“指摩根大通銀行、高盛貸款合夥公司、摩根士丹利高級融資公司、美林、皮爾斯,芬納史密斯公司(或任何其他由美國銀行全資擁有的註冊經紀自營商,美國銀行或其任何子公司的全部或基本上所有投資銀行、商業貸款服務或相關業務可能在本協議日期後轉讓給該經紀自營商)、巴克萊銀行、富國證券、PNC Capital Markets LLC、三井住友銀行和豐業銀行
(c)US-DOCS\如果非美國貸款人不是實益所有人,則應提供正式簽署的IRS Form W-8IMY副本,並附上IRS Form W-8ECI、IRS Form W-8BEN、IRS Form W-8BEN-E、實質上以附件J-2或附件J-3、IRS Form W-9和/或每個受益者提供的其他證明文件形式的美國稅務合規證書;
(b)問題內容:L)或(Iv)與債權人達成債務重整(Prévenf de la Fillite的和諧, 在適用範圍內,每個歐洲借款人的董事會或同等機構(或其董事會委員會)批准貸款文件的條款、擬進行的交易以及簽署、交付和履行貸款文件的決議複印件;如適用,每一歐洲借款人建立上述第(3)款所述委員會的董事會或同等機構的決議複印件;
(ii)the Successor Foreign Borrower, if other than such Foreign Borrower, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Foreign Borrower under this Agreement pursuant to a supplement to this Agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
(iii)immediately after such transaction, no Event of Default exists;
(iv)the U.S. Borrower and each Loan Guarantor shall have by supplement to the Loan Documents confirmed that its guarantee of the Obligations shall apply to such Successor Foreign Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement; and
(v)the U.S. Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent an Officers’ Certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplements to the Loan Documents, if any, comply with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
provided, the U.S. Borrower shall or shall cause to, promptly following a request by the Agent (on behalf of itself or any Lender), provide all reasonable documentation and other information that the Agent or such Lender reasonably requests with respect to such Successor Foreign Borrower that is a Requirement of Law in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable 「know your customer」 and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.
Upon compliance with the foregoing requirements, the Successor Foreign Borrower shall succeed to, and be substituted for, the applicable Foreign Borrower under this Agreement and, except in the case of a lease transaction, the applicable predecessor Foreign Borrower will be released from its obligations hereunder and thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Foreign Borrower may transfer all or part of its properties and assets (other than through a merger or consolidation) to any Foreign Borrower, the U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor in compliance with Section 6.06 and Section 6.07.
(e)[Reserved].
(f)For purposes of this Section 6.03, the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more
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Subsidiaries of the U.S. Borrower or Holdings, as applicable, which properties and assets, if held by the U.S. Borrower or Holdings, as applicable, instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as applicable (excluding from such determination any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower), shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the U.S. Borrower or Holdings, as applicable, on a consolidated basis. However, transfers of assets between or among the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in compliance with Section 6.06 and Section 6.07 shall not be subject to this Section 6.03(f).
(g)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the Disposition of a Designated Business shall not be deemed to be a sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of properties or assets constituting all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
SECTION VI.4Limitation on Restricted Payments
. The U.S. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly (x) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of the U.S. Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation, other than (A) dividends or distributions by the U.S. Borrower payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the U.S. Borrower or (B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities, (y) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the U.S. Borrower, including in connection with any merger or consolidation, or (z) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness (other than the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness 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 or acquisition) (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (x) through (z) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), other than:
(i)Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed the Applicable Amount; provided that at the time any such Restricted Payment is made and after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) prior to the 2024 Refinancing Amendments Effective Date, the U.S. Borrower would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 6.01(a);
(ii)the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Refinancing Indebtedness of such Person that is incurred in compliance with Section 6.01(b)(xv);
(iii)a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests in any direct or indirect parent companies of the U.S. Borrower held by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant (or
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their respective estates, Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the U.S. Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any other entity in which the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary has an Investment and that is designated in good faith as an “affiliate by the Board of Directors of the U.S. Borrower (or the compensation committee thereof), in each case pursuant to any stockholders’ agreement, any management equity plan or stock incentive plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement; provided that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (iii) do not exceed (x) prior to the 2024 Refinancing Amendments Effective Date, $60.0 million and (y) from and after the 2024 Refinancing Amendments Effective Date, $100.0 million in the first fiscal year following the Closing Date (with unused amounts in any fiscal year being carried over to succeeding fiscal years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of (x) prior to the 2024 Refinancing Amendments Effective Date, $100.0 million and (y) from and after the 2024 Refinancing Amendments Effective Date, $150.0 million in any fiscal year; provided, further, that such amount in any fiscal year may be increased by an amount not to exceed the (A) cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, plus (B) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the U.S. Borrower and, to the extent contributed to the U.S. Borrower, Equity Interest of any of the U.S. Borrower’s direct or indirect parent companies, in each case to members of management, directors, managers or consultants (or their respective estates, Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), of the U.S. Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies that occurs after the Closing Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments in reliance on clause (i) of this Section 6.04 or the making of Investments in reliance on clause (q) of the definition of Permitted Investments, less (C) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (iii); and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from members of management, directors, managers or consultants (or their respective estates, Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), of the U.S. Borrower, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of any of the U.S. Borrower’s direct or indirect parent companies shall not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 6.04 or any other provision of this Agreement;
(iv)Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;
(v)the declaration and payment of dividends by the U.S. Borrower to, or the making of loans to, its direct or indirect parent company in amounts required for the U.S. Borrower’s direct or indirect parent companies to pay, in each case without duplication, (A) franchise taxes, and other fees and expenses, required to maintain their corporate existence, (B) for any period in which the U.S. Borrower is a member of a group filing consolidated, combined or unitary income tax returns for which a direct or indirect parent of the U.S. Borrower is the common parent (a 「Tax Group」), to pay the foreign, federal, state and/or local income taxes (as applicable) of such Tax Group for such taxable period, to the extent such income taxes are attributable to the income of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent of the amount actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries for such purpose, income taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that in each case the amount of such payments for any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the U.S. Borrower, its Restricted Subsidiaries and its Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) would
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be required to pay in respect of such foreign, federal, state and/or local income taxes (as applicable) for such fiscal year were the U.S. Borrower, its Restricted Subsidiaries and its Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) to pay such taxes as a stand-alone group, less any such taxes payable directly by the U.S. Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries; (C) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent company of the U.S. Borrower to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (D) general corporate overhead expenses of any direct or indirect parent company of the U.S. Borrower to the extent such expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (E) reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with any unsuccessful debt or equity offering by such direct or indirect parent company of the U.S. Borrower;
(vi)[Reserved];
(vii)distributions or payments of Receivables Fees;
(viii)the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower or any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the U.S. Borrower, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower (other than any Disqualified Stock) or, to the extent the proceeds thereof have actually been contributed to the U.S. Borrower, Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the U.S. Borrower (“Refunding Capital Stock”);
(ix)the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement;
(x)repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;
(xi)Restricted Payments made pursuant to agreements set forth on Schedule 6.04 (it being understood that such Schedule 6.04 shall be replaced by the Schedule 6.04 to be provided to the Agent on the 2024 Refinancing Amendments Effective Date, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent);
(xii)other Restricted Payments in an amount which, when taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (xii) and all Investments outstanding in reliance on clause (u) of the definition of 「Permitted Investments,」 does not exceed (i) prior to the 2024 Refinancing Amendments Effective Date, the greater of (x) $200.0 million and (y) 15% of EBITDA and (ii) from and after the 2024 Refinancing Amendments Effective Date, the greater of (x) $320.0 million and (y) 25% of EBITDA, in each case for the most recently ended Test Period as of the time any such Restricted Payment is made;
(xiii)the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise (and the declaration of such dividend), of shares of Equity Interest of, or Indebtedness issued to the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary by, any Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);
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(xiv)the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary issued in accordance with Section 6.01 to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of 「Interest Charges」;
(xv)the declaration and payment of dividends (A) to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the U.S. Borrower after the Closing Date, (B) to a direct or indirect parent company of the U.S. Borrower, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such parent company issued after the Closing Date, or (C) on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock (provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to subclause (B) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the U.S. Borrower from the sale of such Preferred Stock); provided that (x) all such dividends are included in 「Interest Charges」 and (y) in the case of each of (A), (B) and (C) of this clause (xv), that for the most recently ended Test Period, after giving effect to such issuance or declaration on a pro forma basis, the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis would have had an Interest Coverage Ratio of at least 2.00 to 1.00;
(xvi)the declaration and payment of dividends on the U.S. Borrower’s common stock in an amount equal to 6% of the net proceeds received by or contributed to the U.S. Borrower in or from any public underwriting offering of any common stock of any direct or indirect parent company of the U.S. Borrower (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such offering consummated after January 26, 2007 and prior to the Closing Date), other than public offerings with respect to the U.S. Borrower’s common stock registered on Form S−4 or Form S−8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution;
(xvii)payments made or expected to be made by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any repurchases (including in respect of withholding or similar Taxes payable in connection therewith) of Equity Interests held by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant (or their respective estates, Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options;
(xviii)Restricted Payments consisting of a dividend or other distribution or exchange (and the declaration thereof) of Equity Interests of any entity or entities constituting the Designated Business; provided that (i) as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) prior to the date of such Restricted Payment, after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment (including the application of the net proceeds therefrom), the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio at such time does not exceed 4.90:1.00 and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and
(xix)repurchases, redemptions or repayments of any Subordinated Indebtedness from net cash proceeds of any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(xxvi);
provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (i), (xii) and (xvi) of this Section 6.04, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.
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SECTION VI.5Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates
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(a)The U.S. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the U.S. Borrower (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $20.0 million, unless (i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the U.S. Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person and (ii) the U.S. Borrower delivers to the Agent with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $50.0 million, a Board Resolution adopted by the majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Borrower approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i) above.
(b)The limitations set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section 6.05 shall not apply to:
(i)transactions between or among the U.S. Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(ii)Restricted Payments that are permitted by the provisions of Section 6.04 and Permitted Investments;
(iii)the payment of reasonable and customary fees paid to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers, directors, managers, employees or consultants of the U.S. Borrower, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(iv)[Reserved];
(v)transactions in which the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivers to the Agent a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (i) of paragraph (a) of this Section 6.05;
(vi)(A) payments and Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock (and cancellations of any thereof) of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant (or their respective estates, Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the U.S. Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any other entity in which the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary has an Investment and that is designated in good faith as an 「affiliate」 by the Board of Directors of the U.S. Borrower (or the compensation committee thereof), in each case pursuant to any stockholders’ agreement, management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit, plan or agreement; and (B) any employment agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements (including, without limitation, the U.S. Borrower’s 2001 and 2005 Stock Unit Retirement Plans (and any successor plans thereto) and any supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements) with any such employees, directors, managers or consultants (or their respective
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estates, Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) that are, in each case, approved by the U.S. Borrower in good faith;
(vii)any agreement, instrument or arrangement as in effect as of the Closing Date and, to the extent such agreement, instrument or arrangement was entered into after December 30, 2016 and involves an aggregate consideration in excess of $20.0 million, set forth on Schedule 6.05 (it being understood that such Schedule 6.05 shall be replaced by the Schedule 6.05 to be provided to the Agent on the 2024 Refinancing Amendments Effective Date, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent), or any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous to the Lenders when taken as a whole in any material respect as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Closing Date as reasonably determined in good faith by the U.S. Borrower);
(viii)the existence of, or the performance by the U.S. Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders agreement or its equivalent (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Closing Date, and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Closing Date shall only be permitted by this clause (viii) to the extent that the terms of any such existing agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or new agreement do not require payments by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that are materially in excess of those required pursuant to the terms of the original agreement in effect on the Closing Date as reasonably determined in good faith by the U.S. Borrower;
(ix)[Reserved];
(x)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 that are fair to the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors or the senior management of the U.S. Borrower, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;
(xi)the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings to any Permitted Holder or to any former, current or future director, manager, officer, employee or consultant (or their respective estates, Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the U.S. Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent company thereof;
(xii)sales of accounts receivable, payment intangibles and related assets or participations therein, in connection with any Receivables Facility and Standard Receivables Facility Undertakings;
(xiii)[Reserved]; and
(xiv)payments to or from, and transactions with, any joint venture in the ordinary course of business.
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SECTION VI.6Dispositions
. The U.S. Borrower shall not and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of property no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(b) Dispositions of inventory, goods held for sale and immaterial assets in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;
(d) Dispositions of property to the U.S. Borrower or to a Restricted Subsidiary (including through the dissolution of any Restricted Subsidiary);
(e) Dispositions permitted by Sections 6.03 and 6.04, Liens permitted by Section 6.02 and Investments permitted by Section 6.07;
(f) Dispositions of Cash Equivalents;
(g) Dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof or Dispositions of accounts receivable, payment intangibles and related assets in connection with any Receivables Facility permitted under Section 6.01(b)(i);
(h) leases, subleases, assignments, licenses or sublicenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(i) transfers of property subject to Casualty Events upon receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Casualty Event;
(j) Dispositions of property (other than any disposition of assets in connection with a securitization transaction) not otherwise permitted under this Section 6.06; provided that (i) at the time of such Disposition (other than any such Disposition made pursuant to a legally binding commitment entered into at a time when no Default exists), no Default shall exist or would result from such Disposition and (ii)(x) prior to the 2024 Refinancing Amendments Effective Date, with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this clause (j) with an aggregate fair market value in excess of $50.0 million and (y) from and after the 2024 Refinancing Amendments Effective Date, with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this clause (j) (calculated on a cumulative basis) with an aggregate fair market value in excess of, $75.0 million, the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens at the time received, other than nonconsensual Liens permitted by Section 7.02); provided, however, that for the purposes of this clause (ii), (A) any liabilities (as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the U.S. Borrower provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than with respect to Indebtedness that is not secured by the assets disposed of,
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that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which the U.S. Borrower and all of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors, (B) any securities received by the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition and (C) any Designated Noncash Consideration received by the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (C) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of (I) prior to the 2024 Refinancing Amendments Effective Date, the greater of (x) $300.0 million and (y) 3% of Total Assets of the U.S. Borrower and (II) from and after the 2024 Refinancing Amendments Effective Date, the greater of (x) $630.0 million and (y) 5% of Total Assets of the U.S. Borrower, in each case at the time of the receipt of such Designated Noncash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall in each case of clauses (A), (B) and (C) be deemed to be cash;
(k) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(l) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code (or comparable or successor provision), any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon permitted by such provision) for use in a Permitted Business;
(m) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations;
(n) Dispositions in connection with Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 6.01(b)(xxi);
(o) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(p) any Disposition to the extent not involving property (when taken together with any related Disposition or series of Dispositions) with a fair market value in excess of $25.0 million;
(q) [Reserved]; and
(r) Dispositions, in connection with a Disposition of a Designated Business pursuant to Section 6.04(xviii), of assets comprising of such Designated Business to any existing Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower or any newly formed Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower prior to such Disposition of a Designated Business that are completed substantially concurrently with, or reasonably in advance of, the disposition of such Designated Business pursuant to Section 6.04(xviii);
provided that any Disposition or series of related Dispositions of any property pursuant to this Section 6.06 (other than Section 6.06(d) or Section 6.06(r)) with a fair market value in excess of $50.0 million, shall be for no less than the fair market value of such property at the time of such Disposition. To the extent any Collateral is Disposed of as expressly permitted by this Section 6.06 to any Person other than a
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Loan Party, such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents, and the Agent shall be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing.
SECTION VI.7Limitation on Investments and Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries
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(a)The U.S. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make any Investment other than Permitted Investments.
(b)The U.S. Borrower shall not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of the definition of 「Unrestricted Subsidiary.」 For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be Investments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of 「Investment.」 Such designation shall be permitted only if an Investment by the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the definition of Permitted Investments and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an 「Unrestricted Subsidiary.」
SECTION VI.8Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
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(a)The U.S. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:
(i)(A) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or (B) pay any Indebtedness owed to the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(ii)make loans or advances to the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(iii)sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
(b)The limitations set forth in clause (a) of this Section 6.08 shall not apply (in each case) to such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(i)contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Closing Date, including pursuant to the Loan Documents and the related documentation (including Collateral Documents) and Hedging Obligations;
(ii)the New Senior Note Documents and the New Senior Notes and the subsidiary guarantees of the New Senior Notes issued thereunder;
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(iii)purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature described in clause (iii) of paragraph (a) of this Section 6.08 on the property so acquired;
(iv)applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;
(v)any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in connection therewith or in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired;
(vi)contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary;
(vii)Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 6.01 and 6.02 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;
(viii)restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(ix)other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.01;
(x)customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements;
(xi)customary provisions contained in leases and other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(xii)restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility; provided that, in the case of Receivables Facilities established after the Closing Date, such restrictions are necessary or advisable, in the good faith determination of the U.S. Borrower, to effect such Receivables Facility;
(xiii)restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase or other agreement to which the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary that are the subject of such agreement, the payment rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend to any other asset or property of the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets or property of any other Restricted Subsidiary; and
(xiv)encumbrances or restrictions contained in Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(xxii)(B) that apply only to the Person or assets acquired with the proceeds of such Indebtedness;
(xv)restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
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(xvi)any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of this Section 6.08 imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (xv) of this paragraph (b); provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the U.S. Borrower, not materially more restrictive with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing; provided, further, that, with respect to contracts, instruments or obligations existing on the Closing Date, any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and other restrictions than those contained in such contracts, instruments or obligations as in effect on the Closing Date; and
(xvii)any encumbrances or restrictions contained in Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by Section 6.01(b)(xxvi) that apply only to the Designated Business incurring such Indebtedness.
SECTION VI.9Amendments to Subordinated Indebtedness
. The U.S. Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, amend, modify or alter the documentation governing any Subordinated Indebtedness in any manner that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders; provided that this Section 6.09 shall no longer apply from and after the 2024 Refinancing Amendments Effective Date.
SECTION VI.10Maximum Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio
. For so long as any Revolving Commitment, 2024 Refinancing Term A Loan, New Term A Loan or Extended Term Loan in respect of any of the foregoing is outstanding, the U.S. Borrower shall maintain a Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio, as determined as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2017, not to exceed 5.125 to 1.00.
SECTION VI.11Business of U.S. Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries
. The U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not fundamentally and substantially alter the character of their business, taken as a whole, from the business conducted by the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the Disposition of a Designated Business shall not be deemed to fundamentally and substantially alter the character of the business, taken as a whole of the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION VII.1Events of Default
. If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:
(a) Non-Payment. Any Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan, or (ii) within ten (10)
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Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or any other amount payable hereunder or with respect to any other Loan Document; or
(b) Specific Covenants. The U.S. Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Sections 5.02(a) or 5.03 (solely with respect to Holdings and the Borrowers), Section 5.09(b) or Article 6; provided that any Event of Default under Section 6.10 shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to any Term Loans (other than Term Loans referred to in clause (b) of the definition of 「Required Financial Covenant Lenders」) until the date on which the Required Financial Covenant Lenders exercise any remedies with respect to the Revolving Facilities and the Term Loans referred to in the definition of 「Required Financial Covenant Lenders」 in accordance with Section 7.02; provided further that any Event of Default under Section 6.10 may be waived, amended or otherwise modified from time to time by the Required Financial Covenant Lenders; or
(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in Section 7.01(a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty (30) days after notice thereof by the Agent to the U.S. Borrower; or
(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the U.S. Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document required to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
(e) Cross-Default. Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment beyond the applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Material Indebtedness, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Material Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (e)(B) shall not apply to (i) secured Material Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Material Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder or (ii) termination events or similar events occurring under any Hedge Agreement that constitutes Material Indebtedness (it being understood that clause (e)(B) will apply to any failure to make any payment required as a result of any such termination or similar event); or
(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Holdings, any Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, receiver-manager, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver, examiner or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver, examiner or similar officer is appointed
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without the application or consent of such Person and (except in the case of the U.K. Borrower) the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and (x) except in the case of the U.K. Borrower, continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding and (y) in the case of a winding-up petition relating to a U.K. Borrower, continues undismissed or unstayed for fourteen (14) calendar days from the commencement; or
(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Holdings, any Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its Material Indebtedness as it becomes due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within sixty (60) days after its issue or levy; or
(h) Judgments. There is entered against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding $100.0 million (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer has been notified of such judgment or order and has not denied coverage, it being understood for purposes of this Agreement that the issuance of reservation of rights letter will not be considered a denial of coverage) and such judgment or order shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending an appeal for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or
(i) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan Party under Title IV of ERISA in an aggregate amount which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
(j) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any material provision of any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder (including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 6.03 or 6.05) or as a result of acts or omissions by the Agent or any Lender or the Discharge of Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party or Foreign Borrower contests in writing the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party or Foreign Borrower denies in writing that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document (other than as a result of the discharge of such Loan Party’s or Foreign Borrower’s obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), or purports in writing to revoke or rescind any Loan Document; or
(k) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or
(l) Collateral Documents. To the extent unremedied for a period of 10 Business Days (i) after any Responsible Officer of Holdings or the U.S. Borrower obtains knowledge thereof (including upon notice thereof by the Agent to Holdings or the U.S. Borrower) or reasonably should have known thereof, any Collateral Document after delivery thereof pursuant
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to Section 4.01, 5.11 or 5.12 or pursuant to the Collateral Documents shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms thereof including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 6.03 or 6.05) cease to create a valid and perfected lien, with the priority required by the Collateral Documents, (or other security purported to be created on the applicable Collateral) on and security interest in any portion of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, subject to Liens permitted under Section 6.02, except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the failure of the Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Documents or to file UCC continuation statements and except as to Collateral consisting of real property to the extent that such losses are covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied coverage, or (ii) any of the Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower ceasing to be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement free of Liens other than Liens created by the Security Agreement or any nonconsensual Liens arising solely by operation of law, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the extent such Equity Interests or other Collateral have an aggregate fair market value in excess of $100.0 million.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, with respect to any Default or Event of Default, the words 「exists,」 「is continuing」 or similar expressions with respect thereto shall mean that the Default or Event of Default has occurred and has not yet been cured or waived. If any Default or Event of Default (any such Default or Event of Default, an “Initial Default”) occurs due to (i) the failure by any Loan Party to take any action by a specified time, such Initial Default shall be deemed to have been cured at the time, if any, that the applicable Loan Party takes such action or (ii) the taking of any action by any Loan Party that is not then permitted by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, such Initial Default shall be deemed to be cured on the earlier to occur of (x) the date on which such action would be permitted at such time to be taken under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) and (y) the date on which such action is unwound or otherwise modified to the extent necessary for such revised action to be permitted at such time by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. If any Initial Default occurs that is subsequently cured (a “Cured Default”), any other Default or Event of Default resulting from the making or deemed making of any representation or warranty by any Loan Party or the taking of any action by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, in each case which subsequent Default or Event of Default would not have arisen had the Cured Default not occurred, shall be deemed to be cured automatically upon, and simultaneous with, the cure of the Cured Default, so long as at the time of such representation, warranty or action, no Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower had knowledge of such Initial Default. To the extent not already so notified, the Borrower will provide prompt written notice of any such cure to the Administrative Agent after a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower knows of the occurrence of any such cure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.01, an Initial Default may not be cured pursuant to this Section 7.01:
(1)If such Initial Default was due to a failure to perform any covenant set forth in Section 5.09 or Section 6.10, or pursuant to clauses (f), (g), (j), (k) or (l) of this Section 7.01;
(2)If the Administrative Agent has commenced any remedial action in accordance with Section 7.02 or as otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents;
(3)if (x) any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party takes any action that is not permitted during, and as a result of, the continuance of such Initial Default, (y) such action results in the cure of such Initial Default and (z) the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary had actual knowledge at the time of taking any such action that the Initial Default had occurred and was continuing;
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(4)if such cure results in material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Lenders, Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents with respect to any Default or Event of Default other than the Initial Default; or
(5)in the case of an Initial Default for which (x) the U.S. Borrower failed to give notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of such Initial Default in accordance with Section 5.02(a) of this Agreement and (y) the U.S. Borrower had actual knowledge of such failure to give such notice.
SECTION VII.2Remedies upon Event of Default
. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall take any or all of the following actions (it being understood that during any period during which an Event of Default under Section 6.10 exists solely with respect to the Revolving Facilities and the Term Loans included in the definition of 「Required Financial Covenant Lenders」, the Agent at the request of the Required Financial Covenant Lenders, shall take any of the actions described below solely as they relate to the Revolving Facilities and the Term Loans included in clause (b) of the definition of 「Required Financial Covenant Lenders」):
(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the Issuing Banks to issue, amend or renew Letters of Credit to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers and require all outstanding Letters of Credit to be cash collateralized in accordance with Section 2.04(j); and
(c) exercise on behalf of itself, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable law;
provided that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the U.S. Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the Issuing Banks to issue, amend or renew Letters of Credit shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, in each case without further act of the Agent, the Issuing Banks or any Lender.
In connection with any acceleration of the Obligations as contemplated above, the Designated Obligations shall, automatically and with no further action required by the Agent, any Loan Party or any Lender, be converted into the Dollar Equivalent, determined as of the date of such acceleration (or, in the case of any LC Disbursements following the date of such acceleration, as of the date of drawing under the applicable Letter of Credit) and from and after such date all amounts accruing and owed to the Lenders in respect of such Designated Obligations shall accrue and be payable in Dollars at the rate otherwise applicable hereunder.
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ARTICLE VIII
THE AGENT
Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent (together with its Affiliates and branches) as its agent and authorizes the Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
The bank serving as the Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Agent hereunder.
The Agent shall also act as the 「collateral agent」 under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks (including in its capacities as a holder of Secured Hedging Obligations and Secured Cash Management, as 「collateral agent」 and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Agent for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article VIII and Article IX (as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the 「collateral agent」 under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
The Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment. The Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Agent by the U.S. Borrower or a Lender, and the Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the value or sufficiency of the Collateral or the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral, or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agent.
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The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Loan Parties), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
The Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agent. The Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent.
Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Loan Parties agree, that the Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Approved Electronic Communications available to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks by posting such Approved Electronic Communications on IntraLinks™ or a substantially similar electronic platform chosen by the Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Electronic Platform”).
Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Agent from time to time (including, as of the Closing Date, a dual firewall and a User ID/Password Authorization System) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a single-user-per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks and the Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. In consideration for the convenience and other benefits afforded by such distribution and for the other consideration provided hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the Lenders, the Loan Parties and the Issuing Banks hereby approve distribution of the Approved Electronic Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.
The Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic Platform are provided 「as is」 and 「as available.」 None of the Agent or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors or representatives (the “Agent Affiliates”) warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic Platform and each expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in the Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic Platform. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory (including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, noninfringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects) is made by the Agent Affiliates in connection with the approved electronic communications or the approved electronic platform.
Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Loan Parties agrees that the Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the Approved Electronic Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Agent’s generally-applicable document retention procedures and policies.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the U.S. Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent (not to be unreasonably
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withheld or delayed) of the U.S. Borrower, to appoint a successor; provided that, during the existence and continuation of an Event of Default, no consent of the U.S. Borrower shall be required. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks appoint a successor Agent which shall be a commercial bank or an Affiliate of any such commercial bank reasonably acceptable to the U.S. Borrower. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Co-Documentation Agent or any other Lender or a Related Party of any of the foregoing and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Co-Documentation Agent or any other Lender or a Related Party of any of the foregoing and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
The co-arrangers, joint bookrunners, co-syndication agents and the co-documentation agent shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such.
Each Lender authorizes and directs the Agent to, upon the request of the U.S. Borrower, enter into any intercreditor agreement with any agent under any Receivables Facility of the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and each Lender agrees to be bound by the terms thereof that are applicable to it thereunder.
Any supplement to this agreement effecting any Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower becoming an Additional Foreign Borrower may include 「parallel debt」 provisions or similar customary provisions for credit facilities of borrowers organized in the jurisdiction of organization of such Additional Foreign Borrower.
SECTION VIII.1Credit Bidding
. The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including by accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions, or (b) at any other sale, foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid by the Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis
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that shall vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) for the asset or assets so purchased (or for the equity interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are issued in connection with such purchase). In connection with any such bid (i) the Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles and to assign any successful credit bid to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles (ii) each of the Secured Parties’ ratable interests in the Obligations which were credit bid shall be deemed without any further action under this Agreement to be assigned to such vehicle or vehicles for the purpose of closing such sale, (iii) the Agent shall be authorized to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or equity interests thereof, shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by, and the governing documents shall provide for, control by the vote of the Required Lenders or their permitted assignees under the terms of this Agreement or the governing documents of the applicable acquisition vehicle or vehicles, as the case may be, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in Section 9.02 of this Agreement), (iv) the Agent on behalf of such acquisition vehicle or vehicles shall be authorized to issue to each of the Secured Parties, ratably on account of the relevant Obligations which were credit bid, interests, whether as equity, partnership, limited partnership interests or membership interests, in any such acquisition vehicle and/or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (v) to the extent that Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of Obligations credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Secured Parties pro rata and the equity interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of such Obligations shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action. Notwithstanding that the ratable portion of the Obligations of each Secured Party are deemed assigned to the acquisition vehicle or vehicles as set forth in clause (ii) above, each Secured Party shall execute such documents and provide such information regarding the Secured Party (and/or any designee of the Secured Party which will receive interests in or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle) as the Agent may reasonably request in connection with the formation of any acquisition vehicle, the formulation or submission of any credit bid or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such credit bid.
SECTION VIII.2Withholding Taxes
(a). To the extent required by any applicable laws, the Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 2.15, each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Agent against, within ten (10) days after written demand therefor, any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Agent by the IRS or any other Governmental Authority as a result of the failure of the Agent to properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of withholding Tax ineffective). A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Agent under this Article VIII. For the avoidance of doubt, a 「Lender」 shall, for purposes of this
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paragraph, include any Issuing Bank. The agreements in this paragraph shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION IX.1Notices
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(a)Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile, as follows:
if to any Loan Party or any Foreign Borrower, to it in care of the U.S. Borrower at:
Aramark Services, Inc. 1101 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 Attention: Treasurer Facsimile No: (215) 413-8841
with a copy to:
Aramark Services, Inc. 1101 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 Attention: General Counsel Facsimile No: (215) 238-3388
with a copy to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Eli Isak
Fax No.: (212) 455-2722
E-Mail Address: eisak@stblaw.com
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if to the Administrative Agent, to it at the notice information provided separately to the U.S. Borrower
with a copy to:
Latham & Watkins LLP 1271 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Attention: Corey Wright E-Mail Address: corey.wright@lw.com
if to the Collateral Agent, to it at the notice information provided separately to the U.S. Borrower
with a copy to:
Latham & Watkins LLP 1271 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Attention: Corey Wright E-Mail Address: corey.wright@lw.com
if to the respective Issuing Banks for Letters of Credit (as applicable):
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., at the notice information provided separately to the U.S. Borrower
With a copy to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., at the notice information provided separately to the U.S. Borrower
PNC Bank, N.A. 300 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Attention: Lisa Pierce Facsimile No: 412-762-2760 E-Mail Address: lisa.pierce@pnc.com
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Canada Branch Suite 1800, 200 Bay Street, RBC South Tower, Toronto, ON, M5J 2J1 Attention: Theresa Algenio Facsimile No: 416-367-3579 E-Mail Address: talgenio@ca.mufg.jp
Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. 1300 Thames Street Wharf, 4th floor Baltimore, MD 21231 Attention: Morgan Stanley Loan Servicing Facsimile No: 718-233-2140 E-Mail Address: msloanservicing@morganstanley.com
if to any other Lender, to it at its address or facsimile number set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
All such notices and other communications (i) sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received or (ii) sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent and when receipt has been confirmed by telephone; provided that if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
(b)Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using Electronic Systems pursuant to procedures approved by
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the Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Agent and the applicable Lender. The Agent or the U.S. Borrower (on behalf of the Loan Parties) may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the 「return receipt requested」 function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
(c)Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
(d)Electronic Systems.
(i)Each Loan Party agrees that the Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make Communications (as defined below) available to the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders by posting the Communications on Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak, ClearPar or a substantially similar Electronic System.
(ii)Any Electronic System used by the Agent is provided 「as is」 and 「as available.」 The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of such Electronic Systems and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or any Electronic System. In no event shall the Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower or the other Loan Parties, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Party’s or the Agent’s transmission of communications through an Electronic System. “Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through an Electronic System.
SECTION IX.2Waivers; Amendments
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(a)No failure or delay by the Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of
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steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under any other Loan Document are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 9.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent permitted by law, the making of a Loan or issuing of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b)Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except (i) in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders or, (ii) in the case of any other Loan Document (other than any such amendment to effectuate any modification thereto expressly contemplated by the terms of the other Loan Documents), pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (A) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender; it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Article IV or the waiver of any Default or mandatory prepayment shall not constitute an increase of any Commitment of any Lender, (B) reduce or forgive the principal amount of any Loan or reimbursement obligation hereunder with respect to LC Disbursements or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce or forgive any interest or fees payable hereunder or change the currency in which any such amount is required to be paid, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (C) postpone any scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any date for the payment of any interest, fees or other Obligations payable hereunder or the reimbursement of any LC Disbursement, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the provisions of Section 2.11(c) providing for the default rate of interest, or to waive any obligations of any Borrower to pay interest at such default rate, (D) change Section 2.16(a) or (b) in a manner that would alter the manner in which payments are shared, without the written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby, (E) change any of the provisions of this Section 9.02 or the definition of 「Required Lenders,」 「Required Class Lenders,」 「Required Financial Covenant Lenders」 or 「Required Revolving Lenders」 or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby, (F) release all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors or the U.S. Borrower from their or its obligation under its Loan Guaranty (except as otherwise permitted herein or in the other Loan Documents), without the written consent of each Lender, (G) except as provided in clauses (c) and (d) of this Section 9.02 or in any Collateral Document, release all or substantially all of the Collateral, without the written consent of each Lender, (H) amend the definition of 「Secured Obligations,」 「Secured Hedge Obligations,」 or 「Secured Cash Management Obligations」 without the written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby or (I) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Borrowing under one or more Revolving Facilities without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders (and, for the avoidance of doubt, no consent of the Required Lenders shall be required); provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise (x) affect the rights or duties of the Agent or any Issuing Bank hereunder without the prior written consent of the Agent or such Issuing Bank, as applicable or (y) make any change to the documents that by its terms affects the rights of any Class of Lenders to receive payments in any
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manner different than any other Class of Lenders without the written consent of the Required Class Lenders of such Class; and provided, further, that no amendment, modification, waiver of or consent with respect to any of the terms and provisions (and related definitions) of Section 6.10 shall be effective without the written consent of the Required Financial Covenant Lenders and any such amendment, supplement, modification or waiver shall be effective with the written consent of only the Required Financial Covenant Lenders (or the Agent with the prior written consent thereof), on the one hand, and the Borrowers, on the other hand. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no amendment shall require any Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans to a Borrower other than the applicable Borrowers under such Revolving Facility without the consent of such Revolving Lender.
(c)The Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Agent by the Loan Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released (i) upon the Discharge of Obligations, (ii) upon the sale or other disposition of the property constituting such Collateral (including as part of or in connection with any other sale or other disposition permitted hereunder) to any Person other than another Loan Party, to the extent such sale or other disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) subject to paragraph (b) of this Section 9.02, if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, (iv) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Loan Guarantor, upon the release of such Loan Guarantor from its obligations under its Loan Guaranty in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (v) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of such Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the Collateral Documents or (vi) with respect to any Mortgaged Property, upon such Mortgaged Property becoming an Excluded Asset (as defined in the Security Agreement); provided that the Agent may, in its discretion, release the Lien on Collateral valued in the aggregate not in excess of $10.0 million during each fiscal year without consent of any Lender. Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly being released) upon (or obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Loan Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral to the extent required under the provisions of the Loan Documents. The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Agent to release or subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by paragraph (q) of the definition of Permitted Liens (solely as it relates to Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 6.01(b)(vi), (b)(xxi) or (b)(xxii)(A)) (in each case, to the extent required by the terms of the obligations secured by such Liens) pursuant to documents reasonably acceptable to the Agent).
(d)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.02, (A) guarantees and related documents, if any, executed by Foreign Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Agent and may be amended and waived with the consent of the Agent at the request of the U.S. Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lenders if such amendment or waiver is delivered in order (i) to comply with local law or advice of local counsel, (ii) to cure ambiguities or defects or (iii) to cause such guarantee or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (B) any waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class) and is not adverse in any material respect to any other Class may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into solely by the U.S. Borrower, the Agent and the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders stating that would be required to
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consent thereto under this Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at time.
(e)If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of 「each Lender」 or 「each Lender directly affected thereby,」 the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then the U.S. Borrower may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement (or to replace such Non-Consenting Lender from the Class for which consent is being sought); provided that, concurrently with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the U.S. Borrower and the Agent, and, with respect to assignees that are Revolving Lenders, each Issuing Bank shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of clause (b)(ii) of Section 9.04, (ii) the replacement Lender shall grant its consent with respect to the applicable proposed amendment, waiver or consent and (iii) the applicable Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by such Borrower hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without limitation payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Sections 2.14 and 2.15 (assuming that the Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender have been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the replacement Lender).
(f)if the Agent and the Borrower acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, then the Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.
(g)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, in connection with any determination as to whether the requisite Lenders have (A) consented (or not consented) to any waiver, amendment or modification of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, (B) otherwise acted on any matter related to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (C) directed or required the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to this Agreement or under any other Loan Document, any Lender (or any Affiliate of such Lender (provided that for purposes of this clause (g), Affiliates shall not include Persons that are subject to customary procedures to prevent the sharing of confidential information between such Lender and such Person and such Person is managed having independent fiduciary duties to the investors or other equityholders of such Person and such investors or equityholders are not the same investors or equityholders of such Lender)) (other than (x) any Lender that is a Regulated Bank, (y) any Revolving Lender as of the Amendment No. 15 Effective Date or any Affiliate thereof or (z) any Affiliate of a Regulated Bank to the extent that (1) all of the equity of such Affiliate is directly or indirectly owned by either (I) such Regulated Bank or (II) a parent entity that also owns, directly or indirectly, all of the equity of such Regulated Bank and (2) such Affiliate is a securities broker or dealer registered with the SEC under section 15 of the Exchange Act)) that, as a result of its interest (or such Affiliates collective interests) in any total return swap, total rate of return swap, credit default swap or other derivative contract (other than any such total return swap, total rate of return swap, credit default swap or other derivative contract entered into pursuant to bona fide market making activities), has a net short position with respect to any of the Loans or Commitments, or with respect to
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any other tranche, class or series of Indebtedness for borrowed money incurred or issued by the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at such time of determination (including commitments with respect to any revolving credit facility) (each such item of Indebtedness, including the Loan and Commitments, “Specified Indebtedness”) (each such Lender, a “Net Short Lender”) shall have no right to vote with respect to any waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents and shall be deemed to have voted its interest as a Lender without discretion in the same proportion as the allocation of voting with respect to such matter by Lenders who are not Net Short Lenders (including in any plan of reorganization). For purposes of determining whether a Lender (alone or together with its Affiliates) has a 「net short position」 on any date of determination: (i) derivative contracts with respect to any Specified Indebtedness and such contracts that are the functional equivalent thereof shall be counted at the notional amount of such contract in Dollars, (ii) notional amounts in other currencies shall be converted to the Dollar equivalent thereof by such Lender in a commercially reasonable manner consistent with generally accepted financial practices and based on the prevailing conversion rate (determined on a mid-market basis) on the date of determination, (iii) derivative contracts in respect of an index that includes the U.S. Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or any instrument issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to create a short position with respect to such Specified Indebtedness, so long as (x) such index is not created, designed, administered or requested by such Lender or its Affiliates and (y) the U.S. Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries and any instrument issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Borrower or the other Restricted Subsidiaries, collectively, shall represent less than 5% of the components of such index, (iv) derivative transactions that are documented using either the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions or the 2003 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions (collectively, the “ISDA CDS Definitions”) shall be deemed to create a short position with respect to the relevant Specified Indebtedness if such Lender or its Affiliates is a protection buyer or the equivalent thereof for such derivative transaction and (x) the relevant Specified Indebtedness is a 「Reference Obligation」 under the terms of such derivative transaction (whether specified by name in the related documentation, included as a 「Standard Reference Obligation」 on the most recent list published by Markit, if 「Standard Reference Obligation」 is specified as applicable in the relevant documentation or in any other manner), (y) the relevant Specified Indebtedness would be a 「Deliverable Obligation」 under the terms of such derivative transaction or (z) the U.S. Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary is designated as a 「Reference Entity」 under the terms of such derivative transaction and (v) credit derivative transactions or other derivatives transactions not documented using the ISDA CDS Definitions shall be deemed to create a short position with respect to any Specified Indebtedness if such transactions offer the Lender or its Affiliates protection against a decline in the value of such Specified Indebtedness, or in the credit quality of the U.S. Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, other than as part of an index so long as (x) such index is not created, designed, administered or requested by such Lender or its Affiliates and (y) the U.S. Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, and any instrument issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Borrower or the other Restricted Subsidiaries, collectively, shall represent less than 5% of the components of such index. In connection with any waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, each Lender (other than any Lender that is a Regulated Bank or a Revolving Lender as of the Amendment No. 15 Effective Date) will be deemed to have represented to the U.S. Borrower, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent that it does not constitute a Net Short Lender, in each case, unless such Lender shall have notified the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent prior to the requested response date with respect to such waiver, amendment or modification that it constitutes a Net Short Lender (it being understood and agreed that the U.S. Borrower, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on each such representation and deemed representation). In no event shall the Administrative Agent be obligated to monitor as to whether any Lender is a Net Short Lender.
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SECTION IX.3Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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(a)The U.S. Borrower shall pay (and, to the extent directly attributable to the facilities provided to any Foreign Borrower hereunder, each Foreign Borrower shall severally and not jointly with the U.S. Borrower be obligated to pay) (i) all reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Agent, and each other local non-U.S. counsel for the Agent in connection with the syndication and distribution (including, without limitation, via the internet or through a service such as Intralinks) of the credit facilities provided for herein and the preparation of the Loan Documents and related documentation, (ii) all reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of outside legal counsel to the Agent, in connection with any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions of any Loan Documents (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby shall be consummated), (iii) all reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Lenders, including the reasonable documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Agent and for one law firm retained by the Issuing Banks and the Lenders (and such additional counsel as the Agent or any Lender or group of Lenders determines are necessary in light of actual or potential conflicts of interest or the availability of different claims of defenses), in connection with the enforcement, collection or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans and other extensions of credit made hereunder, including all such reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or related negotiations in respect of such Loans and (iv) subject to any other provisions of this Agreement, of the Loan Documents or of any separate agreement entered into by the Borrowers and the Agent with respect thereto, all reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent in the administration of the Loan Documents. Expenses reimbursable by the U.S. Borrower under this Section include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, subject to any other applicable provision of any Loan Document, reasonable documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with:
(i)lien and title searches and title insurance; and
(ii)taxes, fees and other charges for recording the Mortgages, filing financing statements and continuations, and other actions to perfect, protect, and continue the Agent’s Liens.
(b)The Borrowers shall indemnify the Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, in their capacities as such, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (except for any Related Party that is an initial purchaser of the New Senior Notes acting in its capacity as such) (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, penalties, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of the Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Environmental Liability related in any way to the U.S. Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or to any property owned or operated by the U.S. Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto (and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by any Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their
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respective Affiliates) or (iv) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, penalties, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
(c)To the extent that the Borrowers fail to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 9.03, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (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, penalty, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Agent in its capacity as such.
(d)To the extent permitted by applicable law, no party to this Agreement shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any other party hereto or any Related Party thereof, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions, any Loan, any Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that, nothing in this clause (d) shall relieve any Borrower of any obligation it may have to indemnify an Indemnitee against special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages asserted against such Indemnitee by a third party.
(e)Other than to the extent required to be paid on the Closing Date, all amounts due under clauses (a) and (b) above shall be payable by the applicable Borrower within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of an invoice relating thereto and setting forth such expenses in reasonable detail. All amounts due from the Lenders under clause (c) above shall be paid promptly after written demand therefor.
SECTION IX.4Successors 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 (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) except as permitted by Section 6.03 or the definition of 「Change of Control,」 no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by any such Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. 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 (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)(i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment, participations in Letters
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of Credit and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:
(A)the U.S. Borrower; provided that, the U.S. Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to an assignment of Term Loans unless it shall have objected thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof; provided that no consent of the U.S. Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default specified in paragraph (a), (f) or (g) of Section 7.01 has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee;
(B)the Agent; provided that no consent of the Agent shall be required for an assignment of (x) any Revolving Commitment to an assignee that is a Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) with a Revolving Commitment immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment and (y) all or any portion of a Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and
(C)each Issuing Bank; provided that no consent of the Issuing Banks shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan.
(i)Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A)except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or 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 Agent) shall not be less than, (w) in the case of any Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans, $5,000,000, (x) in the case of a term loan denominated in Dollars, $250,000 or an integral multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof, (y) in the case of a term loan denominated in Euro, €1,000,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000,000 in excess thereof and (z) in the case of a Canadian Dollar denominated Term Loan, C$1,000,000 or an integral multiple of C$1,000,000 in excess thereof, in each case unless each of the U.S. Borrower and the Agent otherwise consent; provided that no such consent of the U.S. Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default specified in paragraph (a), (f), or (g) of Section 7.01 has occurred and is continuing;
(B)each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
(C)the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent (x) an Assignment and Assumption or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to a Platform as to which the Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants), together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and
(D)the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more Credit Contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Loan Parties and their related parties or their respective securities) will be made available and
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who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.
For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the terms “Approved Fund” and “Ineligible Institution” have the following meanings:
“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Ineligible Institution” means (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender or its Lender Parent, (c) a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person or relative(s) thereof or (d) a Borrower or any of its Affiliates; provided that, with respect to clause (c), such holding company, investment vehicle or trust shall not constitute an Ineligible Institution if it (x) has not been established for the primary purpose of acquiring any Loans or Commitments, (y) is managed by a professional advisor, who is not such natural person or a relative thereof, having significant experience in the business of making or purchasing commercial loans, and (z) has assets greater than $25,000,000 and a significant part of its activities consist of making or purchasing commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
(ii)Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 9.03 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring on or prior to the effective date of such assignment). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.
(iii)The Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans and LC Disbursements 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 each Borrower, the Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by any Borrower, and solely with respect to their own interests, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(iv)Upon its receipt of (x) a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to a Platform as to which the Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants), the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this
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Section, the Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.04, 2.16(b) or 9.03(c), the Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(c)Any Lender may, without the consent of any Borrower, the Agent or the Issuing Banks, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”), other than an Ineligible Institution, in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; and (C) each Borrower, the Agent, the Issuing Banks 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 to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D), (F) and (G) of the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14 and 2.15 (subject to the requirements and limitations of such Sections, it being understood and agreed that the documentation required under Section 2.15(g) shall be delivered solely to the participating Lender) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 9.04; provided that such Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14 or 2.15, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.16(c) 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 applicable Borrower, 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 applicable Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the U.S. Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Agent (in its capacity as Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(d)Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such
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pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(e)Any reference in the Loan Documents to "Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited" is a reference to its successor in title Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Designated Activity Company (including, without limitation, its branches) pursuant to and with effect from the merger between Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited and Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Designated Activity Company that takes effect in accordance with Chapter II, Title II of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 (which repeals and codifies the Cross-Border Mergers Directive (2005/56/EC)), as implemented in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, a transfer of rights and obligations from Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited to Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Designated Activity Company pursuant to such merger shall be permitted.
SECTION IX.5Survival
. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the Discharge of Obligations or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
(a)This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Fee Letter, dated as of February 28, 2017, by and among the U.S. Borrower and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Article IV, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Agent and when the Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
(b)Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed
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signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words 「execution,」 「signed,」 「signature,」 「delivery,」 and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries 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, physical delivery thereof 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; provided that nothing herein shall require the Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent.
SECTION IX.7Severability
. To the extent permitted by law, any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION IX.8Right of Setoff
. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower or any Loan Guarantor against any of and all the Secured Obligations held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under the Loan Documents and although such obligations may be unmatured. The applicable Lender shall notify such Borrower and the Agent of such setoff or application; provided that any failure to give or any delay in giving such notice shall not affect the validity of any such setoff or application under this Section 9.08. The rights of each Lender under this Section 9.08 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, AT ANY TIME THAT ANY OF THE SECURED OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE SECURED BY REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA, NO LENDER SHALL EXERCISE A RIGHT OF SETOFF, LENDER’S LIEN OR COUNTERCLAIM OR TAKE ANY COURT OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION OR INSTITUTE ANY PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY LOAN DOCUMENT UNLESS IT IS TAKEN WITH THE CONSENT OF THE LENDERS REQUIRED BY SECTION 9.02 OF THIS AGREEMENT, IF SUCH SETOFF OR ACTION OR PROCEEDING WOULD OR MIGHT (PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 580a, 580b, 580d AND 726 OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE OR SECTION 2924 OF THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE, IF APPLICABLE, OR OTHERWISE) AFFECT OR IMPAIR THE VALIDITY, PRIORITY, OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THE LIENS GRANTED TO THE AGENT PURSUANT TO THE COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS OR THE ENFORCEABILITY OF THE OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER, AND ANY ATTEMPTED EXERCISE BY ANY LENDER OR ANY SUCH RIGHT WITHOUT OBTAINING SUCH CONSENT OF THE PARTIES AS REQUIRED ABOVE, SHALL BE NULL AND VOID. THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF EACH OF THE LENDERS.
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SECTION IX.9Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
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(a)THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b)Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any U.S. Federal or New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c)Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 9.09. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d)Each of the Foreign Borrowers hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers Aramark Services, Inc. (the “Process Agent”), in the case of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America as its designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf, and in respect of its property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document. Such service may be made by mailing (by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) or delivering a copy of such process to such Foreign Borrower in care of the Process Agent at the Process Agent’s above address, and each of the Foreign Borrowers hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. As an alternative method of service, each of the Foreign Borrowers irrevocably consents to the service of any and all process in any such action or proceeding by the mailing (by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) of copies of such process to the Process Agent or such Foreign Borrower at its address specified in Section 9.01. Aramark Services, Inc. hereby acknowledges and accepts its appointment as Process Agent for each of the Foreign Borrowers and the corresponding rights and obligations set forth in this paragraph (d).
(e)To the extent permitted by law, each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably waives personal service of any and all process upon it and agrees that all such service of process may be made by registered mail (return receipt requested) directed to it at its address for notices as provided for in Section 9.01 or, in the case of any Foreign Borrower, as provided for in Section 9.09(d). Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
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(f)If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Euros or Sterling into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Agent could purchase Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Euros or Sterling, as the case may be, with such other currency at the spot rate of exchange quoted by the Agent at 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given, for the purchase of Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Euros or Sterling, as the case may be, for delivery two Business Days thereafter. The obligation of each Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the 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 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 Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the 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 Agent in the Agreement Currency, each Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Agent or the Person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss.
SECTION IX.10WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY 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, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY 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 BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.10.
SECTION IX.11Headings
. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION IX.12Confidentiality
. The Agent and each Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and it and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (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 regulatory, governmental or administrative authority, (c) to the extent required by law or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially similar to or consistent with those of this
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Section 9.12, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (ii) any pledgee referred to in Section 9.04(d) or (iii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Loan Parties and their obligations, (g) with the consent of the U.S. Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 9.12 or (ii) becomes available to the Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than any Borrower. For the purposes of this Section 9.12, “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party or any Foreign Borrower relating to the Loan Parties, the Subsidiaries or their respective businesses or the Transactions other than any such information that is available to the Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan Party or any of the Subsidiaries or that becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach by such Agent or Lender of its obligations hereunder. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 9.12 shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised substantially the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
SECTION IX.13Several Obligations; Nonreliance; Violation of Law
. The respective obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and the failure of any Lender to make any Loan or perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from any of its obligations hereunder. Each Lender hereby represents that (a) it is not relying on or looking to any Margin Stock for the repayment of the Borrowings and other credit extensions provided for herein and acknowledges that the Collateral shall not include any Margin Stock and (b) it is not and will not become a 「creditor」 as defined in Regulation T or a 「foreign branch of a broker-dealer」 within the meaning of Regulation X. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to any Borrower in violation of any Requirement of Law.
SECTION IX.14USA PATRIOT Act
. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act or the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) hereby notifies each Loan Party that pursuant to the requirements of such Act or Acts, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each Loan Party in accordance with such Acts. Each Loan Party shall, promptly following a request by the Agent (on behalf of itself or any Lender), provide all reasonable documentation and other information that the Agent or such Lender reasonably requests that is a Requirement of Law in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable 「know your customer」 and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada).
SECTION IX.15Disclosure
. Each Loan Party and each Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Agent and/or its Affiliates from time to time may hold investments in, make other loans to or have other relationships with any of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates. In addition, each Loan Party and each Lender hereby acknowledges that Affiliates of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Co-Documentation Agent, the Agent and certain of the Lenders will be initial purchasers of the New Senior Notes.
SECTION IX.16Interest Rate Limitation
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. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section 9.16 shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION IX.17Material Non-Public Information
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(a)EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 9.12(a) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
(b)ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER OR THE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.
SECTION IX.18No Fiduciary Duty, etc.
Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its subsidiaries’ understanding, that none of the Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Co-Documentation Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender will have any obligations except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents and each of the Agent, each Joint Lead Arranger, each Co-Documentation Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to such Borrower with respect to the Loan Documents and the transaction contemplated therein and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, such Borrower or any other person (including, without limitation, each other Loan Party). Each Borrower agrees that it will not assert any claim against the Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Co-Documentation Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by such Agent, Joint Lead Arranger, Co-Documentation Agent, Issuing Bank or Lender in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Additionally, each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that none of the Agent, any
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Joint Lead Arranger, any Co-Documentation Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender is advising such Borrower as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting, regulatory or any other matters in any jurisdiction. Each Borrower shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and none of the Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Co-Documentation Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender shall have any responsibility or liability to such Borrower with respect thereto.
Each Borrower further acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its subsidiaries’ understanding, that each of the Agent, each Joint Lead Arranger, each Co-Documentation Agent and each Issuing Bank is, and certain of the Lenders are, full service securities or banking firms engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities as well as providing investment banking and other financial services. In the ordinary course of business, any of the Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Co-Documentation Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may provide investment banking and other financial services to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for its own accounts and the accounts of customers, equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other obligations) of, you and other companies with which you may have commercial or other relationships. With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so held by any of the Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Co-Documentation Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender or any of its customers, all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including any voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole discretion.
In addition, each Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its subsidiaries’ understanding, that each of the Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Co-Documentation Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender and any of their respective affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services) to other companies in respect of which you may have conflicting interests regarding the transactions described herein and otherwise. None of the Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Co-Documentation Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender will use confidential information obtained from you by virtue of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or its other relationships with you in connection with the performance by such Person of services for other companies, and none of the Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Co-Documentation Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender will furnish any such information to other companies. You also acknowledge that none of the Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Co-Documentation Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender has any obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, or to furnish to you, confidential information obtained from other companies.
SECTION IX.19Keepwell
. 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 Agreement in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 9.19 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 9.19, or otherwise under this Agreement, 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 9.19 shall remain in full force and effect until the satisfaction and discharge of all Guaranteed Obligations. The U.S. Borrower and each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 9.19 constitute, and this Section 9.19 shall be deemed to constitute, a 「keepwell, support, or other agreement」 for the benefit of the U.S. Borrower and each Qualified ECP Guarantor for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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SECTION IX.20Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
SECTION IX.21Acknowledgement Regarding any Supported QFCs
. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Swap Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the 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 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):
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
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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.
ARTICLE X
LOAN GUARANTY
SECTION X.1Guaranty
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(a)Each Loan Guarantor hereby agrees that it is jointly and severally liable for, and, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, and absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to the Secured Parties the prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of the Secured Obligations (collectively the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Loan Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed in whole or in part without notice to or further assent from it, and that it remains bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any such extension or renewal. For the avoidance of doubt, unless required by applicable law, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree to report consistently therewith that each Loan Guarantor that is a Domestic Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower shall be treated as a primary obligor of the U.S. Borrower Guaranteed Obligations for U.S. federal and state tax purposes.
(b)The U.S. Borrower hereby agrees that it is jointly and severally liable for, and, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, and absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to the Secured Parties the prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of the Secured Obligations (other than Secured Obligations that are expressly the obligations of the U.S. Borrower pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, Hedge Agreement or Cash Management Agreement, which Secured Obligations shall continue to be the primary obligations of the U.S. Borrower) (collectively the “U.S. Borrower Guaranteed Obligations”). The U.S. Borrower further agrees that the U.S. Borrower Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed in whole or in part without notice to or further assent from it, and that it remains bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any such extension or renewal. The provisions of this Article X (other than Section 10.12) shall apply equally to the U.S. Borrower as guarantor of the U.S. Borrower Guaranteed Obligations as to the Loan Guarantors as guarantors of the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION X.2Guaranty of Payment
. This Loan Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not of collection. Each Loan Guarantor waives any right to require the Agent or any Secured Party to sue any Borrower, any Loan Guarantor, any other guarantor, or any other Person obligated for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (each, an “Obligated Party”), or otherwise to enforce its payment against any collateral securing all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations.
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SECTION X.3No Discharge or Diminishment of Loan Guaranty
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(a)Except as otherwise provided for herein, the obligations of each Loan Guarantor hereunder are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations), including (i) any claim of waiver, release, extension, renewal, settlement, surrender, alteration, or compromise of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, by operation of law or otherwise; (ii) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of any Borrower or any other guarantor of or other Person liable for any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (iii) any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting any Obligated Party, or their assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of any Obligated Party; or (iv) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which any Loan Guarantor may have at any time against any Obligated Party, the Agent, any Secured Party, or any other Person, whether in connection herewith or in any unrelated transactions.
(b)The obligations of each Loan Guarantor hereunder are not subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit payment by any Obligated Party, of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof.
(c)Further, the obligations of any Loan Guarantor hereunder are not discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by: (i) the failure of the Agent or any Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any waiver or modification of or supplement to any provision of any agreement relating to the Guaranteed Obligations; (iii) any release, non-perfection, or invalidity of any indirect or direct security for the obligations of any Borrower for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any obligations of any other guarantor of or other Person liable for any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) any action or failure to act by the Agent or any Secured Party with respect to any collateral securing any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (v) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the payment or performance of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other circumstance, act, omission or delay that might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Loan Guarantor or that would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Loan Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations).
SECTION X.4Defenses Waived
. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Loan Guarantor hereby waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of any Borrower or any Loan Guarantor or the unenforceability of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of any Borrower or any Loan Guarantor, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Loan Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against any Obligated Party, or any other Person. The Agent may, at its election, foreclose on any Collateral held by it by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such Collateral in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise act or fail to act with respect to any collateral securing all or a part of the Guaranteed Obligations, compromise or adjust any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, make any other accommodation with any Obligated Party or exercise any other right or remedy available to it
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against any Obligated Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of such Loan Guarantor under this Loan Guaranty except to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations have been fully and indefeasibly paid in cash. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Loan Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election even though that election may operate, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Loan Guarantor against any Obligated Party or any security.
SECTION X.5Rights of Subrogation
. No Loan Guarantor will assert any right, claim or cause of action, including, without limitation, a claim of subrogation, contribution or indemnification that it has against any Obligated Party, or any collateral, until the Loan Parties and the Loan Guarantors have fully performed all their obligations to the Agent and the Secured Parties.
SECTION X.6Reinstatement; Stay of Acceleration
. If at any time any payment of any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of any Borrower or otherwise, each Loan Guarantor’s obligations under this Loan Guaranty with respect to that payment shall be reinstated at such time as though the payment had not been made. If acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of any agreement relating to the Guaranteed Obligations shall nonetheless be payable by the Loan Guarantors forthwith on demand by the Secured Party.
SECTION X.7Information
. Each Loan Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of each Borrower’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that each Loan Guarantor assumes and incurs under this Loan Guaranty, and agrees that neither the Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any duty to advise any Loan Guarantor of information known to it regarding those circumstances or risks.
SECTION X.8[Reserved]
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SECTION X.9Maximum Liability
. The provisions of this Loan Guaranty are severable, and in any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state, Federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Loan Guarantor under this Loan Guaranty would otherwise be held or determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on account of the amount of such Loan Guarantor’s liability under this Loan Guaranty, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Loan Guaranty to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by the Loan Guarantors or the Secured Parties, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding (such highest amount determined hereunder being the relevant Loan Guarantor’s “Maximum Liability”). This Section 10.09 with respect to the Maximum Liability of each Loan Guarantor is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Secured Parties to the maximum extent not subject to avoidance under applicable law, and no Loan Guarantor nor any other Person or entity shall have any right or claim under this Section 10.09 with
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respect to such Maximum Liability, except to the extent necessary so that the obligations of any Loan Guarantor hereunder shall not be rendered voidable under applicable law. Each Loan Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the Maximum Liability of each Loan Guarantor without impairing this Loan Guaranty or affecting the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder; provided that nothing in this sentence shall be construed to increase any Loan Guarantor’s obligations hereunder beyond its Maximum Liability.
SECTION X.10Contribution
. In the event any Loan Guarantor (a “Paying Guarantor”) shall make any payment or payments under this Loan Guaranty or shall suffer any loss as a result of any realization upon any collateral granted by it to secure its obligations under this Loan Guaranty, each other Loan Guarantor (each a “Non-Paying Guarantor”) shall contribute to such Paying Guarantor an amount equal to such Non-Paying Guarantor’s 「Guarantor Percentage」 of such payment or payments made, or losses suffered, by such Paying Guarantor. For purposes of this Article X, each Non-Paying Guarantor’s “Guarantor Percentage” with respect to any such payment or loss by a Paying Guarantor shall be determined as of the date on which such payment or loss was made by reference to the ratio of (i) such Non-Paying Guarantor’s Maximum Liability as of such date (without giving effect to any right to receive, or obligation to make, any contribution hereunder) or, if such Non-Paying Guarantor’s Maximum Liability has not been determined, the aggregate amount of all monies received by such Non-Paying Guarantor from any Borrower after the Closing Date (whether by loan, capital infusion or by other means) to (ii) the aggregate Maximum Liability of all Loan Guarantors hereunder (including such Paying Guarantor) as of such date (without giving effect to any right to receive, or obligation to make, any contribution hereunder), or to the extent that a Maximum Liability has not been determined for any Loan Guarantor, the aggregate amount of all monies received by such Loan Guarantors from any Borrower after the Closing Date (whether by loan, capital infusion or by other means). Nothing in this provision shall affect any Loan Guarantor’s several liability for the entire amount of the Guaranteed Obligations (up to such Loan Guarantor’s Maximum Liability). Each of the Loan Guarantors covenants and agrees that its right to receive any contribution under this Loan Guaranty from a Non-Paying Guarantor shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations. This provision is for the benefit of both the Agent, the Secured Parties and the Loan Guarantors and may be enforced by any one, or more, or all of them in accordance with the terms hereof.
SECTION X.11Liability Cumulative
. The liability of each Loan Party as a Loan Guarantor under this Article X is in addition to and shall be cumulative with all liabilities of each Loan Party to the Agent and the Secured Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or in respect of any obligations or liabilities of the other Loan Parties, without any limitation as to amount, unless the instrument or agreement evidencing or creating such other liability specifically provides to the contrary.
SECTION X.12Release of Loan Guarantors
. Notwithstanding anything in Section 9.02(b) to the contrary (i) a Subsidiary Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and its Loan Guaranty shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted hereunder as a result of which such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Domestic Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower and (ii) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (A) if a Loan Guarantor is or becomes an Immaterial Subsidiary, and such release would not result in any Immaterial Subsidiary being required pursuant to Section 5.11(e) to become a Loan Party hereunder (except to the extent that on and as of the date of such release, one or more other Immaterial Subsidiaries become Loan Guarantors hereunder and the provisions
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of Section 5.11(e) are satisfied upon giving effect to all such additions and releases), (B) a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 6.07, (C) a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility otherwise permitted hereunder and such Restricted Subsidiary owns no assets or engages in no activities other than such assets or activities which are the subject of such Receivables Facility or (D) a Loan Guarantor ceases to be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted by this Agreement, then in the case of each of clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D), such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations hereunder and its Loan Guaranty shall be automatically released upon notification thereof from the U.S. Borrower to the Agent. In connection with any such release, the Agent shall execute and deliver to any Subsidiary Guarantor, at such Subsidiary Guarantor’s expense, all documents that such Subsidiary Guarantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to the preceding sentence of this Section 10.12 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Agent.