions with Affiliates in their capacity as borrowers of Indebtedness from the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such Affiliates are not treated materially more favorably than holders of such indebtedness generally;
(17) any tax sharing agreement or arrangement and payments pursuant thereto between or among the Ultimate Parent, the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any other Person or a Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement and any payments or other transactions pursuant to a tax sharing agreement or arrangement between the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent and any other Person or a Restricted Subsidiary and any other Person with which the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries files a consolidated tax return or with which the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is part of a group for tax purposes (including a fiscal unity) or any tax advantageous group contribution made pursuant to applicable legislation;
(18) transactions relating to the provision of Intra-Group Services in the ordinary course of business;
(19) the 2015 Columbus Carve-Out and related transactions;
(20) the Transactions and any transaction reasonably necessary to effect such Transactions;
(21) any transaction in the ordinary course of business between or among the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Affiliate of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a joint venture or similar entity (including a Permitted Joint Venture) that would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary owns an equity interest in or otherwise controls such Unrestricted Subsidiary, joint venture or similar entity;
(22) commercial contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business between an Affiliate of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary and the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary that are on arm’s length terms or on a basis that senior management of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary reasonably believes allocates costs fairly;
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(23) transactions between the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary and a Parent and/or an Affiliate, in each case, to effect or facilitate the transfer of any property or asset from the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and/or the Company, as applicable; and
(24) transactions relating to Excess Capacity Network Services; provided that the price payable by any member of the Wider Group in relation to such Excess Capacity Network Services is no less than the cost incurred by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in providing such Excess Capacity Network Services.
Section 4.12 Limitation on Liens
(a) The Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, Incur or suffer to exist any Lien (other than (1) in the case of any property or asset that does not constitute Collateral, Permitted Liens (other than Permitted Collateral Liens) and (2) in the case of any property or asset that constitutes Collateral, Permitted Collateral Liens) upon any of its property or assets (including Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries), whether owned on the Amendment Effective Date or acquired after that date, which Lien is securing any Indebtedness (such Lien, the “Initial Lien”), unless, in the case of clause (1) only, contemporaneously with the Incurrence of such Initial Lien effective provision is made to secure the Indebtedness due under the Loan Documents or, in respect of Liens on any Guarantor’s property or assets, such Guarantor’s Guaranty, equally and ratably with (or prior to, in the case of Liens with respect to Subordinated Obligations of a Guarantor, as the case may be) the Indebtedness secured by such Initial Lien for so long as such Indebtedness is so secured.
(b) Any such Lien thereby created in favor of the Finance Parties will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon:
(1) the release and discharge of the Initial Lien to which it relates;
(2) any sale, exchange or transfer to any Person other than the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the property or assets secured by such Initial Lien;
(3) the full and final payment of all amounts payable by the Borrowers under the Loan Documents;
(4) with respect to any Additional Guarantor the assets or the Capital Stock of which are encumbered by such Lien, upon the release of the Guaranty of such Additional Guarantor in accordance with this Agreement;
(5) as a result of, and in connection with, any Solvent Liquidation;
(6) if the Collateral is owned by a Guarantor that is released from its Guaranty in accordance with this Agreement; and
(7) to release and/or retake any Lien on any Collateral to the extent otherwise permitted by this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.12, (1) a Lien need not be Incurred solely by reference to one category of Permitted Liens or Permitted Collateral Liens, as applicable, but may be Incurred under any combination of such categories (including in part under one such category and in part under any other such category) and (2) in the event that a Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of such categories of Permitted Liens or Permitted Collateral Liens, as applicable, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, divide, classify or may subsequently reclassify at any time such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.12 and the definition of 「Permitted Liens」 or 「Permitted Collateral Liens」, as applicable.
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Increased Amount of such Indebtedness. The “Increased Amount” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms or in the form of common stock, the payment of dividends on Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock of the same class, accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference, any fees, underwriting discounts, accrued and unpaid interest, premiums and other costs and expenses Incurred in connection therewith and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness.
Section 4.13 [Reserved]
Section 4.14 [Reserved]
Section 4.15 Limitation on Issuances of Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries
(a) The Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Loan Party) to, directly or indirectly, guarantee or otherwise become obligated under any Indebtedness of any Loan Party after the Amendment Effective Date in an amount in excess of $50.0 million unless such Restricted Subsidiary is or becomes an Additional Guarantor on the date on which such other guarantee or Indebtedness is Incurred (or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter) and, if applicable, executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent the documentation required by Section 10.21(c) pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will provide a Guaranty (which Guaranty shall be senior to or pari passu with such Restricted Subsidiary’s guarantee of such other Indebtedness); provided that,
(1) if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Significant Subsidiary, such Restricted Subsidiary shall only be obligated to become an Additional Guarantor if such Indebtedness is Indebtedness of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or a Borrower or Public Debt of a Guarantor;
(2) if the Indebtedness is pari passu in right of payment to the Obligations, any such guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall rank pari passu in right of payment to its Guaranty;
(3) if the Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, any such guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to its Guaranty substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations;
(4) an Additional Guarantor’s Guaranty may be limited in amount to the extent required by fraudulent conveyance, thin capitalization, corporate benefit, financial assistance or other similar laws (but, in such a case (a) each of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries will use their reasonable best efforts to overcome the relevant legal limit and will procure that the relevant Restricted Subsidiary undertakes all whitewash or similar procedures which are legally available to eliminate the relevant limit and (b) the relevant guarantee shall be given on an equal and ratable basis with the guarantee of any other Indebtedness giving rise to the obligation to guarantee the Facilities); and
(5) for so long as it is not permissible under applicable Law for a Restricted Subsidiary to become an Additional Guarantor, such Restricted Subsidiary need not become an Additional Guarantor (but, in such a case, each of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries will use their reasonable best efforts to overcome the relevant legal prohibition precluding the giving of the guarantee and will procure that the relevant Restricted Subsidiary undertakes all whitewash or similar procedures which are legally available to eliminate the relevant legal prohibition, and shall give such guarantee at such time (and to the extent) that it thereafter becomes permissible).
(b) Section 4.15(a) shall not apply to: (1) the granting by such Restricted Subsidiary of a Permitted Lien under circumstances which do not otherwise constitute the guarantee of Indebtedness of the
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Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary; or (2) the guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness that refinances Indebtedness which benefited from a guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred in compliance with this Section 4.15 immediately prior to such refinancing.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Section 4.15(a) shall not be applicable to any guarantee provided by a Restricted Subsidiary that existed at the time such person became a Restricted Subsidiary if such guarantee was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guaranty by an Additional Guarantor created pursuant to this Section 4.15 shall provide by its terms that it shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 4.16 [Reserved]
Section 4.17 Impairment of Liens
The Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, take or omit to take any action that would have the result of materially impairing any Lien on the Collateral granted under the Collateral Documents (it being understood, subject to the proviso below, that the Incurrence of Permitted Collateral Liens shall under no circumstances be deemed to materially impair any Lien on the Collateral granted under the Collateral Documents) for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and/or the Security Trustee and the Lenders, and the Company and any Permitted Affiliate Parent shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, grant to any Person other than the Administrative Agent and/or the Security Trustee, the Lenders and the other beneficiaries described in the Collateral Documents and any Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, any interest whatsoever in any of the Collateral, except that (a) the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur Permitted Collateral Liens, (b) the Collateral may be discharged and released in accordance with this Agreement, the Collateral Documents and any Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable and (c) the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and any Restricted Subsidiary may consummate any other transaction permitted under Section 5.01; provided that, except with respect to any discharge or release of Collateral in accordance with this Agreement, the Collateral Documents and any Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, or in connection with the Incurrence of Liens for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and/or the Security Trustee, the Lenders, no Collateral Document may be amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced, except that, at the request of the Company or any Permitted Affiliate Parent and without the consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and/or the Security Trustee may from time to time (subject to customary protections and indemnifications from the Company) enter into one or more amendments to the Collateral Documents to: (1) cure any ambiguity, omission, manifest error, defect or inconsistency therein; (2) provide for Permitted Collateral Liens; (3) make any change necessary or desirable, as determined conclusively in good faith by the Board of Directors, senior management or an Officer of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, in order to implement transactions permitted under Section 5.01; (4) provide for the release of any Lien on any properties and assets constituting Collateral from the Lien of the Collateral Documents; provided that such release is followed by the substantially concurrent re-taking of a Lien of at least equivalent priority over the same properties and assets securing the Obligations and the Guaranty; (5) provide for the release of any Lien pursuant to, or in connection with, any Solvent Liquidation; and (6) make any other change that does not adversely affect the Lenders in any material respect. For any amendments, modifications or replacements of any Collateral Documents not contemplated in clause (1) to (6) above, the Company or any Permitted Affiliate Parent shall, contemporaneously deliver to the Administrative Agent, either (A) a solvency opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee from an Independent Financial Advisor confirming the solvency of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, after giving effect to any transactions related to such amendment, extension, renewal, restatement, supplement, modification or replacement, (B) a certificate from the responsible financial or accounting officer of the relevant Grantor (acting in good faith) which confirms the solvency of the person granting such Lien after giving effect to any transactions related to such amendment, extension, renewal, restatement, supplement, modification or replacement or (C) an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, confirming that, after giving effect to any transactions related to such amendment, extension, renewal, restatement, supplement, modification or replacement, the Lien or Liens created under the Collateral Documents, as applicable, so amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented, modified or replaced, are
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valid Liens not otherwise subject to any limitation, imperfection or new hardening period, in equity or at law, that such Lien or Liens were not otherwise subject to immediately prior to such amendment, extension, renewal, restatement, supplement, modification or replacement. In the event that the Company complies with the requirements of this Section 4.17, the Administrative Agent and/or the Security Trustee shall (subject to customary protections and indemnifications) consent to any such amendment, extension, renewal, restatement, supplement, modification or replacement without the need for instructions from the Lenders.
Section 4.18 [Reserved]
Section 4.19 Suspension of Covenants on Achievement of Investment Grade Status
If, during any period after the Amendment Effective Date, the Loans have achieved and continue to maintain Investment Grade Status and no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (such period hereinafter referred to as an “Investment Grade Status Period”), then the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent will notify the Administrative Agent of this fact and beginning on the date such status was achieved, the provisions of Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11 and 5.01(a)(3) and any related default provisions of this Agreement will be suspended and will not, during such Investment Grade Status Period, be applicable to the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries. No action taken during an Investment Grade Status Period or prior to an Investment Grade Status Period in compliance with the covenants then applicable will require reversal or constitute a Default under this Agreement in the event that suspended covenants are subsequently reinstated or suspended, as the case may be. An Investment Grade Status Period will terminate immediately upon the failure of the Loans to maintain Investment Grade Status (the “Reinstatement Date”). The Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent will promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any failure of the Loans to maintain Investment Grade Status and the Reinstatement Date.
Section 4.20 [Reserved]
Section 4.21 [Reserved]
Section 4.22 [Reserved]
Section 4.23 Intercreditor Agreements
(a) Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall become a party to the Existing Intercreditor Agreement, on or prior to the Amendment Effective Date or such other date as such Lender becomes a party this Agreement (by way of assignment, transfer, accession, joinder or otherwise).
(b) At the request of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, in connection with the Incurrence by a Loan Party of any Indebtedness that is permitted to share in the Collateral pursuant to the definition of 「Permitted Collateral Lien」, the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Security Trustee shall enter into with the holders of such Indebtedness (or their duly authorized Representative) an intercreditor agreement, including a restatement, amendment or other modification of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement (an “Additional Intercreditor Agreement”), on substantially the same terms as the applicable Intercreditor Agreement (or on terms not materially less favorable to the Finance Parties), including, with respect to the subordination, payment blockage, limitation on enforcement, and release of the Guaranty, priority and release of any Liens in respect of Collateral or other terms which become customary for similar agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, subject to the foregoing and Section 4.23(c), any such Additional Intercreditor Agreement may provide for pari passu or subordinated Liens in respect of any such Indebtedness (to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted to share the Collateral (with the specified priority) pursuant to the definition of Permitted Collateral Lien). The Lenders expressly authorize the Administrative Agent to execute any such Additional Intercreditor Agreement and acknowledge and agree that any such Additional Intercreditor Agreement executed by the Administrative Agent shall bind the Lenders.
(c) At the direction of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent and without the consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent will upon direction of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent from time to time enter into one or more amendments to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement or any other Collateral Document to: (1) cure any ambiguity, omission, manifest error, defect or inconsistency therein; (2) add other parties (such as representatives of new issuances of Indebtedness) thereto; (3) further secure the Obligations and
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the Guaranty; (4) make provision for equal and ratable grants of Liens on the Collateral to secure Additional Facilities or implement any Permitted Collateral Liens; (5) make any other change to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement or any other Collateral Document to provide for additional Indebtedness constituting Subordinated Obligations or any other additional Indebtedness (in either case, including with respect to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement, the addition of provisions relating to new Indebtedness ranking junior in right of payment to the Facilities) or other obligations that are permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be Incurred and secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu or junior basis with the Liens securing the Facilities; (6) add Restricted Subsidiaries to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement or any other Collateral Document; (7) amend the applicable Intercreditor Agreement or any other Collateral Document in accordance with the terms thereof; (8) make any change necessary or desirable, in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company, in order to implement any transaction that is subject to Section 5.01; (9) implement any transaction in connection with the renewal, extension, refinancing, replacement or increase of any Indebtedness that is secured by the Collateral and that is not prohibited by this Agreement; or (10) make any other change thereto that does not adversely affect the rights of the Finance Parties in any material respect; provided that no such changes shall be permitted to the extent they affect the ranking of the Facilities or the release of any Guaranty in a manner that would adversely affect the rights of the Finance Parties in any material respect except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, or the applicable Intercreditor Agreement, immediately prior to such change. The Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent will not otherwise direct the Administrative Agent to enter into any amendment to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement or any other Collateral Document without the consent of the Required Lenders, except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 10.01 of this Agreement. This Section 4.23(c) shall supersede any provisions in Section 10.01 to the contrary.
(d) In relation to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall consent on behalf of the Lenders to the payment, repayment, purchase, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition, retirement or redemption of any obligations subordinated to the Facilities thereby; provided that such transaction would comply with Section 4.07.
Section 4.24 [Reserved]
Section 4.25 Limited Condition Transaction
(a) In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires that no Default or Event of Default, as applicable, has occurred, is continuing or would result from any such action, as applicable, such condition shall, at the option of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent, be deemed satisfied, so long as no Default or Event of Default, as applicable, exists on the date the definitive agreement (or other relevant definitive documentation) for such Limited Condition Transaction is entered into. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent has exercised its option under the first sentence of this Section 4.25(a), and any Default or Event of Default occurs following the date such definitive agreement for a Limited Condition Transaction is entered into and prior to the consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to not have occurred or be continuing for purposes of determining whether any action being taken in connection with such Limited Condition Transaction is permitted hereunder.
(b) In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction for purposes of:
(1) determining compliance with any provision of the Agreement which requires the calculation of any financial ratio or test, including the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio or the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio; or
(2) testing baskets set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage or multiple, as applicable, of Total Assets, Pro forma EBITDA or Pro forma Non-Controlling Interest EBITDA);
in each case, at the option of the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent (the Company’s or a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition
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Transaction, an “LCT Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreement (or other relevant definitive documentation) for such Limited Condition Transaction is entered into (the “LCT Test Date”); provided that the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent shall be entitled to subsequently elect, in its sole discretion, the date of consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction instead of the LCT Test Date as the applicable date of determination, and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any Incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof), as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of 「Pro forma EBITDA」, 「Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio」 and 「Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio」, the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test or basket, such ratio, test or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with.
(c) If the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios, tests or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test or basket, including due to fluctuations in Pro forma EBITDA or Total Assets, of the Company , any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries or the Person or assets subject to the Limited Condition Transaction (as if each reference to the 「Company」 or a 「Permitted Affiliate Parent」 in such definition was to such Person or assets) at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio, test or basket availability under this Agreement (including with respect to the Incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of Asset Dispositions, acquisitions, mergers, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary) on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio, test or basket shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any Incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated.
ARTICLE 5
Section 5.01 Merger and Consolidation
(a) No Borrower will consolidate with, or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets to, any Person, unless:
(1) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”) will be a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of an Approved Key Jurisdiction and the Successor Company (if not such Borrower) will expressly assume, by executing and delivering a joinder agreement in the form contemplated by Section 10.21(c) of this Agreement, to the Administrative Agent, in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, all the obligations of such Borrower under the Loan Documents to which it is a party; provided that in the case of the Original Co-Borrower, it shall remain, or the Successor Company shall be, in all cases organized and existing under the laws of the United States or the District of Columbia;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Subsidiary of the Successor Company as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(3) either (A) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries, or such Successor Company would be able to Incur at least an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a)(2) or (B) the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including such Successor Company) or such Successor Company, any Permitted Affiliate
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Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries would be no greater than that of the Company, any Permitted Affiliate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to giving effect to such transaction; and
(4) the Company or a Permitted Affiliate Parent shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer complies with this Agreement; provided that in giving such opinion, such counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate as to compliance with Section 5.01(a)(2) and Section 5.01(a)(3) above and as to any matters of fact.
(b) No Loan Party (other than a Borrower) will consolidate with, or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, other than another Loan Party (other than in connection with a transaction that does not constitute an Asset Disposition or a transaction that is permitted by Section 4.10), unless:
(1) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(2) either:
(A) the Successor Company (if not such Guarantor) expressly assumes all the obligations of that Loan Party under the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party, by executing and delivering a joinder agreement in the form contemplated by Section 10.21(c) of this Agreement; provided that in the case of the Company, it shall remain, or the Successor Company shall be, in all cases organized and existing under the laws of an Approved Jurisdiction; or
(B) the Net Cash Proceeds of such transaction are applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Section 5.01, the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of a Loan Party which properties and assets, if held by such Loan Party instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of such Loan Party on a Consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of such Loan Party.
(d) The Successor Company (if not such Loan Party) will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the relevant Loan Party under the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party, and upon such substitution, the predecessor to such Loan Party will be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents, but, in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its assets, the predecessor to such Loan Party will not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Facilities.
(e) The provisions set forth in this Section 5.01 shall not restrict (and shall not apply to): (1) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party from consolidating with, merging or liquidating into or transferring all or substantially all of its properties and assets to a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; (2) any Guarantor from merging or liquidating into or transferring all or part of its properties and assets to another Loan Party; (3) any consolidation or merger of a Borrower into any Loan Party; provided that for the purposes of this Section 5.01(e)(3), if a Borrower is not the Successor Company, the relevant Guarantor will assume the obligations of such Borrower under the Loan Documents to which such Borrower is party and Section 5.01(a)(1) and Section 5.01(a)(4) shall apply to such transaction; (4) any consolidation or merger effected as part of the Transactions; (5) any Solvent Liquidation; and (6) a Loan Party consolidating into or merging or combining with an Affiliate incorporated or organized for the purpose of changing the legal domicile or form of such entity or reincorporating such entity in another jurisdiction; provided that, for the purposes of this Section 5.01(e)(6), (A) Section 5.01(a)(1), Section 5.01(a)(2) and Section 5.01(a)(4) or (B) Section 5.01(b), as the case may be, shall apply to any such transaction.
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SCHEDULE I GUARANTORS
1.
C&W Senior Secured Parent Limited (Cayman)
2.
Sable Holding Limited (England)
3.
CWIGroup Limited (England)
4.
Columbus International Inc. (Barbados)
5.
Coral-US Co-Borrower LLC (Delaware)
6.
Sable International Finance Limited (Cayman Islands)
7.
Cable and Wireless (West Indies) Limited (England)
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SCHEDULE II LIST OF DOCUMENTS TO BE EXECUTED AND/OR RECONFIRMED
1. Re-confirmation of a Barbados law-governed Deed of Charge over Shares dated April 2, 2015, and made between Sable Holding Limited as Chargor, The Bank of Nova Scotia (as successor to BNP Paribas) as Security Trustee and Columbus International Inc. in respect of the shares of Columbus International Inc.
2. Re-confirmation of a Barbados law-governed Deed of Charge over Shares dated January 10, 2020, and made between Sable Holding Limited as Chargor, The Bank of Nova Scotia as Security Trustee and Columbus International Inc. in respect of the shares of Columbus International Inc.
3. Re-confirmation of certain Barbados law-governed Confirmation Deeds dated July 13, 2016, July 31, 2017, June 25, 2019, January 10, 2020 and January 24, 2020, and October 28, 2021, in each case made between Columbus International Inc. (formerly known as Columbus Cable (Barbados) Limited), Sable Holding Limited and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as Security Trustee.
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SCHEDULE III LENDER TAX STATUS
PART A – UK
Name of Original Lender
Tax Status
UK Treaty Passport scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence (if applicable)
Bank of America, N.A. (acting from its London branch)
UK Bank Lender
N/A
Barclays Bank plc
UK Bank Lender
N/A
BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV
UK Treaty Lender
18/B/359080/DTTP
(Belgium)
Citibank NA London (acting from its London branch)
UK Bank Lender
N/A
Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch
UK Treaty Lender
No DTTP number (Swiss)
FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas) Limited
Not a UK Qualifying Lender
N/A
Goldman Sachs Bank USA
UK Treaty Lender
13/G/351779/DTTP
(U.S.A.)
ING Capital LLC
UK Treaty Lender
13/I/273576/DTTP
(U.S.A.)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch (acting from its London branch)
UK Bank Lender
N/A
Royal Bank of Canada (acting from its London Branch)
UK Bank Lender
N/A
Société Générale, London Branch
UK Bank Lender
N/A
The Bank of Nova Scotia
UK Treaty Lender
3/T/366714/DTTP
(Canada)
PART B – IRELAND
Name of Lender
Tax Status
Specify legal name of Lender
Specify one of the following:
1) not an Irish Qualifying Lender; or
2) an Irish Qualifying Lender (other than solely on account of being an Irish Treaty Lender); or
3) an Irish Treaty Lender
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SCHEDULE 1.01A REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS
2021 Extended Class B Revolving Credit Commitments
2021 Extending Class B Revolving Credit Lenders
2021 Extended Class B Revolving Credit Commitment
Bank of America, N.A.
$56,000,000
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch
$40,000,000
ING Capital LLC
$50,000,000
Societe Generale, London Branch
$50,000,000
TOTAL:
$196,000,000
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2024 Extended Class B Revolving Credit Commitments
2024 Extending Class B Revolving Credit Lenders
2024 Extended Class B Revolving Credit Commitment
Banco Santander, S.A., New York Branch
$50,000,000
BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV
$50,000,000
CIBC Caribbean Bank (Bahamas) Limited
$32,500,000
Citicorp North America, Inc.
$50,000,000
Goldman Sachs Bank USA
$50,000,000
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
$40,000,000
Royal Bank of Canada
$57,500,000
The Bank of Nova Scotia
$54,000,000
TOTAL:
$384,000,000
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SCHEDULE 6.16 POST-CLOSING ACTIONS
1. Within 60 days of the Closing Date (as defined in the Term B-5 Joinder), all documents listed in Schedule II to this Agreement to be executed by the relevant Loan Party and delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
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SCHEDULE 10.02 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S OFFICE, CERTAIN ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
Administrative Agent’s Office
Agent Name
The Bank of Nova Scotia, London
Address:
201 Bishopsgate, 6th Floor
London, EC2M 3NS
Attn:
Savi Rampat
Email:
[Separately Provided]
Phone:
[Separately Provided]
Fax:
[Separately Provided]
L/C ISSUER:
The Bank of Nova Scotia Address: 201 Bishopsgate, 6th Floor
With a copy to: Ropes & Gray International LLP 60 Ludgate Hill London EC4M 7AW United Kingdom Attention: Jane Rogers E-mail: [Separately Provided] Telephone: [Separately Provided] // Facsimile: [Separately Provided]
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SCHEDULE 10.21 ADDITIONAL PARTIES DOCUMENTS
1. Corporate Documents: Certified Organization Documents of each Additional Borrower or Additional Guarantor, and such certification of resolutions or other action and incumbency certificates of a Responsible Officer of each such Additional Borrower or Additional Guarantor as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each such Responsible Officer thereof to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Additional Borrower or Additional Guarantor will become a party.
2. Corporate Authority: to the extent required under the Organization Documents of an Additional Guarantor or applicable Law, the consent of the equity holder(s), Board of Directors or other appropriate corporate governing body of such Additional Guarantor to the execution and delivery, and performance by such Additional Guarantor, of the Loan Documents to which it is a party.
3. Legal Opinion: If requested by the Administrative Agent, a legal opinion as to organization, authority, execution, delivery and enforceability of the applicable Loan Documents.