Document:

Exhibit 4.1

 

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

This THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, is entered into as of June 8, 2018 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), among KLX Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),  the guarantors party thereto (the “Guarantors”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended or supplemented from time to time prior to the date of this Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), dated as of December 8, 2014, providing for the issuance of the Company’s 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Indenture, the Company solicited and received consents (the “Consent Solicitation”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Company’s Consent Solicitation Statement dated May 30, 2018 (as amended and supplemented as of the date of this Supplemental Indenture, the “Consent Solicitation Statement”), of Holders representing a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes (the “Requisite Consent”) to amend the Indenture as contemplated by this Supplemental Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend certain terms and provisions of the Indenture, as set forth in Articles 1 and 2 of this Supplemental Indenture (the “Proposed Amendments”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company has delivered to the Trustee, pursuant to Sections 1.3, 8.2 and 8.3 of the Indenture, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the execution of the Supplemental Indenture have been complied with and that the execution of this Supplemental Indenture is authorized or permitted by the Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, Section 8.4 of the Indenture provides that upon execution of a supplemental indenture, the Indenture shall be modified therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound thereby;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Consent Solicitation, Holders that have delivered a valid unrevoked consent on a timely basis are entitled to receive a consent payment (the “Consent Payment”) with respect to the Notes in respect of which they have validly consented, payable promptly after the Expiration Date if all conditions to the Consent Solicitation, including, without limitation, the receipt of the Requisite Consent and the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, are satisfied or waived; and

 

WHEREAS, all acts and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Guarantors have been completed, subject to certain terms, conditions and limitations as provided herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

 

Section 1.1            New Definitions.

 

The following definitions shall be added to the Indenture:

 

“KLX Energy Services Distribution Agreement” means the Distribution Agreement between the Company and KLX Energy Services, to be dated on or prior to the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Date.

 

“KLX Energy Services Distribution Documents” means the KLX Energy Services Distribution

 

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Agreement, the KLX Energy Services Employee Matters Agreement, the KLX Energy Services Transition Services Agreement, and the KLX Energy Services IP Matters Agreement, in each case, substantially as described in the Company’s Form 8-K (filed on May 1, 2018) in all material respects and any other instruments, assignments, documents and agreements executed in connection with implementation of the transactions contemplated by any of the foregoing.

 

“KLX Energy Services Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement between the Company and KLX Energy Services, to be dated on or prior to the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Date.

 

“KLX Energy Services IP Matters Agreement” means the IP Matters Agreement between the Company and KLX Energy Services, to be dated on or prior to the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Date.

 

“KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Date” means the date on which the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Transaction is consummated.

 

“KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Transaction” means, collectively, (i) the contribution or transfer by the Company of its Energy Services Group business to a new wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company (“KLX Energy Services”), (ii) the distribution of all of the shares of KLX Energy Services’s common stock on a pro rata basis to the holders of the Company’s common stock, (iii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by and the exercise or performance by the parties thereto of their rights and obligations under the KLX Energy Services Distribution Documents and (iv) the contribution by the Company of $50 million in cash to KLX Energy Services, in each case including all related transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses payable in connection with the foregoing.

 

“KLX Energy Services Transition Services Agreement” means the Transition Services Agreement between the Company and KLX Energy Services, to be dated on or prior to the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Date.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

Section 2.1            Amendments to Certain Sections of the Indenture.

 

(a)           Section 4.16 of the Indenture shall be amended by adding the following underlined text:

 

Section 4.16.        Effect on the Transactions or the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Transaction.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no provision of this Indenture shall prevent the completion of any of the Transactions or the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Transaction, nor shall the Transactions or the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Transaction give rise to any Default or impair or reduce the availability or constitute the utilization of any basket or other exceptions (other than any such baskets or other exceptions that expressly refer to the Transactions or the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Transaction) in the covenants under this Indenture or the Notes.

 

(b)           Section 7.3 of the Indenture shall be amended by adding the following underlined text:

 

Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, each of the Spin-Off Transaction and the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Transaction is permitted under this Indenture.

 

(c)           Section 9.9 of the Indenture (Limitation on Restricted Payments) shall be amended by adding the following underlined text:

 

(13)                          Restricted Payments that are made in connection with or related to the Spin-Off Transaction or the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Transaction.

 

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(d)           Section 9.11 of the Indenture (Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates) shall be amended by adding the following underlined text:

 

(3)                                 any agreement as in effect as of the Spin-Off Date (including the Separation and Distribution Documents) or the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Date (including the KLX Energy Services Distribution Documents) or any amendment thereto or any transaction contemplated thereby (including pursuant to any amendment thereto) or in any replacement agreement thereto so long as any such amendment or replacement agreement is, as determined by the Company, not more materially disadvantageous to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary when taken as a whole than (1) with respect to the Spin-Off Transactions, the original agreement as in effect on the Spin-Off Date or as described in the Offering Memorandum or (2) with respect to the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Transaction, the original agreement as in effect on the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Date;

 

(10)                          any transaction related to or in connection with the Transactions or the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Transaction.

 

(e)           Section 9.13 of the Indenture (Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries) shall be amended by adding the following underlined text:

 

(5)                                 the Credit Agreement or any agreement or instrument (A) (x) in effect at or entered into on the Issue Date or (y) created, incurred, assumed or suffered to exist on the Spin-Off Date or the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Date in connection with the Transactions or the KLX Energy Services Spin-Off Transaction or (B) governing Indebtedness, provided that in the case of clause (B) (x) such Indebtedness is permitted under this Indenture and (y) the Company has determined in good faith at the time of incurrence that such encumbrance or restriction will not adversely affect in any material respect the Company’s ability to make principal or interest payments on the Notes as and when due.

 

Except as expressly set forth herein, the terms, provisions and conditions of the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect and in all other respects are hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

Section 3.1            Instruments To Be Read Together

 

This Supplemental Indenture is executed as and shall constitute an indenture supplemental to and in implementation of the Indenture, and said Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall henceforth be read together.

 

Section 3.2            Confirmation

 

The Indenture as amended and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture is in all respects confirmed and preserved.

 

Section 3.3            Terms Defined

 

Capitalized terms used in this Supplemental Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.

 

Section 3.4            Parties

 

Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.

 

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Section 3.5            Governing Law

 

THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 3.6            Severability Clause

 

In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.

 

Section 3.7           Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture

 

Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. Any reference in the Indenture to the Indenture, “hereof” or other words of like import shall be to Indenture as so supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby and entitled to the rights created hereunder. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or with respect to the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the other parties hereto.

 

Section 3.8            Counterparts

 

The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

Section 3.9            Headings

 

The headings of the Articles and the sections in this Supplemental Indenture are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.

 

Section 3.10          Effectiveness

 

This Supplemental Indenture will become legally effective and operative immediately upon its execution by the parties hereto in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8.2 and 8.4 of the Indenture, after which this Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes and each Holder shall be bound thereby. This Supplemental Indenture will become inoperative if the Consent Payment is not made promptly after the Expiration Date in accordance with the terms hereof. The Company shall provide written notice (which may be by e-mail) to the Trustee of the payment of the Consent Payment.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first written above.

 

	
 
    	
KLX   INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   Michael F. Senft
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Michael   F. Senft
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President and Chief Financial Officer
    

 

[Signature page to the Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

	
 
    	
GUARANTORS:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
HERNDON   AEROSPACE & DEFENSE, LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   Peter Harris
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   Peter Harris
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   President
    

 

	
 
    	
KLX   AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS DEFENSE LLC (f/k/a HERNDON PRODUCTS, LLC)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   Peter Harris
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   Peter Harris
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   President
    

 

	
 
    	
POLYTRADE   HOLDING CORP.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   Peter Harris
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   Peter Harris
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   President
    

 

	
 
    	
POLYGON   AEROSPACE, LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   Peter Harris
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   Peter Harris
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   President
    

 

	
 
    	
HERNDON   PRODUCTS HOLDING CORP.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   Peter Harris
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   Peter Harris
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   President
    

 

	
 
    	
KLX   ENERGY SERVICES LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   Michael F. Senft
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   Michael F. Senft
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Vice President
    

 

[Signature page to the Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

	
 
    	
WILMINGTON   TRUST, 
   NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
   solely in its capacity as Trustee
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Shawn Goffinet
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   Shawn Goffinet
    

 

[Signature page to the Supplemental Indenture]Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT, dated as of June 8, 2018 (this “Amendment”), is among KLX INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and the lenders party hereto, and amends that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2015, among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the lenders party thereto from time to time and the other parties thereto (the “Existing Credit Agreement”, as amended by this Amendment and as further amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). Terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Existing Credit Agreement.

 

ARTICLE I. AMENDMENT. The Existing Credit Agreement is, effective as of the Amendment Closing Date (as defined below), hereby 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 Existing Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto.

 

Furthermore, the parties hereto agree that (a) no earlier than 15 days prior to the completion of the ESG Spin-Off (as defined in Exhibit A), the Company may capitalize KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (“ESG Spin Co.”), a wholly owned, direct subsidiary of the Company, (i) by transferring to ESG Spin Co. all of the outstanding membership interests issued by KLX Energy Services LLC and (ii) by making a cash contribution to the capital of ESG Spin Co. in an amount equal to $50,000,000 (subject to true-up adjustment) (collectively, the “Capitalization Transaction”), in each case, without ESG Spin Co., or any shares of capital stock issued by ESG Spin Co. or any property owned by ESG Spin Co., being subject to the requirements of Section 8.10 of the Credit Agreement, and (b) any Collateral or Subsidiary Guarantor that ceases to be owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries as a result of the ESG Spin-Off (as defined in Exhibit A) shall be automatically released from the Liens securing the Obligations and the guaranty thereof pursuant to the Guaranty, respectively, upon the occurrence of the Amendment Closing Date, and the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent are each hereby authorized to acknowledge, file, execute and/or deliver any releases, instruments, certificates or any other documents and take any other actions as they may determine in their discretion are necessary or advisable to evidence the forgoing or effect the intent of the foregoing, with the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent entitled to rely conclusively on a certificate confirming the Amendment Closing Date and such automatic release provided to it by the Company upon its reasonable request without any further inquiry.

 

ARTICLE II. REPRESENTATIONS. The Company makes the representations in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement and confirms that such representations, to the extent already qualified by materiality, are true and correct in all respects, and, if not so already qualified, are true and correct in all material respects, in any case on and as of the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below) as if made on and as of such date (unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date). Additionally, the Company represents and warrants that immediately before and after giving effect to this Amendment on the Amendment Effective Date, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

ARTICLE III. CONDITIONS TO AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE DATE. This Amendment (other than the amendments and other modifications set forth in Article I, except that the modifications relating to the Capitalization Transaction shall become effective on the date hereof) shall initially become effective on the first date (the “Amendment Effective Date”) on which each of the following conditions have been satisfied:

 

 

3.1                                      This Amendment is duly executed and delivered by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.

 

3.2                                      (a) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately before and after giving effect to this Amendment on the Amendment Effective Date and (b) the representations in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement, to the extent already qualified by materiality, are true and correct in all respects, and, if not so already qualified, are true and correct in all material respects, in any case on and as of the Amendment Effective Date as if made on and as of such date (unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

3.3                                      The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Amendment Effective Date and signed by a responsible officer of the Company, confirming the matters specified in Section 3.2.

 

3.4                                      The Administrative Agent shall have received, for the benefit of each Lender that has provided its signature hereto to the Administrative Agent no later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 31, 2018, an amendment fee in an amount equal to 0.025% of the amount of such Lender’s Commitment on the Amendment Effective Date (immediately after giving effect to the reduction thereof pursuant to Section 3.6 below, e.g. based on $650.0 million of aggregate outstanding Commitments).

 

3.5                                      The Administrative Agent shall have received, for the account of the applicable Person, (a) any fees owing from the Company in respect of this Amendment as separately agreed in writing by the Company and (b) reimbursement or payment of all the Administrative Agent’s reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) incurred in connection with this Amendment.

 

3.6                                      The Company shall have reduced the aggregate amount of the Commitments to an amount not greater than $650.0 million pursuant to Section 5.4(a) of the Existing Credit Agreement. The Required Lenders hereby agree to modify the prior notice period for delivery by the Company of a notice reducing such Commitments for purposes of this Section 3.6, so that such notice can be delivered on the Amendment Effective Date.

 

ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS TO AMENDMENT CLOSING DATE. The amendments and other modifications set forth in Article I of this Amendment (other than the modifications relating to the Capitalization Transaction set forth in Article I) shall become effective on the first date (the “Amendment Closing Date”) on which each of the following conditions have been satisfied:

 

4.1              The Amendment Effective Date shall have occurred.

 

4.2                 The ESG Spin-Off shall have been consummated or shall be, substantially contemporaneously with the occurrence of the Amendment Closing Date, consummated in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement (as defined in Exhibit A hereto), without giving effect to any modifications, amendments, waivers or consents to such terms that are materially adverse to the interest of the Lenders.

 

4.3                      The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Amendment Closing Date and signed by a responsible officer of the Company, confirming the matters specified in Section 4.2.

 

4.4                The Administrative Agent shall have received a completed Borrowing Base Certificate, dated the Amendment Closing Date and setting forth the Borrowing Base as of the last date as of which a Borrowing Base Certificate was required to be delivered under the Existing Credit Agreement on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the ESG Spin-Off, which such certificate shall demonstrate that, after giving effect to the ESG Spin-Off as of such last date, the aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings do not

 

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exceed the Line Cap (including, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to the reduction in the Commitments pursuant to Section 3.6, and after giving effect to any repayments of Loans or Cash Collateralization of Revolving L/C Obligations on the Amendment Closing Date).

 

ARTICLE V. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

5.1                                      On and after the date hereof, references in the Credit Agreement or in any other Credit Document to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and as further amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time. This Amendment shall constitute a Credit Document.

 

5.2                                      Nothing in this Amendment shall be deemed to be a novation of any Obligations. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Company agrees that the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents are ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms. Except as expressly set forth herein, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Credit Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Credit Documents. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Company to any future consent to, or waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document in similar or different circumstances.

 

5.3                                      This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy or electronic mail message shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

5.4                                      This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

 

5.5                                      If any provision of this Amendment is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (i) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Amendment shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) the parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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

 

	
 
    	
KLX INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Michael F. Senft
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Michael   F. Senft
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President & Chief Financial Officer
    

 

KLX Amendment

 

 

	
 
    	
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,   N.A., as Administrative   Agent
    
	
 
    	
and as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Cristina Caviness
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Cristina   Caviness
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice President
    

 

KLX Amendment

 

 

	
 
    	
CITIBANK, N.A., as a   Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ David   L. Smith
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
David L.   Smith
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice President   and Director
    

 

KLX Amendment

 

 

	
 
    	
GOLDMAN   SACHS BANK USA., as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Chris   Lam
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Chris Lam
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Authorized   Signatory
    

 

KLX Amendment

 

 

	
 
    	
WELLS FARGO BANK,   NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Moses   Harris
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Moses   Harris
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Authorized   Signatory
    

 

KLX Amendment

 

 

	
 
    	
ROYAL   BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Sinan   Tarlan
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Sinan   Tarlan
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Authorized   Signatory
    

 

KLX Amendment

 

 

	
 
    	
SunTrust Bank, as a   Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Bryan Van Horn
    
	
 
    	
Name: Bryan Van Horn
    
	
 
    	
Title: VP
    

 

KLX Amendment

 

 

	
 
    	
CREDIT SUISSE AG,   CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
   as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Judith E. Smith
    
	
 
    	
Name: Judith E. Smith
    
	
 
    	
Title: Authorized   Signatory
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Szymon Ordys
    
	
 
    	
Name: Szymon Ordys
    
	
 
    	
Title: Authorized   Signatory
    
				

 

KLX Amendment

 

 

	
 
    	
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a   Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Jake Lam
    
	
 
    	
Name: Jake Lam
    
	
 
    	
Title: Assistant Vice   President
    

 

KLX Amendment

 

 

	
 
    	
Deutsche Bank AG New York   Branch, as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Alicia Schug
    
	
 
    	
Name: Alicia Schug
    
	
 
    	
Title: Vice President
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Marguerite Sutton
    
	
 
    	
Name: Marguerite Sutton
    
	
 
    	
Title: Vice President
    
				

 

KLX Amendment

 

 

	
 
    	
PNC Bank, National   Association, as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ James Cullen
    
	
 
    	
Name: James Cullen
    
	
 
    	
Title: Vice President
    

 

KLX Amendment

 

 

	
 
    	
Santander Bank, N.A., as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Geoff O’Malley
    
	
 
    	
Name: Geoff O’Malley
    
	
 
    	
Title: Executive   Director
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Philippe Sandmeier
    
	
 
    	
Name: Philippe   Sandmeier
    
	
 
    	
Title: Managing   Director
    
				

 

KLX Amendment

 

 

	
 
    	
TD Bank, N. A., as a   Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Jeffrey Saperstein
    
	
 
    	
Name: Jeffrey   Saperstein
    
	
 
    	
Title: Vice President
    

 

KLX Amendment

 

 

	
 
    	
Capital One Business   Credit Corp. as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Jose L. Gutierrez
    
	
 
    	
Name: Jose L. Gutierrez
    
	
 
    	
Title: Director
    

 

KLX Amendment

 

 

	
 
    	
U.S. BANK NATIONAL   ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Christopher D.   Fudge
    
	
 
    	
Name: Christopher D. Fudge
    
	
 
    	
Title: Vice President
    

 

KLX Amendment

 

 

Exhibit A

 

[Redline Credit Agreement Attached]

 

 

EXECUTION VERSION
  MARKED VERSION REFLECTING CHANGES
 PURSUANT TO AMENDMENT DATED JUNE 8, 2018
 ADDED TEXT SHOWN UNDERSCORED

DELETED TEXT SHOWN STRIKETHROUGH

 

Dated as of May 19, 2015

 

KLX INC.

 

CERTAIN LENDERS

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent and U.S. Collateral Agent

 

J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED,

as European Collateral Agent

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK, USA,

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, and

SUNTRUST BANK

as Syndication Agents

 

and

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

SANTANDER BANK, N.A., and

TD BANK, N.A.

as Documentation Agents

 

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK, USA,

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,

SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, and

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

as Joint Lead Arrangers and as Joint Bookrunners

 

	
 
    	
AMENDED   AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
    	
 
    

 

 

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Definitions
    	
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1.1
    	
UCC   Definitions
    	
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Defined   Terms
    	
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Amount   and Terms of Revolving Credit Commitments
    	
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2.1
    	
Revolving   Credit Commitments
    	
4445
    
	
 
    	
2.2
    	
Proceeds   of Revolving Credit Loans
    	
4546
    
	
 
    	
2.3
    	
Issuance   of Letters of Credit
    	
4546
    
	
 
    	
2.4
    	
Participating   Interests
    	
4647
    
	
 
    	
2.5
    	
Procedure   for Opening Letters of Credit
    	
4648
    
	
 
    	
2.6
    	
Payments   in Respect of Letters of Credit
    	
4748
    
	
 
    	
2.7
    	
Swing   Line Commitment
    	
4849
    
	
 
    	
2.8
    	
Participations
    	
4950
    
	
 
    	
2.9
    	
Protective   Advances
    	
4950
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.
    	
Amount   and Terms of Incremental Loans; Extension of Revolving Credit Termination   Date
    	
5051
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
3.1
    	
Requests   for Incremental Loans
    	
5051
    
	
 
    	
3.2
    	
Ranking   and Other Provisions
    	
5152
    
	
 
    	
3.3
    	
Notices;   Lender Elections
    	
5152
    
	
 
    	
3.4
    	
Incremental   Facility Amendment
    	
5152
    
	
 
    	
3.5
    	
Effective   Date and Allocations
    	
5253
    
	
 
    	
3.6
    	
Conditions   to Effectiveness of Increase
    	
5253
    
	
 
    	
3.7
    	
Effect   of Incremental Facility Amendment
    	
53
    
	
 
    	
3.8
    	
Revolving   Credit Commitment Increases
    	
5354
    
	
 
    	
3.9
    	
Conflicting   Provisions
    	
5354
    
	
 
    	
3.10
    	
Extension   of Existing Revolving Credit Termination Date
    	
5354
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
4.
    	
[RESERVED]
    	
5657
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.
    	
General   Provisions Applicable to Loans and Letters of Credit
    	
 5657
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
5.1
    	
Procedure   for Borrowing by the Company
    	
5657
    
	
 
    	
5.2
    	
Repayment   of Loans; Evidence of Debt
    	
5758
    
	
 
    	
5.3
    	
Conversion   and Continuation Options
    	
58
    
	
 
    	
5.4
    	
Changes   of Commitment Amounts
    	
59
    

 

 

	
 
    	
5.5
    	
Optional   Prepayments 
    	
5960
    
	
 
    	
5.6
    	
Mandatory   Prepayments
    	
60
    
	
 
    	
5.7
    	
Interest   Rates and Payment Dates
    	
6061
    
	
 
    	
5.8
    	
Computation   of Interest and Fees
    	
61
    
	
 
    	
5.9
    	
Commitment   Fees 
    	
6162
    
	
 
    	
5.10
    	
Certain   Fees
    	
62
    
	
 
    	
5.11
    	
Letter   of Credit Fees
    	
62
    
	
 
    	
5.12
    	
Letter   of Credit Reserves 
    	
6263
    
	
 
    	
5.13
    	
Further   Assurances
    	
6364
    
	
 
    	
5.14
    	
Obligations   Absolute 
    	
6364
    
	
 
    	
5.15
    	
Assignments   
    	
6465
    
	
 
    	
5.16
    	
Participations
    	
6465
    
	
 
    	
5.17
    	
Inability   to Determine Interest Rate for Eurodollar Loans 
    	
 6465
    
	
 
    	
5.18
    	
Pro   Rata Treatment and Payments 
    	
6566
    
	
 
    	
5.19
    	
Illegality   
    	
6768
    
	
 
    	
5.20
    	
Requirements   of Law
    	
68
    
	
 
    	
5.21
    	
Indemnity   
    	
6970
    
	
 
    	
5.22
    	
Replacement   of Lenders
    	
70
    
	
 
    	
5.23
    	
Taxes   
    	
7071
    
	
 
    	
5.24
    	
Defaulting   Lenders
    	
75
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.
    	
Representations   and Warranties
    	
77
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
6.1
    	
Corporate   Existence; Compliance with Law
    	
77
    
	
 
    	
6.2
    	
Corporate   Power; Authorization 
    	
7778
    
	
 
    	
6.3
    	
Enforceable   Obligations
    	
78
    
	
 
    	
6.4
    	
No   Conflict With Law or Contractual Obligations
    	
78
    
	
 
    	
6.5
    	
No   Material Litigation
    	
78
    
	
 
    	
6.6
    	
Borrowing   Base Certificate
    	
7879
    
	
 
    	
6.7
    	
Investment   Company Act
    	
79
    
	
 
    	
6.8
    	
Federal   Reserve Regulations
    	
79
    
	
 
    	
6.9
    	
No   Default
    	
79
    
	
 
    	
6.10
    	
Taxes
    	
79
    
	
 
    	
6.11
    	
Subsidiaries
    	
80
    
	
 
    	
6.12
    	
Ownership   of Property; Liens
    	
80
    
	
 
    	
6.13
    	
ERISA
    	
80
    

 

ii

 

	
 
    	
6.14
    	
Environmental   Matters
    	
80
    
	
 
    	
6.15
    	
Accuracy   and Completeness of Financial Statements
    	
81
    
	
 
    	
6.16
    	
Absence   of Undisclosed Liabilities 
    	
8182
    
	
 
    	
6.17
    	
No   Material Adverse Change
    	
8182
    
	
 
    	
6.18
    	
Solvency
    	
82
    
	
 
    	
6.19
    	
Intellectual   Property
    	
82
    
	
 
    	
6.20
    	
Creation   and Perfection of Security Interests
    	
82
    
	
 
    	
6.21
    	
Accuracy   and Completeness of Disclosure
    	
83
    
	
 
    	
6.22
    	
[Reserved]   
    	
8384
    
	
 
    	
6.23
    	
Anti-Corruption   Laws and Sanctions
    	
84
    
	
 
    	
6.24
    	
Patriot   Act
    	
84
    
	
 
    	
6.25
    	
Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions
    	
84
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.
    	
Conditions   Precedent
    	
84
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
7.1
    	
Conditions   to Effective Date
    	
84
    
	
 
    	
7.2
    	
Conditions   to All Loans and Letters of Credit
    	
88
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.
    	
Affirmative   Covenants
    	
89
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
8.1
    	
Financial   Statements
    	
89
    
	
 
    	
8.2
    	
Certificates;   Other Information
    	
90
    
	
 
    	
8.3
    	
Payment   of Other Obligations
    	
92
    
	
 
    	
8.4
    	
Continuation   of Business and Maintenance of Existence and Material Rights and Privileges
    	
93
    
	
 
    	
8.5
    	
Compliance   with All Applicable Laws and Regulations and Material Contractual Obligations
    	
93
    
	
 
    	
8.6
    	
Maintenance   of Property; Insurance
    	
93
    
	
 
    	
8.7
    	
Maintenance   of Books and Records
    	
94
    
	
 
    	
8.8
    	
Right   of the Lenders to Inspect Property and Books and Records
    	
94
    
	
 
    	
8.9
    	
Notices
    	
94
    
	
 
    	
8.10
    	
Subsidiary   Guaranties and Collateral
    	
95
    
	
 
    	
8.11
    	
Compliance   with Environmental Laws
    	
100
    
	
 
    	
8.12
    	
Appraisals;   Field Examinations 
    	
101100
    
	
 
    	
8.13
    	
Further   Assurances
    	
101
    
	
 
    	
8.14
    	
Depositary   Banks 
    	
102101
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
9.
    	
Negative   Covenants
    	
102
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
9.1
    	
Financial   Condition Covenant
    	
102
    
	
 
    	
9.2
    	
Indebtedness
    	
102
    

 

iii

 

	
 
    	
9.3
    	
Limitation   on Liens
    	
105
    
	
 
    	
9.4
    	
[Reserved]
    	
107
    
	
 
    	
9.5
    	
Prohibition   on Fundamental Changes 
    	
108107
    
	
 
    	
9.6
    	
Prohibition   on Sale of Assets
    	
108
    
	
 
    	
9.7
    	
Limitation   on Investments, Loans and Advances
    	
109
    
	
 
    	
9.8
    	
Amendments   to Documents
    	
112111
    
	
 
    	
9.9
    	
Limitation   on Dividends
    	
112
    
	
 
    	
9.10
    	
Transaction   with Affiliates 
    	
113112
    
	
 
    	
9.11
    	
[Reserved]
    	
113
    
	
 
    	
9.12
    	
Other   Indebtedness
    	
113
    
	
 
    	
9.13
    	
Fiscal   Year 
    	
114113
    
	
 
    	
9.14
    	
[Reserved]
    	
114
    
	
 
    	
9.15
    	
Limitation   on Guarantees
    	
114
    
	
 
    	
9.16
    	
Independence   of Covenants
    	
114
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.
    	
Events   of Default
    	
114
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
10.1
    	
Events   of Default
    	
114
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
11.
    	
The   Syndication Agents; the Documentation Agents; the Administrative Agent; the   Issuing Lender
    	
117
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
11.1
    	
Appointment
    	
117
    
	
 
    	
11.2
    	
Delegation   of Duties
    	
120
    
	
 
    	
11.3
    	
Exculpatory   Provisions
    	
120
    
	
 
    	
11.4
    	
Reliance   by Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents, Administrative Agent or   Collateral Agents 
    	
121120
    
	
 
    	
11.5
    	
Notice   of Default
    	
121
    
	
 
    	
11.6
    	
Non-Reliance   on Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents, Administrative Agent, Collateral   Agents and Other Lenders
    	
121
    
	
 
    	
11.7
    	
Indemnification
    	
122
    
	
 
    	
11.8
    	
Syndication   Agent, Documentation Agent, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agents in its   Individual Capacity
    	
122
    
	
 
    	
11.9
    	
Successor   Syndication Agent, Documentation Agent, Administrative Agent or Collateral   Agents 
    	
123122
    
	
 
    	
11.10
    	
Issuing   Lender as Issuer of Letters of Credit 
    	
124123
    
	
 
    	
11.11
    	
Parallel   Debt
    	
124123
    
	
 
    	
11.12
    	
Certain ERISA Matters
    	
125
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
12.
    	
Miscellaneous   
    	
125127
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
12.1
    	
Amendments   and Waivers 
    	
125127
    

 

iv

 

	
 
    	
12.2
    	
Notices   
    	
127129
    
	
 
    	
12.3
    	
No   Waiver; Cumulative Remedies 
    	
130132
    
	
 
    	
12.4
    	
Survival   of Representations and Warranties
    	
130132
    
	
 
    	
12.5
    	
Payment   of Expenses; Indemnification 
    	
131132
    
	
 
    	
12.6
    	
Successors   and Assigns; Participations; Purchasing Lenders 
    	
133134  
    
	
 
    	
12.7
    	
Adjustments; Set-off; Cashless Settlement
    	
136138
    
	
 
    	
12.8
    	
Counterparts
    	
138139
    
	
 
    	
12.9
    	
Integration   
    	
138139
    
	
 
    	
12.10
    	
GOVERNING   LAW; NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS 
    	
138140
    
	
 
    	
12.11   
    	
SUBMISSION   TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS
    	
138140
    
	
 
    	
12.12
    	
Acknowledgements
    	
139141
    
	
 
    	
12.13   
    	
Confidentiality
    	
140141
    
	
 
    	
12.14
    	
USA   Patriot Act 
    	
141142
    
	
 
    	
12.15
    	
Judgment   Currency
    	
141143
    
	
 
    	
12.16
    	
Amendment   and Restatement
    	
142143
    
	
 
    	
12.17 
    	
Severability
    	
142143
    
	
 
    	
12.18
    	
Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of   EEA Financial Institutions
    	
144
    

 

v

 

SCHEDULES:

	
Schedule 1A
    	
—
    	
Commitment   Amounts
    
	
Schedule   1B
    	
—
    	
Existing   Money Market Funds
    
	
Schedule   2.3
    	
—
    	
Existing   Letters of Credit
    
	
Schedule   6.11(a)
    	
—
    	
Domestic   Subsidiaries
    
	
Schedule   6.11(b)
    	
—
    	
Foreign   Subsidiaries
    
	
Schedule   6.12
    	
—
    	
Leasehold   Interests
    
	
Schedule   9.2(i)
    	
—
    	
Existing   Indebtedness
    
	
Schedule   9.2(l)
    	
—
    	
Existing   Contingent Obligations
    
	
Schedule   9.3
    	
—
    	
Existing   Liens
    
	
Schedule   9.6
    	
—
    	
Permitted   Asset Sales
    
	
Schedule   9.7
    	
—
    	
Investments,   Loans and Advances
    
	
Schedule   9.10
    	
—
    	
Transaction   with Affiliates
    
	
EXHIBITS:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit A
    	
—
    	
Form of   Pledge and Security Agreement
    
	
Exhibit B-1
    	
—
    	
Form of   Company Closing Certificate (Secretary)
    
	
Exhibit B-2
    	
—
    	
Form of   Company Closing Certificate (Officer)
    
	
Exhibit C-1
    	
—
    	
Form of   Assignment and Acceptance
    
	
Exhibit C-2
    	
—
    	
[Reserved]
    
	
Exhibit D
    	
—
    	
Form of   Borrowing Base Certificate
    
	
Exhibit E
    	
—
    	
[Reserved]
    
	
Exhibit F
    	
—
    	
[Reserved]
    
	
Exhibit G
    	
—
    	
Form of   Subordination Terms and Conditions of Intercompany Note
    
	
Exhibit H
    	
—
    	
Form of   Credit Party Accession Agreement
    
	
Exhibit I
    	
—
    	
Form of   Guaranty
    
	
Exhibit J
    	
—
    	
Form of   Solvency Certificate
    
	
Exhibit K
    	
—
    	
Form of   Maturity Extension Request
    
	
Exhibit L
    	
—
    	
Form of   U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates
    
	
Exhibit M-1
    	
—
    	
Form of   Landlord Waiver
    
	
Exhibit M-2
    	
—
    	
Form of   Bailee Letter
    

 

vi

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 19, 2015 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time after the date hereof, this “Agreement”), among KLX INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the several Lenders from time to time parties hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders and as U.S. Collateral Agent (as defined below), J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, as European Collateral Agent (as defined below), CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., ROYAL BANK OF CANADA and SUNTRUST BANK, as syndication agents for the Lenders, and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SANTANDER BANK, N.A. and TD BANK, N.A., as documentation agents for the Lenders.

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and certain other financial institutions party thereto are parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2014 (as amended and as in effect immediately before giving effect to the amendment and restatement contemplated hereby, the “Existing Credit Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Existing Credit Agreement be amended and restated in its entirety to read as provided herein in order to, among other things, provide asset-based commitments to the Company in an aggregate amount of $750,000,000, subject to increase and/or decrease in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,  and to amend and restate certain other provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement in connection therewith;

 

NOW THEREFORE, effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below), the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

1.                                             DEFINITIONS

 

1.1                                      UCC Definitions

 

The following terms which are defined in the UCC (as defined below) are used herein as so defined: Account, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claim, Deposit Account, Document, Equipment, General Intangible, Goods, Instrument, Inventory, Investment Property, Letter of Credit, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Record, Securities Account and Supporting Obligations.

 

1.2                                      Defined Terms

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

“ABL First Priority Collateral” means all Collateral consisting of the following: (i) all Accounts;  (ii) all Inventory; (iii) all Pledged Deposit Accounts; (iv) all assets credited to any Pledged Deposit Account; (v) all Chattel Paper, Documents, Instruments and General Intangibles evidencing or governing any of the items referred to in any of the preceding clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv); provided that, to the extent any of the foregoing also relates to Other Priority Collateral, only that portion related to the items referred to in the preceding clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) shall be included in the ABL First Priority Collateral; (vi) all books and records relating to any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, all books, databases, customer lists and records, whether

 

 

tangible or electronic which contain any information relating to any of the foregoing); and (vii) all Proceeds of, and all Supporting Obligations (including, without limitation, guarantees, collateral security and Letter-of-Credit Rights) with respect to, any of the foregoing.

 

“ABR” means, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1.00%) equal to the greatest of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1.00% and (iii) Adjusted LIBOR for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%. For purposes hereof: Prime Rate means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by JPMCB in connection with extensions of credit to debtors); and Federal Funds Effective Rate means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1.00%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1.00%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it; provided, that, if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement. If for any reason the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate, for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms hereof, the ABR shall be determined without regard to clause (ii) of the first sentence of this definition, as appropriate, until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the applicable LIBOR shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the applicable LIBOR, respectively.

 

“ABR Loans” means Loans whose interest rate is based on the ABR. 

 

“Account Debtor” means each person obligated on an Account.

 

“Additional Collateral Documents” has the meaning specified in Section 8.10(d).

 

“Adjusted LIBOR” means, with respect to Eurodollar Loans for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1.00%) equal to (a) the LIBOR for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

 

“Adjustment Date” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Applicable Margin”.

 

“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative  agent under any of the Credit Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

 

“Affiliate” of any Person means (i) any Person (other than a Subsidiary) which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, or (ii) any Person who is a director or officer of (A) such Person, (B) any Subsidiary of such Person or

 

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(C) any Person described in clause (i) above. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, either (i) to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

 

“Agents” means a collective reference to the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agents.

 

“Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit” means, at any particular time, the sum of (i) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit and (iii) the aggregate amount of all Revolving L/C Obligations.

 

“Alternate Currency” means (i) Dollars, (ii) Euro, (iii) Pounds Sterling and (iv) any other currency (x) that is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars, (y) for which a LIBO Screen Rate is available in the Administrative Agent’s determination and (z) that is agreed to by the Administrative Agent and each of the Revolving Credit Lenders.

 

“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.

 

“Amendment” means that certain Amendment to this Agreement, dated as of the Amendment Effective Date, among the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.

 

“Amendment Effective Date” means June 8, 2018.

 

“Ancillary Spin-Off Agreements” has the meaning specified in the definition of “ESG Spin-Off Agreements”.

 

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, and similar laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

 

“Applicable Level” means, Level I, Level II or Level III below, whichever is applicable on such day, with each new Level to take effect on each Adjustment Date:

 

	
Applicable Level
    	
 
    	
Average Historical Availability
    
	
I
    	
 
    	
Less than 33% of the Line Cap
    
	
II
    	
 
    	
Less than or equal to 66 2/3% of the Line Cap but   greater than or equal to 33% of the Line Cap
    
	
III
    	
 
    	
Greater than 66 2/3% of the Line Cap
    

 

Each determination of the Average Historical Availability shall be made in a manner consistent with the determination thereof pursuant to the definition of the term “Average Historical Availability”.

 

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“Applicable Margin” means for each day (i) from the Effective Date until the first Adjustment Date on which the Applicable Level is determined, 0.50% per annum in the case of ABR Loans (including all Swing Line Loans) and 1.50% per annum in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and (ii) thereafter, the rate per annum for the relevant Type of such Loan set forth below opposite the Applicable Level as calculated on each Adjustment Date:

 

	
Applicable Level
    	
 
    	
Applicable Margin for
   ABR Loans
    	
 
    	
Applicable Margin for
   Eurodollar Loans
    	
 
    
	
I
    	
 
    	
0.75
    	
%
    	
1.75
    	
%
    
	
II
    	
 
    	
0.50
    	
%
    	
1.50
    	
%
    
	
III
    	
 
    	
0.25
    	
%
    	
1.25
    	
%
    

 

The Applicable Margin shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company based upon the Borrowing Base Certificate that is delivered from time to time to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.2(f), with any changes to the Applicable Margin resulting from changes in the Average Historical Availability to be effective on the first day after such fiscal quarter end (the “Adjustment Date”); provided, however, that: (i) in the event that the Borrowing Base Certificate referred to in Section 8.2(f) is not delivered when due, then during the period from the date upon which such Borrowing Base Certificate was required to be delivered, until the date upon which it is actually delivered, the Applicable Level shall be Level I; (ii) in the event the Borrowing Base Certificate referred to in Section 8.2(f) is proven to have been incorrect, then the Applicable Level for the relevant period shall be adjusted retroactively to reflect the level which would have applied for such period based on the corrected Borrowing Base Certificate, and any additional interest owing as a result of such readjustment shall be payable within one Business Day after the Company receives notice that such additional interest is due; and (iii) at all times during which a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Applicable Level shall be Level I.

 

“Appraised Net Orderly Liquidation Value” shall mean, with respect to Eligible Inventory, the appraised net orderly liquidation value thereof (expressed as a percentage of the Cost of such Inventory) as determined by an appraiser acceptable to the Administrative Agent and in a manner consistent with the Baseline Determination Method.

 

“ASG Business” means all businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than the ESG Business.

 

“Asset Sale” means any sale, sale-leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any of its property or assets, including the stock of any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

“Assignee” has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(c).

 

“Assignor” has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(c).

 

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“Assignment and Acceptance” means an Assignment and Acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto.

 

“Availability” means, at any time, (a) the Line Cap at such time, minus (b) the Revolving Credit Outstandings at such time.

 

“Available Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to any Lender, at a particular time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time less (ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.1, (B) such Lender’s L/C Participating Interest in the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit, (C) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate amount of all Revolving L/C Obligations, (D) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate then outstanding principal amount at such time of all Protective Advances, and (E) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate then outstanding principal amount at such time of all Swing Line Loans, provided that for purposes of calculating Available Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 5.9 the amount referred to in this clause (E) shall be zero; collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “Available Revolving Credit Commitments.”

 

“Average Historical Availability” shall mean, for the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company, the average daily Availability for such period.

 

“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

 

“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, 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, but only so long as such ownership interest of a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof does not result in, or provide such Person with, immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets, or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

 

“Baseline Determination Method” means the methodology employed in the determination of the Borrowing Base as reflected in the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(k).

 

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“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code to which Section 4975 of the Code applies, and (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

 

“Benefitted Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(a) hereof.

 

“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

 

“Borrowing Base” means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of the following: (a) the sum of (i) 85% of the aggregate amount of all Eligible Accounts plus (ii) the lesser of (A) 65% of the lower of Cost, on a first in, first out basis, and market value of all Eligible Inventory and (B) 85% of the Appraised Net Orderly Liquidation Value of all Eligible Inventory minus (b) the sum of all applicable Reserves at such time.

 

The Administrative Agent may, in its Permitted Discretion, (i) reduce the advance rates set forth above or (ii) modify one or more of the other elements used in computing the Borrowing Base, with any such changes to be effective three Business Days after delivery of notice thereof to the Company and the Lenders. The Borrowing Base at any time shall be determined by reference to the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to and in accordance with Section 8.2(f).

 

“Borrowing Base Certificate” shall mean a certificate by a Responsible Officer of the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit D (or such other form as may be agreed between the Company and the Administrative Agent) setting forth the calculation of the Borrowing Base, including a calculation of each component thereof (including, to the extent the Company has received notice of any such Reserve from the Administrative Agent, any of the Reserves required to be maintained for purposes of calculation of the Borrowing Base), all in such detail as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. All calculations of the Borrowing Base in connection with the preparation of any Borrowing Base Certificate shall be made by the Company and certified to the Administrative Agent.

 

“Borrowing Date” means any Business Day specified in a notice pursuant to (i) Section 2.7 or 5.1 as a date on which the Company requests the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans or the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans hereunder or (ii) Section 2.5 as a date on which the Company requests the Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit hereunder.

 

“Business Day” means, when such term is used in connection with (i) a Eurodollar Loan, any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which (A) the London interbank market is open for general banking business and (B) banks in New York City are open for general banking business and (ii) an ABR Loan, any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks in New York City are open for general banking business.

 

“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, all amounts (other than those arising from the acquisition or lease of businesses and assets which are permitted by Section 9.7) that would, in

 

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accordance with GAAP, be included as additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, excluding interest capitalized during construction, as the same are or would be set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period.

 

“Capital Lease” means, of any Person, any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee which would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such Person.

 

“Cash Dominion Event” shall occur at any time that the Company shall have received written notice from the Administrative Agent that (a) Availability is less than the greater of (1) $95,000,000 and (2) 12.5% of the Line Cap then in effect, for three consecutive Business Days or (b) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Once commenced, a Cash Dominion Event shall be deemed to be continuing until such time as (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) if such Cash Dominion Event resulted from an event specified in the preceding clause (a), Availability equals or exceeds for 30 consecutive days the greater of (1) $95, 000,000 and (2) 12.5% of the Line Cap then in effect.

 

“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Lender and the Lenders, as collateral for the Revolving L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender.

 

“Cash Equivalents” means (i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition, (ii) certificates of deposit and Eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any Lender or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000, (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (i) and (ii) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (ii) above, (iv) commercial paper issued by any Lender, the parent corporation of any Lender or any Subsidiary of such Lender’s parent corporation, and commercial paper rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition thereof, (v) money market funds that (A) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a- 7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (B) are rated AA by S&P and Aa by Moody’s and (C) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000, (vi) money market funds existing on the Effective Date that are listed on Schedule 1B, and (vii) in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, investments that are substantially equivalent to the foregoing investments described in clauses (i) through (v) above that are available in the currency of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Subsidiary is organized.

 

“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit, purchasing or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.

 

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“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement or on the Effective Date, is a Lender or a Joint Lead Arranger or an Affiliate of a Lender or a Joint Lead Arranger, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.

 

“Cash Management Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person owing to a Cash Management Bank under or in respect of a Cash Management Agreement.

 

“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

 

“CFC Holdco” means any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than direct or indirect equity in, and Indebtedness owing by, one or more Subsidiaries that are CFCs.

 

“Change in Law” means, with respect to any Lender, the adoption of any law, treaty, rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, the issuance of any final rule, regulation or guideline by any regulatory agency having jurisdiction over such Lender or, in the case of Section 5.12(b) or 5.20(b), any corporation controlling such Lender, in each case, after the date such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events after the Effective Date:

 

(i)                                     any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) has become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an option right)), directly or indirectly, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, of 35% or more (on a fully-diluted basis after giving effect to the conversion and exercise of all outstanding rights, warrants, options, convertible securities, exchangeable securities, indebtedness or other rights, in each case exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into, directly or indirectly, Equity Interests of the Company or securities exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into Equity Interests of the Company, whether at the time of issuance or upon the passage of time or the occurrence of some future event (whether or not such securities are then currently convertible or exercisable and taking into account all such securities that such “person” or “group” has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right)) of the Equity Interests of the Company having ordinary power to vote in the election of members of the board of directors 

 

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of the Company (irrespective of whether, at the time, Equity Interests of any other class or classes of the Company shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency);

 

(ii)                                  during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Company cease to be composed of individuals (A) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body at the time of the Effective Date, (B) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (A) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (C) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (A) and (B) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body; or

 

(iii)                               a “change of control” or comparable term in any Senior Note Document occurs.

 

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

 

“Collateral” means all of the “Collateral” referred to in the Collateral Documents and all of the other property and assets that are or are required under the terms hereof or of the Collateral Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the relevant Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

“Collateral Access Agreement” means any landlord waiver substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1, any bailee letter substantially in the form of Exhibit M-2, or any other landlord waiver, bailee letter or other agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, between the relevant Collateral Agent and any third party (including any bailee, consignee, customs broker, or other similar Person) in possession of any Collateral or any landlord of any real property where any Collateral is located, as such landlord waiver or other agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Collateral Agent” means, as the context may require, (i) with respect to any Collateral Documents other than the European Security Agreements, the U.S. Collateral Agent and (ii) with respect to the European Security Agreements, the European Collateral Agent, in each case in its capacity as collateral agent and/or security trustee (as applicable) for the Secured Parties.

 

“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Pledge and Security Agreement, the European Security Documents, any Additional Collateral Documents, any additional pledges, security agreements or mortgages that create or purport to create a Lien in favor of the relevant Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and any instruments of assignment, control agreements, lockbox letters or other instruments or agreements executed pursuant to the foregoing.

 

“Collection Account” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

 

“Commitment Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 5.9(a).

 

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“Commitment Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Lender.

 

“Commitments” means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Swing Line Commitments and the Revolving Credit Commitments Increases, if any; individually, a “Commitment”. On the Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments is $750,000,000. On the Amendment Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments is $650,000,000.  The aggregate amount of all Revolving Credit Commitments Increases shall not exceed $250,000,000.

 

“Commonly Controlled Entity” means an entity, whether or not incorporated, organized or constituted, which is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group which includes the Company and which is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

 

“Company” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.

 

“Company Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 8.2.

 

“Conduit Lender” means any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument, subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (i) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Sections 5.12, 5.19, 5.20 or 5.21 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or (ii) be deemed to have any Commitment.

 

“Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(a).

 

“Consolidated Cash Interest Expense” means, for any period, the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense paid or required to be paid in cash by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period.

 

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, the sum of:

 

(i)                                     Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding therefrom any unusual or extraordinary items of gain or loss); plus

 

(ii)                                  without duplication, those amounts which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, have been deducted for:

 

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(A)                     Consolidated Interest Expense;

 

(B)                     provisions for Federal, state, local and foreign income, value added and similar taxes;

 

(C)                     depreciation, amortization (including, without limitation, amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets), impairment of goodwill and other non-cash charges or expenses (excluding any such non-cash charge or expense to the extent that it represents amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period);

 

(D)                     non-cash compensation expense, or other non-cash expenses or charges, arising from the granting of stock options, the granting of stock appreciation rights and similar arrangements (including any repricing, amendment, modification, substitution or change of any such stock option, stock appreciation rights or similar arrangements);

 

(E)                      any costs, fees, expenses or charges incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of, or in connection with, the Spin-Off;

 

(F)                       any (x) financial advisory fees, underwriting fees, accounting fees, legal fees and other similar advisory and consulting fees and related out-of- pocket expenses, and (y) prepayment premiums, breakage costs and LIBOR indemnities, redeployment costs or funding costs, in each case incurred by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of, or in connection with, any issuance, incurrence, refinancing, redemption, repayment or prepayment of Indebtedness, to the extent permitted under this Agreement; and

 

(G)                     any (x) financial advisory fees, accounting fees, legal fees and other similar advisory and consulting fees and related out-of-pocket expenses, and (y) all cash and non-cash restructuring and integration charges, costs, and expenses, in each case incurred by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of any Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Foreign Acquisition and deducted from net income, and in the case of items describe in clause (y) above, which are factually supportable, identifiable and documented and which are not objected to by the Administrative Agent; minus

 

(iii)                               any amount which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, has been added for any non-cash income or non-cash gains, all as determined in accordance with GAAP; minus

 

(iv)                              the aggregate amount of cash payments made during such period in respect of any non-cash accrual, reserve or other non-cash charge or expense accounted for in a prior period which were added to Consolidated Net Income to determine Consolidated EBITDA for such prior period and which do not otherwise reduce Consolidated Net Income for the current period.

 

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For purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a “Measurement Period”) pursuant to any determination of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the Secured Leverage Ratio, if during such period (or in the case of pro-forma calculations, during the period from the last day of such period to and including the date as of which such calculation is made) the Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have made an Asset Sale, a Permitted Acquisition or a Permitted Foreign Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving effect thereto on a pro- forma basis, giving effect to identifiable cost savings documented to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, taken or expected in good faith to be taken within 12 months following the last day of such period (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period).

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Consolidated EBITDA shall be deemed to be $103,141,000 for the fiscal quarter ended on March 31, 2014, $101,773,000 for the fiscal quarter ended on June 30, 2014, $103,165,000 for the fiscal quarter ended on September 30, 2014 and $97,821,000 for the fiscal quarter ended on December 31, 2014.

 

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period the sum of (i) the amount of interest expense, both expensed and capitalized (excluding amortization and write offs of debt discount and debt issuance costs and any other non-cash interest expense or accretions of discounts), net of interest income, of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, for such period and (ii) dividends paid in cash during such period on preferred stock issued by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that, for purposes of calculating Consolidated Interest Expense for any period for determining the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the Secured Leverage Ratio, if during such period (or in the case of pro-forma calculations, during the period from the last day of such period to and including the date as of which such calculation is made) the Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have made an Asset Sale, made a Permitted Acquisition, made a Permitted Foreign Acquisition or incurred or discharged any Material Indebtedness, then Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect thereto on a pro-forma basis, giving effect to identifiable cost savings documented to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.

 

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (or net loss) after taxes of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period (i) the income (or loss) of any Person in which any other Person (other than the Company or any of its Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries) has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received in cash by the Company or such Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary in the form of dividends or other equity distributions during such period, (ii) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) the income of any Subsidiary of the Company to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary.

 

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“Consolidated Subsidiary” means at any date any Subsidiary of the Company or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Company in its consolidated financial statements if such statements were prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and “Consolidated Subsidiaries” means all of them, collectively.

 

“Consolidated Total Assets” means, at any date, the total consolidated assets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (and excluding all intercompany items) as of the date of the most recent financial statements delivered in accordance with Section 8.1(a) or (b) of this Agreement.

 

“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, all Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding any obligations in respect of hedging arrangements.

 

“Consolidated Total Secured Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans plus the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all other Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries which is secured by any Lien on any property or assets of the Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

“Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term “Contingent Obligation” shall not include (x) endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business and (y) any obligation resulting from the existence of deferred revenue, including customer deposits. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount (based on the maximum reasonably anticipated net liability in respect thereof as determined by the Company in good faith) of the primary obligation or portion thereof in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated net liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by the Company in good faith.

 

“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of the property owned by it is bound.

 

“Corresponding Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 11.11.

 

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“Cost” means, with respect to any item of Inventory, the cost of purchase of such Inventory, calculated based upon the Company’s accounting practices as reflected in the most recent financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a) or 8.1(b).

 

“Covenant Trigger Event” shall occur at any time that Availability is less than the greater of (a) $75,000,000 and (b) 10% of the Line Cap then in effect. Once commenced, a Covenant Trigger Event shall be deemed to be continuing until such time as Availability equals or exceeds the greater of (i) $75,000,000 and (ii) 10% of the Line Cap then in effect for 30 consecutive days.

 

“Credit Documents” means the collective reference to this Agreement, the Notes, the Administrative Agency Fee Letter, the Guaranty (including any guarantee or Credit Party Accession Agreement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 8.10 or 9.15 of this Agreement), the Collateral Documents and any Incremental Facility Amendment.

 

“Credit Parties” means the collective reference to the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor. 

 

“Credit Party Accession Agreement” means an accession agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, executed and delivered by a Subsidiary after the Effective Date, in accordance with Section 8.10 or Section 9.15 hereof.

 

“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 and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

“Declining Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(a).

 

“Default” means any of the events specified in Article 10, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

 

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 5.24, any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans or (iii) pay over to any Finance 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 Finance 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 relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and 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) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request in writing by the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender or any Issuing Lender, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a

 

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Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Finance Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent entity that has, after the date hereof, become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or a Bail-In Action.

 

“Designated Cash Management Obligations” means, as of any date, Cash Management Obligations that are Finance Obligations and that have been designated in writing (or designated in the Borrowing Base Certificate most recently delivered on or prior to such date) by the Company in its sole discretion to the Administrative Agent as “Designated Cash Management Obligations”; provided that in each case such designation shall not become effective until the third Business Day following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such designation (it being acknowledged and agreed that, unless so designated, no Reserve in respect of such Cash Management Obligation will be instituted or maintained). All Cash Management Obligations of the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates that are Finance Obligations will be deemed to be “Designated Cash Management Obligations” without the need of further notice.

 

“Designated Subsidiary” means each wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary other than (a) a Restricted Subsidiary that is (i) a Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) a Foreign-Subsidiary Holding Company or (iii) a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or a Foreign-Subsidiary Holding Company, (b) a Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary, (c) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not permitted by law, regulation or contract existing on the Effective Date or on the date that any such Subsidiary is acquired (so long as any such contractual restriction is not incurred in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary), to provide the Guaranty required by Section 8.10(a), or would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to provide such Guaranty, unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received, or for which the provision of such Guaranty would result in a material adverse tax consequence to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (including as a result of the operation of Section 956 of the Code or any similar law or regulation in any applicable jurisdiction) to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Company) and (d) any not-for-profit Subsidiaries, captive insurance Subsidiaries or other special purpose entities, if any; notwithstanding the foregoing, additional subsidiaries may be excluded from the guarantee requirements in circumstances where the Company and the Administrative Agent determine in good faith that the cost or burden of providing such a guarantee is excessive in relation to the value afforded to the Lenders thereby; provided that the term “Designated Subsidiary” shall include any Restricted Subsidiary described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition that is designated as a “Designated Subsidiary” in accordance with Section 8.10(b).

 

“Designated Swap Obligations” means, as of any date, Swap Obligations that are Finance Obligations and that have been designated in writing (or designated in the Borrowing Base Certificate most recently delivered on or prior to such date) by the Company in its sole discretion to the Administrative Agent as “Designated Swap Obligations”; provided that in each case such designation shall not become effective until the third Business Day following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such designation (it being acknowledged and agreed that, unless so designated, no Reserve in respect of such Swap Obligation will be instituted or maintained). All Swap Obligations of the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates that are Finance Obligations will be deemed to be “Designated Swap Obligations” without the need of further notice.

 

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“Documentation Agents” means, collectively, Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., PNC Bank, National Association, Santander Bank, N.A. and TD Bank, N.A., as documentation agents for the Lenders., in their capacities as Documentation Agents with respect to the Commitments (each, a “Documentation Agent”).

 

“Dollar Equivalent” of any currency at any date shall mean (i) the amount of such currency if such currency is Dollars or (ii) the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars if such currency is an Alternate Currency, calculated on the basis of the Exchange Rate for such currency, on or as of the date of each request for the issuance, amendment renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit.

 

“Dollars” and “$” mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

 

“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any institution established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

 

“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.1).

 

Electronic Signature means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

 

“Eligible Account” means, at any time, each Account held by and owed to the Company other than any Account:

 

(a)                                 which is not subject to a first priority perfected security interest in favor of the relevant Collateral Agent;

 

(b)                                 which is subject to any Lien other than (i) a Lien in favor of the relevant Collateral Agent and (ii) a Lien permitted by clause (a) or (t) of Section 9.3;

 

(c)                                  (i) which is unpaid more than (i) with respect to an Account Debtor whose securities are rated BBB or better by S&P or Baa3 or better by Moody’s based on a credit rating obtained by the Company no earlier than the last day of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter (unless such credit rating is known by the Company on any other date or is notified

 

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by the Administrative Agent to the Company) (an Investment Grade Account Debtor) or whose credit rating or credit quality has the characteristics of an Investment Grade Account Debtor as determined by the Administrative Agent in good faith and on any commercially reasonable basis, 120 days after the date of the original invoice therefor or more than 90 days after the original due date therefor (in determining the aggregate amount owing by the same Investment Grade Account Debtor that is unpaid hereunder there shall be excluded the amount of any net credit balances relating to Accounts owing by such Investment Grade Account Debtor which are unpaid more than 120 days after the date of the original invoice therefor or more than 90 days after the original due date therefor) or (ii) with respect to any other Account Debtor (a Non-Investment Grade Account Debtor), 90 days after the date of the original invoice therefor or more than 60 days after the original due date therefor (in determining the aggregate amount owing by the same Non-Investment Grade Account Debtor that is unpaid hereunder there shall be excluded the amount of any net credit balances relating to Accounts owing by such Non-Investment Grade Account Debtor which are unpaid more than 90 days after the date of the original invoice therefor or more than 60 days after the original due date therefor);

 

(d)                                 which is owing by an Account Debtor for which more than 50% of the Accounts owing by such Account Debtor and its Affiliates are ineligible pursuant to clause (c) above;

 

(e)                                  which is owing by an Account Debtor to the extent the aggregate amount of Accounts owing by such Account Debtor and its Affiliates to the Company that would be included as “Eligible Accounts” but for this paragraph (e) exceeds (i) with respect to an Investment Grade Account Debtor, 25% of the aggregate amount of all Eligible Accounts or (ii) with respect to a Non-Investment Grade Account Debtor, 15% of the aggregate amount of all Eligible Accounts;

 

(f)                                   with respect to which any covenant, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement or in the Collateral Documents has been breached in any material respect;

 

(g)                                  which (i) does not arise from the sale of goods or performance of services in the ordinary course of business, (ii) is not evidenced by an invoice or other documentation in a form heretofore supplied to the Administrative Agent or its agent (or is otherwise satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) which has been sent to the Account Debtor, (iii) represents a progress billing, (iv) is contingent upon the Company’s completion of any further performance, (v) represents a sale on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-and-return, sale on approval, consignment, cash-on-delivery or any other repurchase or return basis or (vi) relates to the payment of interest;

 

(h)                                 for which the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped to the Account Debtor or for which the services giving rise to such Account have not been performed by the Company;

 

(i)                                     with respect to which any check or other instrument of payment has been returned uncollected for any reason;

 

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(j)                                    which is owed by an Account Debtor which has (i) applied for, suffered, or consented to the appointment of any receiver, custodian, trustee, or liquidator of its assets, (ii) had possession of all or a material part of its property taken by any receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator, (iii) filed, or had filed against it, any request or petition for liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debts, adjudication as bankrupt, winding-up, or voluntary or involuntary case under any state or federal bankruptcy laws (other than post-petition accounts payable of an Account Debtor that is a debtor-in-possession under a Bankruptcy Event and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), (iv) admitted in writing its inability, or is generally unable to, pay its debts as they become due, (v) become insolvent, or (vi) ceased operation of its business;

 

(k)                                 which is owed by any Account Debtor which has sold all or substantially all of its assets;

 

(l)                                     which is owed by an Account Debtor which (i) does not maintain its chief executive office in the U.S., Canada or an Eligible Account Foreign Jurisdiction or (ii) is not organized under applicable law of the U.S., any state of the U.S. or the District of Columbia, Canada, any province of Canada or an Eligible Account Foreign Jurisdiction, unless, in any such case, such Account is backed by a Letter of Credit acceptable to the Administrative Agent which is in the possession of, and is directly drawable by, the Administrative Agent; provided that Accounts owing by Account Debtors located in jurisdictions that do not otherwise qualify pursuant to this paragraph (l) may be included in the Borrowing Base in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20,000,000;

 

(m)                             which is owed in any currency other than U.S. dollars, Canadian dollars, Euro or Pounds Sterling, provided that if such Account is owed in any currency other than U.S. dollars and the Company has recorded a foreign exchange revaluation accrual with respect to such Account, then the amount equal to such foreign exchange revaluation accrual shall be disregarded;

 

(n)                                 which is owed by (i) any Governmental Authority of any country other than the U.S. unless such Account is backed by a Letter of Credit acceptable to the Administrative Agent which is in the possession of, and is directly drawable by, the Administrative Agent, or (ii) any Governmental Authority of the U.S., or any department, agency, public corporation, or instrumentality thereof, unless the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended (31 U.S.C. § 3727 et  seq. and 41 U.S.C. § 15 et  seq.), and any other steps necessary to perfect the Lien of the relevant Collateral Agent in such Account have been complied with;

 

(o)                                 which is owed by any Credit Party or any Affiliate of any Credit Party or any employee, officer, director, agent or stockholder of any Credit Party or any of its Affiliates;

 

(p)                                 which is owed by an Account Debtor or any Affiliate of such Account Debtor to which the Company is indebted, but only to the extent of such indebtedness, or is subject to any security, deposit, progress payment, retainage or other similar advance made by or for the benefit of an Account Debtor, in each case to the extent thereof;

 

(q)                                 which is subject to any counterclaim, deduction, defense, setoff or dispute, but only to the extent of any such counterclaim, deduction, defense, setoff or dispute;

 

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(r)                                    which is evidenced by any promissory note, Chattel Paper or Instrument unless all steps necessary to perfect the Lien of the relevant Collateral Agent in such promissory note, Chattel Paper or Instrument have been complied with in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(s)                                   which is owed by an Account Debtor (i) located in any jurisdiction which requires filing of a “Notice of Business Activities Report” or other similar report in order to permit the Company to seek judicial enforcement in such jurisdiction of payment of such Account, unless the Company has filed such report or qualified to do business in such jurisdiction, or (ii) which is a Sanctioned Person;

 

(t)                                    with respect to which the Company has made any agreement with the Account Debtor for any reduction thereof, other than discounts and adjustments given in the ordinary course of business but only to the extent of any such reduction, or any Account which was partially paid and the Company created a new receivable for the unpaid portion of such Account;

 

(u)                                 which does not comply in all material respects with the requirements of all applicable laws and regulations, whether Federal, state or local, including, without limitation, the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act, the Federal Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z of the Board;

 

(v)                                 which is for goods that have been sold under a purchase order or pursuant to the terms of a contract or other agreement or understanding (written or oral) that indicates or purports that any Person (other than the Company) has or has had an ownership interest in such goods, or which indicates any party (other than the Company or a Collateral Agent) as payee or remittance party;

 

(w)                               which was created on cash on delivery terms;

 

(x)                                 as to which the contract or agreement underlying such Account is governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than (or, if no governing law is expressed therein, as to which, under applicable choice of law principles, such Account would not be governed by the laws of any of) (i) the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (ii) Canada or any province or other political subdivision of Canada, or (iii) any Eligible Account Foreign Jurisdiction;

 

(y)                                 which, with respect to any Account owed by an Account Debtor located or organized in an Eligible Account Foreign Jurisdiction, is subject to any limitation on assignment (whether by operation of law, agreement or otherwise) which would under the law governing the contract or agreement underlying such Account have the effect of restricting the creation of a security therein, in each case unless the Administrative Agent has determined that such limitation is not enforceable; or

 

(z)                                  which the Administrative Agent otherwise determines is unacceptable in its Permitted Discretion.

 

In the event that an Account which was previously an Eligible Account ceases to be an Eligible Account hereunder, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof on and at the time

 

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of submission to the Administrative Agent of the next Borrowing Base Certificate. In determining the amount of an Eligible Account, the face amount of an Account may, in the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion, be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all accrued and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending, promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance charges or other allowances (including any amount that the Company may be obligated to rebate to an Account Debtor pursuant to the terms of any agreement or understanding (written or oral)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect of such Account but not yet applied by the Company to reduce the amount of such Account. Standards of eligibility may be made more restrictive from time to time by the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion, with any such changes to be effective three Business Days after delivery of notice thereof to the Company and the Lenders.

 

“Eligible Account Foreign Jurisdiction” means each of Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

 

“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 12.6 (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required thereunder). 

 

“Eligible European Jurisdiction” means Germany and England and Wales.

 

“Eligible Inventory” means, at any time, all Inventory owned by the Company other than any Inventory:

 

(a)                                 which is not subject to a perfected Lien in favor of the U.S. Collateral Agent under the Pledge and Security Agreement or, with respect to any Inventory located in an Eligible European Jurisdiction, a perfected Lien in favor of the European Collateral Agent under the relevant European Security Document;

 

(b)                                 which is subject to any Lien other than (i) a Lien in favor of the relevant Collateral Agent and (ii) a Lien permitted by clause (a), (b) or (t) of Section 9.3 (provided that such Liens shall not be prior to the Liens of the relevant Collateral Agent unless a Reserve shall have been established for such Liens);

 

(c)                                  which is, in the Administrative Agent’s determination consistent with the Baseline Determination Method (as such determination may be updated pursuant to each field examination conducted pursuant to Section 8.12) slow moving, obsolete, expired, unmerchantable, defective, used, unfit for sale, not salable at prices approximating at least the cost of such Inventory in the ordinary course of business or unacceptable due to age, type, category and/or quantity, or does not comply with any certification requirements for sale applicable to such Inventory;

 

(d)                                 with respect to which any covenant, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement or in the Collateral Documents has been breached in any material respect and which does not conform in any material respect to any applicable standard applicable to the sale or use thereof imposed by any Governmental Authority;

 

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(e)                                  in which any Person other than the Company shall (i) have any direct or indirect ownership, interest or title or (ii) be indicated on any purchase order or invoice with respect to such Inventory as having or purporting to have an interest therein;

 

(f)                                   which is not finished goods or which constitutes work-in-process, raw materials, packaging and shipping material, samples, prototypes, displays or display items, bill-and-hold or ship-in-place goods, goods that are returned or marked for return, repossessed goods, defective or damaged goods, goods held on consignment, or goods which are not of a type held for sale in the ordinary course of business;

 

(g)                                  which (i) is not located in the U.S. or a province in Canada in which the PPSA has been adopted, provided that Inventory located in any Eligible European Jurisdiction that would be Eligible Inventory but for the requirement that such Inventory be located in the U.S. or a province in Canada in which the PPSA has been adopted may be included in the Borrowing Base in an aggregate amount not to exceed 15% of the Borrowing Base, or (ii) is in transit (other than Inventory in transit that has been shipped from a location where the Lien of the relevant Collateral Agent is perfected under the laws of such location to another location where the Lien of the relevant Collateral Agent is perfected under the laws of such other location);

 

(h)                                 which is located in any location leased by the Company unless (i) the lessor has delivered to the Administrative Agent a Collateral Access Agreement or (ii) a Reserve for rent, charges and other amounts due or to become due in the next three-month period with respect to such facility has been established;

 

(i)                                     which is located in any third party warehouse or is in the possession of a bailee (other than a third party processor) and is not evidenced by a Document (other than bills of lading in respect of Inventory in transit pursuant to clause (g) above), unless (i) such warehouseman or bailee has delivered to the Administrative Agent a Collateral Access Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent may require or (ii) a Reserve for charges for storage or transportation, insurance, labor and other similar expenses for which such warehouseman or bailee has a lien or a claim on the relevant Inventory has been established;

 

(j)                                    which (i) is located in a customer location, (ii) cannot be located or is being processed offsite at a third party location or outside processor, or (iii) is in-transit to or from such third party location or outside processor;

 

(k)                                 which is a discontinued product or component thereof;

 

(l)                                     which is the subject of a consignment by the Company as consignor;

 

(m)                             which is perishable;

 

(n)                                 which contains or bears any intellectual property rights licensed to the Company unless such Inventory may be sold in the ordinary course of business without (i) infringing the rights of such licensor, (ii) violating any contract with such licensor, or (iii) incurring any

 

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liability with respect to payment of royalties other than royalties incurred pursuant to sale of such Inventory under the current licensing agreement;

 

(o)                                 which is not reflected in a current perpetual inventory report of the Company (unless such Inventory is reflected in a report to the Administrative Agent as “in transit” Inventory);

 

(p)                                 for which reclamation rights have been legally and validly asserted by the seller;

 

(q)                                 which is otherwise eligible to be included in the Borrowing Base but is located in a single location and, together with any other eligible Inventory that is located in that single location, has an aggregate value of less than $100,000;

 

(r)                                    which has been acquired from a Sanctioned Person;

 

(s)                                   which does not relate to the “Aerospace Solutions Group” business; or

 

(t)                                    which the Administrative Agent otherwise determines in its Permitted Discretion is unacceptable.

 

In the event that Inventory which was previously Eligible Inventory ceases to be Eligible Inventory hereunder, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof on and at the time of submission to the Administrative Agent of the next Borrowing Base Certificate. Standards of eligibility may be made more restrictive from time to time by the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion, with any such changes to be effective three Business Days after delivery of notice thereof to the Company and the Lenders.

 

“English Security Agreement” means, individually and collectively as the context may require, each security agreement entered into by the Company governed by the laws of England and Wales that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the European Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Inventory of the Company located in England and Wales (and in any Accounts governed by the laws of England and Wales).

 

“Environmental Laws” means any and all applicable Federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees or legally enforceable requirements of any Governmental Authority regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning human health as they relate to Materials of Environmental Concern or the protection of the environment, including, without limitation, Materials of Environmental Concern, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.

 

“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.

 

“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the

 

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other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

 

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

 

“ESG Business” means the business of providing technical services and related rental equipment to oil and gas exploration and production companies in oil and gas producing regions solely as conducted by KLX Energy and ESG Spin Co., as applicable, but does not include any other business operated or conducted by the Company or any of its other Subsidiaries.

 

“ESG Spin Co.” means KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and, prior to its capitalization in connection with the ESG Spin-Off, a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company.

 

“ESG Spin Co. Common Stock” means the common stock of ESG Spin Co.

 

“ESG Spin Distribution” means the distribution to the Company’s stockholders of all of the issued and outstanding shares of ESG Spin Co. Common Stock held by the Company, and the related treatment of Company Restricted Stock Awards, Company PSU Awards and Company RSU Awards (each as defined in the Merger Agreement), each in accordance with the ESG Spin-Off Agreements.

 

“ESG Spin-Off” means the separation of the ASG Business and the ESG Business through a taxable spin-off of the ESG Business into a separate publicly traded company, including through the formation of, and contribution of KLX Energy to, ESG Spin Co. and the ESG Spin Distribution.

 

“ESG Spin-Off Agreements” means (with capitalized terms used herein having the meanings assigned to such terms in the Merger Agreement) (i) the Agreed Form Spin-Off Agreements and (ii) all other written Contracts with unaffiliated third parties entered into with respect to the Spin-Off and all other material instruments and documents with unaffiliated third parties delivered in connection therewith other than the ESG Registration Statement and any Other ESG Required Company Filing (the “Ancillary Spin-Off Agreements”).

 

“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

 

“Eurodollar Lending Office” means the office of each Lender which shall be making or maintaining its Eurodollar Loans.

 

“Eurodollar Loans” means Loans at such time as they are made and/or being maintained at a rate of interest based upon Adjusted LIBOR.

 

“European Collateral Agent” means J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, and its successors and assigns in such capacity (or such of its Affiliates as it may designate from time to time).

 

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“European Security Document” means, individually and/or collectively as the context may require, (i) the German Security Agreement and (ii) the English Security Agreement.

 

“Event of Default” means any of the events specified in Article 10, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Exchange Rate” means, on any day, with respect to any Alternate Currency, the rate at which such Alternate Currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date on the Reuters screen (or another commercially available source providing quotations of such rate as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) for such currency (or to the extent applicable, the rate at which Dollars may be exchanged into such other currency). In the event that such rate does not appear on such applicable Reuters screen (or another commercially available source providing quotations of such rate as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time), the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available source providing quotations of such rate as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time), the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Company (or, with respect to calculations to be made by the relevant Issuing Lender, such Issuing Lender and the Company), or, in the absence of such an agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent (or, with respect to calculations to be made by the relevant Issuing Lender, such Issuing Lender) in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about such time as the Administrative Agent (or, with respect to calculations to be made by the relevant Issuing Lender, such Issuing Lender) shall elect after determining that such rates shall be the basis for determining the Exchange Rate, on such date for the purchase of Dollars for delivery two Business Days later; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent (or, with respect to calculations to be made by the relevant Issuing Lender, such Issuing Lender) may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

“Excluded Foreign Subsidiary” has the meaning specified in Section 8.2(b).

 

“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Company hereunder, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Company under this Agreement) or (ii) such Lender changes its

 

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Lending Office or designates a Conduit Lender, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 5.23(b), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such recipient’s failure to comply with Section 5.23(g) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.

 

“Existing Letters of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(a).

 

“Existing Revolving Credit Termination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(a).

 

“Extension Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(a).

 

“Extensions of Credit” means the collective reference to Loans made and Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement.

 

“Facility” means each of (i) the Revolving Credit Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), and (ii) the Revolving Credit Commitments Increases and Incremental Revolving Credit Loans (if any) made thereunder.

 

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions that are substantively similar) and any regulations thereunder or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

 

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” has the meaning assigned it in the definition of “ABR”.

 

“Fee Letter” means the letter dated April 30, 2015 between the Company and JPMorgan Securities LLC, setting forth the administrative agency fee and collateral agency fee for the Credit Agreement.

 

“Finance Document” means (i) each Credit Document, (ii) each Swap Contract between one or more Credit Parties and a Hedge Bank evidencing Swap Obligations permitted hereunder and (iii) each Cash Management Agreement between any Credit Party and a Cash Management Bank, and “Finance Documents” means all of them, collectively.

 

“Finance Obligations” means, at any date, (i) all Obligations, (ii) all Swap Obligations of a Credit Party permitted hereunder owed or owing under any Swap Contract to any Hedge Bank and (iii) all Cash Management Obligations of a Credit Party owing under any Cash Management Agreement to a Cash Management Bank.

 

“Finance Party” means the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agents, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender.

 

“First Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means a Foreign Subsidiary held directly by the Company or another Credit Party.

 

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“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a) or 8.1(b) (or, prior to the first delivery of any such financial statements, as set forth in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA for the fiscal quarters specified therein) minus Unfinanced Capital Expenditures for such period to (ii) the sum of (1) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for such period, (2) income taxes of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or payable in cash during such period (determined on a consolidated basis, but net of any refund in respect of income taxes actually received in cash during such period), (3) principal of Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including payments in respect of Capital Leases but excluding intercompany payments in respect of Indebtedness owing to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) scheduled to be paid during such period (determined on a consolidated basis for such period) and (4) the aggregate amount of all cash dividends, distributions and Qualified Stock Repurchases (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) paid or effected under Section 9.9 during such period (other than pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of such Section.

 

“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Company is a resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each state thereof, and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

 

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(9) of the Code).

 

“Foreign-Subsidiary Holding Company” means any Restricted Subsidiary substantially all of whose assets consist of Equity Interests in Persons that are CFCs.

 

“Form 10-K” means the annual report on Form 10-K filed by the Company with the SEC with respect to its fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, and shall include any further amendment thereto filed with the SEC.

 

“GAAP”  means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in effect on the date of this Agreement.

 

“German Collateral” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.1(b).

 

“German Security Agreement” means, individually and collectively as the context may require, each security agreement entered by the Company governed by the laws of Germany that create or purport to create a Lien in favor of the European Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Inventory of the Company located in Germany (and in any Accounts governed by the laws of Germany).

 

“Germany” means the Federal Republic of Germany.

 

“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or

 

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administrative functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank) and any group or body charged with setting regulatory capital rules or standards (including, without limitation, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).

 

“Guaranty” means the Amended and Restated Guaranty, substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto, made by one or more Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Secured Parties, together with each other guaranty or guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 8.10 or Section 9.15 of this Agreement.

 

“Hedge Bank” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Swap Contract or on the Effective Date, is a Lender or a Joint Lead Arranger or an Affiliate of a Lender or a Joint Lead Arranger, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Contract.

 

“Impacted Interest Period” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “LIBOR”.

“Incremental Commitments Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.5.

 

“Incremental Equivalent Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(n).

 

“Incremental Facility Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4.

 

“Incremental Facility Closing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.6.

 

“Incremental Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.3.

 

“Incremental Revolving Credit Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.

 

“Indebtedness” means, of any Person, at any particular date, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade payables or liabilities and deferred payment for services to employees or former employees incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices and other deferred compensation arrangements), (ii) the face amount of all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder, (iii) all liabilities (other than Lease Obligations) secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof, (iv) obligations of such Person under Capital Leases and (v) all indebtedness of such Person arising under acceptance facilities; but excluding (x) any obligation resulting from the existence of deferred revenue, including customer deposits and interest thereon in the ordinary course of business, (y) deferred rent, and (z) trade and other accounts and accrued expenses payable in the ordinary course of business in accordance with customary trade terms and in the case of both clauses (x) and (z) above, which are not overdue for a period of more than 120 days or, if overdue for more than 120 days, as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of such Person.

 

“Indemnified Person” has the meaning specified in Section 12.5(a)(iv).

 

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“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.

 

“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 12.13(a).

 

“Insolvency” means, with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of such term as used in Section 4245 of ERISA.

 

“Interest Payment Date” means (i) as to ABR Loans, the last day of each March, June, September and December, commencing on the first such day to occur after any ABR Loans are made or any Eurodollar Loans are converted to ABR Loans, (ii) as to any Eurodollar Loan in respect of which the Company has selected an Interest Period of one, two or three months (or any shorter period as agreed by the Lenders), the last day of such Interest Period, (iii) as to any Eurodollar Loan in respect of which the Company has selected an Interest Period in excess of three months (as may be agreed by the Lenders), the day which is three months after the date on which such Eurodollar Loan is made or continued as a Eurodollar Loan or an ABR Loan is converted to such a Eurodollar Loan, the first day of any subsequent three-month period and the last day of such Interest Period and (iv) the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

 

“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan:

 

(i)                                     initially, the period commencing on, as the case may be, the Borrowing Date or conversion or continuation date with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter (or such shorter or longer periods as the Lenders of the applicable tranche of Loans may agree) as selected by the Company in its notice of borrowing as provided in Section 5.1 or its notice of conversion or continuation as provided in Section 5.3; and

 

(ii)                                  thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter (or such shorter or longer periods as the Lenders of the applicable tranche of Loans may agree) as selected by the Company by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 P.M. New York City time three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect to such Eurodollar Loan; provided that the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

 

(A)                               if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month, in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

 

(B)                               any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Revolving Credit Termination Date, shall end on the Revolving Credit Termination Date, or if the Revolving Credit Termination Date shall not be a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day;

 

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(C)                               if the Company shall fail to give notice as provided above in clause (b), it shall be deemed to have selected a conversion of a Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan (which conversion shall occur automatically and without need for compliance with the conditions for conversion set forth in Section 5.3); and

 

(D)                               any Interest Period that begins on the last day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month.

 

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

 

“Investment” has the meaning specified in Section 9.7.

 

“Investment Grade Account Debtor has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eligible Account”.

 

“Issuing Lender” means JPMCB or any other Lender (or their respective Affiliates) which agrees to be an Issuing Lender and is designated by the Company and the Administrative Agent as an Issuing Lender, as issuer of Letters of Credit.

 

“Joint Lead Arrangers” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., RBC Capital Markets (a brand name for the capital markets activities of Royal Bank of Canada and its affiliates), SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.

 

“JPMCB” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and its successors.

 

“KLX Energy” means KLX Energy Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. KLX RE Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of KLX Energy.

 

“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directives, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

 

“L/C Application” means a letter of credit application in the Issuing Lender’s then customary form for the type of letter of credit requested.

 

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“L/C Disbursement” means a payment made by an Issuing Lender pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

 

“L/C Participating Interest” means the Dollar Equivalent of an undivided participating interest in the face amount of each issued and outstanding Letter of Credit and the L/C Application relating thereto.

 

“Lease Obligations means, of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as of the date of any determination thereof, the rental commitments of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis, if any, under Operating Leases (net of rental commitments from sub-leases thereof).

 

“Leaseholds” means, with respect to any Person, all of the right, title and interest of such Person as lessee or licensee in, to and under leases or licenses of land, improvements and/or fixtures.

 

“Lender” means each bank or other lending institution listed on Schedule 1A, each Eligible Assignee that becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 12.6(c), each Incremental Lender that becomes a Lender pursuant to Article 3 and their respective successors and shall include, as the context may require, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender in such capacities.

 

“Lender Affiliate” means (i) any Affiliate of any Lender, (ii) any Person that is administered or managed by any Lender and that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities and (iii) with respect to any Lender which is a fund that invests in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor/manager as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender or investment advisor/manager.

 

“Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, (i) with respect to its ABR Loans, the office of such Lender which will be making or maintaining its ABR Loans and (ii) with respect to its Eurodollar Loans, its Eurodollar Lending Office.

 

“Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit issued by an Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2.3.

 

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

 

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“LIBO Screen Rate” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “LIBOR”.

 

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, charge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), or preference, priority or other security agreement, security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement under the UCC or comparable law of any jurisdiction in respect of any of the foregoing, except for the filing of financing statements in connection with Lease Obligations to the extent that such financing statements relate to the property subject to such Lease Obligations).

 

“Line Cap” means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the Borrowing Base, each as then in effect.

 

“Loans” means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Loans (including Protective Advances), the Swing Line Loans and the Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, if any; individually, a “Loan”.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” means (i) a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, assets, or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) a material impairment of the ability of the Company and the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform any of its obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party, (iii) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Lenders under any Credit Document or (iv) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Credit Party of any Credit Documents to which it is a party.

 

“Material Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a principal amount equal to or greater than $20,000,000.

 

“Materials of Environmental Concern” means any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, including, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation, medical waste and radioactive materials, in each case, as regulated by any applicable Environmental Laws.

 

“Material Subsidiary” means each Restricted Subsidiary (a) the Consolidated Total Assets of which equal 7.5% or more of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (b) the Consolidated EBITDA of which equals 7.5% or more of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as of the end of or for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a) or 8.1(b) (or, prior to the first delivery of any such financial statements, as set forth in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA for the fiscal quarters specified therein); provided that if, at the end of or for any such most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, the combined Consolidated Total Assets or combined Consolidated EBITDA of all Restricted Subsidiaries that under clauses (a) and (b) above would not constitute Material Subsidiaries shall have exceeded 7.5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or 7.5% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the

 

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Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, respectively, then one or more of such excluded Restricted Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement be designated by the Company to be Material Subsidiaries, until such excess shall have been eliminated.

 

“Maturity Extension Request” means a request by the Company, in the form of Exhibit K hereto or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent, for the extension of the then-existing Revolving Credit Termination Date pursuant to Section 3.10.

 

“Measurement Period” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.

 

“Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 30, 2018 among The Boeing Company, Kelly Merger Sub, Inc. and the Company, including the exhibits, schedules, annexes and other attachments thereto, each as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in a manner not materially adverse to the interest of the Lenders.

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors or, absent any such successor, such nationally recognized statistical rating organization as the Company and the Administrative Agent may select.

 

“Mortgage” means, in the case of owned real property interests, a mortgage or deed of trust, in a form to be reasonably agreed between the Company and the Administrative Agent, including any Credit Party, the Collateral Agents and one or more trustees, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 12.1.

 

“Non-Investment Grade Account Debtor” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eligible Account”.

 

“Notes” means the collective reference to any promissory notes evidencing Loans.

 

“Obligations” means the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company and the other Credit Parties to the Agents or any Lenders (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, related to the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, the Loans, the other Credit Documents, any Letter of Credit or L/C Application, or any other document made, delivered or given in connection therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agents or any Lender or any such Affiliate) or otherwise.

 

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“Operating Lease” means, as applied to any Person, a lease (including leases which may be terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee which is not a Capital Lease.

 

“Organization Documents” means: (i) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-United States jurisdiction); (ii) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (iii) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

 

“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to a Lender (including an Issuing Lender) or the Administrative Agent or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Company hereunder, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Credit Document).

 

“Other Priority Collateral” means all Collateral other than the ABL First Priority Collateral.

 

“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise or  property Taxes or similar Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Credit Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, but excluding property or similar Taxes imposed in such circumstances as a result of the Company or other Credit Party being organized or resident in, maintaining an office in, conducting business in or maintaining property located in, the taxing jurisdiction imposing such property or similar Taxes.

 

“Parallel Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 11.11.

 

“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(b).

 

“Participants” has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(b).

 

“Participating Lender” means any Lender (other than the Issuing Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit) with respect to its L/C Participating Interest in each Letter of Credit.

 

“Payment Conditions” means (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the taking of the relevant action as to which the satisfaction of the Payment Conditions is being determined and (ii) on a pro forma basis, immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to any transaction that is subject to the Payment Conditions, either (A) (1) Availability is at least 15% of the Line Cap at such time and for the immediately preceding 60 days and (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a pro forma basis, is at least 1.0 to 1.0 or (B)

 

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Availability is at least 20% of the Line Cap at such time and for the immediately preceding 60 days.

 

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).

 

“Permitted Acquisitions” means non-hostile acquisitions (by merger, purchase or otherwise) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets of, or all of the shares of the capital stock or other Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person engaged in the same business as the Company and its Subsidiaries or in a related business, provided that immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) except for Permitted Joint Ventures, 100% (less the amount of such capital stock or other Equity Interests, if any, not exceeding 5% in the aggregate thereof, attributable to director qualifying shares, shares required by the jurisdiction of organization of such Person to be held by management or other third party and such additional shares the current ownership of which, at the time of such Permitted Acquisition, cannot, after commercially reasonable efforts by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, be identified or acquired) of the outstanding capital stock or other Equity Interests of any acquired or newly formed corporation or other entity that acquires such Person, division or line of business is owned directly by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) any such capital stock or other Equity Interests acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be duly and validly pledged to the relevant Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders (other than any capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, any Subsidiary that is not required to be so pledged pursuant to Section 8.10); (iii) the Company causes any such corporation or other entity to comply with Section 8.10 hereof, if such Section is applicable; (iv) any such corporation or other entity is not liable for and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries do not assume any Indebtedness (except for Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 9.2); (v) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate to such effect, together with all relevant financial information for such corporation or other entity or acquired assets; and (vi) at the time of any such acquisition (and after giving effect to loans, advances and investments in connection therewith or pursuant thereto), either (A) (1) Availability is at least 15% of the Line Cap at such time and for the immediately preceding 60 days and (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a pro forma basis, is at least 1.0 to 1.0 or (B) Availability is at least 20% of the Line Cap at such time and for the immediately preceding 60 days, after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and to any other event occurring after such period as to which pro forma recalculation is appropriate (including any other transaction described in Sections 9.6 and 9.7 occurring after such period) as if such acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period. All pro forma calculations required to be made pursuant to this definition shall (A) include only those adjustments that are based on reasonably detailed written assumptions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and  (B) be certified to by a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company as having been prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions.

 

“Permitted Discretion” means a determination made in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment in accordance with customary business practices for comparable asset-based lending transactions, provided that in exercising such judgment the Administrative Agent shall only consider new circumstances affecting the Collateral or changes in such factors already included in or tested by the definition of

 

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“Eligible Accounts” or “Eligible Inventory”, in each case arising after the Effective Date that affect or alter or could reasonably be expected to affect or alter the credit risk of lending to the Company based on the security of the Collateral in an asset-based financing.

 

“Permitted Encumbrances” means (i) those liens, encumbrances and other matters affecting title to any mortgaged property listed in the title policies in respect thereof and found, on the date of delivery of any such title policy to the relevant Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms hereof, reasonably acceptable by the relevant Collateral Agent, (ii) zoning, building codes, land use and other similar Laws and municipal ordinances which are not violated in any material respect by the existing improvements and the present use by the mortgagor of the Premises (as defined in the respective Mortgage) and (iii) such other items to which the relevant Collateral Agent may consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).

 

“Permitted Foreign Acquisitions” means non-hostile acquisitions (by merger, purchase or otherwise) by a Foreign Subsidiary of the Company that is a Restricted Subsidiary of all or substantially all of the assets of, or all of the shares of the capital stock or other Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person which is engaged in the same business as the Company and its Subsidiaries or in a related business; provided that immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) such acquired Person or the Person directly owning such division, line of business or other assets shall be a Consolidated Subsidiary; (ii) 100% (less the amount of such capital stock or other Equity Interests, if any, not exceeding 5% in the aggregate thereof, attributable to director qualifying shares, shares required by the jurisdiction of organization of such Person to be held by management or other third party and such additional shares the current ownership of which, at the time of such Permitted Foreign Acquisition, cannot, after commercially reasonable efforts by the Company and its applicable Foreign Subsidiaries, be identified or acquired) of the outstanding capital stock or other Equity Interests of any acquired or newly formed corporation or other entity that acquires such Person, division or line of business is owned directly or indirectly by a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary; (iii) 65.0% of all outstanding capital stock or other Equity Interests of such First Tier Foreign Subsidiary shall be duly and validly pledged to the relevant Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders; (iv) neither the applicable First Tier Foreign Subsidiary nor any such other corporation or other entity is liable for, and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries do not assume, any Indebtedness (except for Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 9.2(m)); (v) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate to such effect, together with all relevant financial information for such corporation or other entity or acquired assets; and (vi) at the time of any such acquisition (and after giving effect to loans, advances and investments in connection therewith or pursuant thereto), either (A) (1) Availability is at least 15% of the Line Cap at such time and for the immediately preceding 60 days and (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a pro forma basis, is at least 1.0 to 1.0 or (B) Availability is at least 20% of the Line Cap at such time and for the immediately preceding 60 days, after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and to any other event occurring after such period as to which pro forma recalculation is appropriate (including any other transaction described in Sections 9.6 and 9.7 occurring after such period) as if such acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period. All pro forma calculations required to be made pursuant to this definition shall (A) include only those adjustments that are based on reasonably detailed written assumptions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (B) be certified to by a Responsible Officer

 

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on behalf of the Company as having been prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions.

 

“Permitted Joint Ventures” means acquisitions (by merger, purchase, formation of partnership, joint venture or otherwise) by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary not constituting Permitted Acquisitions or Permitted Foreign Acquisitions of interests in any of the assets of, or shares of the capital stock of or other Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person engaged in the same business as the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in a related business, provided that immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) any outstanding capital stock or other Equity Interests of any acquired or newly formed corporation or other entity owned directly by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor is duly and validly pledged to the relevant Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders if and to the extent required to be so pledged pursuant to the definition of “Pledge and Security Agreement” or pursuant to Section 8.10; and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate to such effect, together with all relevant financial information for such corporation or other entity or acquired assets.

 

“Permitted Liens” means any Liens permitted under Section 9.3.

 

“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, business trust, joint stock company, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.

 

“Plan” means any pension plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA and in respect of which the Company or a Commonly Controlled Entity is an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

 

“Plan Asset Regulations” means 29 CFR § 2510.3-101 et seq., as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended from time to time.

 

“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 8.2.

 

“Pledge and Security Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, the other Credit Parties from time to time party thereto and the U.S. Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A hereto, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with its terms from time to time.

 

“Pledge and Security Agreements” means the collective reference to the Pledge and Security Agreement and any other pledge agreement or security agreement entered into by a Credit Party and the relevant Collateral Agent (on substantially the same terms as the Pledge and Security Agreement) in accordance with Section 8.10.

 

“Pledged Collateral” has the meaning specified for the term “Collateral” in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

 

“Pledged Deposit Account” means any Deposit Account into which Proceeds of Eligible Accounts are required to be paid as provided in any Collateral Document.

 

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“PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) and other personal property security legislation of the applicable Canadian province or provinces in respect of the Credit Parties or the Collateral as all such legislation now exists or may from time to time hereafter be amended, modified, recodified, supplemented or replaced, together with all rules, regulations and interpretations thereunder or related thereto.

 

“Prime Rate” has the meaning assigned it in the definition of “ABR”.

 

“Proceeds” means (a) all “proceeds”, as defined in Article 9 of the UCC with respect to the Collateral, and (b) whatever is recoverable or recovered when any Collateral is sold, exchanged, collected, or disposed of, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, including, without limitation, all proceeds of insurance policy covering the Collateral.

 

“Properties” means each parcel of real property currently or previously owned or operated by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

“Protective Advances” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9.

 

“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

 

“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 8.2.

 

“Qualified Stock Repurchases” means, collectively, one or more open market or privately negotiated purchases by the Company for cash of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock if each share of common stock so purchased is retired and cancelled (and returned to the status of authorized and unissued shares) promptly following the consummation of such repurchase.

 

“Real Property” means, with respect to any Person, all of the right, title and interest of such Person in and to land, improvements and fixtures, including Leaseholds.

 

“Refunded Swing Line Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.7(b).

 

“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(d).

 

“Regulation D, O, T, U or X” means Regulation D, O, T, U or X, respectively, of the Board, as amended, or any successor regulation.

 

“Related Document” means any agreement, certificate, document or instrument relating to a Letter of Credit.

 

“Related Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 12.5(a)(iv).

 

“Reorganization” means, with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is in reorganization as such term is used in Section 4241 of ERISA.

 

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“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations thereunder.

 

“Required Lenders” means, at a particular time, and subject to Section 5.24(b), Lenders that hold more than 50% of the sum of (i) the Revolving Credit Commitments or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been cancelled, the sum of (A) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, plus (B) the L/C Participating Interests in the aggregate amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit, plus (C) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of Revolving L/C Obligations, plus  (D) the aggregate amount represented by the agreements of the Lenders in Sections 2.7(b) and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Loans then outstanding plus (E) the aggregate amount represented by the agreements of the Lenders in Sections 2.9(a) and (b) with respect to the Protective Advances then outstanding and (ii) from and after any applicable Incremental Facility Closing Date, the related Revolving Credit Commitments Increases or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments Increases have been cancelled, the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the related Incremental Revolving Credit Loans.

 

“Required Ratios” means, on any date of determination with respect to any incurrence of Indebtedness under Section 9.2(j) or Section 9.2(k) or any dividend, distribution or Qualified Stock Repurchase pursuant to Section 9.9(d), for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a) or 8.1(b) (or, prior to the first delivery of any such financial statements, as set forth in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA for the fiscal quarters specified therein), (A) the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the end of such period to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall not exceed (1) for each Measurement Period ending in 2015, 4.5 to 1.0; (2) for each Measurement Period ending in 2016, 4.0 to 1.0; and (3) for each Measurement Period thereafter, 3.5 to 1.0; and (B) the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for such period to (ii) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense shall not be less than 3.0 to 1.0.

 

“Requirement of Law” means, as to any Person, the Organization Documents of such Person, and any Law (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws), in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

 

“Reserves” means, on any date of determination, the sum of the following reserves established by the Administrative Agent (and determined without duplication):

 

(a)                                 in the case of Designated Cash Management Obligations, the aggregate exposure on such date of all Cash Management Banks under all Designated Cash Management Obligations, based on the most recent exposure notified to the Administrative Agent by the relevant Cash Management Banks and the Company; plus

 

(b)                                 in the case of Designated Swap Obligations, the aggregate mark-to-market termination exposure (after giving effect to applicable netting arrangements) on such date of all Swap Banks under all Designated Swap Obligations, based on the most recent mark-to-market termination exposure notified to the Administrative Agent by the relevant Hedge Banks and the Company; plus

 

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(c)                                  in the case of Eligible Accounts, reserves established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion for dilution, for uninsured, underinsured, un-indemnified or under-indemnified liabilities or potential liabilities with respect to any litigation and for taxes, fees, assessments and other governmental charges; plus

 

(d)                                 in the case of Eligible Inventory, reserves established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion for volatility, for Inventory shrinkage, for customs charges and shipping charges related to any Inventory in transit, for rent at locations leased by the Company, for consignee’s, warehousemen’s and bailee’s charges, for uninsured losses, for uninsured, underinsured, un-indemnified or under-indemnified liabilities or potential liabilities with respect to any litigation, for taxes, fees, assessments, and other governmental charges and for retention of title or similar arrangements; plus

 

(e)                                  in the case of Eligible Accounts owed by Account Debtors located or organized in an Eligible Account Foreign Jurisdiction or in the case of Eligible Inventory located in an Eligible European Jurisdiction, the following reserves established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion: reserves for VAT, reserves for enforceable restrictions on assignments by way of security or creation of security over Accounts, reserves for extended or extendible retention of title arrangements over Accounts, reserves for the prescribed part of the Company’s net property that would be made available for the satisfaction of its unsecured liabilities pursuant to §176A of the United Kingdom’s Insolvency Act of 1986, reserves which would constitute preferential debts pursuant to §386A of the United Kingdom’s Insolvency Act of 1986, reserves for netting or similar arrangements with respect to German law governed Accounts and current account arrangement (Kontokorrentabrede), and reserves for fees payable to an insolvency administrator pursuant to Sec. 171 of the German Insolvency Code (or relevant successor provisions); plus

 

(f)                                   other reserves established by the Administrative Agent in good faith and on commercially reasonable basis in respect of new circumstances arising after the Effective Date affecting the Eligible Accounts or Eligible Inventory or that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of the relevant Collateral Agent to exercise remedies in respect of the ABL First Priority Collateral.

 

“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer or the chief operating officer of the Company or, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer, controller, vice president  — finance or treasurer of the Company.

 

“Restricted Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to any Lender, its obligations to make Revolving  Credit Loans to the Company pursuant to Section 2.1, to purchase its L/C Participating Interest in any Letter of Credit and to purchase participations in Protective Advances in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule 1A under the heading “Revolving Credit Commitment” and in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, as the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments may

 

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be reduced or adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, increases pursuant to Article 3); collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “Revolving Credit Commitments”. On the Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments is $750,000,000.  On the Amendment Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments is $650,000,000.

 

“Revolving Credit Commitment Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.

 

“Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage” means, as to any Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment constitutes of all of the Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have been terminated, the percentage of the outstanding Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit, Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances constituted by such Lender’s Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and participating interest in Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances).

 

“Revolving Credit Commitment Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but not including the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

 

“Revolving Credit Lenders” means the Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments and/or outstanding Revolving Credit Loans.

 

“Revolving Credit Loan” and “Revolving Credit Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a), and shall include Protective Advances made pursuant to Section 2.9.

 

“Revolving Credit Outstandings” means, as to any Lender at a particular time, the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.1 (including any Incremental Revolving Credit Loans), (ii) such Lender’s L/C Participating Interest in the aggregate amount available to be drawn at such time under all outstanding Letters of Credit, (iii) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate outstanding amount of Revolving L/C Obligations, (iv) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all Swing Line Loans and (v) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Protective Advances.

 

“Revolving Credit Termination Date” means, subject to Section 3.10, the earliest of (i) the date which is the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date; (ii) any other date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate hereunder; and (iii) the date that is six months prior to the earliest maturity of the Senior Notes or any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries consisting of debt securities issued pursuant to one or more public offerings or private offerings exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Revolving L/C Obligations” means the obligations of the Company to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any payments made by an Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit that have not been reimbursed by the Company pursuant to Section 2.6.

 

“Same Day Funds” means immediately available funds.

 

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“Sanctions” means applicable economic or financial sanctions, imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. Government, including those administered by the U. S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, or the U.S. Department of State including but not limited to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Trading with the Enemy Act, United Nations Participation Act, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act, Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and similar laws, executive orders and regulations concerning sanctions, (b) Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (c) the European Union, and any European Union member state, or (d) the United Nations Security Council.

 

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

 

“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, (b) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, (c) any Person located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, or (d) any Person that is 50% or more owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).

 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of McGraw Hill Financial Inc., and any successor thereto.

 

“Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Secured Indebtedness as of such date to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the twelve months ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements required by Section 8.1(a) or (b), as applicable, have been delivered.

 

“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Lenders and any other Persons the obligations owing to which are or are purported to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral Documents.

 

“Senior Notes” means the $1,200,000,000 original aggregate principal amount of Senior Unsecured Notes issued by the Company on December 16, 2014.

 

“Senior Note Documents” means the Senior Notes, the related indentures and all other agreements, documents and instruments relating to the Senior Notes, in each case as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof and of this Agreement.

 

“Single Employer Plan” means any Plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but which is not a Multiemployer Plan.

 

“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (i) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (ii) the present fair salable value of the

 

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assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (iv) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. 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 reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

 

“Spin-Off” means the corporate transaction pursuant to which all the issued and outstanding common stock of the Company were distributed on a pro rata basis to its shareholders in a tax-free transaction on December 16, 2014.

 

“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 percentage (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBOR, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentage shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar 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, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership or other entity of which shares of capital stock or other Equity Interests having ordinary voting power (other than capital stock or other equity interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, directly or indirectly, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, or both, by such Person. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

“Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that from time to time shall or shall be required to deliver a Guaranty or a Credit Party Accession Agreement or other guaranty or guaranty supplement pursuant to Section 8.10 or 9.15.

 

“Supermajority Lenders” means, at a particular time, and subject to Section 5.24(b), Lenders that hold more than 66 2/3% of the sum of (i) the Revolving Credit Commitments or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been cancelled, the sum of (A) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, plus (B) the L/C Participating Interests in the aggregate amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit, plus (C) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of Revolving L/C Obligations, plus  (D) the aggregate amount represented by the agreements of the Lenders in Sections 2.7(b) and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Loans then outstanding plus (E) the aggregate amount represented by the agreements of the Lenders in Sections 2.9(a) and (b) with respect to the Protective Advances

 

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then outstanding, and (ii) from and after any applicable Incremental Facility Closing Date, the related Revolving Credit Commitments Increases or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments Increases have been cancelled, the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the related Incremental Revolving Credit Loans.

 

“Swap Contract” means (i) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (ii) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

 

“Swap Obligation” of any Person means all obligations (including, without limitation, any amounts which accrue after the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect to such Person, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim under any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law) of such Person in respect of any Swap Contract, excluding any amounts which such Person is entitled to set-off against its obligations under applicable law.

 

“Swing Line Commitment” means the Swing Line Lender’s obligation to make Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.7.

 

“Swing Line Lender” and “Swing Line Lenders” have the meaning specified in Section 2.7(a).

 

“Swing Line Loan” and “Swing Line Loans”  have the meaning specified in Section 2.7(a).

 

“Syndication Agents” means, collectively, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank,  USA, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada and SunTrust Bank, in their capacities as Syndication Agents with respect to the Commitments (each, a “Syndication Agent”).

 

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

 

“Type” means, as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

 

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to

 

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time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

 

“Unfinanced Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person and for any period, Capital Expenditures made by such Person during such period and not financed from the proceeds of Indebtedness (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Loans), the proceeds of any issuance of equity or the proceeds of any asset sale.

 

“Uniform Customs” means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (1998 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 500 (or any successor publication), as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

“Unmatured Surviving Obligations” means, at any date, contingent indemnification or expense reimbursement claims which are not then due and payable or with respect to which no demand has been made.

 

“Unrestricted Subsidiaries” means (a) any Subsidiary that is formed or acquired after the Effective Date and is designated subsequent to the Effective Date as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Company pursuant to Section 8.10(b) and (b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. As of the Effective Date, there are no Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

 

“U.S. Collateral Agent” means JPMCB, and its successors and assigns in such capacity (or such of its Affiliates as it may designate from time to time).

 

“U.S. Person” means a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 5.23(g)(ii)(B)(III).

 

“VAT” means any tax imposed by EC Directive 2006/112/EC on the Common System of value  added tax, any national legislation implementing that directive, together with any legislation supplemental thereto, and any other tax of a similar nature and all penalties, cost and interest related thereto.

 

“Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary” means at any date a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company which is a Domestic Subsidiary at such date, and “Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiaries” means all of them, collectively.

 

“Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary Guarantor” means at any date a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary which is a Credit Party under and in compliance with all Collateral Documents at such date, and “Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors” means all of them, collectively.

 

“Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary” means at any date a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary which is a Restricted Subsidiary at such date, and “Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries” means all of them, collectively.

 

“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person at any date, any Subsidiary of such Person all of the shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person.

 

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“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

1.3                               Other Definitional Provisions

 

(a)                                 Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any other Credit Document or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto.

 

(b)                                 As used herein and in any other Credit Document and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto, accounting terms relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1 to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP.

 

(c)                                  The words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and section, Section, schedule and exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

(d)                                 The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of such terms.

 

2.                                      AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS

 

2.1                               Revolving Credit Commitments

 

(a)                                 Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender agrees to extend credit, in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, to the Company from time to time on any Borrowing Date during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period by purchasing an L/C Participating Interest in each Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender and by making loans to the Company (Revolving Credit Loans) from time to time. Revolving Credit Loans shall be denominated in Dollars. Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to the Administrative Agent’s authority, in its reasonable discretion, to make Protective Advances pursuant to Section 2.9, in no event shall (i) any Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Line Loan be made, or any Letter of Credit be issued, if, after giving effect thereto and the use of proceeds thereof as irrevocably directed by the Company, the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line Loans would exceed the Line Cap then in effect or if Section 2.7 would be violated thereby or (ii) any Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Line Loan be made, or any Letter of Credit be issued, if the amount of such Loan to be made or any Letter of Credit to be issued would, after giving effect to the use of proceeds, if any, thereof, exceed the Available Revolving Credit Commitments. Subject to the foregoing, during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, the Company may use the Revolving Credit Commitments by borrowing, repaying the Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and/or by having the Issuing Lender issue Letters of

 

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Credit, having such Letters of Credit expire undrawn upon or if drawn upon, reimbursing the relevant Issuing Lender for such drawing, and having the Issuing Lender issue new Letters of Credit.

 

(b)                                 Each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of the lesser of (i) $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) the Available Revolving Credit Commitments, except that any borrowing of a Revolving Credit Loan to be used solely (x) to pay a like amount of Swing Line Loans may be in the aggregate principal amount of such Swing Line Loans or (y) to pay the like amount of an L/C Disbursement may be in the principal amount of such L/C Disbursement.

 

2.2                               Proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans

 

The Company shall use the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans solely for (i) making payments to an Issuing Lender to reimburse the Issuing Lender for drawings made under the Letters of Credit,  (ii) repaying Swing Line Loans and Revolving Credit Loans and (iii) financing other working capital or general corporate purposes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Credit Party will request any Loans, and no Credit Party shall use, and shall procure that their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, agents, shall not use, the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loan, Swing Line Loan or Letter of Credit (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

 

2.3                               Issuance of Letters of Credit

 

(a)                                 Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company may from time to time during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period request any Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to the Administrative Agent at its address specified in Section 12.2 and the Issuing Lender an L/C Application completed to the satisfaction of the Issuing Lender, together with the proposed form of the Letter of Credit (which shall comply with the applicable requirements of paragraph (b) below) and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the Issuing Lender may reasonably request; provided that if the Issuing Lender informs the Company that it is for any reason unable to open such Letter of Credit, the Company may request another Lender to open such Letter of Credit upon the same terms offered to the initial Issuing Lender and if such other Lender agrees to issue such Letter of Credit each reference to the Issuing Lender for purposes of the Credit Documents shall be deemed to be a reference to such Lender. Letters of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars or in an Alternate Currency. Each letter of credit listed on Schedule 2.3 (the “Existing Letters of Credit”) shall be deemed to constitute a Letter of Credit issued hereunder.

 

(b)                                 Each Letter of Credit issued hereunder shall, among other things, (i) be in such form requested by the Company as shall be acceptable to the Issuing Lender in its sole discretion

 

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and (ii) subject to paragraph (c) below, have an expiry date occurring not later than the earlier of (A) 365 days after the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit and (B) five days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date. Each L/C Application and each Letter of Credit shall be subject to the Uniform Customs and, to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the laws of the State of New York.

 

(c)                                  If the Company so requests in the applicable L/C Application, the Issuing Lender may agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that (x) any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Issuing Lender to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a certain number of days prior to each anniversary of such Letter of Credit’s date of issuance (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”), such number of days to be agreed upon by the Company and the Issuing Lender at the time such Letter of Credit is issued and (y) such prior notice shall be deemed to have been given by the Issuing Lender on the effective date of its resignation as Issuing Lender in accordance with Section 11.9. Unless otherwise directed by the Issuing Lender, the Company shall not be required to make a specific request to the Issuing Lender for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Issuing Lender to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than five days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date; provided, however, that the Issuing Lender shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Issuing Lender has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.1(a), Section 2.5 or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or the Company that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 7.2 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Issuing Lender not to permit such extension.

 

2.4                               Participating Interests

 

Effective in the case of each Letter of Credit opened by the Issuing Lender as of the date of the opening thereof, the Issuing Lender agrees to allot and does allot, to itself and each other Revolving Credit Lender, and each Revolving Credit Lender severally and irrevocably agrees to take and does take in such Letter of Credit and the related L/C Application, an L/C Participating Interest in a percentage equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each such Revolving Credit Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the account of the applicable Issuing Lender, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of each L/C Disbursement made by such Issuing Lender, in each case to the extent not reimbursed by the Company on the date due as provided in Section 2.6, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Company for any reason.

 

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2.5                               Procedure for Opening Letters of Credit

 

Upon receipt of any L/C Application from the Company in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender will promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and the Administrative Agent will notify each Revolving Credit Lender. The Issuing Lender will process such L/C Application, and the other certificates, documents and other papers delivered to the Issuing Lender in connection therewith, upon receipt thereof in accordance with its customary procedures and, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, shall promptly open such Letter of Credit by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof and by furnishing a copy thereof to the Company; provided that no such Letter of Credit shall be issued (i) if the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such requested Letter of Credit, together with the sum of (A) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid amount of Revolving L/C Obligations outstanding at the time of such request and (B) the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum aggregate amount available to be drawn under all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time, would exceed $50,000,000 or (ii) if Section 2.1 would be violated thereby.

 

2.6                               Payments in Respect of Letters of Credit

 

(a)                                 If the Issuing Lender shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Company shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such L/C Disbursement in Dollars, not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Company receives notice of such L/C Disbursement; provided that the Company may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.7 or 5.1 that such payment be financed with an ABR Loan, which is a Revolving Credit Loan, or a Swing Line Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Company’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Loan which is a Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Line Loan.

 

(b)                                 If an Issuing Lender shall make any L/C Disbursement, then, unless the Company shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement in full on the date such L/C Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such L/C Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Company reimburses such L/C Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Loans; provided that, if the Company fails to reimburse such L/C Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section, then, Section 5.7(d) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the applicable Issuing Lender, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Lender shall be for the account of such Revolving Credit Lender to the extent of such payment. If the Company fails to make such payment when due, then the Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Issuing Lender and each other applicable Revolving Credit Lender of the applicable L/C Disbursement, the payment then due from the Company in respect thereof and such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each applicable Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the payment then due from the Company (and Section 5.18(b) shall apply, mutatis mutandis,

 

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to the payment obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Lender in Dollars the amounts so received by it from such Revolving Credit Lender. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Company pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Lender or, to the extent that Revolving Credit Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Lender, then to such Revolving Credit Lenders and the applicable Issuing Lender as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse any Issuing Lender for any L/C Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Loans or a Swing Line Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to reimburse such L/C Disbursement.

 

(c)                                  Whenever, at any time after the Issuing Lender has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any other Revolving Credit Lender such other Revolving Credit Lender’s pro-rata share of the Revolving L/C Obligation arising therefrom, the Issuing Lender receives any reimbursement on account of such Revolving L/C Obligation or any payment of interest on account thereof, the Issuing Lender will distribute to such other Revolving Credit Lender, through the Administrative Agent, the Dollar Equivalent its pro-rata share thereof in like funds as received (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Credit Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded); provided that, in the event that the receipt by the Issuing Lender of such reimbursement or such payment of interest (as the case may be) is required to be returned, such other Revolving Credit Lender will promptly return to the Issuing Lender, through the Administrative Agent, any portion thereof previously distributed by the Issuing Lender to it in like funds as such reimbursement or payment is required to be returned by the Issuing Lender.

 

2.7                               Swing Line Commitment

 

(a)                                 Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, JPMCB (in such capacity, the “Swing Line Lender”) agrees to make swing line loans (individually, a Swing Line Loan; collectively, the “Swing Line Loans”) to the Company from time to time during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $25,000,000; provided that at no time may the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line Loans and the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit exceed the Line Cap then in effect. Amounts borrowed by the Company under this Section may be repaid and, through but excluding the Revolving Credit Termination Date, reborrowed. The Swing Line Loans shall be denominated in Dollars and be ABR Loans, and shall not be entitled to be converted into Eurodollar Loans. The Company shall give the Swing Line Lender irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time) on the requested Borrowing Date specifying the amount of each requested Swing Line Loan, which shall be in the minimum amount of $500,000 or a multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. The proceeds of each Swing Line Loan will be made available by the Swing Line Lender to the Company by crediting the account of the Company designated by the Company with such proceeds by 4:00 P.M., New York City time; provided that Swing Line Loans used to finance the

 

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reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as provided in Section 2.6 shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Lender. The proceeds of Swing Line Loans may be used solely for the purposes referred to in Section 2.2.

 

(b)                                 The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may, and on the fifth day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day) after the Borrowing Date with respect to any Swing Line Loans shall, on behalf of the Company (which hereby irrevocably directs the Swing Line Lender to act on its behalf), request each Revolving Credit Lender to make a Revolving Credit Loan (which shall be initially an ABR Loan) in an amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such Swing Line Loans (the “Refunded Swing Line Loans”) outstanding on the date such notice is given. Unless any of the events described in Section 10.1(f) shall have occurred (in which event the procedures of paragraph (c) of this Section shall apply) each Revolving Credit Lender shall make the proceeds of its Revolving Credit Loan available to the Swing Line Lender for the account of the Swing Line Lender prior to 12:00 Noon (New York City time) in funds immediately available on the Business Day next succeeding the date such notice is given. The proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans shall be immediately applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line Loans.

 

(c)                                  If prior to the making of a Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section one of the events described in paragraph (f) of Article 10 shall have occurred, each Revolving Credit Lender will, on the date such Loan would otherwise have been made, purchase an undivided participating interest in the Refunded Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Refunded Swing Line Loans. Each Revolving Credit Lender will immediately transfer to the Swing Line Lender, in Same Day Funds, the amount of its participation.

 

(d)                                 Whenever, at any time after the Swing Line Lender has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Revolving Credit Lender’s participating interest in a Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account thereof, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its participating interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Credit Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded) in like funds as received; provided, however, that in the event that such payment received by the Swing Line Lender is required to be returned, such Revolving Credit Lender will return to the Swing Line Lender any portion thereof previously distributed by the Swing Line Lender to it in like funds as such payment is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender.

 

2.8                               Participations

 

Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section  2.4 and clauses (b) and (c) of Section 2.7 is absolute and unconditional as set forth in Section 5.16.

 

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2.9                               Protective Advances

 

(a)                                 Subject to the limitations set forth below, the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, may make Revolving Credit Loans to the Company on behalf of the Lenders, so long as the aggregate amount of such Revolving Credit Loans shall not exceed 5% of the Borrowing Base, if the Administrative Agent deems that such Revolving Credit Loans are necessary or desirable (i) to protect all or any portion of the Collateral, (ii) to enhance the likelihood or maximize the amount of repayment of the Loans and the other Obligations or (iii) to pay any other amount chargeable to the Company pursuant to this Agreement (such Revolving Credit Loans, “Protective Advances”); provided that (A) in no event shall the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Swing Line Loans exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and (B) the Required Lenders may at any time revoke the Administrative Agent’s authorization to make future Protective Advances (provided that existing Protective Advances shall not be subject to such revocation and any such revocation must be in writing and shall become effective prospectively upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt thereof). At any time that the conditions for making a Revolving Credit Loan are satisfied, the Administrative Agent may request the Lenders to make a Revolving Credit Loan to repay a Protective Advance. At any other time the Administrative Agent may require the Lenders to fund their risk participation described in Section 2.9(b).

 

(b)                                 Upon the making of a Protective Advance, each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Administrative Agent (regardless of the existence of any Event of Default or other condition), without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Protective Advance based upon their Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages. From and after the date, if any, on which any Lender is required to fund its participation in any Protective Advance purchased hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to such Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent in respect of such Protective Advance.

 

(c)                                  All Protective Advances shall be secured by the Collateral and shall bear interest as provided in this Agreement for ABR Loans.

 

3.                                      AMOUNT AND TERMS OF INCREMENTAL LOANS; EXTENSION OF REVOLVING CREDIT TERMINATION DATE

 

3.1                               Requests for Incremental Loans

 

Upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) at any time after the Effective Date but prior to the date falling 12 months prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, the Company may request additional revolving loan commitments or increases in the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Commitments (each such increase, a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase” and all of them, collectively, the “Revolving Credit Commitments Increases”); provided that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Commitments Increases that have been added pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall not exceed $250,000,000. Any loans made in respect of any such Revolving

 

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Credit Commitments Increase (the “Incremental Revolving Credit Loans”) shall be made by increasing the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments with terms identical to those of the existing Revolving Credit Loans.

 

3.2                               Ranking and Other Provisions

 

The Incremental Revolving Credit Loans (i) shall have the same guarantees as, and rank pari passu in right of payment and in respect of lien priority as to the Collateral with the Obligations in respect of, the Revolving Credit Commitments and (ii) shall be on terms and pursuant to documentation identical as, and treated substantially the same as, the Revolving Credit Loans.

 

3.3                               Notices; Lender Elections

 

The notice from the Company to the Administrative Agent delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the Revolving Credit Commitments Increases, which proposed terms shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of Section 3.2. At the time of the sending of such notice, the Company (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders). Incremental Revolving Credit Loans (or any portion thereof) may be made by any existing Lender or by any other bank or financial institution (any such bank or other financial institution, an “Incremental Lender”), in each case on terms permitted in this Article 3 and otherwise on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, provided that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender shall have consented (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) to such Lender’s or Incremental Lender’s, as the case may be, making such Incremental Revolving Credit Loans if such consent would be required under Section 12.6 for an assignment of Loans to such Lender or Incremental Lender, as the case may be. No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, unless it so agrees. Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to provide a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Commitment Percentage of such requested increase (which shall be calculated on the basis of the amount of the funded and unfunded exposure under all the Loans held by each Lender). Any Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to provide a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and each Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested increase, the Company may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Incremental Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

 

3.4                               Incremental Facility Amendment

 

Revolving Credit Commitments Increases shall become Commitments (or in the case of any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase to be provided by an existing Revolving Credit Lender, an increase in such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment) under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Facility Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Credit Documents, executed by the Company, each Lender agreeing to provide such Commitment, if any, each Incremental Lender, if any, and the Administrative

 

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Agent. An Incremental Facility Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to any Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Article 3.

 

3.5                               Effective Date and Allocations

 

If any Revolving Credit Commitments Increases are added in accordance with this Article 3, the Administrative Agent and the Company shall determine the effective date (the “Incremental Commitments Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such Revolving Credit Commitments Increases. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of the final allocation of such Revolving Credit Commitments Increases and the Incremental Commitments Effective Date.

 

3.6                               Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase

 

The effectiveness of any Incremental Facility Amendment shall, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent, each Lender party thereto, if any, and the Incremental Lenders, if any, be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (the “Incremental Facility Closing Date”) of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)                                 the Administrative Agent shall have received on or prior to the Incremental Facility Closing Date each of the following, each dated the Incremental Facility Closing Date unless otherwise indicated or agreed to by the Administrative Agent and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent: (i) the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment; (ii) certified copies of resolutions of the board of directors of each Credit Party approving the execution, delivery and performance of the Incremental Facility Amendment; and (iii) a favorable opinion of counsel for the Credit Parties dated the Incremental Facility Closing Date, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and in form and substance and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(b)                                 (i) the conditions precedent set forth in Section 7.2 shall have been satisfied both before and after giving effect to such Incremental Facility Amendment and the additional Extensions of Credit provided thereby (it being understood that all references to “the obligation of any Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing” shall be deemed to refer to the effectiveness of the Incremental Facility Amendment on the Incremental Facility Closing Date) and (ii) all Incremental Revolving Credit Loans provided by the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment shall be made on the terms and conditions provided for above; and

 

(c)                                  there shall have been paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including any Person becoming a Lender as part of such Incremental Facility Amendment on the related Incremental Facility Closing Date), as applicable, all fees and expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) invoiced with reasonable supporting documentation that are due and payable on or before the Incremental Facility Closing Date.

 

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3.7                               Effect of Incremental Facility Amendment

 

On the Incremental Commitments Effective Date, each Lender or Eligible Assignee which is providing a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (i) shall become a “Lender” for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and (ii) shall have a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase which shall become a “Commitment” hereunder.

 

3.8                               Revolving Credit Commitment Increases

 

Upon each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase pursuant to this Article 3, (i) each Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each existing Lender, if any, and each Incremental Lender, if any, in each case providing a portion of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (each a “Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender”), and each such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Revolving Credit Lender’s participation interests hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans such that, after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and each such deemed assignment and assumption of participation interests, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding (A) participation interests hereunder in Letters of Credit and (B) participation interests hereunder in Swing Line Loans, in each case, held by each Revolving Credit Lender (including such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender) will equal such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage and (ii) if, on the date of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, there are any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall take those steps which it deems, in its sole discretion and in consultation with the Company, necessary and appropriate to result in each Revolving Credit Lender (including each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender) having a pro-rata share of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans based on each such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage immediately after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, provided that any prepayment made in connection with the taking of any such steps shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the Revolving Credit Loans being prepaid and any costs incurred by any Lender in accordance with Section 5.21. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro-rata borrowing and pro-rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to any transaction that may be effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.

 

3.9                               Conflicting Provisions

 

The provisions of this Article 3 shall supersede any provision of Section 5.18 or 12.1 to the contrary.

 

3.10                        Extension of Existing Revolving Credit Termination Date

 

(a)                                 The Company may, by delivery of a Maturity Extension Request to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver a copy thereof to each of the Lenders) not less than 30 days prior to the then-existing Revolving Credit Termination Date (the Existing Revolving Credit Termination Date), request that the Lenders extend the Existing Revolving Credit Termination Date in accordance with this Section. Each Maturity Extension Request shall (i) specify the Commitments and/or Loans hereunder to be extended, (ii) specify the date to which the Revolving Credit Termination Date is sought

 

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to be extended, (iii) specify the changes, if any, to the Applicable Margin to be applied in determining the interest payable on the Loans of, and fees payable hereunder to, Consenting Lenders (as defined below) in respect of that portion of their Commitments and/or Loans extended to such new Revolving Credit Termination Date and the time as of which such changes will become effective (which may be prior to the Existing Revolving Credit Termination Date) and (iv) specify any other amendments or modifications to this Agreement to be effected in connection with such Maturity Extension Request; provided that no such changes or modifications requiring approvals pursuant to the provisos to Section 12.1 shall become effective prior to the Existing Revolving Credit Termination Date unless such other approvals have been obtained. In the event a Maturity Extension Request shall have been delivered by the Company, each Lender shall have the right to agree to the extension of the Existing Revolving Credit Termination Date and other matters contemplated thereby on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (each Lender agreeing to the Maturity Extension Request being referred to herein as a Consenting Lender and each Lender not agreeing thereto being referred to herein as a Declining Lender), which right may be exercised by written notice thereof, specifying the maximum amount of the Commitment and/or Loans of such Lender with respect to which such Lender agrees to the extension of the Revolving Credit Termination Date, delivered to the Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) not later than a day to be agreed upon by the Company and the Administrative Agent following the date on which the Maturity Extension Request shall have been delivered by the Company (it being understood and agreed that any Lender that shall have failed to exercise such right as set forth above shall be deemed to be a Declining Lender). If a Lender elects to extend only a portion of its then existing Commitment and/or Loans, it will be deemed for purposes hereof to be a Consenting Lender in respect of such extended portion and a Declining Lender in respect of the remaining portion of its Commitment and/or Loans, and the aggregate principal amount of each Type of Loans of such Lender shall be allocated ratably among the extended and non-extended portions of the Loans of such Lender based on the aggregate principal amount of such Loans so extended and not extended. If Consenting Lenders shall have agreed to such Maturity Extension Request in respect of Commitments and/or Loans held by them, then, subject to paragraph (d) of this Section, on the date specified in the Maturity Extension Request as the effective date thereof (the Extension Effective Date), (i) the Existing Revolving Credit Termination Date of the applicable Commitments and/or Loans shall, as to the Consenting Lenders, be extended to such date as shall be specified therein, (ii) the terms and conditions of the applicable Commitments and/or Loans of the Consenting Lenders (including interest and fees (including Letter of Credit fees) payable in respect thereof) shall be modified as set forth in the Maturity Extension Request and (iii) such other modifications and amendments hereto specified in the Maturity Extension Request shall (subject to any required approvals (including those of the Required Lenders) having been obtained) become effective.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have the right, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.22, at any time prior to the Existing Revolving Credit Termination Date, to replace a Declining Lender (for the avoidance of doubt, only in respect of that portion of such Lender’s Commitment and/or Loans subject to a Maturity Extension Request that it has not agreed to extend) with a Lender or other financial institution that will agree to such Maturity Extension Request, and any such replacement Lender shall for

 

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all purposes constitute a Consenting Lender in respect of the Commitment and/or Loans assigned to and assumed by it on and after the effective time of such replacement.

 

(c)                                  If a Maturity Extension Request has become effective hereunder:

 

(i)                                     not later than the fifth Business Day prior to the applicable Existing Revolving Credit Termination Date, the Company shall make prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans and shall Cash Collateralize its Revolving L/C Obligations, such that, after giving effect to such prepayments and such provision of cash collateral, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit as of such date will not exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of the Consenting Lenders extended pursuant to this Section (and the Company shall not be permitted thereafter to request any Revolving Credit Loan or any issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit if, after giving effect thereto, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit would exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments so extended);

 

(ii)                                  on the applicable Existing Revolving Credit Termination Date, the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Declining Lender shall, to the extent not assumed, assigned or transferred as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, terminate, and the Company shall repay all the Revolving Credit Loans of each Declining Lender, to the extent such Loans shall not have been so purchased, assigned and transferred, in each case together with accrued and unpaid interest and all fees and other amounts owing to such Declining Lender hereunder, it being understood and agreed that, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 7.2, such repayments may be funded with the proceeds of new Revolving Credit Loans made simultaneously with such repayments by the Consenting Lenders, which borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans shall be made ratably by the Consenting Lenders in accordance with their extended Revolving Credit Commitments; and

 

(iii)                               on the Existing Revolving Credit Termination Date, the Company shall repay all the Loans of each Declining Lender, to the extent such Loans shall not have been so purchased, assigned and transferred, in each case together with accrued and unpaid interest and all fees and other amounts owing to such Declining Lender hereunder, it being understood and agreed that, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 7.2, such repayments may be funded with the proceeds of a borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans made simultaneously with such repayments by the Revolving Credit Lenders.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Maturity Extension Request shall become effective hereunder unless, on the Extension Effective Date, the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 shall be satisfied (with all references in such Section to a Borrowing being deemed to be references to such Maturity Extension Request) and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Responsible Officer of the Company.

 

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(e)                                  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, it is hereby agreed that no extension of an Existing Maturity Date in accordance with the express terms of this Section, or any amendment or modification of the terms and conditions of the Commitments and the Loans of the Consenting Lenders effected pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to (i) violate any provision of this Agreement requiring the ratable reduction of Commitments or the ratable sharing of payments or (ii) require the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders under Section 12.1.

 

(f)                                   The Company, the Administrative Agent and the Consenting Lenders may enter into an amendment to this Agreement to effect such modifications as may be necessary to reflect the terms of any Maturity Extension Request that has become effective in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

 

4.                                      [RESERVED]

 

5.                                      GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

5.1                               Procedure for Borrowing by the Company

 

(a)                                 The Company may borrow under the Commitments on any Business Day after the Effective Date. The Company shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (i) 1:00 P.M., New York City time, three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date in the case of a proposed borrowing of Eurodollar Loans and (ii) 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the requested Borrowing Date if the borrowing is to be solely of ABR Loans; provided that any such notice of a borrowing of ABR Loans to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.6(a) may be given not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of the proposed borrowing) specifying (A) the amount of the borrowing, (B) whether such Loans are initially to be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, or a combination thereof, (C) if the borrowing is to be entirely or partly Eurodollar Loans, the length of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loans and (D) the amount of such borrowing to be constituted by Revolving Credit Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender, which notice shall in any event be delivered to each Lender by 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on such date. Not later than 2:00 PM, New York City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in such notice, each Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 12.2 (or at such other location as the Administrative Agent may direct) in Dollars an amount in Same Day Funds equal to the amount of the Loan to be made by such Lender. Subject to Section 2.7(b), loan proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall promptly be made available to the Company by the Administrative Agent’s crediting the account of the Company designated by the Company, with the aggregate amount actually received by the Administrative Agent from the Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent; provided that Revolving Credit Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as provided in Section 2.6 shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Lender.

 

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(b)                                 Any borrowing of Eurodollar Loans by the Company hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, (i) except as provided in Section 2.1(b), the aggregate principal amount of all Eurodollar Loans having the same Interest Period shall not be less than $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) no more than ten Interest Periods shall be in effect at any one time with respect to Eurodollar Loans.

 

5.2                               Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt

 

(a)                                 The Company hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan and Swing Line Loan of such Lender on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Loans become due and payable pursuant to Article 10). The Company hereby further agrees to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Section 5.7.

 

(b)                                 At all times during a Cash Dominion Event, on each Business Day, the Administrative Agent shall apply all funds credited to the Collection Account as of 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Business Day (whether or not immediately available), first, to prepay any Protective Advances, second, to prepay the Swing Line Loans, third, to prepay the Revolving Credit Loans fourth, to the payment of any Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding, and fifth, to Cash Collateralize outstanding Letters of Credit, without a corresponding reduction in the Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

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

 

(d)                                 The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 12.6(d), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and each Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Company to each Lender hereunder and (iii) both the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Company and each Lender’s share thereof.

 

(e)                                  The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to Section 5.2(c) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Company therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Company to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to such Company by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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5.3                               Conversion and Continuation Options

 

(a)                                 The Company may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans into ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, to be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, at least three Business Days prior to the proposed conversion date, provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans shall only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. The Company may elect from time to time to convert all or a portion of the ABR Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) then outstanding to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, to be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, at least three Business Days prior to the proposed conversion date, specifying the Interest Period selected therefor, and, if no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such conversion shall be made on the requested conversion date or, if such requested conversion date is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day. Upon receipt of any notice pursuant to this Section 5.3, the Administrative Agent shall promptly, but in any event by 2:00 P.M., New York City time, notify each Lender thereof. All or any part of the outstanding Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) may be converted as provided herein, provided that partial conversions of Loans shall be in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and the aggregate principal amount of the resulting Eurodollar Loans outstanding in respect of any one Interest Period shall be at least $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.

 

(b)                                 So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company may elect from time to time to continue Eurodollar Loans upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect to such Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, to be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, at least three Business Days prior to the end of such Interest Period, in each case specifying the new Interest Period selected therefor, provided that any such continuation shall only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such continuation shall become effective on the last day of such Interest Period. If the Company fails to timely deliver such notice with respect to a Eurodollar Loan, such Eurodollar Loan shall be continued into a Eurodollar Loan with a one month Interest Period on the last day of such Interest Period.

 

5.4                               Changes of Commitment Amounts

 

(a)                                 The Company shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate or, from time to time, reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments subject to the provisions of this Section 5.4. To the extent, if any, that the sum of the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans, and Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding and the Dollar Equivalent of the amounts available to be drawn under outstanding Letters of Credit exceeds the Line Cap (after giving effect to the Revolving Credit Commitments as then reduced), the Company shall be required to make a prepayment equal to such excess amount, the proceeds of which shall be applied first, to prepay any Protective Advances, second, to payment of the Swing Line Loans then outstanding, third, to payment of the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, fourth, to payment of any Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding, and fifth, to Cash

 

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Collateralize any outstanding Letters of Credit on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Any such termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be accompanied by prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding and by cash collateralization of any outstanding Letter of Credit on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Upon termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments any Letter of Credit then outstanding which has been so Cash Collateralized shall no longer be considered a “Letter of Credit”, as defined in Section 1.1 and any L/C Participating Interests heretofore granted by the Issuing Lender to the Lenders in such Letter of Credit shall be deemed terminated (subject to automatic reinstatement in the event that such cash collateral is returned and the Issuing Lender is not fully reimbursed for any such Revolving L/C Obligations) but the Letter of Credit fees payable under Section 5.11 shall continue to accrue to the Issuing Lender (or, in the event of any such automatic reinstatement, as provided in Section 5.11) with respect to such Letter of Credit until the expiry thereof.

 

(b)                                 Interest accrued on the amount of any partial prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.4 to the date of such partial prepayment shall be paid on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date of such partial prepayment. In the case of the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, interest accrued on the amount of any prepayment relating thereto and any unpaid Commitment Fee accrued hereunder shall be paid on the date of such termination. Any such partial reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in an amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.

 

5.5                               Optional Prepayments

 

The Company may at any time and from time to time prepay Loans, in whole or in part, upon at least one Business Day’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent (to be received no later than 3:00 PM, New York City time, on such Business Day) in the case of ABR Loans and two Business Days’ irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent (to be received no later than 3:00 PM, New York City time, on such Business Day) in the case of Eurodollar Loans and specifying the date and amount of prepayment; provided that Eurodollar Loans prepaid on any date other than the last day of any Interest Period with respect thereto shall be prepaid subject to the provisions of Section 5.21. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. If such notice is given, the Company shall make such prepayment, and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable, on the date specified therein. Accrued interest on the amount of any Loans paid in full pursuant to this Section 5.5 shall be paid on the date of such prepayment. Accrued interest on the amount of any partial prepayment shall be paid on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date of such partial prepayment. Partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lesser of (A) $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof and (B) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the applicable Loans, as the case may be.

 

5.6                               Mandatory Prepayments

 

(a)                                 In the event and on such occasion that, other than by reason of currency fluctuations, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and Swing Line Loans exceed the Line

 

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Cap (including after giving effect to any reductions in the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 5.4(a)), the Company shall prepay Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans (or, if no such Loans are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and Cash Collateralize the Revolving L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess. If the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and Swing Line Loans on the last Business Day of any week, solely by reason of currency fluctuations, shall exceed 105% of the Line Cap (including after giving effect to any reductions in the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 5.4(a)), then the Company shall, not later than the next Business Day, prepay Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans and Cash Collateralize the Revolving L/C Obligations in the amount necessary to eliminate such excess.

 

(b)                                 Upon the Revolving Credit Termination Date the Company shall, with respect to each then outstanding Letter of Credit, if any, either (i) cause such Letter of Credit to be cancelled without such Letter of Credit being drawn upon or (ii) Cash Collateralize the Revolving L/C Obligations with respect to such Letter of Credit with a letter of credit issued by banks or a bank satisfactory to the Administrative Agent on terms satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

5.7                               Interest Rates and Payment Dates

 

(a)                                 Each Protective Advance shall bear interest for the period from and including the date thereof until repayment thereof on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.

 

(b)                                 Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBOR determined for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin.

 

(c)                                  Each ABR Loan shall bear interest for the period from and including the date thereof until maturity thereof on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.

 

(d)                                 While an Event of Default exists (and without limiting the rights of the Lenders under Article 10), the Company shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations at a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to (A) in the case of overdue principal, 2.00% above the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section or (B) in the case of overdue interest and fees, 2.00% above the rate described in paragraph (b) of this Section for Revolving Credit Loans which are ABR Loans, in each case from the date of such nonpayment or Event of Default, as applicable, until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).

 

(e)                                  Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section shall be payable on demand by the Administrative Agent made at the request of the Required Lenders.

 

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5.8                               Computation of Interest and Fees

 

(a)                                 Interest in respect of ABR Loans at any time the ABR is calculated based on the Prime Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 365 or 366, as the case may be, day year for the actual days elapsed. Interest in respect of Eurodollar Loans and ABR Loans at any time the ABR is not calculated based on the Prime Rate and all fees hereunder shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Company and the Lenders of each determination of Adjusted LIBOR. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the ABR shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change in the ABR becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Company and the Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change.

 

(b)                                 Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Company, deliver to the Company a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining the Adjusted LIBOR.

 

5.9                               Commitment Fees

 

(a)                                 The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, a commitment fee (a “Commitment Fee”) in Dollars from and including the Effective Date, on such Lender’s Available Revolving Credit Commitment outstanding from time to time, at a rate per annum for each day during the period for which payment is made equal to 0.25%.

 

(b)                                 The Commitment Fee provided for in this Section 5.9 shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date with respect to the Available Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

5.10                        Certain Fees

 

The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account a non-refundable agent’s fee in the amount and payable on such dates as provided in the Fee Letter (as the same may be amended, supplemented, and restated or otherwise modified from time to time).

 

5.11                        Letter of Credit Fees

 

(a)                                 In lieu of any letter of credit commissions and fees provided for in any L/C Application relating to Letters of Credit (other than standard administrative issuance, amendment and negotiation fees), the Company agrees to pay the Administrative Agent a Letter of Credit fee in Dollars, for the account of the Issuing Lender and the Participating Lenders, on the daily outstanding amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans which are Eurodollar Loans in effect on such day, whether or not there are any such Eurodollar Loans outstanding at such time, payable in arrears, on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

 

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In addition, the Company shall pay to the Issuing Lender with respect to each Letter of Credit, in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments, a fee in Dollars to be agreed with the applicable Issuing Lender but not greater than 1/8 of 1% per annum on the average outstanding amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, solely for its own account as Issuing Lender of such Letter of Credit and not on account of its L/C Participating Interest therein.

 

(b)                                 In connection with any payment of fees pursuant to this Section 5.11, the Administrative Agent agrees to provide to the Company a statement of any such fees so paid; provided that the failure by the Administrative Agent to provide the Company with any such invoice shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to pay such fees.

 

5.12                        Letter of Credit Reserves

 

(a)                                 If any Change in Law after the date of this Agreement shall either (i) impose, modify, deem or make applicable any reserve, special deposit, assessment or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by the Issuing Lender or (ii) impose on the Issuing Lender any other condition regarding this Agreement or any Letter of Credit, and the result of any event referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above shall be to increase the cost to the Issuing Lender of issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (which increase in cost shall be the result of the Issuing Lender’s reasonable allocation of the aggregate of such cost increases resulting from such events), then, upon demand by the Issuing Lender, the Company shall immediately pay to the Issuing Lender, from time to time as specified by the Issuing Lender, additional amounts which shall be sufficient to compensate the Issuing Lender for such increased cost, together with interest on each such amount from the date demanded until payment in full thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin for ABR Loans. A certificate submitted by the Issuing Lender to the Company concurrently with any such demand by the Issuing Lender, shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, as to the amount thereof.

 

(b)                                 In the event that at any time after the date hereof any Change in Law with respect to the Issuing Lender shall, in the opinion of the Issuing Lender, require that any obligation under any Letter of Credit be treated as an asset or otherwise be included for purposes of calculating the appropriate amount of capital or liquidity to be maintained by the Issuing Lender or any corporation controlling the Issuing Lender, and such Change in Law shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the Issuing Lender’s or such corporation’s capital, as the case may be, as a consequence of the Issuing Lender’s obligations under such Letter of Credit to a level below that which the Issuing Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into account the Issuing Lender’s or such corporation’s policies, as the case may be, with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by the Issuing Lender to be material, then from time to time following notice by the Issuing Lender to the Company of such Change in Law, within 15 days after demand by the Issuing Lender, the Company shall pay to the Issuing Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Issuing Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, for such reduction. If the Issuing Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.12(b), it shall promptly

 

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notify the Company of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled. A certificate submitted by the Issuing Lender to the Company concurrently with any such demand by the Issuing Lender, shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, as to the amount thereof.

 

(c)                                  The Company agrees that the provisions of the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) and the provisions of each L/C Application providing for reimbursement or payment to the Issuing Lender in the event of the imposition or implementation of, or increase in, any reserve, special deposit, capital adequacy or similar requirement in respect of the Letter of Credit relating thereto shall apply equally to each Participating Lender in respect of its L/C Participating Interest in such Letter of Credit, as if the references in such paragraphs and provisions referred to, where applicable, such Participating Lender or any corporation controlling such Participating Lender.

 

5.13                        Further Assurances

 

The Company hereby agrees, from time to time, to do and perform any and all acts and to execute any and all further instruments reasonably requested by the Issuing Lender to effect more fully the purposes of this Agreement and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder. The Company further agrees to execute any and all instruments reasonably requested by the Issuing Lender in connection with the obtaining and/or maintaining of any insurance coverage applicable to any Letters of Credit.

 

5.14                        Obligations Absolute

 

The payment obligations of the Company under this Agreement with respect to the Letters of Credit shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including, without limitation, the following circumstances:

 

(a)                                 the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may have at any time against any beneficiary, or any transferee, of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Lender, any Agent or any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the Related Documents, any Credit Documents, the transactions contemplated herein, or any unrelated transaction;

 

(b)                                 any statement or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

 

(c)                                  payment by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, except where such payment constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender; or

 

(d)                                 any other circumstances or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, except for any such circumstances or happening constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender.

 

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5.15                        Assignments

 

No Participating Lender’s participation in any Letter of Credit or any of its rights or duties hereunder shall be subdivided, assigned or transferred (other than in connection with a transfer of part or all of such Participating Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment in accordance with Section 12.6) without the prior written consent of the Issuing Lender, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. Such consent may be given or withheld without the consent or agreement of any other Participating Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participating Lender may subparticipate its L/C Participating Interest without obtaining the prior written consent of the Issuing Lender.

 

5.16                        Participations

 

Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to purchase participating interests pursuant to Sections 2.4 and 2.7(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including, without limitation, (i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Credit Lender may have against the Issuing Lender, the Company, or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default; (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company; (iv) any breach of this Agreement by the Company or any other Lender; or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

 

5.17                        Inability to Determine Interest Rate for Eurodollar Loans

 

In the event that (i) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company) that by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank eurodollar market generally, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBOR for any Interest Period with respect to (A) proposed Loans that the Company has requested be made as Eurodollar Loans, (B) any Eurodollar Loans that will result from the requested conversion of all or part of ABR Loans into Eurodollar Loans or (C) the continuation of any Eurodollar Loan as such for an additional Interest Period, (ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBOR determined or to be determined for any Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Lenders constituting the Required Lenders of making or maintaining their affected Eurodollar Loans during such Interest Period by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank eurodollar market generally or (iii) deposits in Dollars in the relevant amount and for the relevant period with respect to any such Eurodollar Loan are not available to any of the Lenders in their respective Eurodollar Lending Offices’ interbank eurodollar market, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice of such determination, confirmed in writing, to the Company and the Lenders at least one day prior to, as the case may be, the requested Borrowing Date, the conversion date or the last day of such Interest Period. If such notice is given, (x) any requested Eurodollar Loans shall be made in Dollars as ABR Loans, (y) any ABR Loans that were to have been converted to Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as ABR Loans, and (z) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be converted, on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, into ABR Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans shall be made and no ABR Loans shall be converted to Eurodollar Loans.

 

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5.18                        Pro Rata Treatment and Payments

 

(a)                                 Each borrowing of any Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) by the Company from the Lenders, each payment by the Company on account of any fee hereunder (other than as set forth in Sections 5.10 and 5.11) and any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Commitments Increases of the Lenders hereunder shall be made pro-rata according to the Commitment Percentages of the Lenders. Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Company on account of principal of and interest on the Loans (other than Swing Line Loans and other than as set forth in Sections 5.6, 5.19, 5.20 and 5.21) shall be made pro-rata according to the Commitment Percentages of the Lenders. All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Company on account of principal, interest and fees shall be made without set-off or counterclaim and shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the Administrative Agent’s office located at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, in Same Day Funds. The Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute such payments ratably to each Lender in like funds as received to the extent required by this Agreement. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. All payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars.

 

(b)                                 Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a Borrowing Date (or with respect to an ABR Loan, on the Borrowing Date) that such Lender will not make the amount which would constitute its Commitment Percentage of the borrowing on such date available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such Borrowing Date in accordance with Section 5.1, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Company a corresponding amount. If such amount is made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender on a date after such Borrowing Date, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate during such period as quoted by the Administrative Agent, times (ii) the amount of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such borrowing, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse from and including such Borrowing Date to the date on which such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such borrowing shall have become immediately available to the Administrative Agent and the denominator of which is 360. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 5.18(b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such borrowing is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such

 

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amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans hereunder on demand, from the Company without prejudice to any rights which the Company or the Administrative Agent may have against such Lender hereunder. Nothing contained in this Section 5.18(b) shall relieve any Lender which has failed to make available its ratable portion of any borrowing hereunder from its obligation to do so in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

(c)                                  The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it on any Borrowing Date shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on such Borrowing Date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on such Borrowing Date.

 

(d)                                 All payments and prepayments (other than mandatory prepayments as set forth in Section 5.6 and other than prepayments as set forth in Section 5.20 with respect to increased costs) of Eurodollar Loans hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of all Eurodollar Loans with the same Interest Period shall not be less than $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof.

 

(e)                                  Any proceeds of Collateral received by any Collateral Agent (i) not constituting either (A) a specific payment of principal, interest, fees or other sum payable under the Credit Documents (which shall be applied as specified by the Company), (B) a mandatory prepayment (which shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.6) or (C) amounts to be applied from the Collection Account when a Cash Dominion Event is in effect (which shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.2(b)) and (ii) after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, whenever the Administrative Agent so elects or the Required Lenders so direct, shall be applied ratably first, to pay any fees, indemnities, or expense reimbursements including amounts then due to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agents and the Issuing Lender from the Company (other than in connection with Cash Management Obligations or Swap Obligations), second, to pay any fees, indemnities or expense reimbursements then due to the Lenders from the Company (other than in connection with Cash Management Obligations or Swap Obligations), third, to pay interest due in respect of the Protective Advances, fourth, to pay the principal of the Protective Advances, fifth, to pay interest then due and payable on the Loans (other than Protective Advances) ratably, sixth, to prepay principal on the Loans (other than Protective Advances), unreimbursed L/C Disbursements and, to the extent that Reserves have been established with respect to such amounts, amounts owing with respect to Designated Cash Management Obligations and Designated Swap Obligations, ratably, seventh, to pay an amount to the Administrative Agent equal to one hundred five percent (105%) of the Dollar Equivalent of the amounts available to be drawn under outstanding Letters of Credit, to be held as cash collateral for Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit, eighth, to payment of any amounts owing with respect to all other Cash Management Obligations or Swap Obligations that constitute Finance Obligations up to and including the amount then due to the relevant parties, and ninth, to the payment of any other Finance Obligation due to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agents or any Lender by the Company. Any application of funds pursuant to this Section 5.18 to Revolving Credit Loans shall be applied  first,  to  ABR Loans,  and  second,  to  Eurodollar  Loans.  Notwithstanding the

 

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foregoing amounts received from any Credit Party shall not be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligation (as such term is defined in the Guaranty) of such Credit Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, unless so directed by the Company, or unless a Default is in existence, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall apply any payment which it receives to any Eurodollar Loan, except (a) on the expiration date of the Interest Period applicable thereto or (b) in the event, and only to the extent, that there are no outstanding ABR Loans and, in any such event, the Company shall pay the break funding payment required in accordance with Section 5.21.

 

5.19                        Illegality

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any Requirement of Law or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof occurring after the Effective Date shall make it unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Eurodollar Loans or to convert all or a portion of ABR Loans into Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be cancelled and such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall, if required by law and if such Lender so requests, be converted automatically to ABR Loans on the date specified by such Lender in such request. To the extent that such affected Eurodollar Loans are converted into ABR Loans, all payments of principal which would otherwise be applied to such Eurodollar Loans shall be applied instead to such Lender’s ABR Loans. The Company hereby agrees promptly to pay any Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender in making any conversion in accordance with this Section 5.19 including, but not limited to, any interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to make or maintain its Eurodollar Loans hereunder (such Lender’s notice of such costs, as certified to the Company through the Administrative Agent, to be conclusive absent manifest error).

 

5.20                        Requirements of Law

 

(a)                                 In the event that, at any time after the date hereof, any Change in Law or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority:

 

(i)                                     does or shall subject any Agent or Lender (or its Lending Office) to any fee of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Note or any Eurodollar Loans made by it, or change the basis of imposition of any such fee;

 

(ii)                                  does or shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge, liquidity or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender which are not otherwise included in the determination of the Adjusted LIBOR; or

 

(iii)                               does or shall impose on such Lender any other condition, cost or expense;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making, continuing, converting, renewing or maintaining advances or extensions of credit or to

 

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reduce any amount receivable hereunder, in each case, in respect of its Eurodollar Loans, then, in any such case, the Company, shall promptly pay such Lender, on demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such additional cost or reduced amount receivable as determined by such Lender with respect to such Eurodollar Loans together with interest on each such amount from the date demanded until payment in full thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans which are ABR Loans.

 

(b)                                 In the event that at any time after the date hereof any Change in Law with respect to any Lender shall, in the opinion of such Lender, require that any Commitment of such Lender be treated as an asset or otherwise be included for purposes of calculating the appropriate amount of capital or liquidity to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender, and such Change in Law shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital or liquidity, as the case may be, as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into account such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies, as the case may be, with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time following notice by such Lender to the Company of such Change in Law as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 5.20, within 15 days after demand by such Lender, the Company shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, for such reduction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be entitled to seek compensation under this Section 5.20(b) based on the occurrence of a Change in Law unless such Lender is generally seeking compensation from other borrowers in the United States loan market with respect to its similarly affected commitments, loans and/or participations under agreements with such borrowers having provisions similar to this Section 5.20(b).

 

(c)                                  If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.20, it shall promptly notify the Company through the Administrative Agent, of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled. The Company shall not be required to make any payments to any Lender for any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.20 unless such Lender has given written notice to the Company, through the Administrative Agent, of its intent to request such payments prior to or within 180 days after the date on which such Lender became entitled to claim such amounts. If any Lender has notified the Company through the Administrative Agent of any increased costs pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 5.20, the Company at any time thereafter may, upon at least two Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and subject to Section 5.21, prepay or convert into ABR Loans all (but not a part) of the Eurodollar Loans then outstanding. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of paragraph (a) of this Section 5.20 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Company, and to the extent permitted by law or by the relevant Governmental Authority, endeavor in good faith to avoid or minimize the increase in costs or reduction in payments resulting from such event (including, without limitation, endeavoring to change its Lending Office); provided, however, that such avoidance or minimization can be made in such a manner that such Lender, in its sole determination, suffers no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage.  If any Lender has

 

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notified the Company, through the Administrative Agent, of any increased costs pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 5.20, the Company at any time thereafter may, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lender thereof), and subject to Section 5.21, reduce or terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments in accordance with Section 5.4.

 

(d)                                 A certificate submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Company shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The covenants contained in this Section 5.20 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and repayment of the outstanding Loans.

 

(e)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Section 5.20 shall not apply to any Taxes, which shall be governed solely by Section 5.23.

 

5.21                        Indemnity

 

The Company agrees to indemnify each Lender and to hold such Lender harmless from any loss or expense which such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Company in payment of the principal amount of or interest on any Eurodollar Loans of such Lender, (b) default by the Company in making a borrowing of Eurodollar Loans after the Company has given a notice in accordance with Section 5.1 or in making a conversion of ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans after the Company has given notice in accordance with Section 5.3 or in continuing Eurodollar Loans for an additional Interest Period after the Company has given a notice in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of Interest Period, (c) default by the Company in making any prepayment of Eurodollar Loans after the Company has given a notice in accordance with Section 5.5, (d) a payment or prepayment of a Eurodollar Loan or conversion of any Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan, in either case on a day which is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto or (e) any assignment of a Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 5.22; in each case including, but not limited to, any such loss or expense arising from interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to maintain its Eurodollar Loans hereunder. This covenant shall survive termination of this Agreement and payment of the outstanding Obligations. The Company shall not be required to make any payments to any Lender for any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.21 unless such Lender has given written notice to the Company, through the Administrative Agent, of its intent to request such payments prior to or within 180 days after the date on which such Lender became entitled to claim such amounts. A certificate submitted by a Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Company as to an amount due under this Section 5.21 shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

 

5.22                        Replacement of Lenders

 

In the event any Lender (i) is a Defaulting Lender or a Declining Lender, (ii) exercises its rights pursuant to Section 5.19 or (iii) requests payments pursuant to Sections 5.20 or 5.23, the Company may require, at the Company’s expense and subject to Section 5.21, such Lender or the Issuing Lender to assign, at par plus accrued interest and fees, without recourse (in accordance with Section 12.6) all of its interests, rights and obligations hereunder (including all of its Revolving Credit Commitments and the Loans and other amounts at the time owing to it hereunder and its

 

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interest in the Letters of Credit) to a bank, financial institution or other entity specified by the Company; provided that (i) such assignment shall not conflict with or violate any law, rule or regulation or order of any court or other Governmental Authority, (ii) the Company shall have received the written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of an assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment, of the Issuing Lender and Swing Line Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, to such assignment, (iii) the Company shall have paid to the assigning Lender all monies other than principal owing hereunder to it and (iv) in the case of a required assignment by the Issuing Lender, the Letters of Credit shall be canceled and returned to the Issuing Lender.

 

5.23                        Taxes

 

(a)                                 Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 5.23, the term “applicable Law” includes FATCA, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Lender, and the term “Withholding Agent” means the Company and the Administrative Agent.

 

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

 

(c)                                  Payment of Other Taxes by the Company. The Company 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 the payment of, any Other Taxes.

 

(d)                                 Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, or any Lender, within 20 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes arising from any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Company under any Credit Document (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or are required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such person and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Company by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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(e)                                  Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 20 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Company has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Company to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.6(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Credit Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive 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 Credit 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)                                   Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes pursuant to this Section 5.23 by the Company to a Governmental Authority, the Company 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.

 

(g)                                  Status of Lenders.

 

(i)                                     Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Credit Document shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation 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 reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable 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 backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 5.23(g)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

 

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(A)                               any Lender that is a U.S. Person 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 copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

 

(B)                               any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the 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 Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent, but only if the Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(I)                                   in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Credit Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E 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 Credit Document, IRS Form W-8BEN-E 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;

 

(II)                              executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(III)                         in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Company 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 “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or

 

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

 

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substantially in the form of Exhibit L-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

(C)                               any Foreign 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 Foreign 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 copies 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; and

 

(D)                               if a payment made to a Lender under any Credit 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 and 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 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 and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

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

 

(h)                                 Lending Office. Any Lender claiming additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 5.23 agrees to use reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to change the jurisdiction of its Lending Office if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, the making of such change (i) would eliminate or reduce any such additional amounts payable to such Lender in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed out-of-pocket cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.

 

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(i)            Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 5.23 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to Section 5.23(b)), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made or additional amounts paid under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (i) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (i), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (i) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

(j)                                    Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 5.23 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 Credit Document.

 

5.24                        Defaulting Lenders

 

Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

 

(a)                                 Commitment Fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 5.9;

 

(b)                                 the Revolving Credit Commitments and the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages in outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders or the Supermajority Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 12.1); provided, that this clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or of each Lender affected thereby;

 

(c)                                  if any amount outstanding in respect of Swing Line Loans or amount outstanding in respect of Letters of Credit exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:

 

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(i)                                     all or any part of the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Defaulting Lender in Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages but only to the extent that (x) the sum of all non- Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages in Revolving Credit Loans and in Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit plus such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments and (y) the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 are satisfied at such time;

 

(ii)                                  if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Company shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Swing Line Loans and (y) second, Cash Collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Lender only the Company’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 10.1 for so long as such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit is outstanding;

 

(iii)                               if the Company Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Obligations pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Company shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 5.11 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit during the period such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit is Cash Collateralized;

 

(iv)                              if the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit of the non- Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.9 and Section 5.11 Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages; and

 

(v)                                 if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit is neither reallocated nor Cash Collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Lender or any other Lender hereunder, all Commitment Fees that otherwise would have been payable to such Defaulting Lender (solely with respect to the portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment that was utilized by such Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit) and Letter of Credit Fees payable under Section 5.11 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit shall be payable to the Issuing Lender until and to the extent that such Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit is reallocated and/or Cash Collateralized; and

 

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(d)                                 so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swing Line Lender shall not be required to fund any Swing Line Loan and the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in then outstanding Letters of Credit will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Company in accordance with Section 5.24(c), and participating interests in any newly made Swing Line Loan or any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 5.24(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

 

If the Swing Line Lender or the Issuing Lender has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Swing Line Lender shall not be required to fund any Swing Line Loan and the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swing Line Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Company or such Lender, satisfactory to the Swing Line Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.

 

In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Company, the Swing Line Lender and the Issuing Lender each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swing Line Loans and L/C Participating Interest of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swing Line Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

6.                                      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and to induce the Issuing Lenders to issue, and the Participating Lenders to participate in, the Letters of Credit, the Company hereby represents and warrants to each Lender and each Agent, on and as of the Effective Date and on the date of each Loan made or Letter of Credit issued thereafter, that:

 

6.1                               Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law

 

Each Credit Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) is a limited liability company, partnership or corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, (ii) has the power and authority and the legal right to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, except to the extent that the failure to have such power, authority, or rights could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) is in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law (including, without limitation,

 

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occupational safety and health, health care, pension, certificate of need, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, any so-called “Superfund” or “Superlien” law, or any applicable federal, state, local or other statute, law, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order or decree regulating, relating to, or imposing liability or legally enforceable standards of conduct concerning, any Materials of Environmental Concern and the Patriot Act), except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.2                               Corporate Power; Authorization

 

Each Credit Party has the power and authority and the legal right to make, deliver and perform the Credit Documents to which it is a party; the Company has the power and authority and legal right to borrow hereunder and to have Letters of Credit issued for its account hereunder. Each Credit Party has taken all necessary corporate, stockholder, partnership or limited liability company action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Company, to authorize the borrowings hereunder and the issuance of Letters of Credit for its account hereunder. No consent or authorization of, or filing with, any Person (including, without limitation, any Governmental Authority) is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by any Credit Party, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of any Credit Document to the extent that it is a party thereto, other than any such consent or authorization which has been obtained or filing which has been made to the extent required hereunder, or the failure of which to obtain could have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.3                               Enforceable Obligations

 

Each of the Credit Documents has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Credit Party party thereto and each of such Credit Documents constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

6.4                               No Conflict With Law or Contractual Obligations

 

The performance of each Credit Document, and the use of the proceeds of the Loans and of drawings under the Letters of Credit will not violate any Requirement of Law or any material Contractual Obligation (including under such Credit Party’s organizational documents) applicable to or binding upon any Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its properties or assets, and will not result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien (other than any Liens created pursuant to the Credit Documents) on any of its or their respective properties or assets pursuant to any Requirement of Law applicable to it or them, as the case may be, or any of its or their Contractual Obligations, except, in the case of any Contractual Obligations, for any such violations which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.5                               No Material Litigation

 

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(i) with respect to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any Credit Document, or with respect to the Loans made hereunder, the use of proceeds thereof or of any drawings under a Letter of Credit, and the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (ii) which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.6                               Borrowing Base Certificate

 

At the time of delivery of each Borrowing Base Certificate, assuming that any eligibility criteria that requires the approval or satisfaction of the Administrative Agent has been approved by or is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, each Account reflected therein as eligible for inclusion in the Borrowing Base is an Eligible Account and the Inventory reflected therein as eligible for inclusion in the Borrowing Base constitutes Eligible Inventory.

 

6.7                               Investment Company Act

 

No Credit Party is required to register as an “investment company” (as such term is defined or used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended).

 

6.8                               Federal Reserve Regulations

 

No part of the proceeds of any of the Loans or any drawing under a Letter of Credit will be used to “purchase” or “carry” “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board or for any other purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under said Regulation U.

 

6.9                               No Default

 

Neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in default in the payment or performance of any of its or their Contractual Obligations in any respect which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in default under any order, award or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator binding upon or affecting it or them or by which any of its or their properties or assets may be bound or affected in any respect which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no such order, award or decree could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to carry on their businesses as presently conducted or the ability of any Credit Party to perform its obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party.

 

6.10                        Taxes

 

Each of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed or has timely requested an extension to file or has received an approved extension to file all Federal and all other material tax returns which are required to have been filed, and has paid all material Taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or extension requests or on any assessments made against it or any of its property and all other material Taxes imposed on it or any of its property by any

 

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Governmental Authority (other than those the amount or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided in the books of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be); and no claims are being asserted in writing with respect to any such material Taxes (other than those the amount or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided in the books of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be).

 

6.11                        Subsidiaries

 

The Subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule 6.11(a) constitute all of the Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company and the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 6.11(b) constitute all of the Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company, in each case, as of the Effective Date.

 

6.12                        Ownership of Property; Liens

 

Except as set forth in Schedule 6.12, the Company and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries has valid and subsisting Leasehold interests in all its respective material Real Property, and good title to or valid and subsisting Leasehold interests in all of its respective material other property, except, in each case, as such failure to have good and valid title or valid and subsisting Leasehold interests could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of such property is subject, except as permitted hereunder, to any Lien (including, without limitation, and subject to Section 9.3 hereof, Federal, state and other Tax liens).

 

6.13                        ERISA

 

No “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) or a failure to meet the minimum funding standard (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or Reportable Event (other than a Reportable Event with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred during the five years preceding each date on which this representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Single Employer Plan in each case the consequences of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan maintained by the Company or a Commonly Controlled Entity (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan) did not, as of the most recent annual valuation date in respect of each such Plan, exceed the fair market value of the assets of the Plan (including for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) allocable to such benefits by an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The liability to which the Company would become subject under ERISA if the Company or any such Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the date hereof could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Multiemployer Plan is either in Reorganization or Insolvent in any case the consequences of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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6.14                        Environmental Matters

 

(a)                                 The Properties do not contain any Materials of Environmental Concern in concentrations which constitute a violation of, or could reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                 The Properties and all operations at the Properties are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, except for failure to be in compliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there is no contamination at, under or about the Properties that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)                                  Neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has received any notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to the Properties that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor does the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary have knowledge that any such action is being contemplated, considered or threatened.

 

(d)                                 There are no judicial proceedings or governmental or administrative actions pending or threatened under any Environmental Law to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is or will be named as a party with respect to the Properties that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders under any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.15                        Accuracy and Completeness of Financial Statements

 

(a)                                 (i) The audited combined balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries at December 31, 2014 and the related combined statements of earnings and comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal year ended on such date, reported on by Deloitte & Touche, LLP, in each case, as reflected in the Form 10-K, and (ii) the unaudited condensed combined balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of April 30, 2015, and the related consolidated statements of earnings and comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the three-month period ended on such date, in each case, as reflected in the Form 10-K, fairly present in all material respects (except, with respect to interim reports, for year-end adjustments and absence of detailed footnote disclosures) the combined financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the fiscal periods then ended and, in the case of the statements referred to in the foregoing clause (ii), the portion of the fiscal year through such date, in each case, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as noted therein).

 

(b)                                 The projections delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(c) hereof were prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were fair in light of the conditions existing at the time of delivery of such forecasts, and represented, at the time of delivery, the Company’s estimate of its future financial condition and performance.

 

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6.16                        Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities

 

Except as reflected in the Form 10-K and except for the Loans, if any, incurred on the Effective Date, neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has or is subject to any liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), except liabilities or obligations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to constitute a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.17                        No Material Adverse Change

 

Since December 31, 2014, other than as reflected in the Form 10-K, there has not been any event, occurrence, fact, condition, change, development or effect which individually or in the aggregate has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.18                        Solvency

 

The Company is, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to any Extension of Credit to be made on the Effective Date, Solvent. No Credit Party intends to, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, nor does it believe that it or any of its Subsidiaries has or will incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing of and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such Subsidiary and the timing of the amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such Subsidiary.

 

6.19                        Intellectual Property

 

The Company and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other Person. To the best knowledge of the Company, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries infringes upon any rights held by any other Person. No claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.20                        Creation and Perfection of Security Interests

 

(i)                                     Article 9 Collateral. The Pledge and Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the U.S. Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein to secure the Finance Obligations, and the Pledge and Security Agreement constitutes a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in such of the Collateral in which a security interest can be perfected under Article 9 of the UCC to secure the Finance Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, other than with respect to Permitted Liens. Each European Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the European Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a

 

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legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein to secure the Finance Obligations, and each European Security Agreement constitutes a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in such of the Collateral in which a security interest can be perfected under the laws of the relevant Eligible European Jurisdiction to secure the Finance Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, other than with respect to Permitted Liens.

 

(ii)                                  Intellectual Property. The Pledge and Security Agreement, together with an intellectual property security agreement, in form and substance reasonably agreed by the Company and the Administrative Agent will, when filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in the United States patents, trademarks, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights covered in such intellectual property security agreement to secure the Finance Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a lien on registered trademarks, trademark applications and copyrights acquired by the Credit Parties after the Effective Date).

 

(iii)                               Status of Liens. Each Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, will at all times have the Liens provided for in the Collateral Documents and, subject to the filing by the relevant Collateral Agent of continuation statements to the extent required by the UCC or such other continuation statements or filings required by applicable Laws of the relevant applicable jurisdiction, the Collateral Documents (subject to and in accordance with their respective provisions) will at all times constitute valid and continuing liens of record and first priority perfected security interests in all the Collateral referred to therein to secure the Finance Obligations, except as priority may be affected by Permitted Liens. As of the Effective Date, no filings or recordings are required in order to perfect the security interests created under the Collateral Documents, except for filings or recordings listed on Schedule IV to the Pledge and Security Agreement, all of which listed filings and recordings have been made.

 

6.21                        Accuracy and Completeness of Disclosure

 

The Company has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other restrictions to which it or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Credit Document (in each case 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,

 

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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.

 

6.22                        [Reserved]

 

6.23                        Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions

 

Each Credit Party has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by each Credit Party, their Subsidiaries, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions, and each Credit Party, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees and, to the knowledge of each Credit Party, its respective agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) each Credit Party, any Subsidiary, or, to the knowledge of each Credit Party, any of their respective officers, employees or directors, or (b) to the knowledge of each Credit Party, any agent of such Credit Party or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the Revolving Credit Facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No Loan, use of the proceeds or other transaction contemplated by this Agreement will violate any Anti-Corruption Laws or Sanctions.

 

6.24                        Patriot Act

 

Each Credit Party is in compliance, in all material respects, with the Uniting And Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA Patriot Act of 2001).

 

6.25                        Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions

 

None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations), and neither the execution, delivery or performance of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, including the making of any Loan and the issuance of any Letter of Credit hereunder, will give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

7.                                      CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

7.1                               Conditions to Effective Date

 

This Agreement and the obligation of each Lender to make its extensions of credit to be made hereunder on the Effective Date shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.1):

 

(a)                                 Deliverables. The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals, telecopies or .pdf or similar electronic transmission (to be followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Credit Party, if applicable, each dated the Effective Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Effective Date) and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

 

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(i)                                     This Agreement & Guaranty. Executed counterparts of (i) this Agreement signed by the Lenders, the Company and the Agents and (ii) the Guaranty signed by the Company, the Guarantors thereunder and the Administrative Agent, or, in each case, written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or electronic transmission (including .pdf file) of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that each such party has signed a counterpart signature page of this Agreement or the Guaranty.

 

(ii)                                Collateral Documents. Subject to Section 8.10, executed counterparts of the Pledge and Security Agreement and each European Security Agreement, together with:

 

(A)                               an executed original of each Note timely requested by a Lender hereunder;

 

(B)                               to the extent not on file with the appropriate Governmental Authority, appropriate financing statements (Form UCC-1 or such other financing statements or similar notices as shall be required by local Law) authenticated and authorized for filing under the UCC or other applicable local Law of each jurisdiction in which the filing of a financing statement or giving of notice may be required, or reasonably requested by the relevant Collateral Agent, to perfect the security interests intended to be created by the Collateral Documents;

 

(C)                               to the extent not already delivered, copies of reports from CT Corporation or another independent search service reasonably satisfactory to the relevant Collateral Agent listing all effective financing statements, notices of tax, PBGC or judgment liens or similar notices that name any of the Company or any other Credit Party (under its present name and any previous name and, if requested by the relevant Collateral Agent, under any trade names), as debtor or seller that are filed in the jurisdictions referred to in clause (ii)(B) above (regardless of whether or not financing statements are then on file) or in any other jurisdiction having files which must be searched in order to determine fully the existence of the UCC security interests, notices of the filing of federal tax Liens (filed pursuant to Section 6323 of the Code), Liens of the PBGC (filed pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA) or judgment Liens on any Collateral, together with copies of such financing statements, notices of tax, PBGC or judgment Liens or similar notices (none of which shall cover the Collateral except to the extent evidencing Permitted Liens or for which the relevant Collateral Agent shall have received termination statements (Form UCC-3 or such other termination statements as shall be required by local Law) authenticated and authorized for filing);

 

(D)                               to the extent not already delivered to the U.S. Collateral Agent, searches of ownership of intellectual property in the appropriate governmental offices and such patent, trademark and/or copyright filings as may be requested by the U.S. Collateral Agent to the extent necessary or reasonably advisable to perfect the U.S. Collateral Agent’s security interest in intellectual property Collateral;

 

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(E)                                to the extent not previously delivered to the U.S. Collateral Agent, all of the Pledged Collateral, which Pledged Collateral shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, with signatures appropriately guaranteed, accompanied in each case by any required transfer tax stamps, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the U.S. Collateral Agent; and

 

(F)                                 evidence of the completion of all other filings and recordings of or with respect to the Collateral Documents and of all other actions as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the relevant Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect the security interests intended to be created by the Collateral Documents (including receipt of duly executed payoff letters, UCC-3 termination statements and landlords’ and bailees’ waiver and consent agreements).

 

(iii)                               Intellectual Property Security Agreements. To the extent not on file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, a short form intellectual property security agreement, in form and substance reasonably agreed by the Company and the Administrative Agent, duly executed by each Credit Party, together with evidence that all action that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the Liens in intellectual property created under the Pledge and Security Agreement and under such short form assignments or grants of security interests has been taken.

 

(iv)                              Organization Documents. To the extent not previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, true and correct copies of the Organization Documents of each Credit Party, certified as to authenticity by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each such Credit Party.

 

(v)                                 Corporate Documents. Copies of certificates from the Secretary of State or other appropriate authority of such jurisdiction, evidencing good standing of each Credit Party in its jurisdiction of incorporation and in each state where the ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of business requires it to qualify as a foreign corporation except where the failure to so qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(vi)                              Legal Opinions. Opinions addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agents and the Lenders of (A) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York counsel to the Company, (B) Roger Franks, general counsel to the Company, (C) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, English counsel to the Company, and (D) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, German counsel to the Company, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Such opinions shall also cover such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require.

 

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(vii)                         Closing Certificates. Closing certificates of the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibits B-1 and B-2 hereto, respectively, with appropriate insertions and attachments, satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, executed by (A) the President or any Vice President and (B) the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.

 

(viii)                      Solvency Certificate. A solvency certificate in the form of Exhibit J hereto provided by the chief financial officer of the Company.

 

(b)                                 Evidence of Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of the insurance under all insurance policies to be maintained with respect to the properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries forming part of the Collateral, including endorsements naming the relevant Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders, as an additional insured or loss payee, as the case may be.

 

(c)                                  Financial Projections. The Lenders shall have received (i) forecasts of the financial performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries on an annual basis, through 2017 satisfactory to the Lenders and (ii) all financial statements required to be delivered prior to the Effective Date pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement.

 

(d)                                 Fees. The Administrative Agent shall have received, for the respective accounts of the Persons entitled to the same, all costs, expenses, fees and other compensation payable to the Lenders, the Agents and the Joint Lead Arrangers on or prior to the Effective Date, to the extent invoiced to the Company at least three Business Days prior to the Effective Date, including, without limitation, reasonable fees of one legal counsel to the Lenders and one local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and any and all fees due pursuant to the Administrative Agency Fee Letter.

 

(e)                                  Additional Matters. All other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent and its counsel. Any information submitted to any of the Lenders by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates shall be accurate and complete in all material respects.

 

(f)                                   Regulatory Authority Information. The Company and each Subsidiary shall have provided the documentation and other information to the Lenders that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), in each case no later than three Business Days prior to the Effective Date to the extent reasonably requested by the Lenders at least seven Business Days in advance of the Effective Date.

 

(g)                                  Field Examination. The Administrative Agent or its designee shall have conducted a field examination of the Company’s Accounts and related working capital matters and of the Company’s related data processing and other systems, the results of which shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its commercially reasonable discretion.

 

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(h)                                 Appraisal. The Administrative Agent shall have received an appraisal of the Credit Parties’ Inventory from one or more firms acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which appraisal shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its commercially reasonable discretion.

 

(i)                                     Existing Credit Agreement. The “Revolving Credit Commitments” under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been replaced with the Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder, any “Loans” outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been prepaid and all accrued interest and fees under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been paid.

 

(j)                                    Consents. Either (i) the Lenders executing and delivering this Agreement shall constitute the required “Lenders” under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement or (ii) the required “Lenders” under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement shall have separately consented to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety to read as set forth in this Agreement.

 

(k)                                 Borrowing Base Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received at least two days prior to the Effective Date a Borrowing Base Certificate which calculates the Borrowing Base as of April 30, 2015.

 

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.

 

7.2                               Conditions to All Loans and Letters of Credit

 

The obligation of each Lender to make any Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan the proceeds of which are to be used to repay Refunded Swing Line Loans) and the obligation of each Issuing Lender to issue any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the relevant Borrowing Date:

 

(a)                                 Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations set forth in Article 6, or which are contained in any other Credit Document shall, to the extent already qualified by materiality, be true and correct in all respects, and, if not so already qualified, shall be true and correct in all material respects, in any case on and as of the date such Loan is made (or such Letter of Credit is issued) as if made on and as of such date (unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

(b)                                 No Default or Event of Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the Loan to be made or the Letter of Credit to be issued on such Borrowing Date.

 

(c)                                  Notice. The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the applicable Issuing Lender or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a notice of borrowing request or credit extension in accordance with the requirements of Article 5 hereof.

 

(d)                                 Availability. On the date or after giving effect to any Extension of Credit to be made on such Borrowing Date, Availability is not less than zero.

 

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Each borrowing by the Company hereunder and the issuance of each Letter of Credit by each Issuing Lender hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company as of the date of such borrowing or issuance that the conditions in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 7.2 have been satisfied.

 

8.                                      AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Company hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Loan or Revolving L/C Obligation remains outstanding and unpaid, any amount remains available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit or any other amount is owing to any Lender (other than Unmatured Surviving Obligations), any Agent or any Issuing Lender hereunder, it shall, and, in the case of the agreements contained in Sections 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 8.11, 8.12, 8.13 and 8.14, cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to:

 

8.1                               Financial Statements

 

Furnish to the Administrative Agent (with sufficient copies for each Lender):

 

(a)                                 Audited Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, commencing with the fiscal year ending January 31, 2016, a copy of the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, reported on without a going concern or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing acceptable to the Required Lenders.

 

(b)                                 Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available, but in any event not later than 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Company, commencing with the quarterly period ending July 31, 2015, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments).

 

(c)                                  Annual Budget. As soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Company to which such budget relates, an annual operating budget of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as adopted by the board of directors of the Company.

 

Following delivery of the information required pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) above (but not more frequently than quarterly), the Company will cause its and its Subsidiaries’ appropriate officers to participate in a conference call for Lenders to discuss the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the most recently-ended period for which

 

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financial statements have been delivered; provided that the requirement to participate in any such conference call for the applicable quarter shall be deemed satisfied if the Company conducts a customary public earnings call for such fiscal quarter.

 

All financial statements shall be prepared in reasonable detail in accordance with GAAP in all material respects (provided that interim statements may be condensed and may exclude detailed footnote disclosure) applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as concurred in by such officer and disclosed therein and except that interim financial statements need not be restated for changes in accounting principles which require retroactive application, and operations which have been discontinued (as such term is used in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144) during the current year need not be shown in interim financial statements as such either for the current period or comparable prior period). In the event the Company changes its accounting methods because of changes in GAAP, the Company shall also provide, if necessary for the determination of compliance with this Section 8.1 and Sections 5.6, 5.7, 5.9, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.7, 9.9, and 9.12, a statement of reconciliation conforming such financial statements to GAAP.

 

8.2                               Certificates; Other Information

 

Furnish to the Administrative Agent (with sufficient copies for each Lender):

 

(a)                                 Auditors’ Certificate. Concurrently with the delivery of the consolidated financial statements referred to in Section 8.1(a), a letter from the independent certified public accountants reporting on such financial statements stating that in making the examination necessary to express their opinion on such financial statements that there is no Default or Event of Default under any financial covenants hereunder, except as specified in such letter.

 

(b)                                 Compliance Certificate. Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 8.1(a) and (b), a certificate of a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company: (i) stating that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, the Company and its Subsidiaries have observed or performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every applicable condition, contained in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate; (ii) showing in detail as of the end of the related fiscal period the figures and calculations supporting such statement in respect of clauses (f), (j) and (k) of Section 9.2, clauses (i) and (j) of Section 9.6, clauses (b), (k) and (m) of Section 9.7, clauses (c) and (d) of Section 9.9, and clauses (a) and (b) of Section 9.12; (iii) showing in detail as of the end of the related fiscal period for purposes of calculating the Secured Leverage Ratio, the ratio of (A) Consolidated Total Secured Indebtedness to (B) Consolidated EBITDA, and the calculations supporting such statement; (iv) showing in detail as of the end of the related fiscal period the calculations in reasonable detail for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the fiscal quarter then ended (irrespectively of whether a Covenant Trigger Event has occurred and is then continuing), (v) if not specified in the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 8.1, specifying on a consolidated basis the aggregate amount of interest paid or accrued by the Company and its Subsidiaries, and

 

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the aggregate amount of depreciation, depletion and amortization charged on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries, during such accounting period; (vi) listing all Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder) in each case incurred since the date of the previous consolidated balance sheet of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a) or (b); (vii) setting forth in reasonable detail the reconciliation of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Net Income of the Company; and (viii) with respect only to each certificate delivered concurrently with the financial statements referred to in Section 8.1(a), and then only to the extent that (A) any Credit Party shall have acquired any new, direct Foreign Subsidiaries after the Effective Date, and (B) under the terms of Section 8.10(f) of this Agreement, such Credit Parties were not required to enter into foreign law Pledge and Security Agreements with respect to the capital stock of any such newly-acquired Foreign Subsidiaries (which foreign law Pledge and Security Agreements would otherwise have been required under the terms of the Credit Documents, if not for the provisions of Section 8.10(f)) (each such Foreign Subsidiary, an “Excluded Foreign Subsidiary”), listing each Excluded Foreign Subsidiary and stating the fair market value of the assets of each such Excluded Foreign Subsidiary and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries as of the end of the related fiscal period (as reasonably determined by the Company).

 

(c)                                  Accountants’ Management Letters. Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all final reports submitted to the Company by independent certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special audit of the books of the Company made by such accountants.

 

(d)                                 Reports to Holders of Debt Securities. Promptly, after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or report furnished to holders generally of any debt securities constituting Material Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or any other clause of this Section 8.2 and not otherwise filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its functions.

 

(e)                                  Other Information. Promptly, such additional financial and other information as any Lender, through the Administrative Agent, may from time to time reasonably request.

 

(f)                                   Borrowing Base Certificates. On or before the 15th Business Day of each month from and after the Effective Date, a Borrowing Base Certificate as of the last day of the immediately preceding month, with such supporting materials as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after the occurrence and during the continuance of (i) a Cash Dominion Event or (ii) an Event of Default, within three Business Days of the end of each calendar week, the Company shall furnish a Borrowing Base Certificate calculated as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the immediately preceding calendar week. At any time and from time to time the Company is entitled to calculate the Borrowing Base on a pro forma basis to give effect to a Permitted Acquisition (including an acquisition of inventory or accounts receivable), and to adjust the Borrowing Base accordingly, prior to the completion of any field examination and appraisal; provided that (A) to the extent that the Borrowing Base is adjusted by adding Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory acquired in such Permitted Acquisition in an

 

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amount in excess of 10% of the Borrowing Base, the Company shall have 60 days following such Permitted Acquisition to deliver the appropriate field examination and appraisal in respect of such excess Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory, and (B) to the extent that the Borrowing Base is adjusted by adding Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory acquired in such Permitted Acquisition in an amount in excess of 20% of the Borrowing Base, such excess Eligible Accounts and Eligible Receivables shall not be added to the Borrowing Base prior to the date that the appropriate field examination and appraisal in respect of such excess Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory is delivered to the Administrative Agent or its designated representative. The Borrowing Base Certificate shall also be delivered at such times required pursuant to Section 9.6 in connection with a disposition, if applicable.

 

Information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2 shall be deemed to have been delivered if such information shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which each Lender has been granted access. Information delivered pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2 may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

The Company hereby acknowledges that (i) the Administrative Agent and/or the Joint Lead Arrangers will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Company hereunder (collectively, “Company Materials”) by posting the Company Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (ii) 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 Company 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 Company hereby agrees that so long as the Company is the issuer of any outstanding debt or equity securities that are registered or issued pursuant to a private offering or is actively contemplating issuing any such securities it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Company Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that: (A) all such Company Materials 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; (B) by marking Company Materials “PUBLIC”, the Company shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lenders to treat such Company Materials as not containing any material non-public information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Company or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Company Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 12.13); (C) all Company Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information”; and (D) the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Company Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information”.

 

8.3                               Payment of Other Obligations

 

Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all of its obligations and liabilities of whatever nature, except (i) when the amount or

 

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validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be and (ii) for trade and other accounts payable in the ordinary course of business in accordance with customary trade terms and which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days (or any longer period if longer payment terms are accepted in the ordinary course of business) or, if overdue for more than 60 days (or such longer period), as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be.

 

8.4                               Continuation of Business and Maintenance of Existence and Material Rights and Privileges

 

Continue to engage in business of the same general type as now conducted by it or as contemplated by the Form 10-K, and preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate, partnership or limited liability company existence and take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, franchises, accreditations, certifications, authorizations, licenses, permits, approvals and registrations, necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business except for rights, privileges, franchises, accreditations, certifications, authorizations, licenses, permits, approvals and registrations the loss of which could reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as otherwise permitted by Sections 9.6, 9.7 and 9.9.

 

8.5                               Compliance with All Applicable Laws and Regulations and Material Contractual Obligations

 

Comply with all applicable Requirements of Law (including, without limitation, any and all Environmental Laws, tax, and ERISA laws) and Contractual Obligations except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company (i) shall retire and cancel each share of its common stock repurchased in any Qualified Stock Repurchase promptly following the consummation of such repurchase and ensure that all such shares revert to the status of authorized and unissued shares and (ii) shall not sell, reissue, transfer, pledge or otherwise assign or dispose of any such shares to any other Person after such repurchase.

 

8.6             Maintenance of Property; Insurance

 

Keep all property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted), and maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its property in at least such amounts and with only such deductibles as are usually maintained by, and against at least such risks as are usually insured against in the same general area by, companies engaged in the same or a similar business (in any event including general liability, contractual liability, personal injury, workers’ compensation, employers’ liability, automobile liability and physical damage coverage, all risk property, business interruption, fidelity and crime insurance); provided that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may implement programs of self-insurance in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with industry standards for a company of similar size so long as reserves are maintained in accordance with GAAP for the liabilities associated therewith.

 

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8.7                               Maintenance of Books and Records

 

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 which permit financial statements to be prepared in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law.

 

8.8                               Right of the Lenders to Inspect Property and Books and Records

 

Permit representatives of any Lender upon reasonable notice during business hours and with a Responsible Officer present to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time and as often as may reasonably be desired upon reasonable notice, and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with officers and employees thereof, and with their independent certified public accountants; provided that, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise rights of the Lenders under this Section 8.8 and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than one time during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event of Default; provided, further, that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent (or any of its representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice, and any Lender (or any of its representatives or independent contractors) may accompany the Administrative Agent (or its representatives or independent contractors). The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall give the Company the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Company’s independent certified public accountants.

 

8.9                               Notices

 

Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

 

(i)                                   of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

 

(ii)                                of any (A) default or event of default under any instrument or other agreement, guarantee or collateral document of the Company or  any  of  its  Restricted Subsidiaries which default or event of default has not been waived and could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or any other default or event of default under any such instrument, agreement, guarantee or other collateral document  which, but for the proviso to clause (e) of Section 10.1, would have constituted a Default or Event of Default under this Agreement, or (B) litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority, or receipt of any notice of any environmental claim or assessment against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Governmental Authority, which in any such case could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(iii)                             of any litigation or proceeding affecting the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (A) in which more than $20,000,000 of the amount claimed is not covered by insurance or (B) in which injunctive or similar relief is sought which if obtained could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(iv)                              of the following events, as soon as practicable after, and in any event within 30 days after, the Company knows thereof: (A) the occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any Single Employer Plan which Reportable Event could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other action by PBGC, the Company or any Commonly Controlled Entity to terminate, withdraw from or partially withdraw from any Plan and, with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, the Reorganization or Insolvency of such Plan, in each of the foregoing cases which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and in addition to such notice, deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender whichever of the following may be applicable: (x) a certificate of a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company setting forth details as to such Reportable Event and the action that the Company or such Commonly Controlled Entity proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of any notice of such Reportable Event that may be required to be filed with PBGC, or (y) any notice delivered by PBGC evidencing its intent to institute such proceedings or any notice to PBGC that such Plan is to be terminated, as the case may be;

 

(v)                                 of a failure or anticipated failure by the Company to make payment when due and payable on any Senior Notes;

 

(vi)                              of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by any Credit Party with respect to the Company’s Accounts and Inventory or which otherwise would reasonably be expected to affect the calculation of the Borrowing Base or Reserves.

 

(vii)                           of a material adverse change known by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities, properties or results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

Each notice pursuant to this Section 8.9 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and (in the cases of clauses (i) through (v)) stating what action the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

8.10                        Subsidiary Guaranties and Collateral

 

(a)                                 Subsidiary Guarantors. The Company will deliver, and will cause each Designated Subsidiary to deliver, either (i) a counterpart of the Guaranty duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person or (ii) in the case of any Person that becomes a Designated Subsidiary after the Effective Date, a supplement to the Guaranty in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person, together with opinions and documents of the type referred to in Sections 7.1(a), (b), (e) and (f) with respect to such Person.

 

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(b)                                 Additional Subsidiaries. If any additional Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or otherwise becomes a Subsidiary) after the Effective Date, then the Company will, as promptly as practicable and, in any event, within 60 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably (and without any requirement for Lender consent), may agree to in writing (including electronic mail)) after such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, notify the Administrative Agent (i) whether the Company intends to designate such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in which case such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary from the date of its formation or acquisition for purposes of Section 9.7 or (ii) if the Subsidiary is a Restricted Subsidiary and such Subsidiary is not otherwise exempt from being a Designated Subsidiary pursuant to the definition thereof, that such Subsidiary is a Restricted Subsidiary that is also a Designated Subsidiary and, in the case of this clause (ii), the Company shall cause the requirements of this Section 8.10 to be satisfied with respect to such additional Subsidiary and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Credit Party.

 

(c)                                  Pledge of Equity Interests. Each Credit Party shall pledge the capital stock, or other Equity Interests and intercompany indebtedness, owned by it (unless such a pledge is expressly not required by this Agreement or the Pledge and Security Agreements) pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreements, it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding anything that may be to the contrary herein (other than Section 9.6(i) and Section 9.7(k)), the Pledge and Security Agreement shall not require the Company or any Credit Party to pledge:

 

(i)                                   more than 65% of the outstanding voting capital stock of, or other voting equity interests in, any Subsidiary that is a CFC or CFC Holdco;

 

(ii)                                any of the outstanding capital stock of, or other equity interests, in any Subsidiary where such pledge would (A) be prohibited by applicable law, (B) result in material adverse tax consequences to the Company or any Credit Party, (C) in the case of any non-wholly owned Subsidiary or joint venture existing on the Effective Date, result in a breach of a joint venture agreement, operating agreement or other similar document or agreement in the form existing on the Effective Date, (D) in the case of any non-wholly owned Subsidiary or joint venture created or acquired after the Effective Date, result in a breach of a joint venture agreement, operating agreement or other similar document or agreement, provided that the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all consents or take such other actions as may be necessary to enable the pledge of such capital stock or other equity interests, or (E) cause the Company to incur costs associated with such pledge that are excessive in comparison to the benefits afforded to the Lenders, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, and provided further that to the extent the Company or another Credit Party does not ultimately acquire 100% of the outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary in any Permitted Acquisition, notwithstanding clause (iv)(D) above but except as provided in clauses (ii) or (iv)(A),(B) and (E) above, the U.S. Collateral Agent shall receive a pledge of all outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of such entity held by the Company or other Credit Parties.

 

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(d)                                 Additional Security. Each Credit Party will cause, (i) each parcel of its owned Real Property acquired after the Effective Date having a fair market value of $25,000,000 or more (except any such parcel as to which the costs of providing a Mortgage are excessive in relation to the benefit afforded to the parties secured thereby, as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent, without any requirement for Lender consent) and all of its personal property and (ii) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, all other assets and properties of such Credit Party as are not covered by the original Collateral Documents and as may be requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders in their sole reasonable discretion, to be subject at all times to first priority (subject only to Permitted Liens), perfected and, in the case of owned Real Property, title insured Liens in favor of the relevant Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents or such other security agreements, pledge agreements, mortgages or similar collateral documents as the Administrative Agent shall request in its sole reasonable discretion (collectively, the “Additional Collateral Documents”).

 

In furtherance of the foregoing terms of this subparagraph (d), upon the acquisition of any owned Real Property referred to in the preceding paragraph by any Credit Party, if such owned Real Property, in the judgment of the Administrative Agent, shall not already be subject to a perfected first priority deed of trust or mortgage lien in favor of the relevant Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (subject only to Permitted Liens), then such Credit Party shall, at the Company’s expense:

 

(i)                                   within 30 days after such acquisition, furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the owned Real Property so acquired in detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(ii)                                within 60 days after such acquisition, cause the applicable Credit Party to duly execute and deliver to the relevant Collateral Agent deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, flood notices and, if applicable, flood insurance, instruments of accession to the Collateral Documents and other security and pledge agreements, as specified by and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, securing payment of all the Finance Obligations of the applicable Credit Party under the Agreement and constituting Liens on all such owned Real Properties; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, without any requirement for Lender consent, extend such time period from 60 days up to a maximum of 90 days;

 

(iii)                             within 60 days after such acquisition, cause the applicable Credit Party to take whatever action (including the recording of mortgages, the filing of UCC financing statements, the giving of notices and the endorsement of notices on title documents) as may be necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the relevant Collateral Agent (or in any representative of such Collateral Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on such owned Real Property, enforceable against all third parties; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, without any requirement for Lender consent, extend such time period from 60 days up to a maximum of 90 days;

 

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(iv)                              within 60 days after such acquisition, deliver to the Administrative Agent, upon the request of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, a signed copy of a favorable opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent, the relevant Collateral Agent, and the other Secured Parties, of counsel for the Credit Parties acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to the matters contained in clauses (ii) and (iii) above and as to such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, without any requirement for Lender consent, extend such time period from 60 days up to a maximum of 90 days;

 

(v)                                 as promptly as practicable after any acquisition of any such owned Real Property, deliver, upon the request of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, to the relevant Collateral Agent with respect to such owned Real Property title reports, surveys and engineering, soils and other reports, and environmental assessment reports, each in scope, form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, provided, however, that to the extent that any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall have otherwise received any of the foregoing items with respect to such owned Real Property, such items shall, promptly after the receipt thereof, be delivered to the Administrative Agent; and

 

(vi)                              deliver such proof of organizational authority, incumbency of officers, opinions of counsel and other documents as is consistent with those delivered by each Credit Party pursuant to Section 7.1 on the Effective Date or as the Administrative Agent, the relevant Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders shall have requested.

 

If, subsequent to the Effective Date, a Credit Party shall acquire any intellectual property, securities, instruments, chattel paper or other personal property required to be delivered to the relevant Collateral Agent as Collateral hereunder or under any of the Collateral Documents, the Company shall promptly (and in any event within three Business Days after any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party acquires knowledge of the same) notify the relevant Collateral Agent of the same. Each of the Credit Parties shall adhere to the covenants regarding the location of personal property as set forth in the Collateral Documents.

 

(e)                                  Real Property Appraisals. If the relevant Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders determine that there is a Requirement of Law for them to have appraisals prepared in respect of the Real Property of the Company constituting Collateral, the Company shall provide to such Collateral Agent appraisals which satisfy the applicable requirements set forth in 12 C.F.R., Part 32 - Subpart C or any successor or similar statute, rule, regulation, guideline or order, and which shall be in scope, form and substance, and from appraisers, reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders and shall be accompanied by a certification of the appraisal firm providing such appraisals that the appraisals comply with such requirements.

 

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Subsidiaries which are otherwise required to be pledged under the Credit Documents to the extent the fair market value of the assets of a Foreign Subsidiary and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries is less than $25,000,000 at the time such Foreign Subsidiary is acquired or created; provided that if the Company shall reasonably determine that the fair market value of the assets of any Foreign Subsidiary and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries acquired or created after the Effective Date exceeds $40,000,000 as of the end of any fiscal year of the Company, then the relevant Credit Party shall be required to enter into a foreign law Pledge and Security Agreement with respect to the capital stock of such Foreign Subsidiary (to the extent otherwise required to be pledged pursuant to the Credit Documents) within 60 days following the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of the compliance certificate delivered concurrently with the financial statements for such fiscal year delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a), or such longer period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent (and without any requirement for Lender consent).

 

(g)                                  Certain Actions Following an Event of Default. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Company shall, at the Company’s expense:

 

(i)                                   within 30 days after such request, furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the real and personal properties of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries in detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(ii)                                within 45 days after such request, duly execute and deliver, and cause each Credit Party (if it has not already done so) to duly execute and deliver, to the Administrative Agent deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, instruments of accession to the Collateral Documents and other security and pledge agreements, as specified by and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (including delivery of all Pledged Collateral), securing payment of all the Finance Obligations of the Credit Parties under the Credit Documents and constituting Liens on all such properties;

 

(iii)                             within 60 days after such request, take, and cause each Credit Party to take, whatever action (including the recording of mortgages, the filing of UCC financing statements, the giving of notices and the endorsement of notices on title documents) may be necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Administrative Agent or the relevant Collateral Agent to vest in such Collateral Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, instruments of accession to the Collateral Documents and security and pledge agreements delivered pursuant to this Section 8.10, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms;

 

(iv)                            within 60 days after such request, deliver to the Administrative Agent and the relevant Collateral Agent, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the relevant Collateral Agent in their sole discretion, a signed copy of a favorable opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent, the relevant Collateral Agent, and the other Secured Parties, of counsel for the Credit Parties acceptable to the

 

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Administrative Agent as to the matters contained in clauses (ii) and (iii) above, and as to such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and

 

(v)                                 as promptly as practicable after such request, deliver, upon the request of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, to the Administrative Agent with respect to each parcel of Real Property owned or held by the Credit Parties, title reports, surveys and engineering, soils and other reports, and environmental assessment reports, each in scope, form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, provided, however, that to the extent that any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall have otherwise received any of the foregoing items with respect to such Real Property, such items shall, promptly after the receipt thereof, be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

(h)                                 Further Assurances. At any time upon request of the Administrative Agent, promptly execute and deliver any and all further instruments and documents and take all such other action as the Administrative Agent, in the commercially reasonable exercise of its discretion, may deem necessary or desirable in obtaining the full benefits of, or (as applicable) in perfecting and preserving the Liens of, the Collateral Documents and any such guaranties, deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, instruments of accession to the Collateral Documents and other security and pledge agreements.

 

(i)                                     Time for Taking Certain Actions. The Company agrees that if no deadline for taking any action required by this Section 8.10 is specified herein, such action shall be completed as soon as possible, but in no event later than 30 days after such action is either requested to be taken by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders or required to be taken by the company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of this Section 8.10.

 

8.11                        Compliance with Environmental Laws

 

Except, in each case, to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, comply, and cause all lessees and other Persons operating or occupying its properties to comply, with all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits; obtain and renew all Environmental Permits necessary for its operations and properties; and conduct any investigation, study, sampling and testing, and undertake any cleanup, removal, remedial or other action necessary to remove and clean up all Materials of Environmental Concern from any of its properties, in accordance with the requirements of all Environmental Laws; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to undertake any such cleanup, removal, remedial or other action to the extent that its obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and appropriate reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in accordance with GAAP.

 

8.12                        Appraisals; Field Examinations

 

(a)                                 Upon the Administrative Agent’s request, and at the expense of the Credit Parties, permit the representatives designated by the Administrative Agent to conduct field examinations and inventory appraisals, with respect to any Accounts or Inventory included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base, at reasonable business times and upon reasonable prior

 

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notice to the Company; provided that (i) such field examinations and inventory appraisals shall not occur more frequently than (A) once per 12 month period if clauses (i)(B) and (ii) of this Section 8.12 do not apply and (B) subject to clause (ii) of this Section 8.12, twice per 12 month period if Availability is less than the greater of (1) $110,000,000 and (2) 15% of the Line Cap for a period of three or more consecutive Business Days during such year, and (ii) additional field examinations and inventory appraisals shall be permitted upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default. The Credit Parties shall reasonably cooperate with the Administrative Agent and such designated representatives in the conduct of such field examinations and inventory appraisals. Such appraisals shall be prepared in a form and on a basis reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, such appraisals to include information required by applicable law and by the internal policies of the Lenders. With respect to each appraisal made pursuant to this Section 8.12 after the Effective Date, (i) the Administrative Agent and the Company shall each be given a reasonable amount of time to review and comment on a draft form of the appraisal prior to its finalization and (ii) any adjustments to the Appraised Net Orderly Liquidation Value or the Borrowing Base hereunder as a result of such appraisal shall be reflected in the Borrowing Base Certificate delivered immediately succeeding such appraisal.

 

(b)                                 Conduct a physical count of the Inventory either through periodic cycle counts or wall to wall counts consistent with past practices, so that all Inventory is subject to such counts at least once each year.

 

8.13                        Further Assurances

 

Promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, (i) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in any Credit Document or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation thereof, and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably require from time to time in order to (A) carry out more effectively the purposes of the Credit Documents, (B) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, subject any Credit Party’s properties, assets, rights or interests to the Liens now or hereafter intended to be covered by any of the Collateral Documents, (C) perfect and maintain the validity, effectiveness and priority of any of the Collateral Documents and any of the Liens intended to be created thereunder and (D) assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm more effectively unto the Secured Parties the rights granted or now or hereafter intended to be granted to the Secured Parties under any Credit Document or under any other instrument executed in connection with any Credit Document to which any Credit Party is or is to be a party, and if and to the extent necessary, cause each of its Subsidiaries to do so.

 

8.14                        Depositary Banks

 

Maintain one or more of the Lenders as its principal depository bank, including for the maintenance of operating, administrative, cash management, collection activity and other deposit accounts for the conduct of its business.

 

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9.                                      NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Company hereby agrees that it shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly so long as the Commitments remain in effect or any Loan or Revolving L/C Obligation remains outstanding and unpaid, any amount remains available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit or any other amount (other than any Unmatured Surviving Obligations) is owing to any Lender, any Agent or the Issuing Lenders hereunder (it being understood that each of the permitted exceptions to each covenant in this Article 9 is in addition to, and not overlapping with, any other of such permitted exceptions in such covenant except to the extent expressly provided):

 

9.1                               Financial Condition Covenant

 

Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Covenant Trigger Event, the Company shall maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.00:1.00 for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been, or are required to be, delivered at the time of occurrence of such Covenant Trigger Event, and each subsequent four fiscal quarter period ending during the continuance of such Covenant Trigger Event.

 

9.2                               Indebtedness

 

Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation, except:

 

(a)                                 Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Letters of Credit, the Existing Letters of Credit and this Agreement;

 

(b)                                 Indebtedness of (i) the Company to any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that all such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Finance Obligations on the terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit G, and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Indebtedness referred to in this clause (b) evidences a loan or advance permitted under Section 9.7;

 

(c)                                  Indebtedness of the Company evidenced by the Senior Notes;

 

(d)                                 Indebtedness in respect of non-speculative derivative contracts;

 

(e)                                  Indebtedness consisting of reimbursement obligations under surety, indemnity, performance, release and appeal bonds and guarantees thereof and letters of credit required in the ordinary course of business or in connection with the enforcement of rights or claims of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case to the extent a Letter of Credit supports in whole or in part the obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such bonds, guarantees and letters of credit;

 

(f)                                   Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including capital lease obligations, and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and any extension or renewal thereof, provided that (A) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or

 

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within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (B) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this paragraph (f) shall not at any time exceed the greater of (x) $150,000,000 and (y) 3.00% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the date of determination for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable and (C) such Indebtedness is not incurred or assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Foreign Acquisition;

 

(g)                                  Indebtedness owed to a seller in a Permitted Acquisition, Permitted Foreign Acquisition or a Permitted Joint Venture or to a buyer in a disposition permitted under clause (e) or (f) of Section 9.6 that (i) relates to customary post-closing adjustments with respect to accounts receivable, accounts payable, net worth and/or similar items typically subject to post-closing adjustments in similar transactions, and are outstanding for a period of one (1) year or less following the creation thereof or (ii) relates to customary indemnities granted to the seller or buyer in the transaction;

 

(h)                                 other Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $150,000,000 and (y) 3% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the date of determination for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable;

 

(i)                                     Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the Effective Date and listed on Schedule 9.2(i) hereto including any extension or renewals or refinancing thereof, provided the principal amount thereof is not increased;

 

(j)                                    unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary: (i) the principal of which is not required to be repaid, in whole or in part, before the date that is the 90th day following the later of the Revolving Credit Termination Date, (ii) that is subordinated in right of payment to the Company’s indebtedness, obligations and liabilities to the Lenders under the Credit Documents pursuant to payment and subordination provisions satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent, (iii) is issued pursuant to credit documents having covenants and events of default that are no less favorable, including with respect to rights of acceleration, taken as a whole, to the Company than the terms hereof or are otherwise reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent, and (iv) if, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof and the application of the proceeds thereof on a pro forma basis, the Company is in compliance with the Required Ratios;

 

(k)                                 senior unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary: (i) the principal of which is not required to be repaid, in whole or in part, before the date that is the 90th day following the later of the Revolving Credit Termination Date; (ii) which is issued pursuant to documents having covenants and events of default that are no less favorable, including with respect to rights of acceleration, taken as a whole, to the Company than the terms hereof and the terms of the Senior Notes as in effect on the Effective Date; and (iii) if, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof and the application

 

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of the proceeds thereof, (A) the Company is in compliance with the Required Ratios and (B) the Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than 2.75 to 1.00, in each case calculated on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the date of the incurrence of any such senior unsecured Indebtedness for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, after giving effect to the incurrence of such senior unsecured Indebtedness as if it had been made on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter;

 

(l)                                     the following Contingent Obligations:

 

(i)                                   guarantees of obligations to third parties made in the ordinary course of business in connection with relocation of employees of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(ii)                                guarantees by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business for an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any one time; provided, however, that any such guarantee granted by a Restricted Subsidiary shall only be given in accordance with Section 9.15 hereof;

 

(iii)                             Contingent Obligations existing on the Effective Date and described in Schedule 9.2(l) including any extensions or renewals thereof;

 

(iv)                            Contingent Obligations in respect of derivative contracts;

 

(v)                               Contingent Obligations pursuant to the Credit Documents;

 

(vi)                            guarantees by (i) the Company of Indebtedness of its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted under Section 9.2(g) and (ii) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of other obligations of Restricted Subsidiaries not prohibited hereunder; and

 

(vii)                         guarantees by any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness and other obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the Indebtedness or obligations so guaranteed is either permitted pursuant to this Section 9.2 or not prohibited hereunder; and provided further that any such guarantees shall only be given in accordance with Section 9.15 hereof;

 

(m)                             Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in respect of netting services, overdraft protections, employee credit card programs, automatic clearinghouse arrangements and similar arrangements in the ordinary course of business, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time; and

 

(n)                                 Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of one or more series of secured notes or term loans or unsecured term loans or notes that are issued in a public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement, or a bridge financing in lieu of the foregoing that otherwise converts into permanent Incremental Equivalent Debt (as defined below), in each case that are issued or made in lieu of Revolving Credit Commitments Increases pursuant to an indenture or a note purchase agreement or otherwise (the

 

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“Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Equivalent Debt issued pursuant to this clause shall not, together with all Revolving Credit Commitments Increases, exceed $250,000,000, (ii) such notes or loans do not mature prior to the date that is the 90th day following the later of the Revolving Credit Termination Date, (iii) such notes or loans do not require mandatory prepayments to be made except customary asset sale or change of control provisions, (iv) to the extent secured by Liens on the ABL First Priority Collateral, shall be secured on a junior lien basis to the Revolving Credit Facility, (v) to the extent secured, shall not be secured by any lien on any asset of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor that does not also secure the Revolving Credit Facility, or be guaranteed by any person other than the Subsidiary Guarantors and (vi) to the extent secured, shall be subject to customary intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

9.3                               Limitation on Liens

 

Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets, income or profits, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or sign or file or suffer to exist under the UCC of any jurisdiction a financing statement that names the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as debtor, or assign any accounts or other right to receive income, except:

 

(a)                                 Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;

 

(b)                                 carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the use of any of the assets or properties of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or which are not overdue by more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;

 

(c)                                  pledges or deposits in connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;

 

(d)                                 easements, right-of-way, zoning and similar restrictions and other similar encumbrances or title defects incurred, or leases or subleases or licenses granted to others, in the ordinary course of business, which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or do not interfere with or adversely affect in any material respect the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

 

(e)                                  Liens in favor of the Collateral Agents for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Credit Documents and bankers’ liens arising by operation of law;

 

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(f)                                   Liens on assets of entities or Persons which become Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company after the date hereof; provided that such Liens exist at the time such entities or Persons become Restricted Subsidiaries and are not created in anticipation thereof;

 

(g)                                  Liens on documents of title and the property covered thereby securing Indebtedness in respect of the Letters of Credit;

 

(h)                                 Liens in existence on the Effective Date and described in Schedule 9.3 and renewals thereof in amounts not to exceed the amounts listed on such Schedule 9.3;

 

(i)                                     Liens on assets acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or a Permitted Foreign Acquisition; provided that such Liens (A) exist at the time of the Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Foreign Acquisition in question and are not created in anticipation thereof, and (B) are not extended to cover other assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(j)                                    any leases or licenses of any intellectual property or intangible assets or entering into any franchise agreement in the ordinary course of business;

 

(k)                                 deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, licenses, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(l)                                     Liens securing Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under Section 9.2(b)(ii);

 

(m)                             Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests secure only Indebtedness permitted by Section 9.2(f), (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 the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets, (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and (v) such security interests shall not interfere with the security and priority of the Liens granted to the Collateral Agents for the benefit of the Secured Parties;

 

(n)                                 Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.2(h) if (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would exist after giving effect thereto, (ii) such Liens shall not attach to any Collateral or interfere with the security and priority of the Liens granted to the Collateral Agents for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (iii) if the aggregate amount of obligations secured by Liens existing in reliance on this clause (n) is either (A) less than $25,000,000 or (B) if $25,000,000 or greater, then the Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than 2.75 to 1.00 (calculated on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable,

 

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giving effect to the incurrence of such as if it had been made on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter);

 

(o)                                 judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 10.1(h);

 

(p)                                 Liens arising from precautionary UCC filings or similar filings relating to (x) Operating Leases and (y) sub-leasing and/or chartering arrangements relating to aircrafts;

 

(q)                                 Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

 

(r)                                    Liens on insurance proceeds securing the payment of financed insurance premiums (provided that such Liens extend only to such insurance proceeds and not to any other property or assets);

 

(s)                                   Liens on (i) cash deposits made to secure the obligations of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries under corporate or employee credit card programs up to a maximum aggregate amount of deposits not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time, and (ii) assets of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries that were purchased using corporate or employee credit cards to secure the obligations of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries under programs pursuant to which such credit cards were issued, in each case pursuant to corporate or employee credit card programs entered into in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(t)                                    Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.2(n), provided that to the extent such Indebtedness is secured by Liens on the ABL First Priority Collateral, such Liens shall be on a junior lien basis to the Revolving Credit Facility and shall be subject to customary intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

No Liens shall be permitted to exist, directly or indirectly (i) on the Collateral (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreements), other than Liens created under the Pledge and Security Agreements and under clauses (a) or (t) above, or (ii) except as permitted under clauses (a), (f), (i) and (j) above, on material trademarks.

 

9.4                               [Reserved]

 

9.5                               Prohibition on Fundamental Changes

 

Enter into any transaction or acquisition of, or merger or consolidation or amalgamation with, any other Person (including any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any Subsidiary, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or engage in any type of business other than of the same general type now conducted by it or as contemplated by the Form 10-K and those reasonably related or incidental thereto, or with respect to the Company, reorganize in any foreign jurisdiction, except for (a) any merger of any Subsidiary into (i) the Company provided the Company is the surviving entity or (ii)(A) any Domestic Subsidiary or (B) in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, into any other Foreign Subsidiary; provided, in each case, that if one of the parties of such merger is a

 

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Subsidiary Guarantor then, the surviving entity shall be or become a Subsidiary Guarantor; (b) any merger of any Domestic Subsidiary into a Foreign Subsidiary in connection with an Investment permitted under Section 9.7; (c) liquidation or dissolution of any Subsidiary, provided that all assets of such Subsidiary are transferred to the Company or to a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary Guarantor; (d) any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any non-Subsidiary Guarantor with a non-Subsidiary Guarantor; and (e) transactions otherwise expressly permitted under this Agreement; and (f) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company may effect the ESG Spin-Off.

 

9.6                               Prohibition on Sale of Assets

 

Convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets (including, without limitation, tax benefits, receivables and leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired except:

 

(a)                                 for the sale or other disposition of any tangible personal property that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, has become uneconomic, obsolete or worn out, and which is disposed of in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b)                                 for sales or other dispositions of inventory made in the ordinary course of business and dispositions, assignments or abandonment of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business;

 

(c)                                  that any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Company, and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments permitted by Section 9.7;

 

(d)                                 that (i) any Foreign Subsidiary of the Company may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or by merger, consolidation, transfer of assets, or otherwise) to the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Credit Party may sell or otherwise dispose of, or part control of any or all of, the capital stock of, or other equity interests in, any Subsidiary of the Company to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company, and (iii) any Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Credit Party may sell or otherwise dispose of, or part control of any or all of, the capital stock of, or other equity interests in, any Subsidiary of the Company to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company which is a Credit Party; provided that in any case such transfer shall not cause a Domestic Subsidiary to become a Foreign Subsidiary;

 

(e)                                  for the sale or other disposition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any assets described on Schedule 9.6 hereto consummated after the Effective Date, provided that such sale or other disposition shall be made for fair value on an arm’s-length basis;

 

(f)                                   for the sale or other disposition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of other assets consummated after the Effective Date, provided that (i) such sale or other disposition shall be made for fair value on an arm’s-length basis and (ii) the consideration for such sale or other disposition consists of cash and Cash Equivalents, assets (other than

 

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capital stock and equity interests) which can be employed in the same business as the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged in or a related business and promissory notes and other debt obligations of the purchaser of the assets being sold or disposed of, provided that not more than 25% of the purchase price payable in connection with any such sale or disposition shall be in the form of promissory notes or other debt obligations of the purchaser of such assets;

 

(g)                                  any leases or licenses of property in the ordinary course of business;

 

(h)                                 any leases or licenses of any intellectual property or intangible assets or entering into any franchise agreement in the ordinary course of business;

 

(i)                                     the transfer of inventory prior to the date that is 30 months after the Effective Date, up to a maximum aggregate amount of $275,000,000, from the Company to non-Subsidiary Guarantors in connection with the Company’s international tax initiatives;

 

(j)                                    sales, conveyances, transfers or other dispositions of personal property, leases and other assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not permitted under clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above, having an aggregate fair market value not exceeding $10,000,000 in each fiscal year; and

 

(k)                                 any disposition, transfer, sale or assignment permitted under Section 9.5 (other than any described in clause (e) of Section 9.5) ; and

 

(l)                                     the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company may effect the ESG Spin-Off.

 

The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any material trademarks except as permitted by clauses (e), (g), (h) and (j) above. On or prior to giving effect to any disposition of assets by the Company which would impact the calculation of the Borrowing Base in an amount in excess of $10,000,000, the Company shall have delivered an updated Borrowing Base Certificate setting forth the calculation of the Borrowing Base after giving effect to such disposition.

 

9.7                               Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances

 

Make any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to, or purchase any stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or make or maintain any other investment (each an Investment and, collectively, Investments) in, any Person, except (subject to the final sentence of this Section 9.7) the following:

 

(a)                                 (i) loans or advances in respect of intercompany accounts attributable to the operation of the Company’s cash management system, (ii) loans or advances by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for working capital needs so long as such loans or advances constitute Indebtedness of the primary obligor that is not subordinate to any other Indebtedness of such obligor and, if evidenced by a promissory note, instrument or other writing and owed to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, shall be pledged to the relevant Collateral Agent, and provided that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such loans, when aggregated with the

 

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aggregate amount of all Investments made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in its Subsidiaries pursuant to clause (b)(i) below, shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the Consolidated Total Assets, (iii) loans or advances to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor which are subordinated to the Finance Obligations on the terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit G and (iv) loans or advances by any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party to any other Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party;

 

(b)                                 (i) Investments by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor in Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company that are not Credit Parties in an aggregate amount, when taken together with the aggregate amount of all outstanding loans and advances made pursuant to clause (a)(ii) above, not exceeding five percent (5%) of the Consolidated Total Assets; (ii) Investments by the Company or a Domestic Subsidiary in Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company in an aggregate amount not exceeding $100,000,000 for all such Investments made or committed to be made from and after the Effective Date plus an amount equal to any returns of capital or sales proceeds actually received in cash in respect of any such Investments (which amount shall not exceed the amount of such investment valued at cost at the time such investment was made); and (iii) Investments by any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party in any other Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party;

 

(c)                                  Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company which are Credit Parties;

 

(d)                                 any Domestic Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Credit Party may make Investments in the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary (by way of capital contribution or otherwise), and any Foreign Subsidiary of the Company may make Investments in the Company or any other Foreign Subsidiary (by way of capital contribution or otherwise);

 

(e)                                  the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may invest in, acquire and hold cash and Cash Equivalents;

 

(f)                                   the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may make travel and entertainment advances and relocation loans in the ordinary course of business to officers, employees and agents of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(g)                                  the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may make payroll advances in the ordinary course of business;

 

(h)                                 the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire and hold receivables owing to it, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms (provided that nothing in this clause (h) shall prevent the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from offering such concessionary trade terms, or from receiving such Investments in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of their respective suppliers or customers or the settlement of disputes with such customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business, as management deems reasonable in the circumstances);

 

(i)                                     the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments in connection with asset sales permitted by Section 9.6 or to which the Required Lenders consent;

 

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(j)                                    Investments, loans and advances of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the Effective Date and described on Schedule 9.7 hereto;

 

(k)                                 so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would exist after giving effect to such transaction, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Permitted Acquisitions, Permitted Foreign Acquisitions and Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures, provided that (i) after giving effect thereto either (A) (1) Availability is at least 15% of the Line Cap at such time and for the immediately preceding 60 days and (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a pro forma basis, is at least 1.0 to 1.0 or (B) Availability is at least 20% of the Line Cap at such time and for the immediately preceding 60 days, after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and to any other event occurring after such period as to which pro forma recalculation is appropriate (including any other transaction described in Sections 9.6 and 9.7 occurring after such period) as if such acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period; (ii) the Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than 2.75 to 1.00 (calculated on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the effective date of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition or Investment as if it had been made on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter); (iii) if any Person shall become a Domestic Subsidiary of the Company by virtue of a Permitted Acquisition, then, unless all or substantially all of the assets of such Person are transferred to the Company (by merger of such Person with and into the Company or otherwise) within 90 days after the date such Person first become a Domestic Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall cause such Person to become a Credit Party and shall cause each such Person to comply with the requirements set forth in Section 8.10, and (iv) no Permitted Foreign Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture may be made of, with or in consideration of any assets which before or after giving effect to such Investment are (or are required to be) Collateral other than as required under Section 8.10;

 

(l)                                     Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(m)                             additional Investments, provided that both immediately before such Investment is made and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Payment Conditions shall be satisfied; and

 

(n)                                 Investments permitted under Section 9.6(i) ; and

 

(o)                                 Investments to effect the ESG Spin-Off.

 

9.8                               Amendments to Documents

 

No Credit Party will, nor will they permit any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries to, amend, modify or waive, its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents, in each case if the effect of such amendment, modification or waiver would be materially adverse to the Lenders.

 

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9.9                               Limitation on Dividends

 

Declare any dividends on any shares of any class of stock, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of any shares of any class of stock, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; except that:

 

(a)                                 [reserved];

 

(b)                                 Restricted Subsidiaries may pay dividends directly or indirectly to the Company or to Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiaries and Foreign Subsidiaries may pay dividends directly or indirectly to Foreign Subsidiaries which are directly or indirectly wholly-owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(c)                                  the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may pay or make dividends or distributions to any holder of its capital stock in the form of additional shares of capital stock of the same class and type;

 

(d)                                 the Company may effect one or more Qualified Stock Repurchases if (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred or would occur after giving effect thereto, (ii) the Company shall be in compliance with the Required Ratios calculated on a pro-forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the date of such Qualified Stock Repurchase for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, giving effect to such Qualified Stock Repurchase as if it had been made on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter and (iii) if at the time of any Qualified Stock Repurchase the Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries equals or exceeds 2.75 to 1.00 (calculated on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the date of any such Qualified Stock Repurchase for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, giving effect to such Qualified Stock Repurchase as if it had been made on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter), the maximum aggregate consideration for all such Qualified Stock Repurchases made pursuant to this clause (d) from and after the Effective Date shall not exceed $250,000,000 in the aggregate after the Effective Date; and

 

(e)                                  the Company may declare and pay cash dividends or cash distributions to any holders of its Equity Interests and may effect one or more Qualified Stock Repurchases, provided that both immediately before such payment is made and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Payment Conditions shall be satisfied ; and

 

(f)                                   the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may effect the ESG Spin-Off.

 

9.10                        Transaction with Affiliates

 

Enter into after the date hereof any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate except (a) for

 

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transactions which are otherwise permitted under this Agreement and which are in the ordinary course of the Company’s or a Subsidiary’s business and which are upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than it would obtain in a hypothetical comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate, or (b) as permitted under Section 9.2(b) and (i), Section 9.3(l), Section 9.2(l)(i), (iii), (vi) and (vii), Section 9.5, Section 9.6(c), (d) and (i), Section 9.7 and Section 9.9, (c) transactions among the Company and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries not prohibited under this Agreement or, (d) as set forth on Schedule 9.10 or (e) transactions with Affiliates pursuant to or contemplated by the ESG Spin-Off Agreements; provided that nothing in this Section 9.10 shall prohibit the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries from engaging in the following transactions: (x) the performance of the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s obligations under any employment contract, collective bargaining agreement, employee benefit plan, related trust agreement or any other similar arrangement heretofore or hereafter entered into in the ordinary course of business, (y) the payment of compensation to employees, officers, directors or consultants in the ordinary course of business or (z) the maintenance of benefit programs or arrangements for employees, officers or directors, including, without limitation, vacation plans, health and life insurance plans, deferred compensation plans, and retirement or savings plans and similar plans, in each case, in the ordinary course of business.

 

9.11                        [Reserved]

 

9.12                        Other Indebtedness

 

(a)                                 Prepayments and Repayments of Indebtedness. Prepay, redeem, purchase, acquire, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner, or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of, any Indebtedness, except for: (i) the repayment of the Obligations in accordance with this Agreement; (ii) the repayment to one or more Cash Management Banks of Cash Management Obligations in accordance with one or more Cash Management Agreements; (iii) the repayment to one or more Hedge Banks of Swap Obligations in accordance with one or more Swap Contracts; (iv) regularly scheduled or required repayments or redemptions of non-subordinated Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.2; and (v) the optional repayments and prepayments of an unlimited amount of Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.2, provided that both immediately before such optional repayment and prepayment is made and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Payment Conditions shall be satisfied.

 

(b)                                 Senior Notes Documents. Waive or otherwise relinquish any of its rights or causes of action arising under or arising out of the terms of the Senior Notes or consent to any amendment, modification or supplement to the terms of the Senior Notes or the Senior Note Documents that is adverse to the interests of the Lenders except with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any amendment, modification or supplement to the terms of the Senior Notes or the Senior Note Documents in connection with permitting the ESG Spin-Off shall be permitted under this clause (b).

 

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9.13                        Fiscal Year

 

Permit the fiscal year of the Company to end on a day other than January 31, unless the Company shall have given at least 45 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent.

 

9.14                        [Reserved]

 

9.15                        Limitation on Guarantees

 

The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly, or indirectly, incur or assume any guarantee of any Indebtedness of any other entity, unless such Restricted Subsidiary is already a Credit Party or contemporaneously therewith, effective provision is made to guarantee the Finance Obligations equally and ratably with (or on a senior secured basis to, if applicable) such other Indebtedness for so long as such other Indebtedness is so guaranteed. Any guarantee required to be given under this Section 9.15 shall be pursuant to the Guaranty or another similar agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

9.16                        Independence of Covenants

 

All covenants contained herein shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that such action or condition would be permitted by an exception to, or otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default if such action is taken or condition exists.

 

10.                               EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

10.1                        Events of Default

 

Upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a)                                 the Company shall fail (i) to pay any principal of any Loan when due in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or to reimburse the Issuing Lender in accordance with Section 2.6 or (ii) to pay any interest on any Loan or any other amount payable hereunder within three Business Days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms thereof or hereof; or

 

(b)                                 any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Credit Party in any Credit Document or which is contained in any certificate, guarantee, document or financial or other statement furnished under or in connection with this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or

 

(c)                                  the Company shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in Sections 2.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, or Article 9 of this Agreement or Section 3.6 of the Pledge and Security Agreement, provided that, (i) with respect to any default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in Sections 8.2(c) through (e), 8.8 and 8.9(ii) through (vi), such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 10 days and (ii) with respect to any default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in Section 8.2(f), such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 5 days (or, during the requirement to provide Borrowing Base Certificates on a weekly basis, one Business Day) ; or

 

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(d)                                 any Credit Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other term, covenant, or agreement contained in any Credit Document, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days; or

 

(e)                                  the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) default in any payment of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans, the Revolving L/C Obligations and any intercompany debt (which, if any such intercompany debt consists of loans or advances to the Company or to one or more Subsidiary Guarantors, is subordinated to the Finance Obligations on the terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit G)) or in the payment of any Contingent Obligation, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation was created; or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Contingent Obligation (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity, any applicable grace period having expired, or such Contingent Obligation to become payable, any applicable grace period having expired, provided that the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness and Contingent Obligations which would then become due or payable as described in this Section 10.1(e) would equal or exceed $25,000,000; or

 

(f)                                   (i) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above which (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (i) there shall be commenced against the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets which results in the entry of an order for any such relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (ii) the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (iii) the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or

 

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(g)           (i) any failure to meet the minimum funding standard (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Single Employer Plan, (ii) a Reportable Event (other than a Reportable Event with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) shall occur with respect to, or proceedings to have a trustee appointed shall commence with respect to, or a trustee shall be appointed to administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or institution of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders, likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, and, in the case of a Reportable Event, such Reportable Event shall continue unremedied for ten days after notice of such Reportable Event pursuant to Section 4043(a), (c) or (d) of ERISA is given and, in the case of the institution of proceedings, such proceedings shall continue for ten days after commencement thereof or (iii) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA; and in each case in clauses (i) through (iii) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions relating to such Single Employer Plans, if any, could reasonably be expected to subject the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any tax, penalty or other liabilities which, individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(h)           one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance or indemnity) of $25,000,000 or more to the extent that all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within the time required by the terms of such judgment; or

 

(i)            except as contemplated by this Agreement, any guarantee of this Agreement given pursuant to the terms hereof shall cease, for any reason, and in any material respect, to be in full force and effect or any Credit Party shall so assert in writing; or

 

(j)            except as contemplated by this Agreement or as provided in Section 12.1, any Credit Party shall breach any covenant or agreement contained in any Collateral Document with the effect that such Collateral Document shall cease to be in full force and effect or the Lien granted thereby shall cease to be a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) or any Collateral Document shall assert in writing that any Collateral Document is no longer in full force and or effect or the Lien granted thereby is no longer a first priority Lien; or

 

(k)           a Change of Control shall occur;

 

then, and in any such event, (i) if such event is an Event of Default with respect to the Company specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above, automatically (A) the Commitments and the Issuing Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit shall immediately terminate and the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the Loans shall immediately become due and payable, (B) all obligations of the Company in respect of the Letters of Credit, although contingent and unmatured, shall become immediately due and payable and the Issuing Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit shall immediately terminate, and (C) the obligation of the Company to Cash Collateralize the Revolving L/C Obligations shall automatically become effective; and (ii) if such event is any other Event of

 

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Default, so long as any such Event of Default shall be continuing, either or both of the following actions may be taken: (A) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Company declare the Commitments and the Issuing Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments and such obligation shall immediately terminate; and (B) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice of default to the Company (x) declare all or a portion of the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the Loans to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable, and (y) declare all or a portion of the obligations of the Company in respect of the Letters of Credit, although contingent and unmatured, to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable and/or demand that the Company discharge any or all of the obligations supported by the Letters of Credit by paying or prepaying any amount due or to become due in respect of such obligations. All payments under this Article 10 on account of undrawn Letters of Credit shall be made by the Company directly to a cash collateral account established by the Administrative Agent for such purpose for application to the Company’s reimbursement obligations under Section 2.6 as drafts are presented under the Letters of Credit, with the balance, if any, to be applied to the Company’s obligations under this Agreement and the Loans as the Administrative Agent shall determine with the approval of the Required Lenders. Except as expressly provided above in this Article 10, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived.

 

11.          THE SYNDICATION AGENTS; THE DOCUMENTATION AGENTS; THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT; THE ISSUING LENDER

 

11.1        Appointment

 

(a)           Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank, USA, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada and SunTrust Bank as the Syndication Agents of such Lender under this Agreement and acknowledges that the Syndication Agents, in their respective capacity as such, shall have no duties or liabilities under the Credit Documents. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., PNC Bank, National Association, Santander Bank, N.A. and TD Bank, N.A. as the Documentation Agents of such Lender under this Agreement and acknowledges that the Documentation Agents, in their respective capacity as such, shall have no duties or liabilities under the Credit Documents. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMCB as the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and irrevocably authorizes JPMCB as Administrative Agent and U.S. Collateral Agent for such Lender to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent or the U.S. Collateral Agent by the terms of the Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints J.P. Morgan Europe Limited as the European Collateral Agent under this Agreement and under each European Security Agreement and irrevocably authorizes J.P. Morgan Europe Limited as European Collateral Agent for such Lender to take such action on its behalf 

 

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under the provisions of the Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the European Collateral Agent by the terms of the Credit Documents (including, without limitation, to hold the security interests constituted by the English Security Agreement on trust for the Secured Parties on the terms and conditions set forth therein), together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, none of the Agents shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into the Credit Documents or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Company and each other Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that the Agents, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company, the other Credit Parties and their respective Affiliates, and neither any Agent nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Company or any other Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates.

 

(b)           In relation to the German Security Agreements the following additional provisions shall apply:

 

(i)            The European Collateral Agent, with respect to the part of the Collateral secured pursuant to the German Security Agreements or any other Collateral created under German law (“German Collateral”), shall:

 

(A)          hold, administer and realize such German Collateral that is transferred or assigned by way of security (Sicherungseigentum/Sicherungsabtretung) or otherwise granted to it and is creating or evidencing a non-accessory security right (nicht akzessorische Sicherheit) in its own name as trustee (Treuhänder) for the benefit of the Secured Parties;

 

(B)          hold, administer, and realize any such German Collateral that is pledged (verpfändet) or otherwise transferred to the European Collateral Agent and is creating or evidencing an accessory security right (akzessorische Sicherheit) as agent.

 

(ii)           With respect to the German Collateral, each Secured Party hereby authorizes and grants a power of attorney, and each future Secured Party by becoming a party to this Agreement in accordance with Section 12.6 of this Agreement authorizes, and grants a power of attorney (Vollmacht) to the European Collateral Agent (whether or not by or through employees or agents) to:

 

(A)          accept as its representative (Stellvertreter) any pledge or other creation of any accessory security right granted in favor of such Secured Party in connection with the German Security Agreements and to agree to and execute on its behalf as its representative (Stellvertreter) any amendments and/or alterations to any German Security Agreements or any other agreement related to such German Collateral which creates a pledge or any

 

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other  accessory  security  right  (akzessorische  Sicherheit)  including  the release or confirmation of release of such security;

 

(B)          execute on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties where relevant and without the need for any further referral to, or authority from, the Secured Parties or any other person all necessary releases of any such German Collateral secured under the German Security Agreements or any other agreement related to such German Collateral;

 

(C)          realize such Collateral in accordance with the German Security Agreements or any other agreement securing such German Collateral; and

 

(D)          make, receive all declarations and statements and undertake all other necessary actions and measures which are necessary or desirable in connection with such German Collateral or the German Security Agreements or any other agreement securing the German Collateral;

 

(E)           take such action on its behalf as may from time to time be authorized under or in accordance with the German Security Agreements; and

 

(F)           exercise such rights, remedies, powers and discretions as are specifically delegated to or conferred upon the Secured Parties under the German Security Agreements together with such powers and discretions as are reasonably incidental thereto.

 

(iii)          Each of the Secured Parties agrees that, if the courts of Germany do not recognize or give effect to the trust expressed to be created by this Agreement or any German Security  Agreement, the relationship of the Secured Parties to  the  European Collateral Agent shall be construed as one of principal and agent but, to the extent permissible under the laws of Germany, all the other provisions of this Agreement shall have full force and effect between the parties hereto.

 

(iv)          Each Secured Party hereby ratifies and approves, and each future Secured Party by becoming a party to this Agreement in accordance with Clause 12.6 of this Agreement ratifies and approves, all acts and declarations previously done by the European Collateral Agent on such person’s behalf (including for the avoidance of doubt the declarations made by the European Collateral Agent as representative without power of attorney (Vertreter ohne Vertretungsmacht) in relation to the creation of any pledge (Pfandrecht) on behalf and for the benefit of each Secured Party as future pledgee or otherwise).

 

(v)           For the purpose of performing its rights and obligations as European Collateral Agent and to make use of any authorization granted under the German Security Agreements, each Secured Party hereby authorizes, and each future Secured Party by becoming a party to this Agreement in accordance with Clause 12.6 of this Agreement authorizes, the European Collateral Agent to act as its agent (Stellvertreter), and releases the European Collateral Agent from any restrictions on representing several persons and self-dealing under any applicable law, and in

 

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particular from the restrictions of Section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch). The European Collateral Agent has the power to grant sub-power of attorney, including the release from the restrictions of section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch).

 

11.2        Delegation of Duties

 

The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may appoint any of its affiliates as its agent to perform the functions of the Administrative Agent hereunder relating to the advancing of funds to the Company and distribution of funds to the Lenders and to perform such other related functions of the Administrative Agent hereunder as are reasonably incidental to such functions. Each Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Without limiting the foregoing, each Collateral Agent may appoint any of its affiliates as its agent to perform the functions of the Collateral Agent hereunder relating to the advancing of funds to the Company and distribution of funds to the Lenders and to perform such other related functions of the relevant Collateral Agent hereunder as are reasonably incidental to such functions. None of the Agents shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care, except as otherwise provided in Section 11.3.

 

11.3        Exculpatory Provisions

 

Neither any Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Affiliates or Subsidiaries shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with the Credit Documents (except for its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct to the extent determined by a final, nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction), or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in the Credit Documents or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection with, the Credit Documents or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of the Credit Documents or for any failure of any Credit Party to perform its obligations thereunder. None of the Agents shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, any Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party.

 

11.4        Reliance by Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents, Administrative Agent or Collateral Agents

 

Any Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, electronic message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice

 

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and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by any Agent. The Agents may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Agents. The Agents shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders or Supermajority Lenders, as applicable (or, where unanimous consent of the Lenders is expressly required hereunder, such Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under any Credit Document in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders or Supermajority Lenders, as applicable, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Notes.

 

11.5        Notice of Default

 

None of the Agents shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless such Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Company referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a notice of default. In the event that any Agent receives such a notice, such Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be directed by the Required Lenders; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to this Agreement or applicable law and (ii) unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.

 

11.6        Non-Reliance on Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agents and Other Lenders

 

Each Lender expressly acknowledges that none of the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Credit Parties, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by such Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to each Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Credit Parties and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder, issue and participate in the Letters of Credit and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Credit

 

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Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, none of the Agents shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities, net assets, properties, results of operations, value, prospects and other condition or creditworthiness of the Credit Parties which may come into the possession of any Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

 

11.7        Indemnification

 

The Lenders severally agree to indemnify each of the Agents in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Credit Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), ratably according to the respective amounts of their respective Commitments (or, to the extent such Commitments have been terminated, according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Loans and obligations, and whether as Issuing Lender or a Participating Lender, with respect to Letters of Credit), in each case determined as of the time the applicable unreimbursed expense, obligation, loss or other amount is sought, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including without limitation at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or the transactions contemplated hereby or any action taken or omitted by any Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting solely from any Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements contained in this Section 11.7 shall survive the payment of all amounts payable hereunder.

 

11.8        Syndication  Agent,  Documentation  Agent,  Administrative  Agent  and  Collateral Agents in its Individual Capacity

 

The Agents and their Affiliates and Subsidiaries may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Credit Parties as though each Agent were not each Agent hereunder. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and any Letter of Credit issued by or participated in by it, each of the Agents shall have the same rights and powers, duties and liabilities under the Credit Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent and the terms Lender and Lenders shall include each Agent in its individual capacities.

 

11.9        Successor  Syndication  Agent,  Documentation  Agent,  Administrative  Agent  or Collateral Agents

 

Any Agent may resign as Agent upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders. The resignation of any Syndication Agent shall be effective without any further act or deed on the part of the former Syndication Agent. The resignation of any Documentation Agent shall be effective without any further act or deed on the part of the former Documentation Agent.  If the Administrative Agent

 

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shall resign as Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders which successor agent shall be approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, provided that no such consent shall be required upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default) and which appointment shall be agreed by such successor agent, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon its appointment, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement. If any Collateral Agent shall resign as Collateral Agent under the Credit Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders which successor agent shall be approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) and which appointment shall be agreed by such successor agent, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of a Collateral Agent and the term “Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon its appointment, and the former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement. After any retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article 11 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under the Credit Documents.

 

Any resignation by JPMCB as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Lender and as the Swing Line Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of JPMCB as a retiring Issuing Lender and as the Swing Line Lender, (ii) JPMCB, as a retiring Issuing Lender and as the Swing Line Lender, shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations in such capacities hereunder or under the other Credit Documents and (iii) a successor Issuing Lender shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, issued by JPMCB outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to JPMCB as a retiring Issuing Lender to effectively assume the obligations of JPMCB as issuer of such Letters of Credit.

 

11.10      Issuing Lender as Issuer of Letters of Credit

 

Each Lender, each Syndication Agent and each Documentation Agent hereby acknowledges that the provisions of this Article 11 shall apply to the Issuing Lender, in its capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit, in the same manner as such provisions are expressly stated to apply to the Administrative Agent.

 

11.11      Parallel Debt

 

(a)           Each Credit Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally undertakes (and to the extent necessary undertakes in advance) to pay to the European Collateral Agent amounts equal to any amounts owing from time to time by such Credit Party to any Secured Party under this Agreement and any other Credit Document pursuant to any Obligations as and when those amounts are due under any Credit Document (such payment undertakings under this

 

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Section 11.11 and the obligations and liabilities resulting therefrom being the Parallel Debt).

 

(b)           The European Collateral Agent shall have its own independent right to demand payment of the Parallel Debt by the Credit Party. Each Credit Party and the European Collateral Agent acknowledge that the obligations of each Credit Party under clause (a) are several, separate and independent (selbständiges Schuldanerkenntnis) from, and shall not in any way limit or affect, the corresponding obligations of each Credit Party to any Secured Party under this Agreement or any other Credit Document (the Corresponding Debt) nor shall the amounts for which each Credit Party are liable under this Section 11.11 be limited or affected in any way by its Corresponding Debt provided that:

 

(i)            the Parallel Debt shall be automatically decreased and discharged to the extent that the Corresponding Debt has been irrevocably paid or discharged (other than, in each case, contingent obligations);

 

(ii)           the Corresponding Debt shall be automatically decreased and discharged to the extent that the Parallel Debt has been irrevocably paid or discharged;

 

(iii)          the amount of the Parallel Debt shall at all times be equal to the amount of the Corresponding Debt;

 

(iv)          the Parallel Debt will be payable in the currency or currencies of the Corresponding Debt; and

 

(v)           for the avoidance of doubt, the Parallel Debt will become due and payable at the same time when and to the extent that the Corresponding Debt becomes due and payable.

 

(c)           The security granted under any German Security Agreement with respect to the Parallel Debt is granted to the European Collateral Agent in its capacity as sole creditor of the Parallel Debt.

 

(d)           Without limiting or affecting the European Collateral Agent’s rights against any Credit Party (whether under this Agreement or any other Credit Document), each of the Credit Party acknowledges that:

 

(i)            nothing in this Agreement shall impose any obligation on the European Collateral Agent to advance any sum to any Credit Party or otherwise under any Credit Document; and

 

(ii)           for the purpose of any vote taken under any Credit Document, the European Collateral Agent shall not be regarded as having  any  credit  exposure  or commitment other that those which it has in its capacity as a Lender.

 

(e)           The Parties to this Agreement acknowledge and confirm that the provisions contained in this Agreement shall not, and shall not be interpreted so as to, increase the total amount of the Obligations owing from time to time.

 

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(f)            The Parallel Debt shall remain effective in case a third person should acquire, or otherwise become entitled to, all or any rights of any of the Secured Parties under any Credit Document, be it by virtue of assignment, assumption or otherwise.

 

(g)           All monies received or recovered by the European Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement in respect of the Parallel Debt shall be applied in accordance with this Agreement. All monies received or recovered by the European Collateral Agent by reason of the enforcement of any security granted under any European Security Agreement to secure the Parallel Debt shall be applied pursuant to the provisions of such European Security Agreement.

 

11.12      Certain ERISA Matters

 

(a)           Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and each Joint Lead Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Credit Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

 

(i)            such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments;

 

(ii)           the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, and the conditions for exemptive relief thereunder are and will continue to be satisfied in connection therewith;

 

(iii)          (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect

 

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to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement; or

 

(iv)          such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

 

(b)           In addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and each Joint Lead Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Credit Party, that:

 

(i)            none of the Administrative Agent or any Joint Lead Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Credit Document or any documents related to hereto or thereto);

 

(ii)           the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is independent (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-21, as amended from time to time) and is a bank, an insurance carrier, an investment adviser, a broker-dealer or other person that holds, or has under management or control, total assets of at least $50 million, in each case as described in 29 CFR § 2510.3-21(c)(1)(i)(A)-(E);

 

(iii)          the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to particular transactions and investment strategies (including in respect of the obligations);

 

(iv)          the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is a fiduciary under ERISA or the Code, or both, with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the transactions hereunder; and

 

(v)           no fee or other compensation is being paid directly to the Administrative Agent, or any Joint Lead Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates for investment advice (as opposed to other services) in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement.

 

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(c)           The Administrative Agent and each Joint Lead Arranger hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Credit Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

 

12.          MISCELLANEOUS

 

12.1        Amendments and Waivers

 

No Credit Document nor any terms thereof may be amended, supplemented, waived or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 12.1. With the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the respective Credit Parties may, from time to time, enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications to any Credit Document for the purpose of adding any provisions to such Credit Document to which they are parties or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of any such Credit Party or any other Person thereunder or waiving, on such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of any such Credit Document or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that:

 

(i)            except as expressly provided in Section 3.10, no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (A) extend the Revolving Credit Termination Date or the scheduled maturity of any Loan or extend the expiry date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving Credit Termination Date, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or change the method of calculating interest thereon, or reduce the amount or extend the time of payment of any fee payable to the Lenders hereunder, or reduce or forgive the principal amount thereof, or increase the amount of any Commitment of any Lender, without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, or (B) amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 12.1 or the definition of Required Lenders or Supermajority Lenders, or alter the manner in which payments of principal, interest, or other amounts hereunder shall be applied as among the Lenders in the respective Facility (in which case, the written consent of each Lender in the respective Facility shall be required), or change the percentage of the Lenders required to waive a condition precedent under Section 7.1 or waive or amend any other provision in any of the Credit Documents which by their terms require all Lenders’ consent or consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and

 

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obligations under any Credit Document, or release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of transactions, or release all or substantially all of the value of the guarantees granted (or required to be granted) pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without the written consent of each Lender (unless otherwise specified in clause (B) of this clause (i));

 

(ii)           [reserved];

 

(iii)          no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall amend, modify or waive any provision of Article 11 without the written consent of the Agents and the Issuing Lender;

 

(iv)          no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 5.18(e) in a manner that would alter the manner in which payments are shared, without the written consent of each Lender;

 

(v)           no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall increase the advance rates set forth in the definition of “Borrowing Base” or add new categories of eligible assets or making other changes to the definition of “Borrowing Base” or any component definition thereof if as a result thereof the amounts available to be borrowed by the Company would be increased, without the prior written consent of the Supermajority Lenders;

 

(vi)          the Administrative Agent and the Company acting together may, without the consent of any other Person, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement and any other Credit Document to cure any typographical error, mistake or defect, to comply with local law or the advice of local counsel or to cause one or more Credit Documents to be consistent with other Credit Documents.

 

Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification described in this Section 12.1 shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon each Credit Party, the Lenders, each Agent and all future holders of the Loans. No waiver, amendment, supplement or modification of any Letter of Credit shall extend the expiry date thereof without the written consent of the Participating Lenders. In the case of any waiver, the Company, the Lenders and each Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the outstanding Loans, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of “each Lender” or “each Lender affected thereby” or “the Supermajority Lenders,” the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is necessary but has not been obtained being referred to herein as a “Non- Consenting Lender”), then the Company may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement, provided that, concurrently with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash

 

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the Loans and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to an assignment under Section 12.6 and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of Section 12.6, and (ii) the Company shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement (1) all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by the Company hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without limitation payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Sections 5.20 or Section 5.23, and (2) an amount, if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such replacement under Section 5.21 had the Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the replacement Lender.

 

12.2        Notices

 

(a)           All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand, or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when sent, confirmation of receipt received, addressed as follows in the case of each Credit Party and the Administrative Agent, and to the address on record with the Administrative Agent in the case of any Lender, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto and any future holders of the Loans:

 

	
 
    	
The Company:
    	
 
    	
KLX   Inc.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
1300   Corporate Center Way 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Wellington,   FL 33414
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Attn:   Michael F. Senft
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Email:   mike.senft@klx.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Telecopy:   561-791-5479
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
and
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Attn:   Roger Franks
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Email:   roger.franks@klx.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Telecopy:   561-791-5497
    

 

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The Administrative Agent and U.S. Collateral Agent:
    	
 
    	
JPMorgan   Chase Bank, N.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
500   Stanton Christiana Road, Ops 2NCC5
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Floor   31
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Newark,   DE 19713-2107
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Attn: Dina   ScarfoJoe Aftanis 
    Wholesale Loan   OperationsLending Services
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Email:   dinajoe.e.scarfoaftanis@jpmorgan.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Telecopy:   302-634- 425012016395215@tls.ldsprod.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
With   copies to:
    	
 
    	
JPMorgan   Chase Bank, N.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
383   Madison Avenue
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
New   York, NY 10179
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Attn: Matthew   MassieCristina Caviness
   CIB Credit Risk Management
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Email:   matthew.massiecristina.caviness@jpmorgan.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Telecopy:   212917-270464-32796810
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
and
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Attn: Laura   CawleyDavid Cho 
    Credit Risk Management
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Email:   laura.d.cawleydavid.cho@jpmorgan.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Telecopy:   212917-270464-32796810
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
and
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Attn:   Covenant Compliance
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Email:   covenant.compliance@jpmchase.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
European   Collateral Agent:
    	
 
    	
J.P.   Morgan Europe Limited
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
25   Bank Street, Canary Wharf
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
London   E145JP
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
United   Kingdom
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Attn:   Loans Agency
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Telecopy:   +44-20-7777-2360
    

 

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With   copies to:
    	
 
    	
JPMorgan   Chase Bank, N.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
500   Stanton Christiana Road, Ops 2NCC5
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Floor   31
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Newark,   DE 19713-2107
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Attn: Dina   ScarfoJoe Aftanis 
    Wholesale Loan   OperationsLending Services
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Email:   dinajoe.e.scarfoaftanis@jpmorgan.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Telecopy:   302-634- 425012016395215@tls.ldsprod.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
and
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Attn:   Covenant Compliance
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Email:   covenant.compliance@jpmchase.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Issuing   Lender:
    	
 
    	
JPMorgan   Chase Bank, N.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
10420   Highland Manor Dr. 
   4th Floor
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Tampa,   FL 33610 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Attn:   Ralph Davis
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Standby LC Operations 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Email:   ralph.t.davis@jpmchase.com 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Telecopy:   856-294-5267
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
and
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Attn:   Covenant Compliance
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Email:   covenant.compliance@jpmchase.com
    

 

provided, that, in addition to delivery to the applicable recipients set forth above, each Borrowing Base Certificate and any related notices in respect of the Borrowing Base shall be delivered, by .pdf file to the following addresses: (A) ib.cbc@jpmchase.com, (B) covenant.compliance@jpmchase.com, (C) matthew.massiecristina.caviness@jpmorgan.com, (D) laura.d.cawleydavid.cho@jpmorgan.com, (E) brittany.s.stark@jpmorgan.com and (F) dinajoe.e.scarfoaftanis@jpmorgan.com and provided, further that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.7, 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6 shall not be effective until received and provided, further that the failure to provide the copies of notices to the Company provided for in this Section 12.2 shall not result in any liability to any Agent or any Lender.

 

(b)           THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE. THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMPANY MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM  AND  EXPRESSLY  DISCLAIM  LIABILITY  FOR  ERRORS  IN  OR

 

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OMISSIONS FROM THE COMPANY 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 COMPANY MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM.   In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, “Agent Parties”) or any Indemnified Person or its Related Parties have any liability to the Company, 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 any Credit Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s, an Indemnified Person’s or its Related Parties’ transmission of Company Materials through electronic telecommunications or other information transmission systems, except for direct or economic (as such term is used in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1030(g)) (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive) losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (x) 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, Indemnified Person or Related Party or (y) result from a claim brought by the Company or any other Credit Party against an Agent Party, an Indemnified Person or a Related Party for material breach of such Agent Party’s, Indemnified Person’s or Related Party’s obligations hereunder or under any other Credit Document in respect of Company Materials made available through electronic telecommunications or other information transmission systems, if the Company or such Credit Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party, Indemnified Person or Related Party have any liability to the Company, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to such direct or economic damages).

 

12.3        No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

 

No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of any Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

 

12.4        Survival of Representations and Warranties

 

All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Letters of Credit and the Loans.

 

12.5        Payment of Expenses; Indemnification

 

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(i)            to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, execution, delivery, administration, amendment, waiver and modification of, the Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the syndication of the Loans under this Agreement, including, without limitation, (i) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and one counsel to the Lenders and (ii) appraisals and field examinations pursuant to Section 8.12 and the insurance reviews and the collateral monitoring services performed by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agents, in each case subject to receipt of supporting documentation in reasonable detail;

 

(ii)           to pay or reimburse each Lender and each Agent for all their costs and expenses incurred in connection with, and to pay, indemnify, and hold each Agent and each Lender harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in connection with, the enforcement or preservation of any rights (including in any workout proceedings, restructuring, standstill or forbearance  providing relief to the Credit Parties) under any Credit Document and any such other documents, including, without limitation, reasonable out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of counsel to each Agent and each Lender (including, but not limited to, reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel to the Lenders and one local counsel  in  each  appropriate  jurisdiction  and  expenses incurred in connection with travel,  courier, reproduction, printing and delivery expenses),  incurred  in  connection  with  the foregoing and in  connection with advising the Administrative Agent with respect  to its rights and responsibilities under this Agreement and the documentation relating thereto, subject to receipt of supporting documentation in reasonable detail (it being agreed that the Agents and the Lenders shall have the right to employ separate counsel and the Company shall bear the reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs, and expenses of such separate counsel if (A) the use of the selected counsel would present such counsel with a conflict of interest or (B) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the Company and the Agents and/or a Lender, and such Agent or Lender shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those available to the Company or any other such Person);

 

(iii)          to pay, indemnify, and to hold each Agent and each Lender harmless from, any and all  recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect thereto, or resulting from any delay in paying such recording and filing fees, if any, which may be payable or  determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, any Credit Document and any such other documents; and

 

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(iv)          to pay, indemnify, and hold each Agent and each Lender (each, an “Indemnified Person”) and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees, trustees, advisors and agents (the affiliates, officers, directors, employees, trustees, advisors and agents of any Indemnified Person are such Indemnified Person’s “Related Parties”) harmless from and against any and all other actual out-of-pocket liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including punitive damages), penalties, fines, claims (whether brought by a third party or by the Company or any other Credit Party or any of the Company’s or such Credit Party’s directors, shareholders or creditors, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto), actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, reasonable experts’ and consultants’ fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and third party claims for personal injury or real or personal property damage) which may be incurred by or asserted against any Agent, the Lenders or the Related Parties (x) arising out of or in connection with any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the proceeds of the Loans, or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, whether or not any Agent or any of the Lenders is a party thereto, (y) with respect to any environmental matters, any environmental compliance expenses and remediation expenses in connection with the presence, suspected presence, release or suspected release of any Materials of Environmental Concern in or into the air, soil, groundwater, surface water or improvements at, on, about, under, or within the Properties, or any portion thereof, or elsewhere in connection with the transportation of Materials of Environmental Concern to or from the Properties, or (z) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by reason of or in connection with the execution and delivery or transfer of, or payment or failure to make payments under, Letters of Credit (it being agreed that nothing in this Section 12.5(a)(iv) (z) is intended to limit the Company’s obligations pursuant to Section 2.6);

 

(all the foregoing, collectively, the “indemnified liabilities”), provided that the Company shall have no obligation hereunder with respect to indemnified liabilities of any Indemnified Person or its Related Parties arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or its Related Parties as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(b)           To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Credit Party shall assert, and each Credit Party hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnified Person and its Related Parties 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, any other Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.

 

(c)           The agreements in this Section 12.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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(d)           All amounts due under this Section 12.5 shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.

 

12.6        Successors and Assigns; Participations; Purchasing Lenders

 

(a)           This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Lenders, the Agents, all future holders of the Loans, and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Company may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each Lender.

 

(b)           Any Lender other than any Conduit Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more banks or other financial institutions or Lender Affiliates (“Participants”) participating interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any participating interest of such Lender in the Letters of Credit, any Note held by such Lender, any Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender hereunder and under the other Credit Documents. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Loan for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the Company and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents; provided, however, that such Lender shall not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in Section 12.1(i) that affects such Participant. The Company agrees that if amounts outstanding under this Agreement and the Loans are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of setoff in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement and any Loan to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement or any Loan; provided that such Participant shall only be entitled to such right of setoff if it shall have agreed in the agreement pursuant to which it shall have acquired its participating interest to share with the Lenders the proceeds thereof, as provided in Section 12.7. The Company also agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 5.12, 5.19, 5.20, 5.21 and 5.23 with respect to its participation in the Letters of Credit and in the Commitments and the Loans outstanding from time to time; provided that (x) no Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to such Sections than the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such transferor Lender to such Participant had no such transfer occurred, (y) each Participant shall be subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) of Section 5.20 and (z) a Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.23 unless the Company is notified of the participation interest sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Company, to comply with Section 5.23(g) 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 Company, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in

 

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the Loans or other obligations under the Credit Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitment, Loans, Notes or Letters of Credit or its other obligations under any Credit Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loans, Notes or Letters of Credit 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.

 

(c)           Any Lender other than any Conduit Lender (an “Assignor”) may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, with the prior written consent of the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender, at any time sell to any Lender or any Affiliate or Lender Affiliate thereof (including any Affiliate or Subsidiary of such transferor Lender) and, with the prior written consent of the Company (provided that the Company shall be deemed to have consented unless the Company shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 5 Business Days after having received notice thereof, and in any case subject to the penultimate sentence of this clause (c)) and the Administrative Agent (which in each case shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed), sell to one or more additional banks or financial institutions, as one or more assignees thereof (together, an “Assignee”), all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Credit Documents and, with respect to the Letters of Credit, such Lender’s L/C Participating Interest, pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance executed by such Assignee, such assigning Lender (and by the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender, to the extent their consent is required), and delivered to the Administrative Agent for its acceptance and recording in the Register; provided that (A) each such sale pursuant to this Section 12.6(c) of a Lender’s rights and obligations (I) to a Person which is not then a Lender or an Affiliate or Lender Affiliate of a Lender shall be of the entire remaining amount of the Assigning Lenders rights and obligations or, if less than such entire remaining amount, of Commitments and/or Loans of $5,000,000 or more unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Administrative Agent; and (II) to a Person which is then a Lender or an Affiliate or Lender Affiliate of a Lender may be in any amount and shall not require the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent, and (B) each Assignee which is a Foreign Lender shall comply with the provisions of Section 5.23(g) hereof; and provided, further that the foregoing shall not prohibit a Lender from selling participating interests in accordance with Section 12.6(b) in all or any portion of its Commitments and/or Loans (without duplication). For purposes of clauses (A) and (B) of the first proviso contained in the preceding sentence, the amount described therein shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Lender Affiliates, if any. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date determined pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder with the Commitments and Loans as set forth therein, and (y) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest transferred, as reflected in such

 

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Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such assigning Lender shall cease to be a party hereto). Such Assignment and Acceptance shall be deemed to amend this Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of such Assignee and the resulting adjustment of Commitment Percentages arising from the purchase by such Assignee of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of such assigning Lender under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (and to the extent permitted by law), after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default any Lender may sell all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign at any time to its designating Lender hereunder without the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder and pursuant to its designation agreement and without regard to the limitations set forth in the first sentence of this Section 12.6(c).

 

(d)           The Administrative Agent acting on behalf of and as agent for the Company, shall maintain at the address of the Administrative Agent referred to in Section 12.2 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, the principal amount of any Swing Line Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, if any owing to, and if such Lender has any Revolving Credit Commitment, the L/C Participating Interests of, each Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Loans or L/C Participating Interests recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

 

(e)           Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee (and by the Company, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent to the extent required hereby), together with payment to the Administrative Agent of a registration and processing fee of $3,500 (which fee the Company shall have no obligation to pay and which fee may be waived by the Administrative Agent in its discretion), the Administrative Agent shall (i) promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance and (ii) on the effective date determined pursuant thereto, record the information contained therein in the Register and give notice of such acceptance and recordation to the Lenders and the Company.

 

(f)            If, pursuant to this Section 12.6, any interest in this Agreement or any Loan or Letter of Credit is transferred to any Person (such Person, a “Transferee”) which would be a Foreign Lender upon the effectiveness of such transfer, the assigning Lender shall cause such Transferee, concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, (i) to represent to the assigning Lender (for the benefit of the assigning Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Company) that under applicable law and treaties no Taxes will be required to be

 

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withheld by the Administrative Agent, the Company or the assigning Lender with respect to any payments to be made to such Transferee in respect of the Loans or L/C Participating Interests, (ii) to furnish to the assigning Lender (and, in the case of any Assignee registered in the Register, the Administrative Agent and the Company) such Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be furnished pursuant to Section 5.23(g) and (iii) to agree (for the benefit of the assigning Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Company) to be bound by the provisions of Section 5.23(g).

 

(g)           For avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the provisions of this Section concerning assignments of Loans and Notes relate only to absolute assignments and that such provisions do not prohibit assignments creating security interests, including, without limitation, any pledge or assignment (i) by a Lender of any Loan or Note to any Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank in accordance with applicable law and (ii) by a Lender or a Lender Affiliate which is a fund to its trustee in support of its obligations to its trustee; provided that any transfer of Loans or Notes upon, or in lieu of, enforcement of or the exercise of remedies under any such pledge shall be treated as an assignment thereof which shall not be made without compliance with the requirements of this Section 12.6.

 

(h)           The Company, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (g) above.

 

(i)            Each of the Company, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however (i) that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period forbearance and (ii) the foregoing shall not prohibit or limit the ability of any such Person to file claims against a Conduit Lender in connection with any such proceeding.

 

12.7        Adjustments; Set-off; Cashless Settlement

 

(a)           Except to the extent that this Agreement expressly provides for payments to be allocated to a particular Lender or Lenders, if any Lender (a “Benefitted Lender”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of any of its Revolving Credit Loans (other than payment of Swing Line Loans) or L/C Participating Interests, as the case may be, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 10.1(f), or otherwise) in a greater proportion than any such payment to and collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Participating Interests, as the case may be, or interest thereon, such Benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders such portion of each such other Lender’s

 

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Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Participating Interests, as the case may be, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. The Company agrees that each Lender so purchasing a portion of another Lender’s Loans and/or L/C Participating Interests may exercise all rights of payment (including, without limitation, rights of set-off) with respect to such portion as fully as if such Lender were the direct holder of such portion. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give the Company notice of any set-off, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off.

 

(b)           Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default specified in Section 10.1(a) or 10.1(f), each Agent and each Lender are hereby irrevocably authorized at any time and from time to time without notice to the Company, any such notice being hereby waived by the Company, to set off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Agent or such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Company or any part thereof in such amounts as such Agent or such Lender may elect, on account of the liabilities of the Company hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and claims of every nature and description of such Agent or such Lender against the Company in any currency, whether arising hereunder, or otherwise, under any other Credit Document as such Agent or such Lender may elect, whether or not such Agent or such Lender has made any demand for payment and although such liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured. Each Agent and each Lender shall notify the Company promptly of any such setoff made by it and the application made by it of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of each Agent and each Lender under this paragraph are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of setoff) which such Agent or such Lender may have.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or rollover all or a portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Company, the Administrative Agent and such Lender.

 

12.8        Counterparts

 

(a)           This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Company and the Administrative Agent.

 

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(b)           Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include “Electronic Signatures”, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

12.9        Integration

 

This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the entire agreement of the Credit Parties, the Agents and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof or thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.

 

12.10      GOVERNING LAW; NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS

 

THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LOANS AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LOANS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THIS AGREEMENT IS SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AND, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 12.6, NO OTHER PERSONS SHALL HAVE ANY RIGHT, BENEFIT, PRIORITY OR INTEREST UNDER, OR BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF, THIS AGREEMENT.

 

12.11      SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS

 

(a)           EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY:

 

(i)            SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

 

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(ii)           CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS, AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

 

(iii)          AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 12.2 OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED PURSUANT THERETO; AND

 

(iv)          AGREES THAT NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

 

(b)           EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

12.12      Acknowledgements

 

The Company hereby acknowledges that:

 

(i)            none of the Agents or any Lender has any fiduciary relationship to any Credit Party, and the relationship between the Agents and the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other hand, is solely that of creditor and debtor; and

 

(ii)           no joint venture exists among the Lenders or among any Credit Parties and the Lenders.

 

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12.13      Confidentiality

 

(a)                                 Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (A) any Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (B) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction or securitization relating to the Company and its obligations, (vii) with the consent of the Company or (viii) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company. In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Company relating to the Company or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company; provided that, in the case of information received from the Company after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential; provided, further, that, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) (other than in connection with routine regulatory examinations), unless specifically prohibited by applicable law, court order or the applicable regulatory authority, each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to notify the Company of any such non-public information prior to disclosure hereof. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

(b)                                 EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 12.13(a) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COMPANY AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

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(c)                                  ALL 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, THE OTHER CREDIT PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE 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.

 

12.14      USA Patriot Act

 

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

 

12.15      Judgment Currency.

 

If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from the Company hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable herein (for the purposes of this Section 12.15, the “specified currency”) into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agent’s principal at 11:00 a.m. London time on the Business Day preceding that on which final, non-appealable judgment is given. The obligations of the Company in respect of any sum due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency, the Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a) the sum originally due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender under Section 5.18, such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to the Company.

 

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12.16      Amendment and Restatement

 

Upon the Effective Date, this Agreement shall amend, and restate as amended, the Existing Credit Agreement, but shall not constitute a novation thereof or in any way impair or otherwise affect the rights or obligations of the parties thereunder (including with respect to Loans and representations and warranties made thereunder) except as such rights or obligations are amended or modified hereby. The Existing Credit Agreement as amended and restated hereby shall be deemed to be a continuing agreement among the parties, and all documents, instruments and agreements delivered pursuant to or in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement not amended and restated in connection with the entry of the parties into this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, each in accordance with its terms, as of the date of delivery or such other date as contemplated by such document, instrument or agreement to the same extent as if the modifications to the Existing Credit Agreement contained herein were set forth in an amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement in a customary form, unless such document, instrument or agreement has otherwise been terminated or has expired in accordance with or pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Existing Credit Agreement or such document, instrument or agreement or as otherwise agreed by the required parties hereto or thereto.

 

12.17      Severability.

 

If any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (i) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) the parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

12.18      Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Credit Document may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

 

(a)                                 the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

 

(b)                                 the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

 

(i)            a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

 

(ii)           a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; or

 

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(iii)          the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

 

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