UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 


 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 1, 2014

 


 

Rightside Group, Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

001-36262

(Commission

File Number)

 

32-0415537

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

5808 Lake Washington Blvd. NE, Suite 300
Kirkland, Washington 98033

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(425) 289-2500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Item 2.03.

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

 

SVB Credit Facility

 

On August 1, 2014, Rightside Group, Ltd. (the “Company”), its domestic subsidiaries Rightside Operating Co. and eNom, Incorporated (together with the Company, the “U.S. Borrowers”) and its foreign subsidiaries DMIH Limited, United TLD Holdco Ltd. and Rightside Domains Europe Limited (collectively, the “Non-U.S. Borrowers” and together with the U.S. Borrowers, the “Borrowers”) entered into a credit agreement and related security and other agreements for a $30,000,000 senior secured revolving loan facility (the “SVB Credit Facility”) with Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) as lender, including a subfacility of $15,000,000 available for the issuance of letters of credit.  Loans to the U.S. Borrowers are subject to a sublimit of 2.5 times the Company’s consolidated domestic EBITDA (as determined under the SVB Credit Facility).  On August 1, 2014, letters of credit with a face amount of $10,975,000 that were previously issued under the credit agreement of Demand Media, Inc. were deemed to be issued under the SVB Credit Facility and the Company assumed all obligations to SVB related thereto.

 

Borrowings under the SVB Credit Facility bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the Company’s option, either: (i) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of: (a) the prime rate; (b) 0.50% per annum above the federal funds effective rate; and (c) the Eurodollar base rate for an interest period of one month plus 1.00%, plus a margin ranging from 1.00% to 1.50%, depending on the Company’s consolidated senior leverage ratio (as determined under the SVB Credit Facility), or (ii) a Eurodollar base rate determined by reference to LIBOR for the interest period equivalent to such borrowing adjusted for certain reserve requirements, plus a margin ranging from 2.00% to 2.50%, depending on the Company’s consolidated senior leverage ratio (as determined under the SVB Credit Facility). Interest on the revolving loans is payable at the end of the applicable interest period for Eurodollar loans, but at least quarterly, and quarterly for base rate loans.  The Company is also obligated to pay other customary closing fees, upfront fees, commitment fees and letter of credit fees for a credit facility of this size and type.

 

The Borrowers may repay and reborrow revolving loans under the SVB Credit Facility until the maturity date of August 1, 2017, when all amounts outstanding under the facility must be repaid in full.

 

The Borrowers are permitted to voluntarily prepay outstanding loans under the SVB Credit Facility at any time without premium or penalty, other than customary “breakage” costs with respect to LIBOR loans.

 

The credit agreement governing the SVB Credit Facility allows SVB to require mandatory prepayments of outstanding borrowings from amounts otherwise required to prepay term loans under the Company’s Tennenbaum Credit Facility, as further described below.

 

All obligations of the U.S. Borrowers under the SVB Credit Facility are unconditionally guaranteed by, and secured by substantially all of the assets of, the Company and the Company’s current and future material domestic subsidiaries, including the U.S. Borrowers.  All obligations of the Non-U.S. Borrowers under the SVB Credit Facility are unconditionally guaranteed by, and secured by substantially all of the assets of, the Company and the Company’s current and future material domestic and certain material foreign subsidiaries, including the U.S. Borrowers and the Non-U.S. Borrowers.

 

The credit agreement governing the SVB Credit Facility contains financial covenants, including a requirement that the Company maintain a minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio, a maximum consolidated senior leverage ratio, a maximum consolidated net leverage ratio, and minimum liquidity.

 

The credit agreement governing the SVB Credit Facility contains customary representations and warranties and affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things (and subject to certain exceptions), restrict the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries from incurring additional indebtedness, granting additional liens, entering into fundamental changes, including mergers and consolidations, disposing of property, making payments on subordinated debt, paying dividends, redeeming or repurchasing stock, making investments, entering into certain transactions with affiliates, entering into sale-leaseback transactions, entering into certain swap arrangements, entering into certain restrictive agreements, and making certain amendments to organizational documents or

 

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subordinated debt documents, including the Tennenbaum Credit Facility described below.  In addition, the Company and its subsidiaries are required to maintain all of their domestic deposit and securities accounts with SVB.

 

The credit agreement governing the SVB Credit Facility also contains certain events of default, including, among others (and subject to certain thresholds and cure periods), non-payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to certain indebtedness, including the Tennenbaum Credit Facility described below, bankruptcy and insolvency defaults, judgment defaults, and the occurrence of a change of control.

 

The occurrence of an event of default could result in the acceleration of all outstanding obligations under the SVB Credit Facility.  Under certain circumstances, a default interest rate will apply on all outstanding obligations during the existence of an event of default at a per annum rate equal to 2.00% above the otherwise applicable interest rate.

 

Concurrently with the SVB Credit Facility, the Company and SVB entered into a post-closing agreement.  This agreement provides that, among other things, within seven days of closing the Tennenbaum Credit Facility described below, the Company will amend the SVB Credit Facility to be no less restrictive and on terms no less favorable to SVB than the terms of the Tennenbaum Credit Facility.

 

The descriptions of the foregoing agreements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete terms and conditions of such agreements filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Form 8-K, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Tennenbaum Credit Facility

 

On August 6, 2014, the Company and its Cayman subsidiary United TLD Holdco Ltd. (“United,” and together with the Company, the “Borrowers”) entered into a credit agreement and related security and other agreements for a $30,000,000 term loan facility (the “Tennenbaum Credit Facility”) with Special Value Continuation Partners, LP and Tennenbaum Opportunities Fund VI, LLC as lenders and Obsidian Agency Services, Inc. as administrative agent and collateral agent.  On August 6, 2014, the Company incurred $10,000,000 in term loan borrowings and United incurred $20,000,000 in term loan borrowings under the Tennenbaum Credit Facility.

 

Term loans under the Tennenbaum Credit Facility bear interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR (but not less than 0.5% per annum) plus 8.75%.  Interest on the term loans is payable quarterly, beginning September 30, 2014.  The Company is also obligated to pay other customary closing fees and upfront fees for a credit facility of this size and type.

 

The principal amount of the term loans is scheduled to be repaid in quarterly installments of $375,000, beginning March 31, 2015.  Once repaid, term loans may not be reborrowed.  All amounts outstanding under the facility are due and payable in full on the maturity date of August 6, 2019.

 

The Borrowers are permitted to voluntarily prepay any outstanding term loans under the Tennenbaum Credit Facility by paying an amount equal to the principal amount being prepaid plus a premium of 4%, if prepaid in the first year the facility is outstanding, 2.5% in the second year, 1% in the third year, and 0% thereafter, plus customary “breakage” costs with respect to LIBOR loans.  Any such voluntary prepayments will be applied pro rata against the remaining principal installments.

 

The term loans under the Tennenbaum Credit Facility are subject to mandatory prepayments from 50% of excess cash flow (as determined under the Tennenbaum Credit Facility), which will be paid on the first to occur of the maturity, termination or refinancing of the SVB Credit Facility or the acceleration and termination of the SVB Credit Facility, from excess cash flow determined for the period from the closing of the Tennenbaum Credit Facility to the end of the fiscal year ended as of the date 90 days prior to such date, and thereafter annually for excess cash flow determined for each subsequent fiscal year.  In addition, mandatory prepayments, to the extent not used to prepay loans and cash collateralize letters of credit and permanently reduce the commitments under the SVB Credit Facility, are required from certain asset sales and insurance and condemnation events, subject to customary reinvestment rights.  Mandatory prepayments are also required from the issuances of certain indebtedness.  Mandatory prepayments from asset sales and issuances of indebtedness are subject to a prepayment premium that is the same as for voluntary prepayments.  Any such mandatory prepayments will be applied in inverse order of maturity against the remaining principal installments.

 

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All obligations of the Company under the Tennenbaum Credit Facility are unconditionally guaranteed by, and secured by substantially all of the assets of, the Company and the Company’s current and future material domestic subsidiaries.  All obligations of United under the Tennenbaum Credit Facility are unconditionally guaranteed by, and secured by substantially all of the assets of, the Company and the Company’s current and future material domestic and material foreign subsidiaries

 

The credit agreement governing the Tennenbaum Credit Facility contains financial covenants, including a requirement that the Company maintain a maximum consolidated net leverage ratio and minimum liquidity.

 

The credit agreement governing the Tennenbaum Credit Facility contains customary representations and warranties and affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things (and subject to certain exceptions), restrict the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries from incurring additional indebtedness, granting additional liens, entering into sale-leaseback transactions, making investments, consummating mergers or consolidations, disposing of assets, paying dividends, redeeming or repurchasing stock, making payments on subordinated debt, entering into certain restrictive agreements, entering into certain transactions with affiliates, making certain capital expenditures, making certain amendments to subordinated debt documents, the SVB Credit Facility, organizational documents or equity interests, and owning new subsidiaries that are not wholly-owned subsidiaries.

 

The credit agreement governing the Tennenbaum Credit Facility also contains certain events of default, including, among others (and subject to certain thresholds and cure periods), non-payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to certain indebtedness, including the SVB Credit Facility, bankruptcy and insolvency defaults, judgment defaults, and the occurrence of a change of control.

 

The occurrence of an event of default could result in the acceleration of all outstanding obligations under the Tennenbaum Credit Facility.  Under certain circumstances, a default interest rate will apply on all outstanding obligations during the existence of an event of default at a per annum rate equal to 2.00% above the otherwise applicable interest rate.

 

Jefferies LLC acted as the placement agent in connection with the Tennenbaum Credit Facility for which it will receive a $2.0 million fee.

 

The descriptions of the foregoing agreements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete terms and conditions of such agreements filed as Exhibits 10.3 and 10.4 to this Form 8-K, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Item 3.02

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

 

On August 6, 2014, in connection with the Tennenbaum Credit Facility, the Company entered into a warrant purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with each of Special Value Continuation Partners, LP and Tennenbaum Opportunities Fund VI, LLC, the lenders to the Tennenbaum Credit Facility, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 997,710 shares of common stock to such lenders (the “Warrants”).   Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to indemnify the warrantholders against certain matters, the provisions of which are customary for transactions of this type.

 

The Warrants have an exercise price of $15.05 per share and will be exercisable in accordance with their terms at any time on or after February 6, 2015 through and including 5:00 p.m., Los Angeles time, on August 6, 2019. The Warrants contain a “cashless exercise” feature that allows the warrantholders to exercise such Warrants by surrendering a number of shares underlying the portion of the Warrant being exercised with a fair market value equal to the aggregate exercise price payable to the Company.

 

The Company and such warrantholders have also entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to prepare and file a registration statement covering the resale of the shares of common stock underlying the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) under certain circumstances on or after February 6, 2015.  The Company is not required to file or maintain such a registration statement if, among other things, the Warrant Shares may be transferred by the holder thereof without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 in reliance on Rule 144  and the following conditions are met: (i) the Warrant Shares have

 

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been held for at least one year from the later of the date the Company issues the Warrant Shares and any resale of such Warrant Shares, or (ii) the Warrant Shares have been held for at least six months but less than one year from the later of the date the Company issues the Warrant Shares and any resale of such Warrant Shares and the Company has complied with the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

The sale of the Warrants and, unless registered in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, any resale of the Warrants and Warrant Shares will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. The Company issued the Warrants in reliance on the exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws. The investors acquired the Warrants for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution of the Warrants or the Warrant Shares thereof, and appropriate legends were affixed to the Warrants. Each investor is an accredited investor and had adequate access to information about the registrant.

 

The foregoing summary descriptions of the material terms of the foregoing agreements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete and terms and conditions of such agreement filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 to this Form 8-K, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01                   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

4.1

 

Form of Warrant.

 

 

 

4.2

 

Registration Rights Agreement between Rightside Group Ltd. and the investors listed therein, dated as of August 6, 2014.

 

 

 

10.1

 

Credit Agreement between Rightside Group, Ltd. and certain of its subsidiaries and Silicon Valley Bank, dated as of August 1, 2014.

 

 

 

10.2

 

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (U.S. Entities) by and among Rightside Group, Ltd., the other grantors listed therein and Silicon Valley Bank, dated as of August 6, 2014.

 

 

 

10.3

 

Credit Agreement between Rightside Group, Ltd. and certain of its subsidiaries and Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., dated as of August 6, 2014.

 

 

 

10.4

 

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (U.S. Entities) by and among Rightside Group, Ltd., the other grantors listed therein and Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., dated as of August 6, 2014.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Rightside Group, Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Taryn J. Naidu

 

 

Taryn J. Naidu

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: August 7, 2014

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

4.1

 

Form of Warrant.

 

 

 

4.2

 

Registration Rights Agreement between Rightside Group Ltd. and the investors listed therein, dated as of August 6, 2014.

 

 

 

10.1

 

Credit Agreement between Rightside Group, Ltd. and certain of its subsidiaries and Silicon Valley Bank, dated as of August 1, 2014.

 

 

 

10.2

 

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (U.S. Entities) by and among Rightside Group, Ltd., the other grantors listed therein and Silicon Valley Bank, dated as of August 6, 2014.

 

 

 

10.3

 

Credit Agreement between Rightside Group, Ltd. and certain of its subsidiaries and Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., dated as of August 6, 2014.

 

 

 

10.4

 

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (U.S. Entities) by and among Rightside Group, Ltd., the other grantors listed therein and Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., dated as of August 6, 2014.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

WARRANT
RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.

 

THE OFFER AND SALE OF THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT , OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAWS, AND NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS (I) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT COVERING SUCH TRANSACTION IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IS QUALIFIED UNDER APPLICABLE STATE AND FOREIGN LAW OR (II) THE TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND THE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER APPLICABLE STATE AND FOREIGN LAW.

 

Warrant Certificate No.:                     

 

Original Issue Date: August 6, 2014

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Rightside Group, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that [Warrantholder], a Delaware [type of entity], or its registered assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled to purchase from the Company                      duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided herein, the “Total Warrant Shares”) at a purchase price per share initially equal to $15.05 (the “Spin-off Price,” and as may be adjusted as provided herein, the “Exercise Price”), all subject to the terms, conditions and adjustments set forth below in this Warrant.

 

This Warrant has been issued pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 6, 2014 (the “Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the investors listed on Exhibit A thereto.

 

1.                                      Definitions. As used in this Warrant, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

Aggregate Exercise Price” means, on any Exercise Date, an amount equal to the product of (a) the number of Warrant Shares in respect of which this Warrant is then being exercised pursuant to Section 3 hereof, multiplied by (b) the Exercise Price in effect as of the Exercise Date.

 



 

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banks in New York, New York or Los Angeles, California are authorized or required by law to close.

 

Cashless Exercise” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(c).

 

Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price, respectively on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price then the last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Link LLC. If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value of such security as determined jointly by the Board and the Holder; provided that if the Board and the Holder are unable to reach agreement within 15 days, the Closing Sale Price shall be determined by a Valuation Firm selected jointly by the Board and the Holder or, if that selection cannot be made within ten days, by a third Valuation Firm jointly selected by one Valuation Firm selected by the Board and a second Valuation Firm selected by the Holder.  All such determinations are to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 

Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, and any capital stock into which such Common Stock shall have been converted, exchanged or reclassified following the date hereof.

 

Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Convertible Securities” means warrants, rights, options, evidence of indebtedness, shares of stock or other securities that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, with or without payment of additional consideration, shares of Common Stock or other Convertible Securities, either immediately or upon the arrival of a specified date or the happening of a specified event.

 

Exercise Date” means, for any given exercise of this Warrant, the date on which the conditions to such exercise set forth in Section 3 shall have been satisfied at or prior to 5:00 p.m., Los Angeles time.

 

Exercise Agreement” means an Exercise Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

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Exercise Period” means the period beginning on February 6, 2015 through and including 5:00 p.m., Los Angeles time, on the fifth anniversary of Original Issue Date or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the first Business Day following such anniversary.

 

Exercise Price” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the arithmetic average of the Closing Sale Prices of the shares of Common Stock for the five consecutive Trading Days ending on the date immediately preceding such date, or if the Common Stock is not then listed on a securities exchange or quoted on a securities market, then for five consecutive Business Days.

 

Holder” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.

 

Loan Documents” has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

Mandatory Exercise Shares” means, as of any date of determination on or prior to the first anniversary of the Original Issue Date, half of the Total Warrant Shares, provided that the number of Mandatory Exercise Shares shall be reduced (until the number of Mandatory Exercise Shares is zero) by each Warrant Share with respect to which this Warrant is exercised on or prior to such date of determination.  After the first anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the number of Mandatory Exercise Shares shall be zero.

 

Measurement Period” means any 25 consecutive Trading Day period that begins on or after the 25th Trading Day prior to the first day of the Exercise Period and ends on or before the one year anniversary of the Original Issue Date.

 

Original Issue Date” means August 6, 2014.

 

NASDAQ” means The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.

 

Principal Market” means, with respect to any security, NASDAQ, or if NASDAQ is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded.

 

Purchase Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Purchase Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.

 

Reorganization” means any (i) capital reorganization of the Company, (ii) reclassification of the stock of the Company (other than a change in par value or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value or as a result of a stock dividend or subdivision, split-up or combination of shares), (iii) consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person, (iv) sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another Person or

 

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(v) other similar transaction (other than any such transaction covered by Section 4(a)), in each case which entitles the holders of Common Stock to receive (either directly or upon subsequent liquidation) stock, securities or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Spin-off Price” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Total Warrant Shares” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on NASDAQ or any other U.S. securities exchange or securities market; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).

 

Valuation Firm” means, on any date, a nationally recognized investment banking or valuation firm that is not an Affiliate of the Company and has not provided services to the Company, the Holder or any of their respective Affiliates for the 36 months preceding such date.

 

Warrant” means this Warrant and all warrants issued upon division or combination of, or in substitution for, this Warrant.

 

Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock or other capital stock of the Company then deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant.

 

All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement unless otherwise indicated.

 

2.                                      Term of Warrant.  The Holder of this Warrant may exercise this Warrant for all or any part of the Warrant Shares on any day during the Exercise Period.

 

3.                                      Exercise of Warrant.

 

(a)                                 Exercise Procedure. During the Exercise Period, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder for all or from time to time any part of the unexercised Warrant Shares, upon:

 

(i)                                     surrender of this Warrant to the Company at its then principal executive offices (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction), together with a completed and executed Exercise Agreement; and

 

(ii)                                  payment to the Company of the Aggregate Exercise Price in accordance with Section 3(b).

 

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(b)                                 Payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price. Payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price may be made, at the option of the Holder as expressed in the Exercise Agreement, by any of the following methods:

 

(i)                                     after the first anniversary of the Original Issue Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Company; or

 

(ii)                                  by notifying the Company that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise.

 

(c)                                  Cashless Exercise. The Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making a cash payment to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

 

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)

 

B

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A =                             the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised (which shall include both the number of Warrant Shares issued to the Holder and the number of Warrant Shares subject to the portion of the Warrant being cancelled in payment of the Exercise Price).

 

B =                         the Fair Market Value

 

C =                         the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

 

(d)                                 Rule 144. For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as in effect on the date hereof, it is intended that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

(e)                                  Delivery of Stock Certificates. As promptly as practicable, and in any event within five Business Days after receipt by the Company of the Exercise Agreement, surrender of this Warrant and payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price (in accordance with Section 3(a) hereof), the Company shall execute (or cause to be executed) and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, together with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share, as provided in Section 3(f) hereof. The stock certificate or certificates so delivered shall be in such denomination or

 

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denominations as the exercising Holder shall reasonably request in the Exercise Agreement and registered in the name of the Holder or such other Person’s name as shall be designated in the Exercise Agreement. This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised and such certificate or certificates of Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and the Holder or any other Person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such Warrant Shares for all purposes, as of the Exercise Date.

 

(f)                                   Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue a fractional share of Common Stock upon exercise of any Warrant. In the event of any exercise of a Warrant where the number of shares whose value is equal to the Aggregate Exercise Price is not a whole number, the number of shares withheld by or surrendered to the Company shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share and as to any fraction of a share that the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall pay to such Holder an amount in cash (by delivery of a certified or official bank check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds) equal to the product of (i) such fraction multiplied by (ii) the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the Exercise Date.

 

(g)                                  Delivery of New Warrant. Unless the purchase rights represented by this Warrant shall have expired or shall have been fully exercised, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates representing the Warrant Shares being issued in accordance with Section 3(e) hereof, the Company shall deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unexpired and unexercised Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant. Such new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical to this Warrant.

 

(h)                                 Expenses and Taxes. The Company shall pay all expenses in connection with, and all taxes and other governmental charges that may be imposed with respect to, the issuance or delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant; provided, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed with respect to the issuance or delivery of the Warrant Shares to any Person other than the Holder.

 

(i)                                     Conditional Exercise. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, if an exercise of any portion of this Warrant is required to be made in connection with a public offering, a sale of the Company (pursuant to a merger, sale of stock, or otherwise), or any other event, such exercise may at the election of the Holder be conditioned upon the consummation of such transaction or event, in which case such exercise shall not be deemed to be effective until immediately prior to the consummation of such event.

 

(j)                                    Reservation of Shares. From the Original Issue Date until the end of the Exercise Period, the Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock or other securities constituting Warrant Shares, solely for the purpose of issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant, the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant. The Company shall not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, and shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate so that the Company may validly

 

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and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant.

 

(k)                                 Exercise Prior to Expiration.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Warrant and to the extent this Warrant is not previously exercised as to all Warrant Shares subject hereto, if the Fair Market Value of Warrant Shares is greater than the Exercise Price then in effect, this Warrant shall be deemed automatically exercised pursuant to the method set forth in Section 3(b)(ii) above immediately before its expiration.  To the extent this Warrant or any portion thereof is deemed automatically exercised pursuant to this Section 3(k), the Company shall promptly notify the Holder of the number of Warrant Shares the Holder is to receive by reason of such automatic exercise and the Company shall otherwise comply with the provisions of this Section 3.

 

(l)                                     Partial Mandatory Exercise.  If the Closing Sale Price of a Warrant Share is greater than 150% of the Spin-off Price on any 15 Trading Days within any Measurement Period, then on the later of the first Trading Day (x) following the 15th such Trading Day and (y) the first day of the Exercise Period:

 

(i)                                     this Warrant shall be deemed automatically exercised with respect to all Mandatory Exercise Shares pursuant to the method set forth in Section 3(b)(ii) above; and

 

(ii)                                  for purposes of calculating the number of shares of Common Stock to be received by the Holder in such Cashless Exercise, the Fair Market Value of a Warrant Share shall be deemed to be 150% of the Spin-off Price.

 

To the extent this Warrant or any portion thereof is deemed automatically exercised pursuant to this Section 3(l), the Company shall promptly notify the Holder of the number of Warrant Shares the Holder is to receive by reason of such automatic exercise and the Company shall otherwise comply with the provisions of this Section 3.

 

(m)                             Certain Limitations. To the extent that all or any portion of this Warrant is exercised on or prior to the first anniversary of the Original Issue Date, for the purposes of calculating the number of shares of Common Stock to be received by the Holder upon such exercise, the Fair Market Value of a Warrant Share shall be capped at 150% of the Spin-off Price up to the number of Mandatory Exercise Shares.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Fair Market Value of any Warrant Shares in excess of the Mandatory Exercise Shares shall be calculated without such limitation.

 

(n)                                 Tax Treatment.  If the Holder elects (or is automatically deemed to elect pursuant to Section 3(k) or 3(l)) the method of exercise set forth in Section 3(b)(ii), the “exchange” of the Warrants is intended to qualify as a recapitalization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the parties hereto shall report consistently therewith for all tax purposes.

 

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(o)                                 No Right to Freely Tradeable Shares. Holder agrees and acknowledges that (i) the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise hereof may be subject to restrictions on resale under state or federal securities laws and (ii) it has no right to receive Warrant Shares that are freely tradeable under such laws upon exercise hereof.

 

4.                                      Adjustment to Exercise Price and Number of Warrant Shares. The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 4.

 

(a)                                 Adjustment Upon Dividend, Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company shall, at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date, (i) pay a dividend or make any other distribution upon the Common Stock or any other capital stock of the Company payable in shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities and does not concurrently make a distribution to the Holder consisting of (A) the amount of securities so distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock (in the case of Convertible Securities, determined on an as converted basis) multiplied by (B) the number of shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, or (ii) subdivide (by any stock split, recapitalization or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (x) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to any such dividend, distribution or subdivision shall be proportionately reduced and (y) the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, (x) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased and (y) the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 4(a) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the dividend, subdivision or combination becomes effective.

 

(b)                                 Adjustment Upon Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation or Merger. In the event of any Reorganization, (i) each Warrant shall remain outstanding and shall thereafter, in lieu of or in addition to (as the case may be) the number of Warrant Shares then exercisable under this Warrant, be exercisable for the kind and number of shares of stock or other securities or assets of the Company or of the successor Person resulting from such transaction to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such Reorganization if the Holder had exercised this Warrant in full immediately prior to the time of such Reorganization and acquired the applicable number of Warrant Shares then issuable hereunder as a result of such exercise (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the exercisability of this Warrant); and (ii) appropriate adjustment (in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder) shall be made with respect to the Holder’s rights under this Warrant to insure that the provisions of this Section 4 shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as possible, to this Warrant in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant (including, in the case of any consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction in which the successor or purchasing Person is other than the Company, an immediate adjustment in the

 

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Exercise Price to the value per share for the Common Stock reflected by the terms of such consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction, and a corresponding immediate adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise, if the value so reflected is less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction). The provisions of this Section 4(b) shall similarly apply to successive Reorganizations. The Company shall not effect any Reorganization unless, prior to the consummation thereof, the successor Person (if other than the Company) resulting from such Reorganization shall assume, by written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant and reasonably satisfactory to the Holder, the obligation to deliver to the Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets which, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such Holder shall be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Holder shall have the right to elect prior to the consummation of any Reorganization, to give effect to the exercise rights contained in Section 3 instead of giving effect to the provisions contained in this Section 4(b) with respect to this Warrant.

 

(c)                                  Certain Events. If any event of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 4 but not expressly provided for by such provisions occurs, then the Board shall in good faith make an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant so as to protect the rights of the Holder in a manner consistent with the provisions of this Section 4; provided, that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 4(c) shall increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares issuable as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 4.

 

(d)                                 Certificate as to Adjustment.

 

(i)                                     As promptly as reasonably practicable following any adjustment of the Exercise Price, but in any event not later than five Business Days thereafter, the Company shall furnish to the Holder a certificate of an executive officer setting forth in reasonable detail such adjustment and the facts upon which it is based and certifying the calculation thereof.

 

(ii)                                  As promptly as reasonably practicable following the receipt by the Company of a written request by the Holder, but in any event not later than five Business Days thereafter, the Company shall furnish to the Holder a certificate of an executive officer certifying the Exercise Price then in effect and the number of Warrant Shares or the amount, if any, of other shares of stock, securities or assets then issuable upon exercise of the Warrant.

 

(e)                                  Notices. In the event:

 

(i)                                     that the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock (or other capital stock or securities at the time issuable upon exercise of the Warrant) for the purpose of entitling or enabling them to receive any dividend or other distribution, to vote at a meeting (or by written consent), to receive any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or any other securities, or to receive any other security; or

 

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(ii)                                  of any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of the Common Stock of the Company, any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person, or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another Person; or

 

(iii)                               of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company;

 

then, and in each such case, the Company shall send or cause to be sent to the Holder at least ten days prior to the applicable record date or the applicable expected effective date, as the case may be, for the event, a written notice specifying, as the case may be, (A) the record date for such dividend, distribution, meeting or consent or other right or action, and a description of such dividend, distribution or other right or action to be taken at such meeting or by written consent, or (B) the effective date on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is proposed to take place, and the date, if any is to be fixed, as of which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken with respect to which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such other capital stock or securities at the time issuable upon exercise of the Warrant) shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other capital stock or securities) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and the amount per share and character of such exchange applicable to the Warrant and the Warrant Shares.

 

5.                                      Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 4 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Company shall provide the Holder the right to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights that the Holder would have acquired if the Holder had held the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights. If a notice informing the Holder of Purchase Rights contains material non-public information of the Company, the Company will identify such information in the notice  (such information to the extent so identified and not otherwise available to such Holder on a non-confidential basis prior to receipt of such notice, “Information”), and the Holder will maintain the confidentiality of such Information, except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ officers, directors, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority or quasi-regulatory authority (such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under the other Transaction Agreements or Loan

 

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Documents or any suit, action or proceeding relating to the enforcement of its rights hereunder or thereunder, (e) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 5, to (i) any actual or prospective assignee of or participant in any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements or Loan Documents or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective obligations, (f) with the consent of the Company or (g) to the extent such Information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 5.  Such Holder shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 5 if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord its own confidential information.

 

6.                                      Transfer of Warrant. This Warrant and the Warrant Shares may be disposed of only pursuant to an effective registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements of, the Securities Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of the this Warrant and the Warrant Shares other than (a) pursuant to an effective registration statement, (b) to the Company or (c) pursuant to Rule 144 (provided that Holder provides the Company with reasonable assurances (in the form of seller and, if applicable, broker representation letters) that the securities may be sold pursuant to such rule), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws. Subject to the transfer conditions referred to in the legend endorsed hereon and in this Section 6, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, by the Holder without charge to the Holder, upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company at its then principal executive offices with a properly completed and duly executed Assignment in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Upon such compliance, surrender and delivery, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant, if any, not so assigned and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled.

 

7.                                      Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares upon the due exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of Warrant Shares for any purpose.  Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 7, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.

 

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8.                                      Replacement on Loss; Division and Combination.

 

(a)                                 Replacement of Warrant on Loss. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and upon delivery of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it (it being understood that a written indemnification agreement and affidavit of loss of the Holder shall be a sufficient indemnity) and, in case of mutilation, upon surrender of such Warrant for cancellation to the Company, the Company at its own expense shall execute and deliver to the Holder, in lieu hereof, a new Warrant of like tenor and exercisable for an equivalent number of Warrant Shares as the Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed; provided, that, in the case of mutilation, no indemnity shall be required if this Warrant in identifiable form is surrendered to the Company for cancellation.

 

(b)                                 Division and Combination of Warrant. Subject to Section 6 hereof, this Warrant may be divided or, following any such division of this Warrant, subsequently combined with other Warrants, upon the surrender of this Warrant or Warrants to the Company at its then principal executive offices, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the respective Holders or their agents or attorneys. The Company shall at its own expense execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants so surrendered in accordance with such notice. Such new Warrant or Warrants shall be of like tenor to the surrendered Warrant or Warrants and shall be exercisable in the aggregate for an equivalent number of Warrant Shares as the Warrant or Warrants so surrendered in accordance with such notice.

 

9.                                      No Impairment. The Company shall not, by amendment of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed by it hereunder, but shall at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all such action as may reasonably be requested by the Holder in order to protect the exercise rights of the Holder against dilution or other impairment, consistent with the tenor and purpose of this Warrant.

 

10.                               Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company.  The Company hereby represents, covenants and agrees:

 

(a)                                 This Warrant is, and any Warrant issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant shall be, upon issuance, duly authorized and validly issued.

 

(b)                                 All Warrant Shares issuable pursuant to the terms hereof shall be, and the Company shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that such Warrant Shares are, upon issuance, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, issued without violation of any preemptive or similar rights, and free and clear of all taxes, liens and charges.

 

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(c)                                  The Company shall, at its own expense, (i) take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure that (A) all Warrant Shares are issued without violation of any applicable law or governmental regulation or any requirements of any domestic securities exchange upon which Warrant Shares may be listed at the time of such exercise (except for official notice of issuance which shall be immediately delivered by the Company upon each such issuance), and (B) the Warrant Shares, immediately upon their issuance upon the exercise of the Warrants, will be listed on each securities exchange, if any, on which the Common Stock is then listed and (ii) obtain and keep effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of governmental agencies and authorities which may from time to time be required of the Company in order to satisfy its obligations hereunder.

 

(d)                                 This Warrant is not inconsistent with the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, does not contravene any law or governmental rule, regulation or order, does not and will not contravene any provision of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms.  The Company shall not amend its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents in any way (whether by merger or otherwise) that would materially and adversely affect the Warrantholder or the holders of Warrant Shares in any manner different from such amendment’s effect on the class of Common Stock taken as a whole.

 

11.                               Warrant Register. The Company shall keep and properly maintain at its principal executive offices books for the registration of the Warrant and any transfers thereof. The Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name the Warrant is registered on such register as the Holder thereof for all purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, except any assignment, division, combination or other transfer of the Warrant effected in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant.

 

12.                               Participation in Corporate Distributions.  The Company shall not declare, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, whether in cash, securities (other than Common Stock or Convertible Securities) or other property, with respect to its Common Stock or any Convertible Securities unless it concurrently makes a distribution to the Holder consisting of (a) the amount of cash, securities and property distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock (in the case of Convertible Securities, determined on an as converted basis) multiplied by (b) the number of shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.

 

13.                               Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                                 Notices. All notices, requests, consents, claims, demands, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given: (a) when delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt); (b) when received by the addressee if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier (receipt requested); (c) on the date sent by facsimile or e-mail of a PDF document (with confirmation of transmission) if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and on the next Business Day if sent after normal business hours

 

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of the recipient; or (d) on the third day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Such communications must be sent to the respective parties at the addresses indicated below (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 13(a)).

 

If to the Company:

Rightside Group, Ltd.

5808 Lake Washington Blvd. NE

Suite 300

Kirkland, WA 98033

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Fax No.: (425) 298-2788

Email: tracy.knox@rightside.com

 

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation

701 Fifth Avenue

Suite 5100

Seattle, WA 98104

Attention: Michael Nordtvedt

Fax No.: (206) 883-2699

Email: mnordtvedt@wsgr.com

 

 

If to the Holder:

c/o Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC

2951 28th Street, Suite 1000

Santa Monica, CA 90405

Attention: Asher Finci

Fax No.: (310) 889-4950

Email: asher.finci@tennenbaumcapital.com

 

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Proskauer Rose LLP
2049 Century Park East, Suite 3200
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Attention: Michael A. Woronoff

Fax No.: (310) 557-2193

Email: mworonoff@proskauer.com

 

(b)                                 Expenses.  The Company shall pay all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and fees, costs and expenses of accountants, advisors and consultants, incurred by the Holder and its counsel in connection with (i) any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof, or (ii) any dispute or Proceeding in respect to the enforcement of the Holder’s rights under this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement.

 

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(c)                                  Cumulative Remedies. Except to the extent expressly provided in Section 7 to the contrary, the rights and remedies provided in this Warrant are cumulative and are not exclusive of, and are in addition to and not in substitution for, any other rights or remedies available at law, in equity or otherwise.

 

(d)                                 Equitable Relief. Each of the Company and the Holder acknowledges that the rights of each party to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are special, unique and of extraordinary character and that, in the event that any party violates or fails or refuses to perform any covenant or agreement made by it herein, the non-breaching party will (i) be without an adequate remedy at law and (ii) suffer irreparable damage.  In the event that any party violates or fails or refuses to perform any covenant or agreement made by such party herein, the non-breaching party or parties may, subject to the terms hereof and in addition to any remedy at law for damages or other relief to which such party may be entitled, institute and prosecute an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce specific performance of such covenant or agreement or seek any other injunctive or equitable relief, without posting any bond or other undertaking.

 

(e)                                  Entire Agreement. The Transaction Agreements and the Credit Agreement and all agreements and instruments contemplated thereby constitute the sole and entire agreement of the parties to this Warrant with respect to the subject matter contained herein and therein, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter.

 

(f)                                   Successor and Assigns. Whenever in this Warrant any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of the parties hereto that are contained in this Warrant shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.  Such successors or permitted assigns of the Holder shall be deemed to be a Holder for all purposes hereunder.  The Company shall not assign or delegate any of its rights or duties hereunder without the prior written consent of the Holder, and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be null and void.

 

(g)                                  Headings. The headings in this Warrant are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Warrant.

 

(h)                                 Amendment and Modification; Waiver. This Warrant may only be amended, modified or supplemented by an agreement in writing signed by each party hereto. No waiver by the Company or the Holder of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the party so waiving. No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any rights, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Warrant shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single

 

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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.

 

(i)                                     Survival.  The representations, warranties, covenants and conditions of the respective parties contained herein or made pursuant to this Warrant shall survive the execution and delivery of this Warrant.

 

(j)                                    Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Warrant be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction).  The parties shall endeavour in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

(k)                                 Governing Law. This Warrant and any Proceeding arising out of or based upon this Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of New York.

 

(l)                                     Submission to Jurisdiction.  Any Proceeding arising out of or based upon this Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in New York City and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such Proceeding. Service of process, summons, notice or other document by certified or registered mail to such party’s address set forth herein shall be effective service of process for any Proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or any Proceeding in such courts and irrevocably waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or Proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  Each party irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 13(a). Nothing herein will affect the right of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

(m)                             Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party acknowledges and agrees that any controversy that may arise under this Warrant is likely to involve complicated and difficult issues and, therefore, each such party irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any Proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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agreement. A signed copy of this Warrant delivered by facsimile, e-mail or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Warrant.

 

(o)                                 Further Assurances.  Each of the parties hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents, instruments, conveyances and assurances, and take such further actions as may be reasonably requested by the other party to carry out the provisions hereof and give effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(p)                                 No Third-party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(q)                                 Interpretation.  Any provision of this Agreement that refers to the words “include,” “includes” or “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”  References to numbered or letter articles, sections, subsections, paragraphs, Exhibits refer to articles, sections, subsections, paragraphs, or Exhibits, respectively, of this Agreement unless expressly stated otherwise.  All references to this Agreement or any other agreement include, whether or not expressly referenced, the exhibits, annexes, and schedules attached hereto or thereto, and such exhibits, annexes and schedules shall be construed with, and as an integral part of, this Agreement or such other agreement to the same extent as if they were set forth verbatim herein or therein.  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.  The word “or” when used in this Agreement is not exclusive.  The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term.  Unless otherwise expressly indicated, any agreement, instrument, law or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument, or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein.  References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.  All accounting terms used and not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP. The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed as having the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all assets, real and personal, tangible and intangible. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and the other agreements and documents contemplated herein.  In the event that any claim is made by any Person relating to any conflict, omission or ambiguity in this Agreement, no presumption or burden of proof or persuasion shall be implied by virtue of the fact that this Agreement was prepared by or at the request of a particular Person or its counsel.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed this Warrant on the Original Issue Date.

 

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

Accepted and agreed,

 

 

 

[WARRANTHOLDER]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

EXERCISE AGREEMENT

 

To:                                                                      

 

(1)                                 The undersigned Holder hereby elects to purchase                shares of the Common Stock of Rightside Group, Ltd. (the “Company”), pursuant to the terms of the Warrant dated August 6, 2014 (the “Warrant”) between the Company and the Holder, and [tenders herewith a certified or official bank check in the amount consistent with Section 3(b)(i) of the Warrant] [elects the method of exercise set forth in Section 3(b)(ii) of the Warrant].

 

(2)                                 Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares of Common Stock in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below.

 

 

 

 

 

(Name)

 

 

 

 

 

(Address)

 

 

 

 

HOLDER:

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

(To transfer or assign the foregoing Warrant execute this form and supply required information.  Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby transferred and assigned to

 

 

 

(“The Transferee”)

 

whose address is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

Holder’s Signature:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holder’s Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The transfer made pursuant hereto is made without recourse to the Holder and without representation or warranty express or implied by the Holder, except that the Holder represents and warrants to the Transferee that it is the legal owner of the interest in the Warrant being assigned hereby.

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of this August 6, 2014, by and among Rightside Group, Ltd., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”) and the persons listed in Exhibit A of the Purchase Agreement (together with each of their respective Transferees, “Investors”).

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Investors are acquiring from the Company Warrants to purchase Common Stock of the Company (the “Warrants”), pursuant to the Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, by entering into this Agreement, the Company wishes to provide a further inducement to Investors to acquire Warrants pursuant to the Purchase Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, as an inducement to Investor to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and Investors hereby covenant and agree with each other as follows:

 

1.                                      Certain Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, or other Capital Stock of the Company issued or issuable upon exercise of or in respect of a Warrant, as well as any other Capital Stock that may be issued in respect of, in exchange for or in substitution of any of the foregoing by reason of any dividend, split, reverse split, combination, distribution, reclassification, recapitalization, restructuring, consolidation, securities exchange, reorganization or other transaction.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Exercise Period” has the meaning set forth in the Warrants.

 

Registrable Securities” means, at any time the Common Stock, provided that a security shall not be a Registrable Security if (i) a registration statement with respect to the offering of such security by the holder thereof shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act and such security shall have been disposed of by such holder pursuant to such registration statement, (ii) such security shall have been Transferred by the holder thereof and new certificates for such security not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company or its transfer agent and any subsequent Transfer of such security shall not require registration or qualification under the Securities Act or any similar state law then in force or (iii) such security may be Transferred by the holder thereof without registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Rule 144 and all of the conditions required by Rule 144(b)(1)(i) are then met (provided that, if at any subsequent time such security either may not be Transferred by the holder thereof without registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Rule 144 or the conditions required by Rule 144(b)(1)(i) are not then met, then such security shall again be a Registrable Security).  For the avoidance of doubt it is acknowledged and agreed that if notwithstanding the availability of an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (including under Section 3(a)(9) thereof by virtue of a Cashless Exercise (as defined in the Warrants)) with respect to the exercise of  all or any portion of a Warrant, a Stockholder elects to exercise such Warrant in accordance with Section 3(b)(i) thereof, the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise shall cease to be Registrable Securities.

 



 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act.

 

Stockholder” means a holder of a Warrant or Registrable Security.

 

Transfer” means to, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or similarly dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or similar disposition of, any security or assets owned by a Person or any interest (including a beneficial interest) in any security or assets owned by a Person.

 

All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement unless otherwise indicated.

 

2.                                      Rule 144 Compliance.  With a view to making available to the Stockholders the benefits of Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit a holder of Common Stock to sell such securities without registration, the Company shall:

 

(a)                                 use commercially reasonable efforts to make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, at all times after the date hereof;

 

(b)                                 use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and

 

(c)                                  furnish to any Stockholder, promptly upon request, a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed or furnished by the Company as such Stockholder may request in connection with the sale of Common Stock without registration.

 

3.                                      Registration Rights.

 

(a)                                 Right to Demand.  At any time, a Stockholder may make written requests, each of which will specify the aggregate number of Registrable Securities to be registered (but in no event prior to the beginning of the Exercise Period) and will also specify the intended methods of disposition thereof (a “Request Notice”) to the Company for registration with the Commission under and in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of all or part of the Registrable Securities then owned by such Stockholder or issuable to such Stockholder upon exercise of its Warrant (a “Registration”); provided that the Investors shall not have the right to cause the Company to effect more than one Registration of their Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement in any six-month period or more than three Registrations in total during the term of this Agreement.  A Registration pursuant to this Section ARTICLE I  3 will (i) be on such appropriate form of the Commission and (ii) permit the intended method or methods of distribution specified by such Stockholder to the extent reasonably acceptable to the Company, such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed (the “Plan of Distribution”), including a distribution to, and resale by, the Related Persons of such Stockholder; provided, that no Investor shall have any rights hereunder to cause the Company to effect a Registration for the sale of its Registrable Securities through an underwritten offering.  If the Company is eligible to utilize a short form registration, such as a Form S-3, the Company may utilize such form.

 

Upon any such request for a Registration, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to effect the prompt registration (but in no event prior to the beginning of the Exercise Period) under the Securities Act

 

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of the Registrable Securities that the Company has been so requested to register by a Stockholder as contained in its Request Notice, to the extent required to permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities to be registered in accordance with the Plan of Distribution.

 

Under no circumstances shall any Stockholder have the right to cause the Company to include Registrable Securities on any a registration statement filed or intended to be filed for any other purpose.

 

(b)                                 Revocation.  If a Stockholder, at any time prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating to such Registration, revokes its request by providing a written notice thereof to the Company, such Stockholder shall be required to reimburse the Company for the Company’s expenses incurred in connection with such attempted registration.

 

4.                                      Registration Procedures.

 

It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Agreement that the Stockholders requesting any Registration shall furnish to the Company such information regarding them, the Registrable Securities owned by them or issuable to them upon exercise of their Warrants,  such agreements regarding indemnification, disposition of such securities and other matters referred to in and consistent with this Agreement, as the Company shall reasonably request and as is required in connection with the action to be taken by the Company.  With respect to any Registration that includes Registrable Securities owned by a Stockholder, the Company will, subject to Section 3:

 

(a)                                 As promptly as practicable (but if the Company receives a Request Notice (i) at a time that a registration on Form S-3 or any successor or comparable form is unavailable, no more than  45 days after the later of (x) the Company’s receipt of such Request Notice and (y) February 13, 2015 or (ii) at a time that a registration on Form S-3 or any successor or comparable form is available, no more than 30 days after the receipt of such Request Notice) prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement on the appropriate form prescribed by the Commission for such intended method of disposition and use its reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable thereafter (but in no event prior to the beginning of the Exercise Period); provided that (A) before filing a registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto (other than filings related to the Company’s reporting requirements under the Exchange Act), the Company shall furnish to counsel representing the Stockholders selling Registrable Securities under such Registration copies of all documents proposed to be filed, which documents shall be subject to the review and reasonable comments of such counsel and (B) that the Company shall not be obligated to maintain such registration effective for a period longer than (x) 360 days, or (y) such shorter period when all of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement have been sold pursuant thereto (the “Effectiveness Period”);

 

(b)                                 Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to such registration statement and any documents required to be incorporated by reference therein as may be necessary to keep the registration statement effective for a period of not less than the Effectiveness Period (but not prior to the expiration of the time period referred to in Section 4(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder, if applicable); cause the prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act and comply with the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement during the applicable period in accordance with the Plan of Distribution;

 

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(c)                            Promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the such Stockholder reasonably requests to be included therein related to the Plan of Distribution; and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendments as soon as practical after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such supplement or amendment.

 

(d)                           Furnish to such Stockholder, without charge, such number of conformed copies of the registration statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, as such Stockholder may reasonably request, and such number of copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendments or supplements thereto, and any documents incorporated by reference therein, as such Stockholder may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the securities being sold by such Stockholder (it being understood that, subjection to the penultimate paragraph of this Section 4, the Company consents to the use of the prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by the Stockholders covered by the registration statement and in connection with the offering and sale of the securities covered by the prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto);

 

(e)                                  Notify such Stockholder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, when the Company becomes aware of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement (as then in effect) contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading and, as promptly as practicable thereafter, prepare and file with the Commission and furnish a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the investors of such securities, such prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(f)                                   Make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement, which need not be audited, satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the 12-month period beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the registration statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period; and

 

(g)                            After the filing of a registration statement, (i) notify each Stockholder holding Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement of any stop order issued or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission and of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the applicable securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or any contractual or other restrictions to which such securities are subject, and (ii) take all reasonable actions to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or the qualification of any Registrable Securities as soon as practicable; and

 

(h)                           Make available for inspection during normal business hours by any Stockholder, and any attorney, accountant, or other agent retained by any such Stockholder, all financial and other books and records, pertinent corporate and business documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries and provide such Persons opportunities to discuss the business and affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries with the Company’s Representatives and the independent public accountants who have certified the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and supply all other information and respond to all other inquiries reasonably requested by such Persons, in each case as reasonably necessary in the

 

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opinion of such Stockholder to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act and establish a due diligence defense under the Securities Act.

 

The Stockholders of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in subsection 4(e) or (g)(i) of this Section ARTICLE I  4, will forthwith discontinue disposition of the Registrable Securities until such Stockholders’ receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by subsection 4(e) of this Section ARTICLE I  4 or until advised in writing by the Company that the use of the prospectus may be resumed, and such Stockholders have received copies of any additional or supplemental filings which are incorporated by reference in the prospectus, and, if so directed by the Company, each such Stockholder will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s sole expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Stockholder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.

 

No Stockholder shall be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company, other than representations and warranties regarding (i) such Stockholder to the extent it is selling Registrable Securities in an offering made pursuant to a Registration, (ii) such Stockholder’s ownership of and title to the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering and (iii) the accuracy and completeness of the information furnished by such Stockholder for use in any registration statement prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities and any amendment, supplement or other materials associated therewith.  Any liability of any such Stockholder for breach of such representations and warranties shall be limited to an amount equal to the net amount received by such Stockholder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration, and any liability of any such Stockholder under any such agreement with the Company shall be limited to liability arising from breach of its representations and warranties therein.

 

Each Investor agrees, and any assignee or designee of such Investor shall agree, to maintain the confidentiality of any material non-public information of the Company that is (a) labeled as such, (b) provided to such Person by the Company in connection with the Company’s obligations hereunder and (c) not otherwise available to the Person on a non-confidential basis prior to receipt of such information in accordance with Section 5 of such Investor’s Warrant as if such information was “Information” as defined such Warrant.

 

5.                                      Registration Expenses.

 

(a)                                 The Company shall bear all expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with Section 2, Section ARTICLE I  3 and Section ARTICLE I  4 of this Agreement, including all Commission and stock exchange or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. registration and filing fees and expenses, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities), printing expenses, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and all independent certified public accountants.

 

(b)                                 In connection with each Registration initiated hereunder, the Company shall reimburse the Stockholders covered by such registration for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one law firm chosen by a majority of the number of shares of Registrable Securities included in the Request Notice.

 

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6.                                      Indemnification.

 

(a)                                 Indemnification by the Company.  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Stockholder and its Related Persons, against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements) arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or in any document incorporated by reference therein or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except insofar as the same are made in reliance on and in conformity with any information with respect to such Stockholder furnished in writing to the Company by such Stockholder expressly for use therein.

 

(b)                                 Indemnification by the Stockholders.  In connection with any offering made pursuant to a Registration in which a Stockholder is participating, each such Stockholder will furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits with respect to such Stockholder as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any registration statement or prospectus covering the Registrable Securities of such Stockholder and to the extent permitted by law agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers and agents and each Person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) the Company, against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses arising out of or based upon any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements in the registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus (in the case of the prospectus or preliminary prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is made in reliance on and in conformity with the information or affidavit with respect to such Stockholder so furnished in writing by such Stockholder expressly for use in the registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or in any document incorporated by reference therein; provided that the obligation to indemnify shall be several (and not joint) among such Stockholders and the liability of each such Stockholder shall be in proportion to and limited to the net amount received by such Stockholder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  The indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or Proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of such Stockholder, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.  The Company and the Stockholders hereby acknowledge and agree that, unless otherwise expressly agreed to in writing by the Stockholders, the only information furnished or to be furnished to the Company for use in any registration statement or prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities or in any amendment, supplement or other materials associated therewith are statements specifically relating to (i) the beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock by a Stockholder selling Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement and its Affiliates, (ii) transactions or the relationship between such Stockholder and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand (iii) the name and address of such Stockholder and (iv) any additional information about such Stockholder or the plan of distribution required by law or regulation to be disclosed in any such document.

 

(c)                                  Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings.  Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder will (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified and indemnifying parties with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party.  Any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and

 

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expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified and indemnifying parties with respect to such claim. The failure to so notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability hereunder with respect to the action, except to the extent that such indemnifying party is materially prejudiced by the failure to give such notice; provided that any such failure shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any other liability which it may have to any other party or to such indemnified party other than pursuant to this Section ARTICLE I  6.  No indemnifying party in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the prior written consent of such indemnified party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement with respect to such indemnified party which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation.  An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim will not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party there may be one or more legal or equitable defenses available to such indemnified party which are in addition to or may conflict with those available to any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim, in which event the indemnifying party shall be obligated to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such additional counsel or counsels.

 

(d)                                 Contribution.  If for any reason the indemnification provided for in the preceding paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section ARTICLE I  6 is unavailable to an indemnified party as contemplated by the preceding paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section ARTICLE I  6 or is insufficient to hold such indemnified party harmless, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, or (ii) if the allocation provided by the preceding clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in the preceding clause (i) but also the relative fault of the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative benefits received by the Company and the sellers of Registrable Securities and any other sellers participating in the Registration on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration by the Company and such Stockholder. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the sellers of Registrable Securities and any other sellers participating in the Registration on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the sellers of Registrable Securities or other sellers participating in the registration statement and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.  In no event shall the liability of any such Stockholder be greater in amount than the lessor of (i) the amount of proceeds received by such Stockholder upon the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration and (ii) the amount for which it would have been obligated to pay as an indemnifying party by way of indemnification if the indemnification provided in paragraph (b) of this Section ARTICLE I  6 had been available.

 

7.                                      Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                                 Severability.  In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being

 

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understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction).  The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

(b)                                 Notices.  Notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered in the manner set forth in the Warrants.

 

All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by fax or on the date 5 Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 7(b) or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 7(b).  As agreed to among the Company and a Stockholder from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address of a representative of the applicable Person provided from time to time by such Person.

 

(c)                                  Amendment and Modification; Waiver.  This Agreement may only be amended, modified or supplemented by an agreement in writing signed by each party hereto. No waiver by any party of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the party so waiving. No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any rights, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Agreement shall operate or be construed 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.

 

(d)                                 Cumulative Remedies.  The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of, and are in addition to and not in substitution for, any other rights or remedies available at law, in equity or otherwise.

 

(e)                                  Enforcement of Agreement.  The Company acknowledges that the rights of each Stockholder hereunder are special, unique and of extraordinary character and that, in the event that the Company violates or fails or refuses to perform any covenant or agreement made by it herein, each Stockholder will (i) be without an adequate remedy at law and (ii) suffer irreparable damage.  In the event that the Company violates or fails or refuses to perform any covenant or agreement made by it herein, each Stockholder may, subject to the terms hereof and in addition to any remedy at law for damages or other relief to which it may be entitled, institute and prosecute an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce specific performance of such covenant or agreement or seek any other injunctive or equitable relief, without posting any bond or other undertaking.

 

(f)                                   Entire Agreement.  The Transaction Agreements and the Credit Agreement and all agreements and instruments contemplated thereby constitute the sole and entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement with respect to the subject matter contained herein and therein, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter.

 

(g)                                  Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision

 

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or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than of the State of New York.

 

(h)                                 Submission to Jurisdiction; Consents to Service of Process.  Any Proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in New York City, and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such Proceeding. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any Proceeding in such courts and irrevocably waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such Proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  Each party irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 7(b).  Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

(i)                                     Waiver of Jury Trial.  Each party acknowledges and agrees that any controversy that may arise under this Agreement is likely to involve complicated and difficult issues and, therefore, each such party irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any Proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(j)                                    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement. A signed copy of this Agreement delivered by facsimile, e-mail or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Agreement.

 

(k)                                 Titles and Subtitles.  The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

(l)                                     Successors and Assigns.  Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of the parties hereto that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.  The Company shall not assign or delegate any of its rights or duties hereunder without the prior written consent of the Stockholders, and no Stockholder may assign or delegate any of its rights or duties hereunder without the prior consent of the Company (such consent to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, it being acknowledged and agreed that preventing an assignment or delegation to an Affiliate of the Company or a Person the Company reasonably believes is taking or preparing to take action to become an Affiliate of the Company shall be a reasonable reason to withhold, condition or delay such consent), and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be null and void; provided that Investor may, without the prior written consent of the Company, assign or delegate any of its rights or duties hereunder to one or more of its Related Persons.

 

(m)                             No Strict Construction.  This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting an instrument or causing any instrument to be drafted.

 

(n)                                 No Third-party Beneficiaries.  Except as otherwise expressly stated herein, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Company, the Stockholders and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

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(o)                                 InterpretationAny provision of this Agreement that refers to the words “include,” “includes” or “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”  References to numbered or letter articles, sections, subsections, paragraphs, Exhibits refer to articles, sections, subsections, paragraphs, or Exhibits, respectively, of this Agreement unless expressly stated otherwise.  All references to this Agreement or any other agreement include, whether or not expressly referenced, the exhibits, annexes, and schedules attached hereto or thereto, and such exhibits, annexes and schedules shall be construed with, and as an integral part of, this Agreement or such other agreement to the same extent as if they were set forth verbatim herein or therein.  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.  The word “or” when used in this Agreement is not exclusive.  The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term.  Unless otherwise expressly indicated, any agreement, instrument, law or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument, or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein.  References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.  All accounting terms used and not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP. The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed as having the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all assets, real and personal, tangible and intangible. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and the other agreements and documents contemplated herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

 

COMPANY:

 

 

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Taryn Naidu

 

 

Name:

Taryn Naidu

 

 

Title:

CEO and President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTORS:

 

 

 

SPECIAL VALUE CONTINUATION PARTNERS, LP

 

 

 

By:

Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC

 

Its:

Investment Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Howard Levkowitz

 

 

Name:

Howard Levkowitz

 

 

Title:

Managing Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TENNENBAUM OPPORTUNITIES FUND VI, LLC

 

 

 

By:

Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC

 

Its:

Investment Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Howard Levkowitz

 

 

Name:

Howard Levkowitz

 

 

Title:

Managing Partner

 




Exhibit 10.1

 

$30,000,000 SENIOR SECURED CREDIT FACILITIES

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

dated as of August 1, 2014,

 

among

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.,

 

RIGHTSIDE OPERATING CO.,

 

ENOM, INCORPORATED

 

as the U.S. Borrowers,

 

DMIH LIMITED,

 

UNITED TLD HOLDCO LTD.,

 

RIGHTSIDE DOMAINS EUROPE LIMITED,

 

As the Non-U.S. Borrowers,

 

and

 

SILICON VALLEY BANK,

 

As Lender

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS

1

 

 

1.1

Defined Terms

1

1.2

Other Definitional Provisions

33

 

 

 

SECTION 2 AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS

34

 

 

 

2.1

Promise to Pay

34

2.2

Reserved

34

2.3

Reserved

34

2.4

Revolving Commitments

34

2.5

Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing

34

2.6

Reserved

35

2.7

U.S. Overadvances

35

2.8

Fees

35

2.9

Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments

35

2.10

Loan Prepayments

36

2.11

Conversion and Continuation Options

37

2.12

Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches

37

2.13

Interest Rates and Payment Dates

37

2.14

Computation of Interest and Fees

38

2.15

Inability to Determine Interest Rate

38

2.16

Payments

39

2.17

Illegality; Requirements of Law

39

2.18

Taxes

41

2.19

Indemnity

44

2.20

Borrower Parent as Agent

44

 

 

 

SECTION 3 LETTERS OF CREDIT

44

 

 

 

3.1

L/C Commitment

44

3.2

Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit

45

3.3

Fees and Other Charges

46

3.4

Existing Letters of Credit

46

3.5

Reimbursement

46

3.6

Obligations Absolute

47

3.7

Letter of Credit Payments

48

3.8

Applications

48

3.9

Interim Interest

48

3.10

Cash Collateral

48

3.11

Applicability of ISP

49

 

 

 

SECTION 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

49

 

 

 

4.1

Financial Condition

49

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

4.2

No Change

49

4.3

Existence; Compliance with Law

49

4.4

Power, Authorization; Enforceable Obligations

50

4.5

No Legal Bar

50

4.6

Litigation

50

4.7

No Default

50

4.8

Ownership of Property; Liens; Investments

51

4.9

Intellectual Property

51

4.10

Taxes

51

4.11

Federal Regulations

51

4.12

Labor Matters

51

4.13

ERISA

52

4.14

Investment Company Act; Other Regulations

52

4.15

Subsidiaries

52

4.16

Use of Proceeds

53

4.17

Environmental Matters

53

4.18

Accuracy of Information, etc.

54

4.19

Security Documents

54

4.20

Solvency

55

4.21

Regulation H

55

4.22

Designated Senior Indebtedness

55

4.23

Insurance

55

 

 

 

SECTION 5 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

55

 

 

 

5.1

Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit

55

5.2

Conditions to Each Extension of Credit

59

 

 

 

SECTION 6 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

59

 

 

 

6.1

Financial Statements

60

6.2

Certificates; Reports; Other Information

61

6.3

Payment of Obligations

62

6.4

Maintenance of Existence; Compliance

62

6.5

Maintenance of Property; Insurance

62

6.6

Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions

62

6.7

Notices

63

6.8

Environmental Laws

63

6.9

Additional Collateral, etc.

64

6.10

Insider Subordinated Indebtedness

65

6.11

Use of Proceeds

66

6.12

Designated Senior Indebtedness

66

6.13

Operating Accounts

66

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

6.14

Further Assurances

66

 

 

 

SECTION 7 NEGATIVE COVENANTS

66

 

 

7.1

Financial Condition Covenants

66

7.2

Indebtedness

67

7.3

Liens

68

7.4

Fundamental Changes

70

7.5

Disposition of Property

71

7.6

Restricted Payments

72

7.7

Investments

73

7.8

Reserved

74

7.9

Transactions with Affiliates

74

7.10

Sale Leaseback Transactions

75

7.11

Swap Agreements

75

7.12

Accounting Changes

75

7.13

Negative Pledge Clauses

75

7.14

Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions

75

7.15

Lines of Business

76

7.16

Designation of other Indebtedness

76

7.17

Amendments to Operating Documents

76

7.18

Use of Proceeds

76

7.19

Subordinated Debt

76

 

 

 

SECTION 8 EVENTS OF DEFAULT

77

 

 

 

8.1

Events of Default

77

8.2

Remedies Upon Event of Default

79

8.3

Application of Funds

80

 

 

 

SECTION 9 RESERVED

81

 

 

SECTION 10 MISCELLANEOUS

81

 

 

 

10.1

Amendments and Waivers

81

10.2

Notices

81

10.3

No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

82

10.4

Survival of Representations and Warranties

83

10.5

Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

83

10.6

Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments

84

10.7

Set-off

86

10.8

Payments Set Aside

86

10.9

Interest Rate Limitation

86

10.10

Counterparts

87

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

10.11

Severability

87

10.12

Integration

87

10.13

GOVERNING LAW

87

10.14

Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers

88

10.15

Acknowledgements

89

10.16

Release of Collateral

89

10.17

Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality

89

10.18

Automatic Debits

90

10.19

Judgment Currency

91

10.20

Patriot Act; OFAC

91

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A:                                                                                                                                         Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
Exhibit B:
                                                                                                                                         Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit C:
                                                                                                                                         Form of Secretary’s Certificate
Exhibit D:
                                                                                                                                         Form of Guarantee (Non-U.S. Entities)
Exhibit E:
                                                                                                                                          Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit F:
                                                                                                                                           Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit G:
                                                                                                                                         Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation

Exhibit H:                                                                                                                                        Form of Collateral Information Certificate

Exhibit I:                                                                                                                                             Form of Release and Assumption Agreement

 

SCHEDULES TO DISCLOSURE LETTER

 

Schedule 1.1A:                                                              Existing L/C’s
Schedule 1.1B:
                                                              Immaterial Subsidiaries
Schedule 4.4:
                                                                       Governmental Approvals, Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices
Schedule 4.5:
                                                                       Requirements of Law
Schedule 4.6:
                                                                       Litigation
Schedule 4.15:
                                                                Subsidiaries
Schedule 4.17:
                                                                Environmental Matters
Schedule 4.19(a):
                                                 Financing Statements and Other Filings
Schedule 7.2(d):
                                                        Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 7.3(f):
                                                          Existing Liens
Schedule 7.7:
                                                                       Existing Investments
Schedule 10.20(c)
                                               Patriot Act; OFAC

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 1, 2014, is entered into by and among RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower Parent”), RIGHTSIDE OPERATING CO., a Delaware corporation (“Opco”), ENOM, INCORPORATED, a Nevada corporation (“eNom” and with Borrower Parent and Opco, the “U.S. Borrowers”), DMIH LIMITED, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“DMIH”), UNITED TLD HOLDCO LTD., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“United”), RIGHTSIDE DOMAINS EUROPE LIMITED, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“Domains” and with DMIH and United, the “Non-U.S. Borrowers”) (the U.S. Borrowers and the Non-U.S. Borrowers are collectively referred to as “Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”), and SILICON VALLEY BANK (“SVB”), as Lender (in such capacity, the Lender).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers desire to obtain financing for general corporate purposes;

 

WHEREAS, Lender has agreed to extend certain credit facilities to the Borrowers, upon the terms and conditions specified in this Agreement, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000, consisting of a revolving loan facility with a letter of credit sub-facility (in the aggregate available amount of $15,000,000 as a sublimit of the revolving loan facility);

 

WHEREAS, each Loan Party has agreed to grant to Lender a first priority lien on substantially all of its respective assets and to secure all of its Obligations and, in the case of the U.S. Borrowers, the Obligations of each other Borrower, and in the case of the Non-U.S. Borrowers, the Obligations of each other Non-U.S. Borrower only; and

 

WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors has agreed to guarantee the Obligations of the Borrowers, subject to the limitations set forth herein, and to secure its respective Obligations in respect of such guarantee by granting to Lender a first priority lien on substantially all of its respective assets.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1
DEFINITIONS

 

1.1                               Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement (including the recitals hereof), the terms listed in this Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.

 

ABR”:  for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1.00%) equal to the highest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect for such day plus 0.50%, and (c) the Eurodollar Base Rate for a one-month Interest Period beginning on such day plus 1.00%.  Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Base Rate 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 Eurodollar Base Rate.

 

ABR Loans”:  Loans, the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the ABR.

 

Account Debtor”:  any Person who may become obligated to any Person under, with respect to, or on account of, an Account (as defined in the UCC), chattel paper or general intangible (including a payment intangible).  Unless otherwise stated, the term “Account Debtor”, when used herein, shall mean an Account Debtor in respect of an Account of a Borrower.

 

Affiliate”:  as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.  For purposes of determining the “Affiliates” of any Person other than a Loan Party, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.

 

Agreement”:  as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Agreement Currency”:  as defined in Section 10.19.

 

Applicable Margin”:  from time to time, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by Lender pursuant to Section 6.2(b):

 

 

 

CONSOLIDATED

 

 

 

APPLICABLE

 

 

 

 

 

SENIOR

 

 

 

MARGIN

 

 

 

PRICING

 

LEVERAGE

 

COMMITMENT

 

 

 

BASE

 

LETTER OF

 

LEVEL

 

RATIO

 

FEE

 

LIBOR

 

RATE

 

CREDIT FEE

 

I

 

> 1.5:1.0

 

0.35

%

2.50

%

1.50

%

2.50

%

II

 

> 1.0:1.0 but < 1.5:1.0

 

0.30

%

2.25

%

1.25

%

2.25

%

III

 

< 1.0:1.0

 

0.25

%

2.00

%

1.00

%

2.00

%

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) until the delivery of the first Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(b), the Applicable Margin shall be the rates corresponding to Pricing Level III in the foregoing table, (b) if the Borrower fails to deliver the financial statements required by Section 6.1 and the related Compliance Certificate required by Section 6.2(b), by the respective date required thereunder after the end of any related fiscal quarter, the Applicable Margin shall be the rates corresponding to Pricing Level I in the

 

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foregoing table until such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are delivered, and (c) no reduction to the Applicable Margin shall become effective at any time when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Loan Parties or for any other reason, Lender, in consultation with the Borrower, determines that (x) the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Borrower as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (y) a proper calculation of the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio would have resulted in different pricing for any period, then (i) if the proper calculation of the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, the Borrower shall automatically and retroactively be obligated to pay to Lender, promptly on demand by Lender, an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period; and (ii) if the proper calculation of the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio would have resulted in lower pricing for such period, Lender shall not have any obligation to repay any interest or fees to the Borrower; provided that this provision shall not survive the earlier of the Revolving Termination Date and the date on which all Revolving Commitments are terminated pursuant to Section 2.9.

 

Application”:  an application, in such form as Lender may specify from time to time, requesting Lender to issue a Letter of Credit.

 

Approved Fund”:  any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) Lender, (b) an Affiliate of Lender, or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages Lender.

 

Assignment and Assumption”:  an assignment and assumption entered into by Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.6), and accepted by Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by an electronic platform) approved by Lender.

 

Available Revolving Commitment”:  at any time, an amount equal to (a) the total Revolving Commitment in effect at such time, minus (b) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time, minus (c) the aggregate amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed or converted into Revolving Loans at such time, minus (d) the aggregate principal balance of any Revolving Loans outstanding at such time.

 

Bankruptcy Code”:  Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy.”

 

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

 

Borrower” and “Borrowers”:  as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Borrower Parent”:  Rightside Group, Ltd., a Delaware corporation.

 

Borrowing Date”:  any Business Day specified by the Borrower in a Notice of Borrowing as a date on which a Borrower requests Lender to make Loans hereunder.

 

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Business”:  as defined in Section 4.17(b).

 

Business Day”:  a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the State of California are authorized or required by law to close; provided that with respect to notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, Eurodollar Loans, such day is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the interbank eurodollar market.

 

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

 

Capital Stock”:  any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation or in the share capital of a company, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), all securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares, interests, participations or other equivalents of capital stock of a corporation or share capital of a company or ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing, whether voting or nonvoting.

 

Cash Collateralize”:  to pledge and deposit with or deliver to (a) with respect to Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit, Lender, as collateral for L/C Exposure or obligations of Lender to fund participations in respect thereof, cash or Deposit Account balances having an aggregate value of at least 105% of the L/C Exposure or, if Lender shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to Lender; (b) with respect to Obligations in respect of any Specified Swap Agreements, the applicable Qualified Counterparty, as collateral for such Obligations, cash or Deposit Account balances or, if such Qualified Counterparty shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to such Qualified Counterparty.  “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

 

Cash Equivalents”:  (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition; (b) certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank deposits having maturities of nine months or less from the date of acquisition issued by Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000; (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody’s, or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and maturing within nine months from the date of acquisition; (d) repurchase obligations of Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the

 

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requirements of clause (b) of this definition or of a recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000, with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government; (e) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s; (f) securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition; (g) money market mutual or similar funds that invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (f) of this definition; (h) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s or (i) equivalents to the foregoing investment in any foreign jurisdiction in which any Borrower or its Subsidiaries conduct business.

 

Cash Management Agreement”: as defined in the definition of “Cash Management Services.”

 

Cash Management Bank”:  any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is Lender or an Affiliate of Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.

 

Cash Management Services”:  cash management, foreign exchange and other services provided to the Loan Parties by a Cash Management Bank which may include merchant services, direct deposit of payroll, business credit card, and check cashing services identified in such Cash Management Bank’s various cash management services, foreign exchange or other similar agreements (each, a “Cash Management Agreement”).

 

Casualty Event”: any material damage to or any destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking by any Governmental Authority of any material property of the Loan Parties.

 

Cayman Law Charge”: the fixed and floating charge dated on or about the date of this Agreement entered into by United in favor of Lender and securing the obligations of the Non-U.S. Borrowers and their Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties.

 

Cayman Law Share Charge”: the charge over shares dated on or about the date of this Agreement entered into between Lender and DMIH in respect of DMIH’s shares in United and securing the obligations of the Non-U.S. Borrowers and their Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties.

 

Certificated Securities”:  as defined in Section 4.19(a).

 

Change of Control”:  the occurrence of any of the following events or series of events:

 

(a)                                 any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the

 

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Exchange Act, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of a majority of the equity securities of Borrower Parent entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of Borrower Parent on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right);

 

(b)                                 during any period of 18 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of Borrower Parent cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in the case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the board of directors);

 

(c)                                  eNom fails to be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Borrower Parent, or Opco fails to be a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Borrower Parent;

 

(d)                                 DMIH fails to be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Borrower Parent, or United or Domains fail to be Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of DMIH; or

 

(e)                                  “change of control” or any comparable term under, and as defined in any Term Loan Document or other Subordinated Debt Document shall have occurred.

 

Closing Date”:  the date on which all of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1 are satisfied or waived by Lender.

 

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

 

Collateral”:  all property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Excluded Asset (as such term is defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) shall constitute “Collateral.”

 

Collateral Information Certificate”:  the Collateral Information Certificate to be executed and delivered by each Borrower and each other Loan Party pursuant to Section 5.1, substantially in the form of Exhibit H.

 

Collateral-Related Expenses”:  all reasonable and documented costs and expenses of Lender paid or incurred in connection with any sale, collection or other realization on the

 

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Collateral, including reasonable compensation to Lender and its agents and counsel, and reimbursement for all other reasonable and documented costs, expenses and liabilities and advances made or incurred by Lender in connection therewith (including as described in Section 6.6 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), and all amounts for which Lender is entitled to indemnification under the Security Documents and all advances made by Lender under the Security Documents for the account of any Loan Party.

 

Commitment”:  the Revolving Commitment.

 

Commitment Fee”:  as defined in Section 2.8(b).

 

Compliance Certificate”:  a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

 

Connection Income Taxes”:  Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

 

Consolidated Capital Expenditures”:  for any period, with respect to the Borrower Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, all capital expenditures, as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that Consolidated Capital Expenditures shall not include (a) expenditures made with proceeds of any Involuntary Disposition to the extent such expenditures are used to purchase property that is the same as or similar to the property subject to such Involuntary Disposition, or (b) Permitted gTLD Investments.

 

Consolidated Domestic EBITDA”: for any period, with respect to the Borrower Parent and its Domestic Subsidiaries only, on a consolidated basis, the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (i) Consolidated Net Income, plus (ii) the following to the extent deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income: (a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (b) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by the Borrower Parent and its Domestic Subsidiaries for such period, (c) depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (d) any non-cash impairment or loss of goodwill or other intangibles required to be taken pursuant to GAAP, (e) losses related to the voluntary withdrawal or other loss of an application for gTLD rights, (f) any losses during such period related to foreign currency exchanges, conversions and/or contracts, (g) one-time, non-recurring charges, costs and expenses not in excess of $3,500,000 incurred during such period in connection with the Spin-Out Transaction, the closing of the Facility, the closing of the Term Loan and other acquisition or disposition transactions, and (h) start-up costs and expenses incurred in connection with Borrowers’ initiative regarding Permitted gTLD Investments not in excess of $11,000,000 in the aggregate through September 30, 2014, (i) expenses associated with early extinguishment of Indebtedness, (j) severance costs paid during such period in connection with any reduction in force, (k) any extraordinary loss in accordance with GAAP, (l) any other non-cash charges or expenses for such period that do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period, as agreed to by Lender and plus (iii) (a) any increase in deferred revenue, and (b) any decrease in deferred registration costs, but minus (iv) the following to the extent included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income: (a) any gains during such period related to foreign currency exchanges, conversions and/or contracts, (b) gains related to the voluntary withdrawal of an application for gTLD rights, and (c) any non-recurring or other unusual item of gain, and minus

 

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(v) (a) any decrease in deferred revenue, and (b) any increase in deferred registration costs.  Consolidated Domestic EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis with respect to any period for which a Permitted Disposition or an acquisition that is a Permitted gTLD Investment has occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated Domestic EBITDA shall be deemed to be (i) $24,836,000 for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2013, (ii) $22,840,000 for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2013, (iii) $18,912,000 for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013 and (iv) $14,580,000 for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014.

 

Consolidated EBITDA”: for any period, with respect to the Borrower Parent and all of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (i) Consolidated Net Income, plus (ii) the following to the extent deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income: (a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (b) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries for such period, (c) depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (d) any (1) non-cash impairment or loss of goodwill or other intangibles required to be taken pursuant to GAAP, (2) non-cash deferred compensation expenses, (3) non-cash losses from sales of Property, other than from sales in the ordinary course of business, (4) non-cash expense recorded with respect to stock-options or other equity-based compensation, (e) losses related to the voluntary withdrawal or other loss of an application for gTLD rights, (f) any losses during such period related to foreign currency exchanges, conversions and/or contracts, (g) one-time, non-recurring charges, costs and expenses not in excess of $3,500,000 incurred during such period in connection with the Spin-Out Transaction, the closing of the Facility, the closing of the Term Loan and other acquisition or disposition transactions, whether or not consummated, (h) start-up costs and expenses incurred in connection with Borrowers’ initiative regarding Permitted gTLD Investments not in excess of $11,000,000 in the aggregate through September 30, 2014, (i) expenses associated with early extinguishment of Indebtedness, (j) severance costs paid during such period in connection with any reduction in force, (k) any extraordinary loss in accordance with GAAP, (k) any other non-cash charges or expenses for such period that do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period, as agreed to by Lender, and plus (iii) (a) any increase in deferred revenue from the previous period, and (b) any decrease in deferred registration costs from the previous period, but minus (iv) the following to the extent included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income: (a) any gains during such period related to foreign currency exchanges, conversions and/or contracts, (b) gains related to the voluntary withdrawal of an application for gTLD rights, and (c) any non-recurring or other unusual item of gain, and minus (v) (a) any decrease in deferred revenue from the previous period, and (b) any increase in deferred registration costs from the previous period.  Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis with respect to any period for which a Permitted Disposition or an acquisition that is a Permitted gTLD Investment has occurred.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated EBITDA shall be deemed to be (i) $24,836,000 for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2013, (ii) $22,840,000 for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2013, (iii) $18,912,000 for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013 and (iv) $14,580,000 for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014.

 

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”:  with respect to the Borrower Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries for any period, the ratio of (a) the remainder of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements, and minus (ii) the portion of taxes based on income actually

 

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paid in cash (net of any cash refunds received) during such period, to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period.

 

Consolidated Fixed Charges”: with respect to the Borrower Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries for any period ending on any determination date (the “determination date”), the sum (without duplication) of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, plus (b) Consolidated Capital Expenditures (excluding the principal amount of such Consolidated Capital Expenditures funded with Loans or the proceeds of other Indebtedness) and (c) scheduled principal payments on the Term Loan.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated Fixed Charges shall be deemed to be (i) $11,363,000 for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2013, (ii) $12,185,000 for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2013, (iii) $8,993,000 for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013 and (iv) $8,351,000 for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014.

 

Consolidated Funded Indebtedness”:  as of any date of determination, for the Borrower Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries, the sum (without duplication) of (a) all Indebtedness of such Persons for borrowed money as at such date, including all current maturities and current sinking fund payments in respect of any such Indebtedness, whether or not required to be paid within one year from the date of its creation, plus (b) Indebtedness of such Persons in respect of the Loans.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense”:  for any period, total cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of the Borrower Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Persons (including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under Swap Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP).

 

Consolidated Net Income”:  for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio”:  as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) (i) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness, plus (ii) Obligations under Letters of Credit as of such date, less (iii) Excess Cash, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which the Borrower Parent has delivered financial statements.

 

Consolidated Senior Funded Indebtedness”: Consolidated Funded Indebtedness, but excluding the Term Loan.

 

Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio”:  as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) (i) Consolidated Senior Funded Indebtedness, plus (ii) Obligations under Letters of Credit as of such date, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which the Borrower Parent has delivered financial statements.

 

Contractual Obligation”:  as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

 

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Control”:  the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Control Agreement”:  any account control agreement entered into among the depository institution at which a Loan Party maintains a Deposit Account or the securities intermediary with which a Loan Party maintains a Securities Account, such Loan Party, and Lender pursuant to which Lender obtains control (within the meaning of the UCC or any other applicable law) over such Deposit Account or Securities Account.

 

Debtor Relief Laws”: the Bankruptcy Code 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.

 

Default”:  any of the events specified in Section 8.1, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

 

Default Rate”:  as defined in Section 2.13(c).

 

Deposit Account”:  any “deposit account” as defined in the UCC with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made.

 

Deposit Account Control Agreement”:  any Control Agreement entered into by Lender, a Loan Party and a financial institution holding a Deposit Account of such Loan Party pursuant to which Lender is granted “control” (for purposes of the UCC) over such Deposit Account.

 

Designated Jurisdiction”: any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory is the subject of any Sanction.

 

Determination Date”:  as defined in the definition of “Pro Forma Basis.”

 

Discharge of Obligations”:  subject to Section 10.8, the satisfaction of the Obligations by the payment in full, in cash (or, as applicable, Cash Collateralization in accordance with the terms hereof) of the principal of and interest on or other liabilities relating to each Loan, all fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document (other than inchoate indemnification obligations, and any other obligations which pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document specifically survive repayment of the Loans for which no claim has been made) and other Obligations under or in respect of Specified Swap Agreements or Cash Management Agreements as to which arrangements satisfactory to the Qualified Counterparty or Cash Management Bank, as applicable, shall have been made, if (a) no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding (or, as applicable, each outstanding and undrawn Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, or other arrangements satisfactory to Lender shall have been made) and (b) the Commitment of Lender is terminated.

 

Disclosure Letter”: the disclosure letter, dated as of the date hereof, as amended or supplemented from time to time by the Borrowers with the written consent of the Lender (or as

 

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supplemented by the Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), delivered by the Borrowers to Lender.

 

Disposition”:  with respect to any property (including, without limitation, Capital Stock of any Borrower (other than Borrower Parent) or any of its Subsidiaries), any sale, lease, Sale Leaseback Transaction, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof.  The terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.

 

DMD”: Demand Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

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

 

Domain Services Business”:  the collective reference to Borrower Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ registrar, domain portfolio, domain monetization, domain auction, registry and other domain services businesses.

 

Domestic Subsidiary”:  (a) any Subsidiary of a Borrower organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States other than a U.S. domestic entity that has no significant assets other than equity interests in controlled foreign corporations within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code and with respect to which the Borrower is a “United States shareholder,” within the meaning of Section 951(b) of the Code and (b) any Subsidiary that is treated as a disregarded entity under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3 of a Subsidiary described in clause (a).

 

Environmental Laws”:  any and all foreign, Federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, requirements of any Governmental Authority or other Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or the environment, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.

 

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

 

ERISA”:  the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including (unless the context otherwise requires) any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

ERISA Affiliate”:  each business or entity which is, or within the last six years was, a member of a “controlled group of corporations,” under “common control” or an “affiliated service group” with any Loan Party within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c) or (m) of the Code, required to be aggregated with any Loan Party under Section 414(o) of the Code, or is, or

 

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within the last six years was, under “common control” with any Loan Party, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA.

 

ERISA Event”:  any of (a) a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA with respect to a Pension Plan, excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC by regulation has waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such event; (b) the applicability of the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA with respect to a contributing sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, to any Pension Plan where an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such plan within the following 30 days; (c) a withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof from a Pension Plan during any plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or the termination of any Pension Plan resulting in liability on any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof under Sections 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (d) the withdrawal of any Loan Party or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, any ERISA Affiliate thereof in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Section 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability to any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate therefore, or the receipt by any Loan Party or, to the knowledge of an Loan Party, any ERISA Affiliate thereof of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA;  (e) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the imposition of liability on any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof pursuant to Sections 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (g) the failure by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof to make any required contribution to a Pension Plan, or the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (h) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered to critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; (i) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (j) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof; (k) an application for a funding waiver under Section 303 of ERISA or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan; (l) the occurrence of a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Sections 406 or 407 of ERISA for which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof is liable; (m) the occurrence of an act or omission which gives rise to the imposition on any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Code or under Sections 409, 502(c), (i) or (1) or 4071 of ERISA in excess of $500,000; (n) receipt from the IRS of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Pension Plan to fail to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code; or (o) the imposition of any lien (or the fulfillment of the conditions for the imposition of any lien) on any of the rights, properties or assets of any Loan Party or any

 

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ERISA Affiliate thereof, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV, including Section 302(f) or 303(k) of ERISA or to Section 401(a)(29) or 430(k) of the Code.

 

ERISA Funding Rules”:  the rules regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans, as set forth in Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, with respect to Plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, and thereafter, as set forth in Sections 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.

 

Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements”:  for any day as applied to a Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves) under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.

 

Eurodollar Base Rate”:  with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined by Lender by reference to the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any successor thereto if the ICE Benchmark Administration is no longer making a LIBOR rate available) (“LIBOR”) for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 A.M. (London, England time) two (2) Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period (as set forth by Bloomberg Information Service or any successor thereto or any other commercially available service selected by Lender which provides quotations of LIBOR.  In the event that Lender determines that LIBOR is not available, the “Eurodollar Base Rate” shall be determined by reference to the rate per annum equal to the offered quotation rate to first class banks in the London interbank market by SVB for deposits (for delivery on the first day of the relevant Interest Period) in Dollars of amounts in same day funds comparable to the principal amount of the applicable Loan for which the Eurodollar Base Rate is then being determined with maturities comparable to such period, as of approximately 11:00 A.M. (London, England time) two (2) Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period.

 

Eurodollar Loans”:  Loans, the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Eurodollar Rate.

 

Eurodollar Rate”:  with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula:

 

 

Eurodollar Base Rate

 

 

1.00 — Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements

 

 

The Eurodollar Rate shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements which affect Eurodollar Loans to be made as of, and ABR Loans to be converted into Eurodollar Loans, in any such case, at the beginning of the next applicable Interest Period.

 

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Eurodollar Tranche”:  the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans under a particular Facility (other than the L/C Facility), the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).

 

Event of Default”:  any of the events specified in Section 8.1; provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

 

Excess Cash”: at any time, the excess, if any, of the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents held at such time by the Borrower Parent and its Subsidiaries, less (b) the aggregate amount of any then outstanding Revolving Loans, less (c) $15,000,000; provided that Excess Cash shall not be less than $0.

 

Exchange Act”:  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time and any successor statute.

 

Excluded Assets”:  as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Excluded Taxes”:  any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in any such case (i) to the extent imposed as a result of Lender being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof), or (ii) to the extent constituting Other Connection Taxes; (b) in the case of Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the Closing Date; (c) Taxes attributable to Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.18(f); and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

Existing Letters of Credit”:  the letters of credit described on Schedule 1.1A.

 

Facility”:  each of (a) the L/C Facility (which is a subfacility of the Revolving Facility), and (b) the Revolving Facility.

 

FATCA”:  Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate”:  for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by SVB from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

 

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First Tier Foreign Subsidiary”:  at any date of determination, each Foreign Subsidiary in which any one or more of (a) a U.S. Borrower, (b) a U.S. domestic entity that is a Subsidiary that has no significant assets other than equity interests in controlled foreign corporations within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code and with respect to which a Borrower is a “United States shareholder,” within the meaning of Section 951(b) of the Code or (c) any Domestic Subsidiary of a U.S. Borrower owns directly more than 50%, in the aggregate, of the Voting Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary.

 

Foreign Law Pledge Agreements”: those security documents evidencing the pledge of and/or creation of a Lien over not less than 65% of the voting securities of each Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary.

 

Foreign Law Security Agreements”: those security documents evidencing the pledge of the assets of any Material Foreign Subsidiary.

 

Foreign Pledge Documents”:  collectively, in respect of the grant by any Loan Party to Lender of a Lien on certain of the Capital Stock of any First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary owned by such Loan Party, any related Foreign Law Pledge Agreement, any related filings, an opinion as is customary in the relevant jurisdiction delivered by local counsel in the foreign jurisdiction in which such First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary is organized and addressing the effectiveness of the pledge and/or creation of a Lien by such Loan Party to Lender of the pledged Capital Stock of such First Tier-Foreign Subsidiary having been issued to such Loan Party, any related authorizing resolutions adopted by the board of directors (or equivalent) of such Loan Party in connection with such pledge, any amendments to the organizational documents of such First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary required by Lender to facilitate the pledge and/or creation of a Lien by such Loan Party to Lender of such pledged Capital Stock, and any other agreements, documents, instruments, notices, filings or other items reasonably required by Lender to be executed and/or delivered in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

Foreign Security Documents”: collectively, in respect of the grant by any Material Foreign Subsidiary to Lender of a Lien on the assets of any Material Foreign Subsidiary, any related Foreign Law Security Agreement, any related filings, an opinion as is customary in the relevant jurisdiction delivered by local counsel in the foreign jurisdiction in which such Material Foreign Subsidiary is organized and addressing the effectiveness of the pledge by such Material Foreign Subsidiary to Lender of the assets of such Material Foreign Subsidiary, any related authorizing resolutions adopted by the board of directors (or equivalent) of such Material Foreign Subsidiary in connection with such pledge, any amendments to the organizational documents of such Material Foreign Subsidiary required by Lender to facilitate the pledge by such Material Foreign Subsidiary to Lender of such assets, and any other agreements, documents, instruments, notices, filings or other items reasonably required by Lender to be executed and/or delivered in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

Foreign Subsidiary”:  any Subsidiary of a U.S. Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

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Fund”: any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

 

Funding Office”:  the office of Lender specified in Section 10.2 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by Lender as its funding office by written notice to the Borrowers.

 

GAAP”:  generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time, except that for purposes of Section 7.1, GAAP shall be determined on the basis of such principles in effect on the date hereof and consistent with those used in the preparation of the most recent audited financial statements referred to in Section 4.1.  In the event that any “Accounting Change” (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then each party to this Agreement agrees to enter into negotiations to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to reflect equitably such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrowers’ financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made.  The Borrowers and Lender further agree that Lender shall not charge the Borrowers any amendment, negotiation or other fee in connection with such negotiations or amendment.  Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrowers and Lender, all financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred.  “Accounting Changes” refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.

 

Governmental Approval”:  any consent, authorization, approval, order, license, franchise, permit, certificate, accreditation, registration, filing or notice, of, issued by, from or to, or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority.

 

Governmental Authority”:  the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

Group Members”:  the collective reference to the Borrower Parent and its Subsidiaries, excluding any Immaterial Subsidiary.

 

Guarantee (Non-U.S. Entities)”: the Unconditional Guarantee (Non-U.S. Entities) to be executed and delivered by the Non-U.S. Borrowers and each Material Subsidiary of a Non-U.S. Borrower or other Subsidiary which has become a Guarantor of the Obligations of the Non-U.S. Borrowers pursuant thereto, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

 

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Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”:  the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (U.S. Entities) to be executed and delivered by the U.S. Borrowers and each Material Domestic Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrowers or other Subsidiary which has become a Guarantor of the Obligations of the U.S. Borrowers pursuant thereto, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

 

Guarantee Obligation”:  as to any Person (the “guaranteeing person”), any obligation, including a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, of the guaranteeing person that guarantees or in effect guarantees, or which is given to induce the creation of a separate obligation by another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) that guarantees or in effect guarantees, any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the “primary obligations”) of any other third Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing 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 (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) 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 that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.  The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrowers in good faith.

 

Guarantors”:  (a) with respect to Obligations of the U.S. Borrowers, a collective reference to each Material Domestic Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrowers, or other Subsidiary which has become a Guarantor of such Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, and (b) with respect to Obligations of the Non-U.S. Borrowers, a collective reference to each Material Subsidiary of a Non-U.S. Borrower, each U.S. Borrower and each Material Domestic Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrowers, or other Subsidiary which has become a Guarantor of such Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Guarantee (Non-U.S. Entities).

 

Immaterial Subsidiary”:  at any date of determination, any Subsidiary of any Loan Party designated as such by such Loan Party on Schedule 1.1B on the Closing Date or thereafter and which as of such date holds assets representing five percent (5%) or less of the Borrowers’ consolidated total assets as of such date (determined in accordance with GAAP), and which has generated less than five percent (5%) of the Borrowers’ consolidated total revenues determined in accordance with GAAP for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of the most recent period for which financial statements have been delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.1(b); provided that all Subsidiaries that are individually Immaterial Subsidiaries

 

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shall not have aggregate consolidated total assets that would represent ten percent (10%) or more of the Borrowers’ consolidated total assets as of such date or have generated ten percent (10%) or more of the Borrowers’ consolidated total revenues for such four fiscal quarter period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Incurred”:  as defined in the definition of “Pro Forma Basis”.

 

Indebtedness”:  of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) current trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business and (ii) accruals for payroll and other liabilities, including deferred compensation arrangements, accrued in the ordinary course of business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations and all Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant under or in respect of acceptances, letters of credit, surety bonds or similar arrangements, (g) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above, (h) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation, and (i) the net obligations of such Person in respect of Swap Agreements.  The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

 

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

 

Indemnitee”:  as defined in Section 10.5(b).

 

Insider Indebtedness”:  any Indebtedness owing by any Loan Party to any Group Member or officer, director, shareholder or employee of any Group Member.

 

Insider Subordinated Indebtedness”:  any Insider Indebtedness which is also Subordinated Indebtedness.

 

Insolvency Proceeding”: (a) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, examinership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshalling of assets for creditors, or other,

 

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similar arrangement in respect of any Person’s creditors generally or any substantial portion of such Person’s creditors, in each case undertaken under U.S. Federal, state or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Intellectual Property”:  the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses, technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

 

Intellectual Property Security Agreement”:  an intellectual property security agreement entered into between a Loan Party and Lender pursuant to the terms of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with each other intellectual property security agreement and supplement thereto delivered pursuant to Section 6.9, in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Interest Payment Date”:  (a) as to any ABR Loan, the first Business Day of each calendar quarter to occur while such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last Business Day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, each day that is three months (or, if such date is not a Business Day, the Business Day next succeeding such date) after the first day of such Interest Period and the last Business Day of such Interest Period, and (d) as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Loan that is an ABR Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof.

 

Interest Period”:  as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) 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, as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to Lender in a Notice of Conversion/Continuation not later than 11:00 A.M., Pacific time, on the date that is three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

 

(i)                                     if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such 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;

 

(ii)                                  a Borrower may not select an Interest Period under a particular Facility that would extend beyond the Revolving Termination Date;

 

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(iii)                               any Interest Period that begins on the last Business 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; and

 

(iv)                              the Borrowers shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a payment or prepayment of any Eurodollar Loan during an Interest Period for such Loan.

 

Inventory”:  all “inventory,” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, wherever located, and in any event including inventory, merchandise, goods and other personal property that are held by or on behalf of any Loan Party for sale or lease or are furnished or are to be furnished under a contract of service, or that constitutes raw materials, work in process, finished goods, returned goods, or materials or supplies of any kind used or consumed or to be used or consumed in such Loan Party’s business or in the processing, production, packaging, promotion, delivery or shipping of the same, including all supplies and embedded software.

 

Investments”:  as defined in Section 7.7.

 

Involuntary Disposition”: any loss of, damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking for public use of, any property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Irish Borrowers”: DMIH and Domains.

 

Irish Law Charges”: (a) the security deed (debenture) dated on or about the date of this Agreement, entered into between Lender and DMIH in respect of the assets of DMIH more fully described therein and securing the obligations of the Non-U.S. Borrowers and their Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties and (b) the security deed (debenture) dated on or about the date of this Agreement, entered into between Lender and Domains in respect of the assets of Domains more fully described therein and securing the obligations of the Non-U.S. Borrowers and their Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties.

 

Irish Law Share Charges”: (a) the security over share deed dated on or about the date of this Agreement, entered into between Lender and the Borrower Parent in respect of the Borrower Parent’s shares in DMIH and securing the obligations of the U.S. Borrowers, (b) the security over share deed dated on or about the date of this Agreement, entered into between Lender and the Borrower Parent in respect of the Borrower Parent’s shares in DMIH and securing the obligations of the Non-U.S. Borrowers and their Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties and (c) the security over share deed dated on or about the date of this Agreement, entered into between Lender and DMIH in respect of DMIH’s shares in Domains and securing the obligations of the Non-U.S. Borrowers and their Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties.

 

IRS”:  the Internal Revenue Service, or any successor thereto.

 

ISP”:  with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

 

Judgment Currency”:  as defined in Section 10.19.

 

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L/C Commitment”:  $15,000,000 as a sublimit of the Revolving Commitment.

 

L/C Disbursement”:  a payment or disbursement made by Lender pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

 

L/C Exposure”:  at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time, and (b) the aggregate amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed or converted into Revolving Loans at such time.

 

L/C Facility”:  the L/C Commitment and the extensions of credit made thereunder.

 

L/C Fee Payment Date”:  as defined in Section 3.3(a).

 

L/C-Related Documents”:  collectively, each Letter of Credit (including, without limitation, each Existing Letter of Credit), all applications for any Letter of Credit (and applications for the amendment of any Letter of Credit) submitted by the Borrowers to Lender and any other document, agreement and instrument relating to any Letter of Credit, including any of Lender’s standard form documents for letter of credit issuances and any Release and Assumption Agreement.

 

Letter of Credit”:  as defined in Section 3.1(a); provided that such term shall include each Existing Letter of Credit.

 

Letter of Credit Availability Period”:  the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Letter of Credit Maturity Date.

 

Letter of Credit Fee”:  as defined in Section 3.3(a).

 

Letter of Credit Maturity Date”:  the date occurring 15 days prior to the Revolving Termination Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

 

LIBOR”:  as defined in the definition of “Eurodollar Base Rate.”

 

Lien”:  any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

 

Liquidity”:  at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents held at such time by the Borrower Parent and its Subsidiaries, and (b) the Available Revolving Commitment at such time.

 

Loan”:  any loan made or maintained by Lender pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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Loan Documents”: this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Guarantee (Non-U.S. Entities), the Collateral Information Certificate, each Subordination Agreement, the Post-Closing Agreement, each L/C-Related Document, each Compliance Certificate, each Notice of Borrowing, each Notice of Conversion/Continuation, and any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.10, and any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the foregoing.

 

Loan Parties”:  each Group Member that is a party to a Loan Document.

 

Material Adverse Effect”:  (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrowers and their subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of Lender under any material Loan Document, or of the ability of the Borrowers, or the Guarantors taken as a whole, to perform their respective obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, or to which they are parties, as applicable; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Borrower or any Guarantor of any material Loan Document to which it is a party.

 

Material Domestic Subsidiary”:  any Material Subsidiary which is also a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary”:  any Material Foreign Subsidiary which is also a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary.

 

Material Foreign Subsidiary”:  any Material Subsidiary which is also a Foreign Subsidiary.

 

Material Subsidiary”:  any Subsidiary that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary.

 

Materials of Environmental Concern”:  any substance, material or waste that is defined, regulated, governed or otherwise characterized under any Environmental Law as hazardous or toxic or as a pollutant or contaminant (or by words of similar meaning and regulatory effect), any petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde insulation, molds or fungus, and radioactivity, radiofrequency radiation at levels known to be hazardous to human health and safety.

 

Moody’s”:  Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

Mortgaged Properties”:  the real properties as to which, pursuant to Section 6.9(b) or otherwise, Lender shall be granted a Lien pursuant to the Mortgages.

 

Mortgages”:  each of the mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt or such equivalent documents hereafter entered into and executed and delivered by one or more of the Loan Parties to Lender, in each case, as such documents may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed or replaced from time to time and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender.

 

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Multiemployer Plan”:  a “multiemployer plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA) to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof makes, is making, or is obligated or has been obligated to make during the preceding five plan years, contributions.

 

New Proceeds”: proceeds of Equity Securities and proceeds of Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness received by a Borrower on or after the Closing Date.

 

Non-U.S. Revolving Loans”:  as defined in Section 2.4(a).

 

Notice of Borrowing”:  a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit F.

 

Notice of Conversion/Continuation”:  a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

 

Obligations”:  the unpaid principal of and interest on (including 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, relating to the Borrowers or any Guarantor, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrowers and any other Loan Party to Lender or to Lender or any Qualified Counterparty party to a Specified Swap Agreement, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Cash Management Agreements, the Letters of Credit, any Specified Swap Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to Lender or to Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower or any Guarantor pursuant hereto) or otherwise.

 

OFAC”: the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

 

Operating Documents”:  for any Person as of any date, such Person’s constitutional documents, formation documents and/or certificate of incorporation (or equivalent thereof), as certified (if applicable) by such Person’s jurisdiction of formation as of a recent date, and, (a) if such Person is a corporation or company, its bylaws or memorandum and articles of association (or equivalent thereof) in current form, (b) if such Person is a limited liability company, its limited liability company agreement (or similar agreement), and (c) if such Person is a partnership, its partnership agreement (or similar agreement), each of the foregoing with all current amendments or modifications thereto.

 

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

 

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Other Taxes”:  all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment.

 

Participant”:  as defined in Section 10.6(c).

 

Participant Register”:  as defined in Section 10.6(c).

 

Patriot Act”:  the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law October 26, 2001.

 

PBGC”:  the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.

 

Pension Plan”:  an employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) other than a Multiemployer Plan subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Sections 412 and 430 of the Code or Sections 302 and 303 of ERISA and in respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof is (or if such plan were terminated would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) a “contributing sponsor” as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA.

 

Permitted Disposition”:  as defined in Section 7.5.

 

Permitted gTLD Investments”: as defined in Section 7.7(i).

 

Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness”: (a) the Term Loan and (b) unsecured Indebtedness of a Borrower or a Guarantor that (i) is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations under this Agreement and on terms that (A) a financial officer of the Borrowers certifies are no less favorable, in the aggregate, to Lender than the subordination provisions contained in a customary public or “Rule 144A” issuance of non-investment grade subordinated notes or (B) are deemed reasonably customary by Lender at the time of incurrence, (ii) has a maturity not earlier than the date that is one year after the Revolving Termination Date, (iii) does not require any repayments of principal earlier than the date that is one year after the Revolving Termination Date (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or Casualty Event and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (iv) does not restrict the incurrence of the Loans and (v) is not guaranteed by any Person that is not a Guarantor and is guaranteed only on a basis expressly subordinated (on terms that, when taken as a whole, are deemed reasonably customary by Lender at the time of incurrence) in right of payment to the Obligations hereunder.

 

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

 

Plan”:  (a)  an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) other than a Multiemployer Plan or Pension Plan which is currently maintained or sponsored by any Loan

 

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Party or any Subsidiary thereof or to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof is obligated to make, contributions, or (b) a Pension Plan.

 

Pledged Stock”:  as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Post-Closing Agreement”: that certain post-closing letter agreement dated as of the date hereof between the Borrowers and Administrative Agent.

 

Prime Rate”:  the rate of interest per annum from time to time published in the money rates section of The Wall Street Journal or any successor publication thereto as the “prime rate” then in effect; provided that if such rate of interest, as set forth from time to time in the money rates section of The Wall Street Journal, becomes unavailable for any reason as determined by Lender, the “Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum announced by SVB as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in the State of California (such SVB announced Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by SVB in connection with extensions of credit to debtors).

 

Pro Forma Basis”:  with respect to any calculation or determination for a Loan Party for any period, in making such calculation or determination on the specified date of determination (the “Determination Date”), means:

 

(a)                                 pro forma effect will be given to any Indebtedness incurred (“Incurred”) by such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (including by assumption of then outstanding Indebtedness or by a Person becoming a Subsidiary) after the beginning of the applicable period and on or before the Determination Date to the extent the Indebtedness is outstanding or is to be Incurred on the Determination Date, as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such period;

 

(b)                                 pro forma calculations of interest on Indebtedness bearing a floating interest rate will be made as if the rate in effect on the Determination Date (taking into account any Swap Agreement applicable to the Indebtedness) had been the applicable rate for the entire reference period;

 

(c)                                  Consolidated Fixed Charges related to any Indebtedness no longer outstanding or to be repaid or redeemed on the Determination Date, except for Consolidated Interest Expense accrued during the reference period under a revolving credit to the extent of the commitment thereunder (or under any successor revolving credit) in effect on the Determination Date, will be excluded as if such Indebtedness was no longer outstanding or was repaid or redeemed on the first day of such period; and

 

(d)                                 pro forma effect will be given to: (A) the acquisition or disposition of companies, divisions or lines of businesses by such Loan Party and its Subsidiaries, including any acquisition or disposition of a company, division or line of business since the beginning of the reference period by a Person that became a Subsidiary after the beginning of the applicable period; and (B) the discontinuation of any discontinued operations but, in the case of Consolidated Fixed Charges, only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to Consolidated Fixed Charges will not be obligations of such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries following the Determination Date; in each case of clauses (A) and (B), that have occurred since the beginning

 

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of the applicable period and before the Determination Date as if such events had occurred, and, in the case of any disposition, the proceeds thereof applied, on the first day of such period. To the extent that pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition or disposition of a company, division or line of business, the pro forma calculation (which may include, for the avoidance of doubt, pro forma cost savings attributable to such acquisition or disposition (i) that occurred during the most recent four-quarter reference period or subsequent to the four-quarter reference period and on or prior to the Determination Date and calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933 or (ii) that the Borrower reasonably determines are probable based upon identifiable actions to be taken within 12 months of the date of the relevant acquisition or disposition (as applicable)) will be calculated in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrowers in consultation with Lender based upon the most recent four full fiscal quarters for which the relevant financial information is available.

 

Projections”:  as defined in Section 6.2(c).

 

Properties”:  as defined in Section 4.17(a).

 

Qualified Counterparty”:  with respect to any Specified Swap Agreement, any counterparty thereto that, at the time such Specified Swap Agreement was entered into or as of the Closing Date, was Lender or an Affiliate of Lender.

 

Qualifying Lender”: a lender that is beneficially entitled to the interest payable to such lender in respect of a Loan and

 

(a)                                 which is a company (within the meaning of Section 4 of the TCA);

 

(i)                                     which, by virtue of the law of a Relevant Territory, is resident in the Relevant Territory for purposes of tax and that jurisdiction imposes a tax that generally applies to interest receivable in such jurisdiction by companies from sources outside such jurisdiction; or

 

(ii)                                  in receipt of interest which:

 

(A)                               is exempted from the charge to Irish income tax pursuant to the terms of a double taxation treaty entered into between Ireland and another jurisdiction that is in force on the date the relevant interest is paid; or

 

(B)                               would be exempted from the charge to Irish income tax pursuant to the terms of a double taxation treaty entered into between Ireland and another jurisdiction signed on or before the date on which the relevant interest is paid but not in force on that date, assuming the treaty had the force of law on that date;

 

provided that in the case of both (i) and (ii), such company does not provide its Commitment in connection with a trade or business which is carried on in Ireland through a branch or agency in Ireland; or

 

(b)                                 which is a U.S. corporation that is incorporated in the U.S. and is subject to U.S. federal income tax on its worldwide income; provided that such U.S. corporation does not

 

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provide its Commitment in connection with a trade or business which is carried on in Ireland through a branch or agency in Ireland;

 

(c)                                  which is a U.S. limited liability company where the ultimate recipients of the interest payable to such limited liability company satisfy the requirements set out in clause (a) above and the business conducted through such limited liability company is so structured for market reasons and not for tax avoidance purposes; provided that such limited liability company and the ultimate recipients of the relevant interest do not provide their Commitment in connection with a trade or business which is carried on in Ireland through a branch or agency in Ireland; or

 

(d)                                 which is a lender other than a lender falling within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this definition which is, on the date any relevant payment is made, entitled under a double taxation agreement in force on such date (subject to the completion of any procedural formalities) to that payment without any deduction or withholding for or on account of Taxes.

 

Recipient”:  Lender.

 

Regulation U”:  Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.

 

Related Parties”:  with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Release and Assumption Agreement”: that certain Letters of Credit Release and Assumption Agreement dated on or about the date hereof by and among DMD, Borrower Parent and Lender in respect of the Existing L/Cs in the form of Exhibit I.

 

Relevant Territory”: (a) a member state of the European Communities (other than Ireland); or (b) to the extent not a member state of the European Communities, a jurisdiction with which Ireland has entered into a double taxation treaty that either has the force of law by virtue of section 836(1) of the TCA or which will have the force of law on completion of the procedures set out in section 836(1) of the TCA.

 

Requirement of Law”:  as to any Person, the Operating Documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, 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.

 

Responsible Officer”:  the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, treasurer, secretary, assistant secretary, controller or comptroller or any director of a Loan Party, but in any event, with respect to financial matters, any director, the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, vice president of accounting or finance, treasurer, controller or comptroller of a Loan Party.  Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

 

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Restricted Payments”:  as defined in Section 7.6.

 

Revolving Commitment”:  the obligation of Lender to make Revolving Loans and issue Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal amount of $30,000,000.

 

Revolving Commitment Period”:  the period from and including the Closing Date to the Revolving Termination Date.

 

Revolving Extensions of Credit”:  an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans then outstanding, (b) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit (including any Existing Letters of Credit) at such time, and (c)  the aggregate amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed or converted into Revolving Loans at such time.

 

Revolving Facility”:  the Revolving Commitment and the extensions of credit made thereunder.

 

Revolving Loan Conversion”:  as defined in Section 3.5(b).

 

Revolving Loans”:  as defined in Section 2.4(a).

 

Revolving Termination Date”:  the three year anniversary of the Closing Date.

 

S&P”:  Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and any successor thereto.

 

Sale Leaseback Transaction”:  any arrangement with any Person or Persons, whereby in contemporaneous or substantially contemporaneous transactions a Loan Party sells substantially all of its right, title and interest in any property and, in connection therewith, acquires, leases or licenses back the right to use all or a material portion of such property.

 

Sanction(s)” means any sanction administered or enforced by the United States Government (including, without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.

 

SEC”:  the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous Governmental Authority.

 

Secured Obligations”:  as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Secured Parties”:  the collective reference to Lender, any Cash Management Bank, and any Qualified Counterparties.

 

Securities Account”:  any “securities account” as defined in the UCC with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made.

 

Securities Account Control Agreement”:  any Control Agreement entered into by Lender, a Loan Party and a securities intermediary holding a Securities Account of such Loan

 

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Party pursuant to which Lender is granted “control” (for purposes of the UCC) over such Securities Account.

 

Securities Act”:  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time and any successor statute.

 

Security Documents”:  the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, the Deposit Account Control Agreements, the Securities Account Control Agreements, the Foreign Pledge Documents, including the Cayman Law Share Charge and the Irish Law Share Charges, the Foreign Security Documents, including the Cayman Law Charge and the Irish Law Charges, and all other security documents hereafter delivered to Lender granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the Obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and all financing statements, fixture filings, patent, trademark and copyright filings, assignments, acknowledgments and other filings, documents and agreements made or delivered pursuant thereto.

 

Solvent”:  when used with respect to any Person, means that, as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of the “fair value” of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all “liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise,” as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b) the “present fair saleable value” of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature in the ordinary course.  For purposes of this definition, (i) “debt” means liability on a “claim,” and (ii) “claim” means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.  In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in 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.  Without prejudice to the foregoing, in relation to United, an inability to pay its debts shall also be determined in accordance with applicable Cayman Islands law.

 

Specified Swap Agreement”:  any Swap Agreement entered into by any Group Member and any Qualified Counterparty (or any Person who was a Qualified Counterparty as of the Closing Date or as of the date such Swap Agreement was entered into) to the extent permitted under Section 7.11.

 

Spin-Out Transaction”: the distribution by DMD to its stockholders of all of the stock of Borrower Parent, a corporation formed to own and operate Opco, eNom, DMIH, and all the

 

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other assets of the Borrower’s Domain Services Business, and certain transactions subsidiary thereto.

 

Subordinated Debt Document”:  any agreement, certificate, document or instrument executed or delivered by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and evidencing Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness, and any renewals, modifications, or amendments thereof which are not prohibited by this Agreement or are approved in writing by Lender, including, without limitation, any Term Loan Documents.

 

Subordinated Indebtedness”:  Indebtedness of a Loan Party subordinated to the Obligations, pursuant to subordination terms (including payment, lien and remedies subordination terms, as applicable) reasonably acceptable to Lender, including, without limitation, the Term Loan.

 

Subordination Agreement”: any agreement or document executed and delivered by Lender and any holder of Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness describing the subordination terms in respect of the applicable Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness, including, without limitation, the Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Subsidiary”:  as to any Person, a corporation, company, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or shares in the share capital or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership 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, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.  Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower Parent.

 

Surety Indebtedness”:  as of any date of determination, indebtedness (contingent or otherwise) owing to sureties arising from surety bonds issued on behalf of any Borrower or its Subsidiaries as support for, among other things, their contracts with customers, whether such indebtedness is owing directly or indirectly by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary.

 

SVB”:  as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Swap Agreement”:  any agreement with respect to any swap, hedge, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that for the avoidance of doubt the following shall not be deemed to be a “Swap Agreement”: (i) phantom stock or similar plan (including, any stock compensation plan or similar benefit plan) providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, (ii) any stock option or warrant agreement for the purchase of Capital Stock, (iii) the purchase of Capital Stock or Indebtedness (including securities convertible into Capital Stock) pursuant to delayed delivery contracts, accelerated

 

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stock repurchase agreements, forward contracts or other similar agreements and (iv) any of the foregoing to the extent that it constitutes a derivative embedded in a convertible security.

 

Swap Termination Value”: in respect of any one or more Swap Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Agreements (which may include a Qualified Counterparty).

 

Synthetic Lease Obligation”:  the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease or (b) an agreement for the use of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

 

Tax Return”: any report, filing, return, information return, document, election, including amendments to any of the foregoing, filed or furnished or required to be filed or furnished with respect to Taxes.

 

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

 

TCA”: the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 (as amended) of Ireland.

 

Term Loan”: the term loan made by the Term Loan Lenders to Borrower Parent and United pursuant to the terms of the Term Loan Documents in an aggregate principal amount of $30,000,000 (as such amount may be increased from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement).

 

Term Loan Agent”: Obsidian Agency Services, Inc. and its successors and assigns as administrative agent and/or collateral agent pursuant to the Term Loan Documents.

 

Term Loan Agreement”: the Credit Agreement by and among Borrower Parent, United, the Term Loan Agent and the Term Loan Lenders evidencing the Term Loan.

 

Term Loan Documents”: the Term Loan Agreement and all other agreements, instruments and other documents setting forth the terms of the Term Loan.

 

Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement”: the Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement executed and delivered by Lender and Term Loan Agent and acknowledged by Borrower Parent, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender.

 

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Term Loan Lenders”: collectively, Special Value Continuation Partners, LP, Tennenbaum Opportunities Fund VI, LLC and each of their respective successors and assigns pursuant to the terms of the Term Loan Agreement.

 

Term Loan Mandatory Prepayment”: as defined in Section 2.10.

 

Total U.S. Revolving Extensions of Credit”: is, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Extensions of Credit outstanding at such time issued to U.S. Borrowers.

 

Trade Date”: as defined in Section 10.6(b)(i)(B).

 

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

 

Unfriendly Acquisition”:  any acquisition that has not, at the time of the first public announcement of an offer relating thereto, been approved (to the extent required) by the board of directors (or other legally recognized governing body) of the Person to be acquired; except that with respect to any acquisition of a non-U.S. Person, an otherwise friendly acquisition shall not be deemed to be unfriendly if it is not customary in such jurisdiction to obtain such approval prior to the first public announcement of an offer relating to a friendly acquisition.

 

Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC”:  the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect from time to time in the State of California, or as the context may require, any other applicable jurisdiction.

 

United States” and “U.S.”:  the United States of America.

 

U.S. Overadvance”: as defined in Section 2.7.

 

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

 

U.S. Revolving Loan Sublimit”: as of any date of determination by Lender, from time to time, an amount equal to (i) with respect to the period from the Closing Date until the date of the delivery of the first Compliance Certificate to Lender pursuant to Section 6.2(b), $36,450,000  and (ii) thereafter, 2.5 times the Consolidated Domestic EBITDA of the Borrower Parent and its Domestic Subsidiaries as described on the Compliance Certificate most recently delivered to Lender pursuant to Section 6.2(b).

 

U.S. Revolving Loans”:  as defined in Section 2.4(a).

 

Voting Stock”:  as to any Person, the capital stock of any class or classes or other equity interests (however designated and including general partnership interests in a partnership) having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or similar governing body of such Person.

 

Wholly Owned Subsidiary”:  as to any Person, any other Person all of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares required by law) is owned by such Person directly and/or through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.

 

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Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor”: any Guarantor that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of any Borrower or one of the other Loan Parties.

 

Withholding Agent”: as applicable, any applicable Loan Party and Lender, as the context may require.

 

1.2                               Other Definitional Provisions.

 

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

 

(b)                                 As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms relating to any Group Member 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, (ii) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation,” (iii) the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have correlative meanings), (iv) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, Capital Stock, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, and (v) references to agreements (including this Agreement) or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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. Section and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.  Schedule references are to Schedules attached to the Disclosure Letter unless otherwise specified.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.”  Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (ii) all references herein to Articles, Sections and Exhibits shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits to, this Agreement, (iii) all references herein to Schedules shall be construed to refer to Schedules to the Disclosure Letter and (iv) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

(c)                                  The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.

 

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SECTION 2
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS

 

2.1                               Promise to PayU.S. Borrowers hereby jointly, severally and unconditionally promise to pay Lender the outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans and accrued and unpaid interest thereon as and when due in accordance with this Agreement.  Non-U.S. Borrowers hereby jointly, severally and unconditionally promise to pay Lender the outstanding principal amount of all Non-U.S. Revolving Loans and accrued and unpaid interest thereon as and when due in accordance with this Agreement.

 

2.2                               Reserved.

 

2.3                               Reserved.

 

2.4                               Revolving Commitments.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (each, a “Revolving Loan” and, collectively, the “Revolving Loans”) to the Borrowers from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount with respect to all such Revolving Loans at any one time outstanding which, when added to the aggregate outstanding amount of any Revolving Loans, the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit, and the aggregate amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed or converted into Revolving Loans, incurred on behalf of the Borrowers and owing to Lender, does not exceed the amount of the Revolving Commitment.  The Revolving Loans may be advances to a U.S. Borrower (“U.S. Revolving Loans”), or advances to a Non-U.S. Borrower (“Non-U.S. Revolving Loans”).  In addition the Total U.S. Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Revolving Commitment outstanding at such time and (ii) the U.S. Revolving Loan Sublimit in effect at such time. During the Revolving Commitment Period the Borrowers may use the Revolving Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.  The Revolving Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrowers and notified to Lender in accordance with Sections 2.5 and 2.11.

 

(b)                                 The Borrowers shall repay all outstanding Revolving Loans on the Revolving Termination Date.

 

2.5                               Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing.  The Borrowers may borrow up to the Available Revolving Commitment during the Revolving Commitment Period on any Business Day; provided that the Borrowers shall give Lender an irrevocable Notice of Borrowing (which must be received by Lender prior to 11:00 A.M., Pacific time, (a) three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, or (b) one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of ABR Loans (in each case, with originals to follow within three Business Days)) (provided that any such Notice of Borrowing of ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility to finance payments under Section 3.5(a) may be given not later than 11:00 A.M., Pacific time, on the date of the proposed borrowing), in each such case specifying (i) the amount and Type of Revolving Loans to be borrowed, (ii) the requested

 

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Borrowing Date, (iii) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period therefor, and (iv) instructions for remittance of the proceeds of the applicable Loans to be borrowed.  Each borrowing under the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount equal to in the case of ABR Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if the then aggregate Available Revolving Commitment is less than $1,000,000, such lesser amount).  Such borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower by Lender crediting such account as is designated in writing to Lender by the Borrower.

 

2.6                               Reserved.

 

2.7                               U.S. Overadvances.  If at any time or for any reason the amount of the Total U.S. Revolving Extensions of Credit exceeds the lesser of (x) the amount of the Revolving Commitments then in effect and (y) the U.S. Revolving Loan Sublimit then in effect (any such excess, a “U.S. Overadvance”), the U.S. Borrowers shall immediately pay the full amount of such U.S. Overadvance to Lender without notice or demand for application against the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof; provided that any such repayment of a U.S. Overadvance shall be applied by Lender first to repay prepayment of any U.S. Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans and thereafter to U.S. Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Loans.  Any prepayment of any U.S. Revolving Loan that is a Eurodollar Loan hereunder shall be subject to U.S. Borrowers’ obligations to pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.19.

 

2.8                               Fees.

 

(a)                                 Fees.  On or prior to the Closing Date, the Borrowers agree to pay to Lender an upfront fee in the amount of $90,000.

 

(b)                                 Commitment Fee.  As additional compensation for the Commitments, the Borrowers shall pay to Lender a fee for the Borrowers’ non-use of available funds under the Revolving Facility (the “Commitment Fee”), payable quarterly in arrears on October 1, 2014 and on the first day of each calendar quarter occurring thereafter prior to the Revolving Termination Date, and on the Revolving Termination Date, in each case as applicable and in an amount equal to the Applicable Margin under the heading “Commitment Fee” multiplied by the average unused portion of the Revolving Commitment as reasonably determined by Lender.  The unused portion of the Revolving Commitment, for purposes of this calculation, shall equal the difference between (i) the Revolving Commitment (as reduced from time to time), and (ii) the sum of (A) the average for the period of the daily closing balance of the Revolving Loans outstanding, (B) the aggregate undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time, and (C) the aggregate amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed or converted into Revolving Loans at such time.

 

(c)                                  Fees Nonrefundable.  All fees payable under this Section 2.8 shall be fully earned on the date paid and nonrefundable.

 

2.9                               Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments.

 

(a)                                 Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitment.  The Borrowers shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ written notice delivered to Lender,

 

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to terminate the Revolving Commitment or from time to time to reduce the amount of the Revolving Commitment; provided that no such termination or reduction shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans to be made on the effective date thereof the amount of the Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding would exceed the Revolving Commitment then in effect.  Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple in excess thereof, and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Commitments then in effect; provided that, if in connection with any such reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrowers shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.19.  All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving Commitment shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

 

(b)                                 Termination or Reduction of L/C Commitment.  The Borrowers shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ written notice delivered to Lender, to terminate the L/C Commitment available to the Borrowers or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the L/C Commitment available to the Borrowers; provided that, in any such case, no such termination or reduction of the L/C Commitment shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto, the L/C Commitment shall be reduced to an amount that would result in the aggregate L/C Exposure exceeding the L/C Commitment (as so reduced).  Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple in excess thereof, and shall reduce permanently the L/C Commitment then in effect.  All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the L/C Commitment shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

 

2.10                        Loan PrepaymentsThe Borrowers may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, upon irrevocable notice delivered to Lender no later than 11:00 A.M., Pacific time, three Business Days prior thereto, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and no later than 11:00 A.M., Pacific time, one Business Day prior thereto, in the case of ABR Loans, which notice shall specify the date and amount of the proposed prepayment; provided that if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrowers shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.19; provided, further, that if such notice of prepayment indicates that such prepayment is to be funded with the proceeds of a refinancing, such notice of prepayment may be revoked if the financing is not consummated.  If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with (except in the case of Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans) accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid.  Partial prepayments of Revolving Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in any Loan Document to the contrary and subject to the terms of the Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement, if any Borrower is obligated to make a prepayment of the Term Loan pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Term Loan Documents (each a “Term Loan Mandatory Prepayment”), (a) such Borrower shall obtain the written consent of Lender in advance of making such Term Loan Mandatory Prepayment and (b) each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, may require such Borrower to pay to Lender the aggregate principal amount of such Term Loan Mandatory Prepayment for application to the Obligations and the Term Loan in the following order: (i) first, to the payment of the Obligations, (ii) second, to Cash Collateralize that portion of the L/C

 

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Exposure comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 3.10 and (iii) last, the balance, if any, after application pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the Term Loan Agent for application to the Term Loan Mandatory Prepayment pursuant to the terms of the Term Loan Documents.

 

2.11                        Conversion and Continuation Options.

 

(a)                                 The Borrowers may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans by giving Lender prior irrevocable notice in a Notice of Conversion/Continuation of such election no later than 11:00 A.M., Pacific time, on the Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date; provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans may only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto.  Subject to Section 2.15, the Borrowers may elect from time to time to convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans by giving Lender prior irrevocable notice in a Notice of Conversion/Continuation of such election no later than 11:00 A.M., Pacific time, on the third Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date (which notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefor); provided that no ABR Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

(b)                                 Subject to Section 2.15, any Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrowers giving irrevocable notice in a Notice of Conversion/Continuation to Lender by no later than 11:00 A.M., Pacific time, on the date occurring three Business Days preceding the proposed continuation date and otherwise in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term “Interest Period” set forth in Section 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans; provided that no Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided further that if the Borrowers shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso, such Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period; provided however, that if the Borrowers so notify Lender, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Eurodollar Loans may be continued automatically at the end of any Interest Period for successive one month Interest Periods.

 

2.12                        Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and continuations of Eurodollar Loans and all selections of Interest Periods shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, (a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Eurodollar Loans comprising each Eurodollar Tranche shall be equal to $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, and (b) no more than three Eurodollar Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time.

 

2.13                        Interest Rates and Payment Dates.

 

(a)                                 Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to (i) the Eurodollar Rate determined for such Interest Period plus (ii) the Applicable Margin.

 

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(b)                                 Each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (i) the ABR plus (ii) the Applicable Margin.

 

(c)                                  During the continuance of an Event of Default, at Lender’s option, all Obligations shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section plus 2.00% (the “Default Rate”).

 

(d)                                 Interest on the outstanding principal amount of each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided that interest accruing pursuant to Section 2.13(c) shall be payable from time to time on demand.

 

2.14                        Computation of Interest and Fees.

 

(a)                                 Interest and fees payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed, except that, with respect to ABR Loans the rate of interest on which is calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate the interest thereon shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed.  Lender shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrowers of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate.  Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the ABR or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective.  Lender shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrowers of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate.

 

(b)                                 Each determination of an interest rate by Lender pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers in the absence of manifest error.  Lender shall, at the request of the Borrowers, deliver to the Borrowers a statement showing the quotations used by Lender in determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 2.14(a).

 

2.15                        Inability to Determine Interest Rate.  If prior to the first day of any Interest Period, Lender shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrowers) in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Loan or a conversion to or a continuation thereof that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, (a) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such requested Loan or conversion or continuation, as applicable, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, or (c) the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Lender (as conclusively certified by Lender) of making or maintaining Loans during such Interest Period, then, in any such case of (a), (b) or (c), Lender shall promptly notify the Borrowers thereof as soon as practicable thereafter.  Any such determination shall specify the basis for such determination and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding for all purposes.  Thereafter, (x) any Eurodollar Loans requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans, (y) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period 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, to ABR Loans.

 

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Until such notice has been withdrawn by Lender, no further Eurodollar Loans shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrowers have the right to convert Loans under the relevant Facility to Eurodollar Loans.

 

2.16                        Payments.

 

(a)                                 All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrowers hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff and shall be made prior to 11:00 A.M., Pacific time, on the due date thereof to Lender, at the Funding Office, in Dollars and in immediately available funds.  Any payment received by Lender after 11:00 A.M., Pacific time shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.  If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the 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.  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 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.  In the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.

 

(b)                                 Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.

 

(c)                                  If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to Lender to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, and (ii) second, toward payment of principal then due hereunder.

 

2.17                        Illegality; Requirements of Law.

 

(a)                                 Illegality.  If Lender determines that any Requirement of Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for Lender to make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by Lender to the Borrower, any obligation of Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Loans or to convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended until Lender notifies the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall, upon demand from Lender, prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Loans of Lender to ABR Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Loans to such day, or immediately, if Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Loans.  Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

 

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(b)                                 Requirements of Law.  If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:

 

(i)                                     shall subject Lender to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes covered by Section 2.18 which would have been compensated under Section 2.18 but were not so compensated due to the exclusion in Section 2.18(b), (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its Loans, loan principal, Letters of Credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

 

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

 

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

 

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to Lender, by an amount that Lender deems to be material, of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining Loans determined with reference to the Eurodollar Rate or of maintaining its obligation to make such Loans, or to increase the cost to Lender of issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable or received by Lender in respect thereof (whether in respect of principal, interest or any other amount), then, in any such case, within the time period prescribed by Section 2.17(e), the Borrowers shall pay Lender any additional amounts necessary to compensate Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable.  If Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrowers of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.

 

(c)                                  If Lender determines that any change in any Requirement of Law subsequent to the date hereof affecting Lender or any lending office of Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on Lender’s capital or on the capital of Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of Lender or the Loans made by, or the Letters of Credit issued by Lender, to a level below that which Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such change in such Requirement of Law (taking into consideration Lender’s policies and the policies of Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time, within the time period prescribed by Section 2.17(e), the Borrowers will pay to Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

(d)                                 For purposes of this Agreement, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, or directives in connection therewith are deemed to have gone into effect and been adopted after the date of this Agreement,

 

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and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a change in any Requirement of Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

(e)                                  A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail any additional amounts payable pursuant to paragraphs (b) or (c) of this Section, and the basis for such compensation, submitted by Lender to the Borrowers, shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  The Borrowers shall pay Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 Business Days after receipt thereof.  Failure or delay on the part of Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of Lender’s right to demand such compensation.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.17, the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate Lender pursuant to this Section 2.17 for any amounts incurred more than nine months prior to the date that Lender notifies the Borrowers of Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such nine-month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect.  The obligations of the Borrowers arising pursuant to this Section 2.17 shall survive the Discharge of Obligations.

 

2.18                        Taxes. For purposes of this Section 2.18, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

 

(a)                                 Payments Free of Taxes.  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law and the Borrowers shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party, to comply with the requirements set forth in this Section 2.18.  If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

(b)                                 Exclusion from Gross Up.  The Irish Borrowers shall not be required to make an increased payment to Lender under Section 2.18(a) in respect of Taxes imposed by Ireland on a payment of interest on a Loan, if on the date on which the payment falls due such payment could have been made to Lender without any deduction or withholding for or on account of Taxes if Lender was a Qualifying Lender, but on such date Lender is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender (other than as a result of a Change in Law).

 

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law, or at the option of Lender timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes applicable to such Loan Party.

 

(d)                                 Evidence of Payments.  As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.18, the Borrowers shall, or shall cause such other Loan Party to, deliver to Lender 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 Lender.

 

(e)                                  Indemnification by Loan Parties.  Each Borrower shall indemnify Lender, within ten days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.18, but excluding Indemnified Taxes which would have been compensated under Section 2,18(a) but were not so compensated solely due to the application of the exclusion in Section 2,18(b)) payable or paid by Lender (for Non-U.S. Borrowers, with respect to such Borrower and for U.S. Borrowers jointly and severally with respect to all Borrowers) or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to Lender 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 Borrowers by Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  If any Loan Party fails to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to Lender the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, such Loan Party shall indemnify Lender for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by Lender as a result of any such failure.

 

(f)                                   Status of Lender.

 

(i)                         If Lender is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document, it shall deliver to the Borrowers or any tax authority, at the time or times reasonably directed by the Borrowers, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrowers as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrowers as will enable the Borrower to determine whether or not 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 2.18(f)(ii) and (iii) below) shall not be required if the Lender is not legally entitled to complete, execute or deliver such documentation or, in the Lender’s reasonable judgment, such completion, execution or submission would subject Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of Lender.

 

(ii)                      Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers on or prior to the date on which Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the

 

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reasonable request of the Borrowers), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax.

 

(iii)                   If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if 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), Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers 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 Borrowers as may be necessary for the Borrowers to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that Lender has complied with Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (A), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

(iv)                  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 Borrowers in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(v)                     Lender represents and warrants that, on the Closing Date it is a Qualifying Lender and each Person that becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.6(b) represents and warrants that it is a Qualifying Lender as of the date of its joinder.  Lender agrees to promptly notify the Irish Borrowers if it ceases to be a Qualifying Lender at any time after the Closing Date.

 

(g)                                  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 2.18 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.18), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made 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 (g) (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 (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) 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.

 

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(h)                                 Survival.  Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.18 shall survive the resignation or replacement of Lender, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, Lender, and the Discharge of Obligations.

 

2.19                        Indemnity.  The Borrowers agree to indemnify Lender for, and to hold Lender harmless from, any loss or expense that Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) a default by the Borrowers in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans after a Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b) a default by the Borrowers in making any prepayment of or conversion from Eurodollar Loans after the Borrowers have given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, or (c) for any reason, the making of a prepayment of Eurodollar Loans on a day that is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto.  Such losses and expenses shall be equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed, reduced, converted or continued, for the period from the date of such prepayment or of such failure to borrow, reduce, convert or continue to the last day of such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, reduce, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest or other return for such Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein, if any), over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by Lender) that would have accrued to Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in the interbank eurodollar market.  A certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted to the Borrowers by Lender shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  This covenant shall survive the Discharge of Obligations.  This Section 2.19 shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.

 

2.20                        Borrower Parent as Agent.  Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints Borrower Parent as its agent for all purposes relevant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including (i) the giving and receipt of notices, (ii) the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates contemplated herein and all modifications hereto, and (iii) the receipt of the proceeds of any Loans made by the Lender to any such Borrower hereunder.  Any acknowledgment, consent, direction, certification or other action which might otherwise be valid or effective only if given or taken by all Borrowers, or by each Borrower acting singly, shall be valid and effective if given or taken only by Borrower Parent, whether or not any such other Borrower joins therein.  Any notice, demand, consent, acknowledgment, direction, certification or other communication delivered to Borrower Parent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been delivered to each Borrower.

 

SECTION 3
LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

3.1                               L/C Commitment.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Lender agrees to issue letters of credit (“Letters of Credit”) for the account of any of the Borrowers on any Business Day during the Letter of Credit Availability Period in such form as may reasonably be approved from

 

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time to time by Lender; provided that Lender shall have no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, the L/C Exposure would exceed either the L/C Commitments or the Available Revolving Commitment at such time.  Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be denominated in Dollars and (ii) expire no later than the earlier of (x) the first anniversary of its date of issuance and (y) the Letter of Credit Maturity Date, provided that any Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide for the automatic renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause (y) above).  For the avoidance of doubt, no commercial letters of credit shall be issued by Lender to any Person under this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Lender shall not at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if:

 

(i)                                     such issuance would conflict with, or cause Lender to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law;

 

(ii)                                  any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain Lender from issuing, amending or reinstating such Letter of Credit, or any law, rule or regulation applicable to Lender or any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over Lender shall prohibit, or request that Lender refrain from, the issuance, amendment, renewal or reinstatement of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which Lender is not otherwise compensated) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon Lender any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which Lender in good faith deems material to it;

 

(iii)                               Lender has received written notice from the Borrower, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or reinstatement of such Letter of Credit, that one or more of the applicable conditions contained in Section 5.2 shall not then be satisfied;

 

(iv)                              any requested Letter of Credit is not in form and substance acceptable to Lender, or the issuance, amendment or renewal of a Letter of Credit shall violate any applicable laws or regulations or any applicable policies of Lender;

 

(v)                                 such Letter of Credit contains any provisions providing for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or

 

(vi)                              except as otherwise agreed by Lender, such Letter of Credit is in an initial face amount less than $150,000.

 

3.2                               Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit.  The Borrowers may from time to time request that Lender issue a Letter of Credit for the account of a Borrower by delivering to Lender at its address for notices specified herein an Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as Lender may request, including the name of the Borrower that is the applicant.  Upon receipt of any Application, Lender will process such Application and the certificates,

 

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documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by Lender and the applicant Borrower.  Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the applicant Borrower promptly following the issuance thereof.

 

3.3                               Fees and Other Charges.

 

(a)                                 Each Borrower agrees to pay, with respect to each outstanding Letter of Credit issued on or after the Closing Date for the account of (or at the request of) the Borrowers, (i) a letter of credit fee equal to the Applicable Margin relating to Letters of Credit multiplied by the daily amount available to be drawn under each such Letter of Credit to Lender (a “Letter of Credit Fee”), and (ii) Lender’s standard and customary, reasonable and documented fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit issued for the account of (or at the request of) the Borrowers or processing of drawings thereunder (the fees in this clause (ii), collectively, the “Issuing Lender Fees”).  Issuing Lender Fees shall be paid when required by Lender, and the Letter of Credit Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year after the issuance date of such Letter of Credit and on the Letter of Credit Maturity Date (each, an “L/C Fee Payment Date”).  All Letter of Credit Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.

 

(b)                                 The Borrowers shall furnish to Lender such other documents and information pertaining to any requested Letter of Credit issuance, amendment or renewal, including any L/C-Related Documents, as Lender may require.  This Agreement shall control in the event of any conflict with any L/C-Related Document (other than any Letter of Credit).

 

3.4                               Existing Letters of CreditOn and after the Closing Date, each Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed for all purposes, including for purposes of the fees to be collected pursuant to Section 3.3(a), reimbursement of costs and expenses to the extent provided herein and for purposes of being secured by the Collateral, a Letter of Credit outstanding under this Agreement and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall be governed by the applications and agreements pertaining thereto and by this Agreement (which shall control in the event of a conflict).

 

3.5                               Reimbursement.

 

(a)                                 If Lender shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, Lender shall notify the Borrowers thereof and the applicable Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to Lender an amount equal to the entire amount of such L/C Disbursement not later than (i) the immediately following Business Day if Lender issues such notice before 10:00 A.M. Pacific time on the date of such L/C Disbursement, or (ii) on the second following Business Day if Lender issues such notice at or after 10:00 A.M. Pacific time on the date of such L/C

 

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Disbursement.  Each such payment shall be made to Lender at its address for notices referred to herein in Dollars and in immediately available funds.

 

(b)                                 If Lender shall not have received from the applicable Borrower the payment that it is required to make pursuant to Section 3.5(a) with respect to a Letter of Credit within the time specified in such Section, if the conditions to borrowings and Revolving Loan Conversions set forth in Section 5.2 are satisfied, the applicable Borrower may, by written notice to Lender certifying that such conditions are satisfied and that all interest owing under this paragraph has been paid, and specifying a conversion into either a U.S. Revolving Loan or a Non-U.S. Revolving Loan, request that an L/C Disbursement be converted into Revolving Loans (a “Revolving Loan Conversion”), in which case, if such conditions are in fact satisfied, the Lender shall be deemed to have extended, and the Borrowers shall be deemed to have accepted, a Revolving Loan in the aggregate principal amount of such payment without further action on the part of any party, and the L/C Commitments shall be permanently reduced by such amount; any amount so paid pursuant to this paragraph shall, on and after the payment date thereof, be deemed to be Revolving Loans for all purposes hereunder; provided that Lender, at its option, may effectuate a Revolving Loan Conversion regardless of whether the conditions to borrowings and Revolving Loan Conversions set forth in Section 5.2 are satisfied.

 

3.6                               Obligations Absolute.  The Borrowers’ obligations under this Section 3 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrowers may have or have had against Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person.  Each Borrower also agrees with Lender that Lender shall not be responsible for, and the Borrowers’ obligations hereunder shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Borrowers and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrowers against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee.  Lender shall not be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or omissions found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of Lender.  Each Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall be binding on the Borrowers and shall not result in any liability of Lender to the Borrowers.

 

In addition to amounts payable as elsewhere provided in the Agreement, the Borrowers hereby agree to pay and to protect, indemnify, and save Lender harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) that Lender may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (A) the issuance of any Letter of Credit, or (B) the failure of Lender to honor a demand for payment under any Letter of Credit thereof as a result of any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority, in each case other than to the extent solely as a result of the bad faith,

 

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gross negligence or willful misconduct of Lender (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction).

 

3.7                               Letter of Credit Payments.  If any draft shall be presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, Lender shall promptly notify the Borrowers of the date and amount thereof.  The responsibility of Lender to the Borrowers in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are substantially in conformity with such Letter of Credit.

 

3.8                               Applications.  To the extent that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 3, the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply.

 

3.9                               Interim Interest.  If Lender shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, then, unless the Borrowers shall have reimbursed such L/C Disbursement in full within the time period specified in Section 3.5(a) the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest for the account of Lender, for each day from and including the date of such L/C Disbursement to but excluding the earlier of the date of payment by the Borrowers, at the rate per annum that would apply to such amount if such amount were a Revolving Loan that is an ABR Loan; provided that the provisions of Section 2.10(c) shall be applicable to any such amounts not paid when due.

 

3.10                        Cash Collateral.

 

(a)                                 Certain Credit Support Events.  Upon the request of Lender (i) if Lender has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Advance that is not reimbursed by the Borrowers or converted into a Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 3.5(b), or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Maturity Date, any L/C Exposure for any reason remains outstanding, the U.S. Borrowers shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then effective amount of all L/C Exposure and/or the Non-U.S. Borrower shall, in each case Cash Collateralize the then effective amount of any L/C Exposure issued to any Non-U.S. Borrowers.

 

(b)                                 Grant of Security Interest.  All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts with Lender.  The Borrowers (other than DMIH and Domains) hereby grant to (and subjects to the control of) Lender, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest and Lien in all such Cash Collateral and in all proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 3.10(c).  If at any time Lender determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than Lender as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than 105% of the applicable L/C Exposure, and other Obligations secured thereby, the Borrowers will, promptly upon demand by Lender, pay or provide to Lender additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.

 

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(c)                                  Application.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 3.10, Section 2.22 or otherwise in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Exposure, and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.

 

3.11                        Applicability of ISP.  Unless otherwise expressly agreed by Lender and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued and subject to applicable laws, the Letters of Credit shall be governed by and subject to the rules of the ISP.

 

SECTION 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

To induce Lender to enter into this Agreement, to make the initial Loans on the Closing Date and to make additional Loans and to issue the Letters of Credit thereafter, each Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Lender, on behalf of itself and each of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, that:

 

4.1                               Financial Condition.  The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower Parent and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations and of cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by and accompanied by an unqualified report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal years then ended.  The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower Parent and its Subsidiaries as at March 31, 2014, presents fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such date, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the three-month period ended on such date present fairly in all material respects the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for such period (in each case subject to normal year end audit adjustments).  All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed therein).

 

4.2                               No Change.  Since December 31, 2013, there has been no event or condition, other than events or conditions previously disclosed in public filings prior to the Closing Date, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.3                               Existence; Compliance with Law.  Each Group Member (a) is duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and, except in the case of DMIH and Domains, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation, (b) has the power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other organization and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is in material compliance with all Requirements of Law except in such instances in which (i) such Requirement of Law is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and the prosecution of such contest would not

 

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reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.4                               Power, Authorization; Enforceable Obligations.  Each Loan Party has the power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrowers, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder.  Each Loan Party has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrowers, to authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.  No Governmental Approval or consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any other Person is required in connection with the extensions of credit hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, except (i) Governmental Approvals, consents, authorizations, filings and notices described in Schedule 4.4, which Governmental Approvals, consents, authorizations, filings and notices have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) the filings referred to in Section 4.19 and (iii) Governmental Approvals described in Schedule 4.4.  Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto.  This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).

 

4.5                               No Legal Bar.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate any Requirement of Law (except as set forth in Schedule 4.5) or any material Contractual Obligation of any Group Member and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by the Security Documents).  No Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation applicable to the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The absence of obtaining the Governmental Approvals described in Schedule 4.5 and the violations of Requirements of Law referenced in Schedule 4.5 shall not have an adverse effect on any rights of Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents.

 

4.6                               Litigation.  Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.6, no litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened in writing by or against any Group Member or against any of their respective properties or revenues (a) with respect to any of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (b) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Adverse Effect.  No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, nor shall either result from the making of a requested credit extension.

 

4.8                               Ownership of Property; Liens; Investments.  Each Group Member has title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of its real property, and good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of its other property material to the operation of its business, except defects in title that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and none of such property is subject to any Lien except as permitted by Section 7.3.

 

4.9                               Intellectual Property.  Except where the absence of such right could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Group Member owns, or possesses a legal right to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted.  No claim has been asserted in writing and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning any Group Member’s use of any Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Group Member’s Intellectual Property, nor does any Borrower know of any valid basis for any such claim, unless such claim could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The use of Intellectual Property by each Group Member, and the conduct of such Group Member’s business, as currently conducted, does not infringe on or otherwise violate the rights of any Person, unless such infringement could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there are no claims pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing to such effect.

 

4.10                        Taxes.  Each Group Member has timely filed or caused to be timely filed all Federal, state and other material Tax Returns that are required by applicable law to be filed and has paid all Taxes due and payable with respect to said returns or on any assessments made against it or any of its property and all other Taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property, or which are required to have been paid, withheld, deducted or deposited by any Governmental Authority (other than any the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the relevant Group Member) have been paid, withheld, deducted or deposited; as of the Closing Date, no Tax Lien has been filed and remains effective, and, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such Tax, fee or other charge.

 

4.11                        Federal Regulations.  No Loan Party is engaged, and no Loan Party will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of “buying” or “carrying” “margin stock”, or extending credit for the purpose of “buying” or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect.  No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used (a) for “buying” or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board or (b) for any other purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board.

 

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against any Group Member pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened; (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of each Group Member have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act; and (c) all payments due from any Group Member on account of employee health and welfare insurance have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the relevant Group Member.

 

4.13                        ERISAExcept in each case as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

 

(a)                                 the Borrowers are in compliance with all applicable provisions and requirements of ERISA with respect to each Plan, and has performed all of their obligations under each Plan;

 

(b)                                 no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur;

 

(c)                                  the Borrowers and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates has met all applicable requirements under the ERISA Funding Rules with respect to each Pension Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the ERISA Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained by Borrower;

 

(d)                                 as of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the amount of outstanding benefit liabilities (as defined in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA), individually or in the aggregate for all Pension Plans (excluding for purposes of such computation any Pension Plans with respect to which assets exceed benefit liabilities) does not exceed their assets;

 

(e)                                  the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder will not involve any transaction that is subject to the prohibitions of Section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which taxes could be imposed pursuant to Section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code; and

 

(f)                                   all liabilities under each Pension Plan are funded to at least the minimum level required by law or, if higher, to the level required by the terms governing the Pension Plans.

 

4.14                        Investment Company Act; Other Regulations.  No Loan Party is an “investment company,” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.  No Loan Party is subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 or the Federal Power Act or under any other federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable.

 

4.15                        Subsidiaries.  Except as disclosed to Lender by the Borrowers in writing from time to time after the Closing Date, (a) Schedule 4.15 sets forth the name and jurisdiction of organization of each Subsidiary of the Borrowers and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Loan Party, and (b) there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees or directors and directors’ qualifying shares) of

 

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any nature relating to any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries), except as may be created by the Loan Documents.

 

4.16                        Use of Proceeds.  The proceeds of the Revolving Loans shall be used for general corporate purposes; provided, however, notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, DMIH and Domains shall not use any Facility for any purpose in breach of Section 60 of the Irish Companies Act (1963), as amended.

 

4.17                        Environmental Matters.  Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

 

(a)                                 Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.17, the facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by any Group Member (the “Properties”) do not contain, and have not previously contained, any Materials of Environmental Concern in amounts or concentrations or under circumstances that constitute or have constituted a violation of, or could give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law;

 

(b)                                 no Group Member has received or is aware of any notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Properties or the business operated by any Group Member (the “Business”), nor does any Borrower have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened;

 

(c)                                  no Group Member has transported or disposed of Materials of Environmental Concern from the Properties in violation of, or in a manner or to a location that could give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law, nor has any Group Member generated, treated, stored or disposed of Materials of Environmental Concern at, on or under any of the Properties in violation of, or in a manner that could give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law;

 

(d)                                 no judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which any Group Member is or will be named as a party with respect to the Properties or the Business, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business;

 

(e)                                  there has been no release or threat of release of Materials of Environmental Concern at or from the Properties arising from or related to the operations of any Group Member or otherwise in connection with the Business, in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under Environmental Laws;

 

(f)                                   the Properties and all operations of the Group Members at the Properties are in compliance, and have in the last five years been in compliance, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and except as set forth on Schedule 4.17, to the knowledge of the Borrower, there is no contamination at, under or about the Properties or violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business; and

 

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(g)                                  no Group Member has assumed any liability of any other Person under Environmental Laws.

 

4.18                        Accuracy of Information, etc.  No written statement or information contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document, certificate or statement furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to Lender, or any of them, for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, taken together with Borrower Parent’s filings with the SEC, contained as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading.  The projections and pro forma financial information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrowers to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by Lender that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount.

 

4.19                        Security Documents.

 

(a)                                 The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of Lender, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and the proceeds thereof.  In the case of the Pledged Stock described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement that are securities represented by stock certificates or otherwise constituting certificated securities within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(15) of the UCC or the corresponding code or statute of any other applicable jurisdiction (“Certificated Securities”), when certificates representing such Pledged Stock are delivered to Lender, and in the case of the other Collateral constituting personal property described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement that can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement, when financing statements and other filings specified on Schedule 4.19(a) in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 4.19(a), Lender shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except, in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Stock, Liens permitted by Section 7.3).  As of the Closing Date, none of the Borrowers or any Guarantor that is a company, limited liability company or partnership has any Capital Stock that is a Certificated Security.

 

(b)                                 Each of the Mortgages delivered after the Closing Date will be, upon execution, effective to create in favor of Lender, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Properties described therein and proceeds thereof, and when the Mortgages are filed in the offices for the applicable jurisdictions in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, each such Mortgage shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the relevant Mortgage), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except as noted in the relevant title reports).

 

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(c)                                  Each of the Cayman Law Share Charge and the Cayman Law Charge is effective to create in favor of Lender a legal, valid and enforceable first priority Lien on the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof.

 

4.20                        Solvency.  After giving effect to the incurrence of all Indebtedness and Obligations being incurred in connection herewith, each of the Borrowers, and the other Loan Parties taken as a whole, will be Solvent.

 

4.21                        Regulation H.  No Mortgage encumbers improved real property that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards and in which flood insurance has not been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968.

 

4.22                        Designated Senior Indebtedness.  The Loan Documents and all of the Obligations have been deemed “Designated Senior Indebtedness” or a similar concept thereto, if applicable, for purposes of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness of the Loan Parties, including the Term Loan.

 

4.23                        InsuranceAll insurance maintained by the Loan Parties is in full force and effect, all premiums (other than premiums financed in compliance with Section 7.2) have been duly paid, no Loan Party has received notice of violation or cancellation thereof, and there exists no default under any requirement of such insurance.  Each Loan Party maintains insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its property (and also with respect to its foreign receivables) in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability, product liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business.

 

SECTION 5
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

5.1                               Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit.  The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligation of Lender to make its initial extension of credit hereunder shall be subject to the satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with the making of such extension of credit on the Closing Date, of the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)                                 Loan Documents.  Lender shall have received each of the following, each of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Lender:

 

(i)                                     this Agreement, executed and delivered by Lender and the Borrowers;

 

(ii)                                  the Collateral Information Certificate of each Loan Party, executed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party;

 

(iii)                               the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered by each Grantor named therein;

 

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(iv)                              the Guarantee (Non-U.S. Entities), executed and delivered by each Guarantor named therein;

 

(v)                                 each Intellectual Property Security Agreement, executed by the applicable Grantor related thereto;

 

(vi)                              each other Security Document, executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Party party thereto; and

 

(vii)                           the Post-Closing Agreement dated as of the Closing Date and executed by the Borrower.

 

(b)                                 Approvals.  Except for the Governmental Approvals described in Schedule 4.4, all Governmental Approvals and consents and approvals of, or notices to, any other Person (including the holders of any Capital Stock issued by any Loan Party) required in connection with the execution and performance of the Loan Documents, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect.

 

(c)                                  Secretary’s Certificate; Certified Operating Documents; Good Standing Certificates.  Lender shall have received a certificate from each Loan Party, dated as of the Closing Date and executed by the Secretary, Managing Member, director or equivalent officer of such Loan Party, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions and attachments, including (i) the Operating Documents of such Loan Party, (ii) the relevant board resolutions or written consents of such Loan Party adopted by such Loan Party’s board of directors, board of managers, members or other governing body of such Loan Party for the purposes of authorizing such Loan Party to enter into and perform the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is party, (iii) the names, titles, incumbency and signature specimens of those representatives of such Loan Party who have been authorized by such resolutions and/or written consents to execute Loan Documents on behalf of such Loan Party, (iv) for each U.S. Borrower and its Material Domestic Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties, a long form good standing certificate or equivalent for each such Loan Party certified as of or issued on a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority of its respective jurisdiction of organization, and, if applicable, (v) a certificate of qualification or equivalent as a foreign corporation issued by the jurisdiction in which the applicable Loan Party’s chief executive office is located.

 

(d)                                 Responsible Officer’s Certificates.

 

(i)                                     Lender shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower Parent on behalf of each Loan Party, dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, either (A) attaching copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required.

 

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and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 5.1(l)-(n), 5.2(a) and 5.2(d) have been satisfied.

 

(iii)                               Lender shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower Parent on behalf of each Loan Party, dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, attaching executed copies of all material Term Loan Documents.

 

(e)                                  Patriot Act.  Lender shall have received, prior to the Closing Date (or such later date as may be acceptable to Lender in its sole discretion), all documentation and other information required by Governmental Authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act.

 

(f)                                   Collateral Matters.

 

(i)                                     Lien Searches.  Lender shall have received the results of recent lien searches in each of the jurisdictions where any of the Loan Parties is formed or organized, and such searches shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for Liens permitted by Section 7.3, or other Liens which shall be discharged prior to the Closing Date.

 

(ii)                                  Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes.  Lender shall have received (A) pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement: (1) original certificates (if any) representing the shares of Capital Stock pledged to Lender pursuant thereto, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof and (2) the original promissory note(s) (if any) pledged to Lender pursuant thereto, endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof; (B) pursuant to the Irish Law Share Charges: (1) original certificates (if any) and other documents of title representing the Shares and Related Assets (as such terms are defined therein) charged in favor of Lender pursuant thereto, together with undated stock transfer forms or other instruments of transfer for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the chargor thereof, (2) the dividend mandate in the form set out in Schedule 2 thereto executed by the charger thereof; and (3) a letter of authority in the form set out in Schedule 3 thereto executed by the charger thereof; (C) pursuant to the Irish Law Charges: (1) notices of assignment of insurances in the form set out on Part 2 of Schedule 3 thereto executed by DMIH, (2) notices to contract parties in the form set out on Part 2 of Schedule 3 thereto executed by DMIH and (3) acknowledgments from the applicable parties pursuant to items (1) and (2) each in the form set out on Part 3 of Schedule 3 executed by the applicable parties; and (D) pursuant to the Cayman Law Share Charge: (1) original certificates (if any) representing the shares charged pursuant thereto, along with an undated share transfer form in respect of such shares in the form set out in Schedule 1 thereto executed by DMIH, (2) (a) undated letters of resignation and release and (b) dated letters of authority with respect thereto, each in the form set out in Schedule 2 thereto executed by each director and officer of United, (3) a dated proxy in respect of the shares charged thereunder in the form set out in Schedule 3 thereto executed by DMIH, (4) a dated undertaking in the form set out in Schedule 4 thereto executed by United, (5) a dated notice of charge to United in the form set out in Schedule 5 thereto executed by DMIH, (6) a certified copy of the annotated register of members of United in a form acceptable to Lender, noting the charge over the shares of United created pursuant thereto

 

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and (7) evidence satisfactory to Lender that the memorandum and articles of association of United shall have, where applicable, been amended to remove any restriction on the transfer of shares subject to the security created thereby.

 

(iii)                               Filings, Registrations, Recordings, Agreements, Etc.  Each document (including any UCC financing statements, Intellectual Property Security Agreements, Deposit Account Control Agreements, Securities Account Control Agreements, and landlord access agreements and/or bailee waivers) required by the Loan Documents or under law or reasonably requested by Lender to be filed, executed, registered or recorded to create in favor of Lender (for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties), a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right and priority to any Lien in the Collateral held by any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.3), shall have been executed (if applicable) and delivered to Lender in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.

 

(g)                                  Insurance.  Lender shall have received customary insurance certificates satisfying the requirements of Section 6.5 hereof, together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to Lender that the insurance policies of each Loan Party have been endorsed for the purpose of naming Lender (for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties) as an “additional insured” or “lender loss payee”, as applicable, with respect to such insurance policies, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

(h)                                 Fees.  Lender shall have received all fees required to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date, and all reasonable and documented fees and expenses for which invoices have been presented at least one Business Day Prior to the Closing Date (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of legal counsel to Lender) for payment on or before the Closing Date.

 

(i)                                     Legal Opinions.  Lender shall have received the executed legal opinion of (A) Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, counsel to the Loan Parties, (B) Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, special Nevada counsel to the Loan Parties, (C) Maples & Calder, special Cayman Island counsel to the Loan Parties, (D) Arthur Cox, special Irish counsel to the Loan Parties, and (E) William Fry, special Irish counsel to Lender, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.  Such legal opinions shall cover such matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as Lender may reasonably require.

 

(j)                                    No Material Adverse Effect.  Except as previously disclosed in public filings prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred since December 31, 2013, any event or condition that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(k)                                 No Litigation.  Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.6, no litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(l)                                     Spin-Out Complete.  The Spin-Out Transaction shall have been consummated and fully effective.

 

(m)                             Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio.  The Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio, determined as of March 31, 2014, giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of any Revolving Loans to be incurred on the Closing Date (including any Existing Letters of Credit), shall not be greater than 2.25:1.00.

 

(n)                                 Liquidity.  Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, after giving pro forma effect to the closing of this Agreement and the availability of Revolving Loans hereunder, have Liquidity of not less than $40,000,000.

 

5.2                               Conditions to Each Extension of Credit.  The agreement of Lender to make any extension of credit requested to be made by it hereunder on any date (including its initial Loans disbursed on the Closing Date but excluding any Revolving Loan Conversion, any conversion of Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and any continuation of Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b)) is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)                                 Representations and Warranties.  Each of the representations and warranties made by each Loan Party in any Loan Document (i) that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct, and (ii) that is not qualified by materiality, shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case, on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date, except to the extent any such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct, or true and correct in all material respects, as applicable, as of such earlier date.

 

(b)                                 Availability.  With respect to any requests for any Revolving Extensions of Credit, after giving effect to such Revolving Extension of Credit, the Borrowers shall be in compliance with the availability and borrowing limitations specified in Section 2.4.

 

(c)                                  Notice of Borrowing.  Lender shall have received a Notice of Borrowing or an Application, as applicable, in connection with any such request for extension of credit which complies with the requirements hereof.

 

(d)                                 No Default.  No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred as of or on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date.

 

Each borrowing by and issuance of a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrowers hereunder (excluding any Revolving Loan Conversion, any conversion of Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and any continuation of Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b)) shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers as of the date of such extension of credit, that the conditions contained in this Section 5.2 have been satisfied.

 

SECTION 6
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Each Borrower hereby agrees that, until the Discharge of Obligations, the Borrowers shall, and, where applicable, shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to:

 

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6.1                               Financial Statements.  Furnish to Lender:

 

(a)                                 as soon as available, but in any event not later than five (5) days after the date required to be filed with the SEC (without giving effect to any extension permitted by the SEC) and in no event later than 95 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower Parent, a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of each fiscal year and the related audited consolidated statements of income and of 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 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing and reasonably acceptable to Lender; and

 

(b)                                 as soon as available, but in any event not later than five (5) days after the date required to be filed with the SEC (without giving effect to any extension permitted by the SEC) and in no event later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower Parent (or, with respect to the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2014, within 45 days of the date Borrower Parent’s Form 10 Registration Statement becomes effective), the unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the Borrower Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of each fiscal quarter and the related unaudited consolidated and consolidating statements of income and of cash flows 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 as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments).

 

All such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed in reasonable detail therein) consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods.

 

Additionally, documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 6.1 and Section 6.2(e) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Borrower Parent posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, either:  (i) on the Borrower Parent’s website on the Internet at the website address listed in Section 10.2; or (ii) when such documents are posted electronically on the Borrowers’ behalf on an internet or intranet website to which Lender has access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by Lender), if any; provided that:  (A) the Borrowers shall deliver paper copies of such documents to Lender upon its request to the Borrowers to deliver such paper copies until written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by Lender; and (B) the Borrowers shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) Lender of the posting of any such documents and provide to Lender by email electronic versions (i.e. soft copies) of such documents.

 

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6.2                               Certificates; Reports; Other Information.  Furnish (or, in the case of clause (a), use best efforts to furnish) to Lender:

 

(a)                                 concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(a), a certificate of the independent certified public accountants reporting on such financial statements stating that in making the examination necessary to complete its auditing procedures, no knowledge was obtained of any Event of Default relating to any of the financial covenants set forth in this Agreement, except as specified in such certificate (which certification may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines);

 

(b)                                 concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1, (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that, to the best of such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate and (ii) (x) a Compliance Certificate containing (A) the amount of Permitted gTLD Investments for the period, and (B) all information and calculations necessary for determining compliance by each Group Member with the provisions of Section 7.1 and setting forth the Consolidated Domestic EBITDA calculations, in each case, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter or fiscal year of the Borrower Parent, and (y) to the extent not previously disclosed to Lender, (A) a description of any change in the jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party and a list of any registered Intellectual Property issued to or acquired by any Loan Party and (B) a list of Subsidiaries created or acquired, in each case since the date of the most recent report delivered pursuant to this clause (y) (or, in the case of the first such report so delivered, since the Closing Date);

 

(c)                                  as soon as available, and in any event no later than 30 days prior to the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower Parent, a detailed consolidated and consolidating budget for the following fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of each fiscal quarter of such fiscal year, the related consolidated statements of projected cash flow, projected changes in financial position and projected income and a description of the underlying assumptions applicable thereto) (collectively, the “Projections”);

 

(d)                                 promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof (other than routine comment letters from the staff of the SEC relating to the Borrower Parent’s filings with the SEC);

 

(e)                                  within five days after the same are sent, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other material report that the Borrower Parent sends to the holders of any class of the Borrowers’ debt securities or public equity securities and, within five days after the same are filed, copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower Parent may file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or with any national securities exchange, and not otherwise required to be delivered to Lender pursuant hereto; and

 

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(f)                                   promptly, such additional financial and other information as Lender may from time to time reasonably request.

 

6.3                               Payment of Obligations.  Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its material obligations of whatever nature, except where the amount or 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 relevant Group Member.

 

6.4                               Maintenance of Existence; Compliance.  (a)(i)  Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its organizational existence and (ii) take all reasonable action to maintain or obtain all Governmental Approvals and all other rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by Section 7.4 and except, in the case of clause (ii) above, to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) comply with all Contractual Obligations (including with respect to leasehold interests of the Borrowers) and Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) comply with all Governmental Approvals, and any term, condition, rule, filing or fee obligation, or other requirement related thereto, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.5                               Maintenance of Property; Insurance.  (a) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, keep all property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and (b) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability, product liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business.

 

6.6                               Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions.  (a) Keep proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities and (b) permit representatives and independent contractors of Lender 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 with reasonable notice and as often as may reasonably be desired and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Group Members with officers, directors and employees of the Group Members and with their independent certified public accountants; provided, however, that (i) any such visit or inspection shall be coordinated through Lender, (ii) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, only one such visit per year shall be at the expense of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries and (iii) nothing in this Section 6.6 shall require the Borrowers or any Subsidiary to take any action that would violate a confidentiality agreement or waive any attorney client or similar privilege.

 

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6.7                               Notices.  Give prompt written notice to Lender of:

 

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

 

(b)                                 any (i) default or event of default under any Contractual Obligation of any Group Member or (ii) litigation, investigation or proceeding that may exist at any time between any Group Member and any Governmental Authority, that in either case could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c)                                  any litigation or proceeding affecting any Group Member (i) in which the amount involved is $2,500,000 or more and not covered by insurance, (ii) in which injunctive or similar relief is sought against any Group Member or (iii) which relates to any Loan Document;

 

(d)                                 (i)                                     (A) promptly (and in any event within ten days after a Responsible Officer obtains knowledge thereof) of the occurrence of any ERISA Event and (B) promptly after the giving, sending or filing thereof, or the receipt thereof, of copies of all notices received by the Borrowers from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning an ERISA Event, and copies of such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Plan as Lender shall reasonably request; and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such certifications or other evidence of compliance with the provisions of Section 4.13 as Lender may from time to time reasonably request;

 

(ii)                                  upon the reasonable request of Lender after the giving, sending or filing thereof, or the receipt thereof, copies of each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by Loan Party or any of its respective ERISA Affiliates with the IRS with respect to each Pension Plan; and

 

(e)                                  any development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the relevant Group Member proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

6.8                               Environmental Laws.

 

(a)                                 In any case where individually or in the aggregate, failure to do so could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, comply with, and ensure compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws.

 

(b)                                 Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all material respects with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws.

 

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6.9                               Additional Collateral, etc.

 

(a)                                 With respect to any property (to the extent included in the definition of Collateral and not constituting Excluded Assets) acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (other than (x) any property described in paragraph (b), (c) or (d) below, and (y) any property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by Section 7.3(g) or (m)) as to which Lender does not have a perfected Lien, promptly (and in any event within thirty days after the end of the next completed month, or, with respect to Intellectual Property, as provided by Section 6.2(b)), (i) execute and deliver to Lender such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as Lender deems necessary or advisable to evidence that such Loan Party is a Guarantor and to grant to Lender a security interest in such property and (ii) take all actions necessary or advisable in the opinion of Lender to grant to Lender a perfected first priority (except as expressly permitted by Section 7.3) security interest and Lien in such property, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by Lender.

 

(b)                                 With respect to any fee interest in any real property having a value (together with improvements thereof) of at least $2,500,000 acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (other than any such real property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by Section 7.3(g) or (m)), promptly, to the extent requested by Lender, (i) execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage, in favor of Lender covering such real property, (ii) if requested by Lender, provide Lender with (x) title and extended coverage insurance covering such real property in an amount at least equal to the purchase price of such real property (or such other amount as shall be reasonably specified by Lender) as well as a current ALTA survey thereof, together with a surveyor’s certificate, and (y) any consents or estoppels reasonably deemed necessary or advisable by Lender in connection with such Mortgage, each of the foregoing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender and (iii) if requested by Lender, deliver to Lender legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

(c)                                  Subject to clause (d) below, with respect to any new direct or indirect Material Subsidiary created or acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (including any Immaterial Subsidiary existing as of the Closing Date which becomes a Material Subsidiary after the Closing Date), promptly (i) execute and deliver to Lender such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, Foreign Pledge Documents or Foreign Security Documents as Lender deems necessary or advisable to grant to Lender a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Material Subsidiary that is owned directly by such Loan Party, (ii) deliver to Lender such documents and instruments as may be required to grant, perfect, protect and ensure the priority of such security interest, including but not limited to, the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the relevant Loan Party, (iii) cause such new Material Subsidiary (A) to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or Guarantee (Non-U.S. Entities), as applicable, (B) to take such actions as are necessary or advisable in the opinion of Lender to grant to Lender for the benefit of the Secured Parties a perfected first priority security interest in (1) with respect to any such new Material Domestic Subsidiary, the Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (2) with

 

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respect to any such new Material Foreign Subsidiary, the Collateral described in the applicable Foreign Security Documents, in each case, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the applicable Foreign Security Documents, or by law or as may be requested by Lender and (C) to deliver to Lender a certificate of such Material Subsidiary, in a form reasonably satisfactory to Lender, with appropriate insertions and attachments, and (iv) if requested by Lender, deliver to Lender legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to Lender.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement,  in any Foreign Security Document or in any Foreign Pledge Document, (x) no First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary (nor any Subsidiary of any such First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary) shall be required to comply with the provisions described in clause (iii) above and (y) any security granted to Lender by a Foreign Subsidiary (including any pledge of Capital Stock) shall secure only the obligations in respect of the Non-U.S. Revolving Loans and shall not secure any obligations in respect of any U.S. Revolving Loans.

 

(d)                                 With respect to any new Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary of a U.S. Borrower created or acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party, promptly (i) execute and deliver to Lender such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, Foreign Law Pledge Documents and/or Foreign Law Security Documents, as Lender deems necessary or advisable to grant to Lender a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary that is owned by any such Loan Party, (ii) deliver to Lender the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the relevant Loan Party, and take such other action as may be necessary or, in the opinion of Lender, desirable to perfect Lender’s security interest therein, and (iii) if reasonably requested by Lender, deliver to Lender legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to Lender; provided, however, that if the pledge pursuant to this Section 6.9(d) of one hundred percent (100%) of the total outstanding Capital Stock of such First-Tier Material Foreign Subsidiary would cause an inclusion of income under Section 951(a)(1)(B) of the Code to a Loan Party, then the pledge pursuant to this Section 6.9(d) shall be limited to sixty five percent (65%) of the total outstanding Capital Stock of such Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary entitled to vote (or if the relevant Loan Party shall own less than sixty five percent (65%) of such voting Capital Stock, then one hundred percent (100%) of the Capital Stock owned by such Loan Party so long as the aggregate amount of such voting Capital Stock pledged by Loan Parties does not exceed sixty five percent (65%) of the aggregate amount of such Capital Stock entitled to vote) and one hundred percent (100%) of the total outstanding Capital Stock of such Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary that is not entitled to vote (it being agreed that the determination of the entitlement to vote pursuant to this Section 6.9(d) shall be interpreted in accordance with Code Section 956 and the U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder).

 

6.10                        Insider Subordinated Indebtedness.  Cause any Insider Indebtedness owing by any Loan Party to any non-Loan Party to become Insider Subordinated Indebtedness (a) on or prior to the Closing Date, in respect of any such Insider Indebtedness in existence as of the Closing Date or (b) contemporaneously with the incurrence thereof, in respect of any such Insider Indebtedness incurred at any time after the Closing Date.

 

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6.11                        Use of ProceedsUse the proceeds of each Revolving Extension of Credit only for the purposes specified in Section 4.16.

 

6.12                        Designated Senior Indebtedness.  Cause the Loan Documents and all of the applicable Obligations to be deemed “Designated Senior Indebtedness” or a similar concept thereto, if applicable, for purposes of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness of the Loan Parties.

 

6.13                        Operating Accounts.  Maintain all of its domestic depository and operating accounts and securities accounts with Lender and Lender’s Affiliates, and provide Lender five (5) days prior written notice before establishing any Deposit Account or Securities Account at or with any bank or financial institution other than Lender or its Affiliates.  In addition, for each foreign Deposit Account or Securities Account that any Loan Party at any time maintains, Borrowers shall, to the extent applicable, cause the applicable bank or financial institution (other than Lender) at or with which any Deposit Account or Securities Account is maintained to execute and deliver a Control Agreement or other appropriate instrument with respect to such Deposit Account or Securities Account to perfect Lender’s Lien in such Deposit Account or Securities Account in accordance with the terms hereof.  The provisions of the previous sentence shall not apply to Deposit Accounts exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of a Loan Party’s employees and identified to Lender as such.

 

6.14                        Further AssurancesExecute any further instruments and take such further action as Lender reasonably deems necessary to perfect, protect, ensure the priority of or continue Lender’s Lien on the Collateral or to effect the purposes of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7
NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

Each Borrower hereby agrees that, until the Discharge of Obligations, the Borrowers shall not, nor shall any Borrower permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

7.1                               Financial Condition Covenants.

 

(a)                                 Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  Permit the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as at the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower Parent to be less than 1.25:1.00 through September 30, 2014, and 1.50:1.00 thereafter.

 

(b)                                 Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio.  Permit the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio as at the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower Parent (i) occurring on or before March 31, 2015, to exceed 2.50:1.00; (ii) occurring thereafter, to exceed 2.00:1.00.

 

(c)                                  Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio.  Permit the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio as at the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower Parent ending with any day set forth below to exceed the ratio set forth below opposite such day:

 

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Quarter Ending

 

Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio

Closing Date through June 30, 2015

 

3.50:1.00

September 30, 2015 through June 30, 2016

 

3.00:1.00

September 30, 2016 through June 30, 2017

 

2.50:1.00

September 30, 2017 and thereafter

 

2.00:1.00

 

(d)                                 Minimum Liquidity. Permit Liquidity of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any time, measured on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower Parent, to be less than $15,000,000.

 

7.2                               Indebtedness.  Create, issue, incur, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

 

(a)                                 Indebtedness of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document;

 

(b)                                 Indebtedness of (i) any Loan Party to any other Loan Party and (ii) any Subsidiary (which is not a Guarantor) to any other Subsidiary or the Borrowers;

 

(c)                                  (i) Guarantee Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries of (A) obligations of any Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor, and (B) obligations of any other Subsidiary or Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower has an equity interest, not in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time, and (ii) except as may be limited by Section 7.2(b), Guarantee Obligations of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary permitted hereunder;

 

(d)                                 Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.2(d) and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (which do not shorten the maturity thereof or increase the principal amount thereof);

 

(e)                                  purchase money Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations) secured by Liens permitted by Section 7.3(g) to the Disclosure Letter in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (which do not shorten the maturity thereof or increase the principal amount thereof except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other amounts paid and reasonable and customary discounts, commissions, fees and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing, refunding, renewals or extensions and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder);

 

(f)                                   Surety Indebtedness and any other Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, banker’s acceptances or similar arrangements, provided that the aggregate amount of any such Indebtedness outstanding at any time shall not exceed $5,000,000; provided, that any such letter of credit shall only be permitted pursuant to this clause (f) if such letter of credit is of a type that cannot be issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;

 

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(g)                                  (i) subject to the Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement, the Term Loan and (ii) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of incurrence, other Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness (including Guarantee Obligations in respect thereof permitted by clause (e) of the definition of Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness);

 

(h)                                 obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries existing or arising under any Swap Agreement, provided that such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in accordance with Section 7.11 and not for purposes of speculation;

 

(i)                                     Guarantees by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of the obligations of any Subsidiary under accreditation agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business with a registry accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN);

 

(j)                                    Indebtedness of a Person (other than the Borrowers or a Subsidiary) existing at the time such Person is merged with or into a Borrower or a Subsidiary or becomes a Subsidiary, provided that (i) such Indebtedness was not, in any case, incurred by such other Person in connection with, or in contemplation of, such merger or acquisition and (ii) with respect to any such Person who becomes a Subsidiary, (A) such Subsidiary is the only obligor in respect of such Indebtedness, and (B) to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted to be secured hereunder, only the assets of such Subsidiary secure such Indebtedness;

 

(k)                                 Indebtedness secured by deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business (other than for indebtedness or any Liens arising under ERISA);

 

(l)                                     Indebtedness consisting of obligations under deferred consideration (earn-outs, incentive non-competes, milestone payments and other contingent obligations) or other similar arrangements incurred in connection with the Transactions or other Investment permitted hereunder; and

 

(m)                             Other Indebtedness of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount, for all such Indebtedness taken together, not to exceed $3,000,000 at any one time outstanding.

 

7.3                               Liens.  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

 

(a)                                 Liens for taxes, assessments, government charges or levies not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Group Member in conformity with GAAP;

 

(b)                                 carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlord’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue for

 

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a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

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

 

(d)                                 deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business including for gTLDs (other than for indebtedness or any Liens arising under ERISA);

 

(e)                                  easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and that do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;

 

(f)                                   Liens in existence on the date hereof listed on Schedule 7.3(f), securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(d) or other obligations not prohibited by this Agreement; provided that (i) no such Lien is spread to cover any additional property after the Closing Date, (ii) the amount of Indebtedness or obligations secured or benefitted thereby is not increased except by an amount otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 7.2(d), (iii) the direct or any contingent obligor with respect thereto is not changed, and (iv) any renewal or extension of the obligations secured thereby is not prohibited by Section 7.2(d);

 

(g)                                  Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(e) to finance the acquisition of fixed or capital assets; provided that (i) such Liens shall be created within 90 days of the acquisition of such fixed or capital assets, (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, and (iii) the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased;

 

(h)                                 Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents;

 

(i)                                     (x) any interest or title of a lessor or licensor under any lease or license entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so leased or licensed or (y) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business that do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

 

(j)                                    judgment Liens that do not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 8.1(h) of this Agreement;

 

(k)                                 bankers’ Liens, rights of setoff and other similar Liens existing solely with respect to cash, Cash Equivalents, securities, commodities and other funds on deposit in one or more accounts maintained by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business in favor of banks, other depositary institutions, securities or commodities intermediaries or brokerages with which such accounts are maintained securing amounts owing to such banks or financial institutions with respect to cash management and

 

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operating account management or are arising under Section 4208 or 4210 of the UCC on items in the course of collection;

 

(l)                                     (i) cash deposits and liens on cash and Cash Equivalents pledged to secure Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.2(f), (ii) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit permitted by Section 7.2(f) that encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit, and (iii) Liens securing Swap Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) permitted by Section 7.2(h);

 

(m)                             Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is acquired by, merged into or consolidated with a Group Member or becomes a Subsidiary of a Group Member or acquired by a Group Member; provided that (i) such Liens were not created in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or Investment, (ii) such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those of such Person, and (iii) the applicable Indebtedness or obligation secured by such Lien is not prohibited under Section 7.2;

 

(n)                                 the replacement, extension or renewal of any Lien permitted by clause (m) above upon or in the same property theretofore subject thereto or the replacement, extension or renewal (without increase in the amount or change in any direct or contingent obligor) of the Indebtedness or obligation secured thereby;

 

(o)                                 Liens of sellers of goods to the Borrowers and any of their Subsidiaries arising under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code or similar provisions of applicable law in the ordinary course of business, covering only the goods sold and securing only the unpaid purchase price for such goods and related expenses;

 

(p)                                 Liens in favor of VeriSign or another ICANN accredited registry on cash deposits made pursuant to accreditation agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business not in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; and

 

(q)                                 subject to the Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement, Liens in favor of the Term Loan Agent and/or Term Loan Lenders securing the Term Loan; and

 

(r)                                    other Liens in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any one time outstanding.

 

7.4                               Fundamental Changes.  Enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its property or business, except that:

 

(a)                                 any Subsidiary of a Borrower may be merged or consolidated with or into a Borrower (provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) or with or into any Wholly Owned Guarantor (provided that such Wholly Owned Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation), provided, in either case, that no U.S. Borrower and no Domestic Subsidiary shall merge or consolidate with or into any Non-U.S. Borrower;

 

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(b)                                 any Subsidiary of a Borrower may Dispose of any or all of its assets (i) to the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Guarantor (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) or (ii) pursuant to a Disposition permitted by Section 7.5;

 

(c)                                  any Subsidiary of a Borrower which is not a Guarantor may be merged or consolidated with or into or may Dispose of any or all of its assets to any other Subsidiary of a Borrower; and

 

(d)                                 any Permitted gTLD Investments may be consummated; provided that in connection with any merger or consolidation occurring in connection with such Permitted gTLD Investment (i) the continuing or surviving corporation of a merger or consolidation with a Borrower or a Wholly Owned Guarantor shall be a Borrower or a Wholly Owned Guarantor and (ii) no U.S. Borrower and no Domestic Subsidiary shall merge or consolidate with or into any Non-U.S. Borrower or entity;

 

provided, that in no event will any U.S. Borrower, as a result of any merger, consolidation or amalgamation otherwise permitted hereunder, change its jurisdiction of organization to a jurisdiction outside of the United States.

 

7.5                               Disposition of Property.  Dispose of any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except the following (each, a “Permitted Disposition”):

 

(a)                                 (i) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) Dispositions of property by a Group Member (or a related series of Dispositions) that in each case yield gross proceeds to any Group Member (valued at the initial principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) not in excess of $500,000;

 

(b)                                 Dispositions of Inventory or domain names or any property incidental to the ownership of Inventory or domain names, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

 

(c)                                  Dispositions permitted by clause (i) of Section 7.4(b) or Section 7.4(c);

 

(d)                                 (i) the sale of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary, which is not a Guarantor and the Capital Stock of which is not pledged to Lender, to any other Subsidiary of the Borrowers, and (ii) the sale of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary, which is not a Guarantor, but which Capital Stock is pledged to Lender, to any other Wholly Owned Subsidiary so long as such Capital Stock remains pledged to Lender and such Wholly Owned subsidiaries are both Foreign Subsidiaries or Domestic Subsidiaries, as the case may be;

 

(e)                                  the sale of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of a Borrower to another Borrower or to any Wholly Owned Guarantor, provided, that the Capital Stock of any U.S. Borrower or Domestic Subsidiary shall not be transferred to any Non-U.S. Borrower;

 

(f)                                   Dispositions of other property having a fair market value not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate, provided that at the time of any such Disposition, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such Disposition;

 

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(g)                                  the use or transfer of money or Cash Equivalents in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;

 

(h)                                 the licensing of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other Intellectual Property rights, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

 

(i)                                     Dispositions of property subject to a Casualty Event or Involuntary Disposition;

 

(j)                                    leases or subleases of real property;

 

(k)                                 any abandonment, cancellation, non-renewal or discontinuance of use or maintenance of Intellectual Property (or rights relating thereto) of the Borrowers or any of its Subsidiaries that the Borrowers determine in good faith is desirable in the conduct of the business and not materially disadvantageous to the interests of Lender or the value of the Collateral;

 

(l)                                     Dispositions of applications for, or operator rights to, new gTLD registries prior to the first date that domain names are registered to such registries; and

 

(m)                             Dispositions constituting Sale Leaseback Transactions in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted by Section 7.3(g);

 

provided, however, that any Disposition made pursuant to clauses (b), (c), (f), (h), (j), and (l) of this Section 7.5 shall be made for fair value.

 

7.6                               Restricted Payments.  Make any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness (other than (i) regularly scheduled interest payments, (ii) customary offers to repurchase upon a Change of Control, asset sale or Casualty Event, (iii) customary acceleration rights after an event of default, (iv) refinancing, refunding, renewals, modifications or exchanges to the extent permitted hereunder, (v) payment of regularly scheduled payments of principal of the Term Loan and (vi) solely to the extent permitted by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion, Term Loan Mandatory Prepayments, with each of the foregoing items (i) through (vi) as they relate to the Term Loan being subject to the terms of the Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement,), declare or pay any dividend (other than dividends payable solely in Capital Stock of the Person making such dividend) on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any Capital Stock of the Borrowers, 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 any Group Member (collectively, “Restricted Payments”), except that, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of any action described below or would result therefrom:

 

(a)                                 the Borrowers may redeem, repurchase, or otherwise acquire Capital Stock from employees, consultants, officers and directors in connection with employee

 

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agreements and plans in the amount of $1,000,000 in the aggregate each fiscal year of the Borrower Parent;

 

(b)                                 any Subsidiary of a Borrower may make Restricted Payments to its parent that is a Borrower; and

 

(c)                                  the Borrower Parent or any of its Subsidiaries may (i) pay cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof, (ii) effect non-cash conversions of convertible securities and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and (iii) make Restricted Payments in connection with the retention of Equity Interests in payment of withholding taxes in connection with equity-based compensation plans to the extent that net share settlement arrangements are deemed to be repurchases.

 

7.7                               Investments.  Make any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guarantee or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or make any other investment in, any Person (all of the foregoing, “Investments”), except:

 

(a)                                 Investments existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.7;

 

(b)                                 extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;

 

(c)                                  Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

 

(d)                                 Guarantee Obligations permitted by Section 7.2;

 

(e)                                  intercompany Investments by any Group Member in the Borrowers or any Person (including any newly created Subsidiary) that, (i) prior to such Investment is a Guarantor, (ii) after giving effect to such Investment is an Immaterial Subsidiary, or (iii) upon receiving such Investment becomes a Guarantor, to the extent required, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.9(c); provided, that a U.S. Borrower or Domestic Subsidiary of a U.S. Borrower shall not make Investments in any Foreign Subsidiary or Non-U.S. Borrower in excess of (x) $5,000,000 in the aggregate (for all U.S. Borrowers and their respective Domestic Subsidiaries combined) plus (y) the amount of New Proceeds received in such fiscal year (or portion thereof);

 

(f)                                   Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection or deposit;

 

(g)                                  Investments received in settlement of amounts due to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary effected in the ordinary course of business or owing to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary as a result of Insolvency Proceedings involving an Account Debtor or upon the foreclosure or enforcement of any Lien in favor of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary;

 

(h)                                 Investments representing non-cash consideration received in connection with any Dispositions permitted hereunder not in excess of $5,000,000 at any time outstanding;

 

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(i)                                     Investments by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries in domain names, domain name portfolios and top-level domain names (a “Permitted gTLD Investment”), which may be in the form of an acquisition of assets or of a Person, substantially all of the assets of which are domain names, domain name portfolios and top-level domain names; provided that the amount of Permitted gTLD Investments made on or after January 1, 2014 (including, but not limited to, any application fees in connection therewith but net of all refunds and receipts from Dispositions permitted under Section 7.5(l)) shall not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate (until such date as Borrower Parent has received $25,000,000 in New Proceeds, and then up to $70,000,000 in the aggregate, which may be increased by up to 50% of the aggregate New Proceeds received by Borrower Parent), and Borrowers shall satisfy the following conditions prior to making any such Investments:

 

(i)                                     the Borrowers have Liquidity of at least $20,000,000 both immediately before and after giving effect, on a Pro Forma Basis, to such Investment, and if Investment pursuant to this subsection (l) exceed $70,000,000, then Borrowers shall have Liquidity of at least $30,000,000;

 

(ii)                                  immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such Investment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

(iii)                               immediately after giving effect to such purchase or other acquisition, the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Section 7.1;

 

(j)                                    cash Investments not to exceed $2,500,000 in Namecheap, Inc., a Delaware corporation; and

 

other Investments not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; provided that, in each case, the amount of any such Investment shall be calculated as of the time of such Investment.

 

7.8                               Reserved.

 

7.9                               Transactions with Affiliates.  Enter into any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate (other than a Borrower or any Guarantor) unless such transaction is (a) (i) otherwise not prohibited under this Agreement, (ii) in the ordinary course of business of the relevant Person, and (iii) upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the relevant Person than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, (b) a contract entered into with DMD or its Affiliates in connection with the Spin-Out Transaction, including without limitation, the Separation and Distribution Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement and the Intellectual Property and License Agreement, in each case, as described in Borrower Parent’s Form 10 as filed with the SEC (as amended) or (c) approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Borrower’s board of directors.

 

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7.10                        Sale Leaseback Transactions.  Enter into any Sale Leaseback Transaction, except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof.

 

7.11                        Swap Agreements.  Enter into any Swap Agreement, except Specified Swap Agreements which are entered into by a Group Member to (a) hedge or mitigate risks to which such Group Member has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Capital Stock), or (b) effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of such Group Member.

 

7.12                        Accounting Changes.  Make any change in its (a) accounting policies or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP, or (b) fiscal year.

 

7.13                        Negative Pledge Clauses.  Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its Obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, other than (a) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby), (c) customary restrictions on the assignment of leases, licenses and other agreements, (d) any agreement in effect at the time any Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of a Loan Party, so long as (i) any such prohibition contained in any such agreement applies solely with respect to the creation, incurrence, assumption or sufferance by such Subsidiary of a Lien upon Excluded Assets, and (ii) such agreement was not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary or, in any such case, that is set forth in any agreement evidencing any amendments, restatements, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals and replacements of the foregoing, so long as such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification, extension, renewal or replacement applies only to such Subsidiary and does not otherwise expand in any material respect the scope of any restriction or condition contained therein, and (e) any restriction pursuant to any document, agreement or instrument governing or relating to any Lien permitted under Sections 7.3(c), (m), (n) and (p) or any agreement or option to Dispose any asset of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, the Disposition of which is permitted by any other provision of this Agreement (in each case, provided that any such restriction relates only to the assets or property subject to such Lien or being Disposed).

 

7.14                        Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions.  Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary of the Borrowers to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, any other Group Member, (b) make loans or advances to, or other Investments in, any other Group Member, or (c) transfer any of its assets to any other Group Member, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents, (ii) any restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with a Disposition permitted hereby of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary, (iii) customary restrictions on the assignment of leases, licenses and other agreements, or (iv) restrictions of the nature referred to in clause (c) above under

 

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agreements governing purchase money liens or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby which restrictions are only effective against the assets financed thereby (v) any agreement in effect at the time any Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of a Borrower, so long as such agreement applies only to such Subsidiary, was not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary or in each case that is set forth in any agreement evidencing any amendments, restatements, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals and replacements of the foregoing, so long as such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification, extension, renewal or replacement is not as a whole materially less favorable, (vi) restrictions under any Subordinated Debt Document or Term Loan Document, (vii) restrictions which are intended to implement or insure compliance with any Requirement of Law or (viii) any restriction pursuant to any document, agreement or instrument governing or relating to any Lien permitted under Section 7.3(c), (m), (n) and (p) (provided that any such restriction relates only to the assets or property subject to such Lien or being Disposed).

 

7.15                        Lines of Business.  Enter into any business, either directly or through any Subsidiary, which is substantially different from those businesses in which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Agreement or that are reasonably related, ancillary or incidental thereto.

 

7.16                        Designation of other IndebtednessDesignate any Indebtedness or indebtedness other than the Obligations as “Designated Senior Indebtedness” or a similar concept thereto, if applicable.

 

7.17                        Amendments to Operating Documents.  Amend or permit any amendments to any Loan Party’s Operating Documents if such amendment would be adverse to Lender in any material respect.

 

7.18                        Use of Proceeds.  Use the proceeds of any extension of credit hereunder, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to (a) purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose, in each case in violation of, or for a purpose which violates, or would be inconsistent with, Regulation T, U or X of the Board, or (b) finance an Unfriendly Acquisition.

 

7.19                        Subordinated Debt.

 

(a)                                 Amendments.  Amend, modify, supplement, waive compliance with, or consent to noncompliance with, any Subordinated Debt Document, unless the amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent (i) does not adversely affect the Borrowers’ ability to pay and perform each of its Obligations at the time and in the manner set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents and is not otherwise adverse to Lender, and (ii) is in compliance with the subordination provisions therein and any Subordination Agreement with respect thereto in favor of Lender including the Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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payment with respect to, any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness, except as permitted by (i) Section 7.6 and (ii) the subordination provisions in the applicable Subordinated Debt Documents and any Subordination Agreement with respect thereto in favor of Lender including the Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement.

 

SECTION 8
EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

8.1                               Events of Default.  The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

 

(a)                                 (i) the Borrowers shall fail to pay any amount of principal of any Loan when due in accordance with the terms hereof; or (ii) the Borrowers shall fail to pay any amount of interest on any Loan, or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, within three Business Days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof; or

 

(b)                                 any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished by it at any time under or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan Document (i) if qualified by materiality, shall be incorrect or misleading when made or deemed made, or (ii) if not qualified by materiality, shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or

 

(c)                                  (i)  any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 6.4(a), Section 6.7(a), Section 6.9 or Section 7 of this Agreement or (ii) an “Event of Default” under and as defined in any Mortgage shall have occurred and be continuing; or

 

(d)                                 any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided in clauses (a) through (c) of this Section), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days thereafter; or

 

(e)                                  (i) any Group Member shall (A) default in making any payment of any principal of any Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligation, but excluding the Loans) on the scheduled or original due date with respect thereto; or (B) default in making any payment of any interest on any such Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created; or (C) unless otherwise cured or waived, default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness 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 (x) cause, or to permit the holder or beneficiary of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or (in the case of any such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee Obligation) to become payable or (y) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, any Group Member to purchase or redeem or

 

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make an offer to purchase or redeem such Indebtedness prior to its stated maturity; provided that a default, event or condition described in clause (A), (B) or (C) of this paragraph (e) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) of this paragraph (e) shall have occurred with respect to Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount (and, in the case of Swap Agreements, other than Specified Swap Agreements, the Swap Termination Value) of which, individually or in the aggregate of all such Indebtedness, exceeds in the aggregate $2,500,000; or (ii) any default or event of default (however designated) shall occur with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness of any Loan Party, including, without limitation, the Term Loan.

 

(f)                                   (i)  any Group Member shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (a) under any Debtor Relief Law 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, examination, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (b) seeking appointment of a receiver, examiner, trustee, custodian, conservator, judicial manager or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or any Group Member shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above that (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 (provided that, during such 60 day period (or in the case of DMIH and/or Domains, 10 days), no Loans shall be advanced or Letters of Credit issued hereunder); or (iii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member 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 that results in the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof (provided that, during such 60 day period (or in the case of DMIH and/or Domains, 10 days), no Loans shall be advanced or Letters of Credit issued hereunder); or (iv) any Group Member 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 (v) any Group Member shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or

 

(g)                                  There shall occur one or more ERISA Events which individually or in the aggregate results in a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(h)                                 There is entered against any Group Member (i) one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money or fines or penalties issued by any Governmental Authority involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or to the extent not covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has acknowledged coverage) of $2,500,000 or more, or (ii) one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 45 days from the entry thereof; or

 

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full force and effect (other than pursuant to the terms thereof), or any Loan Party shall so assert, or any Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall cease to be enforceable and of the same effect and priority purported to be created thereby; or

 

(B)                               (1) any Person shall seek to serve process to attach, by trustee or similar process, any funds of a Loan Party or of any other entity under the control of a Loan Party (including a Subsidiary) in excess of $100,000 on deposit with Lender or any of its respective Affiliates or subject to a Control Agreement in favor of Lender, or (2) a notice of lien, levy, or assessment shall be filed against any of a Loan Party’s assets by a Governmental Authority, and any of the same under clauses (1) or (2) hereof shall not, within ten days after the occurrence thereof, be discharged or stayed (whether through the posting of a bond or otherwise); provided, however, that no Loans or other extensions of credit shall be made hereunder during any such ten day cure period; or

 

(C)                                                                               (1) any material portion of a Loan Party’s assets is attached, seized, levied on, or comes into possession of a trustee or receiver, or (2) any court order enjoins, restrains or prevents a Loan Party from conducting any part of its business; or

 

(j)                                    (i) the guarantee contained in Section 2 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or (ii) the guarantee contained in the Guarantee (Non-U.S. Entities) shall, in either case, cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Loan Party shall so assert; or

 

(k)                                 a Change of Control shall occur.

 

8.2                               Remedies Upon Event of Default.  If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, Lender may take any or all of the following actions:

 

(a)                                 if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) of Section 8.1 with respect to the Borrowers, the Commitments shall immediately terminate automatically and the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall automatically immediately become due and payable, and

 

(b)                                 if such event is any other Event of Default, any of the following actions may be taken:  (i)  Lender may, by notice to the Borrowers declare the Revolving Commitments, and the L/C Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Revolving Commitments, and the L/C Commitments shall immediately terminate; (ii)  Lender may, by notice to the Borrowers, declare the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable; and (iii) exercise on behalf of itself, Lender all rights and remedies available to it, Lender under the Loan Documents.  With respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrowers shall Cash Collateralize an amount equal to 105% of the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit.  Amounts so Cash Collateralized shall be applied by Lender to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other Obligations of the

 

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Borrowers hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in accordance with Section 8.3.  After all such Letters of Credit shall have been terminated, expired or fully drawn upon, as applicable, and all amounts drawn under any such Letters of Credit shall have been reimbursed in full and all other Obligations of the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, of the funds having been so Cash Collateralized shall be returned to the Borrowers (or such other Person as may be lawfully entitled thereto).  Except as expressly provided above in this Section, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers.

 

8.3                               Application of Funds.  After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.2, any amounts received by Lender on account of the Obligations shall be applied by Lender in the following order:

 

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to Lender (including any Issuing Lender Fees and the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to Lender and amounts payable under Sections 2.17, 2.18 and 2.19), and any Qualified Counterparties, in each case, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause First payable to them;

 

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans and L/C Disbursements which have not yet been converted into Revolving Loans, and to payment of premiums and other fees (including any interest thereon) under any Specified Swap Agreements, to Lender, and any Qualified Counterparties, in each case, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

 

Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, L/C Disbursements which have not yet been converted into Revolving Loans, and settlement amounts, payment amounts and other termination payment obligations under any Specified Swap Agreements, in each case, to Lender, and any applicable Qualified Counterparties, in each case, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third held by them;

 

Fourth, to Lender to Cash Collateralize that portion of the L/C Exposure comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 3.10;

 

Fifth, to the payment of all other Obligations of the Loan Parties that are then due and payable to Lender and the other Secured Parties on such date, in each case, ratably among them in proportion to the respective aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to Lender and the other Secured Parties on such date;

 

Sixth, for the account of any applicable Qualified Counterparty, to Cash Collateralize Obligations arising under any then outstanding Specified Swap Agreements, in each case, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Sixth payable to them; and

 

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Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full (excluding, for this purpose, any Obligations which have been Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof), to the Borrowers or as otherwise required by Law.

 

Subject to Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.10, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fourth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur.  If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral for Letters of Credit after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.

 

SECTION 9
RESERVED

 

SECTION 10
MISCELLANEOUS

 

10.1                        Amendments and WaiversNeither this Agreement, nor any other Loan Document (other than any L/C Related Document), nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1.  Lender and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, from time to time, (i) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of Lender or of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or (ii) waive, on such terms and conditions as Lender may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences.

 

10.2                        Notices.

 

(a)                                 All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by facsimile or electronic mail), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of facsimile or electronic mail notice, when received, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrowers and Lender, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto:

 

Borrower:                                                                                                                                          Rightside Group, Ltd.
5808 Lake Washington Blvd. NE, Suite 300
Kirkland, WA 98033

Attention:  Tracy Knox, Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile No.: 
Telephone No.: (425) 298-2336
E-Mail: tracy.knox@rightside.co
Website: www.rightside.co

 

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Lender:                                                                                                                                                      Silicon Valley Bank
15260 Ventura Blvd., Suite 1800
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Attention:  Vicky Regan
Facsimile No.:  (818) 783-7984

Telephone No.: (818) 382-2617
E-Mail:  vregan@svb.com

 

with a copy (not constituting                                      Sidley Austin LLP

notice) to :                                                                                                                                      1001 Page Mill Road, Bldg. 1
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Attention:  Pamela J. Martinson
Phone:  (650) 565-7044
Facsimile:  (650) 565-7100

E-Mail:  pmartinson@sidley.com

 

provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon Lender shall not be effective until received.

 

(b)                                 Notices and other communications to Lender hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications (including email and Internet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by Lender; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to Lender pursuant to Section 2 unless otherwise agreed by Lender.  Lender or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.  Unless Lender otherwise prescribes, (a) notices and other communications sent to an email address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return email or other written acknowledgment); and (b) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its email address as described in the foregoing clause (a) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (a) and (b), if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.

 

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

 

10.3                        No Waiver; Cumulative RemediesNo failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents 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.

 

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10.4                        Survival of Representations and WarrantiesAll representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder.

 

10.5                        Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

 

(a)                                 Costs and Expenses.  The Borrowers shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Lender and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for Lender), in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder, and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for Lender, and all fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of Lender), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued or participated in hereunder, including all such documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit; provided, that in no event shall any Non-U.S. Borrower be responsible for the payment to or reimbursement of Lender or its Affiliates solely in connection with the obligations of the U.S. Borrowers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

(b)                                 Indemnification by the Borrowers.  The Borrowers shall indemnify Lender (and any sub-agent thereof), and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrowers or any other Loan Party) other than such Indemnitee and its Related Parties arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by Lender to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Materials of Environmental Concern on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrowers or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrowers or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities

 

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or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrowers or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction; and provided, further that each Non-U.S. Borrower indemnifies each Indemnitee in connection with items (i) through (iv) solely with respect to the Non-U.S. Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries.  This Section 10.5(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.

 

(c)                                  Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Borrower, for itself and each other Loan Party, agrees not to assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, exemplary, 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 Loan 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.  No Indemnitee referred to in paragraph (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

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

 

(e)                                  Non-U.S. Borrowers.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Non-U.S. Borrowers shall (i) be responsible for the payments described in clause (a) above solely with respect to the Non-U.S. Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries, (ii) not be responsible for the payments described in clause (a) above with respect to any U.S. Borrowers, (iii) indemnify each Indemnitee as described in clause (b) above solely with respect to the Non-U.S. Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries and (iv) not indemnify any Indemnitee as described in clause (b) above in respect of claims relating to any U.S. Borrower.

 

10.6                        Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.

 

(a)                                 Successors and Assigns Generally.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrowers may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Lender, and Lender may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (c) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (d) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,

 

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Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of Lender) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Assignments by Lender.  Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that (in each case with respect to any Facility) any such assignment shall be subject to the following condition:

 

(i)             the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment, or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrowers shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to Lender within seven Business Days after having received notice thereof.

 

(c)                                  Participations.  Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrowers, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person or any Loan Party or any of any Loan Party’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Borrowers shall continue to deal solely and directly with Lender in connection with Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.

 

Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver which affects such Participant and for which the consent of Lender is required (as described in Section 10.1).  The Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.17, 2.18 and 2.19 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.18(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.18(f) shall be delivered to such participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.17 or 2.18, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a change in any Requirement of Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.7 as though it were a Lender.  Lender shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that Lender shall not have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the

 

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identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and 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.

 

(d)                                 Certain Pledges.  Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for Lender as a party hereto.

 

10.7                        Set-offUpon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrowers or any other Loan Party, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrowers and each Loan Party, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, at any time held or owing, and any other credits, indebtedness, claims or obligations, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by Lender, its Affiliates or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Borrowers or any other Loan Party, as the case may be, against any and all of the obligations of the Borrowers or such other Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to Lender or its Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not Lender or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrowers or such other Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of Lender different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein, Lender shall only setoff amounts owing under the Non-U.S. Revolving Loans with amounts from deposits of Non-U.S. Borrowers.

 

10.8                        Payments Set AsideTo the extent that any payment or transfer by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to Lender, or Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or transfer or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise, then to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred.

 

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law (the “Maximum Rate”).  If Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrowers.  In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

 

10.10                 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.  Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or electronic mail transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.  A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrowers and Lender.

 

(b)                                 The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

10.11                 SeverabilityAny provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

10.12                 IntegrationThis Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties, Lender with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.

 

10.13                 GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.  This Section 10.13 shall survive the Discharge of Obligations.

 

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10.14                 Submission to Jurisdiction; WaiversEach Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(a)                                 submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State and Federal courts in the Northern District of the State of California; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to operate to preclude Lender from bringing suit or taking other legal action in any other jurisdiction to realize on the Collateral or any other security for the Obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court order in favor of Administrative Agent or Lender.  Each Borrower expressly submits and consents in advance to such jurisdiction in any action or suit commenced in any such court, and hereby waives any objection that it may have based upon lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue, or forum non-conveniens and hereby consents to the granting of such legal or equitable relief as is deemed appropriate by such court.  Each Borrower hereby waives personal service of the summons, complaints, and other process issued in such action or suit and agrees that service (i) of such summons, complaints, and other process may be made by registered or certified mail addressed to such Borrower at the addresses set forth in Section 10.2 of this Agreement and (ii) so made shall be deemed completed upon the earlier to occur of such Borrower’s actual receipt thereof or three (3) days after deposit in the U.S. mails, proper postage prepaid; provided, however, in the case of each of DMIH and Domains, each hereby irrevocably appoints Borrower Parent as its agent to accept service of all process in the State of California on its behalf in relation to this Agreement and any such notices may be sent to Borrower Parent to the address set forth in Section 10.2 of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ITS RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY AND ALL OTHER CLAIMS.  THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.  EACH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS COUNSEL; and

 

(c)                                  AGREES, WITHOUT INTENDING IN ANY WAY TO LIMIT ITS AGREEMENT TO WAIVE ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, that if the above waiver of the right to a trial by jury is not enforceable, any and all disputes or controversies of any nature arising under the Loan Documents at any time shall be decided by a reference to a private judge, mutually selected by the Borrowers, Lender (or, if they cannot agree, by the Presiding Judge in the Northern District of the State of California) appointed in accordance with California Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 (or pursuant to comparable provisions of federal law if the dispute falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts), sitting without a jury, in the Northern District of the State of California; and the Borrowers hereby submit to the jurisdiction of such court.  The reference proceedings shall be conducted pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of California Code of Civil Procedure §§ 638 through 645.1, inclusive.  The private judge shall have the power, among others, to grant provisional relief, including without limitation, entering temporary restraining orders, issuing preliminary and permanent injunctions and appointing receivers.  All such proceedings shall be closed to the public and confidential and all records relating thereto shall be permanently sealed.  If during the course of any dispute, a party desires to seek provisional relief, but a judge has not been appointed at that point pursuant to the judicial reference procedures, then such party may apply to the Northern District of the

 

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State of California for such relief.  The proceeding before the private judge shall be conducted in the same manner as it would be before a court under the rules of evidence applicable to judicial proceedings.  The Borrowers shall be entitled to discovery which shall be conducted in the same manner as it would be before a court under the rules of discovery applicable to judicial proceedings.  The private judge shall oversee discovery and may enforce all discovery rules and orders applicable to judicial proceedings in the same manner as a trial court judge.  The Borrowers agree that the selected or appointed private judge shall have the power to decide all issues in the action or proceeding, whether of fact of law, and shall report a statement of decision thereon pursuant to the California Code of Civil Procedure § 644(a).  Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the right of Lender at any time to exercise self-help remedies, foreclose against collateral, or obtain provisional remedies.  The private judge shall also determine all issues relating to the applicability, interpretation and enforceability of this paragraph.

 

10.15                 Acknowledgements.  Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that:

 

(a)                                 it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

 

(b)                                 Lender does not have any fiduciary relationship with or duty to the Borrowers arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between Lender, on one hand, and the Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

 

(c)                                  no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Borrowers and Lender.

 

10.16                 Release of CollateralAt such time as the Loans and the other Obligations under the Loan Documents (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit or Specified Swap Agreements shall be outstanding (other than Letters of Credit and Specified Swap Agreements the Obligations in respect of which have been Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to 105% thereof in accordance with the terms hereof or as to which other arrangements satisfactory to Lender or any applicable Qualified Counterparty, as applicable, shall have been made), the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created by the Security Documents, and the Security Documents and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of Lender and each Loan Party under the Security Documents shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person. At the sole expense of the Loan Parties following such termination, Lender shall deliver such documents as the Loan Parties shall reasonably request to evidence such termination and shall otherwise authorize the filing of such documents as the Loan Parties shall reasonably request to terminate its liens.

 

10.17                 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.  Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent required or requested by

 

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any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners); (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law or if requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding; (d) to any other party hereto; (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder; (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder; (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrowers or Subsidiaries or the Facilities or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Facilities; (h) with the consent of the Borrowers; (i) to Gold Sheets and other similar bank trade publications, such information to consist of deal terms and other information customarily found in such publications; or (j) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section, or (y) becomes available to Lender or any of its Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrowers.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any party to this Agreement (and any employee, representative, or other agent of any party to this Agreement) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to it relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.  However, any such information relating to the tax treatment or tax structure is required to be kept confidential to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable federal or state securities laws.

 

For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries relating to the Borrowers or any Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrowers or any Subsidiaries or that becomes available to Lender on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Borrowers.  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.

 

10.18                 Automatic Debits.  With respect to any principal, interest, fee, or any other cost or expense (including attorney costs of Lender payable by the Borrowers hereunder) due and payable to Lender under the Loan Documents, the Borrowers hereby irrevocably authorize Lender to debit any deposit account of the Borrowers maintained with Lender in an amount such that the aggregate amount debited from all such deposit accounts does not exceed such principal, interest, fee or other cost or expense.  If there are insufficient funds in such

 

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deposit accounts to cover the amount then due, such debits will be reversed (in whole or in part, in Lender’s sole discretion) and such amount not debited shall be deemed to be unpaid.  No such debit under this Section 10.18 shall be deemed a set-off.

 

10.19      Judgment Currency.  If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures Lender could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.  The obligation of the Borrower and each other Loan Party in respect of any such sum due from it to Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by Lender of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, Lender may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency.  If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to Lender from the Borrowers or any other Loan Party in the Agreement Currency, the Borrowers and each other Loan Party agree, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify Lender against such loss.  If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to Lender in such currency, Lender agrees to return the amount of any excess to the Borrowers or other Loan Party, as applicable (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).

 

10.20      Patriot Act; OFAC.

 

(a)           Lender hereby notifies the Borrowers that, pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrowers, which information includes the names and addresses and other information that will allow Lender to identify the Borrowers in accordance with the Patriot Act.  Each Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, provide, to the extent commercially reasonable or required by any Requirement of Law, such information and take such actions as are reasonably requested by Lender to assist Lender in maintaining compliance with the Patriot Act.

 

(b)           Each Loan Party and each of its Affiliates is in compliance with the Patriot Act and other federal or state laws relating to “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations.

 

(c)           No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative thereof, is an individual or entity that is, or is owned or controlled by any individual or entity that is (i) currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, except as set forth on Schedule 10.20(c) with respect to matters that could not reasonably be expected to result in (A) a Material Adverse Effect or (B) an adverse effect on Lender, or (ii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction.  No Borrower shall directly or indirectly use any credit extension or the proceeds of any credit extension, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such credit extension or the proceeds of any credit extension to any Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person (other than eNom on the basis of the

 

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activities disclosed on Schedule 10.20(c) except and to the extent that such activities could not reasonably be expected to result in (x) a Material Adverse Effect or (y) an adverse effect on Lender), or in any Designated Jurisdiction, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as a lender or otherwise) of Sanctions.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

U.S. BORROWERS:

 

 

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.,

 

a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Taryn Naidu

 

Name:

Taryn Naidu

 

Title:

CEO and President

 

 

 

RIGHTSIDE OPERATING CO.,

 

a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Taryn Naidu

 

Name:

Taryn Naidu

 

Title:

CEO and President

 

 

 

 

 

ENOM, INCORPORATED,

 

a Nevada corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Taryn Naidu

 

Name:

Taryn Naidu

 

Title:

CEO and President

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

NON-U.S. BORROWERS:

 

 

 

UNITED TLD HOLDCO LTD.,

 

an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Taryn Naidu

 

Name:

Taryn Naidu

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

DMIH LIMITED,

 

a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard Danis

 

Name:

Richard Danis

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

RIGHTSIDE DOMAINS EUROPE LIMITED,

 

a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard Danis

 

Name:

Richard Danis

 

Title:

Director

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

LENDER:

 

 

 

SILICON VALLEY BANK

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ted Bell

 

Name:

Ted Bell

 

Title:

Vice President

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

 



 

EXHIBITS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

 

(U.S. ENTITIES)

 

(Attached)

 



 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.

 

Date:                                 , 20

 

This Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(ii) of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014, by and among Rightside Group, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower Parent”), Rightside Operating Co., a Delaware corporation (“Opco”), eNom, Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (“eNom” and with Borrower Parent and Opco, the “U.S. Borrowers”), DMIH Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“DMIH”), United TLD Holdco Ltd., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“United”), Rightside Domains Europe Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“Domains” and with DMIH and United, the “Non-U.S. Borrowers”) (the U.S. Borrowers and the Non-U.S. Borrowers are collectively referred to as “Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”), and Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”), as Lender (in such capacity, “Lender”) (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).  Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

1.             I am the duly elected (or appointed), qualified and acting [Insert title of applicable Responsible Officer] of Borrower Parent.

 

2.             I have reviewed and am familiar with the contents of this Compliance Certificate.

 

3.             I have reviewed the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and have made, or caused to be made under my supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of Borrower Parent and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the financial statements attached hereto as Attachment 1 (the “Financial Statements”).  Such review did not disclose, and I have no knowledge of the existence as of the date of this Compliance Certificate, of any condition or event which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default[, except as specified below].

 

 

 

4.             Attached hereto as Attachment 2 are the computations showing compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement and the U.S. Revolving Loan Sublimit for the referenced period.

 

5.             The amount of Permitted gTLD Investments made during the most recent fiscal quarter is $                      , and the aggregate of all Permitted gTLD Investments made since the Closing Date is $                            .

 

Exhibit B-1



 

6.             [To the extent not previously disclosed to Lender, a description of any change in the jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party is attached hereto as Attachment [3].]

 

7.             [To the extent not previously disclosed to Lender, a list of any registered Intellectual Property issued to or acquired by any Loan Party since [the Closing Date][the date of the most recent report delivered] is attached hereto as Attachment [4].]

 

8.             [To the extent not previously disclosed to Lender, a list of Subsidiaries created or acquired, since [the Closing Date][the date of the most recent report delivered] is attached hereto as Attachment [5].]

 

[Remainder of page intentionally left blank; signature page follows]

 

Exhibit B-2



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Compliance Certificate as of the date first written above.

 

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

Exhibit B-3



 

Attachment 1
to Compliance Certificate

 

[Attach Financial Statements]

 

Exhibit B-4



 

Attachment 2
to Compliance Certificate

 

The information described herein is as of [                        ], [        ] (the “Statement Date”), and pertains to the Subject Period defined below, as applicable.(1)

 

I.         Section 7.1(a) — Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

 

A.            Consolidated EBITDA for the Subject Period:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(“Subject Period” means the four fiscal quarter period ending on the Statement Date)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

 

Consolidated Net Income:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

2.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense: (2):

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

3.

 

Provision for income taxes:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

4.

 

Depreciation expenses:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

5.

 

Amortization expenses:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

6.

 

Any non-cash impairment or loss of goodwill or other intangibles required to be taken pursuant to GAAP:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

7.

 

Losses related to the voluntary withdrawal or other loss of an application for gTLD rights:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

8.

 

Any losses during such period related to foreign currency exchanges, conversions and/or contracts:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

9.

 

One-time, non-recurring charges, costs and expenses not in excess of $3,500,000 incurred during the Subject Period in connection with the Spin-Out Transaction, the closing of the Facility, the closing of the Term Loan and other acquisition or disposition transactions:

 

$

 


(1)                                 NTD: Financial Definitions and tests to be conformed to final definitions and tests in the Credit Agreement.

(2)                                 For Lines I.A.2 through I.A.15, include only to the extent deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income in Line I.A.1.

 

Exhibit B-5



 

10.

 

Start-up costs and expenses incurred in connection with Borrowers’ initiative regarding Permitted gTLD Investments not in excess of $11,000,000 in the aggregate through September 30, 2014):

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

11.

 

Any expenses associated with the early extinguishment of Indebtedness

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

12.

 

Any extraordinary loss in accordance with GAAP

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

13.

 

Any other non-cash charges or expenses for such period that do not represent a cash item for such period or any future period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

14.

 

Any increase in deferred revenue:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

15.

 

Any decrease in deferred registration costs:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

16.

 

Any gains related to foreign currency exchanges, conversions and/or contracts: (3)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

17.

 

Gains related to the voluntary withdrawal of an application for gTLD rights:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

18.

 

Any non-recurring or unusual item of gain:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

19.

 

Any decrease in deferred revenue:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

20.

 

Any increase in deferred registration costs:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

21.

 

Consolidated EBITDA (the sum of, without duplication, Lines I.A.1 through I.A.15 minus (I.A.16 through I.A.20))(4):

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

B.            The portion of taxes based on income actually paid in cash (net of any cash refunds received) for the Subject Period:

 

$

 

 

 

C.            Consolidated Fixed Charges for the Subject Period:

 

$

 

 

 

1.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense for the Subject Period:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

2.

 

Consolidated Capital Expenditures for the Subject Period (excluding the principal amount of such Consolidated Capital Expenditures funded with Loans or the proceeds of other Indebtedness):

 

$

 


(3)                                 For Lines I.A.16 through I.A.20, include only to the extent included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income in Line I.A.1.

(4)                                 Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis with respect to any period for which a Permitted Disposition or an acquisition that is a Permitted gTLD Investment has occurred.

 

Exhibit B-6



 

3.

 

Scheduled principal payments on the Term Loan

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

4.

 

Consolidated Fixed Charges for the Subject Period (the sum of Lines I.C.1 through I.C.3 (without duplication))

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

D.            Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Subject Period (ratio of Lines (I.A.21 minus I.B) to (I.C.4)

 

     to 1.00

 

Minimum required:

 

 

 

Consolidated Fixed

 

 

Charge Coverage Ratio:

Through September 30, 2014

 

1.25:1.00

After September 30, 2014

 

1.50:1.00

 

Covenant compliance:

Yes

o

No

o

 

II.       Section 7.1(b) — Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio

 

A.            Consolidated Senior Funded Indebtedness as of the Statement Date:

 

$

B.            Obligations under Letters of Credit:

 

$

C.            Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio (ratio of Lines (II.A plus      to 1.00 II.B) to I.A.21):

 

 

 

Maximum permitted:

 

 

 

Consolidated Senior

 

 

Leverage Ratio

On or before March 31, 2015

 

2.50:1.00

After March 31, 2015

 

2.00:1.00

 

Covenant compliance:

Yes

o

No

o

 

Exhibit B-7



 

III.     Section 7.1(c) — Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio

 

A.            Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of the Statement Date:

 

$

B.            Obligations under Letters of Credit as of the Statement Date:

 

$

C.            Excess Cash

 

$

1.

 

Aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents held at such time by the Borrower Parent and its Subsidiaries

 

$

2.

 

Aggregate amount of the then outstanding Revolving Extensions of Credit

 

$

3.

 

Excess Cash (excess, if any, of the sum of Lines III.C.1 less III.C.2 less $15,000,000)

 

$

D.            Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio (ratio of Lines (III.A plus III.B less III.C) to I.A.21):

 

     to 1.00

 

Maximum permitted:

 

[  ] to 1.00

 

 

 

Consolidated Net

 

 

Leverage Ratio

On or before June 30, 2015

 

3.50:1.00

September 30, 2015 through June 30, 2016

 

3.00:1.00

September 30, 2016 through June 30, 2017

 

2.75:1.00

September 30, 2017 and thereafter

 

2.25:1.00

 

Covenant compliance:

Yes

o

No

o

 

IV.      Section 7.1(d) — Minimum Liquidity

 

A.            Aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents held at such time by the Borrower Parent and its Subsidiaries:

 

$

B.            Available Revolving Commitment:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

1.

 

Total Revolving Commitment in effect at such time:

 

$

2.

 

Aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time

 

$

3.

 

Aggregate amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed or converted into Revolving Loans at such time

 

$

4.

 

Aggregate principal balance of any Revolving Loans outstanding at such time

 

$

 

Exhibit B-8



 

5.

 

Available Revolving Commitment as of such date (the sum of Line IV.B.1 minus Lines IV.B.2 through IV.B.4)

 

$

C.            Liquidity (sum of Line IV.A plus IV.B.5):

 

$

 

 

 

Minimum Required

 

$15,000,000

 

Covenant compliance:

Yes

o

No

o

 

V.       U.S. Revolving Loan Sublimit

 

A.            Consolidated Domestic EBITDA for the Subject Period:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(“Subject Period” means the four fiscal quarter period ending on the Statement Date)

 

 

 

 

 

With respect to the Borrower Parent and its Domestic Subsidiaries only:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

 

Consolidated Net Income:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

2.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense: (5):

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

3.

 

Provision for income taxes:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

4.

 

Depreciation expenses:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

5.

 

Amortization expenses:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

6.

 

Any non-cash impairment or loss of goodwill or other intangibles required to be taken pursuant to GAAP:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

7.

 

Losses related to the voluntary withdrawal or other loss of an application for gTLD rights:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

8.

 

Any losses during such period related to foreign currency exchanges, conversions and/or contracts:

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

9.

 

One-time, non-recurring charges, costs and expenses not in excess of $3,500,000 incurred during the Subject Period in connection with the Spin-Out Transaction, the closing of the Facility, the closing of the Term Loan and other acquisition or disposition

 

$

 


(5)                                 For Lines V.A.2 through V.A.15, include only to the extent deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income in Line V.A.1.

 

Exhibit B-9



 

 

 

transactions:

 

 

10.

 

Start-up costs and expenses incurred in connection with Borrowers’ initiative regarding Permitted gTLD Investments not in excess of $11,000,000 in the aggregate through September 30, 2014):

 

$

11.

 

Any expenses associated with the early extinguishment of Indebtedness

 

$

12.

 

Any extraordinary loss in accordance with GAAP

 

$

13.

 

Any other non-cash charges or expenses for such period that do not represent a cash item for such period or any future period

 

$

14.

 

Any increase in deferred revenue:

 

$

15.

 

Any decrease in deferred registration costs:

 

$

16.

 

Any gains related to foreign currency exchanges, conversions and/or contracts: (6)

 

$

17.

 

Gains related to the voluntary withdrawal of an application for gTLD rights:

 

$

18.

 

Any non-recurring or unusual item of gain:

 

$

19.

 

Any decrease in deferred revenue:

 

$

20.

 

Any increase in deferred registration costs:

 

$

21.

 

Consolidated EBITDA (the sum of, without duplication, Lines V.A.1 through V.A.15 minus (V.A.16 through V.A.20))(7):

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

B.            Total U.S. Revolving Extensions of Credit

 

 

 

 

 

1.

 

Aggregate principal amount of all U.S. Revolving Loans outstanding at such time

 

$

2.

 

Aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit (including Existing Letters of Credit) issued to U.S. Borrowers at such time

 

$

3.

 

Aggregate amount of all L/C Disbursements issued to U.S. Borrowers that have not yet been reimbursed or converted into U.S. Revolving Loans at such time

 

$

 


(6)                                 For Lines V.A.16 through V.A.20, include only to the extent included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income in Line V.A.1.

(7)                                 Consolidated Domestic EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis with respect to any period for which a Permitted Disposition or an acquisition that is a Permitted gTLD Investment has occurred.

 

Exhibit B-10



 

4.

 

Total U.S. Revolving Extensions of Credit as of such date (the sum of Lines V.B.1 through V.B.3)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

C.            U.S. Revolving Loan Sublimit (2.5 times Line V.A.21):

 

$

 

U.S. Overadvance:

Yes

o

No

o

 

Exhibit B-11



 

Attachment [3][4][5]

 

to Compliance Certificate

 

[Attach [description of change in jurisdiction of organization][list of registered Intellectual Property issued to or acquired by a Loan Party][list of Subsidiaries created or acquired]]

 

Exhibit B-12



 

EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF [SECRETARY][MANAGING MEMBER][DIRECTOR]’S CERTIFICATE

 

[NAME OF APPLICABLE LOAN PARTY]

 

This Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(c) of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014, by and among Rightside Group, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower Parent”), Rightside Operating Co., a Delaware corporation (“Opco”), eNom, Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (“eNom” and with Borrower Parent and Opco, the “U.S. Borrowers”), DMIH Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“DMIH”), United TLD Holdco Ltd., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“United”), Rightside Domains Europe Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“Domains” and with DMIH and United, the “Non-U.S. Borrowers”) (the U.S. Borrowers and the Non-U.S. Borrowers are collectively referred to as “Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”), and Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”), as Lender (in such capacity, “Lender”) (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).  Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.  The undersigned [Secretary][Managing Member][Director] of [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][, a [              ] [company][corporation][limited liability company][partnership], the “Certifying Loan Party”)] hereby certifies as follows, solely in his capacity as [Secretary][Managing Member][Director] of [the Borrower][ the Certifying Loan Party] and not in any individual capacity, that as of the date hereof:

 

1.             I am the duly elected (or appointed) [and qualified ][Secretary] [Managing Member][Director] of [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party].

 

2.             Attached hereto as Annex 1 is a true and complete copy of the resolutions or written consent duly adopted by the [Board of Directors][members][managers][general partner] of [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party] authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party] is a party and all other agreements, documents and instruments to be executed, delivered and performed in connection therewith.  Such resolutions have not in any way been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded, and have been in full force and effect since their adoption up to and including the date hereof and are now in full force and effect.

 

3.             Attached hereto as Annex 2 is a true and complete copy of the [By-Laws][Operating Agreement][Partnership Agreement][Memorandum and Articles of Association] of [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party] as in effect on the date hereof.

 

4.             Attached hereto as Annex 3 is a true and complete copy of the Certificate of [Incorporation][Formation] of [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the

 

Exhibit C-1



 

Certifying Loan Party] as in effect on the date hereof, along with a [long-form ]good-standing certificate for [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party] from the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation and, if applicable, a certificate of qualification as a foreign corporation issued by the jurisdiction in which [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party’s] chief executive office is located.

 

5.             The following persons are now duly elected (or appointed) [and qualified ]officers of [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party][the Managing Member of the Certifying Loan Party] holding the offices indicated next to their respective names below, and the signatures appearing opposite their respective names below are the true and genuine signatures of such officers, and each of such officers, acting alone, is duly authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party][the Managing Member of the Certifying Loan Party] each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and any certificate or other document to be delivered by [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party] pursuant to the Loan Documents to which it is a party:

 

Name

 

Office

 

Signature

 

 

 

 

 

[                          ]

 

[                          ]

 

 

[                          ]

 

[                          ]

 

 

[                          ]

 

[                          ]

 

 

[                          ]

 

[                          ]

 

 

 

6.             [Attached as Annex 4 are copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party] and the validity against [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party] of all Loan Documents to which it is a party, and such consents, licenses and approvals are in full force and effect.][Other than the resolutions or written consent attached hereto as Annex 1, no consents, licenses or approvals are required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party] and the validity against [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party] of all Loan Documents to which it is a party].

 

[Signature page follows]

 

Exhibit C-2



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of the date set forth below.

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

I, [                        ], in my capacity as [the                         ][Director] of [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party], [which is the managing member of the Certifying Loan Party,] do hereby certify in the name and on behalf of [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party][, in its capacity as the managing member of the Certifying Loan Party], that [                        ] is [the][a] duly elected (or appointed) [and qualified ][Secretary][Director] of [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party][the Certifying Loan Party] and that the signature appearing above is [her][his] genuine signature.

 

 

Date:  [                      ]

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

Exhibit C-3



 

ANNEX 1

 

RESOLUTIONS

 

Annex 1 to Exhibit C

 



 

ANNEX 2

 

[BY-LAWS][OPERATING AGREEMENT][PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT][MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION]

 

Annex 2 to Exhibit C

 



 

ANNEX 3

 

[CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION][CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION]

 

AND

 

GOOD STANDING CERTIFICATE

 

[AND

 

CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION AS A FOREIGN CORPORATION]

 

Annex 3 to Exhibit C

 



 

[ANNEX 4]

 

[CONSENTS, LICENSES AND APPROVALS]

 

Annex 4 to Exhibit C

 



 

EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEE

 

(NON-U.S. ENTITIES)

 

(Attached)

 



 

EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.

 

This Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the “Assignment Agreement”) is dated as of the Assignment Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between the Assignor identified in item 1 below (the “Assignor”) and the Assignee identified in item 2 below (the “Assignee”).  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee.  The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment Agreement as if set forth herein in full.

 

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Assignment Effective Date inserted by SVB as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including without limitation any letter of credit deposits and guarantees included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by the Assignor to the Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”).  Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment Agreement, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

 

1.                                      Assignor:

 

2.                                      Assignee:

 

[for Assignee, if applicable, indicate [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [identify Lender]]

 

3.                                      Borrowers:                                                                                     RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower Parent”), RIGHTSIDE OPERATING CO., a Delaware

 

Exhibit E-1



 

corporation (“Opco”), ENOM, INCORPORATED, a Nevada corporation (“eNom” and with Borrower Parent and Opco, the “U.S. Borrowers”), DMIH LIMITED, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“DMIH”), UNITED TLD HOLDCO LTD., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“United”), RIGHTSIDE DOMAINS EUROPE LIMITED, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“Domains” and with DMIH and United, the “Non-U.S. Borrowers”) (the U.S. Borrowers and the Non-U.S. Borrowers are collectively referred to as “Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”)

 

4.                                      Lender:                                                                                                      SILICON VALLEY BANK (“SVB”)

 

5.                                      Credit Agreement:                                             Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014, among the Borrowers and Lender

 

6.                                      Assigned Interest[s]:

 

Assignor

 

Assignee

 

Facility
Assigned(8)

 

Aggregate
Amount of
Commitment
/ Loans for
all Lenders(9)

 

Amount of
Commitment
/ Loans
Assigned(10)

 

Percentage
Assigned of
Commitment /
Loans(11)

 

CUSIP
Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[7.                                  Trade Date:                                                                               ](12)

 

Assignment Effective Date:                                   , 20       [TO BE INSERTED BY LENDER AND WHICH SHALL BE THE ASSIGNMENT EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

 

[Signature pages follow]

 


(8)                     Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment Agreement (e.g. “Revolving Facility”, “L/C Facility”, etc.)

(9)                     Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Assignment Effective Date.

(10)              Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Assignment Effective Date.

(11)              Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the applicable Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

(12)              To be completed if the Assignor(s) and the Assignee(s) intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date.

 

Exhibit E-2



 

The terms set forth in this Assignment Agreement are hereby agreed to:

 

 

ASSIGNOR(13)

 

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNEE(14)

 

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


(13)                          Add additional signature blocks as needed.

(14)                          Add additional signature blocks as needed.

 

Exhibit E-3



 

Consented to and Accepted:

 

 

 

SILICON VALLEY BANK,

 

as Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Consented to:] (15)

 

 

 

 

[RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD., as Borrower Parent]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NAME OF RELEVANT PARTY]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 


(15)              To be added only if the consent of the Borrower Parent and/or other parties (e.g. any other Borrower) is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

Exhibit E-4



 

ANNEX 1

 

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

 

1.                                      Representations and Warranties.

 

1.1                               Assignor.  The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of any Loan Party, any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by any Loan Party, any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto.

 

1.2.                            Assignee.  The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an Assignee under Section 10.6(b) of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 10.6(b)(i) of the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Assignment Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment Agreement and to purchase the Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon SVB or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment Agreement and to purchase the Assigned Interest, and (vii) attached to the Assignment Agreement is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on any of SVB, the Assignor 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 decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

Annex-1 to Exhibit E



 

2.                                      Payments.  From and after the Assignment Effective Date, SVB shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Assignment Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Assignment Effective Date.

 

3.                                      General Provisions.  This Assignment Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  This Assignment Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment Agreement by telecopy or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment Agreement.  This Assignment Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles.

 

Annex-1 to Exhibit E



 

EXHIBIT F

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.

 

Date:

 

TO:                           SILICON VALLEY BANK
3003 Tasman Drive
Santa Clara, CA  95054
Attention:  Corporate Services Department

 

RE:                           Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014, by and among Rightside Group, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower Parent”), Rightside Operating Co., a Delaware corporation (“Opco”), eNom, Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (“eNom” and with Borrower Parent and Opco, the “U.S. Borrowers”), DMIH Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“DMIH”), United TLD Holdco Ltd., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“United”), Rightside Domains Europe Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“Domains” and with DMIH and United, the “Non-U.S. Borrowers”) (the U.S. Borrowers and the Non-U.S. Borrowers are collectively referred to as “Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”), and Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”), as Lender (in such capacity, “Lender”) (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned refers to the Credit Agreement and hereby gives you irrevocable notice, pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Credit Agreement, of the borrowing of a Revolving Loan.

 

1.                                      The Borrower for the requested Loan is                               .

 

2.                                      The requested Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, is                               .

 

3.                                      The aggregate amount of the requested Loan is $                          .

 

4.                                      The requested Loan shall consist of $                       of ABR Loans and $             of Eurodollar Loans.

 

5.                                      The duration of the Interest Period for the Eurodollar Loans included in the requested Loan shall be                      [one][two][three][six] months.

 

[Upon the completion of the Interest Period selected under this paragraph 4, the

 

Exhibit F-1



 

Eurodollar Loans referenced herein shall automatically continue for successive one month Interest Periods.]

 

6.                                      [Insert instructions for remittance of the proceeds of the applicable Loans to be borrowed]

 

7.                                      The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof, and will be true on the date of the proposed Loan before and after giving effect thereto, and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as applicable:

 

(a)                                 each of the representations and warranties made by each Loan Party in any Loan Document (i) that is qualified by materiality, is true and correct, and (ii) that is not qualified by materiality, is true and correct in all material respects, in each case, on and as of the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent any such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; and

 

(b)                                 no Default or Event of Default will occur after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on the date hereof; and

 

(c)                                  with respect to any Revolving Extensions of Credit, after giving effect to such Revolving Extension of Credit, the availability and borrowing limitations specified in Sections 2.4 and 2.7 of the Credit Agreement will be complied with.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

Exhibit F-2



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this notice to be duly executed and delivered by its proper and duly authorized officer as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.,

 

as agent for the Borrowers

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

For internal Bank use only

 

Eurodollar Pricing
Date

 

Eurodollar Rate

 

Eurodollar
Variance

 

Maturity Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

Exhibit F-3



 

EXHIBIT G

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.

 

Date:

 

TO:                           SILICON VALLEY BANK
3003 Tasman Drive
Santa Clara, CA  95054
Attention:

 

RE:                           Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014, by and among Rightside Group, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower Parent”), Rightside Operating Co., a Delaware corporation (“Opco”), eNom, Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (“eNom” and with Borrower Parent and Opco, the “U.S. Borrowers”), DMIH Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“DMIH”), United TLD Holdco Ltd., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“United”), Rightside Domains Europe Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“Domains” and with DMIH and United, the “Non-U.S. Borrowers”) (the U.S. Borrowers and the Non-U.S. Borrowers are collectively referred to as “Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”), and Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”), as Lender (in such capacity, “Lender”) (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned refers to the Credit Agreement and hereby gives you irrevocable notice pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and 2.11(b) of the Credit Agreement, of the [conversion] [continuation] of the Loans specified herein, that:

 

1.                                      The date of the [conversion] [continuation] is                                   .

 

2.                                      The aggregate amount of the proposed Loans to be [converted] [continued] is $                                .

 

3.                                      The Loans are to be [converted into] [continued as] [Eurodollar] [ABR] Loans.

 

4.                                      The duration of the Interest Period for the Eurodollar Loans included in the [conversion] [continuation] shall be [one][two][three][six] months.

 

[Upon the completion of the Interest Period selected under this paragraph 4, the Eurodollar Loans referenced herein shall automatically continue for successive one month

 

Exhibit G-1



 

Interest Periods.]

 

5.                                      [The undersigned, on behalf of the applicable Borrower, hereby certifies that no Event of Default shall have occurred as of or on the [conversion][continuation] date or after giving effect to the [conversion] [continuation] requested to be made on such date.] (1)

 

[Signature page follows]

 


(1)  Insert only in the case of (i) a conversion of ABR Loans into Eurodollar Loans or (ii) a continuation of Eurodollar Loans.

 

Exhibit G-2



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this notice to be duly executed and delivered by its proper and duly authorized officer as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.,

 

as agent for the Borrowers

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

For internal Bank use only

 

Eurodollar Pricing
Date

 

Eurodollar Rate

 

Eurodollar
Variance

 

Maturity Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

Exhibit G-3



 

EXHIBIT H

 

FORM OF COLLATERAL INFORMATION CERTIFICATE

 

COLLATERAL INFORMATION CERTIFICATE

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.

 

AS BORROWER PARENT

 

Dated as of [insert Closing Date]

 

Exhibit H-1



 

COLLATERAL INFORMATION CERTIFICATE

 

To: Silicon Valley Bank, as Lender

 

THIS COLLATERAL INFORMATION CERTIFICATE is being delivered pursuant to Section 5.1 of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Rightside Group, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower Parent”), Rightside Operating Co., a Delaware corporation (“Opco”), eNom, Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (“eNom” and with Borrower Parent and Opco, the “U.S. Borrowers”), DMIH Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“DMIH”), United TLD Holdco Ltd., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“United”), Rightside Domains Europe Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“Domains” and with DMIH and United, the “Non-U.S. Borrowers”) (the U.S. Borrowers and the Non-U.S. Borrowers are collectively referred to as “Borrowers” and each individually as a “Borrower”) and Silicon Valley Bank, as Lender (in such capacity, “Lender”).

 

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents referenced therein.  Other terms which are used but not otherwise defined herein but which are defined in Article 8 or Article 9 of the UCC shall have the respective meanings set forth in such applicable Article of the UCC.

 

The undersigned, being the duly appointed Chief Financial Officer of Borrower Parent, hereby certifies on behalf of each Loan Party that:

 

NAMES:

 

1.                                      The exact legal name of Borrower Parent and each other Loan Party as it appears in its respective organizational papers, its respective jurisdiction of formation, its respective organizational identification number and its respective date of formation, is as follows:

 

Name of Loan Party

 

Jurisdiction of Formation

 

Organizational Identification No.

 

Date of Formation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.                                      Set forth below is each other legal name that each Loan Party has had during the last five years, together with the date of the relevant change:

 

Loan Party

 

Prior Legal Name

 

Date of Name Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit H-2



 

3.                                      Within the past five years, the following Persons have been merged into a Loan Party or such Loan Party has acquired all or a material portion of the assets of such Person (provide names, dates and brief description of transaction):

 

Loan Party

 

Name of Party Merged
with or Acquired

 

Date of Merger or
Asset Acquisition

 

Description of Transaction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.                                      The following is a list of all other names (including trade names or similar appellations) used by a or any of its divisions or other business units at any time during the past five years:

 

Loan Party

 

Other Names Used Within Last Five Years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.                                      The following is a list of all the share or membership certificates evidencing equity interests (other than publicly traded equity interests) of each Loan Party, including the record owners, the certificate numbers, the certificate dates and the number of shares or percentage of membership interests represented by such certificates:

 

Loan Party

 

Certificate Number

 

Certificate Date

 

No. Shares or
Ownership Percentage

 

Record Owner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.                                      No stock, debt instruments, cash collateral or other property of any Loan Party has been pledged to any Person, except as follows:

 

Loan Party

 

Description of Liens

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit H-3



 

LOCATIONS:

 

7.                                      The chief executive office or registered office of each Loan Party is located at the addresses specified below:

 

Loan Party

 

Address of Chief Executive Office

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.                                      The following is a list of all locations not identified in Item 5, above, where each Loan Party maintains its books and records relating to the Collateral:

 

Loan Party

 

Address where Books and Records are Maintained

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.                                      The following is a list of all locations where any of the Collateral comprising Goods, including Inventory, Equipment or Fixtures (other than motor vehicles and other mobile goods to the extent in transit from time to time), is located:

 

Loan Party

 

Locations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.                               The following is a list of all real property owned of record and beneficially by each Loan Party:

 

Loan Party

 

Description of Real Property

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.                               The following is a list of all real property leased or subleased by or to each Loan Party, whether by way of a ground lease, a master lease, a standard site lease, license or otherwise (each a “Lease”) (include the name of each of the parties to each Lease as it appears on the Lease, and the address of the relevant premises under such Lease).

 

Loan Party

 

Parties to Lease

 

Address of Leased Premises

 

Description of Lease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit H-4



 

12.                               Each of the following firms provides insurance services for the Loan Parties.

 

Loan Party

 

Name of Insurance Provider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.                               Each Loan Party maintains the following insurance with respect to itself and its properties:

 

Loan Party

 

Insurance Provider

 

Policy Type and Number

 

Description of Coverage Amounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INFORMATION ABOUT COLLATERAL:

 

Material Contracts:

 

14.                               The following is a list of all material licenses or sublicenses pursuant to which any third party licenses or sublicenses to a Loan Party the right to use any intellectual property rights, including any right to use any software or any patent, trademark or copyright exclusive of any mass market, non-customized licenses or sublicenses (collectively, the “Inbound Licenses”):

 

Loan Party

 

Licensor

 

Name and Date of
License Agreement

 

Description of Licensed Intellectual
Property Rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.                               The following is a list of all material licenses or sublicenses pursuant to which each Loan Party licenses or sublicenses to any third party the right to use any intellectual property rights, including any right to use any software or any Patent, Trademark or Copyright (collectively, the “Outbound Licenses”):

 

Loan Party

 

Licensee

 

Name and Date of
License Agreement

 

Description of Licensed Intellectual
Property Rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit H-5



 

16.                               The following is a list of (and the location of) all material equipment and other personal property leased or subleased by each Loan Party from any third party, whether leased individually or jointly with others (include the name of the lessor or sublessor as it appears on the lease or sublease, the title of the applicable lease or sublease as amended to date, including all schedules thereto, and a general description of leased equipment and other property, the address at which such equipment and other property is located (collectively, the “Personal Property Leases”)):

 

[NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Lessor/Sublessor

 

Title of Lease/Sublease

 

Description of Leased/Subleased
Equipment

 

Address where
Leased/Subleased Equipment is
Located

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Lessor/Sublessor

 

Title of Lease/Sublease

 

Description of Leased/Subleased
Equipment

 

Address where
Leased/Subleased Equipment is
Located

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Lessor/Sublessor

 

Title of Lease/Sublease

 

Description of Leased/Subleased
Equipment

 

Address where
Leased/Subleased Equipment is
Located

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit H-6



 

17.                               The following is a list of all material contracts and agreements, including collective bargaining agreements, and employment agreements, to which each Loan Party is a party or in which it has an interest relating to material employees (collectively, the “Employee Contracts”):

 

Loan Party

 

Description of “Employee Contract”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18.                               The following is a list of all other material contracts and agreements of any kind or nature (to the extent not otherwise previously listed in this Collateral Information Certificate) to which any Loan Party is a party or in which it has an interest (collectively, the “Other Material Contracts”):

 

Loan Party

 

Description of “Other Material Contract”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government Licenses:

 

19.                               The following is a list of all material federal, state and other governmental licenses or authorizations required or reasonably necessary to operate the each Loan Party’s business as currently conducted or as contemplated by such Loan Party to be operated immediately after the Closing Date (collectively, the “Governmental Licenses”):

 

Loan Party

 

Description of Governmental License/Authorization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intellectual Property:

 

20.                               The following is a list of domestic and foreign registered patents and patent applications owned, licensed or otherwise used by each Loan Party, whether individually or jointly with others:

 

Exhibit H-7



 

Issued Patents of [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Jurisdiction

 

Patent No.

 

Issue Date

 

Inventor

 

Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pending Patent Applications of [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Jurisdiction

 

Serial No.

 

Filing Date

 

Inventor

 

Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued Patents and Pending Patent Applications Licensed to [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

[                                          ]

 

Issued Patents of [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Jurisdiction

 

Patent No.

 

Issue Date

 

Inventor

 

Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pending Patent Applications of [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Jurisdiction

 

Serial No.

 

Filing Date

 

Inventor

 

Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued Patents and Pending Patent Applications Licensed to [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

[                                          ]

 

Exhibit H-8



 

21.                               The following is a list of domestic and foreign registered trademarks, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, tradenames or applications therefor, owned, licensed or otherwise used by each Loan Party, whether individually or jointly with others:

 

Registered Trademarks of [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Jurisdiction

 

Registration No.

 

Registration
Date

 

Filing Date

 

Registered Owner

 

Mark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pending Trademark Applications of [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Jurisdiction

 

Application No.

 

Filing Date

 

Applicant

 

Mark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registered Trademarks and Pending Trademark Applications Licensed to [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

[                                                ]

 

Registered Trademarks of [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Jurisdiction

 

Registration No.

 

Registration
Date

 

Filing Date

 

Registered Owner

 

Mark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pending Trademark Applications of [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Jurisdiction

 

Application No.

 

Filing Date

 

Applicant

 

Mark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit H-9



 

Registered Trademarks and Pending Trademark Applications Licensed to [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

[                                                ]

 

22.                               The following is a list of domestic and foreign copyrights, copyright works, copyright registrations and applications therefor, owned. licensed or used by each Loan Party, whether individually or jointly with others:

 

Registered Copyrights of [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Jurisdiction

 

Registration No.

 

Registration Date

 

Work of Authorship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pending Copyright Applications of [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Jurisdiction

 

Application No.

 

Application Date

 

Work of Authorship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registered Copyrights and Pending Copyright Applications Licensed to [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

[                                            ]

 

Registered Copyrights of [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Jurisdiction

 

Registration No.

 

Registration Date

 

Work of Authorship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit H-10



 

Pending Copyright Applications of [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Jurisdiction

 

Application No.

 

Application Date

 

Work of Authorship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registered Copyrights and Pending Copyright Applications Licensed to [NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

[                                            ]

 

Investment Property, Deposits, and Payment Transmitter Accounts:

 

23.                               The Loan Parties hold notes payable from the following Persons:

 

Loan Party

 

Date of Note

 

Maturity Date of
Note

 

Principal Amount
of Note

 

Name of Note Obligor

 

Are Note
Obligations
Secured (Y or
N)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24.                               The Loan Parties maintain the following deposit accounts (including demand, time, savings, passbook or similar accounts) with depositary banks:

 

Loan Party

 

Type of Account (i.e. Payroll,
Operations, Cash Management, etc.)

 

Name of Depository
Bank

 

Account No.

 

Is Account
Currently
Blocked or
Restricted
(Y/N)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25.                               The Loan Parties hold, deposit, or transmit funds through or with the following payment transmitters or services (including, but not limited to, PayPal, Stripe, Square, Dwolla, Bitcoin, or similar services):

 

Exhibit H-11



 

Loan Party

 

Type of Account

 

Name of Payment
Transmitter/Service

 

Account ID/Name

 

Average Monthly Balance in
Account

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26.                               The Loan Parties beneficially own “investment property” in the following securities accounts held with securities intermediaries:

 

Loan Party

 

Name of Securities Intermediary

 

Account No.

 

Description of
Investment
Property

 

Is Account
Currently
Blocked or
Restricted
(Y/N)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27.                               The Loan Parties beneficially own the following stocks, bonds, investment securities, partnership and joint venture investments and other investments:

 

Limited Liability Company Interests

 

Loan Party

 

Issuer of Interests

 

Number of Units Owned

 

Dates Units
Issued

 

Percentage
Ownership
Interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partnership Interests

 

Loan Party

 

Issuer of Interests

 

Number of
Units Owned

 

Date Units
Issued

 

Percentage
Ownership
Interest

 

Type of
Partnership
Interest
(GP/LP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit H-12



 

Corporate Stock/Shares

 

Loan Party

 

Issuer of Stock/Shares

 

Number of
Shares
Owned

 

Certificate
Dates

 

Percentage
Ownership
Interest

 

Class of
Stock/Shares
Owned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Assets

 

28.                               The Loan Parties own the following types of assets:

 

Loan Party

 

Aircraft (Y/N)

 

Motor Vehicles (Y/N)

 

Vessels, Boats, Ships
(Y/N)

 

Franchise Agreements
(Y/N)

 

Commercial Tort
Claims (Y/N)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29.                               The Borrower’s assets are encumbered by liens of third parties as follows:

 

[NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Name of Lienholder

 

Method of Lien
Perfection (i.e. UCC
Filing, Control,
Possession, etc.)

 

UCC Filing
Jurisdiction

 

UCC Filing Date
and No.

 

Description of
Collateral Covered by
Lien

 

Description of Obligations
Secured by Lien

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Name of Lienholder

 

Method of Lien
Perfection (i.e. UCC
Filing, Control,
Possession, etc.)

 

UCC Filing
Jurisdiction

 

UCC Filing Date
and No.

 

Description of
Collateral Covered by
Lien

 

Description of Obligations
Secured by Lien

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit H-13



 

[NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Name of Lienholder

 

Method of Lien
Perfection (i.e. UCC
Filing, Control,
Possession, etc.)

 

UCC Filing
Jurisdiction

 

UCC Filing Date
and No.

 

Description of
Collateral Covered by
Lien

 

Description of Obligations
Secured by Lien

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.                               The following is a list of all letters of credit as to which any Loan Party is the beneficiary or otherwise has any right to payment or performance:

 

Loan Party Beneficiary

 

Name of Issuer

 

Name of Account Party

 

Letter of Credit No.
and Amount

 

Standby or Commercial
Letter of Credit?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOAN PARTIES:

 

31.                               Each Loan Party is qualified to do business in the following jurisdictions as of the Closing Date:

 

Loan Party

 

Jurisdictions in which Qualified to do Business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.                               Each Loan Party has the following subsidiaries:

 

[NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Name of Subsidiary

 

Jurisdiction of Organization or Formation

 

Organizational Identification
Number

 

Percentage of Equity
Interests Owned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit H-14



 

[NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Name of Subsidiary

 

Jurisdiction of Organization or Formation

 

Organizational Identification
Number

 

Percentage of Equity
Interests Owned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Name of Subsidiary

 

Jurisdiction of Organization or Formation

 

Organizational Identification
Number

 

Percentage of Equity
Interests Owned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33.                               Reserved.

 

34.                               The following is a complete list of pending and threatened litigation or claims involving amounts claimed against any Loan Party in an indefinite amount or in an amount in excess of $50,000:

 

Loan Party

 

Description of Pending or Threatened Litigation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35.                               Each Loan Party has directly or indirectly guaranteed the following obligations of third parties:

 

[NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Name of Principal Obligor

 

Description of Guaranteed Obligations

 

Maximum Amount of
Guaranteed Obligations

 

Term of Guaranty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit H-15



 

[NAME OF LOAN PARTY]

 

Name of Principal Obligor

 

Description of Guaranteed Obligations

 

Maximum Amount of
Guaranteed Obligations

 

Term of Guaranty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Borrower undertakes to notify Lender of any change or modification to any of the foregoing information occurring prior to the Closing Date.

 

The undersigned hereby certifies the foregoing information to be true and correct in all material respects and executes this Collateral Information Certificate as of the date first written above on behalf of the Borrower and each other Loan Party.

 

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

Exhibit H-16



 

SCHEDULES TO THE COLLATERAL INFORMATION CERTIFICATE

 

(Please see attached schedules)

 

Exhibit H-17



 

EXHIBIT I

 

FORM OF RELEASE AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

 

(Attached)

 




Exhibit 10.2

 

 

GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

 

(U.S. Entities)

 

Dated as of August 1, 2014,

 

made by

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.,

 

and the other Grantors referred to herein,

 

in favor of

 

SILICON VALLEY BANK,
as Lender

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

SECTION 1   DEFINED TERMS

1

 

 

1.1

Definitions

1

1.2

Other Definitional Provisions

7

 

 

SECTION 2   GUARANTEE

7

 

 

2.1

Guarantee

7

2.2

Right of Contribution

8

2.3

No Subrogation

8

2.4

Amendments, etc. with respect to the Secured Obligations

8

2.5

Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional; Guarantor Waivers; Guarantor Consents

8

2.6

Reinstatement

12

2.7

Payments

12

 

 

SECTION 3   GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

12

 

 

3.1

Grant of Security Interests

12

3.2

Grantors Remains Liable

13

3.3

Perfection and Priority

13

 

 

SECTION 4   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

15

 

 

 

4.1

Title; No Other Liens

15

4.2

Perfected Liens

15

4.3

Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office and Locations of Books

16

4.4

Inventory and Equipment

16

4.5

Farm Products

16

4.6

Pledged Collateral

16

4.7

Investment Accounts

16

4.8

Receivable

17

4.9

Intellectual Property

17

4.10

Instruments

17

4.11

Letter-of-Credit Rights

18

4.12

Commercial Tort Claims

18

 

 

 

SECTION 5   COVENANTS

18

 

 

 

5.1

Reserved.

18

5.2

Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation

18

5.3

Changes in Locations, Name, Etc.

18

5.4

Notices

19

5.5

Instruments; Investment Property

19

5.6

Securities Accounts; Deposit Accounts

20

 

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Page

 

 

 

5.7

Intellectual Property

20

5.8

Defense of Collateral

22

5.9

Preservation of Collateral

22

5.10

Compliance with Laws, Etc.

22

5.11

Location of Books and Chief Executive Office

22

5.12

Location of Collateral

22

5.13

Disposition of Collateral

22

5.14

Liens

23

5.15

Expenses

23

5.16

Reserved

23

5.17

Commercial Tort Claims

23

5.18

Shareholder Agreements and Other Agreements

23

 

 

 

SECTION 6   REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

23

 

 

6.1

Certain Matters Relating to Receivables

23

6.2

Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable

24

6.3

Investment Property

24

6.4

Proceeds to be Turned Over To Lender

25

6.5

Application of Proceeds

26

6.6

Code and Other Remedies

26

6.7

Private Sales

27

6.8

Intellectual Property License

27

6.9

Deficiency

27

 

 

 

SECTION 7   LENDER AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT; DUTY; AUTHORITY

27

 

 

7.1

Lender’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc.

28

7.2

Duty of Lender

29

7.3

Authority of Lender

29

 

 

 

SECTION 8   MISCELLANEOUS

30

 

 

8.1

Amendments in Writing

30

8.2

Notices

30

8.3

No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies

30

8.4

Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification

30

8.5

Successors and Assigns

31

8.6

Set Off

31

8.7

Counterparts

31

8.8

Severability

31

8.9

Section Headings

31

8.10

Integration

31

8.11

GOVERNING LAW

32

 

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Page

 

 

 

8.12

Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers

32

8.13

Acknowledgements

33

8.14

Additional Grantors

33

8.15

Releases

33

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)

 

SCHEDULES TO DISCLOSURE LETTER

 

Schedule 1

Notice Addresses

Schedule 2

Investment Property

Schedule 3

Perfection Matters

Schedule 4

Jurisdictions of Organization and Chief Executive Offices, etc.

Schedule 5

Equipment and Inventory Locations

Schedule 6

Intellectual Property

Schedule 7

Letter-of-Credit Rights

Schedule 8

Commercial Tort Claims

 

ANNEXES

 

Annex 1

Form of Assumption Agreement

Annex 2

Form of Disclosure Letter Supplement

 

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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

 

(U.S. Entities)

 

This GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (U.S. Entities) (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 1, 2014, is made by each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, each a “Grantor” and, collectively, the “Grantors”), in favor of SILICON VALLEY BANK (“SVB”), as Lender (in its capacity as collateral agent for the Secured Parties, and together with the Secured Parties, hereinafter referred to as “Lender”) pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified, renewed or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower Parent”), RIGHTSIDE OPERATING CO., a Delaware corporation (“Opco”), ENOM, INCORPORATED, a Nevada corporation (“eNom” and with Borrower Parent and Opco, the “U.S. Borrowers”), DMIH LIMITED, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“DMIH”), UNITED TLD HOLDCO LTD., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“United”), RIGHTSIDE DOMAINS EUROPE LIMITED, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“Domains” and with DMIH and United, the “Non-U.S. Borrowers”) (the U.S. Borrowers and the Non-U.S. Borrowers are collectively referred to as “Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”), and Lender.

 

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers are members of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other Grantor;

 

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement will be used in part to enable the Borrowers to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;

 

WHEREAS, certain of the Qualified Counterparties may enter into Specified Swap Agreements with the Borrowers;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor derives substantial direct and indirect benefit from the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement and from the Specified Swap Agreements; and

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the Closing Date and the extension of credit under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement in favor of Lender.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 



 

SECTION 1                               Defined Terms.

 

1.1                                                                               Definitions.

 

(a)                                 Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement, and the following terms are used herein as defined in the UCC (and if defined in more than one Article of the UCC, shall have the meaning given in Article 9 thereof):  Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claim, Commodity Account, Document, Equipment, Farm Products, Fixtures, General Intangible, Goods, Instrument, Inventory, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Money, Securities Account and Supporting Obligation.

 

(b)                                 The following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Accounts”:  all “accounts” (as defined in the UCC) of a Person, including, without limitation, accounts, accounts receivable, monies due or to become due and obligations in any form (whether arising in connection with contracts, contract rights, instruments, general intangibles, or chattel paper), in each case whether arising out of goods sold or services rendered or from any other transaction and whether or not earned by performance, now or hereafter in existence, and all documents of title or other documents representing any of the foregoing, and all collateral security and guaranties of any kind, now or hereafter in existence, given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.  Unless otherwise stated, the term “Account,” when used herein, shall mean an Account of a Borrower.

 

Agreement”:  as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Books”:  all books, records and other written, electronic or other documentation in whatever form maintained now or hereafter by or for any Grantor in connection with the ownership of its assets or the conduct of its business or evidencing or containing information relating to the Collateral, including:  (a) ledgers; (b) records indicating, summarizing, or evidencing such Grantor’s assets (including Inventory and Rights to Payment), business operations or financial condition; (c) computer programs and software; (d) computer discs, tapes, files, manuals, spreadsheets; (e) computer printouts and output of whatever kind; (f) any other computer prepared or electronically stored, collected or reported information and equipment of any kind; and (g) any and all other rights now or hereafter arising out of any contract or agreement between such Grantor and any service bureau, computer or data processing company or other Person charged with preparing or maintaining any of such Grantor’s books or records or with credit reporting, including with regard to any of such Grantor’s Accounts.

 

Borrower”:  as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Collateral”:  as defined in Section 3.1.

 

Collateral Account”:  any collateral account established by Lender as provided in Section 6.1 or 6.4.

 

Commodity Exchange Act”:  the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

“Controlled Foreign Corporation”: a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in the Code.

 

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Copyright License”:  any written agreement which (a) names a Grantor as licensor or licensee (including those listed on Schedule 6), and (b) grants any right under any Copyright to a Grantor, including any rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.

 

Copyrights”:  (a) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, together with the underlying works of authorship (including titles), whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished (including those listed on Schedule 6), all computer programs, computer databases, computer program flow diagrams, source codes, object codes and all tangible property embodying or incorporating any copyrights, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the USCRO, and (b) the right to obtain any renewals thereof.

 

Encumbered Account”: as defined in the definition of “Excluded Assets”.

 

“Excluded Account”:  (i) any Deposit Account exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefits payments to or for the benefit of a Grantor’s employees and identified to Lender as such.

 

Excluded Assets”:  collectively,

 

(a)                                 any Collateral with respect to which Lender has determined, in consultation with the applicable Borrower, that the costs of obtaining a security interest, pledge or perfection in such Collateral (including, but not limited to such actions under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States) are excessive in relation to the benefits provided to Lender by such security interest;

 

(b)                                 any leasehold interests of any Grantor;

 

(c)                                  any real property the fee to which is owned by any Grantor (i) located in the United States with a value of less than $2,500,000; and (ii) located in a jurisdiction outside of the United States;

 

(d)                                 any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest is prohibited by any Requirement of Law of a Governmental Authority or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of or requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise to such property, except to the extent that such Requirement of Law or the term in such contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document providing for such prohibition, breach, default or termination or requiring such consent is rendered ineffective under Section 9406, 9407, 9408 or 9409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity; provided, however, that such security interest shall attach immediately at such time as such Requirement of Law is not effective or applicable, or such prohibition, breach, default or termination is no longer applicable or is waived, and to the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of the Collateral that does not result in such consequences;

 

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(e)                                  motor vehicles and other equipment covered by certificates of title;

 

(f)                                   any Deposit Account or Securities Account encumbered by a lien permitted by Section 7.3(l)(i) and (ii) of the Credit Agreement (an “Encumbered Account”);

 

(g)                                  any outstanding Capital Stock of a Controlled Foreign Corporation in excess of 65% of the voting power of all classes of Capital Stock of such Controlled Foreign Corporation entitled to vote;

 

(h)                                 any “intent-to-use” application for registration of a Trademark filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1051, prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act with respect thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable federal law;

 

(i)                                     any Capital Stock of DMIH Limited which has been charged in favor of Lender as security for the Secured Obligations pursuant to an Irish Law Share Charge;

 

(j)                                    any Capital Stock of AboutUs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“AboutUs”), held by any Grantor, so long as such Capital Stock is subject to restrictions on transfer pursuant to (i) that certain Investors’ Rights Agreement among AboutUs and the Investors party thereto; (ii) that certain Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement among AboutUs and the Investors and Stockholders party thereto; and (iii) that certain Voting and Drag Along Agreement among AboutUs and the Investors and Stockholders party thereto, each dated as of November 26, 2008, and, in each case, as amended;

 

(k)                                 any Capital Stock of NameJet, LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation, held by any Grantor, so long as such Capital Stock is subject to restrictions on transfer pursuant to that certain Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement, by and between Network Solutions, LLC and eNom, dated as of October 4, 2007; and

 

(l)                                     any Capital Stock of Afilias Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“Afilias”), held by any Grantor, so long as Afilias is not a Subsidiary of any Grantor;

 

provided, however, that any Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Assets shall not be Excluded Assets (unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements are otherwise, in and of themselves, Excluded Assets).

 

Excluded Swap Obligation”:  with respect to any Grantor, any Specified Swap Obligation if and to the extent that all or a portion of the guarantee of such Grantor of, or the grant by such Grantor of a security interest to secure, such Specified Swap Obligation (or any guarantee, or security interest in respect, thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Grantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange

 

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Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the guarantee of such Grantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Specified Swap Obligation or such guarantee.  If a Specified Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Specified Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

 

Grantor”:  as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Guarantor”:  as defined in Section 2.1(a).

 

Investment Account”:  any of a Securities Account, a Commodity Account or a Deposit Account.

 

Investment Property”:  the collective reference to (a) all “investment property” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC (other than any voting Capital Stock or other ownership interests of a Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary excluded from the definition of “Pledged Stock”), and (b) whether or not constituting “investment property” as so defined, all Pledged Notes and all Pledged Collateral.

 

Issuer”:  with respect to any Investment Property, the issuer of such Investment Property.

 

Patent License”:  any written agreement which (a) names a Grantor as licensor or licensee and (b) grants to such Grantor any right under a Patent, including the right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by such Patent, including any such agreements referred to on Schedule 6.

 

Patents”:  (a) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof and all goodwill associated therewith, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to on Schedule 6, (b) all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to on Schedule 6, and (c) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.

 

Pledged Collateral”:  (a) any and all Pledged Stock; (b) all other Investment Property of any Grantor; (c) all warrants, options or other rights entitling any Grantor to acquire any interest in Capital Stock or other securities of the direct or indirect Subsidiaries of such Grantor or of any other Person; (d) all Instruments; (e) all securities, property, interest, dividends and other payments and distributions issued as an addition to, in redemption of, in renewal or exchange for, in substitution or upon conversion of, or otherwise on account of, any of the foregoing; (f) all certificates and instruments now or hereafter representing or evidencing any of the foregoing; (g) all rights, interests and claims with respect to the foregoing, including under any and all related agreements, instruments and other documents; and (h) all cash and non-cash proceeds of any of the foregoing, in each case whether presently existing or owned or hereafter arising or acquired and wherever located, and as from time to time received or receivable by, or otherwise paid or distributed to or acquired by, any Grantor; provided that in no event shall Pledged Collateral include any Excluded Assets.

 

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Pledged Collateral Agreements”:  as defined in Section 5.18.

 

Pledged Notes”:  all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2 and all other promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor; provided that in no event shall Pledged Notes include any Excluded Assets.

 

Pledged Stock”:  all of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock, whether certificated or uncertificated, of any Grantor’s direct Subsidiaries now or hereafter owned by any such Grantor and including the Capital Stock listed on Schedule 2 hereof (as amended or supplemented from time to time); provided that in no event shall Pledged Stock include any Excluded Assets.

 

Proceeds”:  all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9102(a)(64) of the UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from any Investment Property constituting Collateral and all collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.

 

Receivable”:  any right to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper and whether or not it has been earned by performance (including any Account).

 

Rights to Payment”:  any and all of any Grantor’s Accounts and any and all of any Grantor’s rights and claims to the payment or receipt of money or other forms of consideration of any kind in, to and under or with respect to its Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments, Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Proceeds and Supporting Obligations.

 

Secured Obligations”:  collectively, the “Obligations”, as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement, of each Borrower; provided, however, that “Secured Obligations” shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligation.

 

Specified Swap Obligation”:  with respect to any Grantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any Specified Swap Agreement.

 

Trademark License”:  any written agreement which (a) names a Grantor as licensor or licensee and (b) grants to such Grantor any right to use any Trademark, any such agreement referred to on Schedule 6.

 

Trademarks”:  (a) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, Internet domain names and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the USPTO or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to on Schedule 6, and (b) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.

 

USCRO”: the United States Copyright Office.

 

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USPTO”: the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

 

1.2                               Other Definitional Provisions.  The rules of interpretation set forth in Section 1.2 of the Credit Agreement are by this reference incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis, as if set forth herein in full.

 

SECTION 2                               Guarantee.

 

2.1                               Guarantee.

 

(a)                                 Each Grantor, including each Borrower, who has executed this Agreement as of the date hereof, together with each Material Domestic Subsidiary of any Grantor who accedes to this Agreement as a Grantor after the date hereof pursuant to Section 6.9 of the Credit Agreement (each a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”), hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to Lender and its successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by each Borrower and the other Loan Parties when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations.  In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:

 

(i)                                     each Guarantor’s liability hereunder shall be the immediate, direct, and primary obligation of such Guarantor and shall not be contingent upon Lender’s exercise or enforcement of any remedy it or they may have against any Borrower, any other Guarantor, any other Person, or all or any portion of the Collateral; and

 

(ii)                                  Lender may enforce this guarantee notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between Lender and any Borrower or any other Guarantor with respect to the existence of any Event of Default.

 

(b)                                 Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 2.2).

 

(c)                                  Each Guarantor agrees that the Secured Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of Lender hereunder.

 

(d)                                 The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect until the Discharge of Obligations, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement the outstanding amount of the Secured Obligations may be zero.

 

(e)                                  No payment made by any Borrower, any Guarantor, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by Lender from any Borrower, any Guarantor, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any setoff or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the

 

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Secured Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Secured Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Secured Obligations), remain liable for the Secured Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Discharge of Obligations.

 

2.2                               Right of Contribution.  If in connection with any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder any rights of contribution arise in favor of such Guarantor against one or more other Guarantors, such rights of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2.3.  The provisions of this Section 2.2 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to Lender, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to Lender for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.

 

2.3                               No Subrogation.  Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any setoff or application of funds of any Guarantor by Lender, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of Lender against any Borrower or any other Guarantor or any Collateral or guarantee or right of offset held by Lender for the payment of the Secured Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from any Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, in each case, until the Discharge of Obligations.  If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time prior to the Discharge of Obligations, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for Lender, shall be segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to Lender in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to Lender, if required), to be applied in such order as set forth in Section 6.5 hereof irrespective of the occurrence or the continuance of any Event of Default.

 

2.4                               Amendments, etc. with respect to the Secured Obligations.  Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Secured Obligations made by Lender may be rescinded by Lender and any of the Secured Obligations continued, and the Secured Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by Lender, and the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Specified Swap Agreements and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, Lender may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by Lender for the payment of the Secured Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released.  Lender shall not have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Secured Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or any property subject thereto.

 

2.5                               Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional; Guarantor Waivers; Guarantor Consents.  Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of

 

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the Secured Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by Lender upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Secured Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between any Borrower and any of the Guarantors on the one hand, and Lender, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2.  Each Guarantor further waives:

 

(a)                                 diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon any Borrower or any of the other Guarantors with respect to the Secured Obligations;

 

(b)                                 any right to require Lender to marshal assets in favor of any Borrower, such Guarantor, any other Guarantor or any other Person, to proceed against any Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person, to proceed against or exhaust any of the Collateral, to give notice of the terms, time and place of any public or private sale of personal property security constituting the Collateral or other collateral for the Secured Obligations or to comply with any other provisions of Section 9611 of the UCC (or any equivalent provision of any other applicable law) or to pursue any other right, remedy, power or privilege of Lender whatsoever;

 

(c)                                  the defense of the statute of limitations in any action hereunder or for the collection or performance of the Secured Obligations;

 

(d)                                 any defense arising by reason of any lack of corporate or other authority or any other defense of any Borrower, such Guarantor or any other Person;

 

(e)                                  any defense based upon Lender’s errors or omissions in the administration of the Secured Obligations;

 

(f)                                   any rights to setoffs and counterclaims;

 

(g)                                  any defense based upon an election of remedies (including, if available, an election to proceed by nonjudicial foreclosure) which destroys or impairs the subrogation rights of such Guarantor or the right of such Guarantor to proceed against any Borrower or any other obligor of the Secured Obligations for reimbursement;

 

(h)                                 the benefit of California Civil Code Section 2815 permitting the revocation of this Agreement as to future transactions and the benefit of California Civil Code Sections 2809, 2810, 2819, 2839, 2845, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2899 and 1432 with respect to certain suretyship defenses; and

 

(i)                                     without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable law that limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Each Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 2

 

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shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (i) the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Secured Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by Lender, (ii) any defense, setoff or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by any Borrower or any other Person against Lender, (iii) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of any Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of any Borrower and the Guarantors for the Secured Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance, (iv) any Insolvency Proceeding with respect to any Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person, (v) any merger, acquisition, consolidation or change in structure of any Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person, or any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any or all of the assets or Voting Stock of any Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person, (vi) any assignment or other transfer, in whole or in part, of Lender’s interests in and rights under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, including Lender’s right to receive payment of the Secured Obligations, or any assignment or other transfer, in whole or in part, of Lender’s interests in and to any of the Collateral, (vii) Lender’s vote, claim, distribution, election, acceptance, action or inaction in any Insolvency Proceeding related to any of the Secured Obligations, and (viii) any other guaranty, whether by such Guarantor or any other Person, of all or any part of the Secured Obligations or any other indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of any Guarantor to Lender.

 

When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, Lender may, but shall be under no obligation to make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the applicable Borrower(s), any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Secured Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto.  Any failure by Lender to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the applicable Borrower(s), any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of any Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of Lender against any Guarantor.  For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

 

Each Guarantor further unconditionally consents and agrees that, without notice to or further assent from any Guarantor:  (a) the principal amount of the Secured Obligations may be increased or decreased and additional indebtedness or obligations of any Borrower or any other Persons under the Loan Documents may be incurred, by one or more amendments, modifications, renewals or extensions of any Loan Document or otherwise; (b) the time, manner, place or terms of any payment under any Loan Document may be extended or changed, including by an increase or decrease in the interest rate on any Secured Obligation or any fee or other amount payable under such Loan Document, by an amendment, modification or renewal of any Loan Document or otherwise; (c) the time for any Borrower’s (or any other Loan Party’s) performance of or compliance with any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed under any Loan Document may be extended, or such performance or compliance

 

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waived, or failure in or departure from such performance or compliance consented to, all in such manner and upon such terms as Lender may deem proper; (d) in addition to the Collateral, Lender may take and hold other security (legal or equitable) of any kind, at any time, as collateral for the Secured Obligations, and may, from time to time, in whole or in part, exchange, sell, surrender, release, subordinate, modify, waive, rescind, compromise or extend such security and may permit or consent to any such action or the result of any such action, and may apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof; (e) Lender may discharge or release, in whole or in part, any other Guarantor or any other Loan Party or other Person liable for the payment and performance of all or any part of the Secured Obligations, and may permit or consent to any such action or any result of such action, and shall not be obligated to demand or enforce payment upon any of the Collateral, nor shall Lender be liable to any Guarantor for any failure to collect or enforce payment or performance of the Secured Obligations from any Person or to realize upon the Collateral; and (f) Lender may request and accept other guaranties of the Secured Obligations and any other indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of any Borrower or any other Loan Party to Lender and may, from time to time, in whole or in part, surrender, release, subordinate, modify, waive, rescind, compromise or extend any such guaranty and may permit or consent to any such action or the result of any such action; in each case of (a) through (f), as Lender may deem advisable, and without impairing, abridging, releasing or affecting this Agreement.

 

Each Guarantor acknowledges that all or any portion of the Secured Obligations may now or hereafter be secured by a Lien or Liens upon real property owned or leased by any Borrower or any Guarantor and evidenced by certain documents including, without limitation, deeds of trust and assignments of rents. Lender may, pursuant to the terms of said real property security documents and applicable law, foreclose under all or any portion of one or more of said Liens by means of judicial or nonjudicial sale or sales.  Each Guarantor agrees that Lender may exercise whatever rights and remedies it may have with respect to said real property security, all without affecting the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, except to the extent Lender realizes payment by such action or proceeding.  No election to proceed in one form of action or against any party, or on any obligation shall constitute a waiver of Lender’s right to proceed in any other form of action or against any Guarantor or any other Person, or diminish the liability of any Guarantor, or affect the right of Lender to proceed against any Guarantor for any deficiency, except to the extent Lender realizes payment by such action, notwithstanding the effect of such action upon any Guarantor’s rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnity, if any, against any Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor expressly waives all rights, benefits and defenses, if any, applicable or available to such Guarantor under either California Code of Civil Procedure Sections 580a or 726, which provide, among other things, that the amount of any deficiency judgment which may be recovered following either a judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure sale is limited to the difference between the amount of any Indebtedness owed and the greater of the fair value of the security or the amount for which the security was actually sold.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor further expressly waives all rights, benefits and defenses, if any, applicable or available to such Guarantor under either California Code of Civil Procedure Sections 580b, providing that no deficiency may be recovered on a real property purchase money obligation, or 580d, providing that no deficiency may be recovered on a note secured by a deed of trust on real property if the real property is sold under a power of sale contained in the deed of trust.

 

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2.6                               Reinstatement.  The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of any Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, any Borrower or any such Guarantor or any substantial part of its respective property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

 

2.7                               Payments.  Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to Lender without setoff or counterclaim in Dollars at the applicable Funding Office.

 

SECTION 3                               GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

 

3.1                               Grant of Security Interests.  Each Grantor hereby grants to Lender a security interest in all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest and wherever located (collectively, the “Collateral”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations:

 

(a)                                 all Accounts;

 

(b)                                 all Chattel Paper;

 

(c)                                  all Commercial Tort Claims;

 

(d)                                 all Deposit Accounts;

 

(e)                                  all Documents;

 

(f)                                   all Equipment;

 

(g)                                  all Fixtures;

 

(h)                                 all General Intangibles;

 

(i)                                     all Goods;

 

(j)                                    all Instruments;

 

(k)                                 all Intellectual Property;

 

(l)                                     all Inventory;

 

(m)                             all Investment Property (including all Pledged Collateral);

 

(n)                                 all Letter-of-Credit Rights;

 

(o)                                 all Money;

 

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(p)                                 all Books and records pertaining to the Collateral;

 

(q)                                 all other property not otherwise described above; and

 

(r)                                    to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing.

 

Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section 3, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in or attach to nor shall the term “Collateral” (including all individual items comprising Collateral) include any Excluded Assets.

 

3.2                               Grantors Remains Liable.  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) each Grantor shall remain liable under any contracts, agreements and other documents included in the Collateral, to the extent set forth therein, to perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (b) the exercise by Lender of any of the rights granted to Lender hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under any such contracts, agreements and other documents included in the Collateral, and (c) Lender shall have no obligation or liability under any such contracts, agreements and other documents included in the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall Lender be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any Grantor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any such contract, agreement or other document included in the Collateral hereunder.

 

3.3                               Perfection and Priority.

 

(a)                                 Financing Statements.  Pursuant to any applicable law, each Grantor authorizes Lender (and its counsel and its agents) to file or record at any time and from time to time any financing statements and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral and each Grantor shall execute and deliver to Lender and each Grantor hereby authorizes Lender (and its counsel and its agents) to file (with or without the signature of such Grantor) at any time and from time to time, all amendments to financing statements, continuation financing statements, termination statements, security agreements relating to the Intellectual Property, collateral assignments, fixture filings, and all other documents and instruments, in such form and in such offices as Lender determines appropriate to perfect and continue perfected, maintain the priority of or provide notice of Lender’s security interest in the Collateral under and to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement.  Each Grantor authorizes Lender to use the collateral description “all personal property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired” or any other similar collateral description in any such financing statements.  Each Grantor hereby ratifies and authorizes the filing by Lender (and its counsel and its agents) of any financing statement with respect to the Collateral made prior to the date hereof.

 

(b)                                 Filing of Financing Statements.  Each Grantor shall deliver to Lender, from time to time, such completed UCC-1 financing statements, amendments to financing statements, continuation financing statements, and termination statements, as applicable, for filing or recording in the appropriate filing offices as may be reasonably requested by Lender.

 

(c)                                  Transfer of Security Interest Other Than by Delivery.  If for any reason Pledged Collateral cannot be delivered to or for the account of Lender as provided in

 

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Section 5.5(b), each applicable Grantor shall promptly take such other steps as may be necessary or as shall be reasonably requested from time to time by Lender to effect a transfer of a perfected first priority security interest, subject in the case of priority to Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement, in and pledge of the Pledged Collateral to Lender pursuant to the UCC.  To the extent practicable, each such Grantor shall thereafter deliver the Pledged Collateral to or for the account of Lender as provided in Section 5.5(b).

 

(d)                                 Intellectual Property.

 

(i)                                     Each Grantor shall, in addition to executing and delivering this Agreement, take such other action as may be necessary, or as Lender may reasonably request, to perfect Lender’s security interest in the Intellectual Property.

 

(ii)                                  Following the creation or other acquisition of any Intellectual Property by any Grantor after the date hereof which is registered or becomes registered or the subject of an application for registration with the USCRO or the USPTO or, in each case, any similar office or agency in any other country or political subdivision thereof, as applicable, such Grantor shall, in the timeframe set forth in Section 6.2 of the Credit Agreement for disclosure of such registered Intellectual Property, modify this Agreement by amending Schedule 6 to include any Intellectual Property which becomes part of the Collateral and which was not included on Schedule 6 as of the date hereof and record an amendment to the applicable Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the USCRO or the USPTO, as applicable, and take such other action as may be necessary, or as Lender may reasonably request, to perfect Lender’s security interest in such Intellectual Property; provided that Grantor shall not be required to file a Copyright security agreement with the USCRO against registered Copyrights in media content consisting of any articles and videos with an aggregate value of $25,000 or less and that no Grantor shall be required to file any intellectual property security agreement in any foreign jurisdiction unless such filing is reasonable in the discretion of Lender given the value of the Collateral or revenue associated therewith.

 

(e)                                  Bailees.  Any Person (other than Lender) at any time and from time to time holding all or any portion of the Collateral shall be deemed to, and shall, hold the Collateral as the agent of, and as pledge holder for, Lender.  At any time and from time to time, Lender may give notice to any such Person holding all or any portion of the Collateral that such Person is holding the Collateral as the agent and bailee of, and as pledge holder for, Lender, and obtain such Person’s written acknowledgment thereof.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor will join with Lender in notifying any Person who has possession of any Collateral (other than collateral out for repair or in transit in the ordinary course of business) in excess of $250,000 of Lender’s security interest therein and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an acknowledgment from such Person that it is holding the Collateral for the benefit of Lender.

 

(f)                                   Control.  To the extent required by the Loan Documents, each Grantor will cooperate with Lender in obtaining “control” (as defined in the UCC) of Collateral consisting of any Deposit Accounts, Electronic Chattel Paper, Investment Property or Letter-of-Credit Rights, including delivery of control agreements, to perfect and continue perfected, maintain the priority of or provide notice of Lender’s security interest in such Collateral.

 

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(g)                                  Additional Subsidiaries.  In the event that any Grantor acquires rights in any Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary which is not a Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary) after the date hereof, it shall deliver to Lender a completed Disclosure Letter supplement, substantially in the form of Annex 2 (the “Disclosure Letter Supplement”), together with all schedules thereto, reflecting the pledge of the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary (except to the extent such Capital Stock consists of Excluded Assets).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the security interest of Lender shall attach to the Pledged Collateral (except to the extent such Pledge Collateral consists of Excluded Assets) related to such Subsidiary immediately upon any Grantor’s acquisition of rights therein and shall not be affected by the failure of any Grantor to deliver a Disclosure Letter Supplement.

 

SECTION 4                               REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

In addition to the representations and warranties of the Grantors set forth in the Credit Agreement, and to induce Lender to enter into the Credit Agreement and to make extensions of credit to the Borrowers thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to Lender that:

 

4.1                               Title; No Other Liens.  Except for the Liens permitted to exist on the Collateral by Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement, such Grantor owns or has rights in each item of the Collateral in which a Lien is granted by it free and clear of any and all Liens and other claims of others.  No effective financing statement, fixture filing or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record or will be filed in any public office, except such as have been filed with respect to Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that each Grantor may, as part of its business, grant licenses to third parties to use Intellectual Property owned or developed by such Grantor.  For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such licensing activity shall not constitute a “Lien” on such Intellectual Property.  Lender understands that any such licenses may be exclusive to the applicable licensees, and such exclusivity provisions may limit the ability of Lender to utilize, sell, lease or transfer the related Intellectual Property or otherwise realize value from such Intellectual Property pursuant hereto.

 

4.2                               Perfected Liens.  The security interests granted to Lender pursuant to this Agreement upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been delivered to Lender in completed and duly (if applicable) executed form) (a) will constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the Collateral to the extent such security interest can be perfected by filing under the UCC or recordation in the applicable intellectual property registries, in each case, in favor of Lender as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against any creditors of any Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any Collateral from any Grantor, and (b) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement which have priority over the Liens of Lender on the Collateral by operation of law, and in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Collateral, Liens permitted by Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement.

 

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4.3                               Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office and Locations of Books.  On the date hereof, such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization, identification number from the jurisdiction of organization (if any), and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business, as the case may be, are specified on Schedule 4.  On the date hereof, all locations where Books pertaining to the Rights to Payment of such Grantor are kept, including all equipment necessary for accessing such Books and the names and addresses of all service bureaus, computer or data processing companies and other Persons keeping any Books or collecting Rights to Payment for such Grantor, are set forth in Schedule 4.

 

4.4                               Inventory and Equipment.  On the date hereof (a) the Inventory and (b) the Equipment (other than mobile goods and Inventory and Equipment in an aggregate amount less than $200,000) are kept at the locations listed on Schedule 5.

 

4.5                               Farm Products.  None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, Farm Products.

 

4.6                               Pledged Collateral.  (a) All of the Pledged Stock held by such Grantor has been duly and validly issued, and is fully paid and non-assessable, subject in the case of Pledged Stock constituting partnership interests or limited liability company membership interests to future assessments required under applicable law and any applicable partnership or operating agreement, (b) such Grantor is or, in the case of any such additional Pledged Collateral will be, the legal record and beneficial owner thereof, (c) in the case of Pledged Stock of a Subsidiary of such Grantor or Pledged Collateral of such Grantor constituting Instruments issued by a Subsidiary of such Grantor, there are no restrictions on the transferability of such Pledged Collateral or such additional Pledged Collateral to Lender or with respect to the foreclosure, transfer or disposition thereof by Lender, except as may be required in connection with the disposition of any Investment Property, by laws generally affecting the offer and sale of securities, (d) the Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock of each Issuer owned by such Grantor (except for Excluded Assets), and such Grantor owns no securities convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of Capital Stock of any such Issuer that do not constitute Pledged Stock hereunder (except for Excluded Assets), (e) any and all Pledged Collateral Agreements which affect or relate to the voting or giving of written consents with respect to any of the Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor have been disclosed to Lender, and (f) as to each such Pledged Collateral Agreement relating to the Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor, (i) to the best knowledge of such Grantor, such Pledged Collateral Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms, (ii) to the best knowledge of such Grantor party thereto, there exists no material violation or material default under any such Pledged Collateral Agreement by such Grantor or the other parties thereto, and (iii) such Grantor has not knowingly waived or released any of its material rights under or otherwise consented to a material departure from the terms and provisions of any such Pledged Collateral Agreement.

 

4.7                               Investment Accounts.

 

(a)                                 Schedule 2 sets forth under the headings “Securities Accounts” and “Commodity Accounts”, respectively, all of the Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts

 

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in which such Grantor has an interest as of the date hereof.  Except as disclosed to Lender, such Grantor is the sole entitlement holder of each such Securities Account and Commodity Account, and such Grantor has not consented to, and is not otherwise aware of, any Person (other than Lender) having “control” (within the meanings of Sections 8106 and 9106 of the UCC) over, or any Person (other than Lender or the securities intermediaries with whom such Securities Accounts are maintained) having any other interest in, any such Securities Account or Commodity Account or any securities or other property credited thereto;

 

(b)                                 Schedule 2 sets forth under the heading “Deposit Accounts” all of the Deposit Accounts in which such Grantor has an interest as of the date hereof and, except as otherwise disclosed to Lender, such Grantor is the sole account holder of each such Deposit Account and such Grantor has not consented to, and is not otherwise aware of, any Person (other than Lender) having either sole dominion and “control” (within the meaning of common law) or “control” (within the meaning of Section 9104 of the UCC) over, or any Person (other than Lender or the banks with whom such Deposit Accounts are maintained) having any other interest in, any such Deposit Account or any money or other property deposited therein; and

 

(c)                                  In each case to the extent requested by Lender and subject to the Post-Closing Agreement, such Grantor has taken all actions necessary to:  (i) establish Lender’s “control” (within the meanings of Sections 8106 and 9106 of the UCC) over any Certificated Securities (as defined in Section 9102 of the UCC); (ii) establish Lender’s “control” (within the meanings of Sections 8106 and 9106 of the UCC) over any portion of the Investment Accounts constituting Securities Accounts other than Excluded Accounts, Commodity Accounts, Securities Entitlements or Uncertificated Securities (each as defined in Section 9102 of the UCC); (iii) establish Lender’s “control” (within the meaning of Section 9104 of the UCC) over all Deposit Accounts other than Excluded Accounts; and (iv) deliver all Instruments (as defined in Section 9102 of the UCC) with a face value in excess of $100,000 individually to Lender to the extent required hereunder.

 

4.8                               Receivable.  No amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any Receivable or other Right to Payment in excess of $100,000 is evidenced by any Instrument (other than checks, drafts or other Instruments that will be promptly deposited in an Investment Account) or Chattel Paper which has not been delivered to Lender.  None of the account debtors or other obligors in respect of any Receivable in excess of $150,000 in the aggregate is the government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof.

 

4.9                               Intellectual PropertySchedule 6 lists all registrations and applications for Intellectual Property (including registered Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and all applications therefor) as well as all Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses and Trademark Licenses, in each case owned by such Grantor in its own name on the date hereof.  Except as set forth in Schedule 6, on the date hereof, none of the Intellectual Property material to the business of the Grantor is the subject of any licensing or franchise agreement pursuant to which such Grantor is the licensor or franchisor.

 

4.10                        Instruments.  No Person other than Grantor owns an interest in any Instruments (whether as joint holders, participants or otherwise) held by such Grantor.

 

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4.11                        Letter-of-Credit Rights.  Such Grantor does not have any Letter-of-Credit Rights having a face value in excess of $200,000 individually except as set forth in Schedule 7 or as have been notified to Lender in accordance with Section 5.5.

 

4.12                        Commercial Tort Claims.  Such Grantor does not have any Commercial Tort Claims with claimed damages in excess of $200,000 individually except as set forth in Schedule 8 or as have been notified to Lender in accordance with Section 5.17.

 

SECTION 5                               COVENANTS

 

In addition to the covenants of the Grantors set forth in the Credit Agreement, each Grantor covenants and agrees with Lender that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Discharge of Obligations:

 

5.1                               Reserved.

 

5.2                               Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation.

 

(a)                                 Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest of Lender created by this Agreement as perfected security interest, to the extent required hereunder, having at least the priority described in Section 4.2 and shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the rights of holders of Liens permitted by Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement and the rights of such Grantor under the Loan Documents to dispose of the Collateral.

 

(b)                                 Such Grantor will furnish to Lender from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the assets and property of such Grantor and such other reports in connection therewith as Lender may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.

 

(c)                                  At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of Lender, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will promptly duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as Lender may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, (i) filing any financing or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and (ii) in the case of Investment Property, Investment Accounts, Letter-of-Credit Rights and any other relevant Collateral, taking any actions necessary to enable Lender to obtain “control” (within the meaning of the UCC) with respect thereto to the extent required hereunder.

 

5.3                               Changes in Locations, Name, Etc.  Such Grantor will not, except upon 5 Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by Lender) prior written notice to Lender and delivery to Lender of (a) all additional executed financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by Lender to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein, and (b) if applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 4 showing the relevant new jurisdiction of organization, location of chief executive office or sole place of business, or new name, as appropriate:

 

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(i)                                     change its jurisdiction of organization, identification number from the jurisdiction of organization (if any) or the location of its chief executive office or sole place of business, as appropriate, from that referred to in Schedule 4; or

 

(ii)                                  change its legal name.

 

5.4                               Notices.  Such Grantor will advise Lender promptly, in reasonable detail, upon obtaining actual knowledge of:

 

(a)                                 any Lien (other than Liens permitted under Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement) on any of the Collateral; and

 

(b)                                 the occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the security interests created hereby.

 

5.5                               Instruments; Investment Property.

 

(a)                                 Such Grantor will (i) immediately deliver to Lender, or an agent designated by it, appropriately endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer or assignment, all Instruments, Documents, Chattel Paper and Certificated Securities with respect to any Investment Property (except the Certificated Securities of Immaterial Subsidiaries, which Grantors shall not be required to deliver to Lender) held by such Grantor, all Letter-of-Credit Rights of such Grantor, and all other Rights to Payment held by such Grantor at any time evidenced by promissory notes, trade acceptances or other instruments, in each case with a face value in excess of $200,000 individually, for each such item of Collateral, and (ii) provide such notice, obtain such acknowledgments and take all such other action, with respect to any Chattel Paper, Documents and Letter-of-Credit Rights with a face value in excess of $200,000 individually held by such Grantor, as Lender shall reasonably request.

 

(b)                                 If such Grantor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any certificate (including any certificate representing a dividend or a distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), option or rights in respect of the Capital Stock of any Issuer, whether in addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for, any Pledged Collateral, or otherwise in respect thereof, such Grantor shall accept the same as the agent of Lender, hold the same in trust for Lender and deliver the same forthwith to Lender in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to Lender, if required, together with an undated stock power covering such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor, to be held by Lender, subject to the terms hereof, as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations; provided that in no event shall this Section 5.5(b) apply to any Excluded Assets.  Any sums paid upon or in respect of the Investment Property upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of Lender, be paid over to Lender to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations, and in case any distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of the Investment Property or any property shall be distributed upon or with respect to the Investment Property pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any Issuer or pursuant to the reorganization

 

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thereof, the property so distributed shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of Lender, be delivered to Lender to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations.  If any sums of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of such Investment Property shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money or property is paid or delivered to Lender, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of Lender, hold such money or property in trust for Lender, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations.

 

(c)                                  In the case of any Grantor which is an Issuer, such Issuer agrees that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Capital Stock issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it, (ii) it will notify Lender promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5.5(a) and (b) with respect to the Pledged Collateral issued by it and (iii) the terms of Sections 6.3(c) and 6.7 shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.7 with respect to the Capital Stock issued by it.

 

5.6                               Securities Accounts; Deposit Accounts.

 

(a)                                 With respect to any Securities Account other than an Excluded Account or an Encumbered Account, such Grantor shall, subject to the Post-Closing Agreement, cause any applicable securities intermediary maintaining such Securities Account to enter into an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender with respect to such Securities Account pursuant to which such securities intermediary shall agree to comply with Lender’s “entitlement orders” without further consent by such Grantor, as requested by Lender.

 

(b)                                 With respect to any Deposit Account other than an Excluded Account or an Encumbered Account, such Grantor shall enter into and shall cause the depositary institution maintaining such account to enter into an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender pursuant to which such depositary institution shall agree to comply with Lender’s instructions directing disposition of the funds in such Deposit Account without further consent by such Grantor in accordance with Section 9104 of the UCC.

 

(c)                                  Lender agrees that it will only communicate instructions or “entitlement orders” with respect to the Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts of the Grantors after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.

 

(d)                                 Such Grantor shall provide Lender 5 days prior written notice before establishing any new Deposit Account and of any new Securities Account established by such Grantor with respect to any Investment Property held by such Grantor.

 

5.7                               Intellectual Property.  In each case, except to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement:

 

(a)                                 Such Grantor will and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees and sublicensees to (i) continue to use each Trademark material to the business of such Grantor in order to maintain such Trademark in full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (ii) maintain as in the past the quality of products and services offered under each such Trademark, (iii) use each such Trademark with the appropriate notice of

 

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registration and all other notices and legends required by applicable Requirements of Law, (iv) not adopt or use any mark which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of any such Trademark unless Lender shall obtain, to the extent available, a perfected security interest in such mark pursuant to this Agreement, and (v) not (and not knowingly permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any such Trademark may become invalidated or impaired in any way.

 

(b)                                 Such Grantor will not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any Patent material to the business of such Grantor may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public.

 

(c)                                  Such Grantor will not (and will use commercially reasonable efforts to not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any Copyrights material to the business of such Grantor may become invalidated or otherwise impaired.  Such Grantor will not do any act whereby any material portion of such Copyrights may fall into the public domain.

 

(d)                                 Such Grantor will not and will use commercially reasonable efforts to not permit any licensee or sublicense to do any act that knowingly uses any Intellectual Property material to the business of such Grantor to infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person.

 

(e)                                  Such Grantor will notify Lender promptly if it knows, or has reason to know, that any application or registration relating to any Intellectual Property material to the business of such Grantor may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public, or of any material adverse determination or development (including, without limitation, the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the USPTO, the USCRO or any court or tribunal in any country) regarding such Grantor’s ownership of, or the validity of, any material Intellectual Property or such Grantor’s right to register the same or to own and maintain the same.

 

(f)                                   Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall file an application for the registration of any Patent or Trademark with the USPTO or of any Copyright with USCRO or, in each case, any similar office or agency in any other country or political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall report (i) the initial application to and (ii) the corresponding grant, if any, of the Patent or Trademark from the USPTO or the Copyright from the USCRO or, in each case, any similar office or agency in any other country or political subdivision thereof, to Lender, each within the time specified by Section 6.2(b) of the Credit Agreement.  Upon request of Lender, other than in respect of Excluded Assets, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as Lender may reasonably request to evidence Lender’s security interest in any Copyright, Patent or Trademark and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby; provided that no Grantor shall be required to file any intellectual property security agreement in any foreign jurisdiction unless such filing is reasonable in the discretion of Lender given the value of the Collateral or revenue associated therewith.

 

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(g)                                  Such Grantor will take all reasonable and necessary steps consistent with its current business practices, including, without limitation, in any proceeding before the USPTO, the USCRO or any similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain and pursue each material application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain each registration of the Intellectual Property material to such Grantor’s business, including filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability.

 

(h)                                 In the event that any Grantor learns that any Intellectual Property material to the business of such Grantor is infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall take such actions as such Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property.

 

5.8                               Defense of Collateral.  Grantors will appear in and defend any action, suit or proceeding which may affect to a material extent its title to, or right or interest in, or Lender’s right or interest in, any material portion of the Collateral.

 

5.9                               Preservation of Collateral.  Grantors will do and perform all reasonable acts that may be necessary and appropriate to maintain, preserve and protect the Collateral.

 

5.10                        Compliance with Laws, Etc.  Such Grantor will comply in all material respects with all laws, regulations and ordinances, and all policies of insurance, relating in a material way to the possession, operation, maintenance and control of the Collateral.

 

5.11                        Location of Books and Chief Executive Office.  Such Grantor will:  (a) keep all Books pertaining to the Rights to Payment of such Grantor at the locations set forth in Schedule 4 or at such other locations within the U.S. (or, if reasonably agreed by Lender, outside the U.S.) as may be disclosed in writing to Lender pursuant to clause (b); and (b) give written notice to Lender within 5 Business Days of any changes in any location where Books pertaining to the Rights to Payment of such Grantor are kept, including any change of name or address of any service bureau, computer or data processing company or other Person preparing or maintaining any such Books or collecting Rights to Payment for such Grantor.

 

5.12                        Location of Collateral.  Such Grantor will:  (a) keep the Collateral held by such Grantor at the locations set forth in Schedule 5 or at such other locations as may be disclosed in writing to Lender pursuant to clause (b) and will not remove any such Collateral from such locations (other than in connection with sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of such Grantor’s business, the movement of Collateral as part of such Grantor’s supply chain, Collateral out for repair and in the ordinary course of such Grantor’s business, other dispositions permitted by Section 5.14 and Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement and movements of Collateral from one disclosed location to another disclosed location within the United States), except upon written notice within 5 Business Days of any removal to Lender; and (b) give Lender written notice within 5 Business Days of any change in the locations set forth in Schedule 5.

 

5.13                        Disposition of Collateral.  Such Grantor will not surrender or lose possession of (other than to Lender), sell, lease, rent, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any of the Collateral held by such Grantor or any right or interest therein, except to the extent permitted by the Loan

 

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Documents.

 

5.14                        Liens.  Such Grantor will keep the Collateral held by such Grantor free of all Liens except Liens permitted under Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement.

 

5.15                        Expenses.  Such Grantor will pay all expenses of protecting, storing, warehousing, insuring, handling and shipping the Collateral held by such Grantor, to the extent the failure to pay any such expenses could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value of the Collateral.

 

5.16                        Reserved.

 

5.17                        Commercial Tort Claims.  Such Grantor will give Lender prompt notice if such Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Commercial Tort Claim with claimed damages in excess of $200,000.

 

5.18                        Shareholder Agreements and Other Agreements.

 

(a)                                 Such Grantor shall comply in all material respects with all of its obligations under any shareholders agreement, operating agreement, partnership agreement, voting trust, proxy agreement or other agreement or understanding (collectively, the “Pledged Collateral Agreements”) to which it is a party and shall enforce all of its rights thereunder, except, with respect to any such Pledged Collateral Agreement relating to any Pledged Collateral issued by a Person other than a Subsidiary of a Grantor, to the extent the failure to enforce any such rights could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value of the Pledged Collateral to which any such Pledged Collateral Agreement relates.

 

(b)                                 Such Grantor agrees that no Pledged Stock (i) shall be dealt in or traded on any securities exchange or in any securities market, (ii) shall constitute an investment company security, or (iii) shall be held by such Grantor in a Securities Account.

 

(c)                                  Subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, including Sections 7.3 and 7.5 thereof, such Grantor shall not vote to enable or take any other action to:  (i) amend or terminate, or waive compliance with any of the terms of, any such Pledged Collateral Agreement, certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents in any way that materially and adversely affects the validity, perfection or priority of Lender’s security interest therein.

 

SECTION 6                               REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

 

Each Grantor covenants and agrees with Lender that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Discharge of Obligations:

 

6.1                               Certain Matters Relating to Receivables.

 

(a)                                 Lender hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect such Grantor’s Receivables, and Lender may curtail or terminate said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.  If required by Lender at any time after the

 

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occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of Receivables, when collected by any Grantor, (i) shall be forthwith (and, in any event, within 2 Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to Lender if required, in a Collateral Account over which Lender has control, subject to withdrawal by Lender only as provided in Section 6.5, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for Lender, segregated from other funds of such Grantor.  After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each such deposit of Proceeds of Receivables shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.

 

(b)                                 At Lender’s request, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall deliver to Lender all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables, including, without limitation, all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.

 

6.2                               Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable.

 

(a)                                 Lender in its own name or in the name of others may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default communicate with obligors under the Receivables to verify with them to Lender’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Receivables.

 

(b)                                 Upon the request of Lender, at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall notify obligors on the Receivables that the Receivables have been assigned to Lender and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to Lender.

 

(c)                                  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Receivables to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto.  Lender shall not have any obligation or liability under any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by Lender of any payment relating thereto, nor shall Lender be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto), to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

 

6.3                               Investment Property.

 

(a)                                 Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and Lender shall have given written notice to the relevant Grantor of Lender’s intent to exercise its corresponding rights pursuant to Section 6.3(b), each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Collateral and all payments made in respect of the Pledged Notes to the extent not prohibited by the Credit Agreement, and to exercise all voting

 

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and corporate or other organizational rights with respect to the Investment Property of such Grantor; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or corporate or other organizational right exercised or other action taken which would materially impair the Collateral or which would be inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

(b)                                 If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and Lender shall give written notice of its intent to exercise such rights to the relevant Grantor or Grantors, (i) Lender shall have the right (A) to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of the Investment Property (including the Pledged Collateral) of any or all of the Grantors and make application thereof to the Secured Obligations in the order set forth in Section 6.5, and (B) to exchange uncertificated Pledged Collateral for certificated Pledged Collateral and to exchange certificated Pledged Collateral for certificates of larger or smaller denominations, for any purpose consistent with this Agreement (in each case to the extent such exchanges are permitted under the applicable Pledged Collateral Agreements or otherwise agreed upon by the Issuer of such Pledged Collateral), and (ii) each Grantor shall execute and deliver to Lender appropriate instruments as Lender may reasonably request in order to permit Lender or its nominee to thereafter exercise (x) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to such Investment Property at any meeting of shareholders of the relevant Issuer or Issuers or otherwise and (y) any and all rights of conversion, exchange and subscription and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such Investment Property as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including, without limitation, the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of any such Investment Property upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the corporate or other organizational structure of any Issuer, or upon the exercise by any Grantor or Lender of any right, privilege or option pertaining to such Investment Property, and in connection therewith, the right to deposit and deliver any and all of such Investment Property with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as Lender may determine), all without liability except to account for property actually received by it, but Lender shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing.

 

(c)                                  Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any Pledged Collateral or Pledged Notes pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from Lender in writing that (x) states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the Pledged Collateral or, as applicable, the Pledged Notes directly to Lender.

 

(d)                                 If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Lender shall have the right to apply the balance from any Deposit Account or instruct the bank at which any Deposit Account is maintained to pay the balance of any Deposit Account to or for the benefit of Lender.

 

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specified in Section 6.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, checks, Cash Equivalents and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for Lender, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to Lender in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to Lender, if required).  All Proceeds received by Lender hereunder shall be held by Lender in a Collateral Account over which it maintains “control” (within the meaning of the UCC).  All Proceeds while held by Lender in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for Lender) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all the Secured Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 6.5.

 

6.5                               Application of Proceeds.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time at Lender’s election, Lender may apply all or any part of Proceeds constituting Collateral, whether or not held in any Collateral Account, in payment of the Secured Obligations in accordance with Section 8.3 of the Credit Agreement.

 

6.6                               Code and Other Remedies.  If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, Lender may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Secured Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or any other applicable law.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Lender, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of Lender or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk.  Lender shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released.  Each Grantor further agrees, at Lender’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to Lender at places which Lender shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere.  Lender shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Section 6.6, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.5, only after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of Lender hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Secured Obligations, in such order as is contemplated by Section 8.3 of the Credit Agreement, and only after such application and after the payment by Lender of any other amount required by any provision of law, including Section 9615(a)(3) of the UCC, but only to the extent of the surplus, if any, owing to any Grantor.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against Lender arising out of the exercise by any of them of any rights hereunder, except to the extent caused by the gross negligence or willful

 

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misconduct of Lender or its agents.  If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition.

 

6.7                               Private Sales.

 

(a)                                 Each Grantor recognizes that Lender may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Stock, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof.  Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner.  Subject to its compliance with state securities laws applicable to private sales, Lender shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Stock for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even if such Issuer would agree to do so.

 

(b)                                 Each Grantor agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to do or cause to be done all such other acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of all or any portion of the Pledged Stock pursuant to this Section 6.7 valid and binding and in compliance with any applicable Requirement of Law.  Each Grantor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 6.7 will cause irreparable injury to Lender, that Lender has no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section 6.7 shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred under the Credit Agreement.

 

6.8                               Intellectual Property License.  Solely for the purpose of enabling Lender to exercise rights and remedies under this Section 6 and at such time as Lender shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to Lender an irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor), subject, in the case of Trademarks, to sufficient rights to quality control and inspection in favor of such Grantor to avoid the risk of invalidation of said Trademarks, to use, operate under, license, or sublicense any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Grantors.

 

6.9                               Deficiency.  Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Secured Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by Lender to collect such deficiency.

 

SECTION 7                               LENDER AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT; DUTY; AUTHORITY

 

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7.1                               Lender’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the last paragraph of this Section 7.1(a), each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Lender and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives Lender the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of the following:

 

(i)                                     in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by Lender for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

 

(ii)                                  in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as Lender may reasonably request to evidence Lender’s security interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;

 

(iii)                               pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of this Agreement and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;

 

(iv)                              execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 6.6 or 6.7, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral; and

 

(v)                                 (A) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to Lender or as Lender shall direct; (B) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (C) sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (D) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (E) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (F) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as Lender may deem appropriate; (G) assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the goodwill of the business to which any such Copyright, Patent or Trademark pertains), throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as Lender shall in its sole discretion

 

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determine; and (H) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though Lender were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at Lender’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which Lender deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and security interest therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.

 

Anything in this Section 7.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, Lender agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 7.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(b)                                 If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, Lender, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement.

 

(c)                                  The expenses of Lender incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 7.1, together with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the highest rate per annum at which interest would then be payable on any category of past due ABR Loans under the Credit Agreement, from the date of payment by Lender to the date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to Lender in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

 

(d)                                 Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests created hereby are released.

 

7.2                               Duty of Lender.  Lender’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as Lender deals with similar property for its own account.  Neither Lender nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof.  The powers conferred on Lender hereunder are solely to protect Lender’s interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon Lender to exercise any such powers.  Lender shall be accountable only for amounts that Lender actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither Lender nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

7.3                               Authority of Lender.  Lender shall act as the collateral agent for the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations and shall be vested with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Lender, as collateral agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by Lender for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted

 

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under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of Lender, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 7.3 and Section 10 of the Credit Agreement (as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the collateral agent under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Lender shall be further authorized on behalf of all the Secured Parties, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from the Secured Parties, from time to time to take any action, or permit the any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by Lender to take any action, with respect to any Collateral or the Loan Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain perfected the Liens upon any Collateral granted pursuant to any Loan Document.

 

SECTION 8                               MISCELLANEOUS

 

8.1                               Amendments in Writing.  None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement.

 

8.2                               Notices.  All notices, requests and demands to or upon Lender or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 10.2 of the Credit Agreement; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1.

 

8.3                               No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies.  Lender shall not by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default, as applicable.  No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of Lender, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof.  No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  A waiver by Lender of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which Lender would otherwise have on any future occasion.  The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

 

8.4                               Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification.

 

(a)                                 Each Guarantor agrees to pay or reimburse Lender for all its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in collecting against such Guarantor under the guaranty contained in Section 2 of this Agreement or otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, including the fees and disbursements of counsel to Lender.

 

(b)                                 Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save Lender harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from, any delay in paying any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save Lender harmless from, any and

 

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all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement to the extent any Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

 

(d)                                 The agreements in this Section 8.4 shall survive repayment of the Secured Obligations and any other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

8.5                               Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns; provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Lender.

 

8.6                               Set Off.  Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes Lender and each of its Affiliates at any time and from time to time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, without notice to such Grantor or any other Grantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Grantor, to setoff 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 Lender or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor, or any part thereof in such amounts as Lender may elect, against and on account of the Secured Obligations and liabilities of such Grantor to Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and claims of every nature and description of Lender against such Grantor, in any currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise, as Lender may elect, whether or not Lender has made any demand for payment and although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured.  The rights of Lender under this Section 8.6 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of setoff) which Lender may have.

 

8.7                               Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile and/or electronic mail), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

 

8.8                               Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

8.9                               Section Headings.  The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

 

8.10                        Integration.  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the

 

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agreement of the Grantors and Lender with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by Lender relative to the subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.

 

8.11                        GOVERNING LAWTHIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.  This Section 8.11 shall survive the Discharge of Obligations.

 

8.12                        Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers.  Each Grantor hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(a)                                 submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State and Federal courts in the Northern District of the State of California; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to operate to preclude Lender or from bringing suit or taking other legal action in any other jurisdiction to realize on the Collateral or any other security for the Obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court order in favor of Lender.  Each Grantor expressly submits and consents in advance to such jurisdiction in any action or suit commenced in any such court, and each Grantor hereby waives any objection that it may have based upon lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue, or forum non-conveniens and hereby consents to the granting of such legal or equitable relief as is deemed appropriate by such court.  Each Grantor hereby waives personal service of the summons, complaints, and other process issued in such action or suit and agrees that service of such summons, complaints, and other process may be made by registered or certified mail addressed to the applicable Grantor at the address set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on Schedule 1 and that service so made shall be deemed completed upon the earlier to occur of the applicable Grantor’s actual receipt thereof or three (3) days after deposit in the U.S. mails, proper postage prepaid;

 

(b)                                 WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ITS RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY AND ALL OTHER CLAIMS.  THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.  EACH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS COUNSEL; AND

 

(c)                                  AGREES, WITHOUT INTENDING IN ANY WAY TO LIMIT ITS AGREEMENT TO WAIVE ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, that if the above waiver of the right to a trial by jury is not enforceable, any and all disputes or controversies of any nature arising under the Loan Documents at any time shall be decided by a reference to a private judge, mutually selected by the applicable Grantor and Lender (or, if they cannot agree, by the Presiding Judge in the Northern District of the State of California) appointed in accordance with California Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 (or pursuant to comparable provisions of federal law if the dispute falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts), sitting without a jury, in the Northern District of the State of California; and each Grantor hereby submits to the

 

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jurisdiction of such court.  The reference proceedings shall be conducted pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of California Code of Civil Procedure §§ 638 through 645.1, inclusive.  The private judge shall have the power, among others, to grant provisional relief, including without limitation, entering temporary restraining orders, issuing preliminary and permanent injunctions and appointing receivers.  All such proceedings shall be closed to the public and confidential and all records relating thereto shall be permanently sealed.  If during the course of any dispute, a party desires to seek provisional relief, but a judge has not been appointed at that point pursuant to the judicial reference procedures, then such party may apply to the Northern District of the State of California for such relief.  The proceeding before the private judge shall be conducted in the same manner as it would be before a court under the rules of evidence applicable to judicial proceedings.  The applicable Grantor shall be entitled to discovery which shall be conducted in the same manner as it would be before a court under the rules of discovery applicable to judicial proceedings.  The private judge shall oversee discovery and may enforce all discovery rules and orders applicable to judicial proceedings in the same manner as a trial court judge.  Each Grantor agrees that the selected or appointed private judge shall have the power to decide all issues in the action or proceeding, whether of fact of law, and shall report a statement of decision thereon pursuant to the California Code of Civil Procedure § 644(a).  Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the right of Lender at any time to exercise self-help remedies, foreclose against collateral, or obtain provisional remedies.  The private judge shall also determine all issues relating to the applicability, interpretation and enforceability of this paragraph.

 

8.13                        Acknowledgements.  Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:

 

(a)                                 it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;

 

(b)                                 Lender does not have any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and Lender, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

 

(c)                                  no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Grantors and Lender.

 

8.14                        Additional Grantors.  Each Subsidiary of a Grantor that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.9 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of (a) an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto and (b) a Disclosure Letter Supplement in the form of Annex 2 hereto.

 

8.15                        Releases.

 

(a)                                 Upon the Discharge of Obligations, the Collateral shall be automatically released from the Liens in favor of Lender created hereby and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Grantor, this Agreement shall terminate with respect to Lender, and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of each Grantor to Lender hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any

 

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act by any party.  At the sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, Lender shall deliver such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination and shall otherwise authorize the filing of such documents as the Grantors shall reasonably request to terminate its liens.

 

(b)                                 If any of the Collateral shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction not prohibited by Section 7 of the Credit Agreement, the Liens granted herein in such Collateral shall be deemed to be automatically released and such Collateral shall automatically revert to the applicable Grantor with no further action on the part of any Person, and Lender, at the request and sole expense of such Grantor, shall promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable for the release of the Liens created hereby on such Collateral, as applicable.  At the request and sole expense of the applicable Borrower, a Guarantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the event that all the Capital Stock of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a Person other than a Grantor in a transaction not prohibited by Section 7 of the Credit Agreement; provided that such Borrower shall have delivered to Lender, at least 5 Business Days, or such shorter period as Lender may agree, prior to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release identifying the relevant Guarantor and the terms of the sale or other disposition in reasonable detail, including the price thereof and any expenses in connection therewith, together with a certification by such Borrower stating that such transaction is in compliance with terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIENS AND SECURITY INTERESTS GRANTED TO LENDER PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY LENDER WITH RESPECT TO ANY COLLATERAL ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE TERM LOAN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.  IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE TERM LOAN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE TERM LOAN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

 

GRANTORS:

 

 

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Taryn Naidu

 

 

 

 

Name:

Taryn Naidu

 

 

 

 

Title:

CEO and President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RIGHTSIDE OPERATING CO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Taryn Naidu

 

 

 

 

Name:

Taryn Naidu

 

 

 

 

Title:

CEO and President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENOM, INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Taryn Naidu

 

 

 

 

Name:

Taryn Naidu

 

 

 

 

Title:

CEO and President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOT MEDIA, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew Delgado

 

 

 

 

Name:

Matthew Delgado

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

Signature Page 1 to Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

 

ACQUIRE THIS NAME, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew Delgado

 

 

 

 

Name:

Matthew Delgado

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

 

LENDER:

 

 

 

SILICON VALLEY BANK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ted Bell

 

 

 

 

Name:

Ted Bell

 

 

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

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ANNEX 1 To

GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

(U.S. Entities)

 

FORM OF
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

 

This ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (the “Assumption Agreement”), dated as of [              ], 20    , is executed and delivered by [                                                            ] (the “Additional Grantor”), in favor of SILICON VALLEY BANK, as Lender (together with its permitted successors, in such capacity, the “Lender”) pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified, renewed or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower Parent”), RIGHTSIDE OPERATING CO., a Delaware corporation (“Opco”), ENOM, INCORPORATED, a Nevada corporation (“eNom” and with Borrower Parent and Opco, the “U.S. Borrowers”), DMIH LIMITED, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“DMIH”), UNITED TLD HOLDCO LTD., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“United”), RIGHTSIDE DOMAINS EUROPE LIMITED, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“Domains” and with DMIH and United, the “Non-U.S. Borrowers”) (the U.S. Borrowers and the Non-U.S. Borrowers are collectively referred to as “Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”), and Lender.  All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in such Credit Agreement.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers and certain of their Affiliates (other than the Additional Grantor) have entered into that certain Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014, in favor of Lender (the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, [                        ] is required, pursuant to Section 6.9 of the Credit Agreement to cause the Additional Grantor to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in order to grant in favor of Lender the Liens and security interests therein specified and provide its guarantee of the Obligations as therein contemplated; and

 

WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

 

1.                                      Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.  By executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Grantor, as provided in Section 8.14 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (a) hereby becomes a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as both a “Grantor” and a “Guarantor” thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and a Guarantor and, without limiting the generality of the

 



 

foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Grantor and a Guarantor thereunder, and (b) hereby grants to Lender as security for the Secured Obligations, a security interest in all of the Additional Grantor’s right, title and interest in any and to all Collateral of the Additional Grantor, in each case whether now owned or hereafter acquired or in which the Additional Grantor now has or hereafter acquires an interest and wherever the same may be located, but subject in all respects to the terms, conditions and exclusions set forth in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.  The Additional Grantor hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 4 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (x) that is qualified by materiality is true and correct, and (y) that is not qualified by materiality, is true and correct in all material respects, in each case, on and as the date hereof (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as if made on and as of such date (except to the extent any such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty was true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

2.                                      Governing Law.  THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.

 

3.                                      Loan Document.  This Assumption Agreement shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

 

[ADDITIONAL GRANTOR]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 



 

ANNEX 2 TO
GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF
DISCLOSURE LETTER SUPPLEMENT

 

To:

Silicon Valley Bank, as Lender

 

 

 

Re:

Rightside Group, Ltd.

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Disclosure Letter Supplement (this “Disclosure Letter Supplement”) is made and delivered pursuant to [Section 3.3(g)][ Section 8.14] of that certain Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014 (as amended, modified, renewed or extended from time to time, the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”), among each Grantor party thereto (each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”), and Silicon Valley Bank (“Lender”).  All capitalized terms used in this Disclosure Letter Supplement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in either the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Credit Agreement (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), as the context may require.

 

[The undersigned,                                                        [insert name of Grantor], a                                            [corporation, partnership, limited liability company, etc.], confirms and agrees that all Pledged Collateral of the undersigned, including the property described on the supplemental schedule attached hereto, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral and shall secure all Secured Obligations.

 

Schedule 2 to the Disclosure Letter is hereby amended by adding to such Schedule 2 the information set forth in the supplement attached hereto.]

 

[The undersigned,                                                        [insert name of Grantor], a                                            [corporation, partnership, limited liability company, etc.], confirms and agrees that the information set forth in the schedules attached hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in the schedules to the Disclosure Letter.  [Schedule[s] [      ]] to the Disclosure Letter [is][are] hereby amended by adding to [each] such Schedule the information set forth in the supplement attached hereto.]

 

all Pledged Collateral of the undersigned, including the property described on the supplemental schedule attached hereto, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral and shall secure all Secured Obligations

 

This Disclosure Letter Supplement shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement.

 



 

THIS DISCLOSURE LETTER SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Disclosure Letter Supplement, as of the date first above written.

 

 

[NAME OF APPLICABLE GRANTOR]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 



 

[SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX 2

 

TO GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT]

 

[SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 2]

 

[SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8]

 




Exhibit 10.3

 

 

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

dated as of

 

August 6, 2014,

 

among

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.,

 

UNITED TLD HOLDCO LTD.,

 

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO

 

and

 

OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC.,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 



 

Table of Contents

 

 

Page

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01.

Defined Terms

1

Section 1.02.

Terms Generally

26

Section 1.03.

Independence of Covenants

27

Section 1.04.

Construction

27

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

THE CREDITS

 

Section 2.01.

Commitments

27

Section 2.02.

Loans; Notice of Borrowing

28

Section 2.03.

Disbursement of Funds

28

Section 2.04.

Evidence of Debt; Repayment of Loans

29

Section 2.05.

Fees

29

Section 2.06.

Interest on Loans

30

Section 2.07.

Default Interest

30

Section 2.08.

Termination of Commitments

30

Section 2.09.

Repayment of Loans

30

Section 2.10.

Optional Prepayment

30

Section 2.11.

Mandatory Prepayments

31

Section 2.12.

Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances

34

Section 2.13.

Indemnity

35

Section 2.14.

Pro Rata Treatment

35

Section 2.15.

Ratable Sharing

35

Section 2.16.

Payments

36

Section 2.17.

Taxes

36

Section 2.18.

Assignment of Loans Under Certain Circumstances; Duty to Mitigate

39

Section 2.19.

[Reserved]

40

Section 2.20.

Obsidian Agency Services as Administrative Agent

40

Section 2.21.

Original Issue Discount

40

Section 2.22.

Investment Unit

41

Section 2.23.

Special Provisions Relating to Collateral

41

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 3.01.

Organization; Powers

41

Section 3.02.

Authorization

41

Section 3.03.

Enforceability

42

Section 3.04.

Governmental Approvals

42

Section 3.05.

Financial Statements

42

Section 3.06.

Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases

43

Section 3.07.

Subsidiaries

43

Section 3.08.

Litigation; Compliance with Laws

44

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

Section 3.09.

Contractual Obligations

45

Section 3.10.

Federal Reserve Regulations

45

Section 3.11.

Government Regulation

45

Section 3.12.

Use of Proceeds

45

Section 3.13.

Tax Returns; Passive Foreign Investment Company; Controlled Foreign Corporation

46

Section 3.14.

No Material Misstatements

46

Section 3.15.

Employee Benefit Plans

46

Section 3.16.

Environmental Matters

47

Section 3.17.

Insurance

47

Section 3.18.

Security Documents

47

Section 3.19.

Location of Real Property and Leased Premises

48

Section 3.20.

Labor Matters

48

Section 3.21.

Solvency

48

Section 3.22.

Transaction Documents; Revolving Loan Documents

49

Section 3.23.

Sanctioned Persons

49

Section 3.24.

Financial Advisors

49

Section 3.25.

Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.

50

Section 3.26.

Representations and Warranties

50

Section 3.27.

Deposit Accounts; Securities Accounts

50

Section 3.28.

Loans to Officers and Directors

50

Section 3.29.

[Reserved]

50

Section 3.30.

Accounts and Notes Receivable; Accounts and Notes Payable

50

Section 3.31.

Internal Controls

51

Section 3.32.

Intellectual Property; Copyright Matters

51

Section 3.33.

Change of Control Provisions

52

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

CONDITIONS OF LENDING

 

Section 4.01.

Conditions Precedent to Closing

52

Section 4.02.

Post Closing Obligations

57

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Section 5.01.

Existence; Compliance with Laws; Businesses and Properties

59

Section 5.02.

Insurance

59

Section 5.03.

Obligations and Taxes

60

Section 5.04.

Financial Statements, Reports, etc.

61

Section 5.05.

Litigation and Other Notices

63

Section 5.06.

Information Regarding Collateral

63

Section 5.07.

Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections

63

Section 5.08.

Use of Proceeds

64

Section 5.09.

Employee Benefits

64

Section 5.10.

Compliance with Environmental Laws

64

Section 5.11.

Preparation of Environmental Reports

64

Section 5.12.

Further Assurances

64

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

 

 

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Section 5.13.

Change of Control Provisions

66

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

Section 6.01.

Indebtedness

66

Section 6.02.

Liens

68

Section 6.03.

Sale and Lease-Back Transactions

71

Section 6.04.

Investments

71

Section 6.05.

Acquisitions, Consolidations, Dispositions of Assets and Acquisitions

72

Section 6.06.

Restricted Payments; Restrictive Agreements

74

Section 6.07.

Transactions with Affiliates

75

Section 6.08.

Business of Borrowers and Subsidiaries

75

Section 6.09.

Other Indebtedness and Agreements, etc.

75

Section 6.10.

Capital Expenditures

75

Section 6.11.

[Reserved]

76

Section 6.12.

Maximum Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio

76

Section 6.13.

Minimum Liquidity

76

Section 6.14.

Fiscal Year

76

Section 6.15.

Certain Equity Securities

76

Section 6.16.

Amendments or Waivers of Documents Relating to Subordinated Indebtedness, Organizational Documents and Equity Interests

76

Section 6.17.

Antilayering

77

Section 6.18.

[Reserved]

77

Section 6.19.

Wholly Owned Subsidiaries

77

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT

 

ARTICLE IX

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 9.01.

Notices

84

Section 9.02.

Survival of Agreement

85

Section 9.03.

Binding Effect

85

Section 9.04.

Successors and Assigns

85

Section 9.05.

Expenses; Indemnity

88

Section 9.06.

Right of Setoff

90

Section 9.07.

Applicable Law

90

Section 9.08.

Waivers; Amendment

90

Section 9.09.

Interest Rate Limitation

91

Section 9.10.

Entire Agreement

91

 

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Section 9.11.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

91

Section 9.12.

Severability

91

Section 9.13.

Counterparts

92

Section 9.14.

Headings

92

Section 9.15.

Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

92

Section 9.16.

Confidentiality

92

Section 9.17.

USA PATRIOT Act Notice

93

Section 9.18.

Judgment Currency

93

 

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SCHEDULES

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1.01(a)

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Guarantors

Schedule 1.01(b)

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Mortgaged Property

Schedule 2.01

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Lenders and Commitments

Schedule 3.07

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Subsidiaries

Schedule 3.07(f)

 

Immaterial Subsidiaries

Schedule 3.07(b)

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Outstanding Subscriptions, Options, Warrants, Calls, Commitments

Schedule 3.13(b)

 

Controlled Foreign Corporations

Schedule 3.16

-

Environmental Matters

Schedule 3.17

-

Insurance

Schedule 3.18(a)

-

UCC Filing Offices

Schedule 3.19(a)

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Owned Real Property

Schedule 3.19(b)

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Leased Real Property

Schedule 3.24

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Financial Advisors

Schedule 3.25

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Foreign Assets Control Regulations

Schedule 3.27

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Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts

Schedule 3.30(b)

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Delinquent Accounts Payable and Notes Payable

Schedule 3.32(a)

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Intellectual Property

Schedule 3.33

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Change of Control Provisions

Schedule 6.01

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Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 6.02

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Existing Liens

Schedule 6.04

-

Existing Investments

Schedule 6.07

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Affiliate Transactions

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

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Form of Notice of Borrowing

Exhibit B-1

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Form of Term Note (U.S. Borrower)

Exhibit B-2

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Form of Term Note (Cayman Borrower)

Exhibit C

-

[Reserved]

Exhibit D

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Form of Administrative Questionnaire

Exhibit E

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Form of Assignment and Acceptance

Exhibit F-1

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Form of U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

Exhibit F-2

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Form of Unconditional Guarantee (Non-U.S. Entities)

Exhibit G

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Form of Warrant

Exhibit H

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Form of Warrant Agreement

Exhibit I

-

Form of Collateral Information Certificate

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of August 6, 2014 and entered into by and among RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD., a Delaware corporation (the “U.S. Borrower”), UNITED TLD HOLDCO, LTD., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Cayman Borrower”, and together with the U.S. Borrower, the “Borrowers”), the Lenders (as defined in Article I), and OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the Lenders.

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

 

The Borrowers desire that the Lenders extend term loans to the Borrowers in connection with the distribution by Demand Media Inc. (“Demand”) to its stockholders of all of the equity interests of the U.S. Borrower, a corporation formed to own and operate the other Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, and certain transactions related thereto (the “Spin-off”) to finance, in part, the acquisition of new gTLDs (as defined below) and for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

 

The Lenders have agreed to extend such term loans to the Borrowers.

 

The Borrowers desire to secure all of their respective Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a second priority Lien on all of its real, personal and mixed property, including a pledge of the Equity Interests of their respective Subsidiaries, as and to the extent provided herein and in the other Loan Documents.

 

All material Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrowers have agreed to guarantee the Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and to secure their guaranties by granting to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a second priority Lien on substantially all of their respective real, personal and mixed property, including a pledge of the Equity Interests of their respective Subsidiaries, as and to the extent provided herein and in the other Loan Documents.

 

Certain material Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrowers have agreed to guarantee the Cayman Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and to secure their guaranties by granting to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a second priority Lien on all of their respective real, personal and mixed property, including a pledge of all of the Equity Interests of their respective Subsidiaries, as and to the extent provided herein and in the other Loan Documents.

 

The Lenders are willing to extend such term loans to the Borrowers on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.  Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

SECTION 1.01.                                   Defined Terms.

 

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

 

Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble.

 



 

Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit D, or such other form as may be supplied from time to time by the Administrative Agent.

 

Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified; provided, however, that, for purposes of Section 6.07, the term “Affiliate” shall also include any Person that directly or indirectly owns 10% or more of any class of Equity Interests of the Person specified or that is an officer or director of the Person specified.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, neither the Agents nor any Person that is a Lender shall be deemed an Affiliate of any Loan Party for purposes of the Loan Documents.

 

Agents” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.

 

Agreement” shall mean this Credit Agreement.

 

Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal to the highest of:

 

(i)                                     the Prime Rate in effect on such day; and

 

(ii)                                  the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1.0% per annum; and

 

(iii)                               1.50%

 

Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.  Interest calculated pursuant to clause (i) above will be determined based on a year of 365 days or 366 days, as applicable and actual days elapsed.  Interest calculated pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) above will be determined based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed.

 

Applicable Prepayment Premium” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10.

 

Asset Sale” shall mean the Disposition by the Borrowers or any Subsidiary to any Person other than the Borrowers or any Guarantor of (i) any of the Equity Interests of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries (excluding any sale of Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower), (ii) substantially all of the assets of any division or line of business of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, or (iii) any other assets (whether tangible or intangible) of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries (other than (a) inventory sold in the ordinary course of business, (b) Dispositions of accounts in the ordinary course of business for purposes of collection and (c) any such other assets to the extent that the aggregate value of such assets Disposed of (x) in any single transaction or related series of transactions is equal to $250,000 or less and (y) for all transactions or related series of transactions equal to $500,000 or less per fiscal year); provided, that for purposes of Section 2.11(b) and the definition of “Net Asset Sale Proceeds”, “Asset Sales” shall not include dispositions permitted under clauses (iii) and (v) through (xvii) of Section 6.05.

 

Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit E or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

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Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

 

Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

 

Borrowers” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble.

 

Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banks in New York, New York or Los Angeles, California are authorized or required by law to close.

 

Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the U.S. Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries that are (or should be) set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of the U.S. Borrower for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP, including acquisitions of gTLDs, which may be in the form of an acquisition of assets or of a Person, substantially all of the assets of which are domain names, domain name portfolios and top-level domain names; provided that Capital Expenditures shall not include any such expenditure made to restore, replace or rebuild property to the condition of such property immediately prior to any damage, loss, destruction or condemnation of such property, to the extent such expenditure is made with insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or damage recovery proceeds relating to any such damage, loss, destruction or condemnation.

 

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

 

Casualty Event” shall mean any event or occurrence described in clauses (i) and/or (ii) of the definition of “Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds”.

 

Cayman Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble of the Agreement.

 

Cayman Guarantorsshall mean, collectively, (i) on the Closing Date, each Foreign Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01(a), and thereafter each other Subsidiary that is or becomes a party to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Guarantee (Non-U.S. Entities), as applicable, or otherwise provides a Guarantee in respect of the Cayman Obligations, (ii) the U.S. Borrower and (iii) the U.S. Guarantors.

 

Cayman Law Charge” shall mean the charge over the Cayman Borrower’s assets dated on or about the date of this Agreement, whereby the Cayman Borrower grants a security interests in its assets in favor of the Collateral Agent.

 

Cayman Law Share Charge” shall mean the charge over shares dated on or about the date of this Agreement entered into between Lender and DMIH, an Irish limited liability company, in respect of DMIH’s shares in the Cayman Borrower.

 

Cayman Loan Parties” shall mean the Cayman Borrower and Cayman Guarantors.

 

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Cayman Obligations” shall mean all obligations of every nature of each Cayman Loan Party in respect of the principal, interest (including, without limitation, any interest accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy case or insolvency proceeding involving a Cayman Loan Party, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in such case or proceeding) and premium on account of the Cayman Term Loan from time to time owed to Administrative Agent, Lenders or any of them under the Loan Documents, and fees, expenses, indemnification or amounts (other than principal, interest and premium in respect of the U.S. Term Loan) owed by any Cayman Loan Party to Administrative Agent, Lenders or any of them under the Loan Documents.

 

Cayman Term Loanshall mean the term loan made by the Lenders to the Cayman Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b).

 

Cayman Term Loan Commitmentswith respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Cayman Term Loans hereunder as set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed its Cayman Term Loan Commitment, as applicable.  The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Cayman Term Loan Commitments is $20,000,000.

 

Certificated Security” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.18(a).

 

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

 

Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(i)                                     the U.S. Borrower shall cease to beneficially own and Control, directly or indirectly, 100% (other than directors’ qualifying shares required by law) on a fully-diluted basis of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of (a) DMIH, (b) the Cayman Borrower or (c) any other Loan Party (other than the U.S. Borrower);

 

(ii)                                  the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person;

 

(iii)                               during any period of 18 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the U.S. Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (x) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (y) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (x) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (z) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (x) and (y) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in the case of both clause (y) and clause (z), any individual whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the board of directors); or

 

(iv)                              the occurrence of any “change of control” (or similar event, howsoever denominated) under the definitive documentation governing or evidencing any Material

 

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Indebtedness, including the Revolving Loan Documents or any documents governing any Subordinated Indebtedness; or

 

(v)                                 any Person acting in concert with one or more other Persons shall have acquired beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower (or other Equity Interests convertible into such Equity Interests) representing a majority of the combined voting power of all Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower entitled to vote in the election of members of the Governing Body of the U.S. Borrower, other than Equity Interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency.

 

As used herein, the term “beneficially own” or “beneficial ownership” shall have the meaning set forth in the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder

 

Change in Law” shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.12, by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided 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 issued thereunder or 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 day enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

 

Charges” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

 

Closing Date” shall mean the date on which the initial Term Loans are made.

 

Closing Date Projections” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(e).

 

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

Collateral” shall mean all the real, personal, and mixed property in which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Security Documents, including all “Collateral” (as defined therein) and Mortgaged Properties (if any).

 

Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble.

 

Collateral Information Certificate” shall mean the Collateral Information Certificate to be executed and delivered by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 4.01, substantially in the form of Exhibit I.

 

Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, with respect to the U.S. Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (i) Consolidated Net Income, plus (ii) the following to the extent deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income: (a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (b) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries for such period, (c) depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (d) any (1) non-cash impairment or loss of goodwill or other intangibles required to be taken pursuant to GAAP, (2) non-cash deferred compensation

 

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expenses, (3) non-cash losses from sales of assets and other property, other than from sales in the ordinary course of business, (4) non-cash expense recorded with respect to stock-options or other equity-based compensation, (e) losses related to the voluntary withdrawal or other loss of an application for gTLD rights, (f) any losses during such period related to foreign currency exchanges, conversions and/or contracts, (g) one-time, non-recurring charges, costs and expenses not in excess of $3,500,000 incurred during such period in connection with the Transactions, the closing of the Term Loans and the Revolving Loan Agreement, and other acquisition or disposition transactions, whether or not consummated, (h) start-up costs and expenses incurred in connection with Borrowers’ initiative regarding investments in gTLDs permitted hereunder not in excess of $11,000,000 in the aggregate through September 30, 2014, (i) expenses associated with early extinguishment of Indebtedness, (j) severance costs paid during such period in connection with any reduction in force, (k) any extraordinary loss in accordance with GAAP, (l) any other non-cash charges or expenses for such period that do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period, and plus (iii) (a) any increase in deferred revenue from the previous period, and (b) any decrease in deferred registration costs from the previous period, but minus (iv) the following to the extent included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income: (a) any gains during such period related to foreign currency exchanges, conversions and/or contracts, (b) gains related to the voluntary withdrawal of an application for gTLD rights, and (c) any non-recurring or other unusual item of gain, and minus (v) (a) any decrease in deferred revenue from the previous period, and (b) any increase in deferred registration costs from the previous period.  Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis with respect to any period for which a Permitted Disposition or an acquisition that is permitted under Section 6.10 has occurred.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated EBITDA shall be deemed to be (i) $24,836,000 for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2013, (ii) $22,840,000 for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2013, (iii) $18,912,000 for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013 and (iv) $14,580,000 for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014.

 

Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” shall mean, as of any date of determination, for the U.S. Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, the sum (without duplication) of (a) all Indebtedness of such Persons for borrowed money as at such date, including all current maturities and current sinking fund payments in respect of any such Indebtedness, whether or not required to be paid within one year from the date of its creation, plus (b) Indebtedness of such Persons in respect of the Revolving Loans and Term Loans.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, total cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of the U.S. Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Persons (including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under Interest Rate Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP).

 

Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the U.S. Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) an amount equal to (i) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date plus (ii) Indebtedness under letters of credit as of such date minus (iii) Excess Cash as of such date, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which the U.S. Borrower has delivered financial statements.

 

Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date, the total assets of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP, as set forth on the most recently delivered consolidated financial statements of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date.

 

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Contingent Obligation”, as applied to any Person, shall mean any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person (i) with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another if the primary purpose or intent thereof by the Person incurring the Contingent Obligation is to provide assurance to the obligee of such obligation of another that such obligation of another will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such obligation will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof, (ii) with respect to any acceptance, letter of credit or surety bond or similar facility issued for the account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings, or (iii) under Hedging Agreements.  Contingent Obligations shall include (a) the direct or indirect Guarantee, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another, (b) the obligation to make take or-pay or similar payments if required regardless of non-performance by any other party or parties to an agreement, and (c) any liability of such Person for the obligation of another through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (1) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or (2) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another if, in the case of any agreement described under subclauses (1) or (2) of this sentence, the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in the preceding sentence.  The amount of any liability in respect of a Hedging Agreement shall be the amount determined in respect thereof as of the end of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter of such Person, based on the assumption that such Hedging Agreement had terminated at the end of such fiscal quarter.  In making such determination, if any agreement relating to such Hedging Agreement provides for the netting of amounts payable by and to such Person thereunder or if such agreement provides for the simultaneous payment of amounts by and to such Person, then in each such case, the amount of such obligation shall be the net amount so determined, in each case to the extent that such agreement is legally enforceable in Insolvency Proceedings against the applicable counterparty thereof.  The amount of any other Contingent Obligation shall be equal to the amount of the obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported or, if less, the amount to which such Contingent Obligation is specifically limited.

 

Contractual Obligation” shall mean, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Equity Interest issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or subject.

 

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

 

Control Agreement” shall mean an agreement, satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent and executed by the financial institution or securities intermediary at which a Deposit Account or a Securities Account, as the case may be, is maintained, pursuant to which such financial institution or securities intermediary confirms and acknowledges the Collateral Agent’s security interest in such account, and agrees that the financial institution or securities intermediary, as the case may be, will comply with instructions or entitlement orders, as applicable, originated by the Collateral Agent as to disposition of funds in such account, without further consent by the Borrowers or any Subsidiary.

 

Copyright Act” shall mean Title 17 of the United States Code, including the Copyright Act of 1976, and all rules and regulations issued or promulgated thereunder, all as amended and in effect from time to time.

 

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Credit Facilities” shall mean the term loan facilities provided for by this Agreement.

 

Cumulative Excess Cash Flow Amount” shall mean the aggregate amount equal to the sum of (i) the product of Excess Cash Flow from the Closing Date to the end of the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2014 and the ECF Percentage for such fiscal year and (ii) for each fiscal year thereafter, the product of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year and the ECF Percentage for such fiscal year, ending with the fiscal year most recently ended as of the date 90 days prior to the Revolving Loan Payoff Date.

 

Current Assets” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the total assets of U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis which may properly be classified as current assets in conformity with GAAP at such time, excluding (i) cash and Permitted Investments and (ii) deferred income taxes.

 

Current Liabilities” shall mean, at any time, the consolidated total liabilities of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries which may properly be classified as current liabilities in conformity with GAAP at such time, but excluding, without duplication, (a) the current portion of any long-term Indebtedness, and (b) outstanding Revolving Loans.

 

Declined Proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h).

 

Default” shall mean any event or condition which upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Deposit Account” shall mean a demand, time, savings, passbook or similar account maintained with a Person engaged in the business of banking, including savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union or trust of the Loan Parties or as otherwise defined in the UCC.

 

Disclosure Letter” shall mean the disclosure letter, dated as of the date hereof, as amended or supplemented from time to time by the Borrowers with the written consent of the Administrative Agent (or as supplemented by the Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), delivered by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent.

 

Disposition” shall mean with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sublease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer, license or other disposition thereof.  The terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.

 

Disqualified Stock” shall mean any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, or requires the payment of any cash dividend or any other scheduled payment constituting a return of capital, in each case at any time on or prior to the date that is 90 days following the Maturity Date; or (b) is convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Equity Interest referred to in clause (a) above, in each case at any time on or prior to the date that is 90 days following the Maturity Date.

 

DMIH” shall mean DMIH Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland.

 

Dollars” or “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.

 

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Domains” shall mean Rightside Domains Europe Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland.

 

“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean (a) any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower that (i) has no significant assets other than Equity Interests in controlled foreign corporations within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code and with respect to which the U.S. Borrower is a “United States shareholder,” within the meaning of Section 951(b) of the Code and (ii) conducts no business other than holding such Equity Interests and (b) any Subsidiary that is treated as a disregarded entity under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3 of a Subsidiary described in clause (a).

 

ECF Percentage” shall mean fifty percent 50%.

 

Eligible Assignee” shall mean (i) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and any Related Fund of any Lender; and (ii) (a) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof; (b) a savings and loan association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof; (c) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country or a political subdivision thereof; provided that (1) such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States or (2) such bank is organized under the laws of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision of such country; and (d) any other entity that is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) that extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses including insurance companies, mutual funds and lease financing companies; provided that neither the Borrowers nor any Affiliate of the Borrowers shall be an Eligible Assignee.

 

Employee Benefit Plan” shall mean, at any time, an employee benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, which the U.S. Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate maintains, contributes to or has an obligation to contribute.

 

eNom” shall mean eNom, Incorporated, a Nevada corporation.

 

Environmental Laws” shall mean all former, current and future Federal, state, local and foreign laws (including common law), treaties, regulations, rules, ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments, directives, orders (including consent orders), and agreements in each case, relating to protection of the environment, natural resources, human health and safety or the presence, Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, or the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, transport, recycling or handling of, or the arrangement for such activities with respect to, Hazardous Materials.

 

Environmental Liability” shall mean all liabilities, obligations, damages, losses, claims, actions, suits, judgments, orders, fines, penalties, fees, expenses and costs (including administrative oversight costs, natural resource damages and remediation costs), whether contingent or otherwise, arising out of or relating to (a) compliance or non compliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Equity Interests” shall mean shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, shares in the share capital of a company, beneficial interests in a trust or

 

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other equity interests in any Person, and any option, warrant or other right entitling the holder thereof to purchase or otherwise acquire any such equity interest.

 

ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the U.S. Borrower, is, or was within the last six preceding plan years, treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is, or was within the last six preceding plan years, treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

 

ERISA Event” shall mean (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived), (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (d) the incurrence by the U.S. Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the U.S. Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (e) the receipt by the U.S. Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to the intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (f) the adoption of any amendment to a Plan that would require the provision of security pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the Code or Section 307 of ERISA, (g) the receipt by the U.S. Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the U.S. Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, (h) the occurrence of a “prohibited transaction” with respect to which the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries is a “disqualified person” (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) or with respect to which the U.S. Borrower or any such Subsidiary could otherwise incur a material liability, (i) the incurrence by the U.S. Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA, (j) the imposition of liability on the U.S. Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA or (k) the imposition of a Lien on the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or ERISA.

 

Euro” shall mean the single currency of the Participating Member States.

 

Events of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

 

Excess Cash” shall mean as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash and Permitted Investments held by the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date, over (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of the then outstanding Revolving Loans as of such date and (ii) $15,000,000.  For the avoidance of doubt, “Excess Cash” shall not be less than zero.

 

Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, for any fiscal year of the Borrowers (or, in the case of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (except as otherwise specified below), the portion thereof commencing on the Closing Date and ending on December 31, 2014), determined on a consolidated basis, the excess of:

 

(a) the sum, without duplication, of

 

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(i) Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year (or portion thereof) and

 

(ii) the decrease, if any, in Current Assets minus Current Liabilities from the beginning to the end of such fiscal year (provided, that for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, such decrease, if any, in Current Assets minus Current Liabilities shall be calculated for the period commencing on January 1, 2014 and ending on December 31, 2014,

 

over

 

(b) the sum, without duplication, of

 

(i) federal, state, local and foreign income taxes paid in cash by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (or portion thereof),

 

(ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for such fiscal year (or portion thereof) paid in cash,

 

(iii) capital expenditures, acquisitions permitted hereunder, Investments permitted hereunder, or Restricted Payments permitted hereunder, in each case, to the extent made in cash, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness, Equity Issuances, casualty proceeds, condemnation proceeds or other proceeds that would not be included in Consolidated EBITDA,

 

(iv) permanent repayment of Indebtedness (other than voluntary prepayments and mandatory prepayments of the Term Loans under Section 2.10 and Section 2.11, respectively) made in cash by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (or portion thereof), but only to the extent that the Indebtedness so prepaid by its terms cannot be reborrowed or redrawn and such prepayments do not occur in connection with a refinancing of all or any portion of such Indebtedness,

 

(v) the increase, if any, in Current Assets minus Current Liabilities from the beginning to the end of such fiscal year (provided, that for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, such increase, if any, in Current Assets minus Current Liabilities shall be calculated for the period commencing on January 1, 2014 and ending on December 31, 2014, and

 

(vi) all other payments added back to Consolidated EBITDA (subject to the limitations set forth in the definition thereof) for such fiscal year (or period) to the extent paid in cash.

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Excluded Taxes” shall mean any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) income or franchise Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the United States of America and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrowers under Section 2.18), U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(d), except in each case to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the

 

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Borrowers with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 2.17 and (d) U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

Facilities” shall mean any and all real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries.

 

Fair Labor Standards Act” shall mean the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended from time to time.

 

FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

 

Federal Power Act” shall mean the Federal Power Act of 1935, as amended from time to time.

 

Fee Letter” shall mean that certain fee letter agreement entered into among the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent dated as of the Closing Date.

 

Financial Officer” of any Person shall mean the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such Person.

 

First Tier Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, each Foreign Subsidiary in which any one or more of (a) a U.S. Borrower, (b) a U.S. domestic entity that is a Subsidiary that has no significant assets other than equity interests in CFCs and with respect to which a Borrower is a “United States shareholder,” within the meaning of Section 951(b) of the Code or (c) any Domestic Subsidiary of a U.S. Borrower owns directly more than 50%, in the aggregate, of the voting Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary.

 

Foreign Law Security Agreements” shall mean, those security documents evidencing the pledge of the assets of any Material Foreign Subsidiary.

 

Foreign Lender” shall mean any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the U.S. Borrower is located.  For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

 

Foreign Pledge Documents” shall mean, collectively, in respect of the grant by any Loan Party to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties of a Lien on certain of the Equity Interest of any First Tier Foreign Subsidiary owned by such Loan Party, any related Foreign Law Pledge Agreement, any related filings, an opinion as is customary in the relevant jurisdiction delivered by local counsel in the foreign jurisdiction in which such First Tier Foreign Subsidiary is organized and addressing the effectiveness of the pledge and/or creation of a Lien by such Loan Party to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties of the pledged Equity Interests of such First Tier Foreign Subsidiary having

 

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been issued to such Loan Party, any related authorizing resolutions adopted by the board of directors (or equivalent) of such Loan Party in connection with such pledge, any amendments to the Organizational Documents of such First Tier Foreign Subsidiary required by the Collateral Agent to facilitate the pledge and/or creation of a Lien by such Loan Party to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties of such pledged Equity Interests, and any other agreements, documents, instruments, notices, filings or other items reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to be executed and/or delivered in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

“Foreign Security Documents” shall mean, collectively, in respect of the grant by any Material Foreign Subsidiary to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties of a Lien on the assets of any Material Foreign Subsidiary, any related Foreign Law Security Agreement, any related filings, an opinion as is customary in the relevant jurisdiction delivered by local counsel in the foreign jurisdiction in which such Material Foreign Subsidiary is organized and addressing the effectiveness of the pledge by such Material Foreign Subsidiary to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties of the assets of such Material Foreign Subsidiary, any related authorizing resolutions adopted by the board of directors (or equivalent) of such Material Foreign Subsidiary in connection with such pledge, any amendments to the Organizational Documents of such Material Foreign Subsidiary required by the Administrative Agent to facilitate the pledge by such Material Foreign Subsidiary to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties of such assets, and any other agreements, documents, instruments, notices, filings or other items reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to be executed and/or delivered in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis.

 

Governing Body” shall mean the board of directors or other body having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person that is a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company.

 

Governmental Authority” shall mean any Federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, board or commission.

 

Granting Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(j).

 

gTLDs” shall mean domain names, domain name portfolios and top-level domain names, including domain name suffixes, also known as generic Top Level Domains, approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.

 

Guarantee” of or by any Person shall mean any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment of such Indebtedness or other obligation or (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation;

 

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provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

 

Guarantee (Non-U.S. Entities)” shall mean the Unconditional Guarantee (Non-U.S. Entities) to be executed and delivered by DMIH and each Subsidiary of a Borrower or other Subsidiary (other than any U.S. Loan Party) which has become a Guarantor of the Cayman Obligations pursuant thereto, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2.

 

Guarantors” shall mean the U.S. Guarantors and Cayman Guarantors, collectively.

 

Hazardous Materials” shall mean (a) any petroleum products or byproducts and all other hydrocarbons, coal ash, radon gas, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting substances and (b) any chemical, material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or regulated by or pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

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

 

Hot Media” shall mean Hot Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

ICANN” shall mean the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.

 

ICC Termination Act” shall mean the ICC Termination Act of 1995, as amended from time to time.

 

Immaterial Subsidiaries shall mean any Subsidiary that (a) did not, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower most recently ended, have assets with a value in excess of 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 5.0% of total revenues of U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date, and (b) taken together with all Immaterial Subsidiaries as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower most recently ended, did not have assets with a value in excess of 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 10.0% of total revenues of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date.

 

Indebtedness” of any Person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such Person, including any earn-out obligations, (d) [reserved], (e) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding (i) trade accounts payable and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) accruals for payroll and other liabilities, including deferred compensation arrangements, accrued in the ordinary course of business), (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (g) all Contingent Obligations of such Person in respect of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and (j) all obligations of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, and (k) all obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including any Hedging Agreement, in each case, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise; provided, in no event shall obligations under any derivative transaction be deemed “Indebtedness” for any purpose under Section 6.12 unless such obligations relate

 

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to a transaction that has been terminated.  The amount of any Indebtedness of any Person in respect of a Hedging Agreement shall be the amount determined in respect thereof as of the end of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter of such Person, based on the assumption that such Hedging Agreement had terminated at the end of such fiscal quarter. In making such determination, if any agreement relating to such Hedging Agreement provides for the netting of amounts payable by and to such Person thereunder or if any such agreement provides for the simultaneous payment of amounts by and to such Person, then in each such case, the amount of such obligation shall be the net amount so determined, in each case to the extent that such agreement is legally enforceable in Insolvency Proceedings against the applicable counterparty thereof.  The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer.

 

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

 

Indemnitee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b).

 

Independent Financial Advisor” shall mean an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing or any third party appraiser or recognized expert with experience in appraising the terms and conditions of the type of transaction or series of related transactions for which an opinion is required, provided that such firm or appraiser is not an Affiliate of the Borrowers.

 

Information” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.16.

 

Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean (i) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, examinership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (ii) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratorium, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors or other, similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors, in each case, undertaken under United States federal or state or non-United States legal requirements, including the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Installment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09.

 

Intellectual Property” shall mean all present and future:  (a) all inventions and discoveries (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), all improvements thereto, and all patents, patent applications and patent disclosures, together with all reissuances, continuations, continuations-in-part, revisions, extensions and reexaminations thereof, (b) all trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names and corporate names, together with all translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations thereof and including all goodwill associated therewith, (c) all copyrightable works, all copyrights and all applications, registrations and renewals in connection therewith, (d) all broadcast rights, (e) all mask works and all applications, registrations and renewals in connection therewith, (f) all know-how, trade secrets and confidential business information, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice (including ideas, research and development, know-how, formulas, compositions and manufacturing and production process and techniques, technical data, designs, drawings, specifications, customer and supplier lists, pricing and cost information and business and marketing plans and proposals), (g) all computer software (including data and related documentation), (h) all other proprietary rights, (i) all copies and tangible embodiments thereof (in whatever form or medium) and (j) all licenses and agreements in connection therewith.

 

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Intellectual Property Security Agreement” shall mean any intellectual property security agreement entered into between a Loan Party and the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with each other intellectual property security agreement and supplement thereto delivered pursuant to Section 5.12, in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean a subordination and intercreditor agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Collateral Agent, the Revolving Loan Lender and the U.S. Borrower in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent.

 

Interest Payment Date” shall mean September 30, 2014 and on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower thereafter, provided if any such day is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and interest shall accrue for each day of such extension.

 

Interest Rate Agreement” shall mean any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement to which any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.

 

Interstate Commerce Act” shall mean the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, as amended from time to time.

 

Investment” shall mean (i) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any stocks, bonds, notes, debentures or other obligations or securities of any other Person; (ii) any direct or indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital contributions by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries to any other Person, including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business and (iii) all investments consisting of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including any Hedging Agreement, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise.  The amount of any Investment of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write ups, write downs or write offs with respect to such Investment and after giving effect to any return of capital, repayment or dividends or distributions in respect thereof received in cash with respect to such Investment.

 

Investment Company Act of 1940” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.

 

Irish Law Charges” shall mean (a) the security deed (debenture) dated on or about the date hereof by and between the Collateral Agent and DMIH in respect of the assets of DMIH and (b) the security deed (debenture) dated on or about the date hereof by and between the Collateral Agent and Domains in respect of the assets of Domains.

 

Irish Law Share Charges” shall mean (a) the security over shares deed dated on or about the date of this Agreement, entered into between the Collateral Agent and the U.S. Borrower in respect of 65% of the U.S. Borrower’s shares in DMIH; (b) the security over shares deed dated on or about the date of this Agreement, entered into between the Collateral Agent and the U.S. Borrower in respect of 100% of the U.S. Borrower’s shares in DMIH; and (c) the security over shares deed dated on or about the date of

 

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this Agreement, entered into between the Collateral Agent and DMIH in respect of 100% of DMIH’s shares in Domains.

 

Lenders” shall mean (a) the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 (other than any such Person that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance) and (b) any Person that has become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance.

 

Libor Rateshall mean, for any date of determination, the three-month London Interbank Offered Rate (rounded upward to the nearest 1/16 of one percent) that appears on Bloomberg as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (Local Time) on such date of determination; provided, that if such index ceases to exist or is no longer published or announced, then the term “Libor Rate” shall mean the three-month London Interbank Offered Rate (rounded upward to the nearest 1/16 of one percent) as published in The Wall Street Journal on such date of determination, and if this latter index ceases to exist or is no longer published or announced, then the term “Libor Rate” shall mean the Prime Rate (rounded upward to the nearest 1/16 of one percent) as published in The Wall Street Journal on such date of determination.  The Libor Rate shall be determined on any date of determination by the Administrative Agent.  The LIBOR Rate shall in no event be less than 0.5% per annum.

 

Lien” shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge or security interest in or on such asset, or (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.

 

Liquidity” shall mean an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of Unrestricted Cash and Permitted Investments of U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the aggregate and (ii) aggregate amount of unused Revolving Commitments available to be borrowed by any Loan Party (without duplication) as of the relevant date of determination.

 

Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Term Notes, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Related Documents and any other document or agreement executed in connection herewith or therewith; provided that, solely for purposes of Section 9.08(b), the Related Documents and any side letter between or among two or more Lenders shall not be a Loan Document.

 

Loan Parties” shall mean the U.S. Loan Parties and Cayman Loan Parties.

 

Local Time” shall mean Los Angeles time.

 

Management Fee Recipient” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Management Fees”.

 

Management Fees” shall mean any fees or other amounts (whether structured as a fee, an underwriting discount or otherwise) payable, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of any direct or indirect holder of Equity Interests of any Affiliate of any such holder of Equity Interests (each of the foregoing, a “Management Fee Recipient”) or in respect of management, consulting, financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or other investment banking activities provided by or on behalf of any Management Fee Recipient to or for the benefit, directly or indirectly, of any of the Borrowers or the Borrowers Affiliates, whether payable, earned or otherwise provided for pursuant to a management agreement (howsoever denominated) or otherwise.

 

Margin Stock” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean (a) a materially adverse effect on and/or material adverse developments with respect to (i) the value of the Collateral, (ii) the enterprise value of the Borrowers or (b) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (c) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of either Agent or the Lenders under any Loan Document, or of the ability of the Borrowers, or the Guarantors taken as a whole, to perform their respective obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, or to which they are parties, as applicable; or (d) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Borrower or any Guarantor of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

 

Material Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean any Material Subsidiary which is also a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Material Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Material Subsidiary which is also a Foreign Subsidiary.

 

Material Inbound License shall mean an inbound license of any patent, patent application, trademark, trademark application, trade name, service mark, service mark application, copyrights or copyright applications (i) involving required payments in each case in excess of $500,000 by the Loan Parties over the life of such licenses or (ii) for which the failure to maintain could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Material Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness (other than the Term Loans), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $2,500,000, including Indebtedness under the Revolving Loan Documents.  For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements to the extent that such agreements are legally enforceable in Insolvency Proceedings against the applicable counterparty or counterparties thereof) that the Borrowers or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.

 

Material Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary.

 

Maturity Date” shall mean August 6, 2019.

 

Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

 

Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.

 

Mortgaged Properties” shall mean, initially, the owned real properties of the Loan Parties specified on Schedule 1.01(b), and shall include each other parcel of real property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 5.12.

 

Mortgages” shall mean the mortgages, deeds of trust, assignments of leases and rents, modifications and other security documents delivered with respect to Mortgaged Properties pursuant to Section 5.12, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents.

 

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

 

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Net Asset Sale Proceeds” shall mean the cash proceeds received by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries in respect of an Asset Sale (including cash proceeds subsequently received (as and when received) in respect of noncash consideration initially received), net of (a) actual and reasonable documented selling expenses (including reasonable broker’s fees or commissions, legal fees, transfer and similar taxes and the Borrowers good faith estimate of income taxes, in each case paid or payable in connection with such sale), (b) amounts provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities under any indemnification obligations or purchase price adjustment associated with such Asset Sale (provided that, to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve, such amounts shall constitute Net Asset Sale Proceeds) and (c) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness for borrowed money that is secured by the asset sold in such Asset Sale and that is required to be repaid with such proceeds (other than any such Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such asset and other than Indebtedness hereunder).

 

Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds” shall mean any cash payments or proceeds received by the Collateral Agent or by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries (i) under any business interruption or casualty insurance policy in respect of a covered loss thereunder or (ii) as a result of the taking of any assets of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking, in each case net of any actual and reasonable documented costs incurred by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims of the Borrowers or such Subsidiary in respect thereof.

 

Net Securities Proceeds” shall mean the cash proceeds (net of reasonable underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, including reasonable legal fees and expenses) from the incurrence of Indebtedness by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries.

 

New Proceeds” shall mean net cash proceeds of issuances of Equity Interests received by the U.S. Borrower on or after the Closing Date and promptly designated as “New Proceeds” in writing to the Administrative Agent following such receipt.  Any such cash proceeds so designated may only be utilized by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries solely for the purposes permitted hereunder.  The aggregate amount of New Proceeds shall be reduced following the application of any such proceeds (or portion thereof).

 

Notes” shall mean the Term Notes.

 

Notice of Borrowing” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.02(c).

 

Obligations” shall mean the U.S. Obligations and the Cayman Obligations, collectively.

 

OFAC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.23.

 

OID” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21.

 

Opco” shall mean Rightside Operating Co., a Delaware corporation.

 

Organizational Documents” shall mean with respect to any Person, its charter, certificate, memorandum or articles of incorporation, bylaws, articles of organization, memorandum and articles of association, operating agreement, members agreement, partnership agreement, voting trust, or similar agreement or instrument governing the formation or operation of such Person.

 

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Other Taxes” shall mean all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.

 

Participant Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(h).

 

Participating Member State” shall mean any member state of the European Community that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with the legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.

 

Payment Office” shall mean the office of the Administrative Agent located at 2951 28th Street, Suite 1000, Santa Monica, California 90405 or such other office as the Administrative Agent may hereafter designate in writing as such to the other parties hereto.

 

PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

 

Permitted Investments” shall mean:

 

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

 

(b)                                 investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody’s;

 

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

 

(d)                                 fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria of clause (c) above;

 

(e)                                  securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s

 

(f)                                   securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (c) of this definition;

 

(g)                                  investments in “money market funds” within the meaning of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, at least 95% of whose assets are invested in investments of the type described in clauses (a) through (e) above, and are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s; and

 

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(h)                                 equivalents to the foregoing investments in any foreign jurisdiction in which the U.S. Borrower or its Subsidiaries conduct business.

 

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

 

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

 

Prime Rate” means, for any day, the rate of interest in effect for such day that is identified and normally published by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” (or, if more than one rate is published as the Prime Rate, then the highest of such rates), with any change in Prime Rate to become effective as of the date the rate of interest which is so identified as the “Prime Rate” is different from that published on the preceding Business Day.  If The Wall Street Journal no longer reports the Prime Rate, or if the Prime Rate no longer exists, or the Administrative Agent determines in good faith that the rate so reported no longer accurately reflects an accurate determination of the prevailing Prime Rate, then the Administrative Agent may select a reasonably comparable index or source to use as the basis for the Prime Rate.

 

Qualified Capital Stock” of any Person shall mean any Equity Interest of such Person that is not Disqualified Stock.

 

Recipient” shall mean (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) any Lender, as applicable.

 

Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(d).

 

Registration Rights Agreement” shall mean the registration rights agreement among the U.S. Borrower and the Lenders as of the Closing Date in respect of Equity Interests issued upon the exercise of the Warrants, dated the date hereof, in form and substance acceptable to the Lenders.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Related Documentsshall mean, collectively, the Warrants, the Warrant Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Related Fund” shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is a fund or commingled investment vehicle that invests in bank loans, any other fund that invests in bank loans and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.

 

Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

 

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Release” shall mean any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment or within or upon any building, structure, facility or fixture.

 

Required Lenders” shall mean, at any time, Lenders having Term Loans representing more than 50% of the sum of all Term Loans at such time.

 

Responsible Officer” of any Person shall mean any executive officer, Financial Officer or any director of such Person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such Person in respect of this Agreement.

 

Restricted Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary, the payment, prepayment, repurchase or defeasance of which is restricted under Section 6.09.

 

Restricted Payment” shall mean (i) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrowers or any Subsidiary, (ii) any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests in the Borrowers or any Subsidiary, and (iii) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any Subordinated Indebtedness.

 

Revolving Commitments” shall mean “Commitments” as defined in the Revolving Loan Agreement.

 

Revolving Loan Agreement” shall mean that certain Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2014 by and among Silicon Valley Bank, the Borrowers and certain other Subsidiaries of the U.S. Borrowers party thereto.

 

Revolving Loan Documents” shall mean the loan documents entered into in connection with the Revolving Loan Agreement as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Revolving Loan Lender” shall mean Silicon Valley Bank as the lender under the Revolving Loan Agreement.

 

Revolving Loan Payoff Date” shall mean the date that any of the following first occurs: (i) the maturity date of the Revolving Loan Agreement (as in effect on the Closing Date), (ii) the termination of the Revolving Loan Agreement, (iii) the refinancing of the Revolving Loan Agreement and (iv) acceleration of Revolving Loans and the termination of Revolving Commitments.

 

Revolving Loans” shall mean the loans made pursuant to the Revolving Loan Agreement.

 

S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, or any successor thereto.

 

SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other similar or successor agency of the Federal government administering the Securities Act.

 

Secured Parties” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

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Securities Account” is defined in the UCC.

 

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

 

Security Documents” shall mean the Mortgages, the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, Control Agreements, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, the Foreign Pledge Documents, the Foreign Security Documents, and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Collateral Agent granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the Obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and all financing statements, fixture filings, patent, trademark and copyright filings, assignments, acknowledgments and other filings, documents and agreements made or delivered pursuant thereto.

 

SPC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(j).

 

Spin-offshall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to the Agreement.

 

Spin-off Agreementshall mean that certain Separation and Distribution Agreement dated as of August 1, 2014, between Demand Media, Inc. and the U.S. Borrower.

 

Spot Rate” means, for any currency, on any relevant date of determination, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Administrative Agent as the spot rate for the purchase by the Administrative Agent of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on such date; provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.

 

Sterling” shall mean freely transferable lawful money of the United Kingdom (expressed in pounds sterling).

 

Subordinated Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries incurred from time to time and subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations.

 

Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, at the time any determination is made, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.  Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a “Subsidiary” is a reference to a Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower.

 

Synthetic Lease” shall mean, as to any Person, any lease (including leases that may be terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) (a) that is accounted for as an operating lease under GAAP and (b) in respect of which the lessee retains or obtains ownership of the property so leased for U.S. federal income tax purposes, other than any such lease under which such Person is the lessor.

 

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Synthetic Lease Obligations” shall mean, as to any Person, an amount equal to the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under any Synthetic Lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP if such obligations were accounted for as Capital Lease Obligations.

 

Synthetic Purchase Agreement” shall mean any swap, derivative or other agreement or combination of agreements pursuant to which the Borrowers or any Subsidiary is or may become obligated to make (a) any payment in connection with a purchase by any third party from a Person other than the Borrowers or any Subsidiary of any Equity Interest or Restricted Indebtedness or (b) any payment (other than on account of a permitted purchase by it of any Equity Interest or Restricted Indebtedness) the amount of which is determined by reference to the price or value at any time of any Equity Interest or Restricted Indebtedness; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, the following shall not be deemed to be a “Synthetic Purchase Agreement”:  (i) phantom stock or similar plan (including, any stock compensation plan or similar benefit plan) providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries (ii) any stock option or warrant agreement for the purchase of Equity Interests, (iii) the purchase of Equity Interests or Indebtedness (including securities convertible into Equity Interests) pursuant to delayed delivery contracts, accelerated stock repurchase agreements, forward contracts or other similar agreements and (iv) any of the foregoing to the extent that it constitutes a derivative embedded in a convertible security.

 

Tax Returns” shall mean (i) all returns, declarations, reports, schedules or information return or statement of, or with respect to, Taxes required to be filed with any Governmental Authority or depository and (ii) Form TD F 90-22.1.

 

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

 

Term Loans” shall mean the U.S. Term Loans and the Cayman Term Loans, collectively.

 

Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, collectively, the U.S. Term Loan Commitments and the Cayman Term Loan Commitments.

 

Term Note” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04(d).

 

Terrorism Order” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.25.

 

Total Debt” shall mean, at any time, the total Indebtedness of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries at such time.

 

Transaction Documents” shall mean the Spin-off Agreement and all material exhibits and schedules thereto and all agreements expressly contemplated thereby and the Loan Documents, in each case as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

 

Transactions” shall mean, collectively, (a) the transactions to occur pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including consummation of the Spin-off; (b) the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the borrowings hereunder; (c) the issuance of Warrants; and (c) the payment of related fees and expenses.

 

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UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time, of the State of New York or of any other state the laws of which are required as a result thereof to be applied in connection with the issue of perfection of security interests.

 

Unrestricted Cash and Permitted Investments” of any Person, shall mean cash or Permitted Investments of such Person, (a) that is not, and is not required to be, designated as “restricted” on the financial statements of such Person, (b) that is not contractually required, and has not been contractually committed by such Person, to be used for a specific purpose, (c) that is not subject to (i) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, (ii) any provision of the Organizational Documents of such Person, (ii) any order of any Governmental Authority or (iv) any contractual restriction (including the terms of any Equity Interests) preventing such cash or Permitted Investments, as applicable, from being applied to the payment of the Obligations (other than with respect to any restrictions under the Intercreditor Agreement or the Revolving Loan Agreement), (d) in which no Person (other than (i) the Collateral Agent, (ii) the Revolving Loan Lender or (iii) any holder of a Lien that is otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 6.02(xii)) has a Lien, (e) that is denominated in Dollars, Euros, or Sterling and (f) that is held in a Deposit Account or Securities Account, as applicable, in which the Collateral Agent has a valid and enforceable security interest and, with respect to Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts maintained in the U.S., at any time after the date Control Agreements are required to be delivered under Section 4.02, are perfected by “control” (within the meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) (or the Revolving Loan Lender has “control” for both the Revolving Loan Lender and the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement).

 

USA PATRIOT Act” shall mean The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).

 

U.S. Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any currency other than Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent relevant date of determination) for the purchase of Dollars with such other currency.

 

U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement” shall mean the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in the form of Exhibit F-1, among the U.S. Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

U.S. Guarantorsshall mean, collectively, on the Closing Date, each Domestic Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01(a), and thereafter each other Domestic Subsidiary that is or becomes a party to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or otherwise provides a Guarantee in respect of the U.S. Obligations.

 

U.S. Loan Parties” shall mean the U.S. Borrower and the U.S. Guarantors.

 

U.S. Obligations” shall mean all obligations of every nature of each U.S. Loan Party in respect of the principal, interest (including, without limitation, any interest accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy case or insolvency proceeding involving a U.S. Party, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in such case or proceeding) and premium on account of the U.S. Term Loan from time to time owed to Administrative Agent, Lenders or any of them under the Loan Documents, and fees, expenses, indemnification or other amounts (other than principal, interest and premium in respect of the Cayman Term Loan) owed by the U.S. Loan Parties with respect to the U.S. Term Loans to Administrative Agent, Lenders or any of them under the Loan Documents.  For the avoidance of doubt, U.S. Borrower’s obligations under the Related Documents shall not be deemed to be U.S. Obligations.

 

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U.S. Term Loanshall mean the term loan made by the Lenders to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 2.02.

 

U.S. Term Loan Commitmentswith respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make U.S. Term Loans hereunder as set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed its U.S. Term Loan Commitment, as applicable.  The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ U.S. Term Loan Commitments is $10,000,000.

 

U.S. Guarantorsshall mean, on the Closing Date, each Domestic Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01(a), and thereafter each other Domestic Subsidiary that is or becomes a party to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or otherwise provides a Guarantee in respect of the Obligations.

 

U.S. Person” shall mean any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(f)(ii)(B)(iii).

 

Warrant Agreement” shall mean the agreement to purchase Equity Interests of U.S. Borrower dated the date hereof, executed by the U.S. Borrower in order to issue the Warrants in the form of Exhibit H.

 

Warrants” shall mean the warrants, in the form of Exhibit G, issued by U.S. Borrower in favor of each Lender.

 

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean a Subsidiary of such Person of which securities (except for directors’ qualifying shares) or other ownership interests representing 100% of the Equity Interests are, at the time any determination is being made, owned, Controlled or held by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

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

 

Withholding Agent” means any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 1.02.                                   Terms Generally.  The definitions in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”; and the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed as having the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.  All references herein to Articles, Sections, and Exhibits shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require.  All references herein to Schedules shall be deemed references to Schedules to the Disclosure Letter unless the context shall otherwise require.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document or any other documents shall mean such document as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent not prohibited or restricted hereunder and (b) all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time

 

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to time; provided, however, that (x) any obligations of a Person under a lease (whether existing now or entered into in the future) that is not (or would not be) a Capital Lease Obligation under GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date shall not be treated as a Capital Lease Obligation solely as a result of the adoption of changes in GAAP and (y) if the Borrowers notify the Administrative Agent that the Borrowers wish to amend any covenant in Article VI or any related definition to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP occurring after the date of this Agreement on the operation of such covenant and the Administrative Agent consents in writing (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers that the Required Lenders wish to amend Article VI or any related definition for such purpose), then the Borrowers’ compliance with such covenant shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective and the Borrowers shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the reconciliation statements provided for in Section 5.04, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrowers and the Required Lenders.

 

SECTION 1.03.                                   Independence of Covenants.  All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted as an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenants shall not avoid the occurrence of an Event of Default or Default if such action is taken or condition exists.

 

SECTION 1.04.                                   Construction.  Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that (i) it has been represented by counsel in the negotiation and documentation of the terms of this Agreement, (ii) it has had full and fair opportunity to review and revise the terms of this Agreement, (iii) this Agreement has been drafted jointly by all of the parties hereto, and (iv) no Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor in respect of the Indebtedness represented hereby.  Accordingly, each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the terms of this Agreement shall not be construed against or in favor of another party.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The Credits

 

SECTION 2.01.                                   Commitments.  Subject to the terms and conditions and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth:

 

(a)                                 Each Lender with a U.S. Term Loan Commitment agrees, severally and not jointly, to make the U.S. Term Loans to the U.S. Borrower on the Closing Date in a principal amount equal to its U.S. Term Loan Commitment at a purchase price of 100.0% of par.

 

(b)                                 Each Lender with a Cayman Term Loan Commitment agrees, severally and not jointly, to make the Cayman Term Loans to the Cayman Borrower on the Closing Date in a principal amount equal to its Cayman Term Loan Commitment at a purchase price of 100.0% of par.

 

(c)                                  The U.S. Borrower may make only one borrowing of U.S. Term Loans.  The Cayman Borrower may make only one borrowing of Cayman Term Loans.  Amounts paid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

 

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SECTION 2.02.                                   Loans; Notice of Borrowing.

 

(a)                                 The failure of any Lender to make any Term Loan shall not in itself relieve any other Lender of its obligation to lend hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any Term Loan required to be made by such other Lender).

 

(b)                                 Each Lender shall make the Term Loan to be made by it hereunder on the Closing Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account in New York City as the Borrowers may designate not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time.

 

(c)                                  The Borrowers shall give the Administrative Agent at least 1 Business Day’s prior notice of its request to incur Term Loans hereunder, provided that any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on a certain day only if given before 1:00 p.m. Local Time on such day.  Such notice (the “Notice of Borrowing”) shall be irrevocable and shall be in writing, or by telephone promptly confirmed in writing, in the form of Exhibit A, appropriately completed to specify: (i) the applicable Borrower, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan to be incurred and (iii) the date of such borrowing (which shall be (x) a Business Day and (y) the Closing Date).  The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender, notice of such proposed borrowing, of such Lender’s proportionate share thereof and of the other matters required by the immediately preceding sentence to be specified in the Notice of Borrowing.

 

(d)                                 Without in any way limiting the obligation of the Borrowers to confirm in writing any telephonic notice of any borrowing or prepayment of Term Loans, the Administrative Agent may act without liability upon the basis of telephonic notice of such borrowing or prepayment, as the case may be, believed by the Administrative Agent in good faith to be from the Borrowers, prior to receipt of written confirmation.  In each such case, each Borrower hereby waives the right to dispute the Administrative Agent’s record of the terms of such telephonic notice of such borrowing or prepayment of Term Loans, as the case may be, absent manifest error.

 

SECTION 2.03.                                   Disbursement of Funds.  No later than 1:00 P.M. (Local Time) on the Closing Date, each Lender will make available its pro rata portion (determined based upon its applicable Term Loan Commitment) of the borrowing requested to be made.  All such amounts will be made available in Dollars and in immediately available funds at the Payment Office, and the Administrative Agent will make available to the Borrowers at the Payment Office the aggregate of the amounts so made available by the Lenders.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the date of borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s portion of the borrowing to be made on the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date of borrowing and the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrowers a corresponding amount.  If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender.  If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers and the Borrowers shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent also shall be entitled to recover on demand from such Lender or the Borrowers, as the case may be, interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers until the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to (i) if recovered from such Lender, the overnight Federal Funds Effective Rate for the first three days and at the interest rate otherwise applicable to such Term Loans for each day thereafter and (ii) if recovered from the Borrowers, the rate of interest

 

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applicable to the respective borrowing, as determined pursuant to Section 2.06.  Nothing in this Section 2.03 shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to make Term Loans hereunder or to prejudice any rights which the Borrowers may have against any Lender as a result of any failure by such Lender to make Term Loans hereunder.  This Section 2.03 is subject to Section 2.20.

 

SECTION 2.04.                                   Evidence of Debt; Repayment of Loans.

 

(a)                                 The U.S. Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to each Lender the principal amount of each U.S. Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.09.  The Cayman Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to each Lender the principal amount of each Cayman Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.09.

 

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

 

(c)                                  The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligations of the Borrowers to repay the Term Loans in accordance with their terms.

 

(d)                                 The Borrowers’ obligation to pay the principal of, and interest on, the Term Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced in the Register maintained by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 9.04(d) and shall, if requested by such Lender, also be evidenced by a promissory note duly executed and delivered by (i) in the case of the U.S. Borrower in the form of Exhibit B-1 and (ii) in the case of the Cayman Borrower in the form of Exhibit B-2, in each case, with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith (each a “Term Note” and, collectively, the “Term Notes”).  To the extent of any conflict between the Register and the entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) above, the entries made in the Register shall control.

 

(e)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this Section 2.04 or elsewhere in this Agreement, Notes shall only be delivered to Lenders that at any time specifically request the delivery of such Notes.  No failure of any Lender to request or obtain a Note evidencing its Term Loans to the Borrowers shall affect or in any manner impair the obligations of the Borrowers to pay the Term Loans (and all related Obligations) incurred by the Borrowers that would otherwise be evidenced thereby in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement, and shall not in any way affect the security or guaranties therefor provided pursuant to the Loan Documents.  Any Lender that does not have a Note evidencing its outstanding Term Loans shall in no event be required to make the notations otherwise described in preceding clause (b).  At any time when any Lender requests the delivery of a Note to evidence any of its Term Loans, the Borrowers shall promptly execute and deliver to the respective Lender the requested Note in the appropriate amount or amounts to evidence such Term Loans.

 

SECTION 2.05.                                   Fees.

 

(a)                                 All fees payable by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, as applicable.  Once paid, no such fees shall be refundable under any circumstances or subject to any right of setoff, counterclaim or any similar right (each of which is hereby waived by the Borrowers).

 

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SECTION 2.06.                                   Interest on Loans.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the provisions of Section 2.07, the Term Loans shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at a rate per annum equal to the the sum of the Libor Rate plus 8.75% (or, to the extent the Administrative Agent shall have delivered a LIBOR Unavailability Notice to the Borrower and the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.12(e), the Alternate Base Rate plus 7.75% per annum).

 

(b)                                 Interest on each Term Loan shall be payable on the Interest Payment Dates except as otherwise provided in this Agreement.

 

SECTION 2.07.                                   Default Interest.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of (x) any Event of Default under clauses (a), (b), (g) and (h) of Section 7.01 or (y) any other Event of Default (in the case of this clause (y), following the request of the Required Lenders (it being understood that any default interest payable under this Section 2.07 may apply retroactively to the date on which the relevant Event of Default occurred)), the outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest payments thereon not paid when due and any fees and other amounts then due and payable hereunder (including to the extent permitted by applicable law, accrued and unpaid interest), shall thereafter bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable bankruptcy laws) payable upon demand at the rate otherwise applicable to a Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.06 plus 2.0% per annum.  Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 2.07 is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender.

 

SECTION 2.08.                                   Termination of Commitments.  The Term Loan Commitments shall automatically terminate upon the making of the Term Loans on the Closing Date.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, all the Term Loan Commitments shall automatically terminate at 5:00 p.m., Local Time, on August 6, 2014, if the Closing Date shall not have occurred by such time.

 

SECTION 2.09.                                   Repayment of Loans.

 

(a)                                 The principal amount of the Term Loans shall be repaid at par in consecutive quarterly installments (each, an “Installment”) on the last day of each calendar quarter (or if such day is not a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day) commencing March 31, 2015 in an amount, per Installment, equal to (i) in the case of U.S. Term Loans, $125,000 and (ii) in the case of Cayman Term Loans, $250,000.

 

(b)                                 To the extent not previously paid, all Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day) together with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to but excluding the date of payment.

 

SECTION 2.10.                                   Optional Prepayment.

 

(a)                                 The Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any of the Term Loans, in whole or in part, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, plus the prepayment premium (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below (the “Applicable Prepayment Premium”) determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the applicable prepayment date (provided, however, that each partial prepayment shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000):

 

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If Prepaid:

 

Percentage

 

 

 

 

 

From and after the Closing Date but prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date

 

4

%

 

 

 

 

From and after the first anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date

 

2.5

%

 

 

 

 

From and after the second anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date

 

1

%

 

 

 

 

Thereafter

 

0

%

 

(b)                                 The Borrowers will give at least 10 Business Days’ prior written notice of each optional prepayment under this Section 2.10 to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.  Each such notice shall specify the prepayment date, the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each Term Loan owned by such Lender to be prepaid (determined in accordance with Section 2.14), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrowers as to the estimated Applicable Prepayment Premium due in connection with such prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting forth the details of such computation.  Such notice shall be irrevocable and shall commit the Borrowers to prepay the Term Loans by the amount stated therein on the date stated therein.  All prepayments under this Section 2.10 shall be subject to Section 2.13.  All prepayments under this Section 2.10 shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be prepaid to but excluding the date of payment.  Each prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.10 in respect of the Term Loans shall be (i) applied pro rata among the Term Loans and (ii) applied to prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans pro rata against the remaining Installments of principal due in respect of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.09.

 

SECTION 2.11.                                   Mandatory Prepayments.

 

(a)                                 Excess Cash Flow(i) On the Revolving Loan Payoff Date, the Borrowers shall be required to make a mandatory prepayment of the Obligations in an amount equal to the Cumulative Excess Cash Flow Amount and (ii) commencing with the fiscal year following the last fiscal year for which Excess Cash Flow is included in the calculation of Cumulative Excess Cash Flow, on or prior to the fifth Business Day following the earlier of (A) the date on which the annual audited financial statements for such fiscal year are delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or (B) the date on which such annual audited financial statements were required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a), the Borrowers shall be required to make a mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans in an amount equal to product of the Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year and the ECF Percentage for such fiscal year.  Each mandatory prepayment required to be made from Excess Cash Flow shall be reduced dollar-for-dollar by any voluntary prepayment made in accordance with Section 2.10 in the period as to which such Excess

 

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Cash Flow payment has been calculated.  Each such prepayment shall be made in accordance with Section 2.11(g) and Section 2.11(h) and be accompanied by a certificate signed by the Borrowers’ chief financial officer certifying the manner in which Excess Cash Flow and the resulting prepayment were calculated (including the deduction of any voluntary prepayments that reduce such Excess Cash Flow prepayment), which certificate shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(b)                                 Net Asset Sale Proceeds.  Not later than the tenth Business Day following the receipt of Net Asset Sale Proceeds by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party, the Borrowers shall either (1) apply an amount equal to 100% of the Net Asset Sale Proceeds received with respect thereto to prepay outstanding Loans in accordance with Section 2.11(g) and Section 2.11(h) or (2), so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and to the extent that aggregate Net Asset Sale Proceeds from the Closing Date through the date of determination that have not been applied to repay the Term Loans do not exceed $500,000, deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer setting forth (x) the portion of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds that such Borrower or such Subsidiary intends to reinvest in long term productive assets of the general type used in the business of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries within 180 days of such date of receipt (which may be extended by an additional 90 days if the a binding contract for the purchase of such assets has been entered into within the initial 90-day period) and (y) the proposed use of such portion of the Net Asset Sale Proceeds and such other information with respect to such reinvestment as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and the Borrowers shall, or shall cause one or more of their Subsidiaries to, promptly and diligently apply such portion to such reinvestment purposes; provided, however, that, pending such reinvestment, such portion of the Net Asset Sale Proceeds shall be applied to prepay outstanding Revolving Loans (without a reduction in Revolving Commitments) to the full extent thereof.  In addition, the Borrowers shall, no later than 180 days (as extended pursuant to the parenthetical above if a binding contract has been entered into) after receipt of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds that have not theretofore been applied to the Obligations or that have not been so reinvested as provided above, make an additional prepayment of the Term Loans (and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced) in the full amount of all such Net Asset Sale Proceeds.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Borrowers’ obligation to prepay the Term Loans under this Section 2.11(b) shall be deemed satisfied to the extent that the amount that would otherwise be required to be used to prepay the Term Loans under this Section 2.11(b) is required to be applied and is in fact applied to prepay the Revolving Loans (with a permanent reduction of the Revolving Commitments) within the time period required by the terms of the Revolving Loan Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds.  No later than the first Business Day following the date of receipt by the Collateral Agent or by the Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries of any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds in excess of $150,000 for any Casualty Event and in excess of $300,000 for all Casualty Events in any fiscal year of the Borrowers, the Borrowers shall prepay outstanding Term Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrowers shall have the option, directly or through one or more of their Subsidiaries to invest such excess amount within 180 days of receipt thereof (which may be extended by an additional 90 days if the a binding contract for the purchase of such assets has been entered into within the initial 90-day period) (i) in long term productive assets of the general type used in the business of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries or (ii) to repair, restore or replace the assets subject to the applicable Casualty Event; and provided, further, that, pending such reinvestment, such portion of the Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds shall be applied to prepay outstanding Revolving Loans (without a reduction in Revolving Commitments) to the full extent thereof.  In addition, the Borrowers shall, no later than 180 days (as extended pursuant to the parenthetical above if a binding contract has been entered into) after receipt of such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds that have not theretofore been applied to the Obligations or that have not been so reinvested as provided

 

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above, make an additional prepayment of the Term Loans (and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced) in the full amount of all such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Borrowers’ obligation to prepay the Term Loans under this Section 2.11(c) shall be deemed satisfied to the extent that the amount that would otherwise be required to be used to prepay the Term Loans under this Section 2.11(c) is required to be applied and is in fact applied to prepay the Revolving Loans (with a permanent reduction of the Revolving Commitments) within the time period required by the terms of the Revolving Loan Agreement.

 

(d)                                 [Reserved]

 

(e)                                  Issuance of Indebtedness.  On the date of receipt of the Net Securities Proceeds from the issuance of any Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01) the Borrowers shall prepay the Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.11(g) and Section 2.11(h) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Securities Proceeds.

 

(f)                                   [Reserved].

 

(g)                                  The Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, at the time of each prepayment required under this Section 2.11(i) a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrowers setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the amount of such prepayment and (ii) to the extent practicable, at least three days’ prior written notice of such prepayment.  Each notice of prepayment shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Term Loan (or portion thereof) to be prepaid and the Applicable Prepayment Premium to be paid according to Section 2.11(h).  All prepayments of Term Loans under this Section 2.11 shall be subject to Section 2.11(g), Section 2.11(h), Section 2.11(i) and Section 2.13 and shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be prepaid to but excluding the date of payment.

 

(h)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any Lender may elect, by notice to the Borrowers prior to any prepayment of Term Loans required to be made by the Borrowers pursuant to paragraph (b), (c) or (e) of this Section 2.11, to decline all (but not a portion) of its pro rata share of such prepayment (such declined amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”).  Any Declined Proceeds shall be offered on a pro rata basis to the Lenders not so declining such prepayment.  To the extent such non-declining Lenders elect to decline their pro rata shares of such Declined Proceeds, such Declined Proceeds may be retained by the Borrowers.

 

(i)                                     With respect to any prepayment of Term Loans required to be made by the Borrowers pursuant to paragraph (b) or (e) of this Section 2.11 or pursuant to Article VII, the Borrowers shall pay the Applicable Prepayment Premium determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount paid, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, and in accordance with Section 2.11(g). No Applicable Prepayment Premium shall be payable with respect to prepayment of Term Loans required to be made by the Borrowers pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section 2.11.

 

(j)                                    Each amount required to be applied pursuant to paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (e) of this Section 2.11 shall be (i) applied pro rata among the Term Loans and (ii) applied to prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans in inverse order of maturity against the remaining Installments of principal due in respect of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.09.

 

(k)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, to the extent that any amounts required to prepay the Term Loans were generated by a Cayman Loan Party (other than a U.S. Loan Party), any such amounts shall be applied only to the repayment of the Cayman Term Loan.

 

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SECTION 2.12.                                   Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances.

 

(a)                                 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Change in Law shall:

 

(i)                                     impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of or credit extended by any Lender or shall impose on such Lender any other condition affecting this Agreement or Term Loans made by such Lender; or

 

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

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Term Loan or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrowers will pay to such Lender, upon demand, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

 

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

 

(c)                                  A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.12 shall be delivered to the Borrowers and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate delivered by it within 10 days after its receipt of the same.

 

(d)                                 Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation for any increased costs or reduction in amounts received or receivable or reduction in return on capital pursuant to this Section 2.12 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrowers shall not be under any obligation to compensate any Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.12 with respect to increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrowers of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).  The protection of this Section 2.12(d) shall be available to each Lender and regardless of any possible contention of the invalidity or inapplicability of the Change in Law that shall have occurred or been imposed.

 

(e)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall have determined that dollar deposits in the principal amounts of the Term Loans are not generally available in the London interbank market, or that the rates at which such dollar deposits are being offered

 

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will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the majority of Lenders of making or maintaining loans at the three-month London Interbank Offered Rate, or that reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Libor Rate, the Administrative Agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, give written or fax notice of such determination to the Borrowers and the Lenders (a LIBOR Unavailability Notice”).  In the event of any such determination, until the Administrative Agent shall have advised the Borrowers and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, interest on the Term Loans shall accrue by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.  Each determination by the Administrative Agent under this Section 2.12(e) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

SECTION 2.13.                                   Indemnity.  The Borrowers shall indemnify each Lender against any loss or expense that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of any default in the making of any payment or prepayment required to be made hereunder.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts which such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall be delivered to the Borrowers and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

SECTION 2.14.                                   Pro Rata Treatment.  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement the Administrative Agent agrees that promptly after its receipt of each payment from or on behalf of the Borrowers in respect of any Obligations hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Lenders entitled thereto (other than any Lender that has consented in writing to waive its pro rata share of any such payment) pro rata based upon their respective shares, if any, of the Obligations with respect to which such payment was received.  This Section 2.14 is subject to Section 2.20.

 

SECTION 2.15.                                   Ratable Sharing.  Each Lender agrees that if it shall, through the exercise of a right of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim against the Borrowers or any other Loan Party, or pursuant to a secured claim under Section 506 of the Bankruptcy Code or other security or interest arising from, or in lieu of, such secured claim, received by such Lender under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or otherwise, or by any other means (but excluding any sale or participation of its Term Loans to a Person other than the Borrowers or an Affiliate thereof, which shall be included), obtain payment (voluntary or involuntary) in respect of any principal of or interest on any Term Loan as a result of which the unpaid principal portion of its Term Loans shall be proportionately less than the unpaid principal portion of the Term Loans of any other Lender, it shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact and (b) be deemed simultaneously to have purchased from such other Lender at face value, and shall promptly pay to such other Lender the purchase price for, a participation in the Term Loans of such other Lender, so that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans and participations in Term Loans held by each Lender shall be in the same proportion to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Term Loans then outstanding as the principal amount of its Term Loans prior to such exercise of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim or other event was to the principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding prior to such exercise of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim or other event; provided, however, that if any such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be made pursuant to this Section 2.15 and the payment giving rise thereto shall thereafter be recovered, such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be rescinded to the extent of such recovery and the purchase price or prices or adjustment restored without interest.  The Borrowers expressly consent to the foregoing arrangements and agree that any Lender holding a participation in a Term Loan deemed to have been so purchased may exercise any and all rights of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim or other event with respect to any and all moneys owing by the Borrowers to such Lender by reason thereof as fully as if such Lender had made a Term Loan directly to the Borrowers in the amount of such participation.

 

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SECTION 2.16.                                   Payments.

 

(a)                                 The Borrowers shall make each payment (including principal of or interest on any Term Loan or any fees or other amounts) hereunder and under any other Loan Document not later than 12:00 (noon), Local Time, on the date when due in immediately available Dollars, without setoff, defense or counterclaim.  Subject to Section 2.20, each such payment shall be made to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders or other appropriate Person.  Each such payment that is payable to a Lender shall be paid directly to such Lender at the office identified on Schedule 2.01 for such Lender or as otherwise directed by such Lender in writing from time to time, and each such payment that is payable to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall be paid directly to the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, at their respective offices identified on Schedule 2.01 or as otherwise directed by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, in writing from time to time.  This Section 2.16 is subject to Section 2.19.

 

(b)                                 Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, whenever any payment (including principal of or interest on any Term Loan or any fees or other amounts) hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall become due, or otherwise would occur, on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of interest or fees, if applicable.

 

SECTION 2.17.                                   Taxes.

 

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

 

(b)                                 The Borrowers shall, or shall cause each of the Loan Parties to, 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.

 

(c)                                  The U.S. Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient with respect to U.S. Obligations or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient with respect to U.S. Obligations and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto and the Cayman Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient with respect to Cayman Obligations or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient with respect to Cayman Obligations and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, in each case 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 Borrowers by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or

 

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by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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

 

(e)                                  As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.17, the Borrowers shall, or shall cause the relevant Loan Party to, deliver to the Administrative Agent or the applicable Lender, as the case may be, 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 or the applicable Lender, as the case may be.

 

(f)                                   (i)                                     Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, or reasonably requested by the applicable Withholding Agent such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate.  In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.

 

(ii)                                  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

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

 

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(B)                               any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement 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 Loan Document, executed originals 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 Loan 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 originals 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 to the effect that (A) 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 Borrowers 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 and (B) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business conducted by such Foreign Lender (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN;

 

(iv)                              to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Foreign Lender is a partnership or participating Lender granting a typical participation), executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by a Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN-E, U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate, Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) 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 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner; or

 

(v)                                 executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

 

(iii)                               If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers 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

 

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additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrowers 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 (iii), “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 Borrowers and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(g)                                  If the Administrative Agent or any Lender 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 2.17 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made 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 (g) (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 (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) 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 Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid.

 

(h)                                 Nothing contained in this Section 2.17 shall require any Lender (or any transferee or assignee) or either Agent to make available any of its Tax Returns or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary.

 

SECTION 2.18.                                   Assignment of Loans Under Certain Circumstances; Duty to Mitigate.

 

(a)                                 In the event (i) any Lender delivers a certificate requesting compensation pursuant to Section 2.12, (ii) a Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority on account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17 or (iii) any Lender refuses to consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification of any Loan Document requested by the Borrowers that requires the consent of a greater percentage of the Lenders than the Required Lenders and such amendment, waiver or other modification is consented to by the Required Lenders, and, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 2.18(b), the Borrowers, at their sole expense and effort (including with respect to the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 9.04(b)), upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, may require such Lender to transfer and assign, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.12 or Section 2.17) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such assigned obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (x) such assignment shall not conflict with any law, rule or regulation or order of any court or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction, (y) the Borrowers shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, and

 

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(z) the Borrowers or such assignee shall have paid to the affected Lender in immediately available funds an amount equal to the sum of the principal of and interest accrued to the date of such payment on the outstanding Term Loans of such Lender, plus all fees and other amounts accrued for the account of such Lender hereunder with respect thereto (including any amounts under Section 2.12 and Section 2.13); provided further that, if prior to any such transfer and assignment the circumstances or event that resulted in such Lender’s claim for compensation under Section 2.12 or the amounts paid pursuant to Section 2.17, as the case may be, cease to cause such Lender to suffer increased costs or reductions in amounts received or receivable or reduction in return on capital or cease to result in amounts being payable under Section 2.17, as the case may be (including as a result of any action taken by such Lender pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.18), or if such Lender shall waive its right to claim further compensation under Section 2.12 in respect of such circumstances or event or shall waive its right to further payments under Section 2.17 in respect of such circumstances or event or shall consent to the proposed amendment, waiver, consent or other modification, as the case may be, then such Lender shall not thereafter be required to make any such transfer and assignment hereunder.  Each Lender hereby grants to the Administrative Agent an irrevocable power of attorney (which power is coupled with an interest) to execute and deliver, on behalf of such Lender as assignor, any Assignment and Acceptance necessary to effectuate any assignment of such Lender’s interests hereunder in the circumstances contemplated by this Section 2.18.

 

(b)                                 If (i) any Lender shall request compensation under Section 2.12 or (ii) the Borrowers are required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority on account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrowers) use reasonable efforts (which shall not require such Lender to incur an unreimbursed loss or unreimbursed cost or expense or otherwise take any action inconsistent with its internal policies or legal or regulatory restrictions or suffer any disadvantage or burden deemed by it to be significant) to assign (at the request of the Borrowers) its rights and delegate and transfer its obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if such filing or assignment would reduce its claims for compensation under Section 2.12 or would reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.17, as the case may be, in the future.  The Borrowers hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such filing or assignment, delegation and transfer.

 

SECTION 2.19.                                   [Reserved]

 

SECTION 2.20.                                   Obsidian Agency Services as Administrative Agent.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, at any time that Obsidian Agency Services, Inc. serves as the Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) the Lenders shall directly fund the Term Loans to the Borrowers, (b) each Lender shall provide wire instructions to the Borrowers with respect to payments to be received from the Borrowers hereunder and the Borrowers shall directly make any payments required or permitted hereunder to the Lenders and (c) neither the Lenders nor the Borrowers shall remit any funds to the Administrative Agent to forward to another party hereunder.

 

SECTION 2.21.                                   Original Issue DiscountThe Borrowers and each of the Lenders agree, and the Borrowers shall cause the other Loan Parties to agree, (i) that the Term Loans are debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) that the Term Loans are issued with original issue discount (“OID”) on account of the Warrants, (iii) that the Term Loans are not governed by the rules set out in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1275-4, (iv) not to file any Tax Return, report or declaration inconsistent with the foregoing, and (v) any such OID shall constitute principal for all purposes under this Agreement.  The inclusion of this Section 2.21 is not an admission by any Lender that it is subject to United States taxation.

 

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SECTION 2.22.                                   Investment Unit.  In connection with the Term Loans, each of the Lenders is receiving a Warrant on the Closing Date.  The Term Loans and Warrants are considered to be the issuance of an “investment unit” under Section 1273(c)(2) of the Code, and the parties agree that the aggregate fair market value of the Warrants shall be, for purposes of the investment unit allocation rules under Section 1273(c)(2) of the Code, such amount as separately agreed to among the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.  The Borrowers and each of the Lenders agree, and the Borrowers shall cause the other Loan Parties to agree, to report in a manner that is consistent with this allocation for all tax purposes.

 

SECTION 2.23.                                   Special Provisions Relating to Collateral.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary, (i) no Cayman Loan Party (other than a U.S. Loan Party) shall be liable for any U.S. Obligations, (ii) no security interest granted by any Cayman Loan Party (other than a U.S. Loan Party) under any of the Loan Documents shall secure any U.S. Obligations, and (iii) all amounts received by any Agent or any Lender on account of the Cayman Obligations from any Cayman Loan Party (other than a U.S. Loan Party) shall be applied or credited solely to the Cayman Obligations.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Representations and Warranties

 

In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Term Loans, the Borrowers represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each of the Lenders that the following statements are true and correct (it being understood and agreed that the representations and warranties made on the Closing Date are deemed to be made concurrently with the consummation of the Transactions):

 

SECTION 3.01.                                   Organization; Powers.  Each of the Loan Parties (a) is duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, (c) is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of the Borrowers, to borrow hereunder.

 

SECTION 3.02.                                   Authorization.  The Transactions (a) have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate, including, where applicable, board and, if required, stockholder or shareholder action and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, (B) any provision of the Organizational Documents of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary, (C) any order of any Governmental Authority or (D) any provision of any material Contractual Obligation of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary, (ii) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, or give rise to any right to accelerate or to require the prepayment, repurchase or redemption of any obligation under any such Contractual Obligation, (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (other than any Lien created hereunder or under the Security Documents or under the Revolving Loan Documents), or (iv) require any approval of holders of Equity Interests of the Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of the Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries, except for such approvals or consents which will be obtained on or before the Closing Date and disclosed in writing to the Lenders.

 

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SECTION 3.03.                                   Enforceability.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrowers and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by each Loan Party party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

SECTION 3.04.                                   Governmental Approvals.  No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental Authority is or will be required in connection with the Transactions, except for (a) the filing of UCC financing statements and filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, (b) recordation of the Mortgages and (c) such as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 3.05.                                   Financial Statements.

 

(a)                                 The U.S. Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders (i) GAAP audited consolidated or combined, as applicable, balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended on December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, audited by and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants and (ii) GAAP unaudited consolidated or combined, as applicable, balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries for (A) each subsequent fiscal quarter ended 45 days before the Closing Date and (B) to the extent available, each fiscal month after the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements were received by the Lenders as described above and ended 30 days before the Closing Date and, in each case, certified by the chief financial officer of the U.S. Borrower.  Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations and cash flows of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods.  Such balance sheets and the notes thereto disclose all material liabilities, direct or contingent, of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof.  Such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to normal and audit year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

 

(b)                                 The U.S. Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheets and related pro forma consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the U.S. Borrower as of and for the twelve-month period ending on the last day of the most recently completed four-fiscal quarter period ended at least 45 days prior to the Closing Date, in each case prepared after giving effect to the Transactions as if they had occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such other financial statements).  Such pro forma financial statements have been prepared in good faith by the U.S. Borrower, based on assumptions believed by the U.S. Borrower on the date hereof and on the Closing Date to be reasonable, are based on the best information available to the U.S. Borrower as of the date of delivery thereof, accurately reflect all adjustments required to be made to give effect to the Transactions and present fairly, in all material respects, on a pro forma basis the estimated consolidated financial position of the U.S. Borrower as of such date and for such period, assuming that the Transactions had actually occurred at such date or at the beginning of such period, as the case may be, and such financial statements are based on actual results of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries, without giving effect to projected synergies or cost savings.  All such adjustments shall be set forth in a reasonably detailed certificate of a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower.

 

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SECTION 3.06.                                   Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases.

 

(a)                                 Each of the Loan Parties has good and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its properties and assets (including all Mortgaged Property), except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes.  All such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02.

 

(b)                                 Each of the Loan Parties has complied with all obligations under all leases to which it is a party and all such leases are in full force and effect, except to the extent non-compliance could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Each of the Loan Parties enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such leases, except to the extent failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)                                  As of the Closing Date, none of the Loan Parties has received any notice of, nor has any knowledge of, any pending or contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting the Mortgaged Properties or any sale or disposition thereof in lieu of condemnation.

 

(d)                                 As of the Closing Date, none of the Loan Parties is obligated under any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to Dispose of any Mortgaged Property or any interest therein.

 

(e)                                  There are no pending or, to the best of the knowledge of the Loan Parties, after reasonable investigation, threatened (in writing) proceedings or litigation, nor any presented claims that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Intellectual Property held by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and, to the best of the knowledge of the Loan Parties, after reasonable investigation, no Person is infringing, misusing, violating or breaching such Intellectual Property in a manner that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries owns or has a valid license to all material Intellectual Property necessary to operate their business as currently conducted.  Neither any Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice of any claim of infringement, misuse, violation or breach by such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Intellectual Property owned or controlled by another Person that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither any Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries are infringing, misusing, violating or breaching any Intellectual Property owned or controlled by any other Person in a manner that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 3.07.                                   Subsidiaries.

 

(a)                                 Schedule 3.07 sets forth as of the Closing Date a list of all Subsidiaries of the Borrowers and the percentage ownership interest of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries.

 

(b)                                 As of the Closing Date, the authorized capital stock of the U.S. Borrower consists of 100,000,000 common shares, 18,412,985 of which are issued and outstanding, and 20,000,000 preferred shares.  Except as set forth in Schedule 3.07(b), neither U.S. Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has and is bound by any outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, commitments or agreement of any character calling for the purchase or issuance of any Equity Interests of such Person or any securities representing the right to purchase or otherwise receive any Equity Interests of such Person.

 

(c)                                  As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 3.07, each Subsidiary of the Borrowers is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, and all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Subsidiaries of each Loan Parties constituting Collateral are legally and beneficially owned and Controlled directly by such Loan Party, free and clear of any Liens, rights, options, warrants or similar

 

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agreements or understandings, other than Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent created pursuant to the Security Documents and Liens in favor of the Revolving Loan Lender (subject to the Intercreditor Agreement).

 

(d)                                 [Reserved]

 

(e)                                  All the outstanding shares of Equity Interests of U.S. Borrower are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with applicable law.  The Warrants and Warrant Shares (as defined in the Warrant Agreement), upon issuance and payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement and the Warrants, as applicable, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  The Warrant Shares (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) have been duly and validly reserved for issuance on the exercise of the Warrants.  As of the Closing Date, none of the shares of the Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower are held in the U.S. Borrower’s treasury.  The U.S. Borrower has duly reserved a sufficient number of shares of Warrant Shares (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) for issuance upon exercise of the Warrants and other outstanding warrants at the initial exercise rate thereof.  As of the Closing Date, no Equity Interest of the U.S. Borrower is entitled to cumulative voting rights, preemptive rights, anti-dilution rights or so-called registration rights under the Securities Act, except as otherwise provided in Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(f)                                   Set forth on Schedule 3.07(f) (as may be updated from time to time pursuant to Section 5.04(f)) is a full list of the Immaterial Subsidiaries and their respective jurisdiction of organization. None of the Immaterial Subsidiaries (a) had, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower most recently ended and as to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04, assets with a value in excess of 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 5.0% of total revenues of U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date, and (b) taken together with all Immaterial Subsidiaries as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower most recently ended and as to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04, had assets with a value in excess of 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 10.0% of total revenues of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date, except to the extent any such Immaterial Subsidiary has become a “Loan Party” since such date (and the Loan Parties shall have complied with the applicable requirements of Section 5.12 with respect to such Immaterial Subsidiary).

 

SECTION 3.08.                                   Litigation; Compliance with Laws.

 

(a)                                 There are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority now pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened against or affecting any of the Loan Parties, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any business, property or rights of any such Person that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                 None of the Loan Parties, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any material properties or assets of any such Person is in violation of, nor will the continued operation of their material properties and assets as currently conducted violate, any law, rule or regulation (including any zoning, building, Environmental Law, ordinance, code or approval or any building permits) or any restrictions of record or agreements affecting the Mortgaged Property, or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction, decree or order of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(c)                                  Certificates of occupancy and permits are in effect for each Mortgaged Property as currently constructed, and true and complete copies of such certificates of occupancy have been delivered to the Collateral Agent as mortgagee with respect to each Mortgaged Property.

 

(d)                                 None of the Loan Parties or their respective Subsidiaries is or has been, in any material respect, in conflict or default with respect to or in violation of any applicable laws, regulations, orders or judgments.  Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed with the appropriate authorities all federal and other material Tax Returns and other material filings required to be filed by them with respect to Taxes for any period ending on or before the Closing Date, and all federal and other material Taxes that are due prior to the Closing Date have been duly paid.

 

SECTION 3.09.                                   Contractual Obligations.

 

(a)                                 None of the Loan Parties or their respective Subsidiaries is a party to any Contractual Obligation or subject to any organizational restriction that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                 None of the Loan Parties or their respective Subsidiaries is or has been in any material respect in default under or in violation of the performance of any of its obligations under any material Contractual Obligation, and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no other party thereto is in default under or in violation of the performance of any of its obligations under any such material Contractual Obligation, in each case in a manner that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)                                  None of the Loan Parties or their respective Subsidiaries is a party or subject to any Contractual Obligation pursuant to which any Loan Party is required to pay any Management Fees.

 

SECTION 3.10.                                   Federal Reserve Regulations.

 

(a)                                 None of the Loan Parties or their respective Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock.

 

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

 

SECTION 3.11.                                   Government Regulation.  None of the Loan Parties or their respective Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.  None of the Loan Parties or their respective Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, the ICC Termination Act, as amended, or under any other federal or state statute or regulation that may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or Contingent Obligations or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable.

 

SECTION 3.12.                                   Use of Proceeds.  The Borrowers will use the proceeds of the Term Loans only for the purposes specified in Section 5.08.

 

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SECTION 3.13.                                   Tax Returns; Passive Foreign Investment Company; Controlled Foreign Corporation.

 

(a)                                 Each of the Loan Parties and each of their respective Subsidiaries have filed or caused to be filed all Federal, material state, material local and material foreign Tax Returns required to have been filed by it and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes due and payable by it, except Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary shall have set aside on its financial statements adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and such contest operates to suspend collection of the contested Tax and the imposition or enforcement of any Lien.

 

(b)                                 Neither the Borrowers nor any of their Subsidiaries ever has been, is, or, upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, by any other Transaction Document or any related agreements, will be (i) a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code or (ii) except as set forth on Schedule 3.13(b), a CFC.

 

SECTION 3.14.                                   No Material Misstatements.

 

(a)                                 Except with respect to the Closing Date Projections, the information that the Loan Parties have provided, directly or indirectly, to the Administrative Agent, taken together with the U.S. Borrower’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is not misleading and does not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state any material fact that (i) is necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were, not misleading as of the date such information is dated or certified, or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a material negative effect on the business, assets or valuation of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(b)                                 The Closing Date Projections have been diligently prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements delivered to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.05, and are based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrowers to be reasonable as of the date of the Closing Date Projections, and there are no statements or conclusions in any of the Closing Date Projections that are based upon or include information known to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to be misleading in any material respect on the Closing Date or which fail on the Closing Date to take into account material information regarding the matters reported therein.  On the Closing Date, the Borrowers believe that the Closing Date Projections are reasonable, it being recognized by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, however, that projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that the actual results during the period or periods covered by the Closing Date Projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.

 

SECTION 3.15.                                   Employee Benefit Plans.

 

(a)                                 Each Employee Benefit Plan of the Borrowers and their ERISA Affiliates is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder.  No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events, could reasonably be expected to result in material liability of the Borrowers or any of their ERISA Affiliates.  The present value of all benefit liabilities under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the last annual valuation date applicable thereto, exceed by more than $200,000 the fair market value of the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all benefit liabilities of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the last annual valuation dates applicable thereto, exceed by more than $200,000 the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans.  There

 

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are no pending or threatened claims, sanctions, actions or lawsuits, asserted or instituted against any Employee Benefit Plan or any Person as fiduciary or sponsor of any such Employee Benefit Plan.  There are no pending or threatened claims, sanctions, actions or lawsuits, asserted or instituted against any Employee Benefit Plan or any Person as fiduciary or sponsor of any such Employee Benefit Plan.

 

(b)                                 With respect to each employee benefit scheme or arrangement mandated by a government other than the United States of America providing for post-employment benefits (each, a “Foreign Government Scheme or Arrangement”) and with respect to each employee benefit plan maintained or contributed to by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Loan Parties that is not subject to United States law providing for post-employment benefits (each, a “Foreign Plan”):  (i) all employer and employee contributions required by law or by the terms of any Foreign Government Scheme or Arrangement or any Foreign Plan have been made, or, if applicable, accrued, in accordance with normal accounting practices; (ii) the liability of the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Loan Parties with respect to a Foreign Plan is reflected in accordance with normal accounting practices on the financial statements of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary or Affiliate, as the case may be; and (iii) each Foreign Plan required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities.

 

SECTION 3.16.                                   Environmental Matters.

 

(a)                                 Except as set forth in Schedule 3.16, and except for matters that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Loan Parties or their respective Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

 

(b)                                 Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of the matters disclosed on Schedule 3.16 that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or materially increased the likelihood of, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 3.17.                                   InsuranceSchedule 3.17 sets forth a true, complete and correct description of all insurance maintained by the Loan Parties or their respective Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.  As of such date, such insurance is in full force and effect and all premiums have been duly paid.  The Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries have insurance in such amounts and covering such risks and liabilities as are in accordance with normal industry practice.

 

SECTION 3.18.                                   Security Documents.

 

(a)                                 The U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and the proceeds thereof.  In the case of the pledged Equity Interests described in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement that are securities represented by stock certificates or otherwise constituting certificated securities within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(15) of the UCC or the corresponding code or statute of any other applicable jurisdiction (“Certificated Securities”), when certificates representing such pledged Equity Interests are delivered to the Collateral Agent (or, if the Revolving Credit Agreement is outstanding, the Revolving Loan Lender as bailee for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement), and in the case of the other Collateral constituting personal property described in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement that can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement, when financing statements and other filings specified on Schedule 3.18(a) in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 3.18(a), the Collateral

 

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Agent shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except Liens permitted by Section 6.02).  As of the Closing Date, none of the Borrowers or any Guarantor that is a limited liability company or partnership has any Equity Interest that is a Certificated Security.

 

(b)                                 Each of the Mortgages delivered after the Closing Date will be, upon execution, effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Properties described therein and proceeds thereof, and when the Mortgages are filed in the offices for the applicable jurisdictions in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, each such Mortgage shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the relevant Mortgage), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except the Revolving Loan Lender and as noted in the relevant title reports).

 

(c)                                  Each of the Cayman Law Share Charge and Cayman Law Charge is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable first (or, if the Revolving Loan Agreement is outstanding, second) priority Lien on the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof.

 

SECTION 3.19.                                   Location of Real Property and Leased Premises.

 

(a)                                 Schedule 3.19(a) lists completely and correctly as of the Closing Date all real property owned by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries and the addresses thereof.  As of the Closing Date, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries own in fee all the real property set forth on Schedule 3.19(a).

 

(b)                                 Schedule 3.19(b) lists completely and correctly as of the Closing Date all real property leased by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries and the addresses thereof.  As of the Closing Date, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries have valid leases in all the real property set forth on Schedule 3.19(b).

 

SECTION 3.20.                                   Labor Matters.  As of the Closing Date, there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against any of the Loan Parties or their respective Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened.  The hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Loan Parties have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters in any manner that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  All payments due from any of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, or for which any claim may be made against any of the Loan Parties or their respective Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Loan Parties or their respective Subsidiaries.  The consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which any of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries is bound.

 

SECTION 3.21.                                   Solvency.  Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Closing Date and immediately following the making of the Term Loans and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of the Term Loans, (a) the fair value of the assets of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, at a fair valuation, will exceed their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become due, absolute and matured; (c) the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries,

 

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taken as a whole, will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.  Such foregoing determination has been made by the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, if any, of the Borrowers after having conducted a diligent inquiry on a good faith basis, is based on such officers’ actual knowledge and such officers have not conveyed any information to the contrary to any other Person at any time on or prior to the date that this representation and warranty is being made or deemed made.

 

SECTION 3.22.                                   Transaction Documents; Revolving Loan Documents.

 

As of the Closing Date:

 

(a)                                 The Borrowers have delivered to the Administrative Agent a complete and correct copy of the Spin-off Agreement (including all schedules, exhibits, amendments, supplements and modifications thereto).  No Loan Party or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, any other Person party thereto is in default in the performance or compliance with any material provisions thereof.  The Spin-off was consummated in accordance with all applicable laws.  All representations and warranties set forth in the Spin-off Agreement were true and correct in all material respects at the time as of which such representations and warranties were made (or deemed made).

 

(b)                                 The Borrowers have delivered to the Administrative Agent a complete and correct copy of the Revolving Loan Documents (including all schedules, exhibits, amendments, supplements and modifications thereto).  No Loan Party or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, any other Person party thereto is in default in the performance or compliance with any material provisions thereof.  The Revolving Loan Documents complies in all material respects with all applicable laws.  All representations and warranties set forth in the Revolving Loan Documents made by the Loan Parties were true and correct in all material respects at the time as of which such representations and warranties were made (or deemed made).

 

SECTION 3.23.                                   Sanctioned Persons.  None of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of any of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Term Loans or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person, for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC; except, in each case under this Section 3.23, as set forth on Schedule 3.25 with respect to prior activities only (which matters set forth on such Schedule could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).

 

SECTION 3.24.                                   Financial Advisors.  Except as set forth in Schedule 3.24, no agent, broker, investment banker, finder, financial advisor or other Person is or will be entitled to any broker’s or finder’s fee or any other commission or similar fee from any Loan Party with respect to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Borrowers hereby indemnify the Lenders and the Administrative Agent against, and agrees that it will hold the Lenders and the Administrative Agent harmless from, any claim, demand or liability for any such broker’s or finder’s fees alleged to have been incurred in connection herewith or therewith and any expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel) arising in connection with any such claim, demand or liability.

 

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SECTION 3.25.                                   Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.

 

(a)                                 Neither the borrowing of the Term Loans by the Borrowers hereunder nor their use of the proceeds thereof will violate (i) the United States Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, (ii) any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, (iii) Executive Order No. 13,224, 66 Fed Reg 49,079 (2001), issued by the President of the United States (Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism) (the “Terrorism Order”) or (iv) the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56 (October 26, 2001).  No part of the proceeds from the Term Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

(b)                                 No Loan Party or its Subsidiary (i) is or will become a “blocked person” as described in Section 1.01 of the Terrorism Order or (ii) except as set forth on Schedule 3.25 with respect to prior engagements only (which matters set forth on such Schedule could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), engages or will engage in any dealings or transactions, or is otherwise associated, with any such blocked person.

 

(c)                                  Each of the Loan Parties and its Affiliates are in compliance, in all material respects, with the Uniting And Strengthening America By Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept And Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56 (October 26, 2001) and the other laws and regulations referenced in paragraph (a) above.

 

SECTION 3.26.                                   Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of each Guarantor contained in the Loan Documents to which it is a party are true and correct as the date made or deemed made (after giving effect to any materiality standards set forth therein).

 

SECTION 3.27.                                   Deposit Accounts; Securities Accounts.  Set forth on Schedule 3.27 is a listing of all of the Loan Parties’ Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts as of the Closing Date, including, with respect to each bank or securities intermediary (a) the name and address of such Person, (b) the account numbers of the Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts maintained with such Person, and (c) the relevant Loan Party or Loan Parties.

 

SECTION 3.28.                                   Loans to Officers and Directors.  There are no outstanding loans made by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries to any of their officers, directors or shareholders (directly or indirectly) or any of such Persons’ Affiliates (excluding the Borrowers and any of their Subsidiaries and excluding any advances for moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business, in each case, to the extent permitted hereunder).

 

SECTION 3.29.                                   [Reserved]

 

SECTION 3.30.                                   Accounts and Notes Receivable; Accounts and Notes Payable.

 

(a)                                 All the accounts receivable and notes receivable owing to the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date constitute valid and enforceable claims arising from bona fide transactions in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, and there are no known or asserted claims, refusals to pay or other rights of set-off against any thereof except those arising in the

 

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ordinary course of business and which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                 All accounts payable and notes payable by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries to third parties as of the Closing Date arise from bona fide transactions in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice and, except as set forth on Schedule 3.30(b), there is no such account payable or note payable delinquent in its payment, except those contested in good faith or payments made consistent with prior practice and which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 3.31.                                   Internal Controls.  The Borrowers and their Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting.  Such internal controls over financial reporting provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.

 

SECTION 3.32.                                   Intellectual Property; Copyright Matters.

 

(a)                                 Except as set forth on Schedule 3.32(a) or as thereafter otherwise disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrowers as required by Section 5.04(e), no Loan Party (A) owns any registered patents, patent applications, registered trademarks, trademark applications, registered trade names, registered service marks, service mark applications, registered copyrights or copyright applications, licenses or (B) Material Inbound Licenses.  Each Loan Party owns directly, or is entitled to use by license or otherwise, all Intellectual Property necessary for or material to the conduct of such Loan Party’s businesses, except (solely with respect to any occasion on which this representation and warranty is made or deemed made after the Closing Date) to the extent that the failure to so own or be entitled to use could not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  All items listed on Schedule 3.32(a) and the further items disclosed pursuant to Section 5.04(e) are and, at all times (except to the extent no longer deemed necessary for or material to the conduct of the business of the Loan Parties in the good faith business judgment of the Loan Parties) will be:  (a) subsisting and have not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or part; and (b) valid, in full force and effect and not in known conflict with the rights of any Person, in each case except (solely with respect to any occasion on which this representation and warranty is made or deemed made after the Closing Date) as could not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  Each Loan Party has made all filings and recordings such Loan Party deems necessary in the exercise of reasonable and prudent business judgment to protect its interest in the Intellectual Property of such Loan Party necessary for or material to the conduct of such Loan Party’s businesses in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the Copyright Office and in corresponding offices throughout the world, as appropriate, in each case except (solely with respect to any occasion on which this representation and warranty is made or deemed made after the Closing Date) as could not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  Except for not making filings or recordings in its exercise of such judgment, each Loan Party has performed all acts and has paid all required fees and taxes to maintain each and every item of the Intellectual Property of such Loan Party in full force and effect, except such items of Intellectual Property as are no longer deemed necessary for or material to the conduct of the businesses of the Loan Parties in the reasonable business judgment of the Loan Parties and except (solely with respect to any occasion on which this representation and warranty is made or deemed made after the Closing Date) as could not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened in writing (including by email or other electronic means) applications, proceedings or litigation, nor any presented claims which could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect any Intellectual Property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries necessary for or material to the conduct of such Loan Party’s or such Subsidiaries’

 

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businesses, and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no Person is infringing, misusing, violating or breaching such Intellectual Property in any material respect.  Neither any Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice of any claim of infringement, misuse, violation or breach by such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Intellectual Property owned or controlled by another Person which infringement, misuse, violation or breach could reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  No Loan Party is in breach of or default under the provisions of any of the foregoing, nor is there any event, fact, condition or circumstance which, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute, or result in a conflict, breach, default or event of default under, any of the foregoing that reasonably could be expected to result in, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                 Each Loan Party (a) has duly and timely filed all reports and other filings which are required to be filed under the Copyright Act, the non-filing of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) is in compliance in all material respects with the Copyright Act.  All information provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party in any material filing with the Copyright Office was, at the time of filing, true, complete and correct in all material respects when made, and the Copyright Office has been notified of any substantial or significant changes in such information as may be required by the Copyright Act.

 

SECTION 3.33.                                   Change of Control ProvisionsAs of the Closing Date, no inbound license or agreement (other than as set forth on Schedule 3.33, the Revolving Loan Agreement and registry agreements with ICANN (and other agreements entered into in connection therewith)), the termination, expiration or suspension of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect entered into by or binding upon the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, contains any “change of control” provision, howsoever denominated, or any other provision the inclusion of which in such agreement would automatically, or at the option of any party thereto, result in (i) the termination of or right to terminate such agreement, (ii) the suspension of or right to suspend any obligations of any parties thereto, or (iii) any change in the rights, duties or obligations of any party thereto (in the case of each of clause (i), clause (ii) or clause (iii), whether immediately or upon the passage of time or otherwise).

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Conditions of Lending

 

SECTION 4.01.                                   Conditions Precedent to Closing.

 

The obligations of the Lenders to make Term Loans hereunder are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions on the Closing Date:

 

(a)                                 Loan Party Documents.  The Administrative Agent shall have received the following from or with respect to each Loan Party:

 

(i)                                     Except to the extent such Loan Party is organized or incorporated in a jurisdiction where the applicable Governmental Authority does not provide such certificates, a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other such Organizational Documents, including all amendments thereto, certified as of a recent date by either the Secretary of State of the state of its organization or such Governmental Authority, and a certificate certifying that, where applicable, such Loan Party has paid all franchise Taxes due and payable on or prior to the date of such certificate and such Loan Party is duly organized and in good standing (which may, where applicable, be satisfied by means of a separate certificate), under the laws of such jurisdiction;

 

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(ii)                                  A certificate of the Secretary or a director of each Loan Party dated the Closing Date and certifying (A) that attached thereto are true and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of such Loan Party as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below, (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Governing Body of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and the Transaction Documents, to which such Person is a party and, in the case of the Borrowers, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, (C) that the Organizational Documents of such Loan Party have not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto shown on the certificate of good standing or certification of the relevant Governmental Authority furnished pursuant to clause (i) above, and (D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each director or officer executing any Loan Documents or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party including the Transaction Documents;

 

(iii)                               a certificate of another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above;

 

(iv)                              executed originals of the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party;

 

(v)                                 executed copies of the Related Documents;

 

(vi)                              the Collateral Information Certificate of each Loan Party, executed by a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower; and

 

(vii)                           such other documents as the Lenders or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

 

(b)                                 Fees.  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out of pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrowers hereunder or under any other Loan Document.

 

(c)                                  Corporate and Capital Structure.  The capitalization, structure and equity ownership of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries shall be as set forth in Schedule 3.07.

 

(d)                                 Financial Statements; Pro Forma Financial Statements.  The Lenders shall have received the financial statements, pro forma financial statements, and audit opinion referred to in Section 3.05.

 

(e)                                  Closing Date Projections.  The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received the forecasted financial statements of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, consisting of balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements for the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, dated July 18, 2014 (the “Closing Date Projections”), in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, together with an officers’ certificate from the U.S. Borrower’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer regarding the Closing Date Projections containing the certifications set forth in Section 3.14(b).

 

(f)                                   Solvency Assurances.  The Administrative Agent shall have received an officers’ certificate from the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the U.S. Borrower, in form and

 

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substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to the effect that, immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Closing Date and immediately following the making of the Term Loans and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of the Term Loans, (a) the fair value of the assets of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, at a fair valuation, will exceed its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.  Such chief executive officer and chief financial officer shall certify that the foregoing determination has been made after conducting diligent inquiry by such officer on a good faith basis, is based on such officer’s actual knowledge and that such officer has not conveyed any information to the contrary to any other Person at any time on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(g)                                  Opinions of Counsel to the Loan Parties.  The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, a favorable written opinion of (i) Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, transaction counsel for the Loan Parties, (ii) Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Nevada counsel for the Loan Parties, (iii) Maples & Calder, Cayman Islands counsel for the Cayman Borrower, and (iv) Arthur Cox, Irish counsel for the Loan Parties, in each case (A) dated the Closing Date, (B) addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, and (C) covering such other matters relating to the Loan Documents and the Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, and the Borrowers hereby request such counsel to deliver such opinions.

 

(h)                                 Evidence of Insurance.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of, or a certificate as to coverage under, the insurance policies required by Section 5.02 and the applicable provisions of the Security Documents, each of which shall be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a customary lender’s loss payable endorsement and to name the Collateral Agent as additional insured, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(i)                                     Necessary Governmental Authorizations and Consents; Expiration of Waiting Periods, etc.  All requisite Governmental Authorities and other material third parties shall have approved or consented to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby to the extent required, all applicable appeal periods shall have expired and there shall not be any pending or threatened litigation, governmental, administrative or judicial action, actual or threatened, that could reasonably be expected to restrain, prevent or impose materially burdensome conditions on the Transactions.

 

(j)                                    [Reserved]

 

(k)                                 Collateral Matters

 

(i)                                     Lien Searches.  The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of recent lien searches in each of the jurisdictions where any of the Loan Parties is formed or organized, and such searches shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for Liens permitted by Section 6.02, or other Liens which shall be discharged prior to the Closing Date.

 

(ii)                                  Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes.  The Administrative Agent (or, in the case of original certificates, original promissory notes or other possessory collateral, the Revolving Loan Lender, as the bailee for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement)

 

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shall have received (A) pursuant to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement: (1) original certificates (if any) representing the shares of Equity Interests pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant thereto, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof and (2) the original promissory note(s) (if any) pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant thereto, endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof; (B) pursuant to the Irish Law Share Charges: (1) original certificates (if any) and other documents of title representing the Shares and Related Assets (as such terms are defined therein) charged in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant thereto, together with undated stock transfer forms or other instruments of transfer for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the chargor thereof, (2) the dividend mandate in the form set out in Schedule 2 thereto executed by the chargor thereof, and (3) a letter of authority in the form set out in Schedule 3 thereto executed by the chargor thereof; (C) pursuant to the Irish Law Charges: (1) notices of assignment of insurances in the form set out on Part 2 of Schedule 3 thereto executed by DMIH, (2) notices to contract parties in the form set out on Part 2 of Schedule 3 thereto executed by DMIH and (3) acknowledgments from the applicable parties pursuant to items (1) and (2) each in the form set out on Part 3 of Schedule 3 executed by the applicable parties; and (D) pursuant to the Cayman Law Share Charge: (1) original certificates (if any) representing the shares charged pursuant thereto, along with an undated share transfer form in respect of such shares in the form set out in Schedule 1 thereto executed by DMIH, (2) (a) undated letters of resignation and release and (b) dated letters of authority with respect thereto, each in the form set out in Schedule 2 thereto executed by each director and officer of the Cayman Borrower, (3) a dated proxy in respect of the shares charged thereunder in the form set out in Schedule 3 thereto executed by DMIH, (4) a dated undertaking in the form set out in Schedule 4 thereto executed by the Cayman Borrower, (5) a dated notice of charge to the Cayman Borrower in the form set out in Schedule 5 thereto executed by DMIH, (6) a certified copy of the annotated register of members of the Cayman Borrower in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent, noting the charge over the shares of the Cayman Borrower created pursuant thereto and (7) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the memorandum and articles of association of the Cayman Borrower shall have, where applicable, been amended to remove any restriction on the transfer of shares subject to the security created thereby.

 

(iii)                               Filings, Registrations, Recordings, Agreements, Etc.  Each document (including any UCC financing statements, Intellectual Property Security Agreements, Control Agreements and landlord access agreements and/or bailee waivers) required by the Loan Documents or under law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, executed, registered or recorded to create in favor of Collateral Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties), a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right and priority to any Lien in the Collateral held by any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02), shall have been executed (if applicable) and delivered to the Collateral Agent in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.

 

(l)                                     Existing DebtThe Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent all documents or instruments necessary to release all Liens granted by any of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of Demand Media, Inc. and its Subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Transactions), and to release each of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries from any obligations or liabilities in respect of Indebtedness of Demand Media, Inc. and its Subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Transactions).

 

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(m)                             Matters Relating to Spin-off and other Transactions.

 

(i)                                     (A) The Spin-off shall have been consummated; (B) the Spin-off Agreement and related documents shall be in full force and effect (without any amendments, waivers or alterations thereof unless consented to by the Administrative Agent) and (C) the Administrative Agent shall have received copies of each Transaction Document, the private letter ruling issued by the Internal Revenue Service in respect of the Spin-off and all other agreements relating to the Spin-off Agreement, certified by an officer of the U.S. Borrower to be true, correct and complete;

 

(ii)                                  (A) the “Closing Date” under the Revolving Loan Agreement shall have occurred, (B) the Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed copies of each Revolving Loan Document (each of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), certified by an officer of the U.S. Borrower to be true, correct and complete and (C) other than issuances of letters of credit thereunder, there shall be no Revolving Loans or other extensions of credit made under the Revolving Loan Documents on the Closing Date; and

 

(iii)                               The Spin-off and the other Transactions shall have been consummated in accordance with applicable law and on the terms described in the Spin-off Agreement and all other material related documentation, in the form filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the U.S. Borrower’s Form 10 filing, and as of the date of the Spin-off, (A) the Borrowers shall have not less than $25,000,000 of cash and Permitted Investments and (B) the U.S. Borrower shall have an equity market capitalization of not less than $70,000,000.

 

(n)                                 The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.01(m).

 

(o)                                 Other Legal Matters.

 

(i)                                     All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and all other agreements, documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as the Lenders or Agent may reasonably request.

 

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

 

(iii)                               All legal matters incident to this Agreement, the extensions of credit hereunder and the other Loan Documents shall be satisfactory to the Lenders and to the Administrative Agent.

 

(p)                                 Funds Flow Memorandum.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a funds flow memorandum duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(q)                                 Material Adverse Effect.  No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred and no disruption, adverse change or condition in the financial, lending or capital markets generally in each case, in the Administrative Agent’s sole judgment, at any time prior to the Closing Date.

 

(r)                                    No Material Adverse Facts.  The Administrative Agent does not become aware of any new or inconsistent information or other matter not previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent relating to the Loan Parties or the Transactions which the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable judgment, deems material and adverse relative to the information or other matters disclosed to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof.

 

(s)                                   No Litigation.  There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation, proceeding, hearing or other legal or regulatory developments, pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that, in the reasonable opinion of Administrative Agent, singly or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to materially impair any of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, or that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(t)                                    Due DiligenceThe Administrative Agent shall have completed a due diligence investigation of the Loan Parties in scope, and with results, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, including without limitation, as to general affairs, environmental concerns, management, corporate structure, capital structure, other debt instruments, material contracts, governing documents, prospects, financial position, stockholders’ or shareholders’ equity and results of operations, and the tax, accounting, legal, regulatory, environmental and other issues relevant to the Loan Parties, and shall have been given access to the external independent auditors, management, records, books of account, contracts and properties of the Loan Parties and shall have received such financial, business and other information regarding the Loan Parties as it shall have requested.

 

(u)                                 Closing Date.  The Closing Date shall in no event occur later than August 6, 2014.

 

(v)                                 Representations and Warranties.  (i) The representations and warranties in Article III and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date (or, to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, that such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date), (ii) the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties shall have performed in all material respects all agreements and satisfied all conditions which this Agreement provides shall be performed or satisfied by it on or before the Closing Date except as otherwise disclosed to and agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent, and (iii) the Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying as to the accuracy of each of clause (i) and clause (ii); provided that, if a representation and warranty, covenant or condition is qualified as to materiality, the applicable materiality qualifier set forth above shall be disregarded with respect to such representation and warranty, covenant or condition for purposes of this condition.

 

(w)                            No Default.  At the time of each borrowing hereunder and also after giving effect thereto there shall exist no Default or Event of Default;

 

(x)                                 Notice of Borrowing.  Prior to the making of the Term Loans, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.02(c).

 

SECTION 4.02.                                   Post Closing ObligationsAs an accommodation to the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed to execute this Agreement and to make Term Loans on the Closing Date notwithstanding the failure by the Borrowers to satisfy the conditions set forth below

 

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on or before the Closing Date.  In consideration of such accommodation, the Lenders agree that, in addition to all other terms, conditions and provisions set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including those conditions set forth in Section 4.01, the Borrowers shall satisfy each of the conditions subsequent set forth below on or before the date applicable thereto (it being understood that (i) the failure by the Borrowers to perform or cause to be performed any such condition subsequent on or before the date applicable thereto shall constitute an immediate Event of Default and (ii) to the extent that the existence of any such condition subsequent would otherwise cause any representation, warranty or covenant in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to be breached, the Required Lenders hereby waive such breach for the period from the Closing Date until the date on which such condition subsequent is required to be fulfilled pursuant to this Section 4.02):

 

(i)                                     deliver to the Administrative Agent Control Agreements with financial institutions, securities intermediaries and other Persons in order to perfect Liens by “control” (within the meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) in respect of Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts maintained by the Loan Parties in the U.S. in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent no later than sixty (60) days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree to in its sole discretion);

 

(ii)                                  not later than sixty (60) days following the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree to in its sole discretion), the Borrowers shall deliver all necessary endorsements to the insurance certificates delivered on the Closing Date (a) providing that no cancellation or material change in coverage shall be effective until at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice thereof, or such shorter period agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, and (b) naming the Collateral Agent as either “additional insured” or “lender loss payee”, as applicable, in each case, in such form as are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

 

(iii)                               not later than five (5) days following the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree to in its sole discretion), the Borrowers shall deliver to the Collateral Agent (or, if the Intercreditor Agreement is in effect, the Revolving Loan Lender) each of the following: (a) the original certificate or certificates representing 100% of the Equity Interests of Opco together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of U.S. Borrower; (b) 100% of the Equity Interests of Hot Media, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Opco; (c) 100% of the Equity Interests of eNom together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Opco; and (d) a certified copy of the board minutes of Bradwell Limited appointing John O’ Donoghue as an authorized signatory of Bradwell Limited with respect to the Loan Documents;

 

(iv)                              not later than twenty (20) days following the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree to in its sole discretion), the Borrowers shall deliver to the Collateral Agent (or, if the Intercreditor Agreement is in effect, the Revolving Loan Lender): (a) undated letters of resignation and release, executed as deeds by each director, alternate direct and secretary of each of DMIH and Domains respectively, each in the form set out in Schedule 4 to the Irish Share Charges; (b) the original certificate or certificates representing 65% and 35% of the Equity Intersts of DMIH, along with such executed transfer powers as are required by the applicable Irish Share Charge executed and delivered by U.S. Borrower; (c) the original certificate or certificates representing 65% of the Equity Interests of DMD Media Services, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Canada, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Hot Media; and (d) the original certificate or certificates representing 65% of the Equity Interests of eNom Canada Corp., a corporation

 

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organized under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of eNom; and

 

(v)                                 The Borrowers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver consents to removal of personal property from the landlords of the real property located at the following addresses, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, not later than sixty (60) days following the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree to in its sole discretion):

 

(a)                                 5808 Lake Washington Blvd., NE, Ste. 300, Kirkland, WA 98033;

 

(b)                                 200 Academy Drive, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78704; and

 

(c)                                  2500 East Second Avenue, Second Floor, Denver CO 80206.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

The Borrowers covenant and agree with each Lender that so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the principal of and interest on each Term Loan, all fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document shall have been paid in full, the Borrowers will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to:

 

SECTION 5.01.                                   Existence; Compliance with Laws; Businesses and Properties.

 

(a)                                 Do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, except as otherwise expressly permitted under Section 6.05.

 

(b)                                 Do or cause to be done all things necessary to obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the rights, licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of its business except to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; maintain and operate such business in substantially the manner in which it is presently conducted and operated; comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and decrees and orders of any Governmental Authority, whether now in effect or hereafter enacted; and at all times maintain and preserve all property material to the conduct of such business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times.

 

SECTION 5.02.                                   Insurance.

 

(a)                                 Keep its insurable properties adequately insured at all times by financially sound and reputable insurers; maintain such other insurance, to such extent and against such risks, including fire and other risks insured against by extended coverage, as is customary with companies in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations, including business interruption insurance, public liability insurance against claims for personal injury or death or property damage occurring upon, in, about or in connection with the use of any properties owned, occupied or controlled by it; and maintain such other insurance as may be required by law.

 

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(b)                                 Cause all such policies (if any) covering any Collateral to be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a customary lender’s loss payable endorsement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, which endorsement shall provide that, from and after the Closing Date, if the insurance carrier shall have received written notice from the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent of the occurrence of an Event of Default, the insurance carrier shall pay all proceeds otherwise payable to the Borrowers or the Loan Parties under such policies directly to the Collateral Agent or the Revolving Loan Lender, as applicable, in accordance with the terms in the Intercreditor Agreement; cause all such policies to provide that none of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent nor any other party shall be a coinsurer thereunder and to contain a “Replacement Cost Endorsement”, without any deduction for depreciation, and such other provisions as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may reasonably require from time to time to protect their interests; deliver original or certified copies of all such policies to the Collateral Agent; cause each such policy to provide that it shall not be canceled, modified or not renewed except (i) by reason of nonpayment of premium upon not less than 10 days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (giving the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent the right to cure defaults in the payment of premiums) or (ii) for any other reason upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent; deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, prior to the cancellation, modification or nonrenewal of any such policy of insurance, a copy of a renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence of renewal of a policy previously delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent) together with evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent of payment of the premium therefor.

 

(c)                                  If at any time the area in which any properties subject to the Mortgages (if any) are located is designated (i) a “flood hazard area” in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency), obtain flood insurance in such total amount as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders may from time to time require, and otherwise comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as it may be amended from time to time, or (ii) a “Zone 1” area, obtain earthquake insurance in such total amount as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders may from time to time require.

 

(d)                                 With respect to any Mortgaged Property, carry and maintain comprehensive general liability insurance including the “broad form CGL endorsement” and coverage on an occurrence basis against claims made for personal injury (including bodily injury, death and property damage) and umbrella or liability insurance against any and all claims, in an amount reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, naming the Collateral Agent as an additional insured, on forms satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

 

(e)                                  Notify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent promptly whenever any separate insurance concurrent in form or contributing in the event of loss with that required to be maintained under this Section 5.02 is taken out by any Loan Party; and promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent a duplicate original copy of such policy or policies.

 

SECTION 5.03.                                   Obligations and Taxes.  Pay its Indebtedness and other obligations promptly and in accordance with their terms and pay and discharge promptly when due all Taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, as well as all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies or otherwise that, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien upon such properties or any part thereof; provided, however, that such payment and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such Tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim so long as the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith

 

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by appropriate proceedings and the Borrowers shall have set aside on its financial statements adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and such contest operates to suspend collection of the contested obligation, Tax, assessment or charge and enforcement of a Lien and, in the case of a Mortgaged Property, there is no risk of forfeiture of such property.

 

SECTION 5.04.                                   Financial Statements, Reports, etc.  In the case of Borrowers, furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

 

(a)                                 within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the U.S. Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows showing the financial condition of the U.S. Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the results of its operations and the operations of such Subsidiaries during such year, together with comparative figures for the immediately preceding fiscal year of the U.S. Borrower, all audited by PricewaterHouseCoopers LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which opinion shall be without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of U.S. Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;

 

(b)                                 within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the U.S. Borrower (or, with respect to the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2014, within 45 days of the date the U.S. Borrower’s Form 10 Registration Statement becomes effective), its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows showing the financial condition of the U.S. Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the results of its operations and the operations of such Subsidiaries during such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year of the U.S. Borrower, together with comparative figures for the same periods in the immediately preceding fiscal year, all certified by one of the Financial Officers of the U.S. Borrower, as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the U.S. Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments;

 

(c)                                  concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a), a certificate of the accounting firm opining on or certifying such statements (which opinion or certificate may be limited to accounting matters and disclaim responsibility for legal interpretations) certifying that no knowledge was obtained of any Event of Default relating to any of the financial covenants set forth in this Agreement, except as specified in such certificate;

 

(d)                                 concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) or (b) above, a certificate of the Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower (i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii) setting forth computations in reasonable detail, together with supporting calculations, in each case satisfactory to the Administrative Agent demonstrating compliance with the covenants contained in Section 6.11, Section 6.12 and Section 6.13;

 

(e)                                  concurrently with any delivery of financial statements and paragraph (a) or (b) above, an officer’s certificate of a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower, certifying that, except as expressly set forth therein, the representations and warranties in Article III are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of the certificate to the same extent as though made on and as of that date (or, to the

 

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extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, certifying that such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date); provided that, if a representation and warranty is qualified as to materiality, for purposes of such certification, the applicable materiality qualifier set forth above shall be disregarded with respect to such representation and warranty;

 

(f)                                   concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (b) above (or, in the case of the fourth fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower, within 45 days after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower), (i) a list of any registered Intellectual Property, related rights thereto, and Material Inbound Licenses acquired since the last such list delivered pursuant to this Section 5.04(f) (or since the Closing Date, in the case of the first such list delivered after the Closing Date) and (ii) to the extent necessary to cause the representation and warranty set forth in Section 3.07(f) to be true and correct, an updated Schedule 3.07(f);

 

(g)                                  promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary with any Governmental Authority or securities exchange, or distributed to its shareholders, as the case may be;

 

(h)                                 promptly after the receipt thereof by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, a copy of any “management letter” received by any such Person from its certified public accountants and the management’s response thereto;

 

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

 

(j)                                    promptly upon receipt or delivery by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries of any material notice (including, without limitation, any notice of default) to or from the Revolving Loan Lender, the Borrowers shall deliver a copy of such notice to the Administrative Agent; and

 

(k)                                 promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

 

If, as a result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those used in the preparation of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 5.04(a), the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 5.04 will differ in any material respect from the consolidated financial statements that would have been delivered pursuant to such clauses had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made, then, at the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, (i) together with the first delivery of financial statements pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 5.04 following such change, consolidated financial statements of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the current fiscal year of the U.S. Borrower to the effective date of such change prepared on a pro forma basis as if such change had been in effect during such period and (ii) together with each delivery of financial statements pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 5.04 following such change, a written statement of the Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower setting forth the differences (including any differences that would affect any calculations relating to the financial covenants in Section 6.11, Section 6.12 and Section 6.13) which would have resulted if such financial statements had been prepared without giving effect to such change.

 

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SECTION 5.05.                                   Litigation and Other Notices.

 

(a)                                 Furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the following:

 

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

 

(c)                                  the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of intention of any Person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority, against the Borrowers or any Affiliate thereof that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(d)                                 the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $500,000; and

 

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

 

SECTION 5.06.                                   Information Regarding Collateral.

 

(a)                                 Furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any change (i) in any Loan Party’s corporate name, (ii) in the jurisdiction of organization or formation of any Loan Party, (iii) in any Loan Party’s identity or corporate structure or (iv) in any Loan Party’s Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or similar organizational number issued by the relevant foreign Governmental Authority.  The Borrowers agree not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral, with the priority required hereunder and under the Security Documents.  The Borrowers also agree promptly to notify the Administrative Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed or if the value of the Collateral is impaired in an amount in excess of $250,000.

 

(b)                                 Each year, at the time of delivery of the annual financial statements with respect to the preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 5.04(a), deliver to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate of a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower setting forth the information required pursuant to Section 5.3 of the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Closing Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 5.06(b).

 

SECTION 5.07.                                   Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections.  Keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all requirements of law are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities.  The Borrowers shall, and shall cause each of the Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to visit and inspect the financial records and the properties of such Person at reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of such Person with the officers thereof and independent accountants therefor.  Such visit and inspection shall be at the sole cost and expense of the

 

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Borrowers on a semi-annually basis so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or on a more frequent basis if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

SECTION 5.08.                                   Use of Proceeds.  Use the proceeds of the Term Loans solely (i) to finance, in part, the acquisition of new gTLDs, (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions and (iii) for general corporate purposes.

 

SECTION 5.09.                                   Employee Benefits.

 

(a)                                 With respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and furnish to the Administrative Agent as soon as possible after, and in any event within 10 days after any responsible officer of the Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that, any ERISA Event has occurred that, alone or together with any other ERISA Event could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate in an aggregate amount exceeding $250,000, a statement of a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower setting forth details as to such ERISA Event and the action, if any, that the U.S. Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

(b)                                 Upon reasonable request by the Administrative Agent, furnish copies of (i) annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any of its ERISA Affiliates with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan; (ii) the most recent actuarial valuation report for each Plan, to the extent such exists; (iii) all notices received by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor or any governmental agency concerning an ERISA Event; and (iv) such other information, documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Employee Benefit Plan as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.

 

SECTION 5.10.                                   Compliance with Environmental Laws.  Comply, and cause all lessees and other Persons occupying its properties to comply, in all material respects with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and properties; obtain and renew all material environmental permits necessary for its operations and properties; and conduct any remedial action in accordance with Environmental Laws; provided, however, that none of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary shall be required to undertake any remedial action required by Environmental Laws 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.

 

SECTION 5.11.                                   Preparation of Environmental Reports.  If a Default caused by reason of a breach of Section 3.16 or Section 5.10 shall have occurred and be continuing for more than 20 days without the Borrowers or any Subsidiary commencing activities reasonably likely to cure such Default, at the written request of the Required Lenders through the Administrative Agent, provide to the Lenders within 45 days after such request, at the expense of the Loan Parties, an environmental site assessment report regarding the matters that are the subject of such Default prepared by an environmental consulting firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and indicating the presence or absence of Hazardous Materials and the estimated cost of any compliance or remedial action in connection with such Default.

 

SECTION 5.12.                                   Further Assurances.

 

(a)                                 Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all further action (including filing UCC and other financing statements, mortgages and deeds of trust) that may be required under applicable law, or that the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to effectuate the

 

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transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity and first priority (or if the Revolving Loan Agreement is outstanding, second priority), subject to Liens permitted under Section 6.02, of the security interests created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.  In addition, from time to time, the Borrowers will, at their cost and expense, promptly secure the Obligations by pledging or creating, or causing to be pledged or created, perfected security interests with respect to such of its assets and properties and the assets and property of their Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall designate, subject to the limitations set forth in the Loan Documents.  Such security interests and Liens will be created under the Security Documents and other security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust and other instruments and documents in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and the Borrowers shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Lenders all such instruments and documents (including legal opinions, title insurance policies and lien searches) as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request to evidence compliance with this Section 5.12.  The Borrowers agree to provide such evidence as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request as to the perfection and priority status of each such security interest and Lien.  In furtherance of the foregoing, the Borrowers will give prompt notice to the Administrative Agent of the acquisition by it or any of the Subsidiaries of any real property (or any interest in real property) having a value in excess of $500,000.

 

(b)                                 Upon the consummation of any acquisition of any Person by any of the Loan Parties, or upon the formation by any of the Loan Parties of any Subsidiary, the Borrowers shall cause the Person so acquired or formed, to the extent constituting a Material Subsidiary, to be designated as a Guarantor of the applicable Obligations.  Such Person shall become a Loan Party by executing the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Guarantee (Non-U.S. Entities), as applicable, and each applicable Security Document in favor of the Collateral Agent.  In addition, (i) such Person shall execute and deliver such Security Documents, agreements and documents as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request to grant a first priority (or, if the Revolving Loan Agreement is outstanding, second priority) perfected Lien in respect of substantially all of its real and personal property in favor of the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, and (ii) the Loan Parties owning Equity Interests in such Person shall pledge all such Equity Interests in such Person (subject to clause (c) below).

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 5.12, (a) no Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC shall be required to (i) grant a security interest in its assets to secure the U.S. Obligations or (ii) to guarantee the U.S. Obligations and (b) no Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary (other than a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower or a U.S. Loan Party) shall be required to be pledged, in each of clauses (a) and (b) to the extent the foregoing would cause an inclusion of income under Section 951(a)(1)(B) of the Code to a Loan Party, and any pledge of Equity Interests of a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower or a U.S. Loan Party to secure U.S. Obligations shall be limited to 65% of the voting Equity Interests of such entity to the extent the pledge of a greater percentage would cause an inclusion of income under Section 951(a)(1)(B) of the Code to a Loan Party.

 

(d)                                 In the event that any Person becomes a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary of a Loan Party after the date hereof, the Borrowers will promptly notify the Lenders and the Collateral Agent of that fact and cause such First Tier Foreign Subsidiary, such Loan Party or both to execute and deliver to the Lenders and the Collateral Agent such documents and instruments and take such further actions as may be necessary, or in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, desirable to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid and perfected first priority (or if the Revolving Loan Agreement is outstanding, second priority) Lien on the total outstanding Equity Interests in such First Tier Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC, including execution and delivery of a Foreign Law Pledge Agreement; provided that no more than 65% of the voting Equity Interests of a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code and that is directly held by the U.S. Borrower or U.S. Loan Party shall be required to be pledged to secure the U.S. Obligations and no

 

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Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary (other than a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower or U.S. Loan Party) shall be required to be pledged to secure the U.S. Obligations.

 

(e)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.12, the Loan Parties shall not be required to provide a Foreign Pledge Agreement with respect to the Equity Interests of a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC and an Immaterial Subsidiary governed by the laws in which such First Tier Foreign Subsidiary is organized; provided that the foregoing shall not limit a pledge of such Equity Interests pursuant to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other Security Document to which the relevant Loan Party owning such Equity Interests is a party prior to the formation or acquisition of such First Tier Foreign Subsidiary.

 

(f)                                   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.12 or any other Loan Document, (i) no Cayman Loan Party (other than a U.S. Loan Party) shall, or shall be required to, guarantee the U.S. Obligations or to grant a Lien on any of its assets to secure the U.S. Obligations and (ii) no Cayman Loan Party (other than a U.S. Loan Party) is, or shall be, obligated or liable for any Obligations other than Cayman Obligations.

 

SECTION 5.13.                                   Change of Control Provisions.  Other than registry agreements with ICANN, the Revolving Loan Agreement and extensions, replacements or other modifications of the agreements set forth on Schedule 3.33 (and other agreements entered into in connection therewith)), use commercially reasonable efforts to exclude from any inbound license and any agreement the termination, expiration or suspension of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect entered into by or becoming binding upon the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, any “change of control” provision, howsoever denominated, or any other provision the inclusion of which in such agreement would automatically, or at the option of any party thereto, result in (i) the termination of or right to terminate such agreement, (ii) the suspension of or right to suspend any obligations of any parties thereto, or (iii) any change in the rights, duties or obligations of any party thereto (in the case of each of clause (i), clause (ii) or clause (iii), whether immediately or upon the passage of time or otherwise).

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Negative Covenants

 

The Borrowers covenant and agree with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the principal of and interest on each Term Loan, all fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document have been paid in full, the Borrowers will not, nor cause or permit any of the Subsidiaries to:

 

SECTION 6.01.                                   Indebtedness.  Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

 

(i)                                     Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and any refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements of such Indebtedness; provided that (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not increased, (ii) neither the final maturity nor the weighted average life to maturity of such Indebtedness is decreased, (iii) such Indebtedness, if subordinated to the Obligations, remains so subordinated on terms no less favorable to the Lenders, and (iv) the original obligors in respect of such Indebtedness remain the only obligors thereon;

 

(ii)                                  Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents;

 

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(iii)                               intercompany Indebtedness of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by Section 6.04(iii);

 

(iv)                              Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, and refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this Section 6.01(iv), when combined with the aggregate principal amount of all Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(v) shall not exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding;

 

(v)                                 Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations in an aggregate principal amount, when combined with the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(iv), not in excess of $5,000,000 at any time outstanding;

 

(vi)                              Indebtedness under performance bonds or with respect to workers’ compensation claims, and Indebtedness secured by deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business (other than for indebtedness or any Liens arising under ERISA) in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business (other than for indebtedness or any Liens arising under ERISA);

 

(vii)                           Indebtedness incurred under the Revolving Loan Agreement and the Revolving Loan Documents (including, without limitation, guarantees of the Loan Parties in respect of such Indebtedness and cash management and swap obligations), subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(viii)                        Indebtedness under any Hedging Agreement; provided that if such Hedging Agreement relates to interest rates, (i) such Hedging Agreement relates to payment obligations on Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred by the Loan Documents and (ii) the notional principal amount of such Hedging Agreement at the time incurred does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness to which such Hedging Agreement relate;

 

(ix)                              guaranties by the Borrowers of Indebtedness of a Guarantor or guaranties by a Guarantor of Indebtedness of the Borrowers or another Guarantor with respect, in each case, to Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 6.01 (other than clause (a) of this Section 6.01); provided, that if the Indebtedness that is being guarantied is unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations, the guaranty shall also be unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations, in each case on terms no less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination terms of the Indebtedness so guarantied;

 

(x)                                 (A) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Guarantor after the date hereof, which Indebtedness is existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrowers (other than Indebtedness incurred in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary) and (B) Indebtedness secured by assets purchased by a Loan Party that is assumed by such Loan Party (other than Indebtedness incurred in contemplation of or in connection with such purchase) in an aggregate principal amount under this clause (x) not to exceed $1,000,000;

 

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(xi)                              Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with cash pooling arrangements, cash management and other similar arrangements consisting of netting arrangements and overdraft protections incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in excess of $250, 000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;

 

(xii)                           Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary providing for indemnification, contribution, earn-out, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case incurred or assumed in connection with dispositions or acquisitions permitted under this Agreement; provided that the amount of all Indebtedness in respect of earn-outs shall not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate from the Closing Date to the Maturity Date;

 

(xiii)                        Indebtedness representing any Taxes, assessments or governmental charges to the extent such Taxes are being contested in good faith and adequate reserves have been provided therefor in conformity with GAAP;

 

(xiv)                       Subordinated Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2,500,000;

 

(xv)                          Surety Indebtedness and any other Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, banker’s acceptances or similar arrangements, provided that the aggregate amount of any such Indebtedness outstanding at any time shall not exceed $5,000,000; provided, that any such letter of credit shall only be permitted pursuant to this clause (xv) if such letter of credit is of a type that cannot be issued pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Loan Agreement;

 

(xvi)                       Guarantees by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of the obligations of any Subsidiary under accreditation agreements (but not for borrowed money) entered into in the ordinary course of business with a registry accredited by ICANN; and

 

(xvii)                    other Indebtedness of Borrowers or their Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $1,000,000 (of which $500,000 may be secured) at any time outstanding.

 

SECTION 6.02.                                   Liens.  Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets (including Equity Interests or other securities of any Person, including the Borrowers or any Subsidiary) now owned or hereafter acquired by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except:

 

(i)                                     Liens on property or assets of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02; provided that such Liens shall secure only those obligations that they secure on the date hereof and refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals and replacements thereof permitted hereunder;

 

(ii)                                  any Lien created under the Security Documents;

 

(iii)                               any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or assets of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, (ii) such Lien does not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary, (iii) such Lien secures only those obligations that it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be; and (iv) such obligations shall be permitted under this Agreement;

 

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(iv)                              the replacement, extension or renewal of any Lien permitted by clause (iii) above upon or in the same property theretofore subject thereto or the replacement, extension or renewal (without increase in the amount or change in any direct or contingent obligor) of the Indebtedness or obligation secured thereby;

 

(v)                                 Liens for Taxes not yet due or that are being contested in compliance with Section 5.03;

 

(vi)                              carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlord’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in compliance with Section 5.03;

 

(vii)                           pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;

 

(viii)                        deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations or Synthetic Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ix)                              zoning restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions on use of real property and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and do not materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries;

 

(x)                                 purchase money security interests in real property, improvements thereto or equipment hereafter acquired (or, in the case of improvements, constructed) by the Borrowers or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(iv), (ii) such security interests are incurred, and the Indebtedness secured thereby is created, within 90 days after such acquisition (or construction), (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the lesser of the cost or the fair market value of such real property, improvements or equipment at the time of such acquisition (or construction) and (iv) such security interests do not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary;

 

(xi)                              Liens on property or assets of a Person (other than any Equity Interests in any Person) existing at the time the assets of such Person are acquired or such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary; provided that any such Lien (i) was not created in contemplation of or in connection with such asset purchase, merger, consolidation or investment and (ii) does not extend to any assets other than those acquired in such asset purchase and those assets of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Borrowers or such Subsidiary or acquired by the Borrowers or such Subsidiary;

 

(xii)                           bankers’ Liens, rights of setoff and other similar Liens existing solely with respect to (i) cash and Permitted Investments on deposit in one or more accounts maintained by any Loan Party, in each case granted in the ordinary course of business in favor of the bank or banks with which such accounts are maintained, securing amounts owing to such bank or banks with respect to cash management and operating account arrangements, and (ii) financial assets on deposit in one or more securities accounts maintained by any Loan Party, in each case granted in

 

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the ordinary course of business in favor of the securities intermediaries with which such accounts are maintained, securing amounts owing to such securities intermediaries with respect to services rendered in connection with such securities accounts;

 

(xiii)                        precautionary filings of financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdictions in respect of operating leases or consignments entered into by the Borrowers or the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xiv)                       Liens arising out of judgments or awards not constituting an Event of Default in respect of which the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review in respect of which there shall be secured a subsisting stay of execution pending such appeal or proceedings; provided that the aggregate amount of all such judgments or awards (and any cash and the fair market value of any property subject to such Liens) does not exceed $250,000 at any time outstanding;

 

(xv)                          Liens securing the Indebtedness under the Revolving Loan Agreement and the other Revolving Loan Documents, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement; provided that the aggregate amount of cash collateral securing indebtedness under the letter of credit sub-facility under the Revolving Loan Agreement shall not exceed 105% of the aggregate face amount of all such issued and outstanding letters of credit;

 

(xvi)                       (A) any interest or title of a lessor or licensor under any lease or license entered into by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so leased or licensed or (B) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business that do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

 

(xvii)                    (A) cash deposits and liens on cash and Permitted Investments pledged to secure Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(xv) (such cash and Permitted Investments not to exceed 105% of the face amount of all relevant letters of credit), (B) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit permitted by Section 6.01(xv) that encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit, and (C) Liens on cash and Permitted Investments securing Hedging Agreements that are permitted by Section 6.01(viii);

 

(xviii)                 Liens of sellers of goods to the Borrowers and any of their Subsidiaries arising under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code or similar provisions of applicable law in the ordinary course of business, covering only the goods sold and securing only the unpaid purchase price for such goods and related expenses;

 

(xix)                       Liens in favor of VeriSign or another ICANN accredited registry on cash deposits made pursuant to accreditation agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business not in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; and

 

(xx)                          other Liens securing Indebtedness not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.

 

Notwithstanding anything to contrary hereunder or under any other Loan Document, no Liens (other than Liens permitted under clauses (ii), (iv) and (xiv) above) shall be permitted on Equity Interests issued by the Cayman Borrower or any Subsidiaries of the Borrowers which constitute Collateral.

 

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SECTION 6.03.                                   Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.  Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property which it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred unless (a) the sale or transfer of such property is permitted by Section 6.05 and (b) any Capital Lease Obligations, Synthetic Lease Obligations or Liens arising in connection therewith are permitted by Section 6.01 and Section 6.02, as the case may be.

 

SECTION 6.04.                                   Investments.  Purchase, hold, make or acquire any Investments, except:

 

(i)                                     (x) Investments by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof in the Equity Interests of the Subsidiaries and (y) additional Investments by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries in the Equity Interests of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries; provided that (A) any such Equity Interests held by a Loan Party shall be pledged or charged pursuant to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or a Foreign Law Pledge Agreement (subject to the limitations applicable to voting capital stock or shares of a Foreign Subsidiary referred to therein with respect to the U.S. Obligations), (B) the aggregate amount of Investments made by Loan Parties after the date hereof in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (determined without regard to any write downs or write-offs of such Investments) shall not exceed, when taken together with loans and advances made pursuant to clause (iii) below, $500,000 at any time outstanding and (C) U.S. Loan Parties shall not be permitted to make any Investments in Cayman Loan Parties (excluding U.S. Loan Parties) pursuant to this clause (i), in an aggregate amount not to exceed, when taken together with loans and advances made to Cayman Loan Parties (excluding U.S. Loan Parties) by U.S. Loan Parties pursuant to clause (iii) below, $4,000,000 at any time outstanding plus New Proceeds;

 

(ii)                                  Permitted Investments;

 

(iii)                               loans or advances made by the Borrowers to any Subsidiary and made by any Subsidiary to the Borrowers or any other Subsidiary; provided that (x) any such loans and advances made by a Loan Party shall be evidenced by a promissory note pledged to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or a Foreign Law Pledge Agreement, (y) the aggregate amount of such loans and advances made by Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such loans and advances) shall not exceed, when taken together with Investments made pursuant to clause (i) above, $500,000 at any time outstanding and (z) U.S. Loan Parties shall not be permitted to make any loans or advances to Cayman Loan Parties (excluding U.S. Loan Parties) pursuant to this clause (iii), in an aggregate amount not to exceed, when taken together Investments in Cayman Loan Parties (excluding U.S. Loan Parties) by U.S. Loan Parties pursuant to clause (i) above, $4,000,000 at any time outstanding plus New Proceeds;

 

(iv)                              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;

 

(v)                                 the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries may make loans and advances in the ordinary course of business to their respective employees so long as the aggregate principal amount thereof at any time outstanding (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such loans and advances) shall not exceed $150,000;

 

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(vi)                              the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries may enter into Hedging Agreements in the ordinary course of business that are not speculative in nature;

 

(vii)                           [Reserved];

 

(viii)                        Guarantees permitted by Section 6.01;

 

(ix)                              Investments consisting of intercompany debt permitted hereunder;

 

(x)                                 prepaid expenses or lease, utility and other similar deposits, in each case made in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xi)                              Investments consisting of any deferred portion (including promissory notes and non cash consideration) of the sales price received by the Borrowers or any Subsidiary in connection with any Disposition permitted hereunder;

 

(xii)                           Investments resulting from the reinvestment of net cash proceeds of a Disposition as permitted under Section 2.11 of this Agreement;

 

(xiii)                        Investments existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.04;

 

(xiv)                       Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection or deposit;

 

(xv)                          Investments representing non-cash consideration received in connection with any Dispositions permitted hereunder not in excess of $5,000,000 at any time outstanding;

 

(xvi)                       To the extent constituting an Investment, Capital Expenditures permitted under Section 6.10;

 

(xvii)                    cash Investments not to exceed $2,500,000 in Namecheap, Inc., a Delaware corporation; and

 

(xviii)                 in addition to Investments permitted by paragraphs (i) through (xvii) above, additional Investments by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries so long as the aggregate amount invested pursuant to this paragraph (xviii) (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such Investments) does not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate, of which not less than $2,500,000 shall constitute Collateral.

 

SECTION 6.05.                                   Acquisitions, Consolidations, Dispositions of Assets and Acquisitions.  Consummate any transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, property or assets (including its notes or receivables and Equity Interests of a Subsidiary, whether newly issued or outstanding), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

 

(i)                                     (x) any Subsidiary of the Borrowers may be merged with or into any of the Borrowers or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrowers that is a Guarantor, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property or assets may be Disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to the Borrowers or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrowers that is a Guarantor; provided that, in the case of such a merger, such

 

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Borrower or Wholly Owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person and (y) mergers or consolidations in connection with Capital Expenditures permitted under Section 6.10; provided that, if a Loan Party is a party to such merger or consolidation, such Loan Party shall be the surviving entity; provided further that, if the the U.S. Borrower or Cayman Borrower is a party to such merger or consolidation, the U.S. Borrower or Cayman Borrower, as applicable, shall be the surviving entity.

 

(ii)                                  the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries may Dispose of assets in transactions that do not constitute Asset Sales; provided that (a) the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof, and (b) at least 75% of such consideration consists of cash;

 

(iii)                               the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries may Dispose of obsolete, worn out or surplus property in the ordinary course of business;

 

(iv)                              the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries may make Asset Sales of assets having a fair market value not in excess of $5,000,000 between the Closing Date and the Maturity Date; provided that (a) the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof; (b) not less than 75% of the consideration received shall be cash; (c) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing after giving effect thereto; and (d) the proceeds of such Asset Sales shall be applied as required by Section 2.11(b);

 

(v)                                 in order to resolve disputes that occur in the ordinary course of business, the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries may discount or otherwise compromise for less than the face value thereof, notes or accounts receivable;

 

(vi)                              non-exclusive licenses and sublicenses in the ordinary course of business and licenses of Intellectual Property that may be exclusive as to geographic location, limited time duration, field of use, exclusive use of domain names under a particular gTLD, or customized products for specific customers, that do not result in a legal transfer of title of the licensed property;

 

(vii)                           Dispositions of Inventory or domain names or any property incidental to the ownership of Inventory or domain names, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

 

(viii)                        Dispositions between Loan Parties or between Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties; provided that, the aggregate amount of all Dispositions by U.S. Loan Parties to the Cayman Loan Parties (excluding U.S. Loan Parties) shall not exceed $1,000,000;

 

(ix)                              (i) the sale of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and the Equity Interests of which are not pledged to Collateral Agent to any other Subsidiary of the Borrowers, and (ii) the sale of the Equity Interests of any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, but which Equity Interests are pledged to Collateral Agent, to any Loan Party so long as such Equity Interests remain pledged to Collateral Agent;

 

(x)                                 the sale of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of a Borrower to another Borrower or to any Guarantor that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, provided, that the Equity Interests of any U.S. Loan Party or Domestic Subsidiary shall not be transferred to any Foreign Subsidiary;

 

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(xi)                              the use or transfer of money or Permitted Investments in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;

 

(xii)                           Dispositions of property subject to a Casualty Event;

 

(xiii)                        leases or subleases of real property;

 

(xiv)                       any abandonment, cancellation, non-renewal or discontinuance of use or maintenance of Intellectual Property (or rights relating thereto) of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that the Borrowers determine in good faith is desirable in the conduct of their business and not materially disadvantageous to the interests of the Secured Parties or the value of the Collateral;

 

(xv)                          Dispositions of applications for or operator rights to new gTLD registries prior to the first date that domain names are registered to such registries;

 

(xvi)                       [reserved]; and

 

(xvii)                    the Borrowers or a Subsidiary may Dispose of Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries solely to qualify directors of the Governing Body of the Subsidiary if required by applicable law.

 

SECTION 6.06.                                   Restricted Payments; Restrictive Agreements.

 

(a)                                 Declare or make, or agree to declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment (including pursuant to any Synthetic Purchase Agreement), or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so; provided, however, that (i) any Subsidiary of the Borrowers may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions ratably to its equity holders; (ii) the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments in the form of distributions payable solely in the common stock or other common Equity Interests of such Person; (iii) the Borrowers may redeem, repurchase, or otherwise acquire Equity Interests from employees, consultants, officers and directors in connection with employee agreements and plans in the amount of $1,000,000 in the aggregate each fiscal year; and (iv) the U.S. Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may (x) pay cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof, (y) effect non-cash conversions of convertible securities and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and (z) make Restricted Payments in connection with the retention of Equity Interests in payment of withholding taxes in connection with equity-based compensation plans to the extent that net share settlement arrangements are deemed to be repurchases.

 

(b)                                 Enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (i) the ability of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets to secure its Obligations under the Loan Documents, or (ii) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any of its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrowers or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any other Subsidiary; provided that (A) the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by any Loan Document (other than a Related Document) or the Revolving Loan Documents, (B) the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (C) clause (i) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted

 

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by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, (D) clause (i) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof, (E) the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to any agreement in effect at the time any Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of a Loan Party, so long as (i) any such prohibition contained in any such agreement applies solely with respect to the creation, incurrence, assumption or sufferance by such Subsidiary of a Lien upon assets that are not Collateral, and (ii) such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary or, in any such case, that is set forth in any agreement evidencing any amendments, restatements, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals and replacements of the foregoing, so long as such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification, extension, renewal or replacement applies only to such Subsidiary and does not otherwise expand in any material respect the scope of any restriction or condition contained therein, and (e) the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to any restriction pursuant to any document, agreement or instrument governing or relating to any Lien permitted under Sections 6.02(viii), (xii), (xvii) or (xix) or any agreement or option to Dispose any asset of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, the Disposition of which is permitted by any other provision of this Agreement (in each case, provided that any such restriction relates only to the assets or property subject to such Lien or being Disposed).

 

SECTION 6.07.                                   Transactions with Affiliates.  Except for (i) transactions between or among Loan Parties, (ii) mergers, consolidations and dissolutions permitted by Section 6.05(i), (iii) the transactions set forth on Schedule 6.07, and (iv) transactions between a Loan Party and a Subsidiary that is not a Loan party involving total payments in an amount not to exceed (A) $50,000 in a single transaction (or series of related transactions) and (B) $300,000 in the aggregate, sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except that the Borrowers or any Subsidiary may engage in any of the foregoing transactions in the ordinary course of business at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrowers or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties.

 

SECTION 6.08.                                   Business of Borrowers and Subsidiaries.  With respect to the Borrowers and each of their respective Subsidiaries, engage at any time in any business or business activity other than the business conducted by it on the date hereof and business activities reasonably related, ancillary or incidental thereto.

 

SECTION 6.09.                                   Other Indebtedness and Agreements, etc.  ((i) Make any distribution, whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, other than regularly scheduled payments of principal and interest as and when due to the extent not prohibited by, and may make other payments permitted by, applicable subordination provisions, in respect of, or pay, or commit to pay, or directly or indirectly redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire for consideration, or set apart any sum for any of the foregoing purposes, any Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, or (ii) pay any Management Fee.

 

SECTION 6.10.                                   Capital Expenditures.  Permit the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made during the term of this Agreement with respect to gTLDs (including, but not limited to, any application fees in connection therewith but net of all refunds and receipts from Dispositions permitted under Section 6.05(xv)) to exceed, at any time, the total of (i) $70,000,000 and (ii) an amount, if any, equal to 50% of New Proceeds.

 

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SECTION 6.11.                                   [Reserved]

 

SECTION 6.12.                                   Maximum Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio.  Permit the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio, determined as of the last date for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the U.S. Borrower ending on any date during any period set forth below, to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite such period below:

 

June 30, 2015

 

3.75:1.00

September 30, 2015 – June 30, 2016

 

3.25:1.00

September 30, 2016 – June 30, 2017

 

2.75:1.00

September 30, 2017 – Maturity Date

 

2.25:1.00

 

SECTION 6.13.                                   Minimum LiquidityPermit Liquidity at the end of any fiscal quarter (calculated based on average Liquidity for the last five business days of such fiscal quarter), to be less than $15,000,000.

 

SECTION 6.14.                                   Fiscal Year.  Permit any of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries to change their fiscal year end to a date other than December 31.

 

SECTION 6.15.                                   Certain Equity Securities.  Issue any Equity Interest that is not Qualified Capital Stock.

 

SECTION 6.16.                                   Amendments or Waivers of Documents Relating to Subordinated Indebtedness, Organizational Documents and Equity Interests.

 

(a)                                 Amendments of Documents Relating to Subordinated Indebtedness.  Amend, waive, supplement, modify or otherwise change the terms of any Subordinated Indebtedness or terminate or release any Subordinated Indebtedness (other than any termination or release as a result of any repayment in full thereof in accordance with Section 6.09), or make any payment consistent with an amendment, waiver, modification, termination or release thereof or supplement or change thereto, if the effect of such amendment, waiver, supplement, modification, change, termination or release is to increase the interest rate on such Subordinated Indebtedness, accelerate any dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due thereon, change any event of default or condition with respect thereto (other than to eliminate any such event of default or increase any grace period related thereto), change the redemption, prepayment or defeasance provisions thereof (other than changes that waive, reduce or delay redemption or other payments), change the subordination provisions thereof (or of any guaranty thereof), or change any collateral therefor (other than to release such collateral), or if the effect of such amendment, waiver, supplement, modification, change, termination or release, together with all other amendments, waivers, supplements, modifications, changes, terminations or releases made, is to increase materially the obligations of the obligor thereunder or to confer any additional rights on the holders of such Subordinated Indebtedness (or a trustee or other representative on their behalf) that would be adverse to the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries, the Lenders or the Administrative Agent.

 

(b)                                 Amendments of Revolving Loan Documents.  Amend, waive, supplement, modify or otherwise change the terms of the Revolving Loan Documents except pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement; provided that the Revolving Loan Documents shall not be amended, refinanced,

 

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replaced or otherwise modified to (i) cause the extensions of credit thereunder to take the form of term loans or other long term indebtedness (other than revolving credit), or (ii) cause the maturity or termination date (or similar term) to be later than August 1, 2017.

 

(c)                                  Amendments of Organizational Documents.  Make any amendment, waiver, restatement, supplement or other modification to any Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent without in each case obtaining the prior written consent of the Required Lenders to such amendment, waiver, restatement, supplement or other modification.

 

(d)                                 Amendments of Equity Interests.  Make any amendment, waiver, restatement, supplement or other modification to the terms of any Equity Interests of the Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) if the effect thereof would be to bring forward (to an earlier date) the dates on which any put right or other right of the holder thereof to require any mandatory prepayment can be exercised, (ii) if the effect thereof would cause such Equity Interests to constitute Disqualified Stock, or (iii) in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 6.17.                                   AntilayeringExcept to the extent expressly permitted under the Intercreditor Agreement (for all cases under this Section 6.17), create or incur any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) which is contractually subordinated or made junior in right of payment to the Revolving Loans, unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated or made junior in right of payment, in the same manner and to the same extent, to the Obligations, and no Loan Party shall have outstanding, create or incur any Indebtedness owing to any Affiliate except to the extent expressly permitted under Section 6.01.

 

SECTION 6.18.                                   [Reserved].

 

SECTION 6.19.                                   Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.  Except for non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries existing as of the Closing Date, neither the Borrowers nor any Subsidiary of the Borrowers will own, form or acquire any Subsidiary other than Subsidiaries that are, or will become, Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the U.S. Borrower.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Events of Default

 

Section 7.01                             Events of Default.  In case of the happening of any of the following events (“Events of Default”):

 

(a)                                 default shall be made in the payment of any principal of, or premium on, any Term Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;

 

(b)                                 default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Term Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in (a) above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 5 Business Days;

 

(c)                                  any representation or warranty made or deemed made to any Agent or Lender in or in connection with or pursuant to any Loan Document or the Term Loans made hereunder, or any representation, warranty, statement or information contained in any report, certificate, financial statement

 

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or other instrument furnished in connection with or pursuant to any Loan Document, shall be false or misleading in any material respect when so made, deemed made or furnished (except to the extent already qualified by materiality, in which case it shall not be false or misleading in any respect);

 

(d)                                 default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Borrowers or any Subsidiary of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 4.02, Section 5.01(a), Section 5.04, Section 5.05, Section 5.08, Section 5.12, Section 5.13  or in Article VI;

 

(e)                                  default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Borrowers or any Subsidiary of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified elsewhere in this Article VII 7.01) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the earlier of (i) notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the Borrowers and (ii) knowledge thereof by the Borrowers;

 

(f)                                   (i) the Borrowers or any Subsidiary shall fail to pay any principal or interest, regardless of amount, due in respect of any Material Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the Revolving Loan Agreement), when and as the same shall become due and payable after giving effect to any applicable grace period; or (ii) unless otherwise cured or waived, any other event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the Revolving Loan Agreement) becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the Revolving Loan Agreement) or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the Revolving Loan Agreement) to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (ii) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due solely as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness; or (iii) an “Event of Default” shall occur under, and as defined in, the Revolving Loan Agreement;

 

(g)                                  an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of any Borrower or any Subsidiary, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of any Borrower or any Subsidiary, under the Bankruptcy Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, examinership or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, examiner, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the property or assets of any Borrower or any Subsidiary or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of any Borrower or any Subsidiary; and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

 

(h)                                 any Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under the Bankruptcy Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, examinership or similar law, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in (g) above, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, examiner, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the property or assets of any Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (vi) become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due or (vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

 

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(i)                                     one or more final judgments shall be rendered against any Borrower, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 45 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon assets or properties of any Borrower or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment and such judgment either (i) is for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,000,000 (after giving effect to insurance as to which any Borrower or any Subsidiary has promptly submitted a written claim in respect thereof to the applicable insurance carrier and the insurance carrier has accepted liability and is solvent and not an Affiliate of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) or (ii) is for injunctive relief and could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(j)                                    an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrowers and their ERISA Affiliates in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,000,000;

 

(k)                                 any Guarantee under the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Guarantee (Non-U.S. Entities) for any reason shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms), or any Guarantor shall deny in writing that it has any further liability under the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to which it is a party (other than as a result of the discharge of such Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents);

 

(l)                                     any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be, a valid, perfected, first priority (or if the Revolving Loan Agreement is outstanding, second priority) (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or such Security Document) security interest in the securities, assets or properties purported to be covered thereby;

 

(m)                             any subordinated Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary constituting Material Indebtedness shall cease (or any Loan Party or an Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert), for any reason, to be validly subordinated to the Obligations as provided in the agreements evidencing such subordinated Indebtedness;

 

(n)                                 any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be convicted under any criminal law that could lead to a forfeiture of any property of such Person;

 

(o)                                 there shall have occurred a Change in Control; or

 

(p)                                 any event of default (or similar event, howsoever denominated) under any other Loan Document shall occur (to the extent that such event of default shall not otherwise be an Event of Default hereunder);

 

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Loan Parties described in paragraph (g) or (h) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrowers, declare the Term Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Term Loans so declared to be due and payable (and accrued interest thereon), together with the Applicable Prepayment Premium for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount paid and accrued interest thereon, and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Loan Parties accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding; and in any event with respect to any of the Loan Parties described in paragraph (g) or (h) above, the

 

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principal of the Term Loans then outstanding (including accrued interest thereon), together with the Applicable Prepayment Premium for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount paid and accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued fees and all other liabilities of the Loan Parties accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, and the Collateral Agent shall have the right to enforce all of the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents and exercise on behalf of itself and the other Secured Parties all rights and remedies available to it and the other Secured Parties under the Loan Documents or applicable law, including the right to appoint a receiver.

 

If the Obligations are accelerated for any reason, including because of default, Disposition or encumbrance (including that by operation of law or otherwise), the Applicable Prepayment Premium will also be due and payable as though said indebtedness was voluntarily prepaid and shall constitute part of the Obligations, in view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual damages and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of each Lender’s lost profits as a result thereof.  Any Applicable Prepayment Premium payable above shall be presumed to be the liquidated damages sustained by each Lender as the result of the early termination and each of the Borrowers agrees that it is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing.  The Applicable Prepayment Premium shall also be payable in the event the Obligations (and/or this Agreement or the Notes evidencing the Obligations) are satisfied or released by foreclosure (whether by power of judicial proceeding), deed in lieu of foreclosure or by any other means.  EACH BORROWER EXPRESSLY WAIVES THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE FOREGOING APPLICABLE PREPAYMENT PREMIUM IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACCELERATION.  Each Borrower expressly agrees that:  (A) the Applicable Prepayment Premium is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel; (B) the Applicable Prepayment Premium shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is made; (C) there has been a course of conduct between Lenders and such Borrower giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the Applicable Prepayment Premium; and (D) such Borrower shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this paragraph.  Each Borrower expressly acknowledges that its agreement to pay the Applicable Prepayment Premium to Lenders as herein described is a material inducement to Lenders to make the Term Loans.

 

Section 7.02                             Application of ProceedsThe Collateral Agent shall apply the proceeds of any collection, sale, foreclosure or other realization upon any Collateral, including any Collateral consisting of cash, as follows:

 

FIRST, to the payment of all costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (in their respective capacities as such hereunder or under any other Loan Document) in connection with such collection, sale, foreclosure or realization or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of the Obligations, including all court costs and the fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document on behalf of any Loan Party and any other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document;

 

SECOND, to the payment in full of interest due and payable in respect of any Term Loans (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amounts of interest owed to them on the date of any such distribution);

 

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THIRD, to the payment in full of principal on the Loans (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amounts of principal owed to them on the date of any such distribution);

 

FOURTH, to the payment in full of all other Obligations (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the Secured Parties pro rata in accordance with the amounts of the Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution); and

 

SIXTH, to the Loan Parties, their successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

 

The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement.  Upon any sale of Collateral by the (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent

 

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (for purposes of this Article VIII, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are referred to collectively as the “Agents”) its agent and authorizes the Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agents are hereby expressly authorized to execute (i) any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and (ii) the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

The Person serving as the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Person and its affiliates may provide debt financing, equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services) to any of the Loan Parties (or any Person engaged in similar business as that engaged in by any of the Loan Parties) as if such Person was not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from any of the Loan Parties for services in connection with this Agreement and otherwise without having to account for the same to the Lenders.

 

Neither Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) neither Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) neither Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that such Agent is instructed in writing to exercise by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, neither Agent shall have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or

 

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obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.  Neither Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally judicially determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.  Neither Agent nor any Lender shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent or such Lender by the Borrowers or a Lender, and neither Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent or such Lender.

 

Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person.  Each Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon.  Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it.  Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the Credit Facilities as well as activities as Agent.

 

Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrowers.  Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowers, to appoint a successor.  If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank.  Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder.  The Borrowers shall pay the reasonable fees of a successor Agent.  After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while acting as Agent.

 

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own

 

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decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

Each Lender hereby further authorizes the Collateral Agent, on behalf of and for the benefit of Lenders, to enter into each Security Document as secured party and to be the agent for and representative of the Lenders thereunder, and each Lender agrees to be bound by the terms of each Security Document; provided that the Collateral Agent shall not (i) enter into or consent to any material amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision contained in any Security Document or (ii) release any Collateral (except as otherwise expressly permitted or required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the applicable Security Document), in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) without the prior consent of Required Lenders (or, if required pursuant to Section 9.08, all Lenders); provided further, however, that, without further written consent or authorization from the Lenders, the Collateral Agent may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (a) release any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of a sale or other Disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement or to which Required Lenders have otherwise consented, (b) release any Guarantor from the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Guarantee (Non-U.S. Entities) if all of the Equity Interests of such Guarantor are sold or otherwise Disposed of to any Person (other than an Affiliate of a Loan Party) pursuant to a sale or other Disposition permitted hereunder or to which Required Lenders have otherwise consented or (c) subordinate the Liens of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, to any Liens permitted by Section 6.02.  Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrowers, the Collateral Agent and each Lender hereby agree that (1) no Lender shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral under or otherwise enforce any Security Document, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Security Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof, and (2) in the event of a foreclosure by either on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale, either Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Collateral Agent at such sale. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Collateral Agent shall be permitted to take any action it is authorized to take under any Loan Document.

 

In case of the pendency of any case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Term Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrowers) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(i)                                     to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Term Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Agents (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Agents and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Section 2.05, Section 2.13, Section 2.17, and Section 9.05) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(ii)                                  to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator,

 

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sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Section 2.05 and Section 9.05.

 

The Collateral Agent’s duties in respect of the Irish Law Charges and the Irish Law Share Charges shall be supplemental to the Irish Trustee Act 1893 and in addition to any which may be vested in the Collateral Agent in such capacity by general law or otherwise.

 

By way of supplement to the Irish Trustee Act 1893 (as amended) it is expressly declared as follows:

 

(i)                                     the Collateral Agent may in relation to any of the provisions of this Agreement act or rely upon the opinion or advice of or any information obtained from any lawyer, accountant, valuer, surveyor, broker, auctioneer or other expert commissioned by the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any loss occasioned by so acting or relying;

 

(ii)                                  the Collateral Agent may refrain from doing anything which would or might in its opinion be contrary to any law of any jurisdiction or any directive or regulation of any agency of any state or which would or might otherwise render it liable to any person and may do anything which is, in its opinion, necessary to comply with any such law, directive or regulation; and

 

(iii)                               all moneys received and held by the Collateral Agent may be invested in the name of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement on behalf of the Secured Parties in any investment for the time being authorised for the investment by a trustee of trust moneys or by placing the same on deposit in the name of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at such bank or institution as the Collateral Agent may decide and the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any loss occasioned thereby, whether by depreciation in value, fluctuation in exchange rates or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 9.01.                                   Notices.  Notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax, as follows:

 

(i)                                     if to the Borrowers, to them at 5808 Lake Washington Blvd. NE, Suite 300, Kirkland, WA 98033, Attention:  Tracy Knox (Fax No. (425) 298-2788, Telephone No. (425) 298-2336, E-Mail:tracy.knox@rightside.co);

 

(ii)                                  if to the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, to Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., c/o Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, 2951 28th Street, Suite 1000, Santa Monica, California 90405, Attention: Asher Finci (Fax No. (310) 889-4950), with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Proskauer Rose LLP, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 3200, Los Angeles, California 90067, Attention:  Steven O. Weise and Glen K. Lim (Fax No. (310) 557-2193); and

 

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(iii)                               if to a Lender, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have become a party hereto.

 

All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by fax or on the date 5 Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 9.01 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 9.01.  As agreed to among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lenders from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address of a representative of the applicable Person provided from time to time by such Person.

 

SECTION 9.02.                                   Survival of Agreement.  All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrowers herein and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Term Loans, regardless of any investigation made by the Lenders or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Term Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid.  The provisions of Section 2.12, Section 2.13, Section 2.17 and Section 9.05 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Term Loans, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender.

 

SECTION 9.03.                                   Binding Effect.  This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrowers, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto.

 

SECTION 9.04.                                   Successors and Assigns.

 

(a)                                 Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

 

(b)                                 Each Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Term Loan Commitment and the Term Loans at the time owing to it), with the prior written consent of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that (i) the consent of the Borrowers shall not be required to any such assignment made (A) to another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, (B) during the primary syndication of the Term Loans and the Term Loan Commitments to Persons identified to the Borrowers prior to the Closing Date or (C) after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, (ii) unless otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent, the amount of the Term Loan Commitment or Term Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall be in an integral multiple of, and not less than, $1,000,000 (or, if less, the entire remaining amount of such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment or Term

 

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Loans), (iii) the parties to each such assignment shall manually execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (provided that only one such fee shall be payable in the case of concurrent assignments to Persons that, after giving effect to such assignments, will be Related Funds), and (iv) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and all applicable tax forms.  Upon acceptance and recording pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 9.04, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, (A) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement and (B) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such 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 Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.12, Section 2.13, Section 2.17 and Section 9.05).

 

(c)                                  By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows:  (i) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim; (ii) except as set forth in (i) above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto, or the financial condition of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or the performance or observance by the Borrowers or any Subsidiary of any of its obligations under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 3.05 or delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (v) such assignee will independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, such assigning Lender 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 decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, respectively, by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

(d)                                 Each Borrower shall maintain its respective principal executive office a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Term Loan Commitment of, and principal amount of the Term Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  Absent manifest error, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

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of the assignee (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) above, if applicable, and the written consent of the Administrative Agent and, if required, the Borrowers to such assignment and any applicable tax forms, the Administrative Agent shall (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance and (ii) notify the Borrowers of such acceptance.  The Borrowers shall promptly record the information contained therein in the Register.  No assignment shall be effective unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph (e).  This Section 9.04(e) shall be construed so that any Term Loan Commitment, Term Loan or other Obligation under the Loan Documents is in registered form under Section 5f103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.

 

(f)                                   Each Lender may without the consent of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent sell participations to one or more banks or other Persons in all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Term Loan Commitment and the Term Loans owing to it); provided, however, that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) the participating banks or other Persons shall be entitled to the benefit of the cost protection provisions contained in Section 2.12 and Section 2.17 to the same extent as if they were Lenders (but, with respect to any particular participant, to no greater extent than the Lender that sold the participation to such participant, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the participant acquired the applicable participation and (iv) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, and such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce the obligations of the Borrowers relating to the Term Loans and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement (other than amendments, modifications or waivers decreasing any fees payable to such participating bank or Person hereunder or the amount of principal of or the rate at which interest is payable on the Term Loans in which such participating bank or Person has an interest, extending any scheduled principal payment date or date fixed for the payment of interest on the Term Loans in which such participating bank or Person has an interest or Person has an interest or releasing any Guarantor (other than in connection with the sale of such Guarantor in a transaction permitted by Section 6.05) or all or substantially all of the Collateral).

 

(g)                                  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Term Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any Term Loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Term Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

(h)                                 Any Lender or participant may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 9.04, disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant any information relating to the Borrowers furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrowers; provided that, prior to any such disclosure of information designated by the Borrowers as confidential, each such assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall execute an agreement whereby such assignee or participant shall agree (subject to customary exceptions)

 

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to preserve the confidentiality of such confidential information on terms no less restrictive than those applicable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 9.16.

 

(i)                                     Any Lender may at any time assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure extensions of credit to such Lender or in support of obligations owed by such Lender; provided that no such assignment shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

(j)                                    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an “SPC”), identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers, the option to provide to the Borrowers all or any part of any Term Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make to the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Term Loan and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Term Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Term Loan pursuant to the terms hereof.  The making of a Term Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Term Loan Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Term Loan were made by such Granting Lender.  Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Lender).  In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State thereof.  In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.04, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in the Term Loans to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Term Loans and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Term Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.  A Granting Lender that transfers all or any portion of its Term Loan to an SPC shall maintain a register that complies with the requirements set forth in Section 9.04(g).

 

(k)                                 The Borrowers shall not assign or delegate any of their respective rights or duties hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be null and void.

 

SECTION 9.05.                                   Expenses; Indemnity.

 

(a)                                 Each of the Borrowers agrees to pay all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees (including reasonable allocated costs of internal counsel) and fees, costs and expenses of accountants, advisors and consultants, incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and their counsel in connection with the syndication of the Credit Facilities and the negotiation, preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including travel costs) (subject, in the case of negotiation and preparation arising on or prior to the Closing Date, any applicable limitation as agreed among the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (or one or more of its Affiliates)) or in connection with any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions hereby or thereby contemplated shall be consummated) or relating to efforts to evaluate or assess any Loan Party, its business or financial condition or protect, evaluate, assess or

 

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Dispose of any of the Collateral; and all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees (including reasonable allocated costs of internal counsel), fees, costs and expenses of accountants, advisors and consultants and costs of settlement, incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any of the Lenders in enforcing any Obligations of or in collecting any payments due from any Loan Party hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (including in connection with the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Loan Documents) or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided under this Agreement in the nature of a “work-out” or pursuant to any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings.

 

(b)                                 Each Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Lender and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated thereby (including the syndication of the Credit Facilities), (ii) the use of the proceeds of the Term Loans, (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto or the plaintiff or defendant thereunder (and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by a Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates), or (iv) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on any property currently or formerly owned or operated by any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to any Borrower or the Subsidiaries; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

 

(c)                                  To the extent that the Borrowers fail to pay any amount required to be paid by them to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 9.05(c), each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in its capacity as such.  For purposes hereof, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be determined based upon its share of the outstanding Term Loans at the time.

 

(d)                                 To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrowers shall not assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions, any Term Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.

 

(e)                                  The provisions of this Section 9.05 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Term Loans, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender.  All amounts due under this Section 9.05 shall be payable on written demand therefor.

 

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(f)                                   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.05, in no event shall a Cayman Loan Party (other than a U.S. Loan Party) be liable for any payments owed in connection with the U.S. Term Loans.

 

SECTION 9.06.                                   Right of Setoff.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, except to the extent prohibited by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the U.S. Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the U.S. Borrower, and to or for the credit or the account of the Cayman Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Cayman Borrower, now or hereafter existing under this Agreement and other Loan Documents held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such other Loan Document and although such obligations may be unmatured.  The rights of each Lender under this Section 9.06 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

 

SECTION 9.07.                                   Applicable Law.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 9.08.                                   Waivers; Amendment.

 

(a)                                 No failure or delay of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender in exercising any power or right hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.  The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.  No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.  No notice or demand on the Borrowers in any case shall entitle the Borrowers to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

 

(b)                                 Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders; provided, however, that no such agreement shall (i) decrease the principal amount of, or extend the maturity of or any scheduled principal payment date or date for the payment of any interest or premium on any Term Loan, or waive or excuse any such payment or any part thereof, or decrease the rate of interest on any Term Loan, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby (other than any waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable to the Term Loans as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default), (ii) increase or extend the Term Loan Commitment or decrease or extend the date for payment of any fees of any Lender without the prior written consent of such Lender, (iii) amend or modify the pro rata requirements of Section 2.14, the provisions of Section 9.04(k) or the provisions of this Section 9.08(b) or release any Guarantor (other than in connection with the sale or other disposition of such Guarantor in a transaction permitted by Section 6.05) or all or substantially all of the Collateral, without the prior written consent of each Lender, (iv) modify the protections afforded to an SPC pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.04(j) without the written consent of such SPC or (v) reduce the percentage contained in the definition of the term “Required Lenders” without

 

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the prior written consent of each Lender (it being understood that with the consent of the Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of the Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Term Loans on the date hereof); provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent.

 

SECTION 9.09.                                   Interest Rate Limitation.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Term Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Term Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Term Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Term Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Term Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section 9.09 shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

 

SECTION 9.10.                                   Entire Agreement.  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof.  Any other previous agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  Nothing in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto and thereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereunder and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders) any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

 

SECTION 9.11.                                   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.11.

 

SECTION 9.12.                                   Severability.  In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction).  The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

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SECTION 9.13.                                   Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 9.03.  Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or other electronic means shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

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

 

SECTION 9.15.                                   Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

 

(a)                                 Each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents against the Borrowers, or their respective properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

(b)                                 Each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any court located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or of the United States of America sitting in the Southern District of New York.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(c)                                  Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01.  Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

SECTION 9.16.                                   Confidentiality.  Each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ officers, directors, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority or quasi-regulatory authority (such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or any suit, action or proceeding relating to the enforcement of its rights hereunder or thereunder, (e) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 9.16, to (i) any actual or prospective assignee of or participant in any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative

 

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transaction relating to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or any of their respective obligations, (f) with the consent of the Borrowers or (g) to the extent such Information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 9.16.  For the purposes of this Section 9.16, “Information” shall mean all information received from the Borrowers or any Subsidiary and related to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or their business, other than any such information that was available to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Borrowers or any Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of Information received from the Borrowers or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 9.16 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 its own confidential information.

 

SECTION 9.17.                                   USA PATRIOT Act Notice.  Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrowers and the Guarantors that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrowers and the Guarantors, which information includes the name and address of the Borrowers and the Guarantors and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrowers and the Guarantors in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.

 

SECTION 9.18.                                   Judgment Currency.

 

(a)                                 The Loan Parties’ obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to make payments in the Dollars shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender or recovery, including pursuant to any judgment, expressed in or converted into any currency other than Dollars, except to the extent that such tender or recovery results in the effective receipt by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the respective Lender of the full amount of Dollars expressed to be payable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or such Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

 

(b)                                 If, for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Loan Party in any court or in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into or from any currency other than Dollars (such other currency being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due in Dollars, the conversion shall be made at the U.S. Dollar Equivalent thereof, determined, in each case, as of the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which the judgment is given (such Business Day being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Currency Conversion Date”).

 

(c)                                  If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Currency Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the applicable Loan Party covenants and agrees to pay, or cause to be paid, such additional amounts, if any (but in any event not a lesser amount) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of Dollars which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial award at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Currency Conversion Date.

 

(d)                                 For purposes of determining the U.S. Dollar Equivalent or any other rate of exchange for this Section, such amounts shall include any premium and costs payable in connection with the purchase of Dollars.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD., as U.S. Borrower

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Taryn Naidu

 

Name:

Taryn Naidu

 

Title:

CEO and President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNITED TLD HOLDCO LTD., as Cayman Borrower

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Taryn Naidu

 

Name:

Taryn Naidu

 

Title:

Director

 



 

 

OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC.

 

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Howard Levkowitz

 

Name:

Howard Levkowitz

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPECIAL VALUE CONTINUATION PARTNERS, LP, as Lender

 

 

 

 

By:

Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC

 

Its:

Investment Manager

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Howard Levkowitz

 

Name:

Howard Levkowitz

 

Title:

Managing Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TENNENBAUM OPPORTUNITIES FUND VI, LLC, as Lender

 

 

 

 

By:

Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC

 

Its:

Investment Manager

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Howard Levkowitz

 

Name:

Howard Levkowitz

 

Title:

Managing Partner

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING

 

August       , 2014

 

Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.,

as Administrative Agent under the

Credit Agreement referred to below

c/o Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC
2951 28
th Street, Suite 1000
Santa Monica, CA  90405
Attention:  Asher Finci
Fax:  (310) 889-4950

 

Re:                             [RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.][UNITED TLD HOLDCO, LTD.]

 

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 6, 2014 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD., a Delaware corporation (the “U.S. Borrower”), UNITED TLD HOLDCO, LTD., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Cayman Borrower”, and, together with the U.S. Borrower, the “Borrowers”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), and OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC., as administrative agent and as collateral agent for the Lenders. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement.

 

The [U.S. Borrower][Cayman Borrower] hereby gives you notice, irrevocably, pursuant to Section 2.02(c) of the Credit Agreement that the undersigned hereby requests a borrowing (the “Proposed Borrowing”) under the Credit Agreement and, in connection therewith, sets forth below the information relating to the Proposed Borrowing as required by Section 2.02(c) of the Credit Agreement:

 

(a)                                 The date of the Proposed Borrowing is the Closing Date.

 

(b)                                 The aggregate principal amount of the Proposed Borrowing is $[10,000,000] [20,000,000].

 

At the time of the Proposed Borrowing and also after giving effect thereto, (i) there is no Default or Event of Default, and (ii) all representations and warranties contained in Article III of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects only as of such specified date); provided that, if a representation or warranty is qualified as to materiality, the materiality qualifier set forth above shall be disregarded with respect to such representation or warranty for purposes of this condition.

 

At the time of the Proposed Borrowing, no injunction or other restraining order has been issued and no hearing to cause an injunction or other restraining order to be issued is pending or noticed with respect to any action, suit or proceeding seeking to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to recover any damages or obtain relief as a result of, the Transactions or the making of the Term Loans under the Credit Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Notice of Borrowing by telecopier or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Notice of Borrowing.

 

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[RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.][UNITED TLD HOLDCO, LTD.]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO NOTICE OF BORROWING]

 

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EXHIBIT B-1

 

FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1272, 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, THIS TERM NOTE WAS ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT.” RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD. WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE HOLDER HEREOF INFORMATION REGARDING THE ISSUE PRICE, ISSUE DATE, YIELD TO MATURITY, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO SUCH HOLDER PURSUANT TO U.S. TREASURY REGULATIONS), UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF SUCH HOLDER DIRECTED TO 2951 28TH STREET, SUITE 1000, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405.

 

THIS INSTRUMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE SUBORDINATE IN THE MANNER AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN SUBORDINATION AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (THE “SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT”) DATED AS OF AUGUST 6, 2014 AMONG SILICON VALLEY BANK (“SENIOR LENDER”), OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC., AS AGENT FOR THE LENDERS (AS DEFINED BELOW), AND RIGHTSIDE GROUP LTD. ON BEHALF OF THE BORROWERS (“BORROWERS”) OF THE INDEBTEDNESS (INCLUDING INTEREST) OWED PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 1, 2014 BY AND AMONG BORROWERS AND SENIOR LENDER, AS SUCH CREDIT AGREEMENT (SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT) HAS BEEN AND HEREAFTER MAY BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED, RESTATED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME AND (SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT) TO INDEBTEDNESS REFINANCING THE INDEBTEDNESS UNDER THAT AGREEMENT AS CONTEMPLATED BY THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT; AND EACH HOLDER OF THIS INSTRUMENT, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT.

 

FORM OF TERM NOTE (U.S. BORROWER)

 

$[·]

 

[·], 2014

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD., a Delaware corporation (the “U.S. Borrower”, together with all successors and assigns), promises to pay [·] (hereinafter, together with all successors in title and permitted assigns, the “Lender”), the principal sum of $[·] or such lesser amount as is outstanding from time to time, on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Credit Agreement (as hereafter defined), with interest, fees, expenses and costs at the rate and payable in the manner stated in the Credit Agreement.  As used herein, the “Credit Agreement” means and refers to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 6, 2014 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the U.S. Borrower, UNITED TLD HOLDCO, LTD., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Cayman Borrower”, together with all successors and assigns), the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the Lenders. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement.

 

This Term Note is a “Term Note” to which reference is made in the Credit Agreement and is subject to all terms and provisions thereof.  This Term Note is also entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and is secured by the Collateral.  The principal of, and interest on, this Term Note shall be payable at the times, in the manner and in the amounts provided in the Credit Agreement and shall be subject to prepayment and acceleration as provided therein.  The Administrative

 

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Agent’s books and records concerning the Term Loans, the accrual of interest and fees thereon, and the repayment of such Term Loans shall be prima facie evidence of the indebtedness to the Lender hereunder, absent manifest error.

 

No delay or omission by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lender in exercising or enforcing any of the Administrative Agent’s, the Collateral Agent’s or the Lender’s respective powers, rights, privileges, remedies or discretions hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof on that occasion nor on any other occasion.  No waiver of any Event of Default shall operate as a waiver of any other Event of Default, nor as a continuing waiver.

 

The U.S. Borrower waives presentment, demand, notice and protest, and any delay on the part of the holder hereof.  The U.S. Borrower assents to any extension or other indulgence (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral) permitted by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and/or the Lender with respect to this Term Note and/or any Security Document or any extension or other indulgence with respect to any other liability or any other collateral given under the Loan Documents to secure any other liability of the U.S. Borrower or any other Person obligated on account of this Term Note.

 

This Term Note shall be binding upon the U.S. Borrower and upon its permitted successors, assigns, and representatives, and shall inure to the benefit of the Lender and its permitted successors, endorsees and assigns. There are certain restrictions on the assignment and transfer of this Term Note and the obligations evidenced by this Term Note in the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, in Section 9.04 of the Credit Agreement).

 

Each of the U.S. Borrower and, by its acceptance hereof, the Lender, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court of any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Term Note or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the U.S. Borrower and, by its acceptance hereof, the Lender, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by the law, in such Federal court. Each of the U.S Borrower and, by its acceptance hereof, the Lender, agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  Nothing in this Term Note shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Term Note or the other Loan Documents against the U.S. Borrower, the Cayman Borrower or their respective properties in the courts of any jurisdiction. Each of the U.S. Borrower and, by its acceptance hereof, the Lender, irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent that it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of, or relating to, this Term Note in any court located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or the United States of America sitting in the Southern District of New York.  Each of the U.S. Borrower and, by its acceptance hereof, the Lender, hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

THIS TERM NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Each of the U.S. Borrower and, by its acceptance hereof, the Lender, makes the following waiver knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally, and understands that the Administrative Agent and the Lender or the U.S. Borrower, as applicable, are each relying thereon.  EACH OF THE U.S. BORROWER AND,

 

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BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, THE LENDER, HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS TERM NOTE.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Term Note to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FORM OF NOTE (U.S. BORROWER)]

 

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LOANS AND PAYMENTS

 

Date

 

Amount
of Term
Loan

 

Maturity
Date

 

Payments of Principal/Interest

 

Principal
Balance of
Term Note

 

Name of
Person
Making this
Notation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B-2

 

FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1272, 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, THIS TERM NOTE WAS ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT.” UNITED TLD HOLDCO, LTD. WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE HOLDER HEREOF INFORMATION REGARDING THE ISSUE PRICE, ISSUE DATE, YIELD TO MATURITY, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO SUCH HOLDER PURSUANT TO U.S. TREASURY REGULATIONS), UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF SUCH HOLDER DIRECTED TO 2951 28TH STREET, SUITE 1000, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405.

 

THIS INSTRUMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE SUBORDINATE IN THE MANNER AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN SUBORDINATION AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (THE “SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT”) DATED AS OF AUGUST 6, 2014 AMONG SILICON VALLEY BANK (“SENIOR LENDER”), OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC., AS AGENT FOR THE LENDERS (AS DEFINED BELOW), AND RIGHTSIDE GROUP LTD. ON BEHALF OF THE BORROWERS (“BORROWERS”) OF THE INDEBTEDNESS (INCLUDING INTEREST) OWED PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 1, 2014 BY AND AMONG BORROWERS AND SENIOR LENDER, AS SUCH CREDIT AGREEMENT (SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT) HAS BEEN AND HEREAFTER MAY BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED, RESTATED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME AND (SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT) TO INDEBTEDNESS REFINANCING THE INDEBTEDNESS UNDER THAT AGREEMENT AS CONTEMPLATED BY THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT; AND EACH HOLDER OF THIS INSTRUMENT, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT.

 

FORM OF TERM NOTE (CAYMAN BORROWER)

 

$[·]

 

[·], 2014

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, UNITED TLD HOLDCO, LTD., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Cayman Borrower, together with all successors and assigns), promises to pay [·] (hereinafter, together with all successors in title and permitted assigns, the “Lender”), the principal sum of $[·] or such lesser amount as is outstanding from time to time, on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Credit Agreement (as hereafter defined), with interest, fees, expenses and costs at the rate and payable in the manner stated in the Credit Agreement.  As used herein, the “Credit Agreement” means and refers to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 6, 2014 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the Cayman Borrower, RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD., a Delaware corporation (the “U.S. Borrower”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the Lenders. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement.

 

This Term Note is a “Term Note” to which reference is made in the Credit Agreement and is subject to all terms and provisions thereof.  This Term Note is also entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and is secured by the Collateral.  The principal of, and interest on, this Term Note shall be payable at the times, in the manner and in the amounts provided in the Credit Agreement and shall be subject to prepayment and acceleration as provided therein.  The Administrative

 

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Agent’s books and records concerning the Term Loans, the accrual of interest and fees thereon, and the repayment of such Term Loans shall be prima facie evidence of the indebtedness to the Lender hereunder, absent manifest error.

 

No delay or omission by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lender in exercising or enforcing any of the Administrative Agent’s, the Collateral Agent’s or the Lender’s respective powers, rights, privileges, remedies or discretions hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof on that occasion nor on any other occasion.  No waiver of any Event of Default shall operate as a waiver of any other Event of Default, nor as a continuing waiver.

 

The Cayman Borrower waives presentment, demand, notice and protest, and any delay on the part of the holder hereof.  The Cayman Borrower assents to any extension or other indulgence (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral) permitted by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and/or the Lender with respect to this Term Note and/or any Security Document or any extension or other indulgence with respect to any other liability or any other collateral given under the Loan Documents to secure any other liability of the Cayman Borrower or any other Person obligated on account of this Term Note.

 

This Term Note shall be binding upon the Cayman Borrower and upon its permitted successors, assigns, and representatives, and shall inure to the benefit of the Lender and its permitted successors, endorsees and assigns. There are certain restrictions on the assignment and transfer of this Term Note and the obligations evidenced by this Term Note in the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, in Section 9.04 of the Credit Agreement).

 

Each of the Cayman Borrower and, by its acceptance hereof, the Lender, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court of any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Term Note or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the Cayman Borrower and, by its acceptance hereof, the Lender, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the Cayman Borrower and, by its acceptance hereof, the Lender, agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  Nothing in this Term Note shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Term Note or the other Loan Documents against the Cayman Borrower, the U.S. Borrower or their respective properties in the courts of any jurisdiction. Each of the Cayman Borrower and, by its acceptance hereof, the Lender, irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent that it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of, or relating to, this Term Note in any court located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or the United States of America sitting in the Southern District of New York.  Each of the Cayman Borrower and, by its acceptance hereof, the Lender, hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

THIS TERM NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Each of the Cayman Borrower and, by its acceptance hereof, the Lender, makes the following waiver knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally, and understands that the Administrative Agent and the

 

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Lender or the Cayman Borrower, as applicable, are each relying thereon.  EACH OF THE CAYMAN BORROWER AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, THE LENDER, HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS TERM NOTE.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Term Note to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

 

 

UNITED TLD HOLDCO, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FORM OF NOTE (CAYMAN BORROWER)

 

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LOANS AND PAYMENTS

 

Date

 

Amount
of Term
Loan

 

Maturity
Date

 

Payments of Principal/Interest

 

Principal
Balance of
Term Note

 

Name of
Person
Making this
Notation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

[RESERVED]

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

[AGENT LOGO]

 

FORM OF ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE

 

[RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.][UNITED TLD HOLDCO, LTD.]

 

Agent Address:

 

 

Return form to:

 

 

 

 

 

Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.

 

 

 

 

c/o Tennenbaum Capital

 

Telephone:

(310) 889-4950

 

Partners, LLC

 

Facsimile:

 

 

2951 28th Street, Suite 1000

 

E-mail:

 

 

Santa Monica, CA 90405

 

 

 

 

It is very important that all of the requested information be completed accurately and that this administrative questionnaire be returned promptly.  If your institution is sub-allocating its allocation, please fill out an administrative questionnaire for each legal entity.

 

Legal Name of Lender to appear in Documentation:

 

 

 

 

 

Tax ID Number:

 

 

 

Signature Block Information:

 

 

 

·

 

Signing Credit Agreement

o

Yes

o

No

·

 

Coming in via Assignment

o

Yes

o

No

 

Type of Lender:

 

Bank ; Asset Manager ; Broker/Dealer ; CLO/CDO ; Finance Company ; Hedge Fund ; Insurance ; Mutual Fund ; Pension Fund ; Other Regulated Investment Fund ; Special Purpose Vehicle ; Other (please specify) ;

 

Lender Parent (if any):

 

 

Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Credit Contact(s)/Notification Methods:  Borrowings, Paydowns, Interest, Fees, etc.

 

 

Primary Credit Contact

 

Secondary Credit Contact

 

Syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its related parties or their respective securities) will be made available to the Credit Contact(s) below.  The Credit Contact(s) must be able to receive such information in accordance with his/her institution’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

 

Name:

 

 

 

Company:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone:

 

 

 

Facsimile:

 

 

 

E-Mail Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Operations Contact

 

Secondary Operations Contact

 

Name:

 

 

 

Company:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone:

 

 

 

Facsimile:

 

 

 

E-Mail Address:

 

 

 

 

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Lender’s Domestic Wire Instructions

 

Bank Name:

 

ABA/Routing No.:

 

Account Name:

 

Account No.:

 

FFC Account Name:

 

FFC Account No.:

 

Attention:

 

Reference:

 

 

Lender’s Foreign Wire Instructions

 

Currency:

 

Bank Name:

 

Swift/Routing No.:

 

Account Name:

 

Account No.:

 

FFC Account Name:

 

FFC Account No.:

 

Attention:

 

Reference:

 

 

Administrative Agent’s Wire Instructions

 

Bank Name:

 

ABA/Routing No.:

 

Account Name:

 

Account No.:

 

FFC Account Name:

 

FFC Account No.:

 

Attention:

 

Reference:

 

 

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Tax Documents

 

NON-U.S. LENDER INSTITUTIONS:

 

I. Corporations:

 

If your institution is incorporated outside of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes and is the beneficial owner of the interest and other income it receives, you must complete one of the following three tax forms, as applicable to your institution: a.) Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner), b.) Form W-8ECI (Income Effectively Connected to a U.S. Trade or Business), or c.) Form W-8EXP (Certificate of Foreign Government or Governmental Agency).

 

A U.S. taxpayer identification number is required for any institution submitting Form W-8ECI.  It is also required on Form W-8BEN for certain institutions claiming the benefits of a tax treaty with the United States.  Please refer to the instructions of the form applicable to your institution when completing it.  In addition, please be advised that U.S. tax regulations do not permit the acceptance of faxed tax forms.  An original tax form must be submitted.

 

II. Flow-Through Entities:

 

If your institution is organized outside the United States and is classified for U.S. federal income tax purposes as either a Partnership, Trust, Qualified or Non-Qualified Intermediary, or other non-U.S. flow-through entity, an original Form W-8IMY (Certificate of Foreign Intermediary, Foreign Flow-Through Entity, or Certain U.S. Branches for United States Tax Withholding) must be completed by your institution together with a withholding statement.  Flow-through entities other than Qualified Intermediaries are required to include tax forms for each of the underlying beneficial owners.

 

Please refer to the instructions of this form when completing it.  In addition, please be advised that U.S. tax regulations do not permit the acceptance of faxed tax forms.  Original tax form(s) must be submitted.

 

U.S. LENDER INSTITUTIONS:

 

If your institution is incorporated or organized within the United States, you must complete and return Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification).  Please be advised that we request that you submit an original Form W-9.

 

Pursuant to the language contained in the tax section of the Credit Agreement, the applicable tax form for your Non-U.S. or U.S. institution must be completed and returned on or prior to the date on which your institution becomes a Lender under the Credit Agreement.  Failure to provide the proper tax form when requested may subject your institution to U.S. tax withholding.

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

 

This Assignment and Acceptance (this “Assignment and Acceptance”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each](1) Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) and [the][each](2) Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “Assignee”).  [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees](3) hereunder are several and not joint.](4) Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee.  The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Acceptance as if set forth herein in full.

 

For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and[the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] under the respective facilities identified below and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”).  Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, without representation or warranty (express or implied) by [the][any] Assignor.

 

1.

Assignor[s]:

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Assignee[s]:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[for each Assignee identify Lender]

 

 

 

3.

Borrower:  [RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.][UNITED TLD HOLDCO, LTD.]

 


(1)  For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the second bracketed language.

(2)  For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignee(s), if the assignment is to a single Assignee, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is to multiple Assignees, choose the second bracketed language.

(3)  Select as appropriate.

(4)  Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or multiple Assignees.

 

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4.                                      Administrative Agent:  Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., including any successor thereto, as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement

 

5.                                      Credit Agreement:  The Credit Agreement, dated as of August 6, 2014 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD., a Delaware corporation, as the U.S. Borrower, UNITED TLD HOLDCO, LTD., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, as the Cayman Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), and OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC., as administrative agent and as collateral agent for the Lenders.

 

6.                                      Assigned Interest:

 

Assignor[s](5)

 

Assignee[s](6)

 

Aggregate
Amount of

Term Loans
for all

Lenders(7)

 

Amount of
Term Loans
Assigned

 

Percentage
Assigned of
Term Loans(8)

 

CUSIP
Number

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

[7.                                  Trade Date:                (9)

 

Effective Date:                         , 20         [TO BE INSERTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

 

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(5)  List each Assignor, as appropriate.

(6)  List each Assignee, as appropriate.

(7)  Amounts in this column and in the column immediately to the right to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.

(8)  Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

(9)  To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date.

 

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The terms set forth in this Assignment and Acceptance are hereby agreed to:

 

 

ASSIGNOR

 

 

 

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

ASSIGNEE

 

 

 

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

[Consented to and] Accepted:

 

 

OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC., as Administrative Agent

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

[Consented to: [RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.][UNITED TLD HOLDCO, LTD.]

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:  ]

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE]

 

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Annex 1

 

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

 

ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

 

1.                                      Representations and Warranties.

 

1.1.                            Assignor.  [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim; and (b) except as set forth in (a) above, makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant to the Credit Agreement, or the financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the performance or observance by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any of its obligations under the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

 

1.2.                            Assignee.  [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is legally authorized to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 9.04(b) and (c) of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 9.04(b) of the Credit Agreement); (iii) from and after the Effective Date referred to in this Assignment and Acceptance, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder; (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by [the][such] Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire [the][such] Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type; (v) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest and (vi) attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, including but not limited to any documentation required pursuant to Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 3.05(a) and Section 3.05(b) of the Credit Agreement or delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 of the Credit Agreement and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (c) will independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, such assigning Lender 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 decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, respectively, by the terms of the Credit Agreement, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

2.                                      Payments.  From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

 

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3.                                      General Provisions.  This Assignment and Acceptance shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts (and by different parties hereto indifferent counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Acceptance by telecopy or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Acceptance.  This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

 

GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

 

(U.S. Entities)

 

Dated as of August 6, 2014,

 

made by

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.,

 

and the other Grantors referred to herein,

 

in favor of

 

OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC.,
as Collateral Agent

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

SECTION 1

DEFINED TERMS

2

 

 

1.1                                                            Definitions

2

1.2                                                            Other Definitional Provisions

6

 

 

SECTION 2

GUARANTEE

6

 

 

2.1                                                            Guarantee

6

2.2                                                            Right of Contribution

7

2.3                                                            No Subrogation

8

2.4                                                            Amendments, etc. with respect to the Secured Obligations

8

2.5                                                            Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional; Guarantor Waivers; Guarantor Consents

8

2.6                                                            Reinstatement

12

2.7                                                            Payments

12

 

 

SECTION 3

GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

12

 

 

3.1                                                            Grant of Security Interests

12

3.2                                                            Grantors Remains Liable

13

3.3                                                            Perfection and Priority

13

 

 

SECTION 4

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

15

 

 

4.1                                                            Title; No Other Liens

15

4.2                                                            Perfected Liens

16

4.3                                                            Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office and Locations of Books

16

4.4                                                            Inventory and Equipment

16

4.5                                                            Farm Products

16

4.6                                                            Pledged Collateral

16

4.7                                                            Investment Accounts

17

4.8                                                            Receivable

18

4.9                                                            Intellectual Property

18

4.10                                                     Instruments

18

4.11                                                     Letter-of-Credit Rights

18

4.12                                                     Commercial Tort Claims

18

 

 

SECTION 5

COVENANTS

18

 

 

5.1                                                            Reserved

18

5.2                                                            Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation

18

5.3                                                            Changes in Locations, Name, Etc.

19

5.4                                                            Notices

19

5.5                                                            Instruments; Investment Property

19

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

5.6                                                            Securities Accounts; Deposit Accounts

20

5.7                                                            Intellectual Property

21

5.8                                                            Defense of Collateral

22

5.9                                                            Preservation of Collateral

22

5.10                                                     Compliance with Laws, Etc.

23

5.11                                                     Location of Books and Chief Executive Office

23

5.12                                                     Location of Collateral

23

5.13                                                     Disposition of Collateral

23

5.14                                                     Liens

23

5.15                                                     Expenses

23

5.16                                                     Reserved

23

5.17                                                     Commercial Tort Claims

23

5.18                                                     Shareholder Agreements and Other Agreements

24

 

 

SECTION 6

REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

24

 

 

6.1                                                            Certain Matters Relating to Receivables

24

6.2                                                            Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable

25

6.3                                                            Investment Property

25

6.4                                                            Proceeds to be Turned Over To The Collateral Agent

26

6.5                                                            Application of Proceeds

27

6.6                                                            Code and Other Remedies

27

6.7                                                            Private Sales

27

6.8                                                            Intellectual Property License

28

6.9                                                            Deficiency

28

 

 

SECTION 7

THE COLLATERAL AGENT AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT; DUTY; AUTHORITY

28

 

 

7.1                                                            The Collateral Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc.

28

7.2                                                            Duty of The Collateral Agent

30

7.3                                                            Authority of The Collateral Agent

30

 

 

SECTION 8

MISCELLANEOUS

31

 

 

8.1                                                            Amendments in Writing

31

8.2                                                            Notices

31

8.3                                                            No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies

31

8.4                                                            Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification

31

8.5                                                            Successors and Assigns

32

8.6                                                            Set Off

32

8.7                                                            Counterparts

32

8.8                                                            Severability

32

8.9                                                            Section Headings

33

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

8.10                                                     Integration

33

8.11                                                     GOVERNING LAW

33

8.12                                                     WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

33

8.13                                                     Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

33

8.14                                                     Acknowledgements

34

8.15                                                     Additional Grantors

34

8.16                                                     Releases

34

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)

 

SCHEDULES TO DISCLOSURE LETTER

 

Schedule 1                                     Notice Addresses
Schedule 2
                                     Investment Property
Schedule 3
                                     Perfection Matters
Schedule 4
                                     Jurisdictions of Organization and Chief Executive Offices, etc.
Schedule 5
                                     Equipment and Inventory Locations
Schedule 6
                                     Intellectual Property
Schedule 7
                                     Letter-of-Credit Rights
Schedule 8
                                     Commercial Tort Claims

 

ANNEXES

 

Annex 1                                                  Form of Assumption Agreement
Annex 2
                                                  Form of Disclosure Letter Supplement

 

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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

 

(U.S. Entities)

 

This GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (U.S. Entities) (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 6, 2014, is made by each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, each a “Grantor” and, collectively, the “Grantors”), in favor of OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC., as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the Secured Parties pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified, renewed or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD., a Delaware corporation (the “U.S. Borrower”), UNITED TLD HOLDCO LTD., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Cayman Borrower”, and together with the U.S. Borrower, the “Borrowers”), the Lenders and the Collateral Agent, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders.

 

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS

 

WHEREAS, the Loan Parties are members of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other Grantor;

 

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement will be used (i) to finance, in part, the acquisition of new gTLDs, (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions and (iii) for general corporate purposes.;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor derives substantial direct and indirect benefit from the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the Closing Date and the extension of credit under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement in favor of the Collateral Agent.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 



 

SECTION 1                            Defined Terms.Definitions.Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement, and the following terms are used herein as defined in the UCC (and if defined in more than one Article of the UCC, shall have the meaning given in Article 9 thereof):  Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claim, Commodity Account, Document, Equipment, Farm Products, Fixtures, General Intangible, Goods, Instrument, Inventory, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Money, Securities Account and Supporting Obligation.

 

(b)                                 The following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Accounts”:  all “accounts” (as defined in the UCC) of a Person, including, without limitation, accounts, accounts receivable, monies due or to become due and obligations in any form (whether arising in connection with contracts, contract rights, instruments, general intangibles, or chattel paper), in each case whether arising out of goods sold or services rendered or from any other transaction and whether or not earned by performance, now or hereafter in existence, and all documents of title or other documents representing any of the foregoing, and all collateral security and guaranties of any kind, now or hereafter in existence, given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.  Unless otherwise stated, the term “Account,” when used herein, shall mean an Account of a Borrower.

 

Agreement”:  as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Books”:  all books, records and other written, electronic or other documentation in whatever form maintained now or hereafter by or for any Grantor in connection with the ownership of its assets or the conduct of its business or evidencing or containing information relating to the Collateral, including:  (a) ledgers; (b) records indicating, summarizing, or evidencing such Grantor’s assets (including Inventory and Rights to Payment), business operations or financial condition; (c) computer programs and software; (d) computer discs, tapes, files, manuals, spreadsheets; (e) computer printouts and output of whatever kind; (f) any other computer prepared or electronically stored, collected or reported information and equipment of any kind; and (g) any and all other rights now or hereafter arising out of any contract or agreement between such Grantor and any service bureau, computer or data processing company or other Person charged with preparing or maintaining any of such Grantor’s books or records or with credit reporting, including with regard to any of such Grantor’s Accounts.

 

Borrower”:  as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Collateral”:  as defined in Section 3.1.

 

Collateral Account”:  any collateral account established by the Collateral Agent as provided in Section 6.1 or 6.4.

 

Commodity Exchange Act”:  the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

“CFC”: a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in the Code.

 

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Copyright License”:  any written agreement which (a) names a Grantor as licensor or licensee (including those listed on Schedule 6), and (b) grants any right under any Copyright to a Grantor, including any rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.

 

Copyrights”:  (a) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, together with the underlying works of authorship (including titles), whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished (including those listed on Schedule 6), all computer programs, computer databases, computer program flow diagrams, source codes, object codes and all tangible property embodying or incorporating any copyrights, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the USCRO, and (b) the right to obtain any renewals thereof.

 

Encumbered Account”: as defined in the definition of “Excluded Assets”.

 

“Excluded Account”:  (i) any Deposit Account exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefits payments to or for the benefit of a Grantor’s employees and identified to the Collateral Agent as such.

 

Excluded Assets”:  collectively,

 

(a)                                 any Collateral with respect to which the Collateral Agent has determined, in consultation with the applicable Borrower, that the costs of obtaining a security interest, pledge or perfection in such Collateral (including, but not limited to such actions under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States) are excessive in relation to the benefits provided to the Collateral Agent by such security interest;

 

(b)                                 any leasehold interests of any Grantor;

 

(c)                                  any real property the fee to which is owned by any Grantor (i) located in the United States with a value of less than $2,500,000; and (ii) located in a jurisdiction outside of the United States;

 

(d)                                 any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest is prohibited by any Requirement of Law of a Governmental Authority or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of or requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise to such property, except to the extent that such Requirement of Law or the term in such contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document providing for such prohibition, breach, default or termination or requiring such consent is rendered ineffective under Section 9406, 9407, 9408 or 9409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity; provided, however, that such security interest shall attach immediately at such time as such Requirement of Law is not effective or applicable, or such prohibition, breach, default or termination is no longer applicable or is waived, and to the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of the Collateral that does not result in such consequences;

 

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(e)                                  motor vehicles and other equipment covered by certificates of title;

 

(f)                                   any Deposit Account or Securities Account encumbered by a lien permitted by Section 6.02(xi) of the Credit Agreement (an “Encumbered Account”);

 

(g)                                  any outstanding Equity Interests of a CFC in excess of 65% of the voting power of all classes of Equity Interests of such CFC entitled to vote;

 

(h)                                 any “intent-to-use” application for registration of a Trademark filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1051, prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act with respect thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable federal law;

 

(i)                                     any Equity Interests of DMIH Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland, which has been charged in favour of the Collateral Agent as security for the Secured Obligations pursuant to an Irish Law Share Charge;

 

(j)                                    any Equity Interest of AboutUs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“AboutUs”), held by any Grantor, so long as such Equity Interest is subject to restrictions on transfer pursuant to (i) that certain Investors’ Rights Agreement among AboutUs and the Investors party thereto; (ii) that certain Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement among AboutUs and the Investors and Stockholders party thereto; and (iii) that certain Voting and Drag Along Agreement among AboutUs and the Investors and Stockholders party thereto, each dated as of November 26, 2008, and, in each case, as amended;

 

(k)                                 any Capital Stock of NameJet, LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation, held by any Grantor, so long as such Capital Stock is subject to restrictions on transfer pursuant to that certain Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement, by and between Network Solutions, LLC and eNom, dated as of October 4, 2007; and

 

(l)                                     any Capital Stock of Afilias Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland (“Afilias”), held by any Grantor, so long as Afilias is not a Subsidiary of any Grantor;

 

provided, however, that any Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Assets shall not be Excluded Assets (unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements are otherwise, in and of themselves, Excluded Assets).

 

Grantor”:  as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Guarantor”:  as defined in Section 2.1(a).

 

Investment Account”:  any of a Securities Account, a Commodity Account or a Deposit Account.

 

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Investment Property”:  the collective reference to (a) all “investment property” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC (other than any voting Equity Interests or other ownership interests of a Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary excluded from the definition of “Pledged Stock”), and (b) whether or not constituting “investment property” as so defined, all Pledged Notes and all Pledged Collateral.

 

Issuer”:  with respect to any Investment Property, the issuer of such Investment Property.

 

Patent License”:  any written agreement which (a) names a Grantor as licensor or licensee and (b) grants to such Grantor any right under a Patent, including the right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by such Patent, including any such agreements referred to on Schedule 6.

 

Patents”:  (a) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof and all goodwill associated therewith, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to on Schedule 6, (b) all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to on Schedule 6, and (c) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.

 

Pledged Collateral”:  (a) any and all Pledged Stock; (b) all other Investment Property of any Grantor; (c) all warrants, options or other rights entitling any Grantor to acquire any interest in Equity Interests or other securities of the direct or indirect Subsidiaries of such Grantor or of any other Person; (d) all Instruments; (e) all securities, property, interest, dividends and other payments and distributions issued as an addition to, in redemption of, in renewal or exchange for, in substitution or upon conversion of, or otherwise on account of, any of the foregoing; (f) all certificates and instruments now or hereafter representing or evidencing any of the foregoing; (g) all rights, interests and claims with respect to the foregoing, including under any and all related agreements, instruments and other documents; and (h) all cash and non-cash proceeds of any of the foregoing, in each case whether presently existing or owned or hereafter arising or acquired and wherever located, and as from time to time received or receivable by, or otherwise paid or distributed to or acquired by, any Grantor; provided that in no event shall Pledged Collateral include any Excluded Assets.

 

Pledged Collateral Agreements”:  as defined in Section 5.18.

 

Pledged Notes”:  all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2 and all other promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor; provided that in no event shall Pledged Notes include any Excluded Assets.

 

Pledged Stock”:  all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests, whether certificated or uncertificated, of any Grantor’s direct Subsidiaries now or hereafter owned by any such Grantor and including the Equity Interests listed on Schedule 2 hereof (as amended or supplemented from time to time); provided that in no event shall Pledged Stock include any Excluded Assets.

 

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Proceeds”:  all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9102(a)(64) of the UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from any Investment Property constituting Collateral and all collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.

 

Receivable”:  any right to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper and whether or not it has been earned by performance (including any Account).

 

Rights to Payment”:  any and all of any Grantor’s Accounts and any and all of any Grantor’s rights and claims to the payment or receipt of money or other forms of consideration of any kind in, to and under or with respect to its Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments, Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Proceeds and Supporting Obligations.

 

Secured Obligations”:  collectively, the “Obligations”, as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement, of each Borrower.

 

Secured Parties”: (a) the Lenders, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) the Collateral Agent, (d) the other beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (e) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.

 

Trademark License”:  any written agreement which (a) names a Grantor as licensor or licensee and (b) grants to such Grantor any right to use any Trademark, any such agreement referred to on Schedule 6.

 

Trademarks”:  (a) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, Internet domain names and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the USPTO or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to on Schedule 6, and (b) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.

 

USCRO”: the United States Copyright Office.

 

USPTO”: the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

 

1.2                               Other Definitional Provisions.  The rules of interpretation set forth in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement are by this reference incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis, as if set forth herein in full.

 

SECTION 2                            Guarantee.

 

2.1                               Guarantee.

 

(a)                                 Each Grantor, other than the U.S. Borrower, who has executed this Agreement as of the date hereof, together with each Material Domestic Subsidiary of any

 

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Grantor who accedes to this Agreement as a Grantor after the date hereof pursuant to Section 5.12 of the Credit Agreement (each a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”), hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the other Secured Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by each Borrower and the other Loan Parties when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations.  In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:

 

(i)                                     each Guarantor’s liability hereunder shall be the immediate, direct, and primary obligation of such Guarantor and shall not be contingent upon the Collateral Agent’s or any other Secured Party’s exercise or enforcement of any remedy it or they may have against any Borrower, any other Guarantor, any other Person, or all or any portion of the Collateral; and

 

(ii)                                  The Collateral Agent may enforce this guarantee notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between any Secured Party and any Borrower or any other Guarantor with respect to the existence of any Event of Default.

 

(b)                                 Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 2.2).

 

(c)                                  Each Guarantor agrees that the Secured Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party hereunder.

 

(d)                                 The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect until the Discharge of Obligations, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement the outstanding amount of the Secured Obligations may be zero.

 

(e)                                  No payment made by any Borrower, any Guarantor, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party from any Borrower, any Guarantor, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any setoff or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Secured Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Secured Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Secured Obligations), remain liable for the Secured Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Discharge of Obligations.

 

2.2                               Right of Contribution.  If in connection with any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder any rights of contribution arise in favor of such Guarantor against one or more other Guarantors, such rights of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of

 

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Section 2.3.  The provisions of this Section 2.2 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Collateral Agent, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Collateral Agent for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.

 

2.3                               No Subrogation.  Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any setoff or application of funds of any Guarantor by the Collateral Agent, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Collateral Agent against any Borrower or any other Guarantor or any Collateral or guarantee or right of offset held by the Collateral Agent for the payment of the Secured Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from any Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, in each case, until the Discharge of Obligations.  If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time prior to the Discharge of Obligations, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Collateral Agent, if required), to be applied in such order as set forth in Section 6.5 hereof irrespective of the occurrence or the continuance of any Event of Default.

 

2.4                               Amendments, etc. with respect to the Secured Obligations.  Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Secured Obligations made by the Collateral Agent may be rescinded by the Collateral Agent and any of the Secured Obligations continued, and the Secured Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Collateral Agent, and the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, the Collateral Agent may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Collateral Agent for the payment of the Secured Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released.  The Collateral Agent shall not have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Secured Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or any property subject thereto.

 

2.5                               Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional; Guarantor Waivers; Guarantor Consents.  Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Secured Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Collateral Agent upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Secured Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between any Borrower and any of the Guarantors on the one hand, and the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2.  Each Guarantor further waives:

 

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(a)                                 diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon any Borrower or any of the other Guarantors with respect to the Secured Obligations;

 

(b)                                 any right to require the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to marshal assets in favor of any Borrower, such Guarantor, any other Guarantor or any other Person, to proceed against any Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person, to proceed against or exhaust any of the Collateral, to give notice of the terms, time and place of any public or private sale of personal property security constituting the Collateral or other collateral for the Secured Obligations or to comply with any other provisions of Section 9611 of the UCC (or any equivalent provision of any other applicable law) or to pursue any other right, remedy, power or privilege of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party whatsoever;

 

(c)                                  the defense of the statute of limitations in any action hereunder or for the collection or performance of the Secured Obligations;

 

(d)                                 any defense arising by reason of any lack of corporate or other authority or any other defense of any Borrower, such Guarantor or any other Person;

 

(e)                                  any defense based upon the Collateral Agent’s or any other Secured Party’s errors or omissions in the administration of the Secured Obligations;

 

(f)                                   any rights to setoffs and counterclaims;

 

(g)                                  any defense based upon an election of remedies (including, if available, an election to proceed by nonjudicial foreclosure) which destroys or impairs the subrogation rights of such Guarantor or the right of such Guarantor to proceed against any Borrower or any other obligor of the Secured Obligations for reimbursement;

 

(h)                                 the benefit of California Civil Code Section 2815 permitting the revocation of this Agreement as to future transactions and the benefit of California Civil Code Sections 2809, 2810, 2819, 2839, 2845, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2899 and 1432 with respect to certain suretyship defenses; and

 

(i)                                     without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable law that limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Each Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (i) the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Secured Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Collateral Agent, (ii) any defense, setoff or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by any Borrower or any other Person against the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, (iii) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of any Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might

 

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be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of any Borrower and the Guarantors for the Secured Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance, (iv) any Insolvency Proceeding with respect to any Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person, (v) any merger, acquisition, consolidation or change in structure of any Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person, or any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any or all of the assets or Voting Stock of any Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person, (vi) any assignment or other transfer, in whole or in part, of the Collateral Agent’s interests in and rights under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, including the Collateral Agent’s or any other Secured Party’s right to receive payment of the Secured Obligations, or any assignment or other transfer, in whole or in part, of the Collateral Agent’s or any other Secured Party’s interests in and to any of the Collateral, (vii) the Collateral Agent’s or any other Secured Party’s vote, claim, distribution, election, acceptance, action or inaction in any Insolvency Proceeding related to any of the Secured Obligations, and (viii) any other guaranty, whether by such Guarantor or any other Person, of all or any part of the Secured Obligations or any other indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of any Guarantor to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party.

 

When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Collateral Agent may, but shall be under no obligation to make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the applicable Borrower(s), any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Secured Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto.  Any failure by the Collateral Agent to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the applicable Borrower(s), any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of any Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent against any Guarantor.  For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

 

Each Guarantor further unconditionally consents and agrees that, without notice to or further assent from any Guarantor:  (a) the principal amount of the Secured Obligations may be increased or decreased and additional indebtedness or obligations of any Borrower or any other Persons under the Loan Documents may be incurred, by one or more amendments, modifications, renewals or extensions of any Loan Document or otherwise; (b) the time, manner, place or terms of any payment under any Loan Document may be extended or changed, including by an increase or decrease in the interest rate on any Secured Obligation or any fee or other amount payable under such Loan Document, by an amendment, modification or renewal of any Loan Document or otherwise; (c) the time for any Borrower’s (or any other Loan Party’s) performance of or compliance with any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed under any Loan Document may be extended, or such performance or compliance waived, or failure in or departure from such performance or compliance consented to, all in such manner and upon such terms as the Collateral Agent may deem proper; (d) in addition to the Collateral, the Collateral Agent may take and hold other security (legal or equitable) of any kind, at any time, as collateral for the Secured Obligations, and may, from time to time, in whole or in

 

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part, exchange, sell, surrender, release, subordinate, modify, waive, rescind, compromise or extend such security and may permit or consent to any such action or the result of any such action, and may apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof; (e) the Collateral Agent may discharge or release, in whole or in part, any other Guarantor or any other Loan Party or other Person liable for the payment and performance of all or any part of the Secured Obligations, and may permit or consent to any such action or any result of such action, and shall not be obligated to demand or enforce payment upon any of the Collateral, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party be liable to any Guarantor for any failure to collect or enforce payment or performance of the Secured Obligations from any Person or to realize upon the Collateral; and (f) the Collateral Agent may request and accept other guaranties of the Secured Obligations and any other indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of any Borrower or any other Loan Party to the Collateral Agent and may, from time to time, in whole or in part, surrender, release, subordinate, modify, waive, rescind, compromise or extend any such guaranty and may permit or consent to any such action or the result of any such action; in each case of (a) through (f), as the Collateral Agent may deem advisable, and without impairing, abridging, releasing or affecting this Agreement.

 

Each Guarantor acknowledges that all or any portion of the Secured Obligations may now or hereafter be secured by a Lien or Liens upon real property owned or leased by any Borrower or any Guarantor and evidenced by certain documents including, without limitation, deeds of trust and assignments of rents. The Collateral Agent may, pursuant to the terms of said real property security documents and applicable law, foreclose under all or any portion of one or more of said Liens by means of judicial or nonjudicial sale or sales.  Each Guarantor agrees that the Collateral Agent may exercise whatever rights and remedies it may have with respect to said real property security, all without affecting the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, except to the extent the Collateral Agent realizes payment by such action or proceeding.  No election to proceed in one form of action or against any party, or on any obligation shall constitute a waiver of the Collateral Agent’s or any other Secured Party’s right to proceed in any other form of action or against any Guarantor or any other Person, or diminish the liability of any Guarantor, or affect the right of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to proceed against any Guarantor for any deficiency, except to the extent the Collateral Agent or such other Secured Party realizes payment by such action, notwithstanding the effect of such action upon any Guarantor’s rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnity, if any, against any Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor expressly waives all rights, benefits and defenses, if any, applicable or available to such Guarantor under either California Code of Civil Procedure Sections 580a or 726, which provide, among other things, that the amount of any deficiency judgment which may be recovered following either a judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure sale is limited to the difference between the amount of any Indebtedness owed and the greater of the fair value of the security or the amount for which the security was actually sold.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor further expressly waives all rights, benefits and defenses, if any, applicable or available to such Guarantor under either California Code of Civil Procedure Sections 580b, providing that no deficiency may be recovered on a real property purchase money obligation, or 580d, providing that no deficiency may be recovered on a note secured by a deed of trust on real property if the real property is sold under a power of sale contained in the deed of trust.

 

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2.6                               Reinstatement.  The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of any Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, any Borrower or any such Guarantor or any substantial part of its respective property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

 

2.7                               Payments.  Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Collateral Agent without setoff or counterclaim in Dollars at the applicable Funding Office.

 

SECTION 3                            GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

 

3.1                               Grant of Security Interests.  Each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the other Secured Parties, a security interest in all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest and wherever located (collectively, the “Collateral”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations:

 

(a)                                 all Accounts;

 

(b)                                 all Chattel Paper;

 

(c)                                  all Commercial Tort Claims;

 

(d)                                 all Deposit Accounts;

 

(e)                                  all Documents;

 

(f)                                   all Equipment;

 

(g)                                  all Fixtures;

 

(h)                                 all General Intangibles;

 

(i)                                     all Goods;

 

(j)                                    all Instruments;

 

(k)                                 all Intellectual Property;

 

(l)                                     all Inventory;

 

(m)                             all Investment Property (including all Pledged Collateral);

 

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(n)                                 all Letter-of-Credit Rights;

 

(o)                                 all Money;

 

(p)                                 all Books and records pertaining to the Collateral;

 

(q)                                 all other property not otherwise described above; and

 

(r)                                    to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing.

 

Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section 3, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in or attach to nor shall the term “Collateral” (including all individual items comprising Collateral) include any Excluded Assets.

 

3.2                               Grantors Remains Liable.  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) each Grantor shall remain liable under any contracts, agreements and other documents included in the Collateral, to the extent set forth therein, to perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (b) the exercise by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party of any of the rights granted to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under any such contracts, agreements and other documents included in the Collateral, and (c) neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any such contracts, agreements and other documents included in the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any Grantor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any such contract, agreement or other document included in the Collateral hereunder.

 

3.3                               Perfection and Priority.

 

(a)                                 Financing Statements.  Pursuant to any applicable law, each Grantor authorizes the Collateral Agent (and its counsel and its agents) to file or record at any time and from time to time any financing statements and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral and each Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent and each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent (and its counsel and its agents) to file (with or without the signature of such Grantor) at any time and from time to time, all amendments to financing statements, continuation financing statements, termination statements, security agreements relating to the Intellectual Property, collateral assignments, fixture filings, and all other documents and instruments, in such form and in such offices as the Collateral Agent determines appropriate to perfect and continue perfected, maintain the priority of or provide notice of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Collateral under and to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement.  Each Grantor authorizes the Collateral Agent to use the collateral description “all personal property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired” or any other similar collateral description in any such financing statements.  Each Grantor hereby ratifies and authorizes the filing by the Collateral Agent (and its counsel and its agents) of any financing statement with respect to the Collateral made prior to the date hereof.

 

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(b)                                 Filing of Financing Statements.  Each Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent, from time to time, such completed UCC-1 financing statements, amendments to financing statements, continuation financing statements, and termination statements, as applicable, for filing or recording in the appropriate filing offices as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent.

 

(c)                                  Transfer of Security Interest Other Than by Delivery.  If for any reason Pledged Collateral cannot be delivered to or for the account of the Collateral Agent as provided in Section 5.5(b), each applicable Grantor shall promptly take such other steps as may be necessary or as shall be reasonably requested from time to time by the Collateral Agent to effect a transfer of a perfected first priority (or, if the Revolving Loan Agreement remains outstanding, second priority) security interest, subject in the case of priority to Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement, in and pledge of the Pledged Collateral to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the UCC.  To the extent practicable (but subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement), each such Grantor shall thereafter deliver the Pledged Collateral to or for the account of the Collateral Agent as provided in Section 5.5(b).

 

(d)                                 Intellectual Property.

 

(i)                                     Each Grantor shall, in addition to executing and delivering this Agreement, take such other action as may be necessary, or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, to perfect the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Intellectual Property.

 

(ii)                                  Following the creation or other acquisition of any Intellectual Property by any Grantor after the date hereof which is registered or becomes registered or the subject of an application for registration with the USCRO or the USPTO or, in each case, any similar office or agency in any other country or political subdivision thereof, as applicable, such Grantor shall, in the timeframe set forth in Section 5.04(f) of the Credit Agreement for disclosure of such registered Intellectual Property, modify this Agreement by amending Schedule 6 to include any Intellectual Property which becomes part of the Collateral and which was not included on Schedule 6 as of the date hereof and record an amendment to the applicable Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the USCRO or the USPTO, as applicable, and take such other action as may be necessary, or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, to perfect the Collateral Agent’s security interest in such Intellectual Property; provided that Grantor shall not be required to file a Copyright security agreement with the USCRO against registered Copyrights in media content consisting of any articles and videos with an aggregate value of $25,000 or less and that no Grantor shall be required to file any intellectual property security agreement in any foreign jurisdiction unless such filing is reasonable in the discretion of the Collateral Agent given the value of the Collateral or revenue associated therewith.

 

(e)                                  Bailees.  Any Person (other than the Collateral Agent) at any time and from time to time holding all or any portion of the Collateral shall be deemed to, and shall, hold the Collateral as the agent of, and as pledge holder for, the Collateral Agent.  At any time and from time to time, the Collateral Agent may give notice to any such Person holding all or any portion of the Collateral that such Person is holding the Collateral as the agent and bailee of, and as pledge holder for, the Collateral Agent, and obtain such Person’s written acknowledgment thereof.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor will join with the

 

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Collateral Agent in notifying any Person who has possession of any Collateral (other than collateral out for repair or in transit in the ordinary course of business) in excess of $250,000 of the Collateral Agent’s security interest therein and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an acknowledgment from such Person that it is holding the Collateral for the benefit of the Collateral Agent.

 

(f)                                   Control.  To the extent required by the Loan Documents, each Grantor will cooperate with the Collateral Agent in obtaining “control” (as defined in the UCC) of Collateral consisting of any Deposit Accounts, Electronic Chattel Paper, Investment Property or Letter-of-Credit Rights, including delivery of control agreements, to perfect and continue perfected, maintain the priority of or provide notice of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in such Collateral.

 

(g)                                  Additional Subsidiaries.  In the event that any Grantor acquires rights in any Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary which is not a Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary) after the date hereof, it shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a completed Disclosure Letter supplement, substantially in the form of Annex 2 (the “Disclosure Letter Supplement”), together with all schedules thereto, reflecting the pledge of the Equity Interests of such new Subsidiary (except to the extent such Equity Interests consists of Excluded Assets).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the security interest of the Collateral Agent shall attach to the Pledged Collateral (except to the extent such Pledge Collateral consists of Excluded Assets) related to such Subsidiary immediately upon any Grantor’s acquisition of rights therein and shall not be affected by the failure of any Grantor to deliver a Disclosure Letter Supplement.

 

SECTION 4                            REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

In addition to the representations and warranties of the Grantors set forth in the Credit Agreement, and to induce the Collateral Agent to enter into the Credit Agreement and to make extensions of credit to the Borrowers thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that:

 

4.1                               Title; No Other Liens.  Except for the Liens permitted to exist on the Collateral by Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement, such Grantor owns or has rights in each item of the Collateral in which a Lien is granted by it free and clear of any and all Liens and other claims of others.  No effective financing statement, fixture filing or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record or will be filed in any public office, except such as have been filed with respect to Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that each Grantor may, as part of its business, grant licenses to third parties to use Intellectual Property owned or developed by such Grantor.  For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such licensing activity shall not constitute a “Lien” on such Intellectual Property.  Lender understands that any such licenses may be exclusive to the applicable licensees to the extent permitted under Section 6.05(vi) of the Credit Agreement, and such exclusivity provisions may limit the ability of Lender to utilize, sell, lease or transfer the related Intellectual Property or otherwise realize value from such Intellectual Property pursuant hereto.

 

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4.2                               Perfected Liens.  The security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been delivered to the Collateral Agent in completed and duly (if applicable) executed form) (a) will constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the Collateral to the extent such security interest can be perfected by filing under the UCC or recordation in the applicable intellectual property registries, in each case, in favor of the Collateral Agent as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against any creditors of any Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any Collateral from any Grantor, and (b) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement which have priority over the Liens of the Collateral Agent on the Collateral by operation of law, and in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Collateral, Liens permitted by Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.

 

4.3                               Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office and Locations of Books.  On the date hereof, such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization, identification number from the jurisdiction of organization (if any), and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business, as the case may be, are specified on Schedule 4.  On the date hereof, all locations where Books pertaining to the Rights to Payment of such Grantor are kept, including all equipment necessary for accessing such Books and the names and addresses of all service bureaus, computer or data processing companies and other Persons keeping any Books or collecting Rights to Payment for such Grantor, are set forth in Schedule 4.

 

4.4                               Inventory and Equipment.  On the date hereof (a) the Inventory and (b) the Equipment (other than mobile goods and Inventory and Equipment in an aggregate amount less than $200,000) are kept at the locations listed on Schedule 5.

 

4.5                               Farm Products.  None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, Farm Products.

 

4.6                               Pledged Collateral.  (a) All of the Pledged Stock held by such Grantor has been duly and validly issued, and is fully paid and non-assessable, subject in the case of Pledged Stock constituting partnership interests or limited liability company membership interests to future assessments required under applicable law and any applicable partnership or operating agreement, (b) such Grantor is or, in the case of any such additional Pledged Collateral will be, the legal record and beneficial owner thereof, (c) in the case of Pledged Stock of a Subsidiary of such Grantor or Pledged Collateral of such Grantor constituting Instruments issued by a Subsidiary of such Grantor, there are no restrictions on the transferability of such Pledged Collateral or such additional Pledged Collateral to the Collateral Agent or with respect to the foreclosure, transfer or disposition thereof by the Collateral Agent, except as may be required in connection with the disposition of any Investment Property, by laws generally affecting the offer and sale of securities, (d) the Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor constitute all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Issuer owned by such Grantor (except for Excluded Assets), and such Grantor owns no securities convertible into or exchangeable for any Equity Interests of any such Issuer that do not constitute Pledged Stock hereunder (except for Excluded Assets), (e) any and all Pledged Collateral Agreements which affect or relate to the voting or giving of written consents with respect to any of the Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor

 

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have been disclosed to the Collateral Agent, and (f) as to each such Pledged Collateral Agreement relating to the Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor, (i) to the best knowledge of such Grantor, such Pledged Collateral Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms, (ii) to the best knowledge of such Grantor party thereto, there exists no material violation or material default under any such Pledged Collateral Agreement by such Grantor or the other parties thereto, and (iii) such Grantor has not knowingly waived or released any of its material rights under or otherwise consented to a material departure from the terms and provisions of any such Pledged Collateral Agreement.

 

4.7                               Investment Accounts.

 

(a)                                 Schedule 2 sets forth under the headings “Securities Accounts” and “Commodity Accounts”, respectively, all of the Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts in which such Grantor has an interest as of the date hereof.  Except as disclosed to the Collateral Agent, such Grantor is the sole entitlement holder of each such Securities Account and Commodity Account, and such Grantor has not consented to, and is not otherwise aware of, any Person (other than the Revolving Loan Lender and the Collateral Agent) having “control” (within the meanings of Sections 8106 and 9106 of the UCC) over, or any Person (other than the Revolving Loan Lender, the Collateral Agent or the securities intermediaries with whom such Securities Accounts are maintained) having any other interest in, any such Securities Account or Commodity Account or any securities or other property credited thereto;

 

(b)                                 Schedule 2 sets forth under the heading “Deposit Accounts” all of the Deposit Accounts in which such Grantor has an interest as of the date hereof and, except as otherwise disclosed to the Collateral Agent, such Grantor is the sole account holder of each such Deposit Account and such Grantor has not consented to, and is not otherwise aware of, any Person (other than the Revolving Loan Lender and the Collateral Agent) having either sole dominion and “control” (within the meaning of common law) or “control” (within the meaning of Section 9104 of the UCC) over, or any Person (other than the Revolving Loan Lender, the Collateral Agent or the banks with whom such Deposit Accounts are maintained) having any other interest in, any such Deposit Account or any money or other property deposited therein; and

 

(c)                                  In each case to the extent requested by the Collateral Agent and subject to Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreement, such Grantor has taken all actions necessary to:  (i) establish the Collateral Agent’s “control” (within the meanings of Sections 8106 and 9106 of the UCC) over any Certificated Securities (as defined in Section 9102 of the UCC); (ii) establish the Collateral Agent’s “control” (within the meanings of Sections 8106 and 9106 of the UCC) over any portion of the Investment Accounts constituting Securities Accounts other than Excluded Accounts, Commodity Accounts, Securities Entitlements or Uncertificated Securities (each as defined in Section 9102 of the UCC); (iii) establish the Collateral Agent’s “control” (within the meaning of Section 9104 of the UCC) over all Deposit Accounts other than Excluded Accounts; and (iv) deliver all Instruments (as defined in Section 9102 of the UCC) with a face value in excess of $100,000 individually to the Collateral Agent (or, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Revolving Loan Lender) to the extent required hereunder.

 

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4.8                               Receivable.  No amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any Receivable or other Right to Payment in excess of $100,000 is evidenced by any Instrument (other than checks, drafts or other Instruments that will be promptly deposited in an Investment Account) or Chattel Paper which has not been delivered to the Collateral Agent.  None of the account debtors or other obligors in respect of any Receivable in excess of $150,000 in the aggregate is the government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof.

 

4.9                               Intellectual PropertySchedule 6 lists all registrations and applications for Intellectual Property (including registered Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and all applications therefor) as well as all Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses and Trademark Licenses, in each case owned by such Grantor in its own name on the date hereof.  Except as set forth in Schedule 6, on the date hereof, none of the Intellectual Property material to the business of the Grantor is the subject of any licensing or franchise agreement pursuant to which such Grantor is the licensor or franchisor.

 

4.10                        Instruments.  No Person other than Grantor owns an interest in any Instruments (whether as joint holders, participants or otherwise) held by such Grantor.

 

4.11                        Letter-of-Credit Rights.  Such Grantor does not have any Letter-of-Credit Rights having a face value in excess of $200,000 individually except as set forth in Schedule 7 or as have been notified to the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 5.5.

 

4.12                        Commercial Tort Claims.  Such Grantor does not have any Commercial Tort Claims with claimed damages in excess of $200,000 individually except as set forth in Schedule 8 or as have been notified to the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 5.17.

 

SECTION 5                            COVENANTS

 

In addition to the covenants of the Grantors set forth in the Credit Agreement, each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Collateral Agent that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Discharge of Obligations:

 

5.1                               Reserved.

 

5.2                               Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation.

 

(a)                                 Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest of the Collateral Agent created by this Agreement as perfected security interest, to the extent required hereunder, having at least the priority described in Section 4.2 and shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the rights of holders of Liens permitted by Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement and the rights of such Grantor under the Loan Documents to dispose of the Collateral.

 

(b)                                 Such Grantor will furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the assets and property of such Grantor and such other reports in connection therewith as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.

 

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(c)                                  At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will promptly duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, (i) filing any financing or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and (ii) in the case of Investment Property, Investment Accounts, Letter-of-Credit Rights and any other relevant Collateral, taking any actions necessary to enable the Collateral Agent to obtain “control” (within the meaning of the UCC) with respect thereto to the extent required hereunder.

 

5.3                               Changes in Locations, Name, Etc.  Such Grantor will not, except upon 5 Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Collateral Agent) prior written notice to the Collateral Agent and delivery to the Collateral Agent of (a) all additional executed financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein, and (b) if applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 4 showing the relevant new jurisdiction of organization, location of chief executive office or sole place of business, or new name, as appropriate:

 

(i)                                     change its jurisdiction of organization, identification number from the jurisdiction of organization (if any) or the location of its chief executive office or sole place of business, as appropriate, from that referred to in Schedule 4; or

 

(ii)                                  change its legal name.

 

5.4                               Notices.  Such Grantor will advise the Collateral Agent promptly, in reasonable detail, upon obtaining actual knowledge of:

 

(a)                                 any Lien (other than Liens permitted under Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement) on any of the Collateral; and

 

(b)                                 the occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the security interests created hereby.

 

5.5                               Instruments; Investment Property.

 

(a)                                 Such Grantor will (i) immediately deliver to the Collateral Agent, or an agent designated by it, appropriately endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer or assignment, all Instruments, Documents, Chattel Paper and Certificated Securities with respect to any Investment Property (except the Certificated Securities of Immaterial Subsidiaries, which Grantors shall not be required to deliver to the Collateral Agent) held by such Grantor, all Letter-of-Credit Rights of such Grantor, and all other Rights to Payment held by such Grantor at any time evidenced by promissory notes, trade acceptances or other instruments, in each case with a face value in excess of $200,000 individually, for each such item of Collateral, and (ii) provide such notice, obtain such acknowledgments and take all such other

 

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action, with respect to any Chattel Paper, Documents and Letter-of-Credit Rights with a face value in excess of $200,000 individually held by such Grantor, as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request.

 

(b)                                 If such Grantor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any certificate (including any certificate representing a dividend or a distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), option or rights in respect of the Equity Interests of any Issuer, whether in addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for, any Pledged Collateral, or otherwise in respect thereof, such Grantor shall accept the same as the agent of the Collateral Agent, hold the same in trust for the Collateral Agent and deliver the same forthwith to the Collateral Agent (or, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Revolving Loan Lender) in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent (or, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Revolving Loan Lender), if required, together with an undated stock power covering such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor, to be held by the Collateral Agent (or the Revolving Loan Lender, as the case may be), subject to the terms hereof, as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations; provided that in no event shall this Section 5.5(b) apply to any Excluded Assets.  Any sums paid upon or in respect of the Investment Property upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, be paid over to the Collateral Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations, and in case any distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of the Investment Property or any property shall be distributed upon or with respect to the Investment Property pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any Issuer or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, the property so distributed shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, be delivered to the Collateral Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations.  If any sums of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of such Investment Property shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money or property is paid or delivered to the Collateral Agent, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, hold such money or property in trust for the Collateral Agent, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations.

 

(c)                                  In the case of any Grantor which is an Issuer, such Issuer agrees that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Equity Interests issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it, (ii) it will notify the Collateral Agent promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5.5(a) and (b) with respect to the Pledged Collateral issued by it and (iii) the terms of Sections 6.3(c) and 6.7 shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.7 with respect to the Equity Interests issued by it.

 

5.6                               Securities Accounts; Deposit Accounts.

 

(a)                                 With respect to any Securities Account other than an Excluded Account or an Encumbered Account, such Grantor shall, subject to Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreement, cause any applicable securities intermediary maintaining such Securities Account to enter into an

 

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agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent with respect to such Securities Account pursuant to which such securities intermediary shall agree to comply with the Collateral Agent’s “entitlement orders” without further consent by such Grantor, as requested by the Collateral Agent.

 

(b)                                 With respect to any Deposit Account other than an Excluded Account or an Encumbered Account, such Grantor shall, subject to Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreement, enter into and shall cause the depositary institution maintaining such account to enter into an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent pursuant to which such depositary institution shall agree to comply with the Collateral Agent’s instructions directing disposition of the funds in such Deposit Account without further consent by such Grantor in accordance with Section 9104 of the UCC.

 

(c)                                  The Collateral Agent agrees that it will only communicate instructions or “entitlement orders” with respect to the Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts of the Grantors after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.

 

(d)                                 Such Grantor shall provide the Collateral Agent 5 days prior written notice before establishing any new Deposit Account and of any new Securities Account established by such Grantor with respect to any Investment Property held by such Grantor.

 

5.7                               Intellectual Property.  In each case, except to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement:

 

(a)                                 Such Grantor will and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees and sublicensees to (i) continue to use each Trademark material to the business of such Grantor in order to maintain such Trademark in full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (ii) maintain as in the past the quality of products and services offered under each such Trademark, (iii) use each such Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices and legends required by applicable Requirements of Law, (iv) not adopt or use any mark which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of any such Trademark unless the Collateral Agent shall obtain, to the extent available, a perfected security interest in such mark pursuant to this Agreement, and (v) not (and not knowingly permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any such Trademark may become invalidated or impaired in any way.

 

(b)                                 Such Grantor will not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any Patent material to the business of such Grantor may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public.

 

(c)                                  Such Grantor will not (and will use commercially reasonable efforts to not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any Copyrights material to the business of such Grantor may become invalidated or otherwise impaired.  Such Grantor will not do any act whereby any material portion of such Copyrights may fall into the public domain.

 

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material to the business of such Grantor to infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person.

 

(e)                                  Such Grantor will notify the Collateral Agent promptly if it knows, or has reason to know, that any application or registration relating to any Intellectual Property material to the business of such Grantor may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public, or of any material adverse determination or development (including, without limitation, the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the USPTO, the USCRO or any court or tribunal in any country) regarding such Grantor’s ownership of, or the validity of, any material Intellectual Property or such Grantor’s right to register the same or to own and maintain the same.

 

(f)                                   Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall file an application for the registration of any Patent or Trademark with the USPTO or of any Copyright with USCRO or, in each case, any similar office or agency in any other country or political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall report (i) the initial application to and (ii) the corresponding grant, if any, of the Patent or Trademark from the USPTO or the Copyright from the USCRO or, in each case, any similar office or agency in any other country or political subdivision thereof, to the Collateral Agent, each within the time specified by Section 5.04(e) of the Credit Agreement.  Upon request of the Collateral Agent, other than in respect of Excluded Assets, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Collateral Agent’s security interest in any Copyright, Patent or Trademark and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby; provided that no Grantor shall be required to file any intellectual property security agreement in any foreign jurisdiction unless such filing is reasonable in the discretion of the Collateral Agent given the value of the Collateral or revenue associated therewith.

 

(g)                                  Such Grantor will take all reasonable and necessary steps consistent with its current business practices, including, without limitation, in any proceeding before the USPTO, the USCRO or any similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain and pursue each material application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain each registration of the Intellectual Property material to such Grantor’s business, including filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability.

 

(h)                                 In the event that any Grantor learns that any Intellectual Property material to the business of such Grantor is infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall take such actions as such Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property.

 

5.8                               Defense of Collateral.  Grantors will appear in and defend any action, suit or proceeding which may affect to a material extent its title to, or right or interest in, or the Collateral Agent’s right or interest in, any material portion of the Collateral.

 

5.9                               Preservation of Collateral.  Grantors will do and perform all reasonable acts that may be necessary and appropriate to maintain, preserve and protect the Collateral.

 

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5.10                        Compliance with Laws, Etc.  Such Grantor will comply in all material respects with all laws, regulations and ordinances, and all policies of insurance, relating in a material way to the possession, operation, maintenance and control of the Collateral.

 

5.11                        Location of Books and Chief Executive Office.  Such Grantor will:  (a) keep all Books pertaining to the Rights to Payment of such Grantor at the locations set forth in Schedule 4 or at such other locations within the U.S. (or, if reasonably agreed by the Collateral Agent, outside the U.S.) as may be disclosed in writing to the Collateral Agent pursuant to clause (b); and (b) give written notice to the Collateral Agent within 5 Business Days of any changes in any location where Books pertaining to the Rights to Payment of such Grantor are kept, including any change of name or address of any service bureau, computer or data processing company or other Person preparing or maintaining any such Books or collecting Rights to Payment for such Grantor.

 

5.12                        Location of Collateral.  Such Grantor will:  (a) keep the Collateral held by such Grantor at the locations set forth in Schedule 5 or at such other locations as may be disclosed in writing to the Collateral Agent pursuant to clause (b) and will not remove any such Collateral from such locations (other than in connection with sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of such Grantor’s business, the movement of Collateral as part of such Grantor’s supply chain, Collateral out for repair and in the ordinary course of such Grantor’s business, other dispositions permitted by Section 5.13 of this Agreement and Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement and movements of Collateral from one disclosed location to another disclosed location within the United States), except upon written notice within 5 Business Days of any removal to the Collateral Agent; and (b) give the Collateral Agent written notice within 5 Business Days of any change in the locations set forth in Schedule 5.

 

5.13                        Disposition of Collateral.  Such Grantor will not surrender or lose possession of (other than to the Collateral Agent (or, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Revolving Loan Lender)), sell, lease, rent, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any of the Collateral held by such Grantor or any right or interest therein, except to the extent permitted by the Loan Documents.

 

5.14                        Liens.  Such Grantor will keep the Collateral held by such Grantor free of all Liens except Liens permitted under Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.

 

5.15                        Expenses.  Such Grantor will pay all expenses of protecting, storing, warehousing, insuring, handling and shipping the Collateral held by such Grantor, to the extent the failure to pay any such expenses could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value of the Collateral.

 

5.16                        Reserved.

 

5.17                        Commercial Tort Claims.  Such Grantor will give the Collateral Agent prompt notice if such Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Commercial Tort Claim with claimed damages in excess of $200,000.

 

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5.18                        Shareholder Agreements and Other Agreements.

 

(a)                                 Such Grantor shall comply in all material respects with all of its obligations under any shareholders agreement, operating agreement, partnership agreement, voting trust, proxy agreement or other agreement or understanding (collectively, the “Pledged Collateral Agreements”) to which it is a party and shall enforce all of its rights thereunder, except, with respect to any such Pledged Collateral Agreement relating to any Pledged Collateral issued by a Person other than a Subsidiary of a Grantor, to the extent the failure to enforce any such rights could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value of the Pledged Collateral to which any such Pledged Collateral Agreement relates.

 

(b)                                 Such Grantor agrees that no Pledged Stock (i) shall be dealt in or traded on any securities exchange or in any securities market, (ii) shall constitute an investment company security, or (iii) shall be held by such Grantor in a Securities Account.

 

(c)                                  Subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, including Sections 6.02 and 6.05 thereof, such Grantor shall not vote to enable or take any other action to:  (i) amend or terminate, or waive compliance with any of the terms of, any such Pledged Collateral Agreement, certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents in any way that materially and adversely affects the validity, perfection or priority of the Collateral Agent’s security interest therein.

 

SECTION 6                            REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

 

Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Collateral Agent that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Discharge of Obligations:

 

6.1                               Certain Matters Relating to Receivables.

 

(a)                                 The Collateral Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect such Grantor’s Receivables, and the Collateral Agent may curtail or terminate said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.  If required by the Collateral Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of Receivables, when collected by any Grantor, (i) shall be forthwith (and, in any event, within 2 Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent if required, in a Collateral Account over which the Collateral Agent has control, subject to withdrawal by the Collateral Agent only as provided in Section 6.5, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent, segregated from other funds of such Grantor.  After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each such deposit of Proceeds of Receivables shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.

 

(b)                                 At the Collateral Agent’s request, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables, including, without limitation, all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.

 

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6.2                               Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable.

 

(a)                                 The Collateral Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default communicate with obligors under the Receivables to verify with them to the Collateral Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Receivables.

 

(b)                                 Upon the request of the Collateral Agent, at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall notify obligors on the Receivables that the Receivables have been assigned to the Collateral Agent and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the Collateral Agent.

 

(c)                                  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Receivables to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto.  The Collateral Agent shall not have any obligation or liability under any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Collateral Agent of any payment relating thereto, nor shall the Collateral Agent be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto), to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

 

6.3                               Investment Property.

 

(a)                                 Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given written notice to the relevant Grantor of the Collateral Agent’s intent to exercise its corresponding rights pursuant to Section 6.3(b), each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Collateral and all payments made in respect of the Pledged Notes to the extent not prohibited by the Credit Agreement, and to exercise all voting and corporate or other organizational rights with respect to the Investment Property of such Grantor; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or corporate or other organizational right exercised or other action taken which would materially impair the Collateral or which would be inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

(b)                                 If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall give written notice of its intent to exercise such rights to the relevant Grantor or Grantors, (i) the Collateral Agent shall have the right (A) to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of the Investment Property (including the Pledged Collateral) of any or all of the Grantors and make application thereof to the Secured Obligations in the order set forth in Section 6.5, and (B) to exchange uncertificated Pledged Collateral for certificated Pledged Collateral and to exchange certificated Pledged Collateral for certificates of larger or smaller denominations, for any purpose consistent with this Agreement (in each case to the extent such exchanges are permitted under the applicable Pledged Collateral Agreements or

 

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otherwise agreed upon by the Issuer of such Pledged Collateral), and (ii) each Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent appropriate instruments as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to permit the Collateral Agent or its nominee to thereafter exercise (x) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to such Investment Property at any meeting of shareholders of the relevant Issuer or Issuers or otherwise and (y) any and all rights of conversion, exchange and subscription and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such Investment Property as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including, without limitation, the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of any such Investment Property upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the corporate or other organizational structure of any Issuer, or upon the exercise by any Grantor or the Collateral Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining to such Investment Property, and in connection therewith, the right to deposit and deliver any and all of such Investment Property with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as the Collateral Agent may determine), all without liability except to account for property actually received by it, but the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing.

 

(c)                                  Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any Pledged Collateral or Pledged Notes pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from the Collateral Agent in writing that (x) states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the Pledged Collateral or, as applicable, the Pledged Notes directly to the Collateral Agent.

 

(d)                                 If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to apply the balance from any Deposit Account or instruct the bank at which any Deposit Account is maintained to pay the balance of any Deposit Account to or for the benefit of the Collateral Agent.

 

6.4                               Proceeds to be Turned Over To The Collateral Agent.  In addition to the rights of the Collateral Agent specified in Section 6.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, checks, Cash Equivalents and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent (or, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Revolving Loan Lender) in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent, if required).  All Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent hereunder shall be held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account over which it maintains “control” (within the meaning of the UCC).  All Proceeds while held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all the Secured Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 6.5.

 

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6.5                               Application of Proceeds.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Collateral Agent’s election, the Collateral Agent may apply all or any part of Proceeds constituting Collateral, whether or not held in any Collateral Account, in payment of the Secured Obligations in accordance with Article VII of the Credit Agreement.

 

6.6                               Code and Other Remedies.  If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Secured Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or any other applicable law.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of the Collateral Agent or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk.  The Collateral Agent shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released.  Each Grantor further agrees, at the Collateral Agent’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Collateral Agent at places which the Collateral Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere.  The Collateral Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Section 6.6, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.5, only after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Secured Obligations, in such order as is contemplated by Article VII of the Credit Agreement and only after such application and after the payment by the Collateral Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, including Section 9615(a)(3) of the UCC, but only to the extent of the surplus, if any, owing to any Grantor.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against the Collateral Agent arising out of the exercise by any of them of any rights hereunder, except to the extent caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent or its agents.  If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition.

 

6.7                               Private Sales.

 

(a)                                 Each Grantor recognizes that the Collateral Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Stock, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort

 

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to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof.  Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner.  Subject to its compliance with state securities laws applicable to private sales, the Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Stock for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even if such Issuer would agree to do so.

 

(b)                                 Each Grantor agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to do or cause to be done all such other acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of all or any portion of the Pledged Stock pursuant to this Section 6.7 valid and binding and in compliance with any applicable Requirement of Law.  Each Grantor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 6.7 will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, that the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section 6.7 shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred under the Credit Agreement.

 

6.8                               Intellectual Property License.  Solely for the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Section 6 and at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent an irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor), subject, in the case of Trademarks, to sufficient rights to quality control and inspection in favor of such Grantor to avoid the risk of invalidation of said Trademarks, to use, operate under, license, or sublicense any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Grantors.

 

6.9                               Deficiency.  Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Secured Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Collateral Agent to collect such deficiency.

 

SECTION 7                            THE COLLATERAL AGENT AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT; DUTY; AUTHORITY

 

Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Collateral Agent that:

 

7.1                               The Collateral Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the last paragraph of this Section 7.1(a), each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and

 

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authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the Collateral Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of the following:

 

(i)                                     in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

 

(ii)                                  in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Collateral Agent’s security interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;

 

(iii)                               pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of this Agreement and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;

 

(iv)                              execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 6.6 or 6.7, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral; and

 

(v)                                 (A) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Collateral Agent or as the Collateral Agent shall direct; (B) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (C) sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (D) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (E) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (F) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Collateral Agent may deem appropriate; (G) assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the goodwill of the business to which any such Copyright, Patent or Trademark pertains), throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Collateral Agent shall in its sole discretion determine; and (H) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Collateral Agent’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to

 

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time, all acts and things which the Collateral Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and security interest therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.

 

Anything in this Section 7.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Collateral Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 7.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(b)                                 If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, the Collateral Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement.

 

(c)                                  The expenses of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 7.1, together with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the highest rate per annum at which interest would then be payable on any Term Loans under the Credit Agreement, from the date of payment by the Collateral Agent to the date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

 

(d)                                 Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests created hereby are released.

 

7.2                               Duty of The Collateral Agent.  The Collateral Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Collateral Agent deals with similar property for its own account.  Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof.  The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral Agent’s interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent to exercise any such powers.  The Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that the Collateral Agent actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

7.3                               Authority of The Collateral Agent.  The Collateral Agent shall act as the Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations and shall be vested with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The Collateral Agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Collateral Agent for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any

 

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rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Collateral Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 7.3 and Article IX of the Credit Agreement (as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall be further authorized on behalf of all the Secured Parties, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from the Secured Parties, from time to time to take any action, or permit the any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Collateral Agent to take any action, with respect to any Collateral or the Loan Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain perfected the Liens upon any Collateral granted pursuant to any Loan Document.

 

SECTION 8                            MISCELLANEOUS

 

8.1                               Amendments in Writing.  None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement.

 

8.2                               Notices.  All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Collateral Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1.

 

8.3                               No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies.  The Collateral Agent shall not by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default, as applicable.  No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof.  No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  A waiver by the Collateral Agent of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Collateral Agent would otherwise have on any future occasion.  The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

 

8.4                               Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification.

 

(a)                                 Each Guarantor agrees to pay or reimburse the Collateral Agent for all its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in collecting against such Guarantor under the guaranty contained in Section 2 of this Agreement or otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, including the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Collateral Agent.

 

(b)                                 Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Collateral Agent harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from, any delay in paying any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with

 

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respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Collateral Agent harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement to the extent any Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

 

(d)                                 The agreements in this Section 8.4 shall survive repayment of the Secured Obligations and any other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

8.5                               Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and its successors and assigns; provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.

 

8.6                               Set Off.  Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent and each of its Affiliates at any time and from time to time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, without notice to such Grantor or any other Grantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Grantor, to setoff 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 the Collateral Agent or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor, or any part thereof in such amounts as the Collateral Agent may elect, against and on account of the Secured Obligations and liabilities of such Grantor to the Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and claims of every nature and description of the Collateral Agent against such Grantor, in any currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise, as the Collateral Agent may elect, whether or not the Collateral Agent has made any demand for payment and although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured.  The rights of the Collateral Agent under this Section 8.6 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of setoff) which the Collateral Agent may have.

 

8.7                               Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile and/or electronic mail), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

 

8.8                               Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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8.9                               Section Headings.  The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

 

8.10                        Integration.  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the agreement of the Grantors and the Collateral Agent with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Collateral Agent relative to the subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.

 

8.11                        GOVERNING LAWTHIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

8.12                        WAIVER OF JURY TRIALEACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8.12.

 

8.13                        Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

 

(a)                                 Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America, sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents against any Grantor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

(b)                                 Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this

 

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Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any court located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or of the United States of America sitting in the Southern District of New York.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(c)                                  Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 7.01 under the Credit Agreement.  Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

8.14                        Acknowledgements.  Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:

 

(a)                                 it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;

 

(b)                                 the Collateral Agent does not have any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Collateral Agent, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

 

(c)                                  no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Grantors and the Collateral Agent.

 

8.15                        Additional Grantors.  Each Subsidiary of a Grantor that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.12 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of (a) an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto and (b) a Disclosure Letter Supplement in the form of Annex 2 hereto.

 

8.16                        Releases.

 

(a)                                 Upon the Discharge of Obligations, the Collateral shall be automatically released from the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent created hereby and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Grantor, this Agreement shall terminate with respect to the Collateral Agent, and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of each Grantor to the Collateral Agent hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party.  At the sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the Collateral Agent shall deliver such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination and shall otherwise authorize the filing of such documents as the Grantors shall reasonably request to terminate its liens.

 

(b)                                 If any of the Collateral shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction not prohibited by Article VI of the Credit Agreement, the Liens granted herein in such Collateral shall be deemed to be automatically released and such Collateral shall automatically revert to the applicable Grantor with no further action on the part of any Person, and the Collateral Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Grantor, shall promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases or other documents reasonably

 

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necessary or desirable for the release of the Liens created hereby on such Collateral, as applicable.  At the request and sole expense of the applicable Borrower, a Guarantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the event that all the Equity Interests of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a Person other than a Grantor in a transaction not prohibited by Article VI of the Credit Agreement; provided that such Borrower shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent, at least 5 Business Days, or such shorter period as the Collateral Agent may agree, prior to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release identifying the relevant Guarantor and the terms of the sale or other disposition in reasonable detail, including the price thereof and any expenses in connection therewith, together with a certification by such Borrower stating that such transaction is in compliance with terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIENS AND SECURITY INTERESTS GRANTED TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT OR ANY OTHER SECURED PARTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY COLLATERAL ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.  IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

 

GRANTORS:

 

 

 

RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Taryn Naidu

 

 

 

 

Name:

Taryn Naidu

 

 

 

 

Title:

CEO and President

 

 

 

 

 

RIGHTSIDE OPERATING CO.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Taryn Naidu

 

 

 

 

Name:

Taryn Naidu

 

 

 

 

Title:

CEO and President

 

 

 

 

 

ENOM, INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Taryn Naidu

 

 

 

 

Name:

Taryn Naidu

 

 

 

 

Title:

CEO and President

 

 

 

 

 

HOT MEDIA, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew Delgado

 

 

 

 

Name:

Matthew Delgado

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

Signature Page 1 to Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

 



 

 

ACQUIRE THIS NAME, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew Delgado

 

 

 

 

Name:

Matthew Delgado

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

Signature Page 2 to Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

 



 

 

COLLATERAL AGENT:

 

 

 

OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Howard Levkowitz

 

 

 

 

Name:

Howard Levkowitz

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

Signature Page 3 to Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

 



 

ANNEX 1 To

GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

(U.S. Entities)

 

FORM OF
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

 

This ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (the “Assumption Agreement”), dated as of [              ], 20    , is executed and delivered by [                                                            ] (the “Additional Grantor”), in favor of OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC., as Collateral Agent (together with its permitted successors, in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent”) pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 6, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified, renewed or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among RIGHTSIDE GROUP, LTD., a Delaware limited liability company (the “U.S. Borrower”), UNITED TLD HOLDCO LTD., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Cayman Borrower”, and together with the U.S. Borrower, the “Borrowers”), the Lenders and the Collateral Agent, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders.  All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in such Credit Agreement.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers and certain of their Affiliates (other than the Additional Grantor) have entered into that certain Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of August 6, 2014, in favor of the Collateral Agent (the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, [                        ] is required, pursuant to Section 5.12 of the Credit Agreement to cause the Additional Grantor to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in order to grant in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the other Secured Parties, the Liens and security interests therein specified and provide its guarantee of the Obligations as therein contemplated; and

 

WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

 

1.                                      Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.  By executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Grantor, as provided in Section 8.14 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (a) hereby becomes a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as both a “Grantor” and a “Guarantor” thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and a Guarantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Grantor and a Guarantor thereunder, and (b) hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the other Secured Parties, as security for the Secured Obligations, a security interest in all of the Additional Grantor’s right, title and interest in any and to all Collateral of the Additional

 



 

Grantor, in each case whether now owned or hereafter acquired or in which the Additional Grantor now has or hereafter acquires an interest and wherever the same may be located, but subject in all respects to the terms, conditions and exclusions set forth in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.  The Additional Grantor hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 4 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (x) that is qualified by materiality is true and correct, and (y) that is not qualified by materiality, is true and correct in all material respects, in each case, on and as the date hereof (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as if made on and as of such date (except to the extent any such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty was true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

2.                                      Governing LawTHIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

3.                                      Loan Document.  This Assumption Agreement shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

 

[ADDITIONAL GRANTOR]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 



 

ANNEX 2 TO
GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF
DISCLOSURE LETTER SUPPLEMENT

 

To:                             Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., as Collateral Agent

 

Re:                             Rightside Group, Ltd.

 

Date:

 

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Disclosure Letter Supplement (this “Disclosure Letter Supplement”) is made and delivered pursuant to [Section 3.3(g)][ Section 8.14] of that certain Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of August 6, 2014 (as amended, modified, renewed or extended from time to time, the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”), among each Grantor party thereto (each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”), and Obsidian Agency Services, Inc. (“Collateral Agent”).  All capitalized terms used in this Disclosure Letter Supplement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in either the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Credit Agreement (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), as the context may require.

 

[The undersigned,                                                        [insert name of Grantor], a                                            [corporation, partnership, limited liability company, etc.], confirms and agrees that all Pledged Collateral of the undersigned, including the property described on the supplemental schedule attached hereto, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral and shall secure all Secured Obligations.

 

Schedule 2 to the Disclosure Letter is hereby amended by adding to such Schedule 2 the information set forth in the supplement attached hereto.]

 

[The undersigned,                                                        [insert name of Grantor], a                                            [corporation, partnership, limited liability company, etc.], confirms and agrees that the information set forth in the schedules attached hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in the schedules to the Disclosure Letter.  [Schedule[s] [      ]] to the Disclosure Letter [is][are] hereby amended by adding to [each] such Schedule the information set forth in the supplement attached hereto.]

 

all Pledged Collateral of the undersigned, including the property described on the supplemental schedule attached hereto, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral and shall secure all Secured Obligations

 

This Disclosure Letter Supplement shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement.

 



 

THIS DISCLOSURE LETTER SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Disclosure Letter Supplement, as of the date first above written.

 

 

[NAME OF APPLICABLE GRANTOR]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 



 

[SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX 2

 

TO GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT]

 

[SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 2]

 

[SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8]

 


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