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EXHIBIT 10.1

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   CONSULTING AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT dated September 30, 2014 is between iHookup Social, Inc., a corporation organized under laws of the State of Nevada, whose address is 125 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell, CA 95008 (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”); and ATLANTA CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, a corporation organized under laws of the State of Georgia, located at 12411 Slauson Ave. Suite B, Whittier, CA 90606 (hereinafter referred to as the “Consultant”).

WHEREAS, the Consultant is in the business of assisting public companies in financial advisory, strategic business planning, and investor and public relations services designed to make the investing public knowledgeable about the benefits of stock ownership in the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company recognizes that the Consultant is not in the business of stock brokerage, investment advice, activities which require registration under either the Securities Act of 1933 (hereinafter “the Act”) or the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (hereinafter “the Exchange Act”), underwriting, banking, is not an insurance Company, nor does it offer services to the Company which may require regulation under federal or state securities laws; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties agree, after having a complete understanding of the services desired and the services to be provided, that the Company desires to retain Consultant to provide such assistance through its services for the Company, and the Consultant is willing to provide such services to the Company;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.           Duties and Involvement.

 

The Company hereby engages Consultant to provide one or more plans, and for coordination in executing the agreed-upon plan.  The plan may include, but not by way of limitation, the following services: consulting with the Company’s management concerning investor marketing, shareholder relations, investor accreditation, availability to expand investor base, investor support, strategic business planning, broker relations, attendance at conventions and trade shows, review and assistance in updating business plan and other written materials, review and advise on the capital structure for the Company, assist in the development of an acquisition profile and structure, recommend financing alternatives and sources, and consult on corporate finance and/or investment banking issues, take incoming investor calls, make outgoing calls to brokers, fund managers, newsletter writers, and investors, prepare and distribute OTC Stock Review (OTCSR) Report to current OTCSR subscribers. This agreement is limited to the United States.

2.           Relationship Among the Parties.

 

Consultant acknowledges that it is not an officer, director or agent of the Company, it is not, and will not, be responsible for any management decisions on behalf of the Company, and may not commit the Company to any action.  The Company represents that the consultant does not have, through stock ownership or otherwise, the power neither to control the Company, nor to exercise any dominating influences over its management.

 

 

  

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Consultant understands and acknowledges that this Agreement shall not create or imply any agency relationship among the parties, and Consultant will not commit the Company in any manner except when a commitment has been specifically authorized in writing by the Company.  The Company and the Consultant agree that the relationship among the parties shall be that of independent contractor.

 

3.           Effective Date, Term and Termination.

 

This Agreement shall be effective on September 30 2014 and will continue until December 30, 2014.  This three-month Agreement can be modified only if mutually agreeable and in writing. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the expiration of the term set forth herein as follows:

 

	
  

	
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Upon the bankruptcy or liquidation of the other party; whether voluntary or involuntary;

 

	
  

	
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Upon the other party taking the benefit of any insolvency law; and/or

 

	
  

	
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Upon the other party having or applying for a receiver appointed for either party.

 

	
  

	
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In the event the Company fails or refuses to cooperate with Consultant, Consultant shall have the right to terminate any further performance under this Agreement.

 

4.           Option to Renew and Extend.

 

Company may renew this Agreement on the same terms by providing written notice to Consultant at any time prior to the expiration hereof.

 

5.           Compensation and Payment of Expenses.

 

The Company agrees to pay Consultant the total sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) in cash and $5,000 in stock as total and complete consideration for the services to be provided by the Consultant to the Company. The $5,000.00 payment will be in the form of a bank wire or check.

Either party may terminate this agreement with 30 days written notice, delivered by certified mail, to the notice address as provided in the first paragraph of this agreement.

If for any reason, the Company determines that it shall not proceed to utilize the services of Consultant, the fee shall continue to be deemed earned by Consultant and remain nonrefundable. Company agrees not to interfere with any conversion and agrees to authorize the transfer agent to accept an outside legal opinion, should the shares be registered.

Company shall have no other obligation to Consultant for payment, excepting the obligation for additional compensation as contained herein.

In the event that the Company extends this Consulting Agreement for more than three months from the date of execution, the Consultant will be entitled to additional compensation Company agrees to pay for all costs and expenses incurred associated with its employees’ working with the Consultant and its representatives, including lodging, meals, and travel as necessary.  All other expenses for the fulfillment of this Agreement shall be borne by the Consultant, and by third parties engaged by it in connection with the performance of the financial and public relations services provided for herein.

 

 

  

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6.           Services Not Exclusive.

 

Consultant shall devote such of its time and effort necessary to the discharge of its duties hereunder.  The Company acknowledges that Consultant is engaged in other business activities, and that it will continue such activities during the term of this Agreement.  Consultant shall not be restricted from engaging in other business activities during the term of this Agreement.

 

7.           Confidentiality.

 

Consultant acknowledges that it may have access to confidential information regarding the Company and its business.  Consultant agrees that it will not, during or subsequent to the term of this Agreement, divulge, furnish or make accessible to any person (other than with the written permission of the Company) any knowledge or information or plans of the Company with respect to the Company or its business, including, but not by way of limitation, the products of the Company, whether in the concept or development stage, or being marketed by the Company on the effective date of this Agreement or during the term hereof.

 

8.           Covenant Not to Compete.

 

During the term of this Agreement, Consultant warrants, represents and agrees that it will not directly participate in the information developed for and by the Company, and will not compete directly with the Company in the Company’s primary industry or related fields.

 

9.           Indemnification.

 

Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Consultant and its respective agents and employees, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which either party, or any such other person, may become subject, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions, suits or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the registration statement, any preliminary prospectus, the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto; or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and will reimburse the Consultant, or any such other person, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Consultant, or any such other person, in connection with investigation or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action, suit or proceeding.

 

11.           Miscellaneous Provisions

 

Section a                      Time.  Time is of the essence of this Agreement.

 

  

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Section b                      Presumption.  This Agreement or any section thereof shall not be construed against any party due to the fact that said Agreement or any section thereof was drafted by said party.

 

Section c                      Computation of Time.  In computing any period of time pursuant to this Agreement, the day of the act, event or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, in which event the period shall begin to run on the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, in which event the period shall run until the end of the next day thereafter which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

 

Section d                      Titles and Captions.  All article, section and paragraph titles or captions contained in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be deemed part of the context nor affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

 

Section e                      Pronouns and Plurals.  All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the Person or Persons may require.

 

Section f                      Further Action.  The parties hereto shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or forbear from all such action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section g                     Good Faith, Cooperation and Due Diligence.  The parties hereto covenant, warrant and represent to each other good faith, complete cooperation, due diligence and honesty in fact in the performance of all obligations of the parties pursuant to this Agreement.  All promises and covenants are mutual and dependent.

 

Section h                      Savings Clause.  If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to persons or circum­stances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.

 

Section i                      Assignment.  This Agreement may not be assigned by either party hereto without the written consent of the other, but shall be binding upon the successors of the parties.

 

Section j                      Arbitration.

 

i.  Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this contract, or the breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules including the Emergency Interim Relief Procedures, and judgment on the award rendered by a single arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

 

ii. Any provisional remedy, which would be available from a court of law, shall be available to the parties to this Agreement from the Arbitrator pending arbitration.

 

iii. The situs of the arbitration shall be Dade County, Florida.

 

  

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iv.  In the event that a dispute results in arbitration, the parties agree that the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees to be fixed by the arbitrator.

 

Section k                      Notices.  All notices required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be delivered, either personally or by express delivery service, to the party to be notified.  Notice to each party shall be deemed to have been duly given upon delivery, personally or by courier (such as Federal Express or similar express delivery service), addressed to the attention of the officer at the address set forth heretofore, or to such other officer or addresses as either party may designate, upon at least ten (10) days’ written notice, to the other party.

 

Section l                       Governing law.  The Agreement shall be construed by and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida.

 

Section m                      Entire agreement.  This Agreement contains the entire understanding and agreement among the parties.  There are no other agreements, conditions or representations, oral or written, express or implied, with regard thereto.  This Agreement may be amended only in writing signed by all parties.

 

Section n                      Waiver.  A delay or failure by any party to exercise a right under this Agreement, or a partial or single exercise of that right, shall not constitute a waiver of that or any other right.

 

Section o                      Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in duplicate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.  In the event that the document is signed by one party and faxed to another the parties agree that a faxed signature shall be binding upon the parties to this agreement as though the signature was an original.

 

Section p                      Successors.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon all parties, their successors and assigns.

 

Section q                      Counsel.  The parties expressly acknowledge that each has been advised to seek separate counsel for advice in this matter and has been given a reasonable opportunity to do so.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement to be effective as of the day and year provided herein.

 

	 	CONSULTANT: ATLANTA CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
	 	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ David Kugelman	Date:   	9/30/2014
	 	 	David Kugelman	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	COMPANY: IHOOKUP SOCIAL, INC.
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Robert Rositano	Date:   	9/30/2014
	 	 	Robert A. Rositano, Jr.	 	 

 

 

 

 

5Exhibit 10.1

 

 

REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

dated as of October [·], 2014,

 

among

 

OM ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC,

 

THE LENDERS NAMED HEREIN,

 

and

 

CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent

 

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

 

and

 

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,

 

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
 
    	
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ARTICLE I
    
	
 
    
	
Definitions
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms
    	
1
    
	
SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings
    	
26
    
	
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally
    	
26
    
	
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP
    	
26
    
	
SECTION 1.05. References to Agreements
    	
27
    
	
 
    
	
ARTICLE II
    
	
 
    
	
The Credits
    
	
 
    
	
SECTION 2.01. Commitments
    	
27
    
	
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings
    	
27
    
	
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings
    	
28
    
	
SECTION 2.04. Letters of Credit
    	
29
    
	
SECTION 2.05. Funding of Borrowings
    	
33
    
	
SECTION 2.06. Interest Elections
    	
34
    
	
SECTION 2.07. Fees
    	
35
    
	
SECTION 2.08. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
    	
36
    
	
SECTION 2.09. Interest on Loans
    	
36
    
	
SECTION 2.10. Alternate Rate of Interest
    	
37
    
	
SECTION 2.11. Termination and Reduction of Commitments
    	
38
    
	
SECTION 2.12. Prepayment of Loans
    	
38
    
	
SECTION 2.13. Increased Costs
    	
39
    
	
SECTION 2.14. Break Funding Payments
    	
41
    
	
SECTION 2.15. Taxes
    	
41
    
	
SECTION 2.16. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment;   Sharing of Set-offs
    	
47
    
	
SECTION 2.17. Defaulting Lenders
    	
48
    
	
SECTION 2.18. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of   Lenders
    	
51
    
	
SECTION 2.19. Incremental Commitments
    	
52
    
	
 
    
	
ARTICLE III
    
	
 
    
	
Representations   and Warranties
    
	
 
    
	
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers
    	
54
    
	
SECTION 3.02. Authorization and Enforceability
    	
55
    
	
SECTION 3.03. Approvals; No Conflict
    	
55
    
	
SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse   Change
    	
55
    
	
SECTION 3.05. Properties
    	
56
    

 

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SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters
    	
56
    
	
SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements
    	
56
    
	
SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Status
    	
56
    
	
SECTION 3.09. Margin Regulations
    	
57
    
	
SECTION 3.10. Taxes
    	
57
    
	
SECTION 3.11. ERISA
    	
57
    
	
SECTION 3.12. Disclosure
    	
57
    
	
SECTION 3.13. Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions
    	
58
    
	
 
    
	
ARTICLE IV
    
	
 
    
	
Conditions
    
	
 
    
	
SECTION 4.01. Conditions to Initial Borrowing
    	
58
    
	
SECTION 4.02. Conditions to Each Credit Event
    	
59
    
	
 
    
	
ARTICLE V
    
	
 
    
	
Affirmative   Covenants
    
	
 
    
	
SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements; Ratings Changes   and Other Information
    	
60
    
	
SECTION 5.02. Notice of Material Events
    	
62
    
	
SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business
    	
62
    
	
SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations
    	
62
    
	
SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance
    	
62
    
	
SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights
    	
63
    
	
SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws
    	
63
    
	
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds
    	
63
    
	
SECTION 5.09. Payment of OMGUK Dividend Note
    	
63
    
	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VI
    
	
 
    
	
Negative   Covenants
    
	
 
    
	
SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness
    	
64
    
	
SECTION 6.02. Liens
    	
65
    
	
SECTION 6.03. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
    	
66
    
	
SECTION 6.04. Fundamental Changes; Conduct of Business
    	
66
    
	
SECTION 6.05. Asset Sales
    	
67
    
	
SECTION 6.06. Transactions with Affiliates
    	
68
    
	
SECTION 6.07. Limitation on Restricted Payments
    	
69
    
	
SECTION 6.08. Limitation on Amendments to Certain Agreements
    	
70
    
	
SECTION 6.09. Restrictive Agreements
    	
70
    
	
SECTION 6.10. Hedging Agreements
    	
71
    
	
SECTION 6.11. Permitted Activities of Holding   Companies
    	
71
    
	
SECTION 6.12. Financial Covenants
    	
71
    

 

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ARTICLE VII
    
	
 
    
	
Events of   Default
    
	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VIII
    
	
 
    
	
The Agent
    
	
 
    
	
ARTICLE IX
    
	
 
    
	
Miscellaneous
    
	
 
    
	
SECTION 9.01. Notices
    	
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SECTION 9.02. Survival
    	
77
    
	
SECTION 9.03. Binding Effect
    	
78
    
	
SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns
    	
78
    
	
SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
    	
81
    
	
SECTION 9.06. Right of Setoff
    	
83
    
	
SECTION 9.07. Applicable Law
    	
83
    
	
SECTION 9.08. Waivers; Amendment
    	
83
    
	
SECTION 9.09. No Fiduciary Relationship
    	
84
    
	
SECTION 9.10. Entire Agreement
    	
85
    
	
SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
    	
85
    
	
SECTION 9.12. Severability
    	
85
    
	
SECTION 9.13. Counterparts
    	
85
    
	
SECTION 9.14. Headings
    	
85
    
	
SECTION 9.15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of   Process
    	
85
    
	
SECTION 9.16. Confidentiality
    	
86
    
	
SECTION 9.17. Electronic Communications
    	
87
    
	
SECTION 9.18. USA Patriot Act
    	
88
    
	
SECTION 9.19. Judgment Currency
    	
88
    

 

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Schedule   2.01
    	
Commitments
    
	
Schedule 6.01
    	
Indebtedness
    
	
Schedule 6.02
    	
Liens
    
	
Schedule 6.09
    	
Restrictive   Agreements
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit A
    	
Form of   Assignment and Assumption
    
	
Exhibit B
    	
Form of   Borrowing Request
    
	
Exhibit C-1
    	
Form of   Opinion of Bingham McCutchen LLP, New York counsel to the Borrower
    
	
Exhibit C-2
    	
Form of   Opinion of Bingham McCutchen LLP, English counsel to the Borrower
    
	
Exhibit D-1
    	
Form of   U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Lenders that are not
    
	
 
    	
Partnerships   for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes
    
	
Exhibit D-2
    	
Form of   U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Lenders that are
    
	
 
    	
Partnerships   for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes
    
	
Exhibit D-3
    	
Form of   U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are not
    
	
 
    	
Partnerships   for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes
    
	
Exhibit D-4
    	
Form of   U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are
    
	
 
    	
Partnerships   for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes
    
	
Exhibit E
    	
Form of   Compliance Certificate
    
	
Exhibit F
    	
Form of   Affiliate Subordination Agreement
    
			

 

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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of [·], 2014, among OM ASSET MANAGEMENT plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the “Borrower”), the lenders from time to time party hereto and CITIBANK, N.A., as administrative agent for such lenders.

 

The Borrower has requested that the Lenders extend credit in the form of Commitments pursuant to which the Borrower may, during the Availability Period, obtain Loans on a revolving credit basis and procure the issuance of Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not in excess of US $350,000,000 (as such amount may be increased in accordance herewith).

 

The Lenders are willing to extend such credit to the Borrower, and the Issuing Bank is willing to issue such Letters of Credit, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

 

Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

SECTION 1.01.  Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:

 

“ABR Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.

 

“ABR Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

 

“Accounts” means accounts payable owed to a Covered Subsidiary in respect of Management Fees or Performance Fees or otherwise as compensation for the provision of investment management or advisory services.

 

“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the product of (a) the LIBO Rate in effect for such Interest Period and (b) Statutory Reserves.

 

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire supplied by the Agent.

 

“Affiliate” means, when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

 

“Affiliate Subordination Agreement” means an Affiliate Subordination Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F or otherwise satisfactory to the Agent.

 

 

“Agent” means Citibank in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder or any successor administrative agent appointed in accordance with Article VIII hereof.

 

“Agent Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.

 

“Agreement” means this Revolving Credit Agreement, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

“Alternate Base Rate” means, with respect to any ABR Borrowing or overdue amounts hereunder for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1⁄2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one-month Interest Period commencing on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%; provided that, for purposes of this definition the Adjusted LIBO Rate on any day shall be based on the rate per annum equal to the London interbank offered rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for deposits in U.S. Dollars (for delivery on such day) with a term of one month as displayed on the Reuters screen page that displays such rate (currently page LIBOR01) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion), at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to such day.  If for any reason the Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Agent to obtain a quotation in accordance with the terms thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of the first sentence of this definition until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist.  Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, as the case may be.

 

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act.

 

“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment; provided that when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Percentage” shall mean the percentage of the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Commitment.  If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments of Credit Exposures that shall have occurred after such termination or expiration.

 

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“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, or with respect to any Eurodollar Loan or ABR Loan, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption, “Commitment Fee Rate”, “Eurodollar Margin” or “ABR Margin”, as the case may be, based upon the Category that applies on such day:

 

	
Pricing Category
    	
 
    	
Rating
    	
 
    	
Leverage
   Ratio
    	
 
    	
Commitment
   Fee Rate
    	
 
    	
Eurodollar Margin
    	
 
    	
ABR Margin
    	
 
    
	
Category 1
    	
 
    	
BBB+   or Baa1 and higher
    	
 
    	
<1.00:1.00
    	
 
    	
0.200
    	
%
    	
1.25
    	
%
    	
0.25
    	
%
    
	
Category 2
    	
 
    	
BBB   or Baa2
    	
 
    	
<1.75:1.00, but >1.00:1.00
    	
 
    	
0.250
    	
%
    	
1.50
    	
%
    	
0.50
    	
%
    
	
Category 3 
    	
 
    	
BBB-   or Baa3
    	
 
    	
<2.25:1.00, but >1.75:1.00
    	
 
    	
0.375
    	
%
    	
1.75
    	
%
    	
0.75
    	
%
    
	
Category 4
    	
 
    	
Less   than BBB- or Baa3
    	
 
    	
>2.25:1.00
    	
 
    	
0.500
    	
%
    	
2.00
    	
%
    	
1.00
    	
%
    

 

The applicable Pricing Category will be based on (a) at any time prior to the date that either Moody’s or S&P has assigned an initial rating to the Borrower’s senior, unsecured long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that is not subject to any credit enhancement, the Leverage Ratio of the Borrower calculated as of the last date of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements and a compliance certificate have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04; provided that, until such financial statements and compliance certificate have been delivered for the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date and for so long as this clause (a) applies, the Pricing Category shall be Pricing Category 2 and (b) on any time on or after the date on which such initial ratings from either of Moody’s and S&P have been assigned, the Applicable Ratings.  For purposes of the foregoing, (i) if either Moody’s or S&P shall cease to have in effect an Applicable Rating (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the next succeeding paragraph), then the applicable Pricing Category will be based on the single available Applicable Rating, (ii) if the Applicable Ratings established or deemed to have been established by Moody’s and S&P shall fall within different Pricing Categories, the applicable Pricing Category shall be based on the higher of the two Applicable Ratings unless one of the ratings is two or more Pricing Categories lower than the other, in which case the applicable Pricing Category shall be determined by reference to the Pricing Category one rating higher than the lowest of the two Applicable Ratings, and (iii) if the Applicable Ratings established by Moody’s and S&P shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the applicable rating agency, regardless of when notice of such change shall have been furnished by the Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders.  Each change in the Applicable Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and

 

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ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. From and after the time that an initial Applicable Rating is established, for any day when no Applicable Rating is in effect, the Commitment Fee Rate, the Eurodollar Margin and the ABR Margin shall be the rates set forth opposite Pricing Category 4.

 

If the rating system of Moody’s or S&P shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Commitment Fee Rate, the Eurodollar Margin and the ABR Margin shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.

 

“Applicable Rating” means, for each of Moody’s and S&P, (a) the rating assigned by such rating agency to the Borrower’s senior, unsecured long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that is not subject to any credit enhancement, (b) if such rating agency shall not have in effect a rating referred to in the preceding clause (a), then the rating assigned by such rating agency to the Loans, if any, or (c) if such rating agency shall not have in effect a rating referred to in either of the preceding clause (a) or (b), the “company” or “corporate credit” rating assigned by such rating agency to the Borrower.

 

“Approved Fund” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

 

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit A.

 

“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.

 

“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

 

“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the heading of this Agreement.

 

“Borrowing” means Loans of the same Type made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

 

“Borrowing Request” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(a).

 

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“Business Day” means any day (other than a day which is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in the State of New York) on which banks are open for business in New York City; provided, however, that when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in U.S. Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

 

“Capitalized Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such person under any lease that would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such person prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Cash Collateralize” means, to pledge and deposit with, or deliver to the Agent, for the benefit of an Issuing Bank, as collateral for the obligations of the Borrower in respect of Letters of Credit or the obligations of Lenders to acquire participations in Letters of Credit, cash or, if the Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and each applicable Issuing Bank.  “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

 

“Change in Control” means (i) any Person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC thereunder), other than the Permitted Owners or a group consisting solely of Permitted Owners, shall acquire or hold, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, Equity Interests of the Borrower representing more than 30% of the aggregate voting power represented by all issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower (the percentage of such aggregate voting power attributable to the Equity Interests acquired or held by such Person or group being the “Relevant Percentage”) and at such time the Permitted Owners do not own, directly or through wholly owned entities, Equity Interests of the Borrower collectively representing more than the Relevant Percentage of the aggregate voting power represented by all issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower, (ii) less than a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Borrower shall be individuals who are either (x) members of such board on the Closing Date, (y) members of the board who are appointed by Parent in accordance with the terms of the Shareholder Agreement or (z) members of the board whose election, or nomination for election by the stockholders of the Borrower, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the members of the board then in office who are individuals described in clauses (x) or (y) above or this clause (z), other than any individual whose nomination or appointment under this clause (z) occurred as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal of one or more directors on the board of directors of the Borrower (other than any such solicitation made by the board of directors of the Borrower) or (iii) any “Change in Control” (or similar event, however denominated) of the Borrower as defined in any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Seed Indebtedness) or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its Covered Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000 shall occur.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary in 

 

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respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Covered Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.

 

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following:  (a) the adoption of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.13(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Closing Date; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and each request, rule, guideline or directive thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case under clauses (x) and (y) above be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

“Citibank” means Citibank, N.A. and its successors and assigns.

 

“Closing Date” means the date on which the conditions to effectiveness of this Agreement set forth in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.08).

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

“Co-Investment Deed” means the co-investment deed to be entered into on or before consummation of the IPO between the Borrower, on the one hand, and OMGUK, on the other hand, having substantially the same terms and conditions as the draft attached as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

 

“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Loans hereunder (and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit as provided for herein), expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Lender’s Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.11, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04 or (c) increased pursuant to Incremental Commitments of such Lender pursuant to Section 2.19.  The amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or, if such Lender has entered into an Assignment and Assumption or Incremental Facility Agreement, set forth for such Lender in the Register.  The aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments as of the Closing Date is $350,000,000.

 

“Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit E.

 

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“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period (a) excluding, without duplication and to the extent added or subtracted in computing Consolidated Net Income, (i) interest expense, including interest expense historically paid to Parent, (ii) income tax expense and tax benefits, (iii) depreciation and amortization charges, (iv) non-cash notional corporate cost allocations, (v) non-cash expenses representing changes in the value of equity and profit interests in subsidiaries held by key employees of such subsidiaries, (vi) seed capital and co-investment gains, losses and related financing costs, (vii) restructuring costs related to an exit from a distinct product or line of business, (viii) non-cash compensation expenses related to the award of stock or equity options, (ix) non-recurring cash expenses relating to capital transactions, including the IPO, (x) non-cash impairment charges relating to acquired goodwill and intangible assets, and (xi) other non-cash charges and expenses; provided that any cash payment made with respect to any non-cash expenses or charges added back in computing Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for any earlier period pursuant to clause (a)(xi) shall be subtracted in computing Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the period in which such cash payment is made, and (b) less, without duplication and to the extent otherwise included in computing such Consolidated Net Income, nonrecurring gains, in each case determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower in accordance with GAAP, as applicable.

 

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the total cash interest expense, other than interest expense associated with any Non-Recourse Seed Indebtedness or of any Fund or Fund Entity, of the Borrower and its Covered Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the consolidated net income or loss from continuing operations attributable to controlling interests of the Borrower and the Covered Subsidiaries for such period (other than net income or loss attributable to any Funds or Fund Entities), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as of any date, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Covered Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date, in the amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet of the Borrower and the Covered Subsidiaries prepared on a consolidated basis as of such date in accordance with GAAP, excluding (i) accrued long-term liabilities in respect of previously recognized compensation expense attributable to equity and profit awards to employees, (ii) Non-Recourse Seed Indebtedness, (iii) Indebtedness of consolidated Fund Entities that is not subject to any Guarantee of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary and (iv) Indebtedness owed by the Borrower to OMGUK under the Note.

 

“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether as general partner or through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

 

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“Core Business Entity” means any Person that is engaged in, or earns or is entitled to receive fees or income (including investment income and fees, Management Fees and Performance Fees) from, one or more Core Businesses.

 

“Core Businesses” means (i) investment or asset management services, financial advisory services, money management services or similar or related activities, including but not limited to services provided to mutual funds, private equity or debt funds, hedge funds, funds of funds, corporate or other business entities or individuals and in respect of separately managed accounts and (ii) investing in Equity Interests of entities substantially all of the businesses of which consist of providing services referred to in clause (i).

 

“Covered Subsidiaries” means each of the Subsidiaries other than any Subsidiaries that are Fund Entities. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Covered Subsidiaries” shall not include (i) Heitman LLC or (ii) Investment Counselors of Maryland, LLC unless and until such entity becomes a “Subsidiary” as defined herein.

 

“Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the principal amount of such Lender’s Loans outstanding at such time and such Lender’s LC Exposure at such time.

 

“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.

 

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.17(b), any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans unless such Lender notifies the Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or (iii) pay to the Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Agent or any Issuing Bank in writing that it does not intend or expect to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Borrower made in good faith, to provide a certification from an authorized officer of such Lender in writing to the Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) hereunder to fund prospective Loans and participations in outstanding Letters of Credit (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written certification by the Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the 

 

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subject of a proceeding under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.  Any determination by the Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.17(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Issuing Bank and each Lender.

 

“Deferred Tax Asset Deed” means the deferred tax asset deed to be entered into between the Borrower, on the one hand, and OMGUK, on the other hand, having substantially the same terms and conditions as the draft attached as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

 

“Dollars”, “dollars” or “$” means lawful money of the United States of America.

 

“Eligible Assignee” means any Person (other than a natural person, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof) that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 9.04(b).

 

“Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources or the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material.

 

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

 

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“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.

 

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

 

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

 

“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) any failure by any Plan to meet the minimum funding standards (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, in each instance, whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code); (e) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (f) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (g) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (h) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or in “endangered” or “critical” status within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA or Section 432 of the Code or (i) the occurrence of a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) with respect to a Plan with respect to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is a “disqualified person” (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) or a “party in interest” (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA) which results in liability to the Borrower or a Covered Subsidiary.

 

“Eurodollar Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Loans.

 

“Eurodollar Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

 

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“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient:  (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated and including (for the avoidance of doubt) any backup withholding in respect thereof), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed by the United States of America (or any political subdivision thereof) or as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, any U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request pursuant to Section 2.18) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.15(a), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) any Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.15(f), (d) any U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA and (e) any UK Excluded Withholding Taxes.

 

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to such intergovernmental agreement.

 

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the quotation for such day for such transactions received by the Agent from a Federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it.

 

“Fee Letters” means the letter agreements, each dated September 4, 2014 between (i) the Borrower, Citibank and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and (ii) the Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated.

 

“Financial Officer” means (i) the chief financial officer of the Borrower, (ii) the chief executive officer of the Borrower, (iii) the head of affiliate management of 

 

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the Borrower and (iv) any other senior officer of the Borrower designated in writing to the Agent by any of the foregoing officers of the Borrower.

 

“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is a resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

 

“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to any Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank other than LC Exposure as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

“Fund” means any investment fund or investment vehicle, including mutual funds, organized as a separate legal entity that is required to be consolidated with the Borrower under GAAP.

 

“Fund Entity” means (a) any Fund in respect of which any of the Covered Subsidiaries acts as manager or investment advisor or has rights with respect to Management Fees or Performance Fees and (b) any entity in which any entity described in clause (a) has an investment.

 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States of America, applied on a consistent basis.

 

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

 

“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.  The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Guarantee shall be the principal amount outstanding on such date of Indebtedness or other obligation guaranteed thereby (or, in the case of (i) any Guarantee the terms of which limit the monetary exposure of the guarantor or (ii) any Guarantee of an obligation that does not have a 

 

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principal amount, the maximum monetary exposure as of such date of the guarantor under such Guarantee (as determined, in the case of clause (i), pursuant to such terms or, in the case of clause (ii), reasonably and in good faith by a Financial Officer)).  When used as a verb, the term “Guarantee” means to provide a Guarantee.

 

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

 

“Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.

 

“Impacted Interest Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “LIBO Rate”.

 

“Incremental Commitments” means, with respect to any Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender, established in accordance with Section 2.19 pursuant to an Incremental Facility Agreement, to make Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Lender’s Credit Exposure under such Incremental Facility Agreement.

 

“Incremental Facility Agreement” means an Incremental Facility Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, among the Borrower, the Agent and one or more Incremental Lenders, establishing Incremental Commitments and effecting such other amendments hereto and to the other Loan Documents as are contemplated by Section 2.19.

 

“Incremental Lender” means a Lender with an Incremental Commitment.

 

“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person (excluding trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (including payments in respect of non-competition agreements or other arrangements representing acquisition consideration, in each case entered into in connection with an acquisition, but excluding (i) current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) deferred compensation payable to directors, officers or employees of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary and (iii) any purchase price adjustment or earnout incurred in connection with an acquisition, except to the extent that on any date the amount payable pursuant to such purchase price adjustment or earnout is, or becomes, reasonably determinable and would be required to 

 

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be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP), (e) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) the maximum aggregate amount of all letters of credit and letters of guaranty in respect of which such Person is an account party (other than obligations with respect to any letter of credit and letter of guaranty securing obligations not otherwise constituting Indebtedness that is entered into in the ordinary course of business to the extent such letter of credit or letter of guaranty is not drawn upon), (g) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (h) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person, and (i) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others.  The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other Person (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such other Person, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. For the avoidance of doubt, the term Indebtedness shall not include any obligations of a Person under the Co-Investment Deed or the Deferred Tax Asset Deed, in each case as in effect on the Closing Date, to the extent such obligations were reflected on the consolidated pro forma balance sheet of the Borrower included in the Registration Statement.

 

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

 

“Intellectual Property License Agreement” means the intellectual property license agreement to be entered into on or before consummation of the IPO between the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Parent and certain of its Affiliates, on the other hand, having substantially the same terms and conditions as the draft attached as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

 

“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, for any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period; provided that the Interest Coverage Ratio in respect of each Test Period ending on the last day of each of the first four fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending after the Closing Date will be the ratio of (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Test Period to (ii) an amount equal to the actual Consolidated Interest Expense from the Closing Date through the last day of such Test Period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is 365 and the denominator of which is the number of days from the Closing Date through the last day of such Test Period.

 

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“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of a Eurodollar Loan with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date for such Loan had successive Interest Periods of three months’ duration been applicable to such Loan.

 

“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months (or, if agreed to by each of the Lenders, 12 months) thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided, however, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.  For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially will be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter will be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

 

“Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the LIBO Screen Rate) determined by the Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBO Screen Rate for the longest period for which the Screen Rate is available that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the Screen Rate for the shortest period for which that Screen Rate is available that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.

 

“IPO” means the initial public offering and sale by OMGUK, as selling shareholder, of at least 15% of the ordinary shares of the Borrower (calculated on a fully-diluted basis) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

“Issuing Bank” means (a) Citibank, N.A., and (b) each Lender that shall have become an Issuing Bank hereunder as provided in Section 2.04(i) (other than any Person that shall have ceased to be an Issuing Bank as provided in Section 2.04(i)), each in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.  Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by any domestic or foreign branch or by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such branch or Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued

 

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by such branch or Affiliate (it being agreed that such Issuing Bank shall, or shall cause such branch or Affiliate to, comply with the requirements of Section 2.04 with respect to such Letters of Credit).

 

“LC Disbursement” means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

 

“LC Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of (a) the sum of the amounts of all Letters of Credit that remain available for drawing at such time and (b) the sum of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time.  The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.

 

“Lenders” means (a) the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 (unless any such Person has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption) and (b) any financial institution that has become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or an Incremental Facility Agreement (unless it has ceased to be a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption).

 

“Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.

 

“Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

 

“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for U.S. Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion; in each case the “LIBO Screen Rate”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement; provided further that if the Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “Impacted Interest Period”) then the LIBO Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided further that if any Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

 

“LIBO Screen Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “LIBO Rate”.

 

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge or security interest in or on such asset, (b) the interest

 

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of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.

 

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Fee Letters and the Incremental Facility Agreements.

 

“Loans” means the revolving loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.02(a) of this Agreement.

 

“Management Fee Agreement” means any agreement or instrument requiring the payment of Management Fees, including any such agreement contained in the limited partnership agreement or other organizational documents of a Fund or Fund Entity, or any direct or indirect interest of the Borrower or any of the Covered Subsidiaries in the payment of Management Fees, including such interests arising by virtue of their ownership of Equity Interests under the limited partnership and other organizational documents of a Fund or Fund Entity or of a Person other than a Covered Subsidiary that is party to a Management Fee Agreement.

 

“Management Fees” means, without duplication, (i) any and all management fees and other fees (excluding incentive or performance fees dependent on investment performance or results) for management services (whether pursuant to a Management Fee Agreement or otherwise) and any and all distributions received by the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary the source of which is Management Fees, (ii) any and all “Management Fees” payable pursuant to any Management Fee Agreement and (iii) any and all payments received which are treated as a credit or offset or otherwise reduce such fees, and shall in any event include the “management fees” reported on the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Margin Stock” has the meaning given such term under Regulation U.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its Covered Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower to perform its payment obligations under any Loan Document or (c) the rights of or remedies available to the Lenders under any Loan Document.

 

“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans,  Letters of Credit and Non-Recourse Seed Indebtedness) or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its Covered Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000.  For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Covered Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.

 

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“Maturity Date” means the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

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

 

“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (a) requires the approval of all or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 9.08(b) and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.

 

“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

 

“Non-Recourse Seed Indebtedness” means Indebtedness incurred by a Subsidiary to finance seed capital investments, which shall include incubation capital (to establish a track record), scale capital (to extend an existing product into a commingled fund) and co-investment capital (to support the formation of a closed-end partnership); provided that (i) such Indebtedness is not Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary and (ii) such Indebtedness has recourse solely to the investments being financed and not to any other assets of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary.

 

“Note” means the loan instrument from the Borrower in favor of OMGUK, and subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, in the original principal amount on the Closing Date of $37,000,000.00.

 

“Obligations” means (a) the principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans made to the Borrower, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (b) each payment required to be made by the Borrower in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral and (c) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

“OMGUK” means OM Group (UK) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent and the seller of the ordinary shares of the Borrower sold in the IPO.

 

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“OMGUK Dividend” means the payment by the Borrower prior to the Closing Date, of a $175,000,000 dividend to OMGUK, as the sole record holder of the Borrower’s ordinary shares immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO, which payment shall be in the form of the OMGUK Dividend Note.

 

“OMGUK Dividend Note” means the loan instrument from the Borrower in favor of OMGUK in the original principal amount of $175,000,000 evidencing the OMGUK Dividend.

 

“OMUSH” means Old Mutual (US) Holdings Inc., which, until the consummation of the Reorganization, owned and operated substantially all the assets and businesses acquired by the Borrower in the Reorganization.

 

“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

 

“Other Taxes” means any present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or from the registration, receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that (a) are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.17) or (b) arise as a result of the voluntary registration by a Lender of a Loan Document.

 

“Parent” means Old Mutual, plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales.

 

“Parent Agreements” means the Shareholder Agreement, the Seed Capital Management Agreement, the Co-Investment Deed, the Deferred Tax Asset Deed and the Intellectual Property License Agreement(1)

 

“Participant” has the meaning given such term in Section 9.04(c).

 

“Participant Register” has the meaning given such term in Section 9.04(c).

 

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

 

(1)         Note to Draft:  Please provide details or drafts of the policies to be adopted by the Board of Directors of the Borrower as disclosed in the latest Form S-1/A.

 

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“Performance Fees” means ownership interests or contractual rights representing the right to receive compensation dependent on investment performance or results and payments or distributions made or owed to a Covered Subsidiary in respect thereof.

 

“Permitted Encumbrances” means:

 

(a)  Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

 

(b)  carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law (other than any Lien imposed pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303(k) of ERISA or a violation of Section 436 of the Code), arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

 

(c)  pledges and deposits made (i) in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security and similar laws and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in subclause (i) above;

 

(d)  pledges and deposits made (i) to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (i) above;

 

(e)  judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Article VII;

 

(f)  easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary;

 

(g)  banker’s liens, rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with depository institutions; provided that such deposit accounts or funds are not established or deposited for the purpose of providing collateral for any Indebtedness and are not subject to restrictions on access by Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary in excess of those required by applicable banking regulations;

 

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(h)  Liens representing any interest or title of a licensor, lessor or sublicensor or sublessor, or a licensee, lessee or sublicensee or sublessee, in the property subject to any lease, license or sublicense or concession agreement permitted by this Agreement;

 

(i)  Liens that are contractual rights of set-off; and

 

(j)  custodial liens, administrator liens and other similar Liens relating to investment assets, including rights of setoff, incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided that such assets are not subjected to such Liens for the purpose of providing collateral for any Indebtedness;

 

provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.

 

“Permitted Owners” means the Parent and each direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent, including, as of the Closing Date, OMGUK.

 

“Person” or “person” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, (other than a Multiemployer Plan) that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

 

“Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.

 

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by Citibank as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City. The Prime Rate is not intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by the Citibank in connection with extensions of credit to debtors; and each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective on the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

 

“Recipient” means, as applicable, the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender.

 

“Register” has the meaning given such term in Section 9.04(b)(iv).

 

“Registration Statement” means the Form S-1 Registration Statement relating to the offering and sale of ordinary shares of the Borrower in the IPO in the form filed with the SEC on                             , 2014.(2)

 

(2)  To be updated to reflect amendments filed prior to the Closing Date, subject to review thereof.

 

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“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

 

“Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

 

“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

 

“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

 

“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of each Affiliate of such Person.

 

“Reorganization” means the corporate reorganization to be effected prior to the IPO, as described in the Registration Statement, pursuant to which the Borrower, through US Sub and UK Sub, will indirectly acquire all the outstanding Equity Interests of OMUSH.

 

“Required Lenders” means Lenders having Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time.

 

“Responsible Officer” means a Financial Officer or the general counsel of the Borrower.

 

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest in the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary, or any payment or distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary or of any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary.

 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state applicable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.

 

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“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

 

“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person or vessel listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated or blocked Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state applicable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) to the knowledge of the Borrower, any Person owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).

 

“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Seed Capital Management Agreement” means the Seed Capital Management Agreement to be entered into on or before consummation of the IPO between the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Parent and certain of its Affiliates, on the other hand, having substantially the same terms and conditions as the draft attached as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

 

“Shareholder Agreement” means the Shareholder Agreement to be entered into between the Borrower, OMGUK and the Parent concurrently with the consummation of the IPO on substantially the same terms as described in the Registration Statement.

 

“Statutory Reserves” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board and any other banking authority to which the Agent is subject for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D).  Such reserve percentages shall include any imposed pursuant to Regulation D.  Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefits of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets.  Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

 

“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

 

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“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

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

 

“Test Period” means each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower.

 

“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof (including for the payment of the OMGUK Dividend Note) and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.

 

“Type”, when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to whether the rate of interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

 

“U.S. Person” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.15(f)(ii)(B)(3).

 

“UK” and “United Kingdom” each mean the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

 

“UK Excluded Withholding Taxes” shall mean any deduction or withholding for or on account of UK Tax from a payment under any Loan where:

 

(a)  the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without any deduction or withholding if the Lender had been a UK Qualifying Lender, but on that date that Lender is not or has ceased to be a UK Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or treaty or any published practice or published concession of any relevant taxing authority; or

 

(b)  the relevant Lender is a UK Treaty Lender and the Borrower making the payment is able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the Lender without the UK tax deduction had that Lender complied with its obligations under Section 2.15(g).

 

“UK Qualifying Lender” means a Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Loan Document and is:

 

(a)  a Lender (i) which is a bank (as defined for the purpose of section

 

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879 of the UK Income Tax Act 2007) making an advance under a Loan Document and is within the charge to UK corporation tax as respects any payments of interest made in respect of that advance or would be within such charge as respects such payments apart from section 18A of the UK Corporation Tax Act 2009 or (ii) in respect of an advance made under a Loan Document by a person that was a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of the UK Income Tax Act 2007) at the time that that advance was made and within the charge to UK corporation tax as respects any payments of interest made in respect of that advance; or

 

(b)  a UK Treaty Lender.

 

“UK Sub” means OMAM UK Limited, a [private limited company] organized under the laws of England and Wales and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of US Sub.

 

“UK Treaty Lender” means a Lender which:

 

(a)  is treated as a resident of a UK Treaty State for the purposes of the Treaty;

 

(b)  does not carry on a business in the UK through a permanent establishment with which that Lender’s participation in the Loan is effectively connected; and

 

(c)  meets all other conditions in the relevant Treaty for full exemption from Tax imposed by the UK on interest, except that for this purpose it shall be assumed that the following are satisfied: (i) any condition which relates (expressly or by implication) to there not being a special relationship between the Borrower and a Lender or between both of them and another person, or to the amounts or terms of any Loan and (ii) any necessary procedural formalities.

 

“UK Treaty State” means a jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement (a “Treaty”) with the UK which makes a provision for full exemption from tax imposed by the UK on interest.

 

“US Sub” means OMAM US, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

“USA PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

 

“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of which Equity Interests (except for directors’ qualifying shares and other de minimis amounts of outstanding securities or ownership interests) representing 100% of the Equity Interests are, at the time any determination is being made, owned, controlled or held by the Borrower or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower or by the Borrower and one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

 

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“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

 

“Withholding Agent” means the Borrower and the Agent.

 

SECTION 1.02.  Classification of Loans and Borrowings.  For purposes of this Agreement, Loans and Borrowings may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan” or “Eurodollar Borrowing”).

 

SECTION 1.03.  Terms Generally.  The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications in Section 6.08 or as otherwise set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s permitted successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

 

SECTION 1.04.  Accounting Terms; GAAP.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms and all terms of a financial nature shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations thereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered thereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment of any financial covenant to eliminate or modify the effect of any change after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such covenant (or if the Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment of the financial covenants for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then the Borrower’s compliance with such covenant shall be determined on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before the relevant change became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required Lenders. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under

 

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Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein.

 

SECTION 1.05.  References to Agreements.  A reference to an agreement or other document “as in effect as of” a particular date, or words to similar effect, shall be construed to refer to the particular words of such agreement or document as of such date and shall not be construed as in any way restricting the ability of the parties thereto to amend, supplement or otherwise modify such agreement or document (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications in Section 6.08 or as otherwise set forth herein).

 

ARTICLE II

 

The Credits

 

SECTION 2.01.  Commitments.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, to make Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (ii) the aggregate Credit Exposure exceeding the aggregate Commitments.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Loans.

 

SECTION 2.02.  Loans and Borrowings.  (a)   Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in proportion to their individual Commitments.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

 

(b)  Subject to Section 2.10, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, as the Borrower may request pursuant to Section 2.03.  Each Lender may at its option make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect in any manner the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be entitled to request any Borrowing, including any conversion of an ABR Borrowing into a Eurodollar Borrowing, which, if made, would result in an aggregate of more than eight separate Eurodollar Borrowings of any Lender being outstanding hereunder at any one time.  For purposes of the foregoing, Eurodollar Borrowings having different Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered separate Borrowings.

 

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(c)  At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate principal amount which is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000.  At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate principal amount which is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000, provided that an ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.04(e).

 

(d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Eurodollar Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

 

SECTION 2.03.  Requests for Borrowings.  (a)  To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Agent of such request (each, a “Borrowing Request”), which shall be in the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Agent,  in writing or by telecopy (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing.  Each such Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be in a form approved by the Agent and signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower.  Each such Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

 

(i) the principal amount of the requested Borrowing;

 

(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;

 

(iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

 

(v) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.05.

 

If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing.  If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month duration.  Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

 

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SECTION 2.04.  Letters of Credit.  (a)  General.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit (each of which shall be a standby letter and not a commercial or trade letter of credit) as the applicant thereof for the support of its or its Covered Subsidiaries’ obligations, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent and the relevant Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period.  In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, an Issuing Bank shall have no obligation hereunder to issue, any Letter of Credit the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person (i) to fund any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any country or territory that at the time of such funding is the subject of any Sanctions or (ii) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this Agreement.

 

(b)  Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions.  To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the relevant Issuing Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, but in any event no less than three Business Days) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit.  If requested by the Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit.  A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $50,000,000, (ii) no Lender’s Credit Exposure shall exceed its Commitment and (iii)  the total Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Commitments.

 

(c)  Expiration Date.  Each Letter of Credit shall expire (or be subject to termination by notice from the Issuing Bank to the beneficiary thereof) at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.

 

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action on the part of the relevant Issuing Bank or the Lenders, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.  In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Agent, for the account of the relevant Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason.  Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

 

(e)  Reimbursement.  If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, such Issuing Bank shall give prompt notice to the Borrower of such LC Disbursement, and the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 12:00 noon., New York City time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice; provided that, if such LC Disbursement is not less than $1,000,000 the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 that such payment be financed with an ABR Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Borrowing.  If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof.  Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.05 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.05 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Agent shall promptly pay to such Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders.  Promptly following receipt by the Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Agent shall distribute such payment to the relevant Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear.  Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.

 

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(f)  Obligations Absolute.  The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder.  Neither the Agent, the Lenders nor any Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof..  The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of an Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination.  In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

 

(g)  Disbursement Procedures.  The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit issued by it.  Each Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Agent and the Borrower in writing or by telecopy of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder or will refuse to honor such demand, as the case may be; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its

 

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obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.

 

(h)  Interim Interest.  If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the reimbursement is due and payable at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Loans; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.09(c) shall apply.  Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the relevant Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.

 

(i)  Designation and Replacement of Issuing Banks.  The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, with the consent of the Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), designate as additional Issuing Banks one or more Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below.  The acceptance by a Lender of an appointment as an Issuing Bank hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, executed by the Borrower, the Agent and such designated Lender and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) references herein or therein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to include such Lender in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.  The Borrower may terminate the appointment of a Lender as an “Issuing Bank” hereunderby providing a written notice thereof to such Issuing Bank, with a copy to the Agent.  Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of (i) such Issuing Bank acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii) the 10th Business Day following the date of the delivery thereof.  The Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such termination of the appointment of an Issuing Bank.  At the time any such termination shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the terminated Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.07(b).  After the termination of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the terminated Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such termination, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

 

(j)  Cash Collateralization.  If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Agent, in the name of the Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash equal to 103% of the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral

 

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shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII.  Such deposit shall be held by the Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement.  The Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account.  Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made in short-term money market instruments or money market deposit accounts at the option and sole discretion of the Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest.  Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account.  Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Agent to reimburse each Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to (i) the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure and (ii) in the case of any such application at a time when any Lender is a Defaulting Lender (but only if, after giving effect thereto, the remaining cash collateral shall be less than the aggregate LC Exposure of all the Defaulting Lenders) the consent of each Issuing Bank), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement.  If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived to the extent that, after giving effect to such return, no Issuing Bank shall have any exposure in respect of the Non-Defaulting Lenders and or the remaining cash collateral and no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

SECTION 2.05.  Funding of Borrowings.  (a)  Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Agent in New York, New York, not later than 12:00 noon., New York City time, and the Agent shall by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, credit the amounts so received to an account designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request.

 

(b)  Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance on such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower (without waiving any claim against such Lender for such Lender’s failure to make such share available) severally agree to pay to the Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such

 

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Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans.  If such Lender pays such amount to the Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

 

SECTION 2.06.  Interest Elections.  (a)  Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request or as otherwise provided in this Section.  Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a Borrowing of a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section.  The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

 

(b)  To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Agent of such election (each, an “Interest Election Request”) in writing or by telecopy by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.  Each such Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and signed by a Financial Officer.

 

(c)  Each Interest Election Request shall specify the following information:

 

(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing, and the minimum amounts thereof shall be in compliance with Section 2.02(c));

 

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and

 

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

 

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If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month duration.

 

(d)  Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

 

(e)  If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to a Eurodollar Borrowing having an Interest Period of one month duration.

 

(f)  Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Agent so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

 

SECTION 2.07.  Fees.  (a)   The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily unused amount of the Commitment of such Lender during the preceding quarter (or other period commencing with the Closing Date or ending on the Maturity Date or the date on which the Commitments of such Lender shall expire or be terminated as provided herein).  Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on December 31, 2014.  All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).  For purposes of computing commitment fees, the Commitment of a Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the outstanding Loans and LC Exposure of such Lender.

 

(b)  The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Agent for the account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate on Eurodollar Loans on the daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure and (ii) to each Issuing Bank, a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate or rates separately agreed upon between the Borrower and such Issuing Bank, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder as are agreed upon by the Issuing Bank and the Borrower.  Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and

 

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December of each year shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the third Business Day following December 31, 2014; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand.  Any other fees payable to an Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand.  All participation fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

 

(c)  The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Agent.

 

(d)  The payment of the fees described in Sections 2.07(a) and (b) with respect to any Defaulting Lender shall be subject to Section 2.17(a).

 

(e)  All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Agent (or an Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders.  Fees paid shall be refundable under any circumstances.

 

SECTION 2.08.  Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.  (a)   The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan of such Lender on the Maturity Date.

 

(b)  Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.

 

(c)  The Agent shall maintain accounts in which it will record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type of each Loan made and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any payment received by the Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof.  The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to this Section 2.08(c) shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided, that the failure of any Lender or the Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligations of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 2.09.  Interest on Loans.  (a)  The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

 

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(b)  The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(c)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any commitment, participation or other fees or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, or, at the request of the Required Lenders, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, all outstanding Loans (regardless of whether then due) and all other amounts then due and payable under the Loan Documents shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of principal of any Loan, 2.00% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2.00% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section.

 

(d)  Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

 

(e)  All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).  The Alternate Base Rate shall be determined by the Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

SECTION 2.10.  Alternate Rate of Interest.  If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:

 

(a)  the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period; or

 

(b)  the Agent is advised by Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period;

 

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then the Agent shall give notice (which may be telephonic) thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders as promptly as practicable and, until the Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective, and such Borrowing shall be continued as an ABR Borrowing, (ii) any Borrowing Request for a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be treated as a request for an ABR Borrowing and (iii) in the event of a determination described in clause (a) or (b) above with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate component of the Alternate Base Rate, the utilization of the Adjusted LIBO Rate component in determining the Alternate Base Rate shall be suspended.

 

SECTION 2.11.  Termination and Reduction of Commitments.  (a)  Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.

 

(b)  The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time permanently reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.12, the aggregate Credit Exposure would exceed the aggregate Commitment.

 

(c)  The Borrower shall notify the Agent by written or telecopy notice of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) above, at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying the effective date thereof.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination or reduction of the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.  Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent.  Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in proportion to their individual Commitments.

 

SECTION 2.12.  Prepayment of Loans.  (a)  The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay, without premium or penalty but subject to Section 2.14, any Borrowing, in whole or in part, upon giving written or telecopy notice to the Agent in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

 

(b)  In the event and on each occasion that the aggregate Credit Exposure exceeds the aggregate Commitments, the Borrower shall immediately prepay, without premium or penalty but subject to Section 2.14, Borrowings (or, if no such Borrowings are outstanding, Cash Collateralize the outstanding LC Exposure) in an aggregate amount as shall be necessary to eliminate the excess of such Credit Exposure over the aggregate Commitments (for purposes of this clause (b), Credit Exposure shall

 

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be calculated disregarding any portion of the LC Exposure which has been Cash Collateralized).

 

(c)  The Borrower shall notify the Agent by written or telecopy notice of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of a prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day of prepayment.  Each such notice shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing (or portion thereof) to be prepaid and shall be irrevocable and shall commit the Borrower to prepay such Borrowing (or portion thereof) by the amount stated therein on the date stated therein, provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.11, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.11.  All prepayments under this Section 2.12 shall be subject to Section 2.14 but shall otherwise be without premium or penalty.  All prepayments under this Section 2.12 shall be accompanied by payment of accrued interest on the principal amount being prepaid to the date of payment.  Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount which is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $1,000,000 or, if less, the aggregate principal amount of such Borrowing.  Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing.

 

SECTION 2.13.  Increased Costs.  (a)  If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan, insurance charge or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or Issuing Bank; or

 

(ii) impose on any Lender or Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or

 

(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes and (B) Excluded Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, continuing, converting or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), to increase the cost to such Lender or Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or issue any Letter of Credit) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, Issuing Bank or other

 

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Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs or expenses incurred or reduction suffered.

 

(b)  If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

(c)  A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section (collectively, the “Increased Costs”) and setting forth in reasonable detail the manner of determination of such amount or amounts, shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender or Issuing Bank the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Increased Costs shall not include incremental costs or expenses, such as general administrative or personnel expenses, incurred in connection with compliance with any Change in Law that are not attributable to a Lender or Issuing Bank making, continuing, converting or maintaining any Loan, or participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to make Loans or to participate in or issue any Letter of Credit) hereunder.

 

(d)  Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

 

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SECTION 2.14.  Break Funding Payments.  In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (whether or not such notice may be revoked in accordance with the terms hereof) or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event.  In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the London interbank market.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

 

SECTION 2.15.  Taxes.  (a)   Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law.  If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

(b)  The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or, at the option of the Agent, timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

 

(c)  As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority

 

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evidencing such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

 

(d)  The Borrower shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient in connection with any Loan Document and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Agent), or by the Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(e)  Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are paid or payable by the Agent in connection with any Loan Document and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the 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 any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

 

(f)  (i)   Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in this Section 2.15(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

 

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(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person,

 

(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;

 

(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(1)  in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or applicable successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or applicable successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

(2)  executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form);

 

(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (1) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (2) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code or (3) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or applicable successor form); or

 

(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2, Exhibit D-3 or Exhibit D-4, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable (including any applicable successor form);

 

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(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. Federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

(D) if a payment made to a Lender or the Agent under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender or the Agent were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender or Agent shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender or Agent has complied with its obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (B), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

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

 

(g)  Additional United Kingdom Withholding Tax Matters.

 

(i)  Subject to (ii) below, each Lender and the Borrower shall cooperate in completing any procedural formalities necessary for such the Borrower to obtain authorization to make such payment without withholding or deduction for Taxes imposed under the laws of the United Kingdom.

 

(ii)                                  (A)  A Lender on the Closing Date that (x) holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme and w(y) wishes such scheme to apply to this Agreement, shall provide its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; and

 

(B)  a Lender that becomes a Lender hereunder after the Closing Date closes that (x) holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme and (y) wishes such scheme to apply to this Agreement, shall provide

 

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its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

(iii)  If a Lender has confirmed its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with paragraph (g)(ii) above, the Borrower shall make a filing with HM Revenue & Customs with respect to such Lender (a “Borrower DTTP Request”), and shall promptly provide such Lender with a copy of such filing; provided that, if:

 

(A)  the Borrower has not made a Borrower DTTP Filing in respect of such Lender; or

 

(B)  the Borrower has made a Borrower DTTP Filing in respect of such Lender but:

 

(1) such Borrower DTTP Filing has been rejected by HM Revenue & Customs; or

 

(2) HM Revenue & Customs has not given the Borrower authority to make payments to such Lender without a deduction for tax within 60 days of the date of such Borrower DTTP Filing;

 

and in each case, the Borrower has notified that Lender in writing of either (1) or (2) above, then such Lender and the Borrower shall co-operate in completing any additional procedural formalities necessary for the Borrower to obtain authorization to make that payment without withholding or deduction for Taxes imposed under the laws of the United Kingdom.

 

(iv)  If a Lender has not confirmed its scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with paragraph (g)(ii) above, the Borrower shall not make a Borrower DTTP Filing or file any other form relating to the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme in respect of that Lender’s Commitment or its participation in any Loan unless the Lender otherwise agrees.

 

(v)  The Borrower shall, promptly on making a Borrower DTTP Filing, deliver a copy of such Borrower DTTP Filing to the Agent for delivery to the relevant Lender.

 

(vi)  Each Lender shall notify the Borrower and the Agent if it determines in its sole discretion that it is ceases to be entitled to claim the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United Kingdom is a party with respect to payments made by the Borrower hereunder.

 

(h)  If any party determines, in its reasonable discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to Section 2.13 or this Section 2.15 (including additional amounts paid pursuant to this Section 2.15), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount

 

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equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under Section 2.13 or this Section 2.15 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid to such indemnifying party pursuant to the previous sentence (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.15(h), in no event will any indemnified party be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 2.15(h) if such payment would place such indemnified party in a less favorable position (on a net after-Tax basis) than such indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This Section 2.15(h) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it reasonably deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

(i)  Each Lender which becomes a party to this Agreement after the date of this Agreement shall indicate, in the Assignment and Assumption or Incremental Facility Agreement, as applicable, which it executes on becoming a party hereto, which of the following categories it falls into:

 

(A)                               not a UK Qualifying Lender;

 

(B)                               a UK Qualifying Lender (other than a UK Treaty Lender);
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(C)                               a UK Treaty Lender.

 

If a new Lender fails to indicate its status in accordance with this Section 2.15(i) then such new Lender shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement (including by the Borrower) as if it is not a UK Qualifying Lender until such time as it notifies the Agent which category applies (and the Agent, upon receipt of such notification, shall inform the Borrower).  For the avoidance of doubt, an Assignment and Assumption shall not be invalidated by any failure of a Lender to comply with this Section 2.15(i).

 

(j)  For purposes of this Section 2.15, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

 

Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.15 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Documents.

 

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SECTION 2.16.  Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.  (a)  The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any Loan Document (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.13, 2.14 or 2.15, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon., New York City Time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set off or counterclaim.  Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.  All such payments shall be made to such accounts as may be specified by the Agent, except that payments required to be made directly to an Issuing Bank shall be so made and payments pursuant to Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.05 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto.  The Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.  If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.  All payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars.  Any payment required to be made by the Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Agent to make such payments.

 

(b)  If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.

 

(c)  If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the relative aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their Loans and participations in LC Disbursements; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the

 

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assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).  The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

 

(d)  Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Agent for the account of the Lenders or Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due.  In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

(e)  If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it hereunder, then the Agent may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, apply any amounts thereafter received by the Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s payment obligations hereuunder until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold such amounts in a segregated account over which the Agent shall have exclusive control as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender hereunder, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Agent in its discretion.

 

SECTION 2.17.  Defaulting Lenders.

 

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

 

(i) Waivers and Amendments.  The Commitment and Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.08); provided that any amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or all Lenders affected thereby shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.08, require the consent of such Defaulting Lender in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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(ii) Defaulting Lender Waterfall.  Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VII or otherwise) or received by the Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.06 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Agent hereunder; second, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Bank; third, to Cash Collateralize the Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.04(j); fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Bank’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.04(j); sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or the Issuing Bank against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or LC Disbursements in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and LC Disbursements owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or LC Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv).  Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.17(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

 

(iii) Certain Fees.

 

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Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).

 

(B)  Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive fees in respect of Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.07(b) in respect of its participations in Letters of Credit for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Applicable Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.04(j).

 

(C)  With respect to any participation fee in respect of Letters of Credit not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clauses (A) or (B) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit that has been reallocated to such Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to the Issuing Bank, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to the Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.

 

(iv) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure.  All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in LC Exposure shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrower shall have otherwise notified the Agent at such time, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Lender’s Commitment (for purposes of this clause (iv), Credit Exposure shall be calculated disregarding any portion of the LC Exposure which has been Cash Collateralized).  No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

 

(v) Cash Collateral.  If the reallocation described in clause (iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under applicable law, Cash Collateralize the Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.04(j).

 

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notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Commitments (without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 

(c)  New Letters of Credit.  So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.

 

SECTION 2.18.  Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.  (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.13 or 2.15, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.  The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

(b)  If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, (ii) the Borrower is required to pay Indemnified Taxes or any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, (iii) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or (iv) any Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Agent (and in the case of clause (iv) above, within 5 days after the date such Lender becomes a Non-Consenting Lender), (A) require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04(b)), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.13 or 2.15) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Agent and each Issuing Bank, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and

 

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participations in LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.13 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.15, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments.  A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

 

SECTION 2.19.  Incremental Commitments.  (a)  The Borrower may on one or more occasions, by written notice to the Agent, request prior to the Maturity Date, the establishment of Incremental Commitments; provided that the aggregate, cumulative amount of all Incremental Commitments established pursuant to this Section 2.19 after the Closing Date shall not exceed $150,000,000.  Each such notice shall specify (i) the date on which the Borrower proposes that the Incremental Commitments shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than 10 Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Agent) after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Agent, (ii) the amount of the Incremental Commitments being requested and (iii) the identity of each Lender or other Person that the Borrower proposes become an Incremental Lender with respect thereto, together with the proposed aggregate amount of the Incremental Commitment for each such Lender or other Person (it being agreed that (x) any Lender approached to provide any Incremental Commitment may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide such Incremental Commitment and (y) any such Person that is not a Lender must be an Eligible Assignee that is reasonably acceptable to the Agent and each Issuing Bank).

 

(b)  The terms and conditions of any Incremental Commitment and Loans and other extensions of credit to be made thereunder shall be identical to the terms and conditions of the Commitments and Loans and other extensions of credit made thereunder.

 

(c)  The Incremental Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more Incremental Facility Agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower, each Incremental Lender providing such Incremental Commitments and the Agent; provided that no Incremental Commitments shall become effective unless (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of effectiveness thereof, both immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to such Incremental Commitments and the making of Loans and other extensions of credit thereunder to be made on such date, (ii) on the date of effectiveness thereof, the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (A) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects, and (B) otherwise, in all material respects, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date, (iii) after giving effect to and the making of Loans and other extensions of credit thereunder to be made on the date of effectiveness thereof, the Borrower shall be in

 

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compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 6.12 on a pro forma basis as if such Loans or other extensions of credit had been incurred or assumed on the first day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such effectiveness, (iv) the Borrower shall make any payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.14 in connection with such Incremental Commitments and the related transactions under this Section 2.19 and (v) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent such legal opinions, board resolutions, secretary’s certificates, officer’s certificates and other documents as shall reasonably be requested by the Agent in connection with any such transaction.  Each Incremental Facility Agreement may, without the consent of any Lender, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable judgment of the Agent, to give effect to the provisions of this Section 2.19.

 

(d)  Upon effectiveness of an Incremental Commitment of any Incremental Lender, (i) such Incremental Lender shall be deemed to be a “Lender” hereunder, and henceforth shall be entitled to all the rights of, and benefits accruing to, Lenders hereunder and shall be bound by all agreements, acknowledgements and other obligations of Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (ii)(A) such Incremental Commitment shall constitute (or, in the event such Incremental Lender already has a Commitment, shall increase) the Commitment of such Incremental Lender and (B) the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments shall be increased by the amount of such Incremental Commitment, in each case, subject to further increase or reduction from time to time as set forth in the definition of the term “Commitment”.  For the avoidance of doubt, upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Commitment, the Credit Exposure of the Incremental Lender holding such Commitment, and the Applicable Percentages of all the Lenders shall automatically be adjusted to give effect thereto.

 

(e)  On the date of the effectiveness of any Incremental Commitments, each Lender shall be deemed to have assigned to each Incremental Lender holding such Incremental Commitments, and each such Incremental Lender shall be deemed to have purchased from each Lender, in an amount equal to the principal amount thereof (together with accrued and unpaid interest), such interests in the Loans and participations in Letters of Credit outstanding on such date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, such Loans and participations in Letters of Credit will be held by all the Lenders (including such Incremental Lenders) ratably in accordance with their Applicable Percentages after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments.  Any Loans outstanding immediately prior to the date of the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments that are Eurodollar Loans will (except to the extent otherwise repaid in accordance herewith) continue to be held by, and all interest thereon will continue to accrue for the accounts of, the Lenders holding such Loans immediately prior to the date of the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments, in each case until the last day of the then-current Interest Period applicable to any such Loan, at which time such Loans will be repaid or refinanced with new Loans made pursuant to Section 2.01 in accordance with the Applicable Percentages of the Lenders (including the Incremental Lenders) after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments;

 

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provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, each Incremental Lender will promptly purchase (for cash at face value) assignments of portions of such outstanding Loans of other Lenders so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans that are Eurodollar Loans are held by the Lenders (including the Incremental Lenders) in accordance with their then-current Applicable Percentages.  Any such assignments shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.04, provided that the parties hereto hereby consent to such assignments and the minimum assignment amounts and processing and recordation fee set forth in Section 9.04(b) shall not apply thereto.  Any ABR Loans outstanding on the date of the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments shall either be prepaid on such date or refinanced on such date (subject to the satisfaction of applicable borrowing conditions) with Loans made on such date by the Lenders (including the Incremental Lenders) in accordance with their Applicable Percentages.  In order to effect any such refinancing, (i) each Incremental Lender will make ABR Loans by transferring funds to the Agent in an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding amount of such Loans of such Type times a percentage obtained by dividing the amount of such Incremental Lender’s Incremental Commitment by the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments (after giving effect to the effectiveness of the Incremental Commitments on such date) and (ii) such funds will be applied to the prepayment of outstanding ABR Loans held by the Lenders other than the Incremental Lenders, and transferred by the Agent to the Lenders other than the Incremental Lenders, in such amounts so that, after giving effect thereto, all ABR Loans will be held by the Lenders in accordance with their then-current Applicable Percentages.  On the date of the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments, the Borrower will pay to the Agent, for the accounts of the Lenders receiving such prepayments, accrued and unpaid interest on the aggregate principal amount of the Loans of the Borrower being prepaid.  The Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.

 

(f)  The Agent shall notify Lenders promptly upon receipt by the Agent of any notice from the Borrower referred to in Section 2.19 and of the effectiveness of any Incremental Commitments, in each case advising the Lenders of the details thereof and of the Applicable Percentages of the Lenders after giving effect thereto and of the assignments deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 2.19(e).

 

ARTICLE III

 

Representations and Warranties

 

The Borrower represents and warrants to each of the Lenders that:

 

SECTION 3.01.  Organization; Powers.  The Borrower and each of its Covered Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (if applicable) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, has all requisite authority to

 

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conduct its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

 

SECTION 3.02.  Authorization and Enforceability.  The Transactions are within the Borrower’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required, stockholder action.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

SECTION 3.03.  Approvals; No Conflict.  The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any third party (including any consent of the Parent pursuant to the Shareholder Agreement), except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation, charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of its Covered Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any Parent Agreement, or any indenture, material agreement or other material instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of its Covered Subsidiaries or any of their assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Borrower or any of its Covered Subsidiaries, and (d)  will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any assets of the Borrower or any of its Covered Subsidiaries.

 

SECTION 3.04.  Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.  (a)   The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders (i) the consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of OMUSH and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, audited by and accompanied by the opinion of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income and cash flows of OMUSH and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, certified by its chief financial officer.  Such financial statements (including the related notes and schedules thereto) present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of OMUSH and its consolidated subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.

 

(b)  Since December 31, 2013, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, operations, or financial condition of OMUSH and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and since the Closing Date, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, operations, or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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(c)  Except as disclosed in the financial statements referred to above or the notes thereto, after giving effect to the Transactions, none of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries has, as of the Closing Date, any material contingent liabilities, unusual long-term commitments or material unrealized losses.

 

SECTION 3.05.  Properties.  (a) Each of the Borrower and its Covered Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business, except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes.

 

(b)  Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 3.06.  Litigation and Environmental Matters.  (a)  There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Covered Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect  or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the Transactions.

 

(b)  Except with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

 

SECTION 3.07.  Compliance with Laws and Agreements.  Each of the Borrower and its Covered Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is  an “investment adviser” within the meaning of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, including the registration and reporting requirements thereof.  No Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

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Investment Companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940, neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation as an “investment company” under, the Investment Company Act of 1940. .

 

SECTION 3.09.  Margin Regulations.  (a)    Not more than 25% of the value of the assets of the Borrower and the Covered Subsidiaries subject to any restrictions on the sale, pledge or other disposition of assets under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement to which any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender is party will at any time be represented by Margin Stock.

 

(b)  No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulation T, Regulation U and Regulation X.

 

SECTION 3.10.  Taxes.  The Borrower and each Covered Subsidiary have filed all United States Federal Tax returns and all other Tax returns which are required to be filed and have paid all Taxes stated to be due by the Borrower and each Covered Subsidiary pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary, including without limitation all Federal and state withholding Taxes and all Taxes required to be paid pursuant to applicable law, except such Taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which adequate reserves have been provided for on the books of the Borrower or such Covered Subsidiary, or where a failure to so file or pay could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 3.11.  ERISA.  No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  As of the most recent valuation date for any Plan, the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in Section 430(d)(2) of the Code) is 60% or higher and neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate knows of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in the funding attainment percentage dropping below 60% as of the most recent valuation date.

 

SECTION 3.12.  Disclosure.  No information included in any of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or delivered hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other written information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, taken as a whole, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information and forward looking statements, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time when prepared, it being understood that projected financial information and forward

 

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looking statements are inherently uncertain and that the Borrower gives no representation and warranty that projected results will be achieved.

 

SECTION 3.13.  Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.  The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, its directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.  None of (a) the Borrower, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b)  to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.   The Transactions will not violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Conditions

 

SECTION 4.01.  Conditions to Initial Borrowing.  The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.08(b)):

 

(a)  The Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Agent (which may include telecopy transmissions of signed signature pages or email transmissions of signed signature pages in PDF format) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.

 

(b)  The Agent shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed to the Agent and the Lenders and dated the Closing Date) of Bingham McCutchen LLP, New York counsel to the Borrower, and English counsel to the Borrower, substantially in the forms set forth in Exhibit C hereto, and covering such other matters relating to the Borrower, this Agreement or the Transactions as the Agent or Required Lenders shall reasonably request.  The Borrower hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion to the Agent.

 

(c)  The Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Agent or its counsel shall reasonably have requested relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower, this Agreement or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel.

 

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(d)  The Reorganization and the IPO shall have been consummated.

 

(e)  The Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the president or chief financial officer of the Borrower, confirming (i)  compliance, as of the Closing Date, with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 and (ii) the consummation of the Reorganization, as contemplated by and described in the Registration Statement, and of the IPO.

 

(f)  The Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, as to the solvency of the Borrower on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions to occur on or about the Closing Date, including the initial Borrowings hereunder and the payment of the OMGUK Dividend, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

 

(g)  Immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby (including those contemplated by clause (h) below), the Borrower and the Covered Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no Indebtedness other than (i) Indebtedness hereunder, (ii) Indebtedness referred to in Section 6.01(c), and (iii) Indebtedness owed by the Borrower to OMGUK under the Note, provided that such Indebtedness is subordinated in writing in right of payment to the Obligations pursuant to an Affiliate Subordination Agreement.

 

(h)   All Indebtedness owed by the Borrower to OMGUK under the OMGUK Dividend Note shall have been, or substantially simultaneously with the initial Borrowing hereunder shall be, repaid with the proceeds of such Borrowing and/or other available funds, and the Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the arrangements for ensuring such repayment.

 

(i)  The Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date hereof, including, to the extent invoiced, fees and cost reimbursements of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder. The Borrower shall have paid all fees and other amounts payable on the Closing Date pursuant to the Fee Letters.

 

(j)  The Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information about the Borrower and its Affiliates required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.

 

SECTION 4.02.  Conditions to Each Credit Event.  The obligation of each Lender to make Loans on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of each Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

 

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true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except with respect to representations and warranties expressly made only as of an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were so true and correct on and as of such earlier date;

 

(b)  at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

(c)  receipt by the Agent of a Borrowing Request in accordance with Section 2.03, or, in the case of the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit, receipt by the relevant Issuing Bank and Agent of a notice requesting the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit to the extent required by Section 2.04(b).

 

Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit, shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated, in each case, without any pending draw, and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

SECTION 5.01.  Financial Statements; Ratings Changes and Other Information.  The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

 

(a)  within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by KMPG LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification commentary or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (it being understood and agreed that such financial

 

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statements will be prepared on substantially the same basis and with the substantially the same presentation as the audited financial statements of OMGUS referred to in Section 3.04);

 

(b)  within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, or, with respect to the third fiscal quarter of 2014, such longer period as may be permitted by the SEC in connection with the Borrower’s SEC reporting requirements, its consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

 

(c)  concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a duly executed and completed Compliance Certificate  (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.12 and including calculations for the Test Period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter covered by such financial statements of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (including a detailed reconciliation from Consolidated Net Income to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA) and Consolidated Interest Expense, (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate and (iv) attaching unaudited consolidating financial statements relating to the financial statements delivered under paragraph (a) or (b) above, as applicable;

 

(d)  concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, a certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial statements of any Default (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines);

 

(e)   promptly after Moody’s or S&P shall have initially established, or at any time thereafter announced a change in, its Applicable Rating, written notice of such Applicable Rating or change; and

 

(f)  promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

 

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SECTION 5.02.  Notice of Material Events.  Promptly and in any event within five Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower becomes aware thereof, the Borrower will give notice in writing to the Agent of the following:

 

(a)  any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action (if any) taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto;

 

(b)  the filing or commencement of, or any written notice of intention of any Person to file or commence, any action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether at law or in equity or by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority, against or affecting the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if  adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c)  the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(d)  any other development or event that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 5.03.  Existence; Conduct of Business.  The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Covered Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, registrations, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.04.

 

SECTION 5.04.  Payment of Obligations.  The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Covered Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations (other than Indebtedness), including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (a) the Borrower or such Covered Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or (b) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 5.05.  Maintenance of Properties; Insurance.  The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Covered Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.

 

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SECTION 5.06.  Books and Records; Inspection Rights.  The Borrower will, and will cause each Covered Subsidiary to, keep proper books and accounts in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities sufficient to permit the preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP.  Upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, the Borrower will, and will cause each Covered Subsidiary to, provide the Agent or any Lender acting with the consent of the Agent with access to the books and financial records of the Borrower and each Covered Subsidiary, to make reasonable examinations and copies of the books of accounts and other financial records of the Borrower and each Covered Subsidiary, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and each Covered Subsidiary with, and to be advised as to the same by, their officers and, in the presence of officers or other representatives of the Borrower, independent accountants at such reasonable times and intervals as the Agent or Required Lenders may reasonably request; provided, however, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, there shall not be more than one such inspection and examination in any calendar year.

 

SECTION 5.07.  Compliance with Laws.  The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with  Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

SECTION 5.08.  Use of Proceeds.  The Borrower will use the proceeds of (a) the Loans (i) to pay the OMGUK Dividend Note and (ii) for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and the Covered Subsidiaries, including acquisitions, distributions  and investments and (b) the Letters of Credit solely for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and the Covered Subsidiaries.  The Borrower will not request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

 

SECTION 5.09.  Payment of OMGUK Dividend Note.  The Borrower will pay all Indebtedness under the OMGUK Dividend Note promptly upon the occurrence of the Closing Date and the consummation of the IPO.

 

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ARTICLE VI

 

Negative Covenants

 

Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees  payable hereunder have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated, in each case, without any pending draw,  and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

SECTION 6.01.  Indebtedness.  The Borrower will not and will not permit any Covered Subsidiary to incur, create or suffer to exist any Indebtedness except:

 

(a)  Indebtedness created hereunder, including Indebtedness pursuant to Incremental Facility Agreements;

 

(b)  Indebtedness (i) of the Borrower to any Covered Subsidiary and (ii) of any Covered Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Covered Subsidiary; provided that (A) such Indebtedness shall not have been transferred to any Person other than the Borrower or any other Covered Subsidiary and (B) any such Indebtedness owing by the Borrower shall be unsecured and subordinated in writing in right of payment to the Obligations pursuant to an Affiliate Subordination Agreement;

 

(c)  Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary existing on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 6.01 and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

 

(d)  Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations, and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (d) shall not exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding;

 

(e)  Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Covered Subsidiary after the date hereof; provided that (i) such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Covered Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Covered Subsidiary, (ii) such Indebtedness has recourse solely to the assets of such Person and not to any other assets of the Borrower or any other Covered Subsidiary, (iii) such Indebtedness is not Guaranteed by the Borrower or any other Covered Subsidiary and (iv) such

 

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Indebtedness shall be refinanced or replaced no later than 90 days after the date on which such Person becomes a Covered Subsidiary with unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower that is not Guaranteed by any Covered Subsidiary;

 

(f)  unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Covered Subsidiaries representing deferred compensation to employees of the Borrower and its Covered Subsidiaries or long-term liability accruals in respect of previously recognized compensation expense attributable to equity and profit sharing awards to employees;

 

(g)  Non-Recourse Seed Indebtedness;

 

(h)  unsecured Indebtedness of any Covered Subsidiary under a revolving credit facility with a Core Business Entity of which Equity Interests are owned by such Covered Subsidiary or other Covered Subsidiaries; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred in anticipation of the payment by such Core Business Entity to such Covered Subsidiary of a regularly scheduled distribution or a scheduled payment of specifically identifiable realized Performance Fees, (ii) any borrowing under any such revolving credit facility shall be repaid at the time such dividend is paid or payment is made, but not in any event later than 90 days after the date on which such Indebtedness was initially incurred and (iii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (h) shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;

 

(i)  other Indebtedness of Covered Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $5,000,000 at any time outstanding; and

 

(j)  other unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower that is not Guaranteed by any Covered Subsidiary.

 

SECTION 6.02.  Liens.  The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Covered Subsidiary to, create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien in or on its property (now or hereafter acquired), or on any income or revenues or rights (including accounts receivable) in respect of any thereof, except:

 

(a)  Permitted Encumbrances;

 

(b)  any Lien existing on the Closing Date and described in Schedule 6.02 hereto; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any property or asset of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary other than the properties or assets to which such Lien applies on the Closing Date and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that it secures on the Closing Date and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

 

(c)  Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Liens secure only Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(d)  that is incurred to finance such

 

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acquisition, construction or improvement (provided that such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and the principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets) and (ii) such Liens shall not apply to any other asset of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary (other than the proceeds thereof); and

 

(d)  Liens on assets of a Person that becomes a Covered Subsidiary securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(e); provided that (A) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Covered Subsidiary, (B) such Lien does not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary and (C) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that it secures on the date such Person becomes a Covered Subsidiary;

 

(e)  Liens on seed investments of Covered Subsidiaries securing Non-Recourse Seed Indebtedness relating to such investments; and

 

(f)  any Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Covered Subsidiary to (i) create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on the Equity Interests in, or the Management Fees, Performance Fees, Accounts, or rights to any of the foregoing of, any Covered Subsidiary or other Core Business Entities, (ii) sell any Equity Interests owned by it in Covered Subsidiaries or in other Core Business Entities pursuant to any repurchase agreement or similar agreement or (iii) assign or sell any income or revenues from or rights in respect of the Equity Interests in, and the Management Fees, Performance Fees, Accounts, or rights to any of the foregoing of, any Covered Subsidiary or other Core Business Entity, except (x) in the case of clause (i) of this sentence, Permitted Encumbrances and (y) in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) of this sentence, in connection with any transaction which is expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.05. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.02, no transaction specifically permitted by 6.05 shall be deemed to violate this Section 6.02.

 

SECTION 6.03.  Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Covered Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property which it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.

 

SECTION 6.04.  Fundamental Changes; Conduct of Business.  (a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Covered Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and

 

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immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (i) any Person may merge into or consolidate with the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving entity; (ii) any Person (other than the Borrower) may merge or consolidate with any Covered Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Covered Subsidiary; (iii) any Covered Subsidiary may liquidate, dissolve or otherwise wind down if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation, dissolution or winding down is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; and (iv) the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary may consummate a merger, liquidation or dissolution to effect an asset sale permitted by Section 6.05.

 

(b) Neither the Borrower nor any Covered Subsidiary will engage to any material extent in any business other than Core Businesses and businesses reasonably related thereto.

 

SECTION 6.05.  Asset Sales.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Covered Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset, including any Equity Interest owned by it, nor will the Borrower permit any of its Covered Subsidiaries to issue any additional Equity Interest in such Covered Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares and other nominal amounts of Equity Interests that are required to be held by other Persons under applicable law), except:

 

(a)  sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions of inventory, used or surplus equipment and surplus office space in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b)  sales, transfers and dispositions of assets (i) solely between or among Covered Subsidiaries or (ii)  from any Covered Subsidiary to the Borrower;

 

(c)  sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets (other than Equity Interests in a Covered Subsidiary or in a Core Business Entity) that are not permitted by any other clause of this Section; provided that the aggregate fair market value of all assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in reliance upon this clause (c) shall not exceed, during any fiscal year of the Borrower, an amount equal to 10% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended fiscal year of the Borrower;

 

(d)  issuances of Equity Interests by any Covered Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Covered Subsidiary so long as the recipient thereof is (i) the direct parent entity of the issuing Person, (ii) the Borrower or (iii) a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower;

 

(e)  sales of securities (other than Equity Interests in Covered Subsidiaries or in Core Business Entities) or other instruments held by the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary for investment or cash management purposes, including  securities or other instruments acquired or held by a Covered Subsidiary for purposes of seeding, funding or otherwise maintaining any investment product or Fund with respect to which a Covered Subsidiary acts

 

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as an investment adviser, manager, distributor, general partner or in any similar capacity, in each case in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the customary practices of the Borrower and the Covered Subsidiaries or of the Parent;

 

(f)  grants or sales of Equity Interests and grants of profit participation interests, including derivative instruments related thereto, in Covered Subsidiaries engaged in Core Businesses or in Core Business Entities to employees of such Covered Subsidiaries or Core Business Entities or of related Covered Subsidiaries (or to special purpose vehicles substantially all of the Equity Interests in which are owned by such employees) for the primary purpose of effecting compensation (including incentive compensation) arrangements with such employees for their services, provided that such grants are made in the ordinary course of business;

 

(g)   sales or transfers of assets to the Parent or its Affiliates made pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Co-Investment Deed or the Deferred Tax Asset Deed;

 

(h)  sales or transfers to effect the Reorganization; and

 

(i)  sales or transfers of Equity Interests owned by the Borrower and the Covered Subsidiaries in any Covered Subsidiary or Core Business Entity; provided that (w) all Equity Interests in Covered Subsidiaries and Core Business Entities which are sold or transferred pursuant to this clause (i) in any fiscal year of the Borrower shall not, in the aggregate, account for more than 10% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the immediately preceding fiscal year of the Borrower, (x) the Borrower determines in good faith that such sale or transfer is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, (y) after giving effect to such sale or transfer, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 6.12 on a pro forma basis as if such sale or transfer had been consummated on the first day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such sale or transfer and (z) all sales, transfers and dispositions permitted by this clause (i) shall be made for at least 75% cash consideration (with contingent earnout payment obligations not being deemed “consideration” for purposes of this subclause (z));

 

provided that all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted hereby (except for those made pursuant to clause (b)(i), (d), (f), (g) and (h) hereof) shall be made for fair value.

 

SECTION 6.06.  Transactions with Affiliates.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Covered Subsidiary to, sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates (any such transaction, a “Restricted Affiliate Transaction”), except that the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary may:

 

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(a)  engage in any Restricted Affiliate Transaction at prices and on terms and conditions which, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Borrower or such Covered Subsidiary than would prevail in a comparable arms’-length transaction with unrelated third parties;

 

(b)  effect any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.07;

 

(c)  satisfy any indemnification obligation to, and other employment arrangements with, directors, officers, employees, managers and consultants of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(d)  enter into and continue ordinary course employment, compensation and benefits arrangements, including the reacquisition by Covered Subsidiaries from employees of equity and profit participation interests previously granted to such employees as part of their compensation;

 

(e)  effect any transaction expressly permitted by Section 6.05;

 

(f)  enter into any Management Fee Agreement;

 

(g)  effect transactions solely between or among Covered Subsidiaries or the Borrower and one or more Covered Subsidiaries otherwise permitted hereunder;

 

(h)  effect the Reorganization and enter into any transition services agreements relating thereto and to the IPO (whether entered into on or after the Closing Date); provided that any such transition services agreement is on an arms-length basis or otherwise provides for periodic cash payments or reimbursements (not less frequently than quarterly) in amounts not less than the costs and expenses (including allocable employee compensation expenses) incurred by the Borrower or the Covered Subsidiaries in providing services thereunder, and having terms (including with respect to the calculation of such costs and expenses) customary for transition services agreements of the same general type; and

 

(i)  perform its obligations under the Parent Agreements and the Note in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

SECTION 6.07.  Limitation on Restricted Payments.  The Borrower will not declare or make, or permit any Covered Subsidiary to declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so except:

 

(a)  each Covered Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any other Covered Subsidiary and to any other Person that owns an Equity Interest in such Covered Subsidiary ratably according to such Person’s holdings of the type of Equity Interests in respect of which a Restricted Payment is being made to the Borrower or any other Covered Subsidiary;

 

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consummation of the IPO and pay the OMGUK Dividend Note substantially simultaneously with the making of the initial Loans on the Closing Date;

 

(c)  Restricted Payments by any Covered Subsidiary to employees in respect of Equity Interests or equity or profit participation interests in such Covered Subsidiary issued to such employee for the primary purposes of effecting a compensation arrangement, including the reacquisition for cash consideration of such Equity Interests or equity or profit participation interests; provided that such compensation arrangements and such Restricted Payments are made in the ordinary course; and

 

(d)  So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may declare and pay regular quarterly cash dividends on its ordinary shares outstanding; provided that any dividend declared at a time when no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the payment thereof at such time may be paid on the announced payment date therefor, not withstanding that a Default is then continuing or would result from such payment (but no such Default shall be deemed to be waived as a result of this proviso).

 

SECTION 6.08.  Limitation on Amendments to Certain Agreements.  The Borrower will not agree to or permit any amendment, modification, suspension or waiver of any provision of any documents relating to the organization of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary, of any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing any Material Indebtedness or of any Parent Agreement that materially impairs the creditworthiness of the Borrower or is adverse in any material respect to the rights or interests of the Lenders hereunder.

 

SECTION 6.09.  Restrictive Agreements.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Covered Subsidiary to, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its assets to secure any Obligations, (b) the ability of any Covered Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary or (c) the ability of any Covered Subsidiary to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to (A) restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by any Loan Document, (B) restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof identified on Schedule 6.09 (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), (C) restrictions and conditions set forth in the Shareholder Agreement or the Intellectual Property License Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date, (D) in the case of any Covered Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, restrictions and conditions imposed by its organizational documents or any related joint venture, shareholder or similar agreement; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to such Covered Subsidiary and to any Equity Interests in such Covered Subsidiary and (E) restrictions and conditions imposed by loan documents entered into in connection with the Non-

 

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Recourse Seed Indebtedness; provided that any such restrictions and conditions apply solely to the seed capital investments financed with such Non-Recourse Seed Indebtedness, (ii) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to (A) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01 if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the assets securing such Indebtedness or (B) customary provisions in leases and other agreements restricting the assignment thereof and (iii) clause (b) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of assets that is applicable only to such assets and solely pending such sale; provided that such sale is permitted hereunder.

 

SECTION 6.10.  Hedging Agreements.  The Borrower will not, and will  permit any Covered Subsidiary to, enter into any Hedging Agreement, except for Hedging Agreements entered into (i) to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or such Covered Subsidiary has actual exposure and (ii) not for speculative purposes.

 

SECTION 6.11.  Permitted Activities of Holding Companies.  The Borrower will not permit US Sub or UK Sub to (a) incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness or any other monetary obligation or liability whatsoever, including with respect to intercompany accounts, other than Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or intercompany indebtedness existing immediately after the consummation of the Reorganization owed by UK Sub to US Sub, (b) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or licensed by it other than Permitted Encumbrances or (c) engage in any business or activity or own any assets other than (i) (A) in the case of US Sub, holding 100% of the Equity Interests of UK Sub, (B) in the case of UK Sub, owning 100% of the Equity Interests of OMUSH and (C) owning Equity Interests of other Subsidiaries and (ii) as may be required by law.

 

SECTION 6.12.  Financial Covenants.  (a)  The Borrower will not permit the Leverage Ratio at the end of any fiscal quarter to exceed 3.00 to 1.00.

 

(b)  The Borrower will not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio in respect of any Test Period to be less than 4.00 to 1.00.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Events of Default

 

If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:

 

(a)  the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable;

 

(b)  the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five or more

 

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(c)  any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary in connection with the Borrowings hereunder, in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statements or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made, deemed made or furnished;

 

(d)  the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02(a), Section 5.03 (with respect to the Borrower’s existence), the second sentence of Section 5.08, Section 5.09 or Article VI;

 

(e)  the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Agent or any Lender to the Borrower (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender);

 

(f)  the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable;

 

(g)  any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;

 

(h)  an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case referred to in (i) or (ii) above, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

 

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(i)  the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

 

(j)  one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000 (net of insurance proceeds payable in respect thereto; provided that the applicable insurance carriers have been notified of such judgment and are not disputing liability with respect to the netted amount) shall be rendered against the Borrower, any Covered Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any Covered Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

 

(k)  an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(l)  a Change in Control shall occur;

 

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article ), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued fees and all other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, and (iii) require the deposit of cash collateral in respect of LC Exposure as provided in Section 2.04(j), in each case without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding; and in any event with respect to the Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) above, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued fees and all other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder

 

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and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable and the deposit of such cash collateral in respect of LC Exposure shall automatically become due, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The Agent

 

Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent as its agent and authorizes the Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof and the other 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 or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank 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, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or Issuing Bank.

 

The Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other 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, or as the Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08); provided that the Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose the Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower 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, or as the Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable 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 Borrower, a Lender or the Issuing Bank, and the Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty

 

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to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Agent.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Agent shall not have any liability arising from any confirmation of the Credit Exposure or the component amounts thereof.

 

Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall require the Agent or any of its Related Parties to carry out any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any Person on behalf of any Lender and each Lender confirms to the Agent that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by the Agent or any of its Related Parties.

 

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 (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person.  The Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been 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 Borrower), 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Documents 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 any syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent.

 

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 Borrower.  Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor.  If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment

 

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within 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 bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank.

 

If the Person serving as Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as Agent and, with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.

 

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 or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder.  The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.  After the Agent’s resignation or removal 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 further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder.  Each Lender shall, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) 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 related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder and in deciding whether or to the extent to which it will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder.

 

The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks and the Borrower shall not have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions.

 

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ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 9.01.  Notices.  (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, sent by telecopy or, where permitted herein, sent by email, as follows:

 

(i) if to the Borrower, to it at OM Asset Management Limited, Attention of: Stephen H. Belgrad, Chief Financial Officer (Telecopy No. (617)369-7472); email: sbelgrad@oldmutualus.com; with a copy to Richard Hart, Senior Legal Counsel (Telecopy No. (617)369-7441 ); email: rhart@oldmutualus.com;

 

(ii) if to the Agent, to it at Citibank, N.A., 1615 Brett Road, Building III, New Castle, DE 19720, Attention of Bank Loan Syndications Department (Telecopy No. (212) 994-0961); email: GLAgentOfficeOps@citi.com with a copy to email: ashley.morris@citi.com; and

 

(iii) if to a Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number or email address) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

 

(b)  Notices and other communications to the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic mail communications pursuant to procedures approved by 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 or Issuing Bank, as the case may be.  The Agent or the Borrower 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.

 

(c)  Each of the Borrower and the Agent may change its address, telecopy number or email address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.  Each Lender may change its address, telecopy number or email address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower and the Agent.  All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.

 

SECTION 9.02.  Survival.  All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein 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 this Agreement and the making by the Lenders of the 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

 

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Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any Loan is made, or continued or converted 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 or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.  The provisions of Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 9.05 and 9.19 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

SECTION 9.03.  Binding Effect.  Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and 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 this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  Delivery of an executed signature page of the Agreement by facsimile transmission or email shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

SECTION 9.04.  Successors and Assigns.  (a)  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Borrower may not 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 the 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 an 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 Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments, participations in Letters of Credit and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written notice to and consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or unduly delayed) of:

 

(A)  the Borrower (which consent shall be deemed to have been given unless the Borrower objects to such assignment by written notice to the Agent within 10 Business Days after having received notice thereof); provided that (i) no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee and (ii) any refusal by the

 

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Borrower to consent to a proposed assignment to a non-bank assignee that is primarily engaged in Core Businesses and is a competitor of the Borrower will not be deemed unreasonable;

 

(B)  the Agent; and

 

(C)  each Issuing Bank.

 

(ii) 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 Commitments or Loans, the amount of the Commitments 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 $5,000,000 and shall be an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof unless the Borrower otherwise consents; provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under clause clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII 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;

 

(C)  the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (for which the Borrower shall not be responsible); provided that the Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such fee in the case of any assignment; and

 

(D)  the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

 

For purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term “Approved Fund” has the following meaning:

 

“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 managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that manages a Lender.

 

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the Eligible 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

 

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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 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.05).  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.

 

(iv) The Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, 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, the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agent 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 the Borrower, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an Eligible Assignee, 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 Section, the Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register.  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 the Borrower or the Agent sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and 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) the Borrower, the Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and 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 the first proviso to Section 9.08(b) that

 

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affects such Participant.  The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements and obligations of the Participant under Section 2.15(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Sections 2.15(f) shall be delivered 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; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 2.16 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.13 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 such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.16 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 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 Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States 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 administrative 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 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.

 

SECTION 9.05.  Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.  (a)  The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Agent, in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated),

 

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(ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by an Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, an Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Agent or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any negotiations associated with a workout or restructuring in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.

 

(b)  The Borrower shall indemnify the Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, 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 preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan, Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) 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; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted (i) from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (ii) such Indemnitee’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.  This Section 9.05(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.

 

(c)  To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Agent or an Issuing Bank under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent or such Issuing Bank, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Agent or such Issuing Bank in its capacity as such.  For purposes of this Section, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be

 

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(d)  To the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto agrees that it shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Person (including any Indemnitee), 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 or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof, provided that, nothing in this paragraph (d) shall relieve the 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)  All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than 10 days after written demand therefor.

 

SECTION 9.06.  Right 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 the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, regardless of whether such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured.  The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have. Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Agent promptly after any such setoff and application to the extent permitted by law.

 

SECTION 9.07.  Applicable Law.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 9.08.  Waivers; Amendment.  (a)  No failure or delay of the Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any power or right 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 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 and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.  No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.  No notice or demand on the Borrower in any case shall entitle the Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the

 

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making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Agent 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, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, 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 affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.12(c) or 2.16(b) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof or of any other Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise 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.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be required of any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification and (2) any provision of this Agreement may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days prior written notice thereof and the Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment.

 

SECTION 9.09.  No Fiduciary Relationship.  The Borrower, on behalf of itself and the Covered Subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, the Borrower, the Covered Subsidiaries and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Agent, the Lenders or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.

 

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SECTION 9.10.  Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees constitute the entire contract among the parties relative to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

SECTION 9.11.  WAIVER 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 OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (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.

 

SECTION 9.12.  Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement 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 hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 9.13.  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more 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, and shall become effective as provided in Section 9.03.

 

SECTION 9.14.  Headings.  Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

SECTION 9.15.  Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.  (a)  The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other 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

 

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enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

(b)  The Borrower 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 the other Loan Documents in any New York State or Federal court.  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.

 

(c)  The Borrower hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers OMUSH (the “Process Agent”), with offices on the date hereof at 200 Clarendon Street, 53rd Floor, Boston, MA 02116, 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 such action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Such service may be made by mailing or delivering a copy of such process to the Borrower in care of the Process Agent (or any successor thereto, as the case may be) at such Process Agent’s above address (or the address of any successor thereto, as the case may be), and the Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Process Agent (and any successor thereto) to accept such service on its behalf.  If for any reason such designee, appointee and agent shall cease to be available to act as such, the Borrower agrees to designate a new designee, appointee and agent in New York City on the terms and for the purposes of this provision reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and further shall at all times maintain an agent for service of process in the United States of America, so long as there shall be outstanding any Obligations.  The Borrower shall give notice to the Agent of any such appointment of successor agents for service of process, and shall obtain from each successor agent a letter of acceptance of appointment and promptly deliver the same to the Agent.

 

(d)  Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01 or, in the case of service of process against the Borrower, as specified in paragraph (c) of this Section 9.15.  Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

SECTION 9.16.  Confidentiality.  (a)  Each of the Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors on a “need to know” basis (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), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority having

 

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jurisdiction over such Agent or Lender, (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (A) any permitted assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective permitted assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (B) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (vii) with the consent of the Borrower or (viii) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (B) becomes available to the Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower.  For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to the Borrower or such Subsidiary or its or their business, other than any such information that is available to the Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

(b)  Each transferee shall be deemed, by accepting any assignment or participation hereunder, to have agreed to be bound by this Section 9.16.

 

SECTION 9.17.  Electronic Communications.  The Borrower hereby agrees that, unless otherwise requested by the Agent, it will provide to the Agent all information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a), (b) and (e) (the “Communications”) by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium (provided such Communications contain any required signatures) in a format reasonably acceptable to the Agent to oploanswebadmin@citigroup.com (or such other e-mail address as shall be designated by the Agent from time to time); provided, that any delay or failure to comply with the requirements of this Section 9.17 shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default hereunder, it being understood that this Section 9.17 shall not extend the dates by which the Borrower is required to deliver to the Agent the information, documents and other materials required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a), (b) and (e).  The Borrower further agrees that the Agent may make the Communications available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on DebtDomain or a substantially similar electronic transmission system, access to which is controlled by the Agent (the “Platform”).  The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available”.  The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the Communications or the adequacy of the Platform 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 the Agent Parties in connection with the Communications or the Platform.  In no event shall the Agent or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors or

 

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representatives (collectively, “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender 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 the Borrower’s or the Agent’s transmission of Communications through the Internet, except to the extent the liability of any Agent Party is found in a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of, or breach of this Agreement by, such Agent Party

 

SECTION 9.18.  USA Patriot Act.  Each Lender that is subject to Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.

 

SECTION 9.19.  Judgment Currency.  (a)  If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing hereunder in one currency into another currency, each party hereto agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the first currency could be purchased with such other currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which final judgment is given.

 

(b)  The obligations of the Borrower in respect of any sum due to any party hereto or any holder of any obligation owing hereunder (the “Applicable Creditor”) shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than US Dollars (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency that may be so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable Creditor against such loss.  The obligations of the Borrower under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all other amounts owing hereunder.

 

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