Document:

Exhibit
10.17 

 

	Performance
    Restricted Stock Unit

    Agreement – Employee	MTS
                                         SYSTEMS CORPORATION

        ID:
        41-0908057 

        14000
        Technology Drive 

        Eden
        Prairie, MN 55344 

	«First»
                                         «MI» «Last»

        «Address»

        «M_2nd_Line»

        «City»
        «Rg» «Postal_code»
	Award
                                         Number:         «Number»

        Plan:                          2011

        ID:                             «ID»

 

Effective
«Grant_date», you have been granted «TargetShares» Target Shares of Performance Restricted Stock Units
representing the right to receive shares of MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION (the “Company”) stock pursuant to the Company’s
2011 Stock Incentive Plan
(the “Plan”). Under this Grant, you will earn a percentage of the Target Shares (rounded to the nearest whole share)
only at the time and upon achievement of the Performance Goal (“Goal”) of the specified Performance Measure (“Measure”),
determined by Goal achievement at, below or above Target as set forth below.

  

	PERFORMANCE
    PERIOD:	<<StartDate>>
    - <<EndDate>>
	PERFORMANCE
    MEASURE:	Average
    Annual Return on Invested Capital (“ROIC”)
	TARGET
    SHARES:	<<TargetUnits>>
	PAYOUT
    DATE:	<<PayoutDate>>
	 
	 	PERFORMANCE
    GOAL	PERCENTAGE
    OF UNITS 

    EARNED	NUMBER
    OF UNITS
	THRESHOLD:	=
    or < than «ThreshPerf%»	75%	«ThreshShares»
	TARGET:	«TargetPerf%»	100%	«TargetShares»
	MAXIMUM:	=
    or > than «MaxPerf%»	125%	«MaxShares»

 

The
percentage of Units earned will be interpolated from 75% to 100% of the Target Units for performance between Threshold and Target
and will be interpolated from 100% to 125% for performance between Target and Maximum. 

  

You
must remain actively employed by the Company as of the Payout Date to vest in the Shares earned. On or shortly after the Payout
Date, the Company will issue that number of unrestricted whole Shares based upon achievement of the Performance Goal set forth
above; provided, that, if you are a Named Executive Officer, the vesting and issuance of such Shares will also be subject to compliance
with requirements for Performance Based Awards under the Plan, including the certification of the achievement of the Performance
Goals by the Compensation Committee.

  

By
accepting this grant via your signature below, you and the Company agree that the Performance Restricted Stock Units evidenced
by this Agreement are subject to the following:

  

		A.	This
                                         Agreement, the Units, and the Shares issuable upon the vesting of the Units are governed
                                         by all the terms, provisions and conditions set forth in the Company’s 2011
                                         Stock Incentive Plan
                                         and by Uniform Terms and Conditions Applicable to Performance Restricted Stock Unit
                                         Agreements (Employee) adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, which are
                                         incorporated herein.

  

		B.	Neither
                                         the Plan nor this Agreement confers any right with respect to continuance of your services
                                         to the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor restricts your right to terminate services
                                         to the Company at any time.

  

		C.	Vesting
                                         of the Units shall occur earlier than set forth above in accordance with the conditions
                                         set forth in the Uniform Terms and Conditions Applicable to Performance Restricted Stock
                                         Unit Agreements (Employee).

  

		D.	The
                                         Company may amend or terminate the Plan and this Agreement at any time, provided that
                                         no such action shall impair any rights that have accrued at the time of amendment or
                                         termination without your consent.

 

	 	 	 
	MTS
    SYSTEMS CORPORATION	 	Date
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	EMPLOYEE	 	DateExhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of November 25, 2015 (this “Amendment”) to TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of February 9, 2015 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereto, the “Credit Agreement”), among AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the LENDERS from time to time party thereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Credit Agreement be amended as set forth herein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent and each Person executing this Amendment as a Lender are willing to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Defined Terms; References.  Unless otherwise specifically defined herein, each term used herein that is defined in the Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 2. Amendments to Credit Agreement.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that, effective on the First Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Agreement shall be amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto.

 

Section 3. Representations and Warranties.  The Company represents and warrants as to itself and its subsidiaries, to the other parties hereto that:

 

(a)         the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment are within the Company’s corporate, partnership or other applicable powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder action;

 

(b)         this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, 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; and

 

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(c)          the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (other than any such representation and warranty that is already qualified by materiality or “Material Adverse Effect” in the text thereof, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true in all respects) on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date.

 

Section 4. Effectiveness.  This Amendment shall become effective on the date (the “First Amendment Effective Date”) when:

 

(a)                                 the Administrative Agent shall have received from the Company and the Required Lenders (i) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include transmission by facsimile or other electronic imaging of a signed signature page of this Amendment) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment;

 

(b)                                 the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the First Amendment Effective Date and signed by the President and Chief Executive Officer, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Company, confirming (i) the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 of this Amendment and (ii) the absence of any Default giving effect to the effectiveness of this Amendment; and

 

(c)                                  the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the First Amendment Effective Date in connection with this Amendment, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Company hereunder or under any other Loan Document.

 

Section 5. Notices.  All notices hereunder shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.01 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 6. Counterparts.  This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

Section 7. Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of law principles thereto and to the extent that such principles would direct a matter to another jurisdiction.

 

Section 8. Incorporation by Reference.  Sections 11.07, 11.09(b), 11.09(c), 11.09(d), 11.09(e), 11.10 and 11.11 of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ J.F. Quinn
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: J. F. Quinn
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Vice   President & Corporate Treasurer
    

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1

 

 

	
 
    	
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Lender   and as Administrative Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Joseph L. Corah
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Joseph L. Corah
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Director
    

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1

 

 

	
 
    	
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Andrea S. Chen
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Andrea S. Chen
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Director
    

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1

 

 

	
 
    	
TD BANK, N.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Steve Levi
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Steve Levi
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Senior Vice President
    

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1

 

 

	
 
    	
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Michael Grad
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Michael Grad
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Director
    

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1

 

 

	
 
    	
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Brian McNany
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Brian McNany
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:     Director
    

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1

 

 

	
 
    	
Mizuho Bank, Ltd.:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Bertram H. Tang
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Bertram H. Tang
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:     Authorized Signatory
    

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1

 

 

	
 
    	
Citibank, N.A.:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Laura Fogarty
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Laura Fogarty
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:     Vice President
    

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1

 

 

	
 
    	
PNC Bank, National Association:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Eric Hersom
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Eric Hersom
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:     Vice President
    

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1

 

 

	
 
    	
KeyBank National Association
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Sanya Valeva
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Sanya Valeva
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:     Senior Vice President
    

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1

 

 

EXHIBIT A

	
 
    

 

Published CUSIP Number: 03090BAQ3

 

TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

dated as of February 9, 2015,
  as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of November 25, 2015

 

among

 

AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION,

 

as the Borrower

 

The LENDERS Party Hereto

 

and

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 
 as Administrative Agent

 

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

and
 WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
 as Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as Syndication Agent

 

and

 

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,

MIZUHO BANK, LTD.

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
 as Documentation Agents

	
 
    

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
PAGE
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE I
    
	
 
    
	
Definitions
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SECTION 1.01.
    	
Defined Terms
    	
1
    
	
SECTION 1.02.
    	
Classification of Loans   and Borrowings
    	
21
    
	
SECTION 1.03.
    	
Terms Generally
    	
21
    
	
SECTION 1.04.
    	
Accounting Terms; GAAP;   Pro Forma Computations
    	
21
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE II
    
	
 
    
	
The Commitments and Loans
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SECTION 2.01.
    	
Commitments
    	
22
    
	
SECTION 2.02.
    	
Loans and Borrowings
    	
22
    
	
SECTION 2.03.
    	
Requests for Borrowings
    	
22
    
	
SECTION 2.04.
    	
[Reserved]
    	
23
    
	
SECTION 2.05.
    	
[Reserved]
    	
23
    
	
SECTION 2.06.
    	
[Reserved]
    	
23
    
	
SECTION 2.07.
    	
Funding of Borrowings
    	
23
    
	
SECTION 2.08.
    	
Interest Elections
    	
24
    
	
SECTION 2.09.
    	
Termination and   Reduction of Commitments
    	
25
    
	
SECTION 2.10.
    	
Repayment of   Loans; Evidence of Debt
    	
25
    
	
SECTION 2.11.
    	
Prepayment of Loans
    	
26
    
	
SECTION 2.12.
    	
Fees
    	
2726
    
	
SECTION 2.13.
    	
Interest
    	
27
    
	
SECTION 2.14.
    	
Alternate Rate of   Interest
    	
27
    
	
SECTION 2.15.
    	
Increased Costs
    	
28
    
	
SECTION 2.16.
    	
Break Funding Payments
    	
29
    
	
SECTION 2.17.
    	
Taxes
    	
30
    
	
SECTION 2.18.
    	
Payments Generally; Pro   Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
    	
33
    
	
SECTION 2.19.
    	
Mitigation Obligations;   Replacement of Lenders
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE III
    
	
 
    
	
Representations and Warranties
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SECTION 3.01.
    	
Organization; Powers
    	
36
    
	
SECTION 3.02.
    	
Authorization;   Enforceability
    	
36
    
	
SECTION 3.03.
    	
Governmental Approvals;   No Conflicts
    	
36
    
	
SECTION 3.04.
    	
Financial Condition; No   Material Adverse Change
    	
36
    
	
SECTION 3.05.
    	
Properties
    	
37
    
	
SECTION 3.06.
    	
Litigation and   Environmental Matters
    	
37
    
	
SECTION 3.07.
    	
Compliance with Laws   and Agreements
    	
37
    

 

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SECTION 3.08.
    	
Investment Company   Status
    	
37
    
	
SECTION 3.09.
    	
Taxes
    	
37
    
	
SECTION 3.10.
    	
ERISA
    	
38
    
	
SECTION 3.11.
    	
Disclosure
    	
38
    
	
SECTION 3.12.
    	
Subsidiaries
    	
38
    
	
SECTION 3.13.
    	
Insurance
    	
38
    
	
SECTION 3.14.
    	
Labor Matters
    	
38
    
	
SECTION 3.15.
    	
Anti-Corruption Laws   and Sanctions
    	
39
    
	
SECTION 3.16.
    	
Solvency
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE IV
    
	
 
    
	
Conditions
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SECTION 4.01.
    	
Conditions to   Effectiveness
    	
39
    
	
SECTION 4.02.
    	
Conditions to Funding   on the Closing Date
    	
40
    
	
 
    
	
ARTICLE V
    
	
 
    
	
Affirmative Covenants
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SECTION 5.01.
    	
Financial Statements   and Other Information
    	
4142
    
	
SECTION 5.02.
    	
Notices of Material   Events
    	
43
    
	
SECTION 5.03.
    	
Existence; Conduct of   Business
    	
44
    
	
SECTION 5.04.
    	
Payment of Obligations
    	
44
    
	
SECTION 5.05.
    	
Maintenance of   Properties; Insurance
    	
44
    
	
SECTION 5.06.
    	
Books and Records;   Inspection and Audit Rights
    	
44
    
	
SECTION 5.07.
    	
Compliance with Laws
    	
44
    
	
SECTION 5.08.
    	
Use of Proceeds
    	
44
    
	
SECTION 5.09.
    	
Senior Debt Status
    	
4445
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VI
    
	
 
    
	
Negative Covenants
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SECTION 6.01.
    	
Indebtedness
    	
45
    
	
SECTION 6.02.
    	
Liens
    	
4546
    
	
SECTION 6.03.
    	
Fundamental Changes
    	
46
    
	
SECTION 6.04.
    	
Investments, Loans,   Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions
    	
47
    
	
SECTION 6.05.
    	
Asset Sales
    	
47
    
	
SECTION 6.06.
    	
Hedging Agreements
    	
48
    
	
SECTION 6.07.
    	
Restricted Payments;   Certain Payments of Indebtedness
    	
48
    
	
SECTION 6.08.
    	
Transactions with   Affiliates
    	
48
    
	
SECTION 6.09.
    	
Restrictive Agreements
    	
48
    
	
SECTION 6.10.
    	
Material Documents
    	
49
    
	
SECTION 6.11.
    	
Leverage Ratio
    	
49
    
	
SECTION 6.12.
    	
Fiscal Quarters
    	
49
    

 

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ARTICLE VII
    
	
 
    
	
Events of Default
    
	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VIII
    
	
 
    
	
The Administrative Agent
    
	
 
    
	
ARTICLE IX
    
	
 
    
	
[Reserved]
    
	
 
    
	
ARTICLE X
    
	
 
    
	
[Reserved]
    
	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XI
    
	
 
    
	
Miscellaneous
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SECTION 11.01.
    	
Notices
    	
55
    
	
SECTION 11.02.
    	
Waivers; Amendments
    	
5657
    
	
SECTION 11.03.
    	
Expenses; Indemnity;   Damage Waiver
    	
58
    
	
SECTION 11.04.
    	
Successors and Assigns
    	
59
    
	
SECTION 11.05.
    	
Survival
    	
62
    
	
SECTION 11.06.
    	
Counterparts;   Integration; Effectiveness
    	
62
    
	
SECTION 11.07.
    	
Severability
    	
6263
    
	
SECTION 11.08.
    	
Right of Setoff
    	
63
    
	
SECTION 11.09.
    	
Governing Law;   Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
    	
63
    
	
SECTION 11.10.
    	
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
    	
64
    
	
SECTION 11.11.
    	
Headings
    	
64
    
	
SECTION 11.12.
    	
Confidentiality
    	
64
    
	
SECTION 11.13.
    	
Interest Rate   Limitation
    	
65
    
	
SECTION 11.14.
    	
USA PATRIOT Act
    	
65
    
	
SECTION 11.15.
    	
Non-Public Information
    	
65
    
	
SECTION 11.16.
    	
No Fiduciary Duty
    	
65
    
	
SECTION 11.17.
    	
Electronic Execution of   Assignments
    	
66
    

 

Schedules

 

	
Schedule 2.01
    	
Commitments
    
	
Schedule 3.12
    	
Subsidiaries
    
	
Schedule 3.13
    	
Insurance
    
	
Schedule 6.02
    	
Existing Liens
    
	
Schedule 6.09
    	
Existing Restrictions
    

 

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Exhibits

 

	
Exhibit A
    	
Form of Assignment and Assumption
    
	
Exhibit B
    	
Form of Borrowing Request
    
	
Exhibit C-1
    	
Form of US Tax   Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For   U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
    
	
Exhibit C-2
    	
Form of US Tax   Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships   For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
    
	
Exhibit C-3
    	
Form of US Tax   Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships For   U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
    
	
Exhibit C-4
    	
Form of US Tax   Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S.   Federal Income Tax Purposes)
    
	
Exhibit D
    	
Solvency Certificate
    

 

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TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of February 9, 2015 (this “Agreement”), among AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”); the LENDERS from time to time party hereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

The Borrower (such term and each other capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein having the meaning assigned to it in Article I) has requested the Lenders to extend, and the Lenders are willing, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, to extend, credit in the form of a term loan facility.

 

The Borrower will directly, or indirectly through one of its Subsidiaries, use the proceeds of the Loans to pay a portion of the cash consideration in respect of the MWI Acquisition and to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions.

 

Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

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

 

“ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

 

“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any LIBOR Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the product of (i) the LIBO Rate for US Dollars for such Interest Period multiplied by (ii) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

 

“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, or any successor appointed in accordance with Article VIII.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “Administrative Agent” shall include any Affiliate of Bank of America through which Bank of America shall perform any of its obligations in such capacity hereunder.

 

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the heading to this Agreement.

 

“Affiliate” means, 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.

 

“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum 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 on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) for a deposit in US Dollars with a maturity of one month plus

 

 

1%.  For purposes of clause (c) above, the Adjusted LIBO Rate on any day shall be based on the rate per annum appearing on the applicable Bloomberg screen page displaying interest rates for US Dollar deposits in the London interbank market (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Bloomberg screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to such day for deposits in US Dollars with a maturity of one month; provided that if such rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero.  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 the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and all other laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries concerning or relating to bribery, money laundering or corruption.

 

“Applicable Funding Account” means, as to the Borrower, the applicable account that shall be specified in a written notice signed by a Financial Officer and delivered to and approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “LIBOR” and “ABR”, as the case may be, based upon the ratings established by S&P, Moody’s and Fitch for the Index Debt as of the most recent determination date:

 

	
Category
    	
 
    	
Ratings
   (S&P/Moody’s/Fitch)
    	
 
    	
LIBOR
   (basis points per
   annum)
    	
 
    	
ABR (basis points
   per annum)
    
	
Category 1
    	
 
    	
A+/A1/A+ or higher
    	
 
    	
75.0
    	
 
    	
0.0
    
	
Category 2
    	
 
    	
A/A2/A
    	
 
    	
87.5
    	
 
    	
0.0
    
	
Category 3
    	
 
    	
A-/A3/A-
    	
 
    	
100.0
    	
 
    	
0.0
    
	
Category 4
    	
 
    	
BBB+/Baa1/BBB+
    	
 
    	
112.5
    	
 
    	
12.5
    
	
Category 5
    	
 
    	
BBB/Baa2/BBB or lower or unrated
    	
 
    	
125.0
    	
 
    	
25.0
    

 

For purposes of the foregoing, (a) if any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch shall not have in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition), then such rating agency shall be deemed to have established a rating in Category 5; (b) if the ratings established or deemed to have been established by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch for the Index Debt shall fall within different Categories, the Applicable Rate shall be based on the Category in which two of such ratings shall fall or, if there shall be no such Category, on the Category in which the second highest of the three ratings shall fall; and (c) if the rating established or deemed to have been established by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch for the Index Debt shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the applicable rating agency.  Each change in the Applicable Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.  If the rating system of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch shall change, or if any such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Company 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 Applicable Rate

 

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shall be determined by reference to the ratings of the other rating agencies (or, if the circumstances referred to in this sentence shall affect all such rating agencies, the ratings most recently in effect prior to such changes or cessations).

 

“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

“Arrangers” means MLPFS and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.

 

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any Person whose consent is required by Section 11.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A.

 

“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States of America or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

 

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

 

“Borrower” means the Company.

 

“Borrower Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

 

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

 

“Borrowing Minimum” means US$5,000,000.

 

“Borrowing Multiple” means US$500,000.

 

“Borrowing Request” means a request for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.

 

“Bridge Facility” means the 364-day unsecured term loan facility contemplated by the Bridge Facility Commitment Letter dated as of January 11, 2015, among the Company, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A.

 

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“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a LIBOR Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in such currency in the London interbank market.

 

“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Change in Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the Effective Date), of Equity Interests representing more than 30% of either the aggregate ordinary voting power or the aggregate equity value represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Company; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Company by Persons who were not (i) directors of the Company on the Effective Date, (ii) nominated by the board of directors of the Company or (iii) appointed by directors referred to in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii); or (c) the occurrence of a “Change of Control” (or other similar event or condition however denominated) under any Material Indebtedness.

 

“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule, treaty or regulation after the Effective Date, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Effective Date or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Effective Date; provided that, for purposes of this Agreement, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives in connection therewith and (ii) 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 be deemed to have been adopted and become effective after the Effective Date.

 

“Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.18(c).

 

“Closing Date” means the date on which the Offer is consummated.

 

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

 

“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make Loans pursuant to Section 2.01 in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in  accordance with this Agreement.  The aggregate amount of the Commitments on the Effective Date is US$1,000,000,000.

 

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the heading to this Agreement.

 

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“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum, without duplication, of (i) consolidated interest expense for such period, (ii) consolidated income tax expense for such period, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for such period, (iv) any special one-time or extraordinary charges or extraordinary losses for such period, in each case to the extent not involving cash payments by the Company or any Subsidiary in such period or any future period, (v) any LIFO adjustment (if negative) or charge for such period, and (vi) non-cash expenses and charges associated with derivatives transactions, including such non-cash expenses and charges attributed to warrants issued and any associated hedging transactions and minus (b) without duplication and to the extent included in determining such Consolidated Net Income, (i) any special one-time or extraordinary non-cash gains for such period and any LIFO adjustment (if positive) or credit, and (ii) any non-cash gains associated with derivatives transactions, including non-cash gains attributed to warrants issued and any associated hedging transactions, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.  In the event that the Company or any Subsidiary shall have completed an acquisition or disposition of any material Person, division or business (such materiality to be reasonably determined by the Company) unit since the beginning of the relevant period, Consolidated EBITDA shall be determined for such period on a pro forma basis as if such acquisition or disposition, and any related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, had occurred at the beginning of such period.

 

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income or loss of the Company and the Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded (a) the income or loss of any Person (other than the Company) that is not a Subsidiary, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries during such period, (b) the income or loss of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into, amalgamated with or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary or the date that such Person’s assets are acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary and (c) the income or loss of, and any amounts referred to in clause (a) above paid to, any Subsidiary that is not wholly owned by the Company to the extent such income or loss or such amounts are attributable to the non-controlling interest in such Subsidiary.

 

“Consolidated Tangible Assets” means the book value of the total consolidated assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries less the book value of all intangible assets, including goodwill, trademarks, non-compete agreements, customer relationships, patents, unamortized deferred financing fees, and other rights or nonphysical resources that are presumed to represent an advantage to the Company in the marketplace, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

“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 through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

“Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

 

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

 

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

 

“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded, purchased or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans or (ii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Company or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.

 

“Designated Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary.

 

“Documentation Agents” means The Bank of Nova Scotia; The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.; Mizuho Bank, Ltd.; and U.S. Bank National Association.

 

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

 

“Effective Date” means February 9, 2015.

 

“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person, other than, in each case, a natural person or the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

“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, the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment, management, release or threatened release of any hazardous material or to health and safety matters.

 

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Company 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.

 

“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership 

 

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interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.

 

“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 Company, 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) a failure by any Plan to satisfy 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 430(i)(4) of the Code or Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA); (e) the incurrence by the Company 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 Company 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 Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (h) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Company 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 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA.

 

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

 

“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) Foreign Subsidiaries, (b) Securitization Entities, (c) Subsidiaries that are less than 100% owned by the Company to the extent such Subsidiaries are prohibited by shareholders agreements, joint venture agreements or other similar organizational documents from guaranteeing the Obligations, (d) Subsidiaries that have assets (including Equity Interests in other Subsidiaries) of less than US$10,000,000 for any such Subsidiary (provided that all such Subsidiaries’ assets shall not be in excess of US$100,000,000 in the aggregate) and (e) J.M. Blanco, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to any Lender, (a) income or franchise Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by (i) the United States of America or (ii) the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender is organized, in which its principal office is located or in which its applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar Taxes imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a)(ii) above, (c) any net income, branch profits or franchise Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes, (d) any  withholding Taxes that are attributable to the failure of such Lender to comply with Section 2.17(f) or Section 2.17(g), (e) (other than a Lender that becomes a Lender through an assignment under Section 2.19(b)) any withholding Taxes that are imposed on amounts payable by the Borrower to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment, to the extent such Taxes are (i) imposed by any United States taxation authority on amounts payable 

 

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from locations within the United States to such Lender’s applicable Lending Office and (ii) in effect and applicable (assuming the taking by the Borrower and such Lender of all actions required in order for available exemptions from such Taxes to be effective) at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new Lending Office), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding Taxes pursuant to Section 2.17 and (f) any U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

“Existing Debt Documents” means, collectively, (a) the Revolving Credit Agreement, (b) each indenture and supplemental indenture governing the Senior Notes, (c) the Existing Securitization Purchase Agreement and (d) the Revolving Credit Note dated as of March 8, 2013, as amended, between the Borrower and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania.

 

“Existing Securitization” means the Securitization provided for in the Existing Securitization Purchase Agreement.

 

“Existing Securitization Purchase Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of April 29, 2010, as amended, among Amerisource Receivables Financial Corporation, as seller, AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation, as initial servicer, various purchaser groups from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, National Association, as administrator.

 

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Effective Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantially comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

 

“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 that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Fee Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(a).

 

“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, controller, assistant treasurer or director of treasury of the Company.

 

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

 

“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, 

 

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legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

“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.

 

“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 or any credit default swap agreement.

 

“Impacted Loans” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).

 

“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits (other than customer deposits in respect of accounts receivable maintained in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by Senior Notes, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid (excluding trade accounts payable and obligations to pay salary or benefits under deferred compensation, executive compensation or other benefit programs), (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) 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, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such  Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances and (k) all obligations of such Person incurred under or in connection with a Securitization.  The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (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 entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

 

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“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.

 

“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.03(b).

 

“Index Debt” means the Company’s senior, unsecured, non-credit-enhanced long-term Indebtedness for borrowed money.

 

“Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated January 2015 relating to the Company and the Transactions.

 

“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.

 

“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the first Business Day of each January, April, July and October and (b) with respect to any LIBOR Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.

 

“Interest Period” means, with respect to any LIBOR Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months (or, with consent of each Lender, 12 months) thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided that (a) 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, (b) 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 (c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.  For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

 

“Investment Bank” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(h).

 

“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

 

“Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire or, as to any Person that  becomes a Lender after the Effective Date, in the Assignment and Assumption executed by such Person, or such other office(s) of such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) as such Lender may hereafter designate from time to time as its “Lending Office(s)” by notice to the Company and the Administrative Agent.

 

“Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Total Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company

 

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ended on such date (or, if such date is not the last day of a fiscal quarter, ended on the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended prior to such date); provided that for purposes of determining the Leverage Ratio at any time, the outstanding amount of the loans under the Revolving Credit Agreement and all other revolving Indebtedness and the amounts of all Securitizations included in Total Indebtedness shall be deemed to equal the average of (i) the outstanding amounts of such revolving indebtedness and (ii) the amounts of all Securitizations, in each case on the last day of each of the four most recently ended fiscal quarters, net of Permitted Investments not to exceed US$100,000,000 on the last day of each such quarter.

 

“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any LIBOR Borrowing for any Interest Period, the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day.

 

“LIBOR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate (other than Loans bearing interest at a rate determined by referencing to clause (c) of the definition of “Alternate Base Rate”).

 

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) 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, each promissory note issued hereunder and any guarantee agreement entered into pursuant to Section 6.01.

 

“Loan Parties” means, at any time, the Company and each Subsidiary that at such time is, or is required to be, a party to any guarantee agreement entered into pursuant to Section 6.01.

 

“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

 

“Local Time” means New York City time.

 

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

 

“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Company and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding US$100,000,000.  For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Company or any  Subsidiary (a) in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Company or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time and (b) in respect of any Securitization shall be determined as set forth in the definition of such term.

 

“Maturity Date” means the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date.

 

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“Merger” has the meaning set forth in the definition of MWI Acquisition.

 

“Merger Sub” has the meaning set forth in the definition of MWI Acquisition.

 

“Minimum Tender Condition” has the meaning set forth in the MWI Acquisition Agreement as in effect on January 11, 2015.

 

“MLPFS” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.

 

“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.

 

“MWI Acquisition” means the Company’s acquisition of Target by way of (i) a tender offer (the “Offer”) by a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Company (“Merger Sub”) for all of the outstanding common stock of the Target for a purchase price consisting of cash consideration as set forth in Offer Documents and (ii) a subsequent merger (the “Merger”) by Merger Sub with and into Target pursuant to Section 251(h) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware with the Target surviving such merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, in each case, pursuant to the MWI Acquisition Documents.

 

“MWI Acquisition Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 11, 2015, among the Company, Merger Sub and the Target.

 

“MWI Acquisition Agreement Representations” means the representations and warranties made by or with respect to the Target and its subsidiaries in the MWI Acquisition Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that the Company (or a Subsidiary) has the right to terminate its obligations under the MWI Acquisition Agreement, or to decline to consummate the MWI Acquisition pursuant to the MWI Acquisition Agreement, as a result of a breach of such representations in the MWI Acquisition Agreement.

 

“MWI Acquisition Documents” means, collectively, the MWI Acquisition Agreement and the Offer Documents, as they may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“MWI Senior Notes” means senior unsecured notes issued under the Senior Notes Indenture, the use of proceeds of which is limited to the funding of the cash consideration for the MWI Acquisition and the payment of any related fees and expenses.

 

“Obligations” means (a) the principal of and premium, if any, 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 and (b) 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 Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

“Offer” has the meaning set forth in the definition of MWI Acquisition.

 

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“Offer Conditions” has the meaning set forth in the MWI Acquisition Agreement as in effect on January 11, 2015.

 

“Offer Documents” means a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO with respect to the Offer (including all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto), including an offer to purchase and related letter of transmittal, summary advertisement and other ancillary Offer documents pursuant to which the Offer will be made.

 

“Offer Price” has the meaning set forth in the MWI Acquisition Agreement as in effect on January 11, 2015.

 

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

 

“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes, or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies, arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.

 

“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.04(f).

 

“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.04(f).

 

“Payment Date” means the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the last Business Day of the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date.

 

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

 

“Permitted Assignee” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.04(b).

 

“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, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 60 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 laws and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (i) above;

 

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(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 the Company or any 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 clause (k) of 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 secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company or any 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 the Company or any Subsidiary in excess of those required by applicable banking regulations;

 

(h) Liens arising by virtue of Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings (or similar filings under applicable law) regarding operating leases entered into by the Company and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(i) 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; and

 

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

 

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

 

“Permitted Investments” means:

 

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

(b) Indebtedness maturing within 24 months issued by and constituting direct obligations of any of the following agencies or any other like governmental or government-  sponsored agency:  Federal Farm Credit Bank, Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, Federal Financings Bank, Federal Home Loan Bank System, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal National Mortgage Association, Tennessee Valley Authority, Student Loan Marketing Association, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Farmers Home Administration, Small Business Administration, Inter-American Development Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Federal Land Banks, and Government National Mortgage Association;

 

(c) direct and general obligations of any state of the United States of America or any municipality or political subdivision of such state, including auction rate securities (“Auctions”), 

 

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variable demand notes (“VRDNs”) and nonrated pre-funded debt, or obligations of any corporation, maturing (or, in the case of Auctions and VRDNs, having their next reset date) within 24 months if such obligations, except pre-refunded debt, are rated at least (i) in the case of Auctions or VRDNs,have long-term debt ratings of A23 by Moody’s or AA- by S&P or (ii) in all other cases,A- by Fitch or have short-term ratings of VMIG-1 or MIG-1 by Moody’s or AA-1 by S&P or F1 by Fitch;

 

(d) obligations (including asset-backed obligations) maturing within 24 months of any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity which are rated at least P1 by Moody’s or A1 by S&P or F1 by Fitch (short-term rating) or A23 by Moody’s or AA- by S&P or A- by Fitch (long-term rating);

 

(e) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days13 months from the date of acquisition thereof and rated, at such date of acquisition, at least P1 by Moody’s or A1 by S&P or A1 by Fitch, and investments in master notes that are rated (or that have been issued by an issuer that is rated with respect to a class of short-term debt obligations, or any security within that class, that is comparable in priority and security with said master note) at least P1 by Moody’s or A1 by S&P or A1 by Fitch;

 

(f) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any stateState thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than US$500,000,000;

 

(g) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (cf) above (or subsidiaries or Affiliates of such financial institutions); and

 

(h) money market funds.

 

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) 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 Company 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 specified in Section 5.01.

 

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate”.  The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate.  Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

 

“Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 9-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York.

 

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“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.

 

“Quotation Day” means, for any Interest Period, the day two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.

 

“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.04(d).

 

“Regulation U” means Regulation U 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 respective directors, officers, employees, members, trustees, agents, partners, managers, administrators, representatives and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

 

“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having more than 50% of (a) prior to the Closing Date, the Commitments, or (b) from and after the Closing Date, the outstanding Loans.  The Commitments of, and the outstanding Loans held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

 

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary, or any payment (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 Company or any Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that no such dividend, distribution or payment shall constitute a “Restricted Payment” to the extent made solely with common stock of the Company.

 

“Revolving Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of March 18, 2011, as amended and restated as of October 28, 2011, November 20, 2012, and July 9, 2013, and as further amended and restated as of August 13, 2014, among the Company, the borrowing subsidiaries from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.

 

“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 (a) by the US government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of Treasury, the US State Department, the US Department of Commerce or the US Department of the Treasury, (b) by the United Nations  Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or (c) by other relevant sanctions authorities to the extent compliance with the sanctions imposed by such other authorities would not entail a violation of applicable law.

 

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

 

“Sanctioned Person” means (a) any person listed in any Sanctions-related list of specially designated foreign nationals or other persons maintained (i) by the Office of Foreign Assets 

 

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Control of the US Department of Treasury, the US State Department, the US Department of Commerce or the US Department of the Treasury or (ii) by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any person located, organized or ordinarily resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any person 50% or more owned by one or more persons referenced in clause (a).

 

“Screen Rate” means, in respect of the LIBO Rate for any Interest Period, a rate per annum equal to the London interbank offered rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for US Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period as displayed on the Bloomberg screen page that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Bloomberg screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion); provided that if the Screen Rate, determined as provided above, would be less than zero, the Screen Rate shall for all purposes of this Agreement be zero.

 

“Securitization” means any transfer by the Company or any Subsidiary of accounts receivable and Proceeds thereof or interests therein (a) to a trust, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity, which transfer is funded in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by the incurrence or issuance by the transferee or successor transferee of Indebtedness or other securities that are to receive payments from, or that represent interests in, the cash flow derived from such accounts receivable or interests therein, or (b) directly to one or more investors or other purchasers. The “amount” or “principal amount” of any Securitization shall be deemed at any time to be the aggregate principal or stated amount of the Indebtedness or other securities referred to in the first sentence of this definition or, if there shall be no such principal or stated amount, the uncollected amount of the accounts receivable or interests therein transferred pursuant to such Securitization, net of any such accounts receivables or interests therein that have been written off as uncollectible.

 

“Securitization Entity” means Amerisource Receivables Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and any other wholly owned limited purpose Subsidiary that purchases accounts receivable of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to a Securitization.

 

“Senior Notes” means the Company’s (a) 47/8% Senior Notes due 2019 in an original aggregate principal amount of US$400,000,000, (b) 31/2% Senior Notes due 2021 in an original aggregate principal amount of US$500,000,000, (c) 1.15% Senior Notes due 2017 in an original aggregate principal amount of US$600,000,000 and (d) 3.400% Senior Notes due 2024 in an original aggregate principal amount of US$500,000,000.

 

“Senior Notes Indenture” means the indenture dated as of November 19, 2009, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, under which the MWI Senior Notes will be issued.

 

“Significant Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary other than any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries that individually or in the aggregate did not account for more than 1% of the assets or revenues of the Company and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at the end of or for the most recent four fiscal quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered under Section 5.01(a) or (b).

 

“Solvent” means with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (a) the fair value of the property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a 

 

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whole) (it being understood that the amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can be expected to become an actual or matured liability); (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) on their debts as they become absolute and matured; (c) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries do not intend to, and do not believe that they will, incur debts or liabilities beyond their ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they become absolute and matured; and (d) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are not engaged in any business for which the property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) would constitute an unreasonably small capital.

 

“Specified Representations” means, collectively, (a) the representations and warranties in Section 3.01, Section 3.02, Section 3.03(a)(ii)(y), Section 3.03(a)(iii) (limited, and solely with respect, to no violation of or default under the Existing Debt Documents (other than, with respect to Revolving Credit Agreement, the financial covenant contained therein)), Section 3.03(b), Section 3.08, Section 3.15(b) and Section 3.16, and (b) the Borrower’s representation in the last sentence of Section 3.07, limited to an Event of Default under clauses (d) (limited, and solely with respect, to the covenants contained in Section 5.08(b) and in Article VI (other than Section 6.05 (except with respect to any asset sale that would constitute a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) and Sections 6.06 through 6.12)), (f), (g) (solely with regard to the acceleration of, or payment default under, the Existing Debt Documents or other Material Indebtedness), (h), (i), (j) or (n) of Article VII.

 

“Specified Time” means, with respect to the LIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m., London time.

 

“Statutory Reserve Rate” 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 to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board).  Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.  LIBOR Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve Rate 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 (a) 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, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

 

“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company.

 

“Syndication Agent” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

 

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“Synthetic Lease” means a lease of property or assets designed to permit the lessees (a) to claim depreciation on such property or assets under US tax law and (b) to treat such lease as an operating lease or not to reflect the leased property or assets on the lessee’s balance sheet under GAAP.

 

“Synthetic Lease Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Synthetic Lease, at any time, an amount equal to the higher of (a) the aggregate termination value or purchase price or similar payments in the nature of principal payable thereunder and (b) the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of the notes or other instruments issued by, and the amount of the equity investment, if any, in the lessor under such Synthetic Lease.

 

“Target” means MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc.

 

“Target Material Adverse Effect” means any fact, circumstance, change, event, occurrence or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, (x) has a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business, properties, assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Target and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (y) would, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair, prevent or delay consummation by the Target of the Transactions; provided that none of the following, and no fact, circumstance, change, event, occurrence or effect arising out of or relating to the following, shall constitute a “Target Material Adverse Effect” or be taken into account in determining whether a “Target Material Adverse Effect” has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur: (a) any facts, circumstances, changes, events, occurrences or effects generally affecting (i) any of the industries in which the Target and its Subsidiaries operate or (ii) the economy, credit or financial or capital markets in the United States or elsewhere in the world, including changes in interest or exchange rates, or (b) any facts, circumstances, changes, events, occurrences or effects, arising out of, resulting from or attributable to (i) changes or prospective changes in Law, applicable regulations of any Governmental Entity, generally accepted accounting principles or accounting standards, or any changes or prospective changes in, or issuance of any administrative or judicial notice, decision or other guidance with respect to, the interpretation or enforcement of any of the foregoing, (ii) the announcement of the MWI Acquisition Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the MWI Acquisition Agreement, including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, distributors, partners, employees or regulators, or any change to the extent resulting or arising from the identity of Parent, Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates, (iii) acts of war (whether or not declared), sabotage or terrorism, or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war (whether or not declared), sabotage or terrorism, (iv) pandemics, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, drought or other  natural disasters, (v) any change or announcement of a potential change in the Target’s credit ratings (it being understood that the facts or occurrences giving rise or contributing to such event may be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Target Material Adverse Effect to the extent such facts or occurrences are not otherwise excluded from the definition of Target Material Adverse Effect), (vi) any litigation brought by stockholders of the Target alleging breach of fiduciary duty or inadequate disclosure in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, (vii) any decline in the market price, or change in trading volume, of any capital stock of the Target (it being understood that the facts or occurrences giving rise or contributing to such decline or change may be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Target Material Adverse Effect to the extent such facts or occurrences are not otherwise excluded from the definition of Target Material Adverse Effect) or (viii) any failure to meet any internal or public projections, forecasts or estimates of revenue, earnings, cash flow or cash position (it being understood that the facts or occurrences giving rise or contributing to such failure may be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining 

 

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whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Target Material Adverse Effect to the extent such facts or occurrences are not otherwise excluded from the definition of Target Material Adverse Effect); provided, that in the case of clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii), (b)(i), (b)(iii) and (b)(iv) above, such facts, circumstances, changes, events, occurrences or effects may be taken into consideration in determining whether there has been or would reasonably expected to be a Target Material Adverse Effect if they disproportionately affect the Target and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole as compared to other participants in the businesses and industries in which the Target and its Subsidiaries operate (it being understood and agreed that capitalized terms used in this definition have the meanings specified therefor in the MWI Acquisition Agreement in effect on January 11, 2015 to the extent defined therein).

 

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

 

“Termination Date” means May 15, 2015.

 

“Total Indebtedness” means, as of any date, the sum, without duplication of (a) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Company and the Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date in the amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but without giving effect to any election to value any Indebtedness at “fair value”, as described in Section 1.04(a)), (b) the aggregate of the amounts of all Securitizations of the Company and the Subsidiaries and (c) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Company and the Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date that is not required to be reflected on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, determined on a consolidated basis; provided that for the purpose of calculating Total Indebtedness prior to the Closing Date, the aggregate principal amount of MWI Senior Notes included in the determination of Total Indebtedness shall be reduced by the amount of the proceeds thereof that are either held by the Company in the form of unrestricted cash or cash equivalents or held in escrow on customary terms.

 

“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is to be a party, the making of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof, the MWI Acquisition, the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith and the other transactions contemplated hereby.

 

“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers 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.

 

“Undrawn Commitment Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(a).

 

“US Dollars” or “US$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

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

 

“US Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(f)(ii)(B)(3).

 

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

 

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“wholly owned” means, as to any Subsidiary, that all the Equity Interests in such 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) are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.

 

“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.

 

SECTION 1.02.   Classification of Loans and Borrowings.   For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be referred to by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Loan”).  Borrowings also may be referred to by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR 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 “law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders, writs and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities.  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 (including any Loan Document), 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 set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, regulation or other law herein shall be construed (i) as referring to such statute, regulation or other law as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor statutes, regulations or other laws) and (ii) to include all official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) 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, (e) 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 (f) 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; Pro Forma Computations.   (a)  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that (i) if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Effective Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith and (ii) notwithstanding any other provision contained

 

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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 Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the Accounting Standards Codification), to value any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein.

 

(b)   All pro forma computations required to be made hereunder giving effect to any acquisition, investment, sale, disposition, merger, amalgamation or similar event shall reflect on a pro forma basis such event as if it occurred on the first day of the relevant period and, to the extent applicable, the historical earnings and cash flows associated with the assets acquired or disposed of for such relevant period and any related incurrence or reduction of Indebtedness for such relevant period, but shall not take into account any projected synergies or similar benefits expected to be realized as a result of such event other than cost savings permitted to be included in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Regulation S-X.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The Commitments and Loans

 

SECTION 2.01.   Commitments.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make a Loan to the Borrower in US Dollars in an amount specified by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.03 and not to exceed its Commitment in a single drawing on the Closing Date.  Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01 and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.

 

SECTION 2.02.   Loans and Borrowings.  (a)  The Loans shall be made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective 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 2.14, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of (i) LIBOR Loans or (ii) ABR Loans.  Each Lender at its option may 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 the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(c)   At the commencement of each Interest Period for any LIBOR Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum.  Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 5 LIBOR Borrowings.

 

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

 

SECTION 2.03.   Requests for Borrowings.  To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone confirmed promptly by hand delivery or fax to

 

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the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by a Financial Officer (a) in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing and (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing.  Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

 

(i)            the principal amount of such Borrowing;

 

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

 

(iii)          the Type of such Borrowing;

 

(iv)          in the case of a LIBOR 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 Applicable Funding Account.

 

Any Borrowing Request that shall fail to specify any of the information required by the preceding provisions of this paragraph may be rejected by the Administrative Agent if such failure is not corrected promptly after the Administrative Agent shall give written or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and, if so rejected, will be of no force or effect.  Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender that will make a Loan as part of the requested Borrowing of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

 

SECTION 2.04.   [Reserved].

 

SECTION 2.05.   [Reserved].

 

SECTION 2.06.   [Reserved].

 

SECTION 2.07.   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 by 2:00 p.m., Local Time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by the Administrative Agent for such purpose by notice to the Lenders.  The Administrative Agent will make such Loan proceeds available to the Borrower by promptly wiring or otherwise crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the Applicable Funding Account of the Borrower.

 

(b)   Unless the Administrative 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 Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative 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 upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative 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 Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be the cost to it of funding

 

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such amount or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the subject Loan, as the case may be.

 

SECTION 2.08.   Interest Elections.  (a)  Each Borrowing initially shall be of the permitted Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request.  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 LIBOR Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section and on terms consistent with the other provisions of this Agreement.  The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of an affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing and the Loans resulting from an election made with respect to any such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

 

(b)   To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time and date 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 confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by a Financial Officer on behalf of the Borrower.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the Borrower shall not be permitted to elect an Interest Period for LIBOR Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d).

 

(c)   Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

 

(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);

 

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

 

(iii)          the Type of the resulting Borrowing; and

 

(iv)          if the resulting Borrowing is to be a LIBOR 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”.

 

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

 

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

 

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(e)   If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a LIBOR 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 an ABR Borrowing.

 

(f)   Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, 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 LIBOR Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each LIBOR Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

 

SECTION 2.09.   Termination and Reduction of Commitments.  (a) Unless previously terminated, each Lender’s Commitment shall terminate immediately and without further action upon the earliest of (x) the Closing Date after giving effect to the funding of such Lender’s Loans on such date, (y) the Termination Date and (z) the termination of the MWI Acquisition Agreement in accordance with its terms without the closing of the MWI Acquisition.

 

(b)   The Company may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments.

 

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

 

SECTION 2.10.   Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.  (a)  The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, Loans (i) in a principal amount equal to 1.250% of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans made on the Closing Date on each Payment Date to and including the first Payment Date occurring on or after the third anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) in a principal amount equal to 2.500% of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans made on the Closing Date on each Payment Date thereafter (which amounts, in each case, shall be reduced as a result of the application of optional prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.11 in the order specified by the Borrower in the applicable notice of prepayment; provided that if the Borrower fails to make any such specification, any optional prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.11 shall be applied pro rata to all then-remaining payments under clauses (i) and (ii) above and the immediately succeeding sentence). The remaining unpaid principal amount of the Loans will be payable on the Maturity Date.  The Borrower will pay the principal amount of each Loan made to the Borrower and the accrued interest on such Loan in US Dollars.

 

(b)   Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan

 

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made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

 

(c)   The Administrative Agent shall, in accordance with its customary practice, maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type of each such Loan and, in the case of any LIBOR Loan, 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 sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders or any of them and each Lender’s share thereof.

 

(d)   The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the Obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(e)   Any Lender may request that Loans made by it to the Borrower be evidenced by a promissory note.  In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.  Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 11.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or to such payee and its registered assigns).

 

SECTION 2.11.   Prepayment of Loans.  (a)  The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing, in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

 

(b)   Prior to any optional prepayment of Borrowings hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section.

 

(c)   The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by a fax notice signed by a Financial Officer on behalf of the Borrower of any prepayment of a Borrowing hereunder (i) in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, three Business Days before the date of such prepayment (or, in the case of a prepayment under paragraph (b) above, as soon thereafter as practicable) and (ii) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date of such prepayment.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, a notice of optional prepayment may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked or extended by the Company (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied or the effectiveness of such other credit facilities is delayed.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02.  Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing and shall be applied to the scheduled payments of principal pursuant to Section 2.10(a) as contemplated thereby.

 

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SECTION 2.12.   Fees.  (a)  The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, in US Dollars, for the account of each Lender, a fee (the “Undrawn Commitment Fee”) in an amount equal to 0.125% per annum of the actual daily amount of the Commitments of such Lender then outstanding, accruing from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitments terminate (such date, the “Fee Payment Date”).  The Undrawn Commitment Fee shall be due and payable on the Fee Payment Date and 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).

 

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

 

(c)   All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of the Undrawn Commitment Fee, to the Lenders.  Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

 

SECTION 2.13.   Interest.  (a)  The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(b)   The Loans comprising each LIBOR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate, in each case for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing, plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(c)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan, any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the interest 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% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans made to the Company as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

 

(d)   Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Loan prior to the Maturity Date), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (ii) in the event of any conversion of any LIBOR 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.  All interest shall be payable in US Dollars.

 

(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 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 applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

SECTION 2.14.   Alternate Rate of Interest.  If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a LIBOR Borrowing:

 

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(a)   the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) US Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the interbank market for the applicable amount and Interest Period or (ii) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate (the “Impacted Loans”); or

 

(b)   the Administrative Agent is advised by a majority in interest of the Lenders that would make Loans as part of such Borrowing that the Adjusted LIBO Rate, will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining the Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

 

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the applicable Lenders by telephone or fax as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the applicable 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, an affected LIBOR Borrowing shall be ineffective, (ii) any affected LIBOR Borrowing that is requested to be continued shall be continued as an ABR Borrowing and (iii) any Borrowing Request for an affected LIBOR Borrowing shall be deemed a request for an ABR Borrowing.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent has made the determination described in clause (a) of this section, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower and the affected Lenders, may establish an alternative interest rate for the Impacted Loans, in which case, such alternative rate of interest shall apply with respect to the Impacted Loans until (1) the Administrative Agent revokes the notice delivered with respect to the Impacted Loans under clause (a) of this section, (2) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that such alternative interest rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding the Impacted Loans, or (3) any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to such alternative rate of interest or to determine or charge interest rates based upon such rate or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to do any of the foregoing and provides the Administrative Agent and the Borrower written notice thereof.

 

SECTION 2.15.    Increased Costs.  (a)  If any Change in Law shall:

 

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

 

(ii)           impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or LIBOR Loans made by such Lender or the funding of such Loans; or

 

(iii)          subject any Credit Party to any Taxes on its loans, loan principal, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto (other than Indemnified Taxes and Excluded Taxes);

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Credit Party of making or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or

 

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to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such other Credit Party hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such other Credit Party, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or other Credit Party, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

 

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

 

(c)   A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, and the manner in which such amount or amounts have been calculated, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.  The Company shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

 

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

 

(e)   The foregoing provisions of this Section shall not apply to Taxes imposed on or with respect to payments made by the Borrower hereunder or Other Taxes, which Taxes shall be governed in each case solely by Section 2.17.

 

SECTION 2.16.   Break Funding Payments.  In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any LIBOR 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 LIBOR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any LIBOR Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether any such notice may be revoked or extended under Section 2.11(d) and is revoked or extended in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any LIBOR 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 2.19 then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense (but not for any lost profit) attributable to such event.  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)  with respect to a LIBOR Loan, 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

 

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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 deposits in US Dollars of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the London interbank market.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Company 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 2.17.   Taxes.  (a)  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of a Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law.  If any withholding agent shall be required by applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of the applicable withholding agent) to deduct or withhold any Tax from any such payment, then (i) if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax or Other Tax, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after all required deductions and withholdings have been made (including deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Credit Party receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made, (ii) such withholding agent shall make such deductions or withholdings and (iii) such withholding agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

 

(b)   In addition, the Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for, any Other Taxes.

 

(c)   As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by a Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)   Each Loan Party shall jointly and severally indemnify each Credit Party, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document or Other Taxes  (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Credit Party or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Credit Party and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate setting forth the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Company by the Administrative Agent (for its own account, or on behalf of a Lender) or a Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  A copy of such certificate shall also be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

(e)   Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent for (i) any Taxes (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so) attributable to such Lender and (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.04(f) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register, in each case, that are paid or payable

 

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by the Administrative 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.  The indemnity under this Section 2.17(e) shall be paid within 10 days after the Administrative Agent delivers to the applicable Lender a certificate stating the amount of Taxes so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent.  Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative 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 Administrative 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, under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is resident or located (or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party), is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under this Agreement shall deliver to the Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by law or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to any withholding (including backup withholding) or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.17(f), the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 2.17(f)(ii)(A), 2.17(f)(ii)(B) and 2.17(g) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s 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.  Upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent, any Lender shall update any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.17(f).  Any Lender shall promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any such previously delivered documentation to the Company.  If any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.17(f) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect with respect to a Lender, such Lender shall promptly (and in any event within 10 days after such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy) notify the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing of such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy and update the form or certification if it is legally eligible to do so.

 

(ii)                                  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

 

(A)                               if a Lender is a US Person, such Lender shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative 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 Company or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;

 

(B)                               if such Lender is not a US Person, such Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to

 

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time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(1)    in the case of a 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 Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, 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 Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, 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;

 

(3)    in the case of a 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 C-1 to the effect that such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “US Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable; or

 

(4)    to the extent a Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a US Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 or Exhibit C-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if such Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Lender may provide a US Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner; and

 

(C)                               if such Lender is not a US Person, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) 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 Company or the Administrative 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 Company or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

 

(g)   If a payment made to any Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender 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 shall deliver to the Company or the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by

 

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applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation  reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Company or the Administrative Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA and, as necessary, to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this Section 2.17(g), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the Effective Date.

 

(h)   If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to it (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.17(i), in no event will the Administrative Agent or any Lender be required to pay any amount to the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.17(h) to the extent such payment would place the Administrative Agent or such Lender in a less favorable position (on a net after-Tax basis) than the Administrative Agent or such Lender 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 giving rise to such refund had never been paid.  This Section shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

 

(i)   Each party’s obligations under this Section shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative 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 Document.

 

(j)   For purposes of Sections 2.17(e), (f) and (g), the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

 

(k)   If any Governmental Authority shall determine that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Taxes from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender (whether because such recipient failed to deliver or to complete properly any form or to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances that affected its exemption from withholding or for any other reason), such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as a result of such determination, including any penalties or interest assessed by such Governmental Authority, and including Taxes imposed on amounts payable to the Administrative Agent under this subsection, together with all reasonable costs and expenses related thereto.

 

SECTION 2.18.   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 other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest or fees or otherwise) prior to the time expressly required

 

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hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 1:00 p.m., Local 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 Administrative 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 the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders to such account as the Administrative Agent shall from time to time specify in one or more notices delivered to the Company, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, and 11.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto.  The Administrative 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 under any Loan Document 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 and under each other Loan Document shall be made in US Dollars.  Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative 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 Administrative Agent to make such payment.

 

(b)   If at any time insufficient funds are received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower and available to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due from the Borrower hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due from the Borrower 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 of the Loans then due from the Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of such 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 its Loans or accrued interest on its Loans (collectively “Claims”) resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Claims 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 Claims of the 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 aggregate amounts of their respective Claims; 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 assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Claims to any assignee or participant, other than to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (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 Company rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Company in the amount of such participation.

 

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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 applicable Lenders the amount due.  In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each applicable Lender severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender 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 Administrative Agent, at a rate determined by the Administrative 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 pursuant to Section 2.07(b), 2.18(d) or 11.03(c) then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by it for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.

 

SECTION 2.19.   Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.  (a)  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its affected Loans or other extensions of credit hereunder or to assign its affected 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 2.15 or 2.17, 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 costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

(b)   If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15 or any Loan Party is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17 or (ii) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 11.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 2.15 or 2.17) and obligations under the Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (x) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent, in each case, shall not unreasonably be withheld, (y) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, 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 (z) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a material 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 Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.  Each party hereto agrees that an assignment and delegation required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment and delegation need not be a party thereto.

 

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ARTICLE III

 

Representations and Warranties

 

The Company represents and warrants, on the Effective Date (other than Section 3.16, which shall only be made on the Closing Date) and on the Closing Date, as to itself and its subsidiaries, to the Lenders that:

 

SECTION 3.01.   Organization; Powers.  Each Loan Party is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on 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 and is in good standing, in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

 

SECTION 3.02.   Authorization; Enforceability.  The execution and delivery of the Loan Documents by each Loan Party party thereto and the performance by such Loan Party thereto are within such Loan Party’s corporate, partnership or other applicable powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder action. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower or Loan Party (as the case may be), 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.   Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts.  (a)  The execution and delivery of the Loan Documents by each Loan Party party thereto and the performance by such Loan Party thereto (i) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, (ii) will not violate (x) any applicable law or regulation, (y) the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of any Loan Party or (z) any order of any Governmental Authority, (iii) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, material agreement or other material instrument binding upon any Loan Party or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan Party and (iv) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of any Loan Party (other than Liens created hereunder).

 

(b)   Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (as defined in Regulation U of the Board).  No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that would entail a violation of such Regulation U.  Following the application of the proceeds of each Borrowing, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of the Company only or of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) will be margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U).

 

SECTION 3.04.   Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.  (a)  The Company has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheets and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows (i) as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2012, September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2014, audited and reported on by Ernst & Young LLP,

 

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independent public accountants and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portions of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, certified by its chief financial officer.  Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Company 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 September 30, 2014, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

SECTION 3.05.   Properties.  (a)  The Company and each of the 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 Company and the Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Company and the 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 (including the United States Food and Drug Administration and the corresponding Governmental Authorities in Canada and the Republic of Ireland) pending against or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable likelihood 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 any of the Loan Documents or the making of the Loans thereunder.

 

(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 Company nor any of the 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 Company and the 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 comply, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

SECTION 3.08.   Investment Company Status.  Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

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be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) any Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 3.10.   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.  Any excess of the accumulated benefits under one or more Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715) over the fair market value of the assets of such Plan or Plans is in an amount that could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 3.11.   Disclosure.  The Company has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to any of them, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative 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 information so furnished), taken as a whole, 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, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Company represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

 

SECTION 3.12.   Subsidiaries.  Schedule 3.12 sets forth the name of, and the ownership interest of the Company in, each Subsidiary as of September 30, 2014 that is material or is otherwise required to be listed in connection with the Company’s Form 10-K as of such date, and identifies each such Subsidiary that is a Designated Subsidiary.  As of the Effective Date, there are no Designated Subsidiaries that are not listed on Schedule 3.12.

 

SECTION 3.13.   Insurance.  Schedule 3.13 sets forth a description of all insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date.  As of the Effective Date, all premiums in respect of such insurance have been paid to the extent due.  The Company believes that the insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Company and the Subsidiaries is adequate.

 

SECTION 3.14.   Labor Matters.  As of the Effective Date, there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against the Company or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.  The hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Company and the Subsidiaries have not been in violation in any material respect of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters.  All payments due from the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which any claim may be made against the Company or any Subsidiary, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary.  The consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound.

 

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SECTION 3.15.   Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.  (a)  The Company has implemented and will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries and their directors, officers, employees and agents with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.  None of the Company or any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary, is a Sanctioned Person.  No Borrowing will be made (A) for the purpose of funding payments to any officer or employee of a Governmental Authority, or any Person controlled by a Governmental Authority, or any political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in violation of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws or (B) for the purpose of financing the activities or transactions of or with any Sanctioned Person or in any Sanctioned Country to the extent it would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Loans, whether as lender, underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise).

 

(b)   Neither the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries is in violation of any legal requirement under the USA PATRIOT Act.

 

SECTION 3.16.   Solvency.  The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are, as of the Closing Date, upon giving effect to the Transactions, on a consolidated basis, Solvent.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Conditions

 

SECTION 4.01.   Conditions to Effectiveness.

 

This Agreement shall become effective upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)   the Administrative Agent shall have received from the Company and each other Loan Party and each Lender (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include transmission by facsimile or other electronic imaging of a signed signature page of this Amendment Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement;

 

(b)   the Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of each of (i) Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, special New York counsel for the Borrower, and (ii) Kathy H. Gaddes, Group General Counsel of the Company, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(c)   the Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of each Borrower, the authorization of the transactions contemplated hereby and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower, the Loan Documents or such transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

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(d)   the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President and Chief Executive Officer, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Company, confirming (i) the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Article III (excluding Section 3.16) in all material respects (other than any such representation and warranty that is already qualified by materiality or “Material Adverse Effect” in the text thereof, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true in all respects) and (ii) the absence of any Default giving effect to the effectiveness of the Agreement;

 

(e)   the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received all documentation and other information requested by it in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Effective Date for purposes of ensuring compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, not fewer than three Business Days prior to the Effective Date;

 

(f)   the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date in connection with this Agreement, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be reimbursed or paid by any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document.

 

SECTION 4.02.   Conditions to Funding on the Closing Date.

 

The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan in an amount equal to its Commitment hereunder on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction or waiver (in accordance with Section 11.02) of the following conditions on or after the Effective Date:

 

(a)   Effective Date.  The Effective Date shall have occurred.

 

(b)   Offer Conditions. The Offer and the Merger shall be consummated substantially concurrently with the funding of the Loans in accordance with the MWI Acquisition Agreement without giving effect to any amendments, modifications, supplements or waivers thereto or consents thereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the Offer Conditions) that are materially adverse to the Lenders or MLPFS without MLPFS’ prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), it being understood and agreed that (i) any increase in the Offer Price since January 11, 2015 shall be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders and MLPFS, unless such increase (x) does not exceed 10% in the aggregate or (y) is funded solely with equity or cash on hand of the Borrower, (ii) any decrease in the Offer Price since January 11, 2015 in excess of 10% in the aggregate shall be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders or MLPFS, (iii) any decrease in the Offer Price since January 11, 2015 of less than 10% in the aggregate shall be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders or MLPFS, unless such decrease in the Offer Price shall reduce dollar-for-dollar the commitments in respect of the Bridge Facility and (iv) any waiver or modification of the Minimum Tender Condition shall be deemed to be materially adverse to the Lenders.

 

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material respects, meet the requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all other accounting rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, as applicable, and a registration statement under such Act on Form S-3 and (ii) the Arrangers shall have received a pro forma consolidated balance sheet and related pro forma consolidated statement of income of the Borrower as of and for the twelve-month period ending on the last day of the most recently completed four-fiscal quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to clause (i) above, prepared after giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of the income statement).

 

(d)  No Target Material Adverse Effect.  Since January 11, 2015, no change or event shall have occurred that has had or would reasonably be expected to have, a Target Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e)  Borrowing Request. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request in accordance with Section 2.03.

 

(f)  Representations and Warranties. (i) The MWI Acquisition Agreement Representations shall be true and correct, except to the extent that failure of such MWI Acquisition Agreement Representations to be true and correct would not give the Borrower (or a Subsidiary) the right to terminate its (or its Affiliates’) obligations under the MWI Acquisition Agreement or result in a failure to satisfy a condition to the Borrower’s (or the Borrower’s Affiliates’) obligations to consummate the MWI Acquisition pursuant to the MWI Acquisition Agreement and (ii) the Specified Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date; provided that any such Specified Representation that is qualified by materiality or a reference to “Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct in all respects.

 

(g)  Closing Certificate.  Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate signed by the President and Chief Executive Officer, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying that each of the conditions precedent contained in Sections 4.02(b), (d) and (f) have been satisfied as of the Closing Date.

 

(h)  Solvency Certificate.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate from the chief financial officer of the Borrower in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto.

 

(i)  Fees.  Receipt by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders of any fees and expenses invoiced at least three days prior to the Closing Date and required to be paid on or before the Closing Date.

 

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 have been paid in full, the Company covenants and agrees, as to itself and its subsidiaries, with the Lenders that:

 

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SECTION 5.01.  Financial Statements and Other Information.  The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent, which will make available by means of electronic posting to each Lender:

 

(a)  as soon as available, and in any event within 95 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by independent registered public accounting firm of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification 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 and cash flows of the Company and the consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;

 

(b)  as soon as available, and in any event within 50 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, its unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter (other than in the case of the statements of cash flows) and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, in each case setting forth 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 a Financial Officer as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations and cash flows of the Company 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 certificate of a Financial Officer (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 6.11 and (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the Company’s 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;

 

(d)  promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Company or any Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange Commission or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Company to its shareholders generally, as the case may be;

 

(e)  promptly following a request therefor, any documentation or other information that a Lender reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act; and

 

(f)  promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs, assets and financial condition of the Company or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request, it being understood that the Company may require any Lender receiving such information to confirm in writing its confidentiality obligations under Section 11.12.

 

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Information required to be delivered pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of this Section shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Company posts such information on the Company’s website on the Internet at http://www.amerisourcebergen.com or at the appropriate Borrower designated website at http://www.sec.gov or http://intralinks.com.

 

The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on DebtDomain, IntraLinks, Syndtrak, ClearPar, or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities.  The Borrower hereby agrees that upon the written request of the Administrative Agent (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 11.12); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information”; and (z) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information.”

 

SECTION 5.02.  Notices of Material Events.  The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the following:

 

(a)  the occurrence of any Default;

 

(b)  the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Company or any Affiliate thereof that is reasonably likely to be adversely determined and, 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 liability of the Company and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding US$100,000,000;

 

(d)  the amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of any agreement or instrument relating to any Securitization in effect on the Effective Date to (i) add any termination event or other similar event, however denominated, or to make any existing such event more onerous to the Company, any Subsidiary or any Securitization Entity, (ii) advance the stated date on which such Securitization terminates, (iii) materially reduce the amount of such Securitization or (iv) materially reduce the advance rate of such Securitization; and

 

(e)  any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Company setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

 

SECTION 5.03.  Existence; Conduct of Business.  The Company will, and will cause each of its 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, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03.

 

SECTION 5.04.  Payment of Obligations.  The Company will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, pay its Indebtedness and other obligations, including Tax liabilities, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Company or the applicable Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, (c) such contest effectively suspends collection of the contested obligation and the enforcement of any Lien securing such obligation and (d) 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 Company will, and will cause each of the 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.

 

SECTION 5.06.  Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights.  The Company will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities.  The Company will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested, subject to such reasonable notice requirements and other procedures as shall from time to time be agreed upon by the Company and the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 5.07.  Compliance with Laws.  The Company will, and will cause each of the 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.

 

SECTION 5.08.  Use of Proceeds.  (a)  The proceeds of the Loans will be used only for the purposes set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.  No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations U and X.

 

(b)  The Borrower will not use or permit the use of the proceeds of any Borrowing (i) for the purpose of financing a payment to any Person in violation of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) for the purpose of financing any activity or transaction of or with any 

 

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Sanctioned Person or in any Sanctioned Country, or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any applicable Sanctions by any party hereto.

 

SECTION 5.09.  Senior Debt Status.  In the event that the Company or any Designated Subsidiary shall at any time issue or have outstanding any Indebtedness that by its terms is subordinated to any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary, the Company shall take or cause such Subsidiary to take all such actions as shall be necessary to cause the Obligations to constitute senior indebtedness (however denominated) in respect of such subordinated Indebtedness and to enable the Lenders to have and exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior indebtedness under the terms of such subordinated Indebtedness.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Obligations are hereby designated as “senior indebtedness” and, if relevant, as “designated senior indebtedness” in respect of all such subordinated Indebtedness and are further given all such other designations as shall be required under the terms of any such subordinated Indebtedness in order that the Lenders may have and exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior indebtedness under the terms of such subordinated indebtedness.

 

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, the Company covenants and agrees, as to itself and its subsidiaries, with the Lenders that:

 

SECTION 6.01.  Indebtedness.  The Company will not permit (x) any Subsidiary to enter into any inventory securitization transaction or to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Material Indebtedness, or (y) any Excluded Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, other than:

 

(a)  Indebtedness of a Securitization Entity under the Existing Securitization or any other Securitization;

 

(b)  Indebtedness of Subsidiaries under or with respect to the Revolving Credit Agreement or any similar revolving credit facility of the Company that refinances or otherwise replaces the Revolving Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding US$250,000,000;

 

(c)  Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that such Indebtedness shall not have been transferred or subjected to a Lien in favor of any Person other than the Company or any Subsidiary;

 

(cd)  Indebtedness of Excluded Subsidiaries (other than any Securitization Entity) in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding US$500,000,000 at any time outstanding, unless the Excluded Subsidiary incurring such Indebtedness provides a Guarantee of the Obligations satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent;

 

(de)  Guarantees of (i) the Senior Notes and any similar note issuances of the Company or (ii) the Revolving Credit Agreement or any similar revolving credit facility of the Company that refinances or otherwise replaces the Revolving Credit Agreement, but, in the case of

 

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each of clauses (i) and (ii)  above, only if such Subsidiary shall have executed and delivered a Guarantee of the Obligations satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent; and

 

(ef)  Guarantees by Foreign Subsidiaries of Material Indebtedness of other Foreign Subsidiaries.

 

SECTION 6.02.  Liens.  The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:

 

(a)  Permitted Encumbrances;

 

(b)  any Lien on any asset of the Company or any Subsidiary existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 6.02; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of the Company or any Subsidiary and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the Effective Date and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

 

(c)  any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary or existing on any asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Effective Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other assets of the Company or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

 

(d)  Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Liens secure only Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of such fixed or capital assets, including any Capital Lease Obligations or other 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 or result in an earlier maturity date or decreased weighted average life thereof, (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other assets of the Company or any Subsidiary;

 

(e)  Liens on accounts receivable and the Proceeds thereof existing or deemed to exist in connection with any Securitization permitted pursuant to Section 6.01; and

 

(f)  other Liens securing obligations not greater than US$100,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time.

 

SECTION 6.03.  Fundamental Changes.  (a)  The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into, amalgamate with or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into, amalgamate with or consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve, except that if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall

 

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have occurred and be continuing, (i) any Subsidiary may merge into the Company in a transaction in which the Company is the surviving corporation, (ii) any Subsidiary may merge into  any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Subsidiary (and if any party to such merger is a Designated Subsidiary, the surviving entity is a Designated Subsidiary), (iii) any acquisition permitted under Section 6.04 may be accomplished by a merger of one or more Subsidiaries in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Subsidiary (and if any party to such merger is a Designated Subsidiary, the surviving entity is a Designated Subsidiary) and (iv) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Company determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided that any such merger or amalgamation involving a Person that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger or amalgamation shall not be permitted unless also permitted by Section 6.04.

 

(b)  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Company and the Subsidiaries on the Effective Date and businesses reasonably related thereto or to the healthcare industry or such other business as shall have been approved by the Required Lenders.

 

SECTION 6.04.  Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions.  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, purchase or acquire (including pursuant to any merger or amalgamation with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger or amalgamation) any Equity Interests in or evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make any investment or acquire any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit, if (a) a Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a result of any such transaction and any related incurrence of Indebtedness or (b) the Company shall not be in compliance with Section 6.11 (determined on a pro forma basis as if such transaction and any related incurrence of Indebtedness had occurred on the first day of the most recent period of four fiscal quarters for which financial statements shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b)).  The foregoing provisions of this Section shall not prohibit (a) investments, loans, advances, guarantees or acquisitions made pursuant to or in connection with the Existing Securitization or any other Securitization, (b) the MWI Acquisition or (c) Permitted Investments.

 

SECTION 6.05.  Asset Sales.  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset, including any Equity Interest owned by it, nor will the Company permit any of the Subsidiaries to issue any additional Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, except:

 

(a)  sales or other dispositions of inventory, obsolete or surplus equipment in the ordinary course of business and dispositions of cash and Permitted Investments;

 

(b)  sales, transfers and dispositions to the Company or a Subsidiary; provided that any such sales, transfers or dispositions involving a Subsidiary that is not a Designated Subsidiary shall be made in compliance with Section 6.08;

 

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(d)  sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets that are not permitted by any other clause of this Section (including pursuant to sale and leaseback transactions); provided that the aggregate fair market value of all assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in reliance upon this clause (d) shall not exceed, at any time, 20% of the Consolidated Tangible Assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries, as reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) and 5.01(b), most recently prior to such sale or other disposition.

 

SECTION 6.06.  Hedging Agreements.  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, enter into any Hedging Agreement, other than Hedging Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Company or any Subsidiary is exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities and not for any speculative purpose.

 

SECTION 6.07.  Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness.  (a)  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment if a Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a result of making such Restricted Payment and any related incurrence of Indebtedness; provided that (i) Subsidiaries may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their Equity Interests and (ii) the Company may pay any cash dividend declared by it not more than 60 days prior to such payment if the payment of such dividend on the date on which it was declared would have been permitted under this paragraph.

 

(b)  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, make or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness, or any payment or other 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 Indebtedness, if a Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a result of making such payment and any related incurrence of Indebtedness; provided that the Company or any Subsidiary may (i) pay Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents, (ii) make voluntary prepayments of principal in respect of the Bridge Facility and (iii) make regularly scheduled interest payments and scheduled or mandatory principal payments as and when due in respect of any Indebtedness.

 

SECTION 6.08.  Transactions with Affiliates.  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any material amount of assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any material amount of assets from, or otherwise engage in any other material transactions with, any Affiliate of the Company or such Subsidiary, except (a) transactions that are at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or among the Company and the Designated Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate, (c) transactions between the Company or any Subsidiary and any Securitization Entity pursuant to any Securitization and (d) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.07.

 

SECTION 6.09.  Restrictive Agreements.  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of any Domestic Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its capital stock or to make or repay loans or advances to the Company or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Company or any other Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing

 

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shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by any Loan Document or by any agreement, document or instrument relating to any Securitization or any indenture, agreement or instrument evidencing or governing Indebtedness, in each case, as in effect on the Effective Date or as modified in accordance herewith, or relating to the Existing Securitization as modified in  accordance herewith, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the Effective Date identified on Schedule 6.09 (but shall apply to any amendment or modification expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition), (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary or assets pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary or assets that are to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, and (iv) the Company and any Subsidiary may enter into agreements limiting Guarantees by Subsidiaries, provided that any such agreements do not prohibit or limit the amount of or impair the Guarantees issued or required to be issued in connection with this Agreement.

 

SECTION 6.10.  Material Documents.  The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, amend, modify or waive in any manner that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Lenders in any material respect any of its rights under (a) any indenture, material agreement or material instrument evidencing or governing Indebtedness or (b) its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents.

 

SECTION 6.11.  Leverage Ratio.  The Company will not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter to exceed 3.00 to 1.00.

 

SECTION 6.12.  Fiscal Quarters.  The Company will not change, and will not permit any Subsidiary to change, (a) the fiscal year end of the Company or any Subsidiary to any date other than September 30 (or December 31 with respect to PharMEDium Healthcare Holdings, Inc. and its Subsidiaries) or (b) the fiscal quarter ends of the Company or any Subsidiary to any date other than March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31.

 

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 when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;

 

(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 or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;

 

(c)  any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or any report, certificate, financial statement 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 incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;

 

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(d)  the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to the existence of the Borrower), 5.06, 5.08 or 5.09 or in Article VI;

 

(e)  any Loan Party 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 Administrative Agent to the Company (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender);

 

(f)  the Company or any 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 prior to the expiration of any grace period applicable to such payment;

 

(g)  any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits 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, or there shall occur any default, event of default, event of termination or other event that results in, or entitles any person other than the Company or a Subsidiary to cause, the acceleration of any Indebtedness, or the termination of the purchase of accounts receivable, under any Securitization; 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 Significant 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 Significant Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, 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;

 

(i)  the Borrower or any Significant 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 Significant 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;

 

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(k)  one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of US$100,000,000 which is not paid or fully covered by insurance shall be rendered against the Borrower, any Significant Subsidiary, any Designated 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 Significant Subsidiary or any Designated Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

 

(l)  an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower, the Significant Subsidiaries and the Designated Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding US$100,000,000;

 

(m)  any Guarantee under any Loan Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company or the applicable Designated Subsidiary;

 

(n)  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 Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Company, commencing from and after the Closing Date declare the Loans 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 all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the principal of the Loans, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The Administrative Agent

 

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and neither the Company nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions.  It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable

 

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law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

 

The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity.  Such Person and its Affiliates may  accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, 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 such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

 

The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

 

(a)  shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

(b)  shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and power expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and

 

(c)  except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Company, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

 

The Administrative 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 Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment).  The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “Notice of Default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Company or a Lender.

 

The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the

 

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sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, 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, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper  Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof).  The Administrative Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof.  The Administrative 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 Administrative Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

 

The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Company.  Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders (in the case of a resignation by the Administrative Agent) shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (except during the existence of an Event of Default) to the approval of the Company.  If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank, that is reasonably acceptable to the Company.  Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.  With effect from the Resignation Effective Date (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (2) except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested

 

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with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder.  The fees payable by the Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor.  After an Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative 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 Administrative Agent.

 

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

Each Lender, by becoming a party to this Agreement, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Effective Date.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Arranger nor any Person named on the cover page of this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or a Documentation Agent shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder.

 

In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise

 

(a)           to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent under Section 11.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b)           to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the

 

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making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Section 11.03.

 

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender to  authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or in any such proceeding.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

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ARTICLE X

 

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ARTICLE XI

 

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 11.01.  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 or sent by fax, as follows:

 

(i)                                     if to the Company, to it at 1300 Morris Drive, Suite 100, Chesterbrook, PA 19087, Attention of J.F. Quinn (Fax No. (610) 727-3639), with a copy to the Company, Attention of General Counsel;

 

(ii)                                  if to the Administrative Agent, (A) for payments and requests for borrowings, to it at Bank of America, N.A., 101 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255, Attention of Libby Russell (Fax No. (704) 409-0004) and (B) for other notices, to it at Bank of America, N.A., Agency Management, 555 California Street, Mail Code: CA5-705-04-09, San Francisco, CA 94104, Attention of Kevin Ahart (Fax No. (415) 503-5000);

 

(iii)                               if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

 

(b)  Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by fax shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient); and notices and other

 

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communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (c) below shall be effective as provided in such paragraph.

 

(c)  Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices under Article II to any Lender if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.  The Administrative 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.

 

(d)  Any party hereto may change its address or fax number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

 

(e)  THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”  THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS.  NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM.  In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials or notices through the Platform, any other electronic platform or electronic messaging service, or through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

 

(f)  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof.  The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to such Person, be available to the extent that such losses, costs, expenses and liabilities are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person (or the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person’s controlled affiliates, officers, directors or employees).  All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

 

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SECTION 11.02.  Waivers; Amendments.  (a)  No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of 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 Administrative 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 any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Borrower shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with the last paragraph of Article VII for the benefit of all the Lenders; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 11.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.18) or (c) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to the Borrower under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the last paragraph of Article VII and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), and (c) the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.18, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.

 

(b)                 None of this Agreement, any Loan Document or 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 Company and the Required Lenders and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent or, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase any Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan 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 maturity of any Loan or any date for the payment of any principal, interest or 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 2.18(b) or 2.18(c) 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 percentage set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, or (vi)  release any

 

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Subsidiary from its Guarantee under any guarantee agreement entered into pursuant to Section 6.01 (except as expressly provided in this Agreement), or limit the liability of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any such Guarantee, 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 Administrative Agent without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) any provision of this Agreement may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Company, the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent if (1) by the terms of such agreement the Commitments of each Lender not consenting to the amendment provided for therein shall terminate upon the effectiveness of such amendment and (2) at the time such amendment becomes effective, each Lender not consenting thereto receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan made by it and all other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement and (B) any amendment of the definition of the term “Applicable  Rate” pursuant to the last sentence of such definition shall require only the written consent of the Company and the Required Lenders.

 

SECTION 11.03.  Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.  (a)  The Company shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their Affiliates, in connection with the structuring, arrangement and syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of the Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Arranger or Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any outside counsel for the Administrative Agent or such Arranger or Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.

 

(b)  The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Arranger, 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, penalties, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel for all Indemnitees, taken as a whole, and, if necessary, one firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and one firm of regulatory counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions), in each case for the Indemnitees, taken as a whole, and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest (as reasonably determined by an indemnified party), one additional firm of counsel in each relevant jurisdiction for the affected Indemnitees similarly situated, taken as a whole, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the structuring, arrangement and syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, (ii) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (iv) any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or (v) 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 initiated by any Indemnitee, any party hereto or a third party or 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, penalties, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable

 

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judgment to have resulted from (A) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, (B) any material breach by such Indemnitee of its obligations under the Loan Documents or (C) any dispute solely between or among Indemnitees (not arising as a result of any act or omission by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates), other than claims against any Lender in its capacity as, or in fulfilling its role as, the Administrative Agent, an Arranger or any similar role under the Loan Documents.

 

(c)  To the extent that the Company fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of the foregoing, under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or such sub-agent) or against any Related Party of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity.  For purposes of this paragraph, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the aggregate outstanding Loans and unused Commitments at the time (or most recently outstanding and in effect).

 

(d)  To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee (i) for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet), or (ii) 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 the use of the proceeds thereof.

 

(e)  All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.

 

SECTION 11.04.  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 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).  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (f) of this Section), the Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agents and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the sub-agents of the Administrative Agent and the Related Parties of any of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agents and any Lender) 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, (A) prior to the Closing Date, any Lender may assign its Commitments hereunder to one or more prospective Lenders (X) that are approved by the Company in writing as to the identity of the assignee and the amount of such assignment (such approval not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), or (Y) that are lenders under the Revolving Credit Agreement or have otherwise been expressly identified to the Company in writing on or prior to January 11, 2015 (each, a “Permitted Assignee”); provided that the amount of any such assignment to a Permitted Assignee described in clause (Y) above shall also

 

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be subject to the approval of the Company (such approval not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (it being understood that Company shall be deemed to have approved the amount of any such assignment that does not exceed such Permitted Assignee’s invitation level as agreed by the Company and MLPFS prior to January 11, 2015) and (B) from and after the Closing Date, each Lender will be permitted to assign Loans hereunder to any Eligible Assignee with the prior written consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld, and such consent not to be required (X) during the continuance of an Event of Default or (Y) in connection with an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund) provided that the Company shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment if it should have failed to respond to a request for consent within five Business Days after having received notice thereof.  All assignments shall require the consent of the Administrative Agent.

 

(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 any Commitment or Loan (as applicable) of the assigning Lender, the amount of each Commitment or Loan (as applicable) of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than US$5,000,000 unless each of the Company and the Administrative Agent shall otherwise consent; provided that no such consent of the Company shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

(B)                               each partial assignment of a Commitment or Loan (as applicable) shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations;

 

(C)                               the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of US$3,500; such fee may be waived by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion; and

 

(D)                               the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its Related Parties or its securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal, state and foreign securities laws.

 

(c)  Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 11.03).  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or

 

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obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph 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 (f) of this Section.

 

(d)  The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in Charlotte, North Carolina a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may 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 and the Lenders at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(e)  Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an 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 Administrative 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.

 

(f)  Any Lender may, without the consent of the Company, the Administrative Agent, or any other Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (each a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments or its Loans; provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce the Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 11.02(b)  that affects such Participant.  The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, and 2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.17(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.17(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 Sections 2.18 and 2.19 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 2.15 and 2.17, 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 11.08 as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the

 

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name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan 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 Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

(g)  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 11.05.  Survival.  All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.  The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 11.03 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 11.06.  Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or to the Arrangers and their Affiliates and any provisions in any commitment letter executed and delivered by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby that by the express terms of such commitment letter survive the execution or effectiveness of this Agreement constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.  This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 11.07.  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 11.08.  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 Company against any of and all the obligations of the Company in its capacity as the Borrower, irrespective of whether or not 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.

 

SECTION 11.09.  Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.  (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York; provided, however, that (a) the interpretation of the definition of “Target Material Adverse Effect” (and whether or not a “Target Material Adverse Effect” has occurred for purposes of Section 4.02(d)), (b) the determination of the accuracy of any MWI Acquisition Agreement Representations and whether as a result of any inaccuracy of any MWI Acquisition Agreement Representation there has been a failure of a condition precedent to the Company’s (or a Subsidiary’s) obligation to consummate the MWI Acquisition or such failure gives you the right to terminate the Company’s (or a Subsidiary’s) obligations (or to refuse to consummate the MWI Acquisition) under the MWI Acquisition Agreement for purposes of Section 4.02(f) and (c) the determination of whether the MWI Acquisition has been consummated in accordance with the terms of the MWI Acquisition Agreement for purposes of Section 4.02(b) shall, in each case, be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

(b)  The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County 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 any Loan Document, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

(c)  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 any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section.  Each of the parties

 

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hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(d)  Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 11.01.  Nothing in the Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

SECTION 11.10.  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, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER 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 AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

SECTION 11.11.  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 shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

SECTION 11.12.  Confidentiality.  The Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), and will not use such confidential Information for any purpose or in any manner except in connection with this Agreement, except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any governmental, supervisory or regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it or its Affiliates (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) (it being understood that, other than in the case of any request by any bank regulatory authority exercising examination or audit authority, it will to the extent reasonably practicable provide the Company with an opportunity to request confidential treatment from such authority), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Company or any Subsidiary and its obligations, (g) with the written consent of the Company, (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or any other confidentiality agreement to which it is party with the Company or any Subsidiary or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or such Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company or (i) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with the rating of the Company or its Subsidiaries or this

 

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Agreement or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to this Agreement.  For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all confidential information received from the Company relating to the Company or its businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company.  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.

 

SECTION 11.13.  Interest Rate Limitation.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any extension of credit hereunder, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such extension of credit under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender that made such extension of credit in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such extension of credit hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such extension of credit but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other extensions of credit or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

 

SECTION 11.14.  USA PATRIOT Act.  Each Lender 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 11.15.  Non-Public Information.  (a)  Each Lender acknowledges that all information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement by the Company or on its behalf and relating to the Company, the Subsidiaries or their businesses may include material non-public information concerning the Company and the Subsidiaries or their securities, and confirms that it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and that it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with the procedures and applicable law, including Federal, state and foreign securities laws.

 

(b)  All such information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Company or the Administrative Agent pursuant to, or in the course of administering, this Agreement will be syndicate-level information, which may contain material non-public information about the Company and the Subsidiaries and their securities.  Accordingly, each Lender represents to the Company and the Administrative Agent that it has identified in its Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including Federal, state and foreign securities laws.

 

SECTION 11.16.  No Fiduciary Duty.  The Company agrees that in connection with all aspects of the Transactions and any communications in connection therewith, the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or 

 

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otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such Transactions or communications.

 

SECTION 11.17.  Electronic Execution of Assignments.  The words “execution,” “execute”, “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Assumptions, amendments or other borrowing requests, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it.

 

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