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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): September 26, 2024

 

 

Cimpress plc

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Ireland   000-51539   98-0417483
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 

(Commission

File Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

First Floor Building 3, Finnabair Business and Technology Park A91 XR61
Dundalk, Co. Louth
Ireland
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +353 42 938 8500

not applicable

(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):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of Exchange

on Which Registered

Ordinary Shares, nominal value per share of €0.01   CMPR   NASDAQ Global Select Market

 

 

 


Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement

On September 26, 2024, Cimpress plc (“we,” “us,” or “Cimpress”) entered into Amendment No. 3 (the “Amendment”), among Cimpress and five of its subsidiaries, Vistaprint Limited, Cimpress Schweiz GmbH, Vistaprint B.V., Vistaprint Netherlands B.V. and Cimpress USA Incorporated, as borrowers (collectively, the “Borrowers”); Cimpress’ subsidiaries that guaranty the Borrowers’ obligations; the financial institutions listed on the signature pages thereof; and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), which amends the senior secured Credit Agreement dated as of October 21, 2011, as amended and restated as of February 8, 2013, as further amended and restated as of July 13, 2017, as further amended and restated as of May 17, 2021, as further amended effective as of July 1, 2023 and as further amended dated as of May 15, 2024, among the Borrowers, the lenders named therein as lenders, and the Administrative Agent (the “Existing Credit Agreement” and, as amended by the Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”).

The Amendment makes the following changes to the Credit Agreement:

 

   

The Amendment extends the maturity date of the revolving credit facility from May 17, 2026 to September 26, 2029 (subject to a springing maturity to the date that is 91 days prior to the maturity date of the term loan facility if the term loan facility has not been extended, repaid or refinanced on or prior to such date).

 

   

The Amendment amends the interest rate applicable to any loans under the revolving credit facility, for Term SOFR borrowings bearing interest from Term SOFR (subject to a 0.00% floor) plus 2.50% to 3.00% to Term SOFR (subject to a 0.00% floor) plus 2.25% to 3.00%, depending on our first lien leverage ratio, which is the ratio of our (a) (1) consolidated first lien indebtedness as of the last day of the most recent four-quarter period less (2) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash as of such date to our (b) consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (as calculated in the Credit Agreement, “EBITDA”) for the most recent four-quarter period, and eliminates the credit spread adjustment for any Term SOFR loans under the revolving credit facility, which was previously 11.448 basis points for one-month interest periods, 26.161 basis points for three-month interest periods, and 42.826 basis points for six-month interest periods.

 

   

The Amendment decreases the minimum commitment fee we must pay on unused balances from 0.35% to 0.30%, depending on our first lien leverage ratio.

We may from time to time, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement, increase the loan commitments under the Credit Agreement by the amounts permitted therein, which includes an amount equal to (A) the greater of (x) $366.0 million and (y) 100% of consolidated EBITDA for the most recent four-quarter period plus (B) an unlimited amount subject to pro forma compliance with certain leverage ratios, by adding new commitments or increasing the commitment of willing lenders.

The Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report. The above description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Senior Notes Indenture

On September 26, 2024, Cimpress completed its previously announced offering of $525.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.375% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued pursuant to a senior notes indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of September 26, 2024, among Cimpress, the guarantors named on the signature pages thereto, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, and sold to persons reasonably believed to be “qualified institutional buyers” pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to non-U.S. persons outside the United States under Regulation S under the Securities Act.


The Notes bear interest at a rate of 7.375% per annum and mature on September 15, 2032. Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing on March 15, 2025, to the holders of record of such Notes at the close of business on March 1 or September 1, respectively, preceding such interest payment date.

The Indenture contains various covenants, including covenants that, subject to certain exceptions, limit our and our restricted subsidiaries’ ability to: incur and/or guarantee additional debt; pay dividends, repurchase shares or make certain other restricted payments; enter into agreements limiting dividends and certain other restricted payments; prepay, redeem or repurchase subordinated debt; grant liens on assets; merge, consolidate or transfer or dispose of substantially all of our consolidated assets; sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of property and assets; and engage in transactions with affiliates.

At any time prior to September 15, 2027, Cimpress may redeem some or all of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount redeemed, plus a make-whole amount as set forth in the Indenture, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts (as defined in the Indenture), if any, to, but not including, the redemption date. In addition, at any time prior to September 15, 2027, Cimpress may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the net proceeds of certain equity offerings by Cimpress at a redemption price equal to 107.375% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts, if any (which accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts need not be funded with such proceeds), to, but not including, the redemption date. At any time on or after September 15, 2027, Cimpress may redeem some or all of the Notes at the redemption prices specified in the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date.

Subject to certain exceptions, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined in the Indenture), Cimpress will be required to make an offer to purchase the Notes at a price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes tendered, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of purchase.

The Indenture, including the form of the Notes, is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this report. The above description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Indenture and form of Notes, which are incorporated herein by reference.

The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws.

This report does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any Notes, nor shall there be any sale of the Notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

Cimpress used a portion of the net proceeds of the offering, together with cash on hand, to fund the redemption of all of its 7.0% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Redemption”), and intends to use the remaining portion of the net proceeds, together with cash on hand, to pay all fees and expenses related to the Redemption, the offering and the Amendment.

 

Item 2.03.

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

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this report is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.


Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
 No. 

  

Description

 4.1    Senior Notes Indenture (including form of Notes), dated as of September 26, 2024, among Cimpress plc, certain subsidiaries of Cimpress plc as guarantors thereto, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee
10.1    Amendment No. 3, dated as of September 26, 2024, among Cimpress plc (“Cimpress”), Vistaprint Limited, Cimpress Schweiz GmbH, Vistaprint B.V., Vistaprint Netherlands B.V. and Cimpress USA Incorporated, as borrowers (the “Borrowers”); Cimpress’ subsidiaries that guaranty the Borrowers’ obligations; the financial institutions listed on the signature pages thereof; and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), to the senior secured Credit Agreement dated as of October 21, 2011, as amended and restated as of February 8, 2013, as further amended and restated as of July 13, 2017, as further amended and restated as of May 17, 2021, as further amended effective as of July 1, 2023, and as further amended dated as of May 15, 2024, among the Borrowers, the lenders named therein as lenders, and the Administrative Agent
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SIGNATURE

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.

September 30, 2024

 

Cimpress plc
By:  

/s/ Sean E. Quinn

  Sean E. Quinn
  Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

 

 

 

SENIOR NOTES INDENTURE

Dated as of September 26, 2024

Among

CIMPRESS PLC,

THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO

and

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

7.375% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2032

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS

     1  

Section 1.01

  Definitions      1  

Section 1.02

  Other Definitions      40  

Section 1.03

  Rules of Construction      41  

Section 1.04

  Acts of Holders      42  

Section 1.05

  Limited Condition Transaction      44  

Section 1.06

  Certain Compliance Calculations      45  

ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES

     46  

Section 2.01

  Form and Dating; Terms      46  

Section 2.02

  Execution and Authentication      47  

Section 2.03

  Registrar and Paying Agent      47  

Section 2.04

  Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust      48  

Section 2.05

  Holder Lists      48  

Section 2.06

  Transfer and Exchange      48  

Section 2.07

  Replacement Notes      49  

Section 2.08

  Outstanding Notes      50  

Section 2.09

  Treasury Notes      50  

Section 2.10

  Temporary Notes      50  

Section 2.11

  Cancellation      51  

Section 2.12

  Defaulted Interest      51  

Section 2.13

  CUSIP and ISIN Numbers      51  

ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION

     52  

Section 3.01

  Notices to Trustee      52  

Section 3.02

  Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed      52  

Section 3.03

  Notice of Redemption      52  

Section 3.04

  Effect of Notice of Redemption      53  

Section 3.05

  Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price      54  

Section 3.06

  Definitive Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part      54  

Section 3.07

  Optional Redemption      54  

Section 3.08

  Mandatory Redemption; Open Market Purchases      56  

ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS

     56  

Section 4.01

  Payment of Notes      56  

Section 4.02

  Maintenance of Office or Agency      57  

Section 4.03

  Taxes      57  

Section 4.04

  Stay, Extension and Usury Laws      57  

Section 4.05

  Corporate Existence      57  

Section 4.06

  Reports and Other Information      58  

Section 4.07

  Compliance Certificates      59  

Section 4.08

  Limitation on Restricted Payments      60  

 

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Section 4.09

  Limitation on Incurrence of Debt      64  

Section 4.10

  Limitation on Liens      65  

Section 4.11

  Future Guarantors      66  

Section 4.12

  Limitation on Dividend and other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries      66  

Section 4.13

  Limitation on Creation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries      69  

Section 4.14

  Transactions with Affiliates      70  

Section 4.15

  Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control      71  

Section 4.16

  Limitation on Asset Sales      73  

Section 4.17

  Effectiveness of Covenants      75  

Section 4.18

  Payment of Additional Amounts      77  

ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSORS

     79  

Section 5.01

  Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease      79  

Section 5.02

  Successor Entity Substituted      81  

ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     82  

Section 6.01

  Events of Default      82  

Section 6.02

  Acceleration      84  

Section 6.03

  Other Remedies      85  

Section 6.04

  Waiver of Past Defaults      85  

Section 6.05

  Control by Majority      85  

Section 6.06

  Limitation on Suits      86  

Section 6.07

  Rights of Holders to Receive Payment      86  

Section 6.08

  Collection Suit by Trustee      86  

Section 6.09

  Restoration of Rights and Remedies      86  

Section 6.10

  Rights and Remedies Cumulative      87  

Section 6.11

  Delay or Omission Not Waiver      87  

Section 6.12

  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      87  

Section 6.13

  Priorities      87  

Section 6.14

  Undertaking for Costs      88  

ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE

     88  

Section 7.01

  Duties of Trustee      88  

Section 7.02

  Rights of Trustee      89  

Section 7.03

  Individual Rights of Trustee      91  

Section 7.04

  Trustee’s Disclaimer      91  

Section 7.05

  Notice of Defaults      91  

Section 7.06

  Compensation and Indemnity      91  

Section 7.07

  Replacement of Trustee      92  

Section 7.08

  Successor Trustee by Merger, etc      93  

Section 7.09

  Eligibility; Disqualification      93  

Section 7.10

  Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company      93  

 

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ARTICLE 8 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

     93  

Section 8.01

  Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance      93  

Section 8.02

  Legal Defeasance and Discharge      94  

Section 8.03

  Covenant Defeasance      94  

Section 8.04

  Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance      95  

Section 8.05

  Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions      96  

Section 8.06

  Repayment to the Company      97  

Section 8.07

  Reinstatement      97  

ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

     98  

Section 9.01

  Without Consent of Holders      98  

Section 9.02

  With Consent of Holders      99  

Section 9.03

  Revocation and Effect of Consents      101  

Section 9.04

  Notation on or Exchange of Notes      101  

Section 9.05

  Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc      101  

ARTICLE 10 GUARANTEES

     101  

Section 10.01

  Guarantee      101  

Section 10.02

  Limitation on Guarantor Liability      103  

Section 10.03

  Execution and Delivery      108  

Section 10.04

  Subrogation      109  

Section 10.05

  Benefits Acknowledged      109  

Section 10.06

  Release of Note Guarantees      109  

ARTICLE 11 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     110  

Section 11.01

  Satisfaction and Discharge      110  

Section 11.02

  Application of Trust Money      111  

ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS

     111  

Section 12.01

  Notices      111  

Section 12.02

  Communication by Holders with Other Holders      113  

Section 12.03

  Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent      113  

Section 12.04

  Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion      114  

Section 12.05

  Rules by Trustee and Agents      114  

Section 12.06

  No Personal Liability of Shareholders, Partners, Officers or Directors      114  

Section 12.07

  Governing Law      114  

Section 12.08

  Waiver of Jury Trial      114  

Section 12.09

  Force Majeure      115  

Section 12.10

  No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements      115  

Section 12.11

  Successors      115  

Section 12.12

  Severability      115  

Section 12.13

  Counterpart Originals      115  

Section 12.14

  Table of Contents, Headings, etc      115  

Section 12.15

  Facsimile and PDF Delivery of Signature Pages      115  

Section 12.16

  U.S.A. PATRIOT Act      116  

Section 12.17

  Payments Due on Non-Business Days      116  

Section 12.18

  Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process      116  

 

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Appendix A    Provisions Relating to Initial Notes and Additional Notes
Exhibit A    Form of Note
Exhibit B    Form of Institutional Accredited Investor Transferee Letter of Representation
Exhibit C    Form of Supplemental Indenture to Be Delivered by Subsequent Guarantors

 

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SENIOR NOTES INDENTURE, dated as of September 26, 2024, among Cimpress plc, a public company with limited liability incorporated in Ireland (the “Company”), the Guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee.

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of $525,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.375% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Initial Notes”); and

WHEREAS, the Company and each of the Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Definitions.

Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person, (1) Debt of any other Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, (2) Debt assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such other Person, or (3) Debt secured by a Lien encumbering any assets acquired by such specified Person, in each case, whether or not Incurred by such specified Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person. Acquired Debt shall be deemed to have been Incurred, with respect to clause (1) of the preceding sentence, on the date such other Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and, with respect to clauses (2) and (3) of the preceding sentence, on the date of consummation of such acquisition of assets.

Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued from time to time under this Indenture in accordance with Section 2.01, whether or not they bear the same CUSIP number and ISIN as the Initial Notes.

Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings that correspond to the foregoing.

Agent” means any Registrar or Paying Agent.

Applicable Premium” means, with respect to a Note on any date of redemption, the greater of:

(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note; and

(2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value as of such date of redemption of (i) the redemption price of such Note on September 15, 2027 (such redemption price being described under Section 3.07), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Note through September 15, 2027 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Note.


The Applicable Premium shall be calculated by the Company, and the Trustee shall have no duty to calculate or verify such calculation or any component thereof.

Asset Acquisition” means:

(1) an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary, or shall be merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; or

(2) the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the assets of any Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person, any division or line of business of such Person or any other properties or assets of such Person other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices.

Asset Sale” means any direct or indirect transfer, conveyance, issuance, sale, lease (other than an operating lease entered into in the ordinary course of business) or other disposition (including, without limitation, dispositions pursuant to any merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other reorganization) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person in any single transaction or series of related transactions of:

(1) Capital Interests in another Person (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares or interests required to be held by foreign nationals pursuant to local law); or

(2) any other property or assets;

provided, however, that the term “Asset Sale” shall exclude:

(a) any transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that is permitted by Section 5.01;

(b) any transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition of property or assets having a Fair Market Value not exceeding the greater of (x) $50.0 million and (y) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time of such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition;

(c) sales or other dispositions of cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business;

(d) any sale of Capital Interests in, or Debt or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(e) the sale and leaseback of any assets within 90 days of the acquisition thereof;

 

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(f) the disposition of obsolete or worn out equipment or equipment that is no longer useful in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(g) for purposes of Section 4.16 only, the making of a Permitted Investment or Restricted Payment (other than a Permitted Investment or Restricted Payment to the extent such transaction results in the contemporaneous receipt of cash or Cash Equivalents by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries) or a disposition that is permitted pursuant to Section 4.08;

(h) any trade-in of equipment in exchange for other equipment; provided that in the good faith judgment of the Company, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives equipment having a Fair Market Value equal to or greater than the equipment being traded in;

(i) the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and another Person, on the other hand, to the extent that the Related Business Assets received by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries are of equivalent or better Fair Market Value than the Related Business Assets transferred;

(j) the creation of a Permitted Lien (but not the sale or other disposition of the property subject to such Lien);

(k) leases or subleases in the ordinary course of business to third persons not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;

(l) any disposition by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivable Subsidiary);

(m) dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;

(n) licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles in the ordinary course of business;

(o) any transfer, conveyance, sale or other disposition of property or assets consisting of auction rate securities;

(p) any transfer of accounts receivable or related assets, or a fractional undivided interest therein, by a Receivable Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

(q) any sales of accounts receivable or related assets, directly or indirectly, to a Receivable Subsidiary pursuant to a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

(r) foreclosures on assets to the extent it would not otherwise result in a Default or Event of Default;

 

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(s) a disposition of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

(t) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;

(u) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligation or Swap Contract; or

(v) an issuance of Capital Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to a joint venture partner in connection with the formation of a joint venture in consideration for the substantially concurrent contribution of property or assets to such Restricted Subsidiary, which property or assets have a Fair Market Value that is at least equal to the Fair Market Value of such Capital Interests.

For purposes of this definition, any series of related transactions that, if effected as a single transaction, would constitute an Asset Sale, shall be deemed to be a single Asset Sale effected when the last such transaction which is a part thereof is effected.

Attributable Debt” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in such transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended), determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that if such Sale and Leaseback Transaction results in a Financing Lease Obligation, the amount of Debt represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Financing Lease Obligation.”

Average Life” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Debt or Preferred Interests, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of (a) the number of years from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment (including any sinking fund or mandatory redemption payment requirements) of such Debt multiplied by (b) the amount of such principal payment of such Debt or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Preferred Interests by (2) the sum of all such principal payments.

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, as amended, or any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

beneficial ownership” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, and “beneficial owner” has a corresponding meaning.

Board of Directors” means, (1) with respect to the Company, its supervisory board, management board or any duly authorized committee thereof, as applicable, and (2) with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary, its management board or board of directors (or the substantial equivalent if such entity is not a corporation) or any duly authorized committee thereof, as applicable.

Board Resolution” means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

Bond Hedge Transaction” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Permitted Call Spread Swap Contracts.”

 

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Business Day” means each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.

Capital Interests” in any Person means any and all shares, interests (including Preferred Interests), participations or other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) in such Person and any rights, warrants or options (including any Permitted Call Spread Swap Contract) to acquire an equity interest in such Person, but excluding any Debt securities convertible or exchangeable into an equity interest.

Change of Control” means:

(1) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger, amalgamation or consolidation), the result of which is that any “person” or “group” of related persons (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent entities (or their successors by merger, amalgamation consolidation or purchase of all or substantially all of their assets);

(2) the direct or indirect sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition (other than by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control solely as a result of the Company becoming a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of a holding company if (A) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no Person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such holding company.

Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both (a) a Change of Control and (b) a Ratings Event.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Interests” of any Person means Capital Interests in such Person that do not rank prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of such Person, to Capital Interests of any other class in such Person.

Company” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor obligor to its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to Article 5.

 

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Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:

(1) increased (without duplication) by the following items to the extent reflected as a charge in the statement of (or, in the case of clauses (f) and (g) below, not included in the calculation of) such Consolidated Net Income:

 

  (a)

Consolidated Interest Expense;

 

  (b)

expense for income taxes paid or accrued;

 

  (c)

consolidated depreciation and amortization expense;

 

  (d)

non-cash charges, expenses, losses or impairments, including stock-based compensation established during such period from time to time;

 

  (e)

any fees, charges, costs or expenses incurred during such period in connection with any Investment (including any Asset Acquisition), Asset Sale or other disposition, issuance of Debt or Capital Interests, or amendment, modification, repayment or refinancing of any debt instrument, in each case permitted under this Indenture, including (i) any such transactions undertaken but not completed and any transactions consummated prior to the Issue Date and (ii) any financial advisory fees, accounting fees, legal fees and other similar advisory and consulting fees;

 

  (f)

restructuring and similar charges, accruals, reserves, severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities opening costs and other business optimization expenses, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, transition costs, costs related to closure/consolidation of facilities and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans; provided that, with respect to any Four Quarter Period, the aggregate amount added back in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for such Four Quarter Period pursuant to this clause (f), together with any amounts added back pursuant to clause (g) below, shall not exceed an amount equal to 20.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (calculated without giving effect to this clause (f) and clause (g) below (the “Shared EBITDA Cap”);

 

  (g)

(A) the amount of pro forma “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and cost synergies projected to be realized as a result of actions taken or are expected to be taken, in each case, that are reasonably identifiable, factually supportable and projected by the Company in good faith to be realized as a result of Asset Acquisitions, Asset Sales or other dispositions, cost savings or business optimization initiatives or other similar transactions or initiatives taken before, on or after the Issue Date, in each case to the extent not prohibited by this Indenture (collectively, “Initiatives”) (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, and cost synergies had been realized on the first day of the relevant Four Quarter Period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized in respect thereof, or (B) the amount of pro forma “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and cost synergies

 

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  actually implemented by the Company or related to an Asset Acquisition determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act and as interpreted by the Staff of the Commission (or any successor agency); provided that (i) actions in respect of such cost-savings, operating expense reductions, and synergies have been, or will be, taken within 18 months of the applicable Initiative, (ii) no cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (g) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added to (or excluded from) Consolidated EBITDA, whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, for such Four Quarter Period, (iii) projected amounts (and not yet realized) may no longer be added in calculating Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (g) to the extent occurring more than six full fiscal quarters after the applicable Initiative, and (iv) with respect to any Four Quarter Period, the aggregate amount added back in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for such Four Quarter Period pursuant to this clause (g) (other than adjustments described in subclause (g)(B)), together with any amounts added back pursuant to clause (f) above, shall not exceed the Shared EBITDA Cap; and

 

  (h)

fees and expenses directly incurred or paid by the Company in connection with (i) the offering and sale of the Notes on the Issue Date, (ii) the redemption of all of the Company’s Existing Notes and the satisfaction and discharge of the indenture governing the Existing Notes and (iii) entering into Amendment No. 3 to the Senior Credit Facilities, to be dated on or around the Issue Date;

(2) decreased (without duplication) by the following items to the extent increasing such Consolidated Net Income:

(a) income tax credits (to the extent not netted from income tax expense);

(b) net unrealized gains on Hedging Obligations or Swap Contracts that have a tenor of greater than 31 days and were entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has actual or reasonably anticipated exposure; and

(c) any cash payments made during such period in respect of items described in clause (1)(d) above subsequent to the period in which the relevant non-cash expenses or losses were reflected as a charge in the statement of Consolidated Net Income (unless such cash payments are (i) permitted to be added back to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clauses (1)(f) and (1)(g) above during such period or (ii) made in relation to earn-out obligations for acquisitions, all as determined on a consolidated basis).

Except as otherwise specifically noted herein, references to Consolidated EBITDA reference the Consolidated EBITDA (a) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (b) for the most recent four full fiscal quarters, treated as one period, for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate Consolidated EBITDA.

 

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Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of (1) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the most recent four full fiscal quarters, treated as one period, for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of the transaction (the “Transaction Date”) (such four full fiscal quarter period being referred to herein as the “Four Quarter Period”) giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to (2) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for such Four Quarter Period. In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, “Consolidated EBITDA” and “Consolidated Fixed Charges” shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation, to any Asset Sales or other dispositions or Asset Acquisitions, investments, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) occurring during the Four Quarter Period or any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or other disposition or Asset Acquisition (including the Incurrence or assumption of any such Acquired Debt and the accrual of any Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale or other disposition or Asset Acquisition), investment, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or disposed operation occurred on the first day of such Four Quarter Period. For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction or a calculation is to be made on a pro forma basis, the pro forma calculations shall be made in the good faith determination of a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company; provided that any cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies shall be reasonably identifiable, factually supportable and attributable to the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

Furthermore, in calculating this “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”:

(1) if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any Debt since the beginning of the applicable Four Quarter Period that remains outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio includes an Incurrence of Debt, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such Four Quarter Period will be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Debt as if such Debt had been Incurred on the first day of such Four Quarter Period and the discharge of any other Debt repaid, repurchased, redeemed, retired, defeased or otherwise discharged with the proceeds of such new Debt as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such Four Quarter Period;

(2) if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid, repurchased, redeemed, retired, defeased or otherwise discharged any Debt since the beginning of the Four Quarter Period that is no longer outstanding on such Transaction Date or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio includes a discharge of Debt (in each case, other than Debt Incurred under any revolving Debt Facility unless such Debt has been permanently repaid and the related commitment terminated and not replaced), Consolidated Interest Expense for such period will be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such discharge of Debt, including with the proceeds of such new Debt, as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such Four Quarter Period;

(3) subject to clause (2) above, the amount of Debt under any revolving Debt Facility outstanding on the Transaction Date (other than any Debt Incurred under such revolving facility in connection with the transaction giving rise to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio) will be deemed to be: (A) the average daily balance of such Debt during such Four Quarter Period or such shorter period for which such facility was outstanding or (B) if such facility was created after the end of such Four Quarter Period, the average daily balance of such Debt during the period from the date of creation of such facility to the date of such determination;

 

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(4) interest on a Financing Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Financing Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP;

(5) if any Debt to which pro forma effect is being given bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Debt will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Transaction Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Debt if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the Transaction Date in excess of 12 months); and

(6) if interest on any Debt actually Incurred on the Transaction Date may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rates, then the interest rate in effect on the Transaction Date will be deemed to have been in effect during the Four Quarter Period.

If such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly Guarantees Debt of a third Person and such Guarantee or the Debt subject thereto is not otherwise included in the calculation of Consolidated Fixed Charges, the calculation of the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall give effect to the Incurrence of such Guaranteed Debt as if such Person or such Subsidiary had directly Incurred or otherwise assumed such Guaranteed Debt and as if such Guarantee occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period.

Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication, the amounts for such period of:

(1) Consolidated Interest Expense; and

(2) the product of (a) all dividends and other distributions paid or accrued during such period in respect of Redeemable Capital Interests of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries or on Preferred Interests of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries (other than dividends paid in Qualified Capital Interests), in each case payable to a party other than the Company or a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:

(1) the total interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation or duplication:

(a) any amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs; provided, however, that any amortization of bond premium will be credited to reduce Consolidated Interest Expense unless, pursuant to GAAP, such amortization of bond premium has otherwise reduced Consolidated Interest Expense;

(b) the net cost under any Hedging Obligation or Swap Contract in respect of interest rate protection (including any amortization of discounts);

 

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(c) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation;

(d) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to financing activities or similar activities, including with respect to any Qualified Receivables Financing; and

(e) all accrued interest;

(2) (a) the interest component of Financing Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and (b) the interest portion of rent expense associated with Attributable Debt in respect of the relevant lease giving rise thereto, determined as if such lease were a financing lease in accordance with GAAP; and

(3) all capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period;

provided, however, that Consolidated Interest Expense will exclude (a) the amortization of deferred financing fees, and (b) any expensing of interim loan commitment and other interim financing fees (provided, however, that any such fees will increase Consolidated Interest Expense in future periods to the extent that such fees become permanent as a result of the contemplated financing transaction not being consummated or otherwise).

Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that there will not be included in such Consolidated Net Income on an after-tax basis:

(1) any net income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, except that:

(a) the Company’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period will be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (2) below); and

(b) the Company’s equity in a net loss of any such Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) for such period will be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income to the extent such loss has been funded with cash from the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to or on account of such Person;

(2) solely for the purpose of determining the Available Restricted Payments Amount, any net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to prior government approval or other restrictions due to the operation of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order statute, rule or government regulation (which have not been waived), directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Company, except that:

 

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(a) the Company’s equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period will be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash that could have been distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend (subject, in the case of a dividend to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause); and

(b) the Company’s equity in a net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period will be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income;

(3) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring expenses, losses or gains (including, whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, expenses, losses or gains on the sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business);

(4) the losses, charges, expenses or gains attributable to asset dispositions or the sale or other disposition of any Capital Interests of any other Person other than in the ordinary course of business as determined in good faith by a financial officer of the Company; and

(5) the losses, charges, expenses or gains attributable to the early extinguishment of or conversion of Debt, hedge agreements or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing expenses written off and premiums paid).

Consolidated Total Assets” of any Person means the aggregate amount of assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as set forth on the most recent quarterly or annual (as the case may be) consolidated balance sheet (prior to the relevant date of determination) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.01 or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Holders and the Company.

Cross-Default Reference Obligation” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Permitted Convertible Notes.”

Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Global Notes, or any successor entity thereto.

Debt” means at any time (without duplication), with respect to any Person, whether recourse is to all or a portion of the assets of such Person, or non-recourse, the following:

(1) all indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed or for the deferred purchase price of property or assets, excluding any trade payables or other current liabilities Incurred in the normal course of business;

(2) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments;

 

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(3) the principal component of all obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar instruments issued for the account of such Person (including any reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), but excluding any such obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar instruments (including any reimbursement obligations with respect thereto) issued in respect of obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business that do not constitute Debt and that are not drawn upon or, if drawn upon, are satisfied within 30 days of incurrence;

(4) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement (other than operating leases) with respect to property or assets acquired by such Person;

(5) all Financing Lease Obligations of such Person;

(6) the greater of the maximum mandatory redemption or repurchase price (not including, in either case, any redemption or repurchase premium) or the principal component or liquidation preference of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Redeemable Capital Interests or, with respect to any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, any Preferred Interests (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends);

(7) any Swap Contracts and Hedging Obligations of such Person at the time of determination;

(8) Attributable Debt with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction to which such Person is a party;

(9) all obligations of the types referred to in clauses (1) through (8) of this definition of another Person, the payment of which, in either case, (a) such Person has Guaranteed or (b) is secured by (or the holder of such Debt or the recipient of such dividends or other distributions has an existing right, whether contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon the property or other assets of such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Debt; and

(10) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, the Receivables Transaction Amount outstanding relating to a Qualified Receivables Transaction.

For purposes of the foregoing: (a) the maximum mandatory repurchase price of any Redeemable Capital Interests or Preferred Interests that do not have a mandatory repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Redeemable Capital Interests or Preferred Interests as if such Redeemable Capital Interests or Preferred Interests were repurchased on any date on which Debt shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture; provided, however, that, if such Redeemable Capital Interests or Preferred Interests are not then permitted to be repurchased, the repurchase price shall be the book value of such Redeemable Capital Interests or Preferred Interests; (b) the amount outstanding at any time of any Debt issued with original issue discount is the principal amount of such Debt less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Debt at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP; (c) the amount of any Debt described in clause (7) is the net amount payable (after giving effect to permitted set off) if such Swap Contracts or Hedging Obligations are terminated at that time due to default of such Person; (d) the amount of any Debt described in clause (9)(a) above shall be the stated or determinable amount of or, if not stated or if indeterminable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability under any such Guarantee and (e) the amount of any Debt described in clause (9)(b) above shall be the lesser of (i) the maximum amount of the obligations so secured and (ii) the Fair Market Value of such property or other assets.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) in connection with the purchase by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any business or assets, the term “Debt” will exclude (a) customary indemnification or contribution obligations, (b) post-closing payment adjustments (including earn-out obligations) to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment is otherwise contingent; provided, however, that, at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid within 30 days thereafter, (c) post-closing payment adjustments (including earn-out obligations) due and payable solely in Common Interests and (d) any deferred payment that such Person has the option to pay in Common Interests until such deferred payment becomes due and payable in cash, (2) the term “Debt” will exclude debt that has been defeased, satisfied and discharged, repaid, retired, repurchased or redeemed in accordance with its terms; provided that funds in an amount equal to all such Debt (including interest, premium and any other amounts required to be paid to the holders thereof in order to give effect to such defeasance, satisfaction and discharge, repayment, retirement, repurchase or redemption) have been irrevocably deposited with a trustee for the benefit of the relevant holders of such Debt, (3) the term “Debt” will exclude obligations in respect of surety, appeal or performance bonds issued in respect of obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business that do not constitute Debt and that are not paid upon or, if paid upon, are satisfied within 30 days of incurrence, (4) the term “Debt” will exclude any portion of the deferred purchase price of property or assets that is due and payable solely in Common Interests and (5) the term “Debt” will exclude Permitted Call Spread Swap Contracts and any obligations thereunder.

The amount of Debt of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations and Guarantees as described above and, only upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligations, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability of any contingent obligations (other than Guarantees) at such date. If such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly Guarantees Debt of a third Person, the amount of Debt of such Person shall give effect to the Incurrence of such Guaranteed Debt as if such Person or such Subsidiary had directly Incurred or otherwise assumed such Guaranteed Debt.

Debt Facilities” means one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Senior Credit Facilities) or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit or issuances of debt securities evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or similar instruments, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities) in whole or in part from time to time (and whether or not with the original administrative agent, lenders or trustee or another administrative agent or agents, other lenders or trustee and whether provided under the original Senior Credit Facilities or any other credit or other agreement or indenture).

Default” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.

Definitive Note” means a certificated Initial Note or Additional Note (bearing the Restricted Notes Legend if such Note is a Transfer Restricted Note) that does not include the Global Notes Legend.

 

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Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as Depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration, including Related Business Assets and Capital Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary, received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation less the amount of cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

Dutch Party” means any Guarantor that is organized under the laws of the Netherlands or otherwise resident for tax purposes in the Netherlands.

Eligible Cash Equivalents” means any of the following Investments: (1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) maturing not more than two years after the date of acquisition; (2) time deposits in and certificates of deposit of any bank or trust company the senior Debt of which is rated at least “A-2” by Moody’s or at least “A” by S&P or that are guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; provided that such Investments have a maturity date not more than two years after date of acquisition; (3) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 180 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (1) above; (4) direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof; provided that such Investments mature, or are subject to tender at the option of the holder thereof, within two years after the date of acquisition and, at the time of acquisition, have a rating of at least “A” from S&P or “A-2” from Moody’s (or an equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency); (5) commercial paper of any Person other than an Affiliate of the Company and other than structured investment vehicles; provided that such Investments are rated at least “P-1” by Moody’s or at least “A-1” by S&P and mature within 180 days after the date of acquisition; (6) overnight and demand deposits in and bankers’ acceptances of any bank or trust company; (7) money market funds substantially all of the assets of which comprise Investments of the types described in clauses (1) through (6) or that are rated “AAA” by either S&P or Moody’s; (8) Investments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (1) through (7) above or funds equivalent to those referred to in clause (7) above denominated in U.S. dollars or any foreign currency issued by a foreign issuer or bank comparable in credit quality and tender to those referred to in such clauses and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in jurisdictions outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; and (9) notes, bonds and debentures issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher by S&P or “A2” or higher by Moody’s maturing not more than two years after the date of acquisition.

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

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Fair Market Value” means, with respect to the consideration received or paid in any transaction or series of transactions, the fair market value thereof as determined in good faith by the Company.

Financing Lease Obligation” means any obligation of a Person under a lease that is required to be classified and accounted for as a financing lease (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, as an operating lease) on the balance sheet of such lessee for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP prior to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. The amount of Debt represented by such obligation shall be the amount required to be reflected as a liability on such balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP. The Stated Maturity of such Debt shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty. The Stated Maturity of any such financing lease shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under the related lease.

Four Quarter Period” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.”

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied, which are in effect from time to time; provided that if (1) the Company elects to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Issue Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of any provision, or (2) the Company elects to disregard any change in GAAP after the Issue Date in calculating its financial baskets, thresholds and ratios hereunder, regardless of whether any such notice described in clause (1) or (2) above, as applicable, is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then (in the case of clauses (1) and (2)), such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective, or such change in GAAP shall be disregarded in calculating the Company’s financial baskets, thresholds and ratios hereunder, as applicable, in each case until such notice shall have been withdrawn. For the avoidance of doubt, solely making an election (without any other action) referred to in this definition (i) will not be treated as an Incurrence of Indebtedness, the making of any Restricted Payment or Investment or the taking of any other action and (ii) will not have the effect of rendering invalid (or causing a Default or an Event of Default as a result of) any transaction made prior to the date of such election pursuant to this Indenture if such transaction was valid under this Indenture on the date made, Incurred or taken, as the case may be.

Government Securities” means securities that are (1) direct obligations of the United States for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the timely payment of which is unconditionally Guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of the United States, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depositary receipt.

 

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Guarantee” means, as applied to any Debt of another Person, (1) a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the normal course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner, of any part or all of such Debt, (2) any direct or indirect obligation, contingent or otherwise, of a Person guaranteeing or having the effect of guaranteeing the Debt of any other Person in any manner and (3) an agreement of a Person, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, the practical effect of which is to assure in any way the payment (or payment of damages in the event of non-payment) of all or any part of such Debt of another Person (and “Guaranteed” and “Guaranteeing” shall have meanings that correspond to the foregoing); provided that any pledge of Capital Interests of a Guarantor to secure Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that owns no material assets other than the Capital Interests of such Guarantor shall not constitute a “Guarantee” so long as such Restricted Subsidiary does not otherwise guarantee the Senior Credit Facilities.

Guarantor” means each Restricted Subsidiary that provides a Note Guarantee on the Issue Date and any other Restricted Subsidiary that provides a Note Guarantee after the Issue Date; provided that, upon release or discharge of such Restricted Subsidiary from its Note Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be a Guarantor.

Hedging Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any interest rate agreement, currency agreement or commodity agreement.

Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register.

Incur” means, with respect to any Debt of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume, Guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such Debt or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or other applicable accounting standards, of any such Debt on the balance sheet of such Person; provided, however, that any Debt or Capital Interests of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) will be deemed to be Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary. “Incurrence” and “Incurred” shall have meanings that correspond to the foregoing. In addition, the following shall not be deemed a separate Incurrence of Debt:

(1) amortization of debt discount or accretion of principal with respect to a non-interest bearing or other discount security;

(2) the payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional Debt of the same instrument or the payment of regularly scheduled dividends on Capital Interests in the form of additional Capital Interests of the same class and with the same terms;

(3) the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Debt arising in connection with the issuance of a notice of redemption or making of a mandatory offer to purchase such Debt; and

(4) unrealized losses or charges in respect of Hedging Obligations.

Indenture” means this Senior Notes Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

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Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Permitted Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Company, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

Initial Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

interest” with respect to the Notes means interest with respect thereto.

Interest Payment Date” means March 15 and September 15 of each year to the Stated Maturity of the Notes.

Investment” by any Person means any direct or indirect loan, advance, guarantee for the benefit of (or other extension of credit) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property or assets to another Person or any other payments for property or services for the account or use of another Person) another Person, including, without limitation, the following: (1) the purchase or acquisition of any Capital Interest or other evidence of beneficial ownership in another Person, (2) the purchase, acquisition or Guarantee of the Debt of another Person, and (3) the purchase or acquisition of a line of business of or all or substantially all of the assets of another Person, but shall exclude: (a) accounts receivable and other extensions of trade credit in accordance with the Company’s customary practices; (b) the acquisition of property and assets from suppliers and other vendors in the normal course of business; and (c) prepaid expenses and workers’ compensation, utility, lease and similar deposits, in the normal course of business.

Investment Grade Rating” designates a rating of BBB- or higher by S&P or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s or the equivalent of such ratings by S&P or Moody’s. In the event that the Company shall select any other Rating Agency as provided under the definition of the term “Rating Agencies,” the equivalent of such ratings by such Rating Agency shall be used.

Issue Date” means September 26, 2024.

Italian Civil Code” means the Italian civil code, enacted by Royal Decree No. 262 of 16 March 1942, as subsequently amended and supplemented.

Italian Guarantor” means Pixartprinting S.p.A, which is organized under the laws of Italy, and any other Guarantor that provides a Note Guarantee under this Indenture after the Issue Date that is organized under the laws of Italy.

Lien” means, with respect to any property or other asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, pledge, hypothecation, assignment or conveyance for security purposes, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, easement, encumbrance or other security agreement or arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property or other asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof or Sale and Leaseback Transaction, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any authorized filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

 

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Limited Condition Transaction” means (a) any acquisition (whether by purchase, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or otherwise) or similar Investment, the consummation of which is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing, (b) any redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Debt requiring irrevocable notice in advance of such redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment or (c) any dividend or distribution on, or redemption of, Capital Interests of the Company requiring irrevocable notice in advance thereof.

Limited Guarantee” means a Note Guarantee by a Person organized in Switzerland, Germany or Italy or any other jurisdiction (except the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, Bermuda, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland or Jamaica), the amount of which is limited pursuant to the terms of such Note Guarantee in order to comply with the applicable requirements of law (but excluding any laws relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, abuse of corporate assets or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally, including laws relating to the liability of directors and managers) in the jurisdiction of organization of the applicable Person with respect to the enforceability of such Note Guarantee.

Master Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Swap Contract.”

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

Net Available Cash” means, with respect to Asset Sales of any Person, cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents received, net of:

(1) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of such Person Incurred in connection with such a sale, including, without limitation, all legal, accounting, title and recording tax expenses, commissions, brokerage fees, investment banker fees, consultant fees and other fees and expenses Incurred and all federal, state, foreign and local taxes arising in connection with such an Asset Sale that are paid or required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP (whether or not such taxes will actually be paid or payable and after taking into account any available tax credit or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements) by such Person;

(2) all payments made by such Person on any Debt that is secured by such properties or other assets in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or with respect to such properties or other assets that must, by the terms of such Lien or such Debt, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such transaction or by applicable law, be repaid to any other Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof) in connection with such Asset Sale;

(3) appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale; and

(4) all contractually required distributions and other payments made to minority interest holders in Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person as a result of such transaction;

provided, however, that (a) in the event that any consideration for an Asset Sale (which would otherwise constitute Net Available Cash) is required by (i) contract to be held in escrow pending determination of whether a purchase price adjustment will be made or (ii) GAAP to be reserved against other liabilities in connection with such Asset Sale, such consideration (or any portion thereof) shall become Net Available Cash only at such time as it is released to such Person from escrow or otherwise, and (b) any non-cash consideration received in connection with any transaction, which is subsequently converted to cash, shall become Net Available Cash only at such time as it is so converted.

 

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Net Cash Proceeds,” with respect to any issuance or sale of Qualified Capital Interests, means the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale, net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, listing fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees and charges actually Incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result of such issuance or sale (after taking into account any available tax credit or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements).

Net Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, the ratio of (x) (i) the total consolidated Debt of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any Hedging Obligations and Swap Contracts that are Incurred in the ordinary course of business (and not for speculative purposes)), less (ii) any unrestricted cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as of the end of the most recent Four Quarter Period for which internal financial statements are available, to (y) the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the most recent Four Quarter Period for which internal financial statements are available, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to the amount of consolidated Debt, unrestricted cash, Eligible Cash Equivalents and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”; provided, however, that, with respect to the aggregate amount of all unrestricted cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents to be “netted” for purposes of clause (x)(ii) hereunder, to the extent such amount is less than $25.0 million, such amount shall be deemed to equal $0.

Net Worth” means the total value of the “Patrimonio Netto” of each Italian Guarantor calculated in accordance with article 2424 of the Italian Civil Code and the relevant accounting principles.

Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor.

Non-Recourse Debt” means Debt of a Person:

(1) as to which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary (a) provides any Guarantee or credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, Guarantee, indemnity, agreement or instrument that would constitute Debt) or (b) is directly or indirectly liable (as a guarantor or otherwise);

(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to declare a default under such other Debt or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity; and

(3) the explicit terms of which provide there is no recourse against any of the assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, except that Standard Securitization Undertakings shall not be considered recourse.

Non-Recourse Receivable Subsidiary Debt” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Receivable Subsidiary.”

 

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Note Guarantee” means, individually, any Guarantee of payment of the Notes and the Company’s other Obligations under this Indenture by a Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and any supplemental indenture thereto, and, collectively, all such Guarantees.

Notes” means the Initial Notes and more particularly means any Note authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “Notes” shall include any Additional Notes that may be issued under a supplemental indenture in accordance with the terms hereof and Notes issued upon transfer, replacement or exchange of Notes in accordance with the terms hereof.

Obligations” means any principal, premium, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and Guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Debt (including, for avoidance of doubt, this Indenture).

Offer” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Offer to Purchase.”

Offer to Purchase” means a written offer (the “Offer”) sent by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, electronically (in the case of Global Notes) or by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder at such Holder’s address appearing in the Note Register on the date of the Offer (in the case of Definitive Notes), offering to purchase up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth in such Offer at the purchase price set forth in such Offer (as determined pursuant to this Indenture). Unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Offer shall specify an expiration date (the “Purchase Expiration Date”) of the Offer to Purchase which shall be, subject to any contrary requirements of applicable law, not less than 30 days or more than 60 days after the date such Offer was sent (or, if such Offer is conditioned upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, not more than 60 days after the date of such Change of Control Triggering Event) and a settlement date (the “Purchase Date”) for purchase of Notes within five Business Days after the Purchase Expiration Date. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing at least 15 days (or such shorter period as is acceptable to the Trustee) prior to sending the Offer of the Company’s obligation to make an Offer to Purchase. The Offer shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. The Offer shall also state:

(1) the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Offer to Purchase is being made;

(2) the Purchase Expiration Date and the Purchase Date;

(3) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes offered to be purchased pursuant to the Offer to Purchase (including, if less than 100%, the manner by which such amount has been determined pursuant to Indenture covenants requiring the Offer to Purchase) (the “Purchase Amount”);

(4) the purchase price to be paid by the Company for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes accepted for payment (as specified pursuant to this Indenture) (the “Purchase Price”);

 

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(5) that the Holder may tender all or any portion of the Notes registered in the name of such Holder and that any portion of a Note tendered must be tendered in a minimum amount of $150,000 principal amount (and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof);

(6) the place or places where Notes are to be surrendered for tender pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, if applicable;

(7) that, unless the Company defaults in making such purchase, any Note accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer to Purchase will cease to accrue interest on and after the Purchase Date, but that any Note not tendered or tendered but not purchased by the Company pursuant to the Offer to Purchase will continue to accrue interest at the same rate;

(8) that, on the Purchase Date, the Purchase Price will become due and payable upon each Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase;

(9) that each Holder electing to tender a Note pursuant to the Offer to Purchase will be required to surrender such Note or cause such Note to be surrendered at the place or places set forth in the Offer (such Note being, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing) (or, in the case of Global Notes, tender such Notes accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary), in each case, prior to the close of business on the Purchase Expiration Date;

(10) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw all or any portion of Notes tendered if the Company (or its Paying Agent) receives, not later than the close of business on the Purchase Expiration Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes the Holder tendered, the certificate number of the Note the Holder tendered and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing all or a portion of such Holder’s tendered Notes (or, in the case of Global Notes, a notice of withdrawal is delivered in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary);

(11) that (a) if Notes having an aggregate principal amount less than or equal to the Purchase Amount are duly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, the Company shall purchase all such Notes and (b) if Notes having an aggregate principal amount in excess of the Purchase Amount are tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, the Company shall purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the Purchase Amount on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate so that only Notes in denominations of $150,000 principal amount or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof shall be purchased);

(12) that, if any Note was purchased only in part, (a) in the case of Global Notes, appropriate adjustments to the amount and beneficial interests in a global Note will be made, and (b) in the case of Definitive Notes, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of a Definitive Note without service charge, a new Definitive Note or Notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unpurchased portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Notes so tendered; provided that each new Definitive Note shall only be issued in denominations of $150,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; and

 

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(13) if such Offer is subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent (including the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event or Asset Sale) the Offer shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s sole discretion, the Purchase Date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date of the applicable notice) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived by the Company in its sole discretion, or such purchase may not occur and such Offer may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived by the Purchase Date, or by the Purchase Date as so delayed.

Offering Circular” means the offering circular dated September 12, 2024 related to the offer and sale of the Initial Notes.

Officer” means, with respect to the Company or any Guarantor, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Managing Director, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, or, in the event that the Company or any Guarantor is a partnership or a limited liability company that has no such officers, a person duly authorized under applicable law by the general partner, managers, members or a similar body to act on behalf of the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable.

Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company and provided to the Trustee.

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.

Parent” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Subsidiary.”

Permitted Business” means any business that is similar in nature to any business conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and any business reasonably ancillary, incidental, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the business conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date, in each case, as determined in good faith by the Company.

Permitted Call Spread Swap Contracts” means (a) any Swap Contract (including, but not limited to, any bond hedge transaction or capped call transaction) pursuant to which the Company acquires an option requiring the counterparty thereto to deliver to the Company shares of common stock of the Company (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Company), the cash value thereof or a combination thereof from time to time upon exercise of such option entered into by the Company in connection with the issuance of Permitted Convertible Notes (such transaction, a “Bond Hedge Transaction”) and (b) any Swap Contract pursuant to which the Company issues to the counterparty thereto warrants to acquire common stock of the Company (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Company) (whether such warrant is settled in shares, cash or a combination thereof) entered into by the Company in connection with the issuance of Permitted Convertible Notes (such transaction, a “Warrant Transaction”); provided that (i) the terms, conditions and covenants of each such Swap Contract shall be such as are customary for such agreements of such type (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, or a committee thereof, in good faith), (ii) the purchase price for such Bond Hedge Transaction, less the proceeds received by the Company from the sale of any related Warrant Transaction, does not exceed the net proceeds received by the Company from the issuance of the related Permitted Convertible Notes and (iii) in the case of clause (b) above, such Swap Contract would be classified as an equity instrument in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Permitted Convertible Notes” means any unsecured notes issued by the Company in accordance with Section 4.09 that are convertible into a fixed number (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, “make-whole” increases and other customary changes thereto) of shares of common stock of the Company (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Company), cash or any combination thereof (with the amount of such cash or such combination determined by reference to the market price of such common stock or such other securities); provided that the Debt thereunder must satisfy each of the following conditions: (i) both immediately prior to and after giving effect (including pro forma effect) thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom, (ii) such Debt matures after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled or otherwise required payments of principal prior to the date that is six months after September 15, 2032 (it being understood that neither (x) any provision requiring an offer to purchase such Debt as a result of change of control or other fundamental change (which change of control or other fundamental change, for the avoidance of doubt, constitutes a “Change of Control” under this Indenture), which purchase is settled on a date no earlier than the date 20 Business Days following the occurrence of such change of control or other fundamental change nor (y) any early conversion of any Permitted Convertible Notes in accordance with the terms thereof, in either case, shall violate the foregoing restriction), (iii) such Debt is not Guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Company other than the Guarantors (which Guarantees, if such Debt constitutes a Subordinated Obligation, shall be expressly subordinated to the Notes and the Note Guarantees on terms not less favorable to the Holders than the subordination terms of such Subordinated Obligation), (iv) any cross-default or cross-acceleration event of default (each howsoever defined) provision contained therein that relates to indebtedness or other payment obligations of the Company or any Guarantor (such indebtedness or other payment obligation, a “Cross-Default Reference Obligation”) contains a cure period of at least 30 calendar days (after written notice to the issuer of such Debt by the trustee or to such issuer and such trustee by holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of such Debt then outstanding) before a default, event of default, acceleration or other event or condition under such Cross-Default Reference Obligation results in an event of default under such cross-default or cross-acceleration provision and (v) the terms, conditions and covenants of such Debt must be customary for convertible Debt of such type (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, or a committee thereof, in good faith).

Permitted Debt” means:

(1) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred pursuant to any Debt Facilities in an aggregate principal amount, including all Refinancing Debt Incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Debt Incurred pursuant to this clause (1), at any one time outstanding not to exceed (a) $1,375.0 million plus (b) the greater of (x) $366.0 million and (y) 100.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus (c) an amount of Debt that at the time of Incurrence does not cause the Secured Leverage Ratio (calculated on a pro forma basis) to exceed 3.50 to 1.00 (provided that any Debt Incurred pursuant to this clause (c) shall be deemed to be Secured Debt solely for purposes of such calculation);

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(3) the Note Guarantees;

(4) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary outstanding on the Issue Date (other than clauses (1), (2) and (3) above or clauses (5), (6), (7), (8), (10), (11), (12), (13) and (17) below);

(5) Guarantees by the Company or Restricted Subsidiaries of Debt permitted to be Incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; provided that in the event such Debt that is being Guaranteed is a Subordinated Obligation, then the related Guarantee shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantee, as the case may be;

(6) Debt of the Company owing to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivable Subsidiary) or Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to and held by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivable Subsidiary); provided, however,

(a) if the Company is the obligor on Debt owing to a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, such Debt is expressly subordinated in right of payment to all obligations with respect to the Notes in the event of a Default;

(b) if a Guarantor is the obligor on Debt owing to a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, such Debt is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor in the event of a Default; and

(c) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Interests or any other event which results in any such Debt being beneficially held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Receivable Subsidiary) and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Debt to a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Receivable Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, under this clause (6)(c), to constitute an Incurrence of such Debt by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be;

(7) Debt Incurred in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance and self-insurance obligations, and, for the avoidance of doubt, indemnity, bid, performance, warranty, release, appeal, surety and similar bonds, letters of credit for operating purposes and completion guarantees (not for borrowed money) provided or Incurred (including Guarantees thereof) by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(8) Debt under Swap Contracts and Hedging Obligations that are Incurred in the ordinary course of business (and not for speculative purposes);

(9) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Financing Lease Obligations, Synthetic Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Debt; provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Debt outstanding at the time of Incurrence may not exceed the greater of (x) $145.0 million and (y) 30.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the aggregate;

 

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(10) Debt arising from agreements of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for (A) customary indemnification or contribution obligations and (B) post-closing payment adjustments (including earn-out obligations) to which the acquirer may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment is otherwise contingent, in each case, Incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Capital Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted under this Indenture, to the extent that:

(a) the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such Debt does not exceed the gross proceeds, including non-cash proceeds (the Fair Market Value of such non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) actually received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition; and

(b) such Debt is not reflected on the balance sheet of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (10));

(11) Debt arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Debt is extinguished within five Business Days of Incurrence and Debt arising from negative account balances in cash pooling arrangements arising in the ordinary course of business;

(12) obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries in respect of customer advances received and held in the ordinary course of business;

(13) performance bonds or performance guaranties (or bank guaranties or letters of credit in lieu thereof) entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for borrowed money;

(14) Debt of Persons Incurred and outstanding on the date on which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired by, or merged into or amalgamated with, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Debt Incurred (a) to provide all or any portion of the funds utilized to consummate the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by the Company or (b) otherwise in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition); provided, however, that at the time such Person is acquired, either

(a) the Company would have been able to Incur $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to Section 4.09(a) on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Debt pursuant to this clause (14); or

(b) on a pro forma basis, either (i) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is equal to or greater than such ratio immediately prior to such acquisition, merger or amalgamation or (ii) the Net Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is equal to or no greater than such ratio immediately prior to such acquisition, merger or amalgamation;

 

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(15) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted pursuant to this definition, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the greater of (x) $145.0 million and (y) 30.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time of Incurrence;

(16) the Incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Refinancing Debt that serves to refund or refinance (including by means of purchasing, repurchasing or redeeming) any Debt Incurred as permitted under Section 4.09(a) and clauses (2), (3), (4), (14), this clause (16) and clause (20);

(17) the issuance by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivable Subsidiary) of shares of Preferred Interests; provided, however, that:

(a) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Interests that results in any such Preferred Interests being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivable Subsidiary); and

(b) any sale or other transfer of any such Preferred Interests to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivable Subsidiary)

shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such Preferred Interests by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (17);

(18) the issuance by a Receivable Subsidiary of a Purchase Money Note;

(19) any joint and several liability and any netting or set-off arrangement arising in each case as a result of a fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch corporate income tax or Dutch value added tax purposes of which a Dutch Party is or becomes a member;

(20) Debt of, Incurred on behalf of, or representing guarantees of Debt of, any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary not otherwise permitted pursuant to this definition; provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of Debt Incurred under this clause (20) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $120.0 million and (y) 25.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time of Incurrence; and

(21) Debt in respect of Qualified Receivables Transactions in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the greater of (x) $75.0 million and (y) 15.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time of Incurrence.

Permitted Investment” means an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in:

(1) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivable Subsidiary);

(2) any Investment by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person if as a result of such Investment:

 

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(a) such Person becomes, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, a Restricted Subsidiary; or

(b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, amalgamated, consolidated or otherwise combined with, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets or a line of business to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary,

and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or transfer;

(3) cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents;

(4) receivables owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; provided, however, that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;

(5) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

(6) loans or advances to employees, officers or directors of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices in an aggregate amount not in excess of $25.0 million outstanding at any one time with respect to all loans or advances under this clause (6) (without giving effect to the forgiveness of any such loan);

(7) any Investment acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:

(a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable;

(b) in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons; or

(c) as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

(8) Investments made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.16 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

(9) Investments in existence on the Issue Date and any Investments made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Issue Date;

 

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(10) Swap Contracts and Hedging Obligations, which transactions or obligations are Incurred in compliance with Section 4.09;

(11) Guarantees issued in accordance with Section 4.09;

(12) Investments made in connection with the funding of contributions under any non-qualified retirement plan or similar employee compensation plan in an amount not to exceed the amount of compensation expense recognized by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such plans;

(13) Investments by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Receivable Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivable Subsidiary in any other Person, in each case, in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

(14) Investments by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in Unrestricted Subsidiaries, joint ventures and other minority interests together with all other Investments pursuant to this clause (14), in an aggregate amount at the time of each such Investment not to exceed the greater of (x) $250.0 million and (y) 50.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding at any one time (with the Fair Market Value of each such Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(15) [reserved];

(16) the Company’s entry into (including payments of premiums in connection therewith), and the performance of obligations under, Permitted Call Spread Swap Contracts in accordance with their terms;

(17) Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, together with all other Investments pursuant to this clause (17), in an aggregate amount at the time of each such Investment not to exceed the greater of (x) $145.0 million and (y) 30.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding at any one time (with the Fair Market Value of each such Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(18) other Investments, if, at the time of such Investment, the Company’s Net Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended Four Quarter Period for which internal financial statements are available, calculated on a pro forma basis as of the date of such Investment, is not in excess of 3.50 to 1.00 so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing prior to making such Investment pursuant to this clause (18) or would arise after giving effect thereto; and

(19) any joint and several liability and any netting or set-off arrangement arising in each case as a result of a fiscal unity (fiscal eenheid) for Dutch corporate income tax or Dutch value added tax purposes of which a Dutch Party is or becomes a member.

If any Investment is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary and such Person thereafter becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (2) above for long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary.

Permitted Liens” means:

 

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(1) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens permitted under clause (2));

(2) Liens that secure (a) Debt permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (1) of the definition of “Permitted Debt,” (b) Hedging Obligations and Swap Contracts relating to such Debt Facilities and permitted under the agreements related thereto and (c) fees, expenses and other amounts payable under such Debt Facilities or payable pursuant to cash management agreements or agreements with respect to similar banking services relating to such Debt Facilities and permitted under the agreements related thereto;

(3) any Lien for taxes or assessments or other governmental charges or levies not then delinquent for more than 90 days or which are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves are being maintained to the extent required by GAAP;

(4) any warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, mechanic’s, repairmen’s, landlord’s, carriers’ or other similar Liens arising by law for sums not then overdue by more than 30 days (or which, if overdue, are being contested in good faith and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained, to the extent required by GAAP);

(5) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other similar restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which do not individually or in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole or materially impair the operation of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

(6) pledges or deposits (a) in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment and other insurance, other social security legislation and other types of statutory obligations or the requirements of any official body; (b) to secure the performance of tenders, bids, surety, appeal or performance bonds, contracts (other than for the payment of Debt), statutory or governmental obligations, leases, purchase, construction, sales or servicing contracts (including utility contracts) and other similar obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of business; (c) to obtain or secure obligations with respect to letters of credit, Guarantees, bonds or other sureties or assurances given in connection with the activities described in clauses (a) and (b) above, in each case not Incurred or made in connection with the borrowing of money, the obtaining of advances or credit or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property or services; or (d) arising in connection with any attachment unless such Liens shall not be satisfied or discharged or stayed pending appeal within 60 days after the entry thereof or the expiration of any such stay;

(7) Liens on property or assets or shares of Capital Interests of a Person existing at the time such Person acquires such property or assets, is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (and not created or Incurred in anticipation of such transaction); provided that such Liens are not extended to the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than the property or assets acquired and the proceeds thereof;

(8) Liens securing Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary owed to and held by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivable Subsidiary) thereof;

 

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(9) Liens securing Refinancing Debt Incurred to refinance, refund, replace, amend, extend or modify, as a whole or in part, Debt that was previously so secured pursuant to clauses (1), (7), (9), (11), (14), (20) and (23) hereof to the extent that such Liens do not extend to any other property or assets;

(10) Liens in favor of customs or revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of custom duties in connection with the importation of goods Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(11) Liens to secure Financing Lease Obligations, Synthetic Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Debt permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (9) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”; provided that (i) such Liens do not extend to or cover any property or assets that are not property being purchased, leased, constructed or improved with the proceeds of such Debt and (ii) such Liens are created within 270 days of the purchase, lease, construction or improvement of such property;

(12) Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(13) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligation in respect of letters of credit and banker’s acceptances issued or created in the ordinary course of business for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

(14) Liens on property or shares of Capital Interests of another Person at the time such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of such Person; provided, however, that (a) the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than assets and property affixed or appurtenant thereto) and (b) such Liens are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary;

(15) Liens (a) that are contractual or statutory rights of netting or set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Debt, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations and other cash management activities Incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and (b) of a collecting bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (I) encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts Incurred in the ordinary course of business and (II) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law or pursuant to customary account agreements encumbering deposits (including the right of netting or set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

(16) Liens securing judgments or judicial attachment for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under clause (8) of Section 6.01;

(17) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including with respect to intellectual property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries and do not secure any Debt;

 

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(18) any interest of title of (a) an owner of equipment or inventory on loan or consignment, or as part of a conditional sale, to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases and bailments of products entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; and (b) a lessor or secured by a lessor’s interest under any lease permitted under this Indenture;

(19) deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;

(20) Liens securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees;

(21) options, put and call arrangements, rights of first refusal and similar rights relating to Investments in joint ventures, partnerships and the like permitted to be made under this Indenture;

(22) Liens on cash and other deposits imposed in connection with contracts entered into the ordinary course of business;

(23) [reserved];

(24) Liens not otherwise permitted under this Indenture in an aggregate amount not to exceed at the time of creation the greater of (x) $145.0 million and (y) 30.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(25) Liens on cash, Eligible Cash Equivalents or other property arising in connection with the defeasance, discharge or redemption of Debt permitted by this Indenture;

(26) Liens on the identifiable proceeds of any property or asset subject to a Lien otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

(27) Liens arising under clauses 24 and 25 of the general terms and conditions (algemene voorwaarden) of the Dutch Banking Association (Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken) or any similar term applied by a Dutch bank;

(28) any joint and several liability and any netting or set-off arrangement arising in each case as a result of a fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch corporate income tax or Dutch value added tax purposes of which a Dutch Party is or becomes a member;

(29) Liens securing Swap Contracts and Hedging Obligations, which transactions or obligations are Incurred in compliance with Section 4.09;

(30) Liens on Capital Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Debt of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

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(31) Liens on assets transferred or purported to be transferred to a Receivable Subsidiary or on assets of a Receivable Subsidiary, in each case Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; and

(32) Liens in favor of issuers of letters of credit, surety, appeal or performance bonds that do not constitute Debt.

Person” means any individual, corporation, other body corporate, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. Any division of a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company, limited partnership or trust that is a Subsidiary, Restricted Subsidiary, Unrestricted Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).

Preferred Interests,” as applied to the Capital Interests in any Person, means Capital Interests in such Person of any class or classes (however designated) that rank prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of such Person, to shares of Common Interests in such Person.

Purchase Amount” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Offer to Purchase.”

Purchase Date” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Offer to Purchase.”

Purchase Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Offer to Purchase.”

Purchase Money Debt” means:

(1) Debt Incurred to finance the purchase or construction (including additions and improvements thereto) of any assets (other than Capital Interests) of such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary; and/or

(2) Debt that is secured by a Lien on such assets where the creditor’s sole security is to the assets so purchased or constructed or substantially similar assets leased or purchased from such lender under a master lease or similar agreement and proceeds of the foregoing;

in either case that does not exceed 100% of the cost.

Purchase Money Note” means a promissory note of a Receivable Subsidiary to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary evidencing the deferred purchase price of accounts receivable and related assets in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction with such Receivable Subsidiary.

Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Offer to Purchase.”

Qualified Capital Interests” in any Person means a class of Capital Interests other than Redeemable Capital Interests.

 

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Qualified Equity Offering” means any public or private offering of Qualified Capital Interests of the Company, or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, other than (a) any such public or private sale to an entity that is a Subsidiary of the Company, (b) any public offerings registered on Form S-4 or S-8 or (c) any issuance to any employee benefit plan of the Company; provided that, in the case of an offering or sale by a direct or indirect parent company of the Company, such parent company contributes to the capital of the Company the portion of the net cash proceeds of such offering necessary to pay the aggregate redemption price (excluding any accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts) of the Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 3.07.

Qualified Receivables Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary transfers to (1) a Receivable Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or (2) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivable Subsidiary), or grants a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all Guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with an accounts receivable financing transaction; provided such transaction is on market terms as determined in good faith by the Company at the time the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into such transaction.

Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P or, if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available other than as a result of actions by the Company, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Company which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.

Rating Date” means the date that is 60 days prior to the earlier of (i) a Change of Control or (ii) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the intention by the Company to effect a Change of Control.

Ratings Event” means the occurrence of the events described in (1) or (2) of this definition on, or within 60 days after the earlier of (i) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (ii) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the intention by the Company to effect a Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any Rating Agency):

(1) if the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating from one or both Rating Agencies on the Rating Date, the rating of the Notes shall be reduced so that the Notes do not have an Investment Grade Rating from both Rating Agencies; or

(2) if the Notes do not have an Investment Grade Rating from both Rating Agencies on the Rating Date, the rating of the Notes shall remain rated below an Investment Grade Rating from both Rating Agencies.

Receivable Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company:

(1) that is formed solely for the purpose of, and that engages in no activities other than activities in connection with, financing accounts receivable or related assets of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries, including providing letters of credit on behalf of or for the benefit of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(2) that is designated by the Board of Directors as a Receivable Subsidiary pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate that is delivered to the Trustee;

(3) that is either (a) a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) an Unrestricted Subsidiary designated in accordance with Section 4.13;

(4) no portion of the Debt or any other obligation (contingent or otherwise) of such Subsidiary (a) is at any time Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (excluding Guarantees of obligations (other than any Guarantee of Debt) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (b) is at any time recourse to or obligates the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any way, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or (c) subjects any asset of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings (such Debt, “Non-Recourse Receivable Subsidiary Debt”);

(5) with which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than (a) contracts, agreements, arrangements and understandings entered into in the ordinary course of business on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company), (b) fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing accounts receivable or related assets in connection with such a Qualified Receivables Transaction and (c) any Purchase Money Note or equity interest issued by such Receivable Subsidiary to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; and

(6) with respect to which neither the Company nor any other Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation (a) to subscribe for additional shares of Capital Interests therein or make any additional capital contribution or similar payment or transfer thereto except in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction or (b) to maintain or preserve the solvency or any balance sheet term, financial condition, level of income or results of operations thereof.

Receivables Transaction Amount” means the amount of obligations outstanding under the legal documents entered into as part of such Qualified Receivables Transaction on any date of determination that would be characterized as principal if such Qualified Receivables Transaction were structured as a secured lending transaction rather than as a purchase.

Record Date” for the interest payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date means the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Redeemable Capital Interests” in any Person means any equity security of such Person that by its terms (or by terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or otherwise (including the passage of time or the happening of an event), is required to be redeemed, is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof in whole or in part (including by operation of a sinking fund), or is convertible or exchangeable for Debt or Redeemable Capital Interests of such Person at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, at any time on or prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the Stated Maturity of the principal amount of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided that only the portion of such equity security which is required to be redeemed, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof before such date will be deemed to be Redeemable Capital Interests.

 

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Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, any equity security that would constitute Redeemable Capital Interests solely because the holders of the equity security have the right to require the Company to repurchase such equity security upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event or an Asset Sale will not constitute Redeemable Capital Interests if the terms of such equity security provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such equity security pursuant to such provisions prior to compliance by the Company with Section 4.15 and Section 4.16 and such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.08. The amount of Redeemable Capital Interests deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Redeemable Capital Interests or portion thereof, exclusive of accrued dividends.

Refinancing Debt” means Debt that refunds, refinances, renews, replaces or extends any Debt permitted to be Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of this Indenture (including additional Debt Incurred to pay premiums (including reasonable tender premiums, as determined in good faith by the Senior Management of the Company), defeasance costs, accrued interest and fees and expenses (including fees and expenses relating to the Incurrence of such Refinancing Debt) in connection with any such refinancing), whether involving the same or any other lender or creditor or group of lenders or creditors (including, with respect to any Guarantee of Debt, the refinancing of the guaranteed Debt and incurrence of a Guarantee with respect to the new Debt), but only to the extent that:

(1) the Refinancing Debt is subordinated to the Notes to at least the same extent as the Debt being refunded, refinanced or extended, if such Debt was subordinated to the Notes,

(2) the Refinancing Debt is scheduled to mature either (a) no earlier than the Debt being refunded, refinanced or extended or (b) at least 91 days after the maturity date of the Notes,

(3) the Refinancing Debt has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing Debt is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended,

(4) such Refinancing Debt is in an aggregate principal amount that is less than or equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal or accreted amount (in the case of any Debt issued with original issue discount, as such) then outstanding under the Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended, (b) the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and premiums (including reasonable tender premiums, as determined in good faith by the Senior Management of the Company) owed, if any, not in excess of any applicable preexisting prepayment provisions on such Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended and (c) the amount of reasonable and customary fees, expenses and costs (including defeasance costs) related to the Incurrence of such Refinancing Debt, and

(5) such Refinancing Debt is Incurred by the same Person or Persons (or their respective successors) that initially Incurred the Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended, except that (a) the Company or any Guarantor may Incur Refinancing Debt to refund, refinance, renew, replace or extend Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (b) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary may Incur Refinancing Debt to refund, refinance, renew, replace or extend Debt of any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary.

 

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Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents or current assets) used or useful in a Permitted Business; provided that any assets received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.

Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, or any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Restricted Investment” means any Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

Restricted Payment” means any of the following:

(1) any dividend or other distribution declared or paid on the Capital Interests in the Company or on the Capital Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that are held by, or declared or paid to, any Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than (a) dividends, distributions or payments made solely in Qualified Capital Interests in the Company and (b) dividends or distributions payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or to the holders of Capital Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary on a pro rata basis);

(2) any payment made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to purchase, redeem, acquire or retire any Capital Interests in the Company (including the conversion into, or exchange for, Debt of any Capital Interests) other than any such Capital Interests owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(3) any principal payment made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on, or any payment made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to redeem, repurchase, defease (including a defeasance or covenant defeasance) or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including pursuant to mandatory repurchase covenants), prior to any scheduled maturity, scheduled sinking fund or mandatory redemption payment, any Subordinated Obligations (excluding any Debt permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (6) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”), except payments of principal and interest in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case, within one year of the due date thereof;

(4) any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

(5) any Restricted Investment.

Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that has not been designated as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” in accordance with this Indenture. Unless otherwise indicated, when used herein the term “Restricted Subsidiary” shall refer to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.

 

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S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a division of S&P Global, Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement pursuant to which property is sold or transferred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and is thereafter leased back as a Financing Lease Obligation by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary.

Secured Debt” means any Debt of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.

Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1)(i) Secured Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any Hedging Obligations and Swap Contracts that are Incurred in the ordinary course of business (and not for speculative purposes)), less (ii) any unrestricted cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as of the end of the most recent Four Quarter Period for which internal financial statements are available to (2) the Company’s Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent Four Quarter Period for which internal financial statements are available, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to the amount of consolidated Secured Debt, unrestricted cash, Eligible Cash Equivalents and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”; provided, however, that with respect to the aggregate amount of all unrestricted cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents to be “netted” for purposes of clause (1)(ii) hereunder, to the extent such amount is less than $25.0 million, such amount shall be deemed to equal $0.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Senior Credit Facilities” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2011, as amended and restated as of February 8, 2013, as further amended and restated as of July 13, 2017, as further amended and restated as of May 17, 2021 and as further amended as of June 13, 2023 and May 15, 2024, among the Company, the other borrowers and the guarantors named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other agents and lenders named therein, together with all related notes, letters of credit, collateral documents, guarantees, and any other related agreements and instruments executed and delivered in connection therewith, in each case as further amended, modified, supplemented, restated, refinanced, refunded or replaced in whole or in part prior to and on the Issue Date and from time to time thereafter, including by or pursuant to any agreement or agreements or instrument or instruments that extend the maturity of any Debt thereunder, or increase the amount of available borrowings thereunder (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09), or add or release Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, in each case with respect to such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent, lender, group of lenders, purchasers or debt holders.

Senior Management” means the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission.

 

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Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, agreements, covenants, performance guarantees and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which are reasonably customary in an accounts receivable or related asset securitization transaction as determined in good faith by the Company, including Guarantees by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any of the foregoing obligations of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary.

Stated Maturity,” when used with respect to (1) any Note or any installment of interest thereon, means the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which the principal amount of such Note or such installment of interest is due and payable and (2) any other Debt or any installment of interest thereon, means the date specified in the instrument governing such Debt as the fixed date on which the principal of such Debt or such installment of interest is due and payable.

Subordinated Obligations” means any Debt of the Company or any Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantees pursuant to a written agreement to that effect.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “Parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Parent in the Parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise controlled by the Parent or one or more subsidiaries of the Parent or by the Parent and one or more subsidiaries of the Parent. For purposes of this definition, “controlled” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.

Swap Contract” means (1) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, any fuel price caps and fuel price collar or floor agreements and similar agreements or arrangements designed to protect against or manage fluctuations in fuel prices and any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, but excluding fixed price commodity purchase contracts entered into with commodity suppliers in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes, and (2) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

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Synthetic Lease Obligations” means any monetary obligation of a Person under (1) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (2) an agreement for the use or possession of property (including Sale and Leaseback Transactions), in each case, creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the application of any bankruptcy or insolvency laws to such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

Transaction Date” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.”

Transfer Restricted Notes” means any Notes that bear or are required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such redemption date to September 15, 2027; provided, however, that if the period from such redemption date to September 15, 2027 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from such redemption date to September 15, 2027 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Trustee” means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

(1) any Subsidiary of the Company which at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of the Company in the manner provided under Section 4.13; and

(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Voting Stock” of any Person means all classes of Capital Interests of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees, as applicable, of such Person.

Warrant Transaction” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Permitted Call Spread Swap Contracts.”

 

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Section 1.02 Other Definitions.

 

Term

  

Defined in Section

“Acceptable Commitment”

   4.16(b)

“Additional Amounts”

   4.18(a)

“Affiliate Transaction”

   4.14(a)

“Agent Members”

   2.1(c) of Appendix A

“AktG”

   10.02(c)(10)

“Applicable Premium Deficit”

   8.04(a)(1)

“Applicable Procedures”

   1.1(a) of Appendix A

“Auditor’s Determination”

   10.02(c)(5)

“Authentication Order”

   2.02(c)

“Available Restricted Payments Amount”

   4.08(a)

“Change in Tax Law”

   3.07(f)

“Change of Control Payment”

   4.15(a)

“Clearstream”

   1.1(a) of Appendix A

“Covenant Defeasance”

   8.03

“Covenant Suspension Event”

   4.17(a)

“Definitive Notes Legend”

   2.2(e) of Appendix A

“Designation”

   4.13(a)

“Distribution Compliance Period”

   1.1(a) of Appendix A

“ERISA Legend”

   2.2(e) of Appendix A

“Euroclear”

   1.1(a) of Appendix A

“Event of Default”

   6.01

“Excess Amount”

   10.02(b)

“Excess Proceeds”

   4.16(c)

“Expiration Date”

   1.04(j)

“Fixed Amounts”

   1.06(a)

“German Guarantor”

   10.02(c)(1)

“Global Note”

   2.1(b) of Appendix A

“Global Notes Legend”

   2.2(e) of Appendix A

“GmbH-Act”

   10.02(c)(2)

“Guaranteed Obligations”

   10.01(a)

“HGB”

   10.02(c)(3)

“IAI”

   1.1(a) of Appendix A

“IAI Global Note”

   2.1(b) of Appendix A

“LCT Election”

   1.05(a)

“LCT Test Date”

   1.05(a)

“Legal Defeasance”

   8.02(a)

“Limitation Event”

   10.02(c)(2)

“Limitation on Enforcement”

   10.02(c)(2)

“Management Determination”

   10.02(c)(4)

“Net Assets”

   10.02(c)(2)

“Note Register”

   2.03(a)

“Pari Passu Debt”

   4.16(b)

“Paying Agent”

   2.03(a)

“Payment Demand”

   10.02(c)(4)

“PDF”

   12.15

 

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Term

  

Defined in Section

“Process Agent”

   12.18(c)

“QIB”

   1.1(a) of Appendix A

“Ratio Based Amounts”

   1.06(a)

“Recourse Claim”

   10.02(c)(2)

“Refinancing Convertible Notes”

   4.08(d)

“Registrar”

   2.03(a)

“Regulation S”

   1.1(a) of Appendix A

“Regulation S Global Note”

   2.1(b) of Appendix A

“Regulation S Notes”

   2.1(a) of Appendix A

“Reinstatement Date”

   4.17(b)

“Relevant General Partner”

   10.02(c)(11)

“Relevant Tax Jurisdiction”

   4.18(a)

“Restricted Notes Legend”

   2.2(e) of Appendix A

“Revocation”

   4.13(b)

“Rule 144”

   1.1(a) of Appendix A

“Rule 144A”

   1.1(a) of Appendix A

“Rule 144A Global Note”

   2.1(b) of Appendix A

“Rule 144A Notes”

   2.1(a) of Appendix A

“Subsequent Transaction”

   1.05(b)

“Successor Company”

   5.01(a)

“Successor Guarantor”

   5.01(c)

“Suspended Covenants”

   4.17(a)

“Suspension Date”

   4.17(a)

“Suspension Period”

   4.17(b)

“Tax Redemption Date”

   3.07(f)

“Taxes”

   4.18(a)

“Unrestricted Global Note”

   1.1(a) of Appendix A

Section 1.03 Rules of Construction.

Unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) a term defined in Sections 1.01 or 1.02 has the meaning assigned to it therein;

(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

(3) “or” is not exclusive;

(4) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular;

(5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

(6) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Appendix,” “Article,” “Section,” “clause,” “Schedule” or “Exhibit” refers to an Appendix, Article, Section, clause, Schedule or Exhibit, as the case may be, of this Indenture;

 

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(7) the words “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not any particular Article, Section, clause or other subdivision;

(8) “including” means including without limitation;

(9) references to sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the Commission from time to time;

(10) unless otherwise provided, references to agreements and other instruments shall be deemed to include all amendments and other modifications to such agreements or instruments, but only to the extent such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of this Indenture;

(11) in the event that a transaction meets the criteria of more than one category of permitted transactions or listed exceptions, the Company may classify such transaction as it, in its sole discretion, determines;

(12) references to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale or transfer, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person; and

(13) the words “execution,” signed,” “signature” and words of like import in this Indenture or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the UCC.

Section 1.04 Acts of Holders.

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company and the Guarantors. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Note, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.04.

 

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(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved (1) by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof or (2) in any other manner deemed reasonably sufficient by the Trustee. Where such execution is by or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute proof of the authority of the Person executing the same. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.

(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.

(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee, the Company or the Guarantors in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

(e) The Company may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, or to vote on or consent to any action authorized or permitted to be taken by Holders; provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in clause (f) below. Unless otherwise specified, if not set by the Company prior to the first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such action, or in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, any such record date shall be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or vote or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation or vote. If any record date is set pursuant to this clause (e), the Holders on such record date, and only such Holders, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action (including revocation of any action), whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless made, given or taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Notes, or each affected Holder, as applicable, on such record date. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder in the manner set forth in Section 12.01.

(f) The Trustee may (but shall not be obligated to) set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to join in the giving or making of (1) any notice of default under Section 6.01, (2) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 6.02, (3) any direction referred to in Section 6.05 or (4) any request to pursue a remedy as permitted in Section 6.06. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless made, given or taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes or each affected Holder, as applicable, on such record date. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company and to each Holder in the manner set forth in Section 12.01.

 

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(g) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. Any notice given or action taken by a Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this paragraph shall have the same effect as if given or taken by separate Holders of each such different part.

(h) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including a Depositary that is the Holder of a Global Note, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a Depositary that is the Holder of a Global Note may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Note through such Depositary’s standing instructions and customary practices.

(i) The Company may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by a Depositary entitled under the procedures of such Depositary, if any, to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders; provided that the Company may not fix a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in clause (f) above; provided further that if such a record date is fixed, only the beneficial owners of interests in such Global Note on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such beneficial owners remain beneficial owners of interests in such Global Note after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be effective hereunder unless made, given or taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date.

(j) With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 1.04, the party hereto that sets such record date may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Notes in the manner set forth in Section 12.01, on or prior to both the existing and the new Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 1.04, the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 90th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this clause (j).

Section 1.05 Limited Condition Transaction.

(a) As it relates to any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of (i) determining compliance with any provision of this Indenture which requires the calculation of any financial ratio or test, including the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Net Leverage Ratio or the Secured Leverage Ratio, (ii) determining compliance with representations, warranties, Defaults or Events of Default or (iii) testing availability under baskets or exceptions set forth in this Indenture (including baskets or exceptions determined by reference to

 

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Consolidated EBITDA and baskets or exceptions determined by reference to Consolidated Total Assets), in each case, at the option of the Company (the Company’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted under this Indenture shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements or irrevocable notice for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into or delivered, as applicable (the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Transaction (and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith), the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries would have been permitted to take such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test or basket, such ratio, test (including compliance with representations, warranties, Defaults and Events of Default) or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with; provided that, with respect to clause (ii) of this Section 1.05(a), to the extent the relevant action requires no Default or Event of Default (as applicable) to have occurred, no Default or Event of Default (as applicable) shall exist and be continuing at the time of the LCT Test Date and no specified Event of Default shall have existed and be continuing immediately prior to or immediately after giving effect to such Limited Condition Transaction.

(b) For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios, tests or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date would have failed to have been complied with as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Company or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets, tests or ratios will not be deemed to have failed to have been complied with as a result of such fluctuations. If the Company has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any calculation of any ratio or test with respect to the Incurrence of Debt or Liens, the making of Restricted Payments, the making of any Investment, or mergers or amalgamations, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Company (each, a “Subsequent Transaction”) following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement or irrevocable notice for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of determining whether such Subsequent Transaction is permitted under this Indenture, any such ratio or test shall be required to be satisfied on a pro forma basis (i) assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any Incurrence of Debt and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated and (ii) solely with respect to the making of a Restricted Payment, assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any Incurrence of Debt and the use of proceeds thereof) have not been consummated.

Section 1.06 Certain Compliance Calculations.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture with respect to any amounts Incurred or transactions (including any Limited Condition Transaction) entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Indenture under a restrictive covenant that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or ratio-based test (any such amounts, the “Fixed Amounts”) substantially concurrently with any amounts Incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Indenture that requires compliance with any such financial ratio or ratio-based test, including, without limitation, any Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test, any Net Leverage Ratio test or any Secured Leverage Ratio test (any such amounts, the “Ratio Based Amounts”), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts (and any cash proceeds thereof) shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or ratio-based test applicable to the Ratio Based Amounts in connection with such substantially concurrent Incurrence.

 

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(b) For purposes of determining compliance with any restrictive covenant or other provision under this Indenture, if a proposed action, matter, transaction or amount (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one applicable basket, exception, permission or threshold under this Indenture, the Company shall be entitled to divide or classify or later divide or reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such action, matter, transaction or amount (or a portion thereof) among such baskets, exceptions, permissions or thresholds as it shall elect from time to time in its sole discretion; provided that, for purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.09 all Debt outstanding on the Issue Date under the Senior Credit Facilities shall be deemed Incurred under clause (1) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” and not Section 4.09(a) or clause (4) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” and may not later be reclassified.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.01 Form and Dating; Terms.

(a) Provisions relating to the Initial Notes, Additional Notes and any other Notes issued under this Indenture are set forth in Appendix A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, rules or agreements with national securities exchanges to which the Company or any Guarantor is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company and shall not affect the rights, duties, powers or immunities of the Trustee without the consent of the Trustee). Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $150,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(b) The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture, and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

The Notes shall be subject to repurchase by the Company pursuant to an Offer to Purchase as provided in Section 4.15 or Section 4.16, and otherwise as not prohibited by this Indenture. The Notes shall not be redeemable, other than as provided in Article 3.

Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the Initial Notes may be created and issued from time to time by the Company without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise (other than issue date, issue price and, if applicable, the first Interest Payment Date and the first date from which interest will accrue) as the Initial Notes; provided that the Company’s ability to

 

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issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Company’s compliance with Section 4.09; provided, further that if any Additional Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes will be issued as a separate series under this Indenture and will have a separate CUSIP number and ISIN from the Initial Notes. Any Additional Notes shall be issued with the benefit of an indenture supplemental to this Indenture.

Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.

(a) At least one Officer shall execute the Notes on behalf of the Company by manual or facsimile signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.

(b) A Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto by the manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

(c) On the Issue Date, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate and deliver the Initial Notes. In addition, at any time and from time to time, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate and deliver any Additional Notes in an aggregate principal amount specified in such Authentication Order for such Additional Notes issued hereunder.

(d) The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders, the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

(e) The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery upon receipt of an Authentication Order (i) Initial Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount of $525,000,000, (ii) subject to the terms of this Indenture, Additional Notes and (iii) any other Notes issued in accordance with this Indenture. Such Authentication Order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated and whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes, Additional Notes, or other Notes.

Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.

(a) The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and at least one office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes (“Note Register”) and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar, and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may act as the Paying Agent or the Registrar.

 

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(b) The Company has initially appointed DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes. The Trustee shall initially act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

The Company shall, no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each due date for the payment of principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest on any of the Notes, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held in trust for the Holders entitled to the same, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by such Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, a Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

Section 2.05 Holder Lists.

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least two Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders.

Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.

(a) The Notes shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Note for registration of transfer and in compliance with Appendix A.

(b) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 or at the Registrar’s request.

(c) No service charge shall be imposed on any Holder by the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other governmental taxes and fees payable in connection therewith (other than any such taxes and fees payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 4.15, 4.16 and 9.04).

(d) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

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(e) Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (1) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (2) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption, or tendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) in connection with an Offer to Purchase under Section 4.15 or Section 4.16, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of any Note being redeemed or repurchased in part or (3) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

(f) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and (subject to the Record Date provisions of the Notes) interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(g) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 4.01, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and mail, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more replacement Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.

(h) At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Global Notes or Definitive Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, the replacement Global Notes and Definitive Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to in accordance with the provisions of Appendix A.

(i) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by mail or by facsimile or electronic transmission in accordance with Section 12.01.

Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.

If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if a Holder claims that its Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the ownership and loss, destruction or theft of such Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are otherwise met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be provided by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge the Holder for the expenses of the Company and the Trustee in replacing a Note. Every replacement Note is a contractual obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.07, in case any mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.

 

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Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.

(a) The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; provided that Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company will not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(c).

(b) If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser, as such term is defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York.

(c) If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue from and after the date of such payment.

(d) If a Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on the maturity date, any redemption date or any date of purchase pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, money sufficient to pay Notes payable or to be redeemed or purchased on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.

Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.

In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes beneficially owned by the Company, or by any Affiliate of the Company, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to deliver any such direction, waiver or consent with respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Notes that are to be acquired by the Company or by any Affiliate of the Company pursuant to an exchange offer, tender offer or other agreement shall not be deemed to be owned by such entity until legal title to such Notes passes to such entity; provided, however, the Trustee shall not be charged with such knowledge until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee is so informed in writing.

Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.

Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes. Holders and beneficial holders, as the case may be, of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits accorded to Holders, or beneficial holders, respectively, of Notes under this Indenture.

 

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Section 2.11 Cancellation.

The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy cancelled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the cancellation of any Notes shall, upon the written request of the Company, be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (other than as set forth in this Indenture).

Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.

(a) If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as provided in this Section 2.12. The Trustee shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date shall be less than ten days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall deliver to each Holder a notice in accordance with Section 12.01 that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

(b) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and for greater certainty, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue interest, which were carried by such other Note.

Section 2.13 CUSIP Numbers and ISINs

The Company in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP numbers or ISINs (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers or ISINs in notices of redemption or exchange or in Offers to Purchase as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption or exchange or in Offers to Purchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption or exchange or Offer to Purchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall as promptly as practicable notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers or ISINs.

 

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ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION

Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.07, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least five Business Days before notice of redemption is required to be delivered, mailed or caused to be mailed to Holders pursuant to Section 3.03 (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by the Trustee) but not more than 60 days before a redemption date (except that such Officers’ Certificate may be furnished more than 60 days before a redemption date if the related notice of redemption is issued in connection with a Legal Defeasance, Covenant Defeasance or a satisfaction and discharge pursuant to Article 8 or Article 11 of this Indenture), an Officers’ Certificate setting forth (1) the paragraph or subparagraph of such Note or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (2) the redemption date, (3) the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (4) the redemption price, if then ascertainable.

Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.

(a) If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time pursuant to Section 3.07, selection of Definitive Notes for redemption shall be made by the Trustee on a pro rata basis (or, in the case of Global Notes, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary) unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange or depositary requirements.

(b) The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $150,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided that no Notes in denominations of $150,000 in principal amount or less shall be redeemed in part. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.

Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.

(a) The Company shall deliver electronically or mail by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a notice of redemption not less than 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to this Article at such Holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary, with a copy to the Trustee and Paying Agent, except that redemption notices may be delivered more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with Articles 8 or 11. Notice of any redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including the completion of a Qualified Equity Offering, Change of Control, Asset Sale or other corporate transaction or the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event. If a redemption is subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, the related notice shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s sole discretion, the date of redemption may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date of the applicable notice) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived by the Company in its sole discretion, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived by the date of redemption , or by the date of redemption as so delayed.

 

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(b) The notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP number and ISIN, if applicable) and shall state:

(1) the redemption date;

(2) the redemption price, including the portion thereof representing any accrued and unpaid interest; provided that in connection with a redemption under Section 3.07(c), the notice need not set forth the redemption price but only the manner of calculation thereof;

(3) if any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount of that Note that is to be redeemed;

(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

(7) the paragraph or subparagraph of the Notes or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed;

(8) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number or ISIN, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes; and

(9) if applicable, any condition to such redemption.

(c) At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least five Business Days before notice of redemption is required to be sent or caused to be sent to Holders pursuant to this Section 3.03 (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and providing the form of notice in accordance with Section 3.03(b).

Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.

Once notice of redemption is given in accordance with Section 3.03, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price (except as provided for in Section 3.03(a)). The notice, if given in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption in whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note. Subject to Section 3.03(a) and Section 3.05, on and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption.

 

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Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.

(a) No later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the redemption or purchase date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Paying Agent shall promptly deliver to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed or purchased the applicable redemption or purchase price thereof and accrued and unpaid interest thereon. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company upon written request any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

(b) If the Company complies with the provisions of Section 3.05(a), on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If any Note called for redemption or purchase shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with Section 3.05(a), interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and, to the extent lawful, on any interest accrued to the redemption or purchase date not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01.

Section 3.06 Definitive Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.

Upon surrender of a Definitive Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Definitive Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Definitive Note surrendered representing the same Debt to the extent not redeemed or purchased; provided that each new Definitive Note shall be in a principal amount of $150,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.

(a) Except pursuant to clauses (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 3.07, the Notes shall not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to September 15, 2027.

(b) On and after September 15, 2027, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes and Additional Amounts, if any, to, but not including, the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on September 15 of each of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2027

     103.688

2028

     101.844

2029 and thereafter

     100.000

 

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(c) Prior to September 15, 2027, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 107.375% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts (which accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts need not be funded with such Net Cash Proceeds), if any, to, but not including, the applicable date of redemption; provided that (i) at least 60% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) remains outstanding after each such redemption (unless all Notes are otherwise repurchased or redeemed substantially concurrently therewith) and (ii) such redemption occurs within 180 days after the closing of such Qualified Equity Offering.

(d) At any time prior to September 15, 2027, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus the Applicable Premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts, if any, to, but not including, the applicable redemption date.

(e) In connection with any tender offer in respect of the Notes (including an Offer to Purchase upon a Change of Control Triggering Event and in connection with Asset Sales), if Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes and the Company, or any third party making such offer in lieu of the Company, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company shall also have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase date, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at the price in cash offered to all Holders in such offer (excluding any early tender premium, early consent premium, or similar premium, if any) plus, to the extent not included in the offer payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes that remain outstanding, to, but not including, the date of redemption.

(f) The Company may redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, at its discretion at any time upon giving not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the date fixed by the Company for redemption (a “Tax Redemption Date”) and Additional Amounts, if any, then due or which will become due on the Tax Redemption Date as a result of the redemption or otherwise (subject to the right of Holders of the Notes on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date and Additional Amounts, if any, in respect thereof), if on the next date on which any amount would be payable in respect of the Notes, the Company or a Guarantor is or would be required to pay Additional Amounts (but, in the case of a Guarantor, only if the payment giving rise to such requirement cannot be made by the Company or another Guarantor without the obligation to pay Additional Amounts), and the Company or such Guarantor cannot avoid any such payment obligation by taking reasonable measures available, and the requirement arises as a result of (i) any change in, repeal of or amendment to the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the applicable Relevant Tax Jurisdiction affecting taxation which change, repeal or amendment has not been publicly announced before and which becomes effective on or after the Issue Date (or, if the applicable Relevant Tax Jurisdiction has changed since the Issue Date, the date on which the then current Relevant Tax Jurisdiction became the applicable Relevant Tax Jurisdiction under this Indenture) or (ii) any change in, repeal of or amendment to the existing official position or the introduction of an official position regarding the application, administration or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction or a change in published practice), which change, repeal, amendment, application, administration or interpretation has not been publicly announced before and which becomes effective on or after the Issue Date (or, if the applicable Relevant Tax Jurisdiction has changed since the Issue Date, the date on which the then current Relevant Tax Jurisdiction became the applicable Relevant Tax Jurisdiction under this

 

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Indenture) (each of the foregoing in clauses (i) and (ii), a “Change in Tax Law”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no notice of redemption due to a Change in Tax Law shall be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company or a Guarantor would be obligated to make a payment of Additional Amounts if such a payment in respect of the Notes were then due, and unless at the time such notice is given, the obligation to pay Additional Amounts remains in effect. Prior to giving any notice of redemption of the Notes pursuant to this Section 3.07(f), the Company will deliver to the Trustee (1) an opinion of an independent tax expert, such tax expert being a law or accounting firm, to the effect that there has been a Change in Tax Law which would entitle the Company to redeem the Notes hereunder and (2) an Officers’ Certificate stating that the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, cannot avoid its obligation to pay Additional Amounts by taking reasonable measures available to it. The Trustee shall accept such opinion of the tax expert and Officers’ Certificate as sufficient evidence of the existence and satisfaction of the conditions precedent as described above, in which event it will be conclusive and binding on the Holders.

(g) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06.

(h) If any redemption date or purchase date is on or after a Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest in respect of Notes subject to redemption or purchase, as applicable, will be paid on the redemption date or purchase date, as applicable, to the Person in whose name the Note is registered at the close of business on such Record Date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders whose Notes will be subject to redemption or purchase by the Company.

Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption; Open Market Purchases.

The Company will not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. The Company or any of its Affiliates may at any time, and from time to time, acquire Notes by means other than a redemption, whether by tender offer, open market purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise, in accordance with applicable securities laws so long as such acquisition does not otherwise violate the terms of this Indenture.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.

(a) The Company will pay, or cause to be paid, the principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, holds as of 11:00 a.m. (New York City) time, on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay the principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest then due.

(b) The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, at the rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

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Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company and the Guarantors in respect of the Notes, the Note Guarantees and this Indenture (other than the type contemplated by Section 12.18) may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

The Company may also from time to time designate additional offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03.

Section 4.03 Taxes.

The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments and governmental levies except (a) such as are being contested in good faith and by appropriate negotiations or proceedings or (b) where the failure to effect such payment could not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on (i) the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of the Company or any Guarantor to perform any of its Obligations under this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees when due.

Section 4.04 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

The Company and each Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenant that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

Section 4.05 Corporate Existence.

Subject to Article 5, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (1) its corporate existence and the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or

 

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any such Restricted Subsidiary and (2) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, if the loss thereof would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Section 4.06 Reports and Other Information.

(a) Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission, the Company will file with the Commission within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations that are then applicable to the Company (or if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, then the time periods for filing applicable to a filer that is not an “accelerated filer” as defined in such rules and regulations):

(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form) and 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company’s certified independent accountants; and

(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form) if the Company were required to file such reports,

in each case, in a manner that complies in all material respects with the requirements specified in such form.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 4.06(a), the Company will not be obligated to file such reports with the Commission if the Commission does not permit such filing, so long as the Company provides such information to the Trustee and the Holders and makes available such information to prospective purchasers of the Notes, in each case at the Company’s expense and by the applicable date the Company would be required to file such information pursuant to Section 4.06(a). In addition, to the extent not satisfied by the foregoing, for so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Holders and to prospective purchasers of the Notes, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

(c) The requirements set forth in Sections 4.06(a) and 4.06(b) may be satisfied by delivering such information to the Trustee and posting copies of such information on a website (which may be non-public and may be maintained by the Company or a third party) to which access will be given to Holders and prospective purchasers of the Notes.

(d) At any time that the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, no later than five Business Days after the date of the annual and quarterly financial information for the prior fiscal period have been filed pursuant to clause (1) of Section 4.06(a), the Company shall also hold live quarterly conference calls with the opportunity to ask

 

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questions of management. No fewer than ten Business Days prior to the date such conference call is to be held, the Company shall issue a press release to the appropriate U.S. wire services announcing such quarterly conference call for the benefit of the Holders, beneficial owners of the Notes, prospective purchasers of the Notes, securities analysts and market making financial institutions, which press release shall contain the time and the date of such conference call and direct the recipients thereof to contact an individual at the Company (for whom contact information shall be provided in such notice) to obtain information on how to access such quarterly conference call.

(e) If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by this Section 4.06 shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.

(f) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive notice or knowledge of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s, any Guarantor’s or any other Person’s compliance with any of its covenants under this Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates). The Trustee shall have no obligation or responsibility to determine whether the Company (or any other Person) is required to file any reports or other information with the Commission, whether the Company’s information is available on (or has been posted to any website, other online data system or filed with EDGAR (or any successor system) or whether the Company (or any other Person) has otherwise delivered any notice or report in accordance with the requirements specified in this Section 4.06.

Section 4.07 Compliance Certificates.

(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (ending June 30) ending after the Issue Date, a certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officer with a view to determining whether the Company and each Guarantor have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to such Officer signing such certificate, that to his or her knowledge, the Company and each Guarantor have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every condition and covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company and each Guarantor are taking or propose to take with respect thereto).

(b) When any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, or if the Trustee or the holder of any other evidence of Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary gives any notice or takes any other action with respect to a claimed Default or Event of Default, the Company will promptly (which shall be within five Business Days following the date on which the Company becomes aware of such Default or Event of Default, receives notice of such Default or Event of Default or becomes aware of such action, as applicable,) send to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying such event, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereof.

 

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Section 4.08 Limitation on Restricted Payments.

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any Restricted Payment unless, at the time of and after giving effect to the proposed Restricted Payment:

(1) other than in the case of a Restricted Investment, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will result as a consequence thereof;

(2) other than in the case of a Restricted Investment, after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a pro forma basis, the Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to Section 4.09(a); and

(3) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a pro forma basis, the aggregate amount expended or declared for all Restricted Payments made on or after the Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by any one or more of clauses (2) and (3) and clauses (5) through (11) of Section 4.08(b)) shall not exceed the sum (without duplication) of (such sum, the “Available Restricted Payments Amount”):

(i) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income (or, if Consolidated Net Income shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit) of the Company accrued on a cumulative basis during the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the first fiscal quarter commencing after June 30, 2024 and ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date of such proposed Restricted Payment; plus

(ii) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds (including the Fair Market Value of property other than cash) received by the Company subsequent to the Issue Date either (A) as a contribution to its common equity capital or (B) from the issuance and sale (other than to a Subsidiary) of its Qualified Capital Interests, including Qualified Capital Interests issued upon the conversion of Debt or Redeemable Capital Interests of the Company issued after the Issue Date (other than, in each case, net proceeds received from an issuance or sale of Capital Interests, Debt or Redeemable Capital Interests issued or sold to a Subsidiary of the Company or to an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such sale to an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust is financed by loans from or Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of determination); plus

(iii) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company designated as such on and after the Issue Date is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, an amount not to exceed the amount of Investments previously made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary that were previously included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to this clause (iii); plus

 

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(iv) the amount equal to the net reduction in Restricted Investments made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Person resulting from repurchases or redemptions of Restricted Investments in any Person by such Person, proceeds realized from the sale of such Restricted Investments to an unaffiliated purchaser, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets (including by way of dividend or distribution) by such Person to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than for reimbursement of tax payments), in each case to the extent such Restricted Investment was previously included in the calculation of Restricted Payments pursuant to this clause (iv); plus

(v) 100% of any dividends or interest payments received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary on and after the Issue Date from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, to the extent such dividends or interest payments were not otherwise included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Company for such period; plus

(vi) the greater of (x) $100.0 million and (y) 20.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

(b) Notwithstanding whether Section 4.08(a) would prohibit the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries from making a Restricted Payment, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make the following Restricted Payments:

(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution on Capital Interests in the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption of Subordinated Obligations, within 60 days after declaration thereof or the delivery of any irrevocable notice of redemption, as the case may be, if at the declaration date or date of the notice of redemption, as the case may be, such payment or redemption was permitted by this Section 4.08;

(2) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of any Capital Interests or Subordinated Obligations of the Company or any Guarantor by conversion into, or by or in exchange for, Qualified Capital Interests, or out of net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or to an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such sale to an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust is financed by loans from or Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of determination) of other Qualified Capital Interests of the Company; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will not be considered to be net proceeds of Qualified Capital Interests for purposes of clause (3)(ii) of Section 4.08(a) and will not be considered to be net cash proceeds from a Qualified Equity Offering for purposes of Section 3.07;

(3) the purchase, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Obligations of the Company or any Guarantor made by conversion into, or in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of a substantially concurrent issue and sale of, Subordinated Obligations of the Company or any redemption, defeasance, repurchase or acquisition or retirement for value of Subordinated Obligations of any Guarantor made by conversion into or in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of a substantially concurrent issue and sale of Subordinated Obligations of a Guarantor, so long as such refinancing Subordinated Obligations are permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 and constitute Refinancing Debt;

 

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(4) the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value of Capital Interests in the Company held by any current or former director, officer or employee of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (or their estates or beneficiaries under their estates) upon death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or alteration of employment status or pursuant to the terms of any agreement or plan under which such Capital Interests were issued; provided that the aggregate cash consideration paid for such purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of such Capital Interests does not exceed $20.0 million in any fiscal year; provided, further, that any unused amounts in any fiscal year may be carried forward to one fiscal year (on a non-cumulative basis), although such amount in any fiscal year may be increased by an amount not to exceed (i) the cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Qualified Capital Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company (to the extent contributed to the Company) to existing or former directors, officers or employees of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that occurs after the Issue Date; plus (ii) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date; less (iii) the amount of any Restricted Payments made since the Issue Date with the cash proceeds described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (4);

(5) (i) any repurchase of Capital Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, warrants or other convertible or exchangeable securities and (ii) any Restricted Payment pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans and other benefit plans for management or employees of the Company or any Subsidiary;

(6) cash payment, in lieu of issuance of fractional shares, in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for the Capital Interests of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(7) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Redeemable Capital Interests of the Company issued or Incurred in compliance with Section 4.09 to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charges”;

(8) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of any Subordinated Obligations (a) at a Purchase Price not greater than 101% of the principal amount of such Subordinated Obligation in the event of a Change of Control Triggering Event pursuant to provisions substantially similar to those described under Section 4.15 or (b) at a Purchase Price not greater than 100% of the principal amount thereof pursuant to provisions substantially similar to those described under Section 4.16; provided that prior to or contemporaneously with such defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition, the Company has made an Offer to Purchase with respect to the Notes and has repurchased all Notes validly tendered for payment and not withdrawn in connection therewith;

(9) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount, when taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (9), not to exceed the greater of (x) $145.0 million and (y) 30.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(10) any Restricted Payment so long as on the date of such Restricted Payment, after giving pro forma effect thereto and to any related transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the Company’s most recently ended Four Quarter Period for which internal financial statements are available, the Company’s Net Leverage Ratio would not have exceeded 3.25 to 1.00; and

(11) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Interests of, or Debt owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or cash equivalents);

provided, however, that at the time of and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (4), (7), (8), (9) and (10) of this Section 4.08(b), no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, (i) the conversion by holders of (including any cash payment upon conversion), or required payment of any principal or premium on, or required payment of any interest with respect to, any Permitted Convertible Notes, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the indenture governing such Permitted Convertible Notes, shall not constitute a Restricted Payment; provided that, to the extent both (a) the aggregate amount of cash payable upon conversion or payment of any Permitted Convertible Note (excluding any required payment of interest with respect to such Permitted Convertible Note and excluding any payment of cash in lieu of a fractional share due upon conversion thereof) exceeds the aggregate principal amount thereof and (b) such conversion or payment does not trigger or correspond to an exercise or early unwinding or settlement of a corresponding portion of the Bond Hedge Transactions constituting Permitted Call Spread Swap Contract relating to such Permitted Convertible Note (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the case where there is no Bond Hedge Transaction constituting a Permitted Call Spread Swap Contract relating to such Permitted Convertible Note), the payment of such excess cash shall constitute a Restricted Payment notwithstanding this clause (i) and clause (16) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”; and (ii) the Company’s entry into, and any required payment with respect to, or required early unwinding or settlement of, any Permitted Call Spread Swap Contract, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the agreement governing such Permitted Call Spread Swap Contract, shall not constitute a Restricted Payment; provided that, to the extent cash is required to be paid under a Warrant Transaction as a result of the election of “cash settlement” (or substantially equivalent term) as the “settlement method” (or substantially equivalent term) thereunder by the Company (or any of its Affiliates) (including in connection with the exercise and/or early unwind or settlement thereof), the payment of such cash shall constitute a Restricted Payment notwithstanding this clause (ii) and clause (16) of the definition of “Permitted Investments.”

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may repurchase, exchange or induce the conversion of Permitted Convertible Notes by delivery of shares of the Company’s common stock and/or a different series of Permitted Convertible Notes (which series (x) matures after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled payments of principal prior to, the analogous date under the indenture governing the Permitted Convertible Notes that are so repurchased, exchanged or converted and (y) has terms, conditions and covenants that are no less favorable to the Company than the Permitted Convertible Notes that are so repurchased, exchanged or converted (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, or a committee thereof, in good faith)) (any such series of Permitted Convertible Notes, “Refinancing Convertible Notes”) and/or by payment of cash (in an amount that does not exceed the proceeds received by the Company from the substantially concurrent issuance of shares of

 

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the Company’s common stock and/or Refinancing Convertible Notes plus the net cash proceeds, if any, received by the Company pursuant to the related exercise or early unwinding or termination of the related Permitted Call Spread Swap Contracts pursuant to the immediately following proviso); provided that, substantially concurrently with, or a commercially reasonable period of time before or after, the related settlement date for the Permitted Convertible Notes that are so repurchased, exchanged or converted, the Company shall (and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be permitted under this Section 4.08 to) exercise or unwind or terminate early (whether in cash, shares or any combination thereof) the portion of the Permitted Call Spread Swap Contracts, if any, corresponding to such Permitted Convertible Notes that are so repurchased, exchanged or converted.

(e) For purposes of this Section 4.08, if a particular Restricted Payment involves a non-cash payment, including a distribution of assets, then such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the cash portion of such Restricted Payment, if any, plus an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the non-cash portion of such Restricted Payment.

Section 4.09 Limitation on Incurrence of Debt.

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Debt (including Acquired Debt); provided, that the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur any Acquired Debt or any other Debt if immediately after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Debt and the receipt and application of the proceeds therefrom, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a pro forma basis as if any such Debt, and any other Debt Incurred since the beginning of the Four Quarter Period, had been Incurred and the proceeds thereof had been applied at the beginning of the Four Quarter Period, and any other Debt repaid (other than Debt Incurred or repaid under the revolving portion of a Debt Facility) since the beginning of the Four Quarter Period had been repaid at the beginning of the Four Quarter Period, would be at least 2.00 to 1.00; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Acquired Debt or any other Debt Incurred by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries pursuant to this Section 4.09(a) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $120.0 million and (y) 25.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time of Incurrence.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.09(a), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur Permitted Debt.

(c) If obligations in respect of letters of credit are Incurred pursuant to a Debt Facility and relate to other Debt, then such letters of credit shall be treated as Incurred pursuant to clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt and such other Debt shall not be included. In addition, except as provided in the preceding sentence of this Section 4.09(c), Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Debt that is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Debt shall not be included.

(d) For purposes of determining compliance of any non-U.S. dollar-denominated Debt with this Section 4.09, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Debt denominated in a foreign currency shall at all times be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Debt was Incurred, in the case of term Debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit Debt; provided, however, that if such Debt is Incurred to refinance other Debt denominated in the same or different currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the

 

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principal amount of such Refinancing Debt does not exceed the principal amount of such Debt being refinanced. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.09, the maximum amount of Debt that the Company may Incur pursuant to this Section 4.09 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. The principal amount of any Debt Incurred to refinance other Debt, if Incurred in a different currency from the Debt being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such Refinancing Debt is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

(e) The accrual of interest, accrual of dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of debt discount and the payment of interest on Debt in the form of additional Debt and the payment of dividends on Capital Interests in the form of additional shares of Capital Interests with the same terms will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Debt for purposes of this Section 4.09.

(f) The following shall not be deemed a separate Incurrence of Debt: (1) the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Debt arising in connection with the issuance of a notice of redemption or making a mandatory offer to purchase such Debt and (2) unrealized losses or charges in respect of Hedging Obligations.

(g) The Company will not permit any of its Unrestricted Subsidiaries to Incur any Debt or issue any Redeemable Capital Interests (in each case, other than any Non-Recourse Debt), except as permitted by Section 4.13. If at any time an Unrestricted Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, any Debt of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be Incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary as of such date (and, if such Debt is not permitted to be Incurred as of such date under this Section 4.09, the Company shall be in Default under this Section 4.09).

(h) The Company will not, and will not permit any Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Debt (including Acquired Debt) that is or purports to be by its terms (or by the terms of any agreement governing such Debt) subordinated or junior in right of payment to any other Debt (including Acquired Debt) of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such Debt is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Note Guarantee, as the case may be, to the same extent and in the same manner as such Debt is subordinated to such other Debt of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be. For purposes of the foregoing, no Debt will be deemed to be contractually subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Debt solely by virtue of (1) being unsecured or (2) its having a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.

Section 4.10 Limitation on Liens.

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, create, Incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) on or with respect to any of its property or assets (including Capital Interests of Subsidiaries), or income or profits therefrom, now owned or hereafter acquired or any of its interest therein or any income or profits therefrom, which Liens secure Debt, unless contemporaneously with the Incurrence of such Liens:

(1) in the case of Liens securing Subordinated Obligations, the Notes and related Note Guarantees are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to such Liens; or

 

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(2) in all other cases, the Notes and related Note Guarantees are equally and ratably secured or are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to such Liens.

Any Lien created for the benefit of Holders pursuant to this Section 4.10 shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of each of the related Liens described in clauses (1) and (2) above.

Section 4.11 Future Guarantors.

(a) On the Issue Date or thereafter, if any Restricted Subsidiary, including any newly-acquired or newly-created Restricted Subsidiary, is or becomes a borrower under the Senior Credit Facilities or Guarantees the Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities, then that Restricted Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor by execution of a supplemental indenture within 30 days of the date of such event, pursuant to which such Subsidiary will irrevocably and unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several basis, the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest in respect of the Notes and all other Obligations under this Indenture on a senior basis.

(b) Each Note Guarantee will be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by that Guarantor without rendering the guarantee, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, abuse of corporate assets or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or otherwise to reflect applicable laws, including laws relating to the liability of directors and managers.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (i) a Note Guarantee provided pursuant to the terms hereof by a Restricted Subsidiary organized in a jurisdiction other than the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, Bermuda, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland or Jamaica, including a Note Guarantee existing on the Issue Date, may be (or may be modified to become) a Limited Guarantee if the Board of Directors of the Company, in consultation with local counsel, makes a reasonable determination that such limitations are required under the applicable law of such jurisdiction, and (ii) a Restricted Subsidiary organized in a jurisdiction other than the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, Bermuda, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland or Jamaica will not be required to become a Guarantor if the Board of Directors of the Company, in consultation with local counsel, makes a reasonable determination that such Restricted Subsidiary cannot provide a Note Guarantee in view of the limitations imposed by the applicable law of such jurisdiction of more than de minimis value in relation to the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary.

(d) Each Note Guarantee shall be released in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06.

Section 4.12 Limitation on Dividend and other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is not a Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective or enter into any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of such Restricted Subsidiary to:

(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Interests owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any Debt or other obligations owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that the priority of any Preferred Interests in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on Common Interests shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions in Capital Interests);

 

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(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that the subordination of loans or advances made to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to other Debt Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances); or

(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its property or assets to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

(b) Section 4.12(a) will not apply to the following encumbrances or restrictions (including those existing under or by reason of):

(1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions pursuant to any Debt Facilities and related documentation and other agreements or instruments in effect at or entered into on the Issue Date;

(2) any encumbrance or restriction under this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees;

(3) any encumbrance or restriction existing at the time of the acquisition of property, so long as the encumbrances or restrictions relate solely to the property so acquired (and are not or were not created in anticipation of or in connection with the acquisition thereof);

(4) any encumbrance or restriction which exists with respect to a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or merges with or into a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company on or after the Issue Date, which is in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or merges with or into a Restricted Subsidiary, but not created in connection with or in anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or merging with or into a Restricted Subsidiary, and which is not applicable to any Person or the property or assets of any Person other than such Person or the property or assets of such Person;

(5) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement effecting a permitted renewal, refunding, replacement, refinancing or extension of Debt issued pursuant to an agreement containing any encumbrance or restriction referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) through (4), so long as such encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those contained in the agreements governing the Debt being renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or extended in the good faith judgment of the Company;

(6) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease, sublease, contract, or license of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or provisions in agreements that restrict the assignment of such agreement or any rights thereunder;

(7) any encumbrance or restriction by reason of applicable law, rule, regulation, order, approval, license, permit or similar restriction;

 

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(8) any encumbrance or restriction in connection with the sale of assets or Capital Interests, including, without limitation, any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;

(9) restrictions on cash and other deposits or net worth imposed by customers or suppliers under contracts entered into the ordinary course of business;

(10) encumbrances and restrictions under any instrument governing Debt or Capital Interests of a Person acquired by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Debt or Capital Interests were Incurred or issued in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired; provided that, in the case of Debt, such Debt was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be Incurred;

(11) encumbrances or restrictions that are customary provisions in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, stock sale agreements, sale leaseback agreements and other similar agreements;

(12) encumbrances and restrictions arising in respect of purchase money obligations (including Financing Lease Obligations) for property acquired in the ordinary course of business permitted under this Indenture, in each case, to the extent such restrictions and encumbrances limit the right of the debtor to dispose of assets subject to such Liens and apply to the property so acquired (and proceeds thereof);

(13) Liens securing Debt or other obligations otherwise permitted to be Incurred under this Indenture, including pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.10 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of assets subject to such Liens;

(14) encumbrances or restrictions relating to any Non-Recourse Receivable Subsidiary Debt or any other contractual requirements of a Receivable Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; provided that such restrictions apply only to such Receivable Subsidiary or the accounts receivable and related assets described in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” which are subject to such Qualified Receivables Transaction;

(15) any other agreement governing Debt entered into after the Issue Date in compliance with Section 4.09 that contains encumbrances and restrictions that are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary than those in effect on the Issue Date with respect to that Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any agreements in effect on the Issue Date or that do not materially affect the Company’s ability to make anticipated principal or interest payments on the Notes;

(16) restrictions on the sale, lease or transfer of property or assets arising or agreed to in the ordinary course of business, not relating to any Debt, and that do not, individually or in the aggregate, detract from the value of property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any manner material to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and

 

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(17) encumbrances or restrictions arising under deferred compensation arrangements or any “rabbi trust” formed in connection with any such arrangement.

Section 4.13 Limitation on Creation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

(a) The Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly-acquired or newly-formed Subsidiary) as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” under this Indenture (a “Designation”) only if:

(1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing after giving effect to such Designation;

(2) the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of Designation own any Capital Interests or Debt of, or own or hold any Lien with respect to, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

(3) all the Debt of such Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries shall, at the date of designation, and will at all times thereafter, consist of Non-Recourse Debt;

(4) such Subsidiary is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation to:

(a) subscribe for additional Capital Interests of such Subsidiary; or

(b) maintain or preserve such Subsidiary’s financial condition or to cause such Subsidiary to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and

(5) (a) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $10,000 or less or (b) if such Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets greater than $10,000, the Company could at the time of Designation make (i) a Restricted Payment in an amount equal to the greater of the Fair Market Value or book value of such Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.08 and such amount is thereafter treated as a Restricted Payment for the purpose of calculating the amount available for Restricted Payments thereunder or (ii) a Permitted Investment.

(b) The Company may revoke any Designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (a “Revocation”) only if, immediately after giving effect to such Revocation:

(1) all the Debt of such Unrestricted Subsidiary could be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09;

(2) all the Liens on the property and assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary could be incurred pursuant to Section 4.10; and

(3) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing after giving effect to such Revocation.

(c) Any such Designation or Revocation shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a Board Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such Designation or Revocation, as the case may be, and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Designation or Revocation complied with the foregoing conditions.

 

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(d) A Revocation will be deemed to be an Incurrence of Debt by a Restricted Subsidiary of any outstanding Debt of such Unrestricted Subsidiary. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the foregoing requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture, and any Debt of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be Incurred as of such date.

Section 4.14 Transactions with Affiliates.

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction or series of related transactions, contract, agreement, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving with respect to each such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, unless:

(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction by the Company or such Subsidiary with a Person that is not an Affiliate; and

(2) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $50.0 million, the Company delivers to the Trustee a Board Resolution adopted by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company and by a majority of the members of such Board of Directors having no personal stake in such transaction, if any, approving such Affiliate Transaction together with an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) of this Section 4.14(a).

(b) Section 4.14(a) will not limit, and shall not apply to:

(1) Restricted Payments that are permitted by the provisions of this Indenture described under Section 4.08 and Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments made pursuant to clause (2) or (17) of the definition thereof);

(2) the provision of reasonable and customary compensation and other benefits (including vacation, retirement, stock compensation, health, option, severance, deferred compensation, retirement, savings and other benefit plans), indemnities, contribution and insurance to directors, officers and employees of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business to the extent permitted by law;

(3) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivable Subsidiary), including any such transactions with any third Person that is not an Affiliate;

(4) any agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date and any amendment or modification thereto so long as such amendment or modification is not more disadvantageous, taken as a whole, in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes than the agreement or arrangement in existence on the Issue Date;

 

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(5) any contribution of capital to the Company;

(6) any transaction with a joint venture, partnership, limited liability company or other entity (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) that constitutes an Affiliate solely because the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary owns an equity interest in such joint venture, partnership, limited liability company or other entity; provided that no other Affiliate of the Company, other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, shall have any beneficial interest or otherwise participate in such joint venture, partnership, limited liability company or other entity;

(7) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, or lessors or lessees of property, in each case in the ordinary course of business that are, in the aggregate (taking into account all of the costs and benefits associated with such transactions), on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, as determined in good faith by the Company, than those that could be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company;

(8) transactions effected as part of a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

(9) any employment, severance or consulting agreement or other compensation agreement, arrangement or plan, or any amendment thereto, entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(10) sales of Capital Interests (other than Redeemable Capital Interests) to Affiliates of the Company;

(11) any transaction in which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, deliver to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or that such transaction complies with clause (1) of Section 4.14(a);

(12) transactions between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person that constitutes an Affiliate solely because a director thereof is also a director of the Company; provided that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Company on any matter involving such other Person; and

(13) any transaction on arm’s-length terms with non-Affiliates that become Affiliates as a result of such transaction.

Section 4.15 Offer to Purchase Upon Change of Control.

(a) Within 30 days following the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company will make an Offer to Purchase all of the outstanding Notes at a Purchase Price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes tendered, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Purchase Date (the “Change of Control Payment”).

 

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(b) On the Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes (in integral multiples of $1,000) properly tendered pursuant to the Offer to Purchase; provided that if, following repurchase of a portion of a Note, the remaining principal amount of such Note outstanding immediately after such repurchase would be less than $150,000, then the portion of such Note so repurchased shall be reduced so that the remaining principal amount of such Note outstanding immediately after such repurchase is $150,000;

(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Purchase Price in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes so accepted; and

(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.15.

(c) The Paying Agent will promptly transmit to each Holder of Notes so accepted the Purchase Price for such Notes, and, in the case of any Definitive Note purchased in part, the Trustee will promptly authenticate upon receipt of an Authentication Order and deliver to each Holder thereof a new Definitive Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Definitive Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Definitive Note will be in a principal amount of $150,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(d) If a Purchase Date is on or after a Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest to the Purchase Date will be paid on the Purchase Date to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Record Date.

(e) The Company will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other applicable securities laws or regulations in connection with any repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 4.15. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will be deemed to have complied with its obligations under this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.

(f) Other than as specifically provided in this Section 4.15, any purchase pursuant to this Section 4.15 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.06.

(g) The Company will not be required to make an Offer to Purchase upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if (1) a third party makes such Offer to Purchase in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements of this Indenture and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Offer to Purchase or (2) the Company has exercised its right to redeem all of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price.

(h) Any Offer to Purchase may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including the completion of a Qualified Equity Offering, Change of Control, Asset Sale or other corporate transaction or the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event. If an Offer to Purchase is subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, the related notice shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s sole discretion, the

 

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Purchase Date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date of the applicable notice) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived by the Company in its sole discretion, or such purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived by the Purchase Date, or by the Purchase Date as so delayed.

Section 4.16 Limitation on Asset Sales.

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale, unless:

(1) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (measured as of the date of the definitive agreement with respect to such Asset Sale) of the assets or Capital Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and

(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale, together with the consideration received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in all other Asset Sales since the Issue Date (on a cumulative basis) by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents.

For purposes of clause (2) of this Section 4.16(a) and for no other purpose, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:

(i) any liabilities, as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary assignment and assumption or novation agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability with respect thereto;

(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of their receipt to the extent of the cash received in that conversion; and

(iii) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iii) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $50.0 million and (y) 2.5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.

(b) Within 450 days after the receipt of any Net Available Cash from an Asset Sale, or, if with respect to clauses (3), (4) and (5) of this Section 4.16(b), within 450 days after the receipt of any Net Available Cash from any Asset Sale the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary entered into a contractual commitment pursuant to a binding agreement with the good faith expectation to apply any

 

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such Net Available Cash within 180 days of such commitment (an “Acceptable Commitment”), then, within the later of 450 days after the receipt of such Net Available Cash and 180 days from the date of the Acceptable Commitment, the Company (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) may apply such Net Available Cash at its option to any combination of the following:

(1) to permanently reduce (and permanently reduce commitments with respect thereto): (A) Secured Debt under the Senior Credit Facilities, (B) Secured Debt of the Company (other than any Redeemable Capital Interests or Subordinated Obligations) or Secured Debt of a Guarantor (other than any Redeemable Capital Interests or Subordinated Obligations) or (C) Debt of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, in each case, other than Debt owed to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company;

(2) to permanently repay or reduce other Debt that ranks pari passu in right of payment with the Notes (“Pari Passu Debt”), other than Redeemable Capital Interests and Debt owed to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company; provided that if the Company shall so reduce any such Pari Passu Debt, the Company shall equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes as provided either, at the Company’s option, under Section 3.07, through open-market purchases (to the extent such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.16 for an Offer to Purchase) to all Holders of Notes to purchase some or all of their Notes at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the amount of Notes that would otherwise be paid;

(3) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets or a line of business of, or any Capital Interests of, another Person engaged in a Permitted Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Interests, such Person is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

(4) to make capital expenditures (including any capitalized software development costs) in or that are used or useful in a Permitted Business or to make expenditures for maintenance, repair or improvement of existing properties and assets in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;

(5) to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets under GAAP that are used or useful in a Permitted Business; or

(6) any combination of the foregoing;

provided that pending the final application of any such Net Available Cash in accordance with clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of this Section 4.16(b), the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings under any Debt Facility or otherwise invest the Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.

(c) Any Net Available Cash from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in Section 4.16(b) will constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $75.0 million, the Company will, within 30 days thereof, make an Offer to Purchase to all Holders of Notes (on a pro rata basis among the Notes), and to all holders of other Pari Passu Debt containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase, the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other Pari Passu Debt that may be purchased out of the

 

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Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Offer to Purchase will be equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Purchase Date and will be payable in cash, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the definition of Offer to Purchase or the agreements governing the Pari Passu Debt, as applicable, in the case of the Notes in integral multiples of $1,000; provided that if, following repurchase of a portion of a Note, the remaining principal amount of such Note outstanding immediately after such repurchase would be less than $150,000, then the portion of such Note so repurchased shall be reduced so that the remaining principal amount of such Note outstanding immediately after such repurchase is $150,000. The Company shall commence an Offer to Purchase with respect to Excess Proceeds by mailing (or otherwise delivering in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary) the notice required pursuant to the definition of Offer to Purchase to the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee.

If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Offer to Purchase, the Company may use those funds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture and they will no longer constitute Excess Proceeds. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other Pari Passu Debt tendered in such Offer to Purchase exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Company will select the Notes and such other Pari Passu Debt to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $150,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof will be purchased). Upon completion of each Offer to Purchase, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.

(d) If the Purchase Date is on or after an applicable Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest to the Purchase Date will be paid on the Purchase Date to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Record Date.

(e) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other applicable securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will be deemed to have complied with its obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.

(f) Any Offer to Purchase may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including the completion of a Qualified Equity Offering, Change of Control, Asset Sale or other corporate transaction or the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event. If an Offer to Purchase is subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, the related notice shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s sole discretion, the Purchase Date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date of the applicable notice) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived by the Company in its sole discretion, or such purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived by the Purchase Date, or by the Purchase Date as so delayed.

Section 4.17 Effectiveness of Covenants.

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(1) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies; and

(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (1) and (2) being collectively referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”),

the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to the provisions of Sections 4.08, 4.09, 4.11 (but only with respect to any Person that is required to become a Guarantor after such Covenant Suspension Event), 4.12, 4.14, 4.16 and 5.01(a)(3) (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”).

(b) In the event that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to the Notes following any Suspension Date and, subsequently, either one or both Rating Agencies withdraws its rating or downgrades the rating assigned to the Notes below the required Investment Grade Rating, then the Suspended Covenants will thereafter be reinstated as if such covenants had never been suspended (the “Reinstatement Date”) and be applicable pursuant to the terms of this Indenture (including in connection with performing any calculation or assessment to determine compliance with the terms of this Indenture), unless and until the Notes subsequently attain an Investment Grade Rating from both Rating Agencies and no Default or Event of Default is in existence; provided, however, that no Default, Event of Default or breach of any kind shall be deemed to exist under this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees with respect to the Suspended Covenants based on, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall bear any liability for, any actions taken or events occurring during the Suspension Period, regardless of whether such actions or events would have been permitted if the applicable Suspended Covenants had remained in effect during such period. The period of time between the Suspension Date and the Reinstatement Date is referred to as the “Suspension Period.”

(c) On the Reinstatement Date, all Debt (including any Acquired Debt) Incurred during the Suspension Period will be classified as having been Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.09(a) or, at the Company’s option, pursuant to one of the clauses set forth in the definition of “Permitted Debt” (in each case, to the extent such Debt would be permitted to be Incurred thereunder as of the Reinstatement Date and after giving effect to Debt Incurred prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reinstatement Date). To the extent such Debt would not be so permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09, such Debt will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified or permitted under clause (4) of the definition of “Permitted Debt.” Calculations made after the Reinstatement Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.08 will be made as though such covenant had been in effect from the Issue Date and prior to, but not during, the Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will not reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.08(a).

(d) For purposes of Section 4.11, any Person that is required to become a Guarantor because it has become a borrower under the Senior Credit Facilities or Guaranteed the Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities during the Suspension Period shall provide a Note Guarantee within 30 days of the Reinstatement Date.

(e) During any period when the Suspended Covenants are suspended, the Board of Directors of the Company may not designate any of the Company’s Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to this Indenture.

 

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(f) Promptly following the occurrence of any Covenant Suspension Event or Reinstatement Date, the Company will provide an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee regarding such occurrence. The Trustee shall have no obligation to independently determine or verify if a Covenant Suspension Event or Reinstatement Date has occurred or notify the Holders of any Covenant Suspension Event or Reinstatement Date. The Trustee may provide a copy of such Officers’ Certificate to any Holder of the Notes upon written request.

Section 4.18 Payment of Additional Amounts

(a) All payments made under or with respect to the Notes or with respect to any Note Guarantee will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges of whatever nature, including any penalties and interest relating thereto (“Taxes”) imposed or levied by or on behalf of the government of, or any political subdivision of any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax of, (i) any jurisdiction in which the Company (including any surviving entity) is then incorporated, organized or resident for tax purposes, (ii) any jurisdiction in which any Guarantor is then incorporated, organized or resident for tax purposes or (iii) any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made by or on behalf of the Company or any Guarantor (including, without limitation, the jurisdiction of any Paying Agent) (each of (i), (ii) and (iii), a “Relevant Tax Jurisdiction”), unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law or by regulation or by government policy having the force of law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of any Relevant Tax Jurisdiction will at any time be required by law or by regulation or by government policy having the force of law to be made from any payments made under or with respect to the Notes or with respect to any Note Guarantee, including, without limitation, payments of principal, redemption price, repurchase price, interest or premium, the Company, the relevant Guarantor or other payor, as applicable, will pay such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received in respect of such payments by each Holder (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will equal the respective amounts that would have been received in respect of such payments in the absence of such withholding or deduction; provided, however, that no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to:

(1) any Taxes that would not have been imposed but for the Holder of a Note or the beneficial owner of a Note being a citizen or resident or national of, incorporated in or carrying on a business or maintaining a permanent establishment or physical presence in, the applicable Relevant Tax Jurisdiction in which such Taxes are imposed or having any other present or former connection with the applicable Relevant Tax Jurisdiction other than the mere acquisition, holding, enforcement or receipt of payment in respect of such Note or any Note Guarantee;

(2) any Taxes that are imposed or withheld as a result of the failure of the Holder of a Note or beneficial owner of a Note to comply with any timely reasonable written request, made to that Holder or beneficial owner, by the Company or any of the Guarantors to provide timely and accurate information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such Holder or beneficial owner or to make any valid and timely declaration or similar claim or satisfy any certification, information or other reporting requirement, which is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the applicable Relevant Tax Jurisdiction as a precondition to any exemption from or reduction in all or part of such Taxes to which such Holder or beneficial owner is entitled;

 

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(3) any Note presented for payment (where Notes are in the form of definitive registered Notes and presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the Holder (except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented on the last day of such 30-day period);

(4) any payment under or with respect to a Note made to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment, to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial owner of such payment would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the actual Holder of such Note;

(5) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, personal property or similar Taxes;

(6) any Taxes payable other than by deduction or withholding from payments under, or with respect to, the Notes or with respect to any Note Guarantee;

(7) any withholding or deduction required pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the Issue Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantially comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) or any regulations or agreements thereunder, official interpretations thereof, or any law, regulation or government policy having the force of law implementing an intergovernmental agreement with respect thereto; and

(8) any combination of items (1) through (7) above.

(b) In addition, a Guarantor that is a Swiss tax resident entity shall not be required to pay any Additional Amounts with respect to any Swiss Taxes withheld by such Guarantor under the Swiss Federal Act on Withholding Tax as of October 13, 1965; provided that this restriction shall not in any way limit the obligations of any non-Swiss persons otherwise obligated to pay Additional Amounts to pay the Additional Amounts in respect of the deduction of Swiss withholding Taxes; provided, further, that in the event that a Swiss tax resident Guarantor that would otherwise be required to pay Additional Amounts with respect to Swiss Taxes is relieved from such obligation pursuant to this sentence, the other Guarantors, jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally Guarantee, on a senior unsecured basis, the payment of such Additional Amounts in respect of such Swiss Taxes.

(c) In addition to the foregoing, the Company and the Guarantors will also pay and indemnify the Trustee and any Holder or beneficial owner of a Note for any present or future stamp, issue, registration, excise, court or documentary taxes, or any other similar Taxes which are levied by any Relevant Tax Jurisdiction on or in connection with the execution, delivery, registration or enforcement of any of the Notes, this Indenture, any Note Guarantee, or any other document or instrument referred to herein or therein.

(d) If the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, is or becomes obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment under or with respect to the Notes or any Note Guarantee, the Company or the relevant Guarantor, as the case may be, will deliver to the Trustee on a date that is at least 30 days prior to the date of that payment (unless the obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises after the 30th day prior to that payment date, in which case the Company or the relevant

 

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Guarantor shall notify the Trustee promptly thereafter) an Officers’ Certificate stating the fact that Additional Amounts will be payable and the amount estimated to be so payable. The Officers’ Certificate shall also set forth any other information reasonably necessary to enable the Paying Agent to pay Additional Amounts to Holders on the relevant payment date. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely solely on such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive proof that such payments are necessary and for the amount of such payments, and in the absence of such Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee may assume that no Additional Amounts are due. The Company or the relevant Guarantor will provide the Trustee with documentation evidencing the payment of Additional Amounts and the Trustee will make such documentation available to the Holders of the Notes.

(e) The applicable withholding agent will make all required withholdings and deductions and will remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant taxing authority in accordance with applicable law. Upon request, the Company or the relevant Guarantor will provide to the Trustee an official receipt or, if official receipts are not obtainable, other documentation evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld. The Company or the relevant Guarantor (as the case may be) will attach to each receipt or other documentation a certificate stating the amount of such Taxes paid per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Upon request, copies of those receipts or other documentation, as the case may be, will be made available by the Trustee to the Holders of the Notes.

(f) Whenever in this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of amounts based upon the principal amount of the Notes or of principal, interest or of any other amount payable under, or with respect to, any of the Notes or Note Guarantee (as the case may be), such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

(g) The obligations under this Section 4.18 will survive termination, Legal Defeasance, Covenant Defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and any transfer by a Holder or beneficial owner of its Notes and will apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which any successor person to the Company or any Guarantor is incorporated, organized or resident for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which such person makes any payment on or with respect to the Notes (or any Note Guarantee) and any political subdivision thereof or therein.

ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSORS

Section 5.01 Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease.

(a) The Company will not in any transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into any other Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation), or directly or indirectly sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company, taken as a whole, to any other Person, unless:

(1) (i) the Company is the surviving Person or (ii) the resulting or surviving Person (if not the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition has been made (such Person, the “Successor Company”) (A) shall be a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or similar entity organized and validly existing

 

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under the laws of any member state of the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada or the United States, any political subdivision thereof or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (and, if such entity is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation organized under any such laws) and (B) the Successor Company shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the Obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture;

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis (including, without limitation, any Debt Incurred or anticipated to be Incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction or series of transactions), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

(3) immediately after giving effect to any such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis (including, without limitation, any Debt Incurred or anticipated to be Incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction or series of transactions) as if such transaction or series of transactions had occurred on the first day of the determination period, (A) the Successor Company could Incur $1.00 of additional Debt under Section 4.09(a) or (B) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Successor Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recent Four Quarter Period shall be equal to or greater than such Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such transaction (or the first such transaction if there are a series of transactions);

(4) each Guarantor (unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, in which case clause (1) of Section 5.01(c) shall apply) shall have by a supplemental indenture confirmed that its Note Guarantee shall apply to such Successor Company’s Obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and

(5) the Company delivers, or causes to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation, sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, lease or other disposition complies with the requirements of this Indenture.

(b) Subject to the limitations set forth in this Indenture, the Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Company under this Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, failure to satisfy the requirements of clauses (2) and (3) of Section 5.01(a) will not prohibit:

(1) a merger or amalgamation between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary that is a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company or the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to a Restricted Subsidiary that is a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company; or

(2) a merger or amalgamation between the Company and an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of converting the Company into a corporation organized under the laws of any member state of the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada or the United States or any political subdivision or state thereof or the District of Columbia, so long as, in each case, the amount of Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby.

 

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(c) The Company will not permit any Guarantor, in any transaction or series of related transactions, to consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into any other Person (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving corporation), or directly or indirectly sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any Person (other than to the Company or another Guarantor), unless:

(1) (A) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Guarantor”), if other than such Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under this Indenture, the Notes and its Note Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(B) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis (including, without limitation, any Debt Incurred or anticipated to be Incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction or series of transactions), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(C) the Company delivers, or causes to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation, sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, lease or other disposition complies with the requirements of this Indenture; or

(2) in the event the transaction results in the release of the Guarantor’s Note Guarantee under clause (1)(A) of Section 10.06(a), the transaction is made in compliance with Section 4.16 (it being understood that only such portion, if any, of the Net Available Cash as is required to be applied on the date of such transaction in accordance with the terms of this Indenture needs to be applied in accordance therewith at such time).

(d) Subject to the limitations set forth in this Indenture, the Successor Guarantor will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Guarantor under this Indenture and the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor.

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor may merge or amalgamate with or into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another Guarantor or merge or amalgamate with a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, so long as the resulting entity remains or becomes a Guarantor.

Section 5.02 Successor Entity Substituted.

Upon any consolidation, merger, amalgamation, winding-up, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or a Guarantor in accordance with Section 5.01, the Company and a Guarantor, as the case may be, will be released from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes or its Note Guarantee, as the case may be, and the Successor Company and the Successor Guarantor, as the case may be, will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or a Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture and the Notes or such Note Guarantee, as the case may be; provided that, in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company will not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes, and a Guarantor will not be released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee.

 

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ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01 Events of Default.

Each of the following is an “Event of Default”:

(1) default in the payment in respect of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Note when due and payable (whether at Stated Maturity or upon repurchase, acceleration, optional redemption or otherwise);

(2) default in the payment of any interest upon any Note when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;

(3) failure by the Company or any Guarantor to comply with its obligations under clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) of Section 5.01(a) and clauses (A), (B) and (C) of Section 5.01(c)(1), as applicable;

(4) failure to perform or comply with Section 4.06 and continuance of such failure to perform or comply for a period of 120 days after written notice thereof has been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes;

(5) except as permitted by or in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the Note Guarantee of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary shall for any reason cease to be, or it shall be asserted by such Guarantor or the Company not to be, in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms;

(6) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company or any Guarantor in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in whose performance or whose breach is specifically dealt with in clauses (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) above), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after written notice thereof has been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes;

(7) a default or defaults under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any Debt for money borrowed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (or the payment of which is Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) having, individually or in the aggregate, a principal or similar amount outstanding of at least $75.0 million, whether such Debt now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default or defaults shall have resulted in the acceleration of the maturity of such Debt prior to its express maturity or (except in the case of any Debt owing to the Company by any Restricted Subsidiary or any Debt of any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall constitute a failure to pay a principal or similar amount of such Debt equal to at least $75.0 million when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto; provided that this clause (7) shall not apply to (i) any redemption, exchange, repurchase, conversion or settlement with respect to any Permitted Convertible Notes, or satisfaction of any condition giving rise to or permitting the foregoing, pursuant to their terms unless such redemption, repurchase, conversion or settlement results from

 

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a default thereunder or an event of the type that constitutes an Event of Default hereunder or (ii) any early payment requirement or unwinding or termination with respect to any Permitted Call Spread Swap Contract, or satisfaction of any condition giving rise to or permitting the foregoing, in accordance with the terms thereof where neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates is the “defaulting party” (or substantially equivalent term) under the terms of such Permitted Call Spread Swap Contract;

(8) the entry against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of a final non-appealable judgment or final non-appealable judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $75.0 million (net of amounts covered by insurance), by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction, which judgments remain undischarged, unwaived, unstayed, unbonded or unsatisfied for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(9) (a) the Company or a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

  (i)

commences proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;

 

  (ii)

consents to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking an arrangement of debt, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or relief under applicable Bankruptcy Law;

 

  (iii)

consents to the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of it or for all or substantially all of its property;

 

  (iv)

makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

 

  (v)

generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or

(b) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

  (i)

is for relief against the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, in a proceeding in which the Company, any such Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, is to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;

 

  (ii)

appoints a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of

 

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  Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or

 

  (iii)

orders the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.

Section 6.02 Acceleration.

(a) If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in clause (9) of Section 6.01 with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the principal of the Notes and any accrued interest on the Notes to be due and payable immediately by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders); provided, however, that after such acceleration, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind and annul such acceleration (except with respect to the non-payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on the Notes, other than the non-payment of such amounts that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration) if (1) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decrees and (2) all existing Events of Default, other than the non-payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on the Notes that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived, as provided in this Indenture.

(b) In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes solely because an Event of Default described in clause (7) of Section 6.01 has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically rescinded and annulled if the event of default or payment default triggering such Event of Default pursuant to clause (7) of Section 6.01 shall be remedied or cured by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or waived by the holders of the relevant Debt within 20 Business Days after the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto and if the rescission and annulment of the acceleration of the Notes would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Trustee for the payment of amounts due on the Notes.

(c) If an Event of Default described in clause (9) of Section 6.01 occurs with respect to the Company, the principal of and any accrued interest on the Notes then outstanding shall ipso facto become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

 

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(d) The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any Default (except Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest) if the Trustee determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders to do so.

Section 6.03 Other Remedies.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.

The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes) may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, waive any past Default under this Indenture and rescind its consequences if such a waiver and rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdictions, except a default:

(1) in any payment in respect of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Notes (including any Note which is required to have been purchased pursuant to an Offer to Purchase which has been made by the Company), other than the non-payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Notes that have become due solely by declaration of acceleration; or

(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under this Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected.

Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 6.05 Control by Majority.

Subject to the obligation to provide indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, and the Trustee may take any action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law, this Indenture, the Notes or any Note Guarantee, or that is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder, or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

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Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.

Subject to Section 6.07, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

(1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have requested in writing to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(3) such Holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the notice, request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

(5) the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with such written request within such 60-day period.

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.

Section 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest on its Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in such Note (including in connection with an Offer to Purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company and any other obligor on the Notes for the whole amount of principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes, together with interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel.

Section 6.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceedings, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding has been instituted.

 

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Section 6.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.07, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy are, to the extent permitted by law, cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 6.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

Section 6.12 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

The Trustee may file proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes, including the Guarantors), its creditors or its property and is entitled and empowered to participate as a member in any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter and to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims. Any custodian, receiver, trustee or similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 6.13 Priorities.

If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order, on the date or dates fixed by the Trustee:

 

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(1) First, to the Trustee and its agents and attorneys for all amounts due under Section 7.06, including payment of all reasonable compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

(2) Second, to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest, respectively; and

(3) Third, to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct, including a Guarantor, if applicable.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.13. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this Section 6.13, the Trustee shall cause notice of such record date and payment date to be given to the Company and to each Holder in the manner set forth in Section 12.01.

Section 6.14 Undertaking for Costs.

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.14 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

(1) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision

 

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hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved in a court of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05; and

(4) none of the provisions of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise to incur any liability, financial or otherwise, in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not assured to it.

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.

(e) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have provided to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses, fees and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Moneys held by the Trustee and the Paying Agent will remain uninvested.

Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine in good faith to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

 

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(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both subject to the other provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care.

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company or a Guarantor shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company or such Guarantor.

(f) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the existence of a Default or Event of Default, the Notes and this Indenture.

(g) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

(h) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, each Agent and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(i) The Trustee may request that the Company and each Guarantor deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

(j) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.

(k) The Trustee shall not have any liability or responsibility with respect to, or obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire (i) as to the Company’s, any Guarantor’s or any other Person’s compliance with any covenant under this Indenture (other than the covenant to make payment on the Notes) or (ii) as to whether or not any Rating Agency has adjusted the rating of the Notes.

 

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Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.

The Trustee or any Agent in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee or such Agent. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest (within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act), it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the Commission for permission to continue as trustee (if this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act) or resign. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.09 and 7.10.

Section 7.04 Trustees Disclaimer.

The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Notes or any Note Guarantee, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein, in the Notes, in the Offering Circular or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication on the Notes.

Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.

If a Default occurs and is continuing of which the Trustee is deemed to have knowledge in accordance with Section 7.02(f), the Trustee will give to each Holder a notice of the Default within 90 days after Trustee is deemed to have knowledge thereof. Except in the case of an Event of Default specified in clauses (1) or (2) of Section 6.01, the Trustee may withhold from the Holders notice of any continuing Default if it determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.

Section 7.06 Compensation and Indemnity.

(a) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the parties shall agree in writing from time to time. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

(b) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold each of the Trustee and any predecessor harmless from and against, any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture and the performance of its duties hereunder (including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company or any Guarantor (including this Section 7.06)) or defending itself against any claim whether asserted by any Holder, the Company, any Guarantor or any other Person, or liability in connection with the acceptance, exercise or performance of any of its powers, duties or rights hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company or any Guarantor of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor need reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.

 

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(c) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.06 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.

(d) To secure the payment obligations of the Company and the Guarantors in this Section 7.06, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except funds held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee or the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(9) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

Section 7.07 Replacement of Trustee.

(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.07. The Trustee may resign in writing at any time by giving 30 days’ prior notice of such resignation to the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09;

(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

(3) a receiver or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

(b) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the successor Trustee to replace it with another successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

(c) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the Company’s expense), the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(d) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.09, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

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(e) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided that all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and such transfer shall be subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.06. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.07, the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under Section 7.06 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

(f) As used in this Section 7.07, the term “Trustee” shall also include each Agent; provided that the resignation of an Agent becomes effective on the date specified in the notice of resignation.

Section 7.08 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business (including its obligations under this Indenture) to, another corporation or national banking association, the successor corporation or national banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee, subject to Section 7.09.

Section 7.09 Eligibility; Disqualification.

(a) There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation or national banking association organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

(a) This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a) and (5). The Trustee is subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b).

Section 7.10 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.

The Trustee is subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

ARTICLE 8

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The Company may, at its option and at any time, in the case of Section 8.03 pursuant to a Board Resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, elect to have either Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

 

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Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

(a) Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to this Indenture, all outstanding Notes and Note Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (“Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) through (5) below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture, including that of the Guarantors (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(1) the rights of Holders of such Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of and any premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when payments are due, solely out of the trust created pursuant to this Indenture referred to in Section 8.04;

(2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;

(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee and the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith;

(4) the Company’s right of optional redemption pursuant to Section 3.07; and

(5) this Section 8.02.

(b) Following the Company’s exercise of its Legal Defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default.

(c) Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03.

(d) If the Company exercises the Legal Defeasance option, each Guarantor will be released and relieved of any obligation under its Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions under Section 10.06.

Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.

(a) Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.05, 4.06, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16 and 4.17 and clause (3) of Section 5.01(a) with respect to the outstanding Notes, and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all Note Guarantees, on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (“Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to this Indenture and the outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of

 

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any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(3) (that resulted solely from the failure by the Company to comply with clause (3) of Section 5.01(a)), 6.01(4), 6.01(5), 6.01(6) (only with respect to covenants that are released as a result of such Covenant Defeasance), 6.01(7), 6.01(8) or 6.01(9) (solely with respect to Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), in each case, shall not constitute an Event of Default.

(b) If the Company exercises the Covenant Defeasance option, each Guarantor will be released and relieved of any obligation under its Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions under Section 10.06.

Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

(a) The following shall be the conditions to the exercise of either the Legal Defeasance option under Section 8.02 or the Covenant Defeasance option under Section 8.03 with respect to the outstanding Notes:

(1) the Company must irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to the benefits of the Holders of such Notes: (A) cash in U.S. dollars in an amount, (B) Government Securities, which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient without reinvestment, in the opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay and discharge, the entire indebtedness in respect of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Notes on the Stated Maturity thereof or (if the Company has made irrevocable arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) the redemption date thereof, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Notes; provided, that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any deficit as of the date of redemption (any such amount, the “Applicable Premium Deficit”) only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the date of redemption. Any Applicable Premium Deficit shall be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee at least two Business Days prior to the deposit of such Applicable Premium Deficit that confirms that such Applicable Premium Deficit shall be applied toward such redemption;

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(A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or

(B) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law,

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders and beneficial owners of such Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such Notes and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge were not to occur;

(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders and beneficial owners of such Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Notes and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur;

(4) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the outstanding Notes shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit after giving effect thereto (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the grant of any Lien to secure such borrowing);

(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or material instrument (other than this Indenture and the agreements governing any other Debt being defeased, discharge or replaced) to which the Company or any of the Guarantors is a party or by which the Company or any of the Guarantors is bound;

(6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with;

(7) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company, any Guarantor or others; and

(8) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be (which instructions may be contained in the Officers’ Certificate referred to in clause (7) above).

Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

(a) Subject to Section 8.06, all money and Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.04 in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this

 

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Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or a Guarantor acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest on the Notes, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(b) The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders.

(c) Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 which, in the opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(a)), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Section 8.06 Repayment to the Company.

Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.

Section 8.07 Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or government obligations in accordance with Section 8.02 or Section 8.03, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or Section 8.03, as the case may be; provided that, if the Company makes any payment of principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may, without the consent of any Holders, enter into one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture for any of the following purposes:

(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or a Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or a Guarantor in this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees in accordance with Section 5.01;

(2) to add to the covenants of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the benefit of the Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor;

(3) to add additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders;

(4) to provide for or facilitate the issuance of uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 4701(b)(1)(B) of the Code;

(5) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under this Indenture by a successor Trustee; provided that the successor Trustee is otherwise qualified and eligible to act as such under the terms of this Indenture;

(6) to provide for or confirm the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

(7) to add a Guarantor or to release a Guarantor from its Note Guarantee or modify a Note Guarantee, in each case in accordance with this Indenture;

(8) to cure any ambiguity, defect, omission, mistake or inconsistency;

(9) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided that such actions pursuant to this clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect;

(10) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees to any provision of the “Description of notes” section of the Offering Circular;

(11) to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

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(13) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes as permitted by this Indenture, including to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes; provided, however, that compliance with this Indenture as so amended would not result in Notes being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities law; or

(14) to comply with the rules of any applicable securities depositary.

(b) Upon the request of the Company, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Sections 9.05 and 12.03, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and the then-existing Guarantors need not be a party to, and no Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with the addition of a Guarantor under this Indenture pursuant to, a supplemental indenture to this Indenture executed by such Guarantor and the Trustee, the form of which is attached as Exhibit C, except as provided in Section 5.01(c).

(c) For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall not be responsible for making any determination as to whether or not the consent of Holders is required in connection with any amendment, supplement or waiver of any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees.

Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders.

(a) Except as provided in Section 9.01 and this Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to this Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture, including the definitions therein and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07, waive any existing Default or Event of Default. Section 2.08 and Section 2.09 shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for the purposes of this Section 9.02.

(b) Upon the request of the Company, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Sections 9.05 and Section 12.03, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.

(c) It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

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(d) After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall give to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment, supplement or waiver. However, the failure of the Company to give such notice to all the Holders, or any defect in the notice, will not impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver.

(e) Without the consent of each affected Holder, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

(1) change the Stated Maturity of any Note or of any installment of interest on any Note, or reduce the amount payable in respect of the principal thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable thereon, or reduce the amount that would be due and payable on acceleration of the maturity thereof, or change the place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Note or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof, or change the date on which any Notes may be subject to redemption or reduce the redemption price therefor;

(2) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture;

(3) modify the obligations of the Company to make Offers to Purchase upon a Change of Control Triggering Event or from the Excess Proceeds of Asset Sales after the occurrence of such Change of Control Triggering Event or such Asset Sale;

(4) modify or change any provision of this Indenture affecting the ranking of the Notes or any Note Guarantee in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes;

(5) modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.02 or provisions relating to waiver of defaults or certain covenants, except to increase any such percentage required for such actions or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected thereby; or

(6) release any Note Guarantees required to be maintained under this Indenture or modify the Note Guarantees in any manner adverse to the Holders (in each case, other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture).

(f) For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall not be responsible for making any determination as to whether or not the consent of Holders, or what percentage of such Holders, is required in connection with any amendment, supplement or waiver of any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees.

(g) A consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver of this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees by any Holder given in connection with a tender of such Holder’s Notes will not be rendered invalid by such tender.

 

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Section 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents.

(a) Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

(b) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date pursuant to Section 1.04 for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.04 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

(a) The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

(b) Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

In executing any amendment, supplement or waiver, the Trustee shall receive and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.03, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent are satisfied with respect to the execution and delivery of any such amendment, supplemental indenture or waiver, that such amendment, supplemental indenture or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that such amendment, supplemental indenture or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and each Guarantor party thereto, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and that such amendment, supplemental indenture or waiver complies with the provisions hereof.

ARTICLE 10

GUARANTEES

Section 10.01 Guarantee.

(a) Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, on a senior unsecured basis, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: (1) the principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other Obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or under the Notes shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with

 

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the terms hereof and thereof; and (2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise (collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Failing payment by the Company when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each of the Note Guarantees shall be a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder or the Trustee with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof (other than any waiver or consent expressly releasing such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder), the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Note Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture, or pursuant to Section 10.06.

(c) Each of the Guarantors also agrees, jointly and severally, to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) Incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.

(d) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid either to the Trustee or such Holder, each Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

(e) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders or the Trustee in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of the Note Guarantees. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders or the Trustee under the Note Guarantees.

(f) Each Note Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes or the Note Guarantees, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had

 

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not been made. In the event that any payment or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

(g) In case any provision of any Note Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

(h) Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Note Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

Section 10.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

(a) Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent conveyance or a fraudulent transfer for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law or abuse of corporate assets or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally, including laws relating to the liability of directors and managers, in each case to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law. Each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Note Guarantee will be entitled, upon payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture, to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment, determined in accordance with GAAP.

(b) Limitation on Note Guarantees by Swiss Guarantors.

(1) If and to the extent that a payment by a Swiss Guarantor with respect to any Guaranteed Obligations would, at the time such Guaranteed Obligations are due, not be permitted under Swiss law, in particular if and to the extent that such Swiss Guarantor Guarantees Obligations other than Obligations of one of its wholly-owned direct or indirect Subsidiaries, then the obligation of that Swiss Guarantor to make such payment shall be limited to the maximum amount permitted by Swiss law at the time payment is demanded from the Swiss Guarantor; provided, that any such limitation under Swiss law shall not reduce such Swiss Guarantor’s Guaranteed Obligations in excess of such limited amount (any amount in excess of such limited amount, the “Excess Amount”), but merely postpone the payment date of any Excess Amount until such time or times as the payment thereof is permitted under Swiss law. Any and all indemnities and guarantees by the Swiss Guarantor contained in this Indenture shall be construed in a manner consistent with this Section 10.02(b).

(2) In order to obtain the maximum benefit under its Note Guarantee, each Swiss Guarantor undertakes to promptly implement all such measures and/or to promptly obtain the fulfillment of all prerequisites allowing it to promptly perform its Obligations under this Indenture and make any required payment(s) with respect to any Guaranteed Obligations from time to time, including the following:

 

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(A) preparation of an up-to-date audited balance sheet of such Swiss Guarantor;

(B) confirmation of the auditors of such Swiss Guarantor that the relevant amount represents the maximum freely distributable equity;

(C) approval by a shareholders’ or a quotaholders’ meeting (as applicable) of such Swiss Guarantor of the resulting profit distribution; and

(D) all such other measures necessary or useful to allow such Swiss Guarantor to make the payments and perform its Obligations under this Indenture with a minimum of limitations.

(c) Limitation on Note Guarantees by German Guarantors.

(1) To the extent that the Note Guarantee created under this Indenture is granted by a Guarantor incorporated in Germany as a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, GmbH) (each a “German Guarantor”) and the Note Guarantee of such German Guarantor guarantees amounts which are owed by direct or indirect shareholders of such German Guarantor or Subsidiaries of such shareholders (with the exception of such German Guarantor and Subsidiaries of such German Guarantor), the Note Guarantee of such German Guarantor shall be subject to certain limitations as set out in the following clauses of this Section 10.02(c). In relation to any other amounts guaranteed, the Note Guarantee of such German Guarantor shall remain unlimited.

(2) Subject to clauses (4) and (5) below, the Trustee shall not be entitled to enforce the Note Guarantee with respect to a German Guarantor to the extent that such German Guarantor demonstrates that:

(A) at the time of its entry into this Indenture:

(i) entry into the Note Guarantee caused such German Guarantor’s net assets (Nettovermögen within the German law meaning of that term) (the “Net Assets”) calculated as per the day of entry into the Note Guarantee to fall below the amount of its stated share capital (Stammkapital within the German law meaning of that term) (such reduction being a Begründung einer Unterbilanz within the German law meaning of that term); or

(ii) the entry into the Note Guarantee caused such German Guarantor’s Net Assets to be further reduced (Vertiefung einer Unterbilanz within the German law meaning of that term) (if its Net Assets were at the date of entry into the Note Guarantee already lower than its stated share capital); or

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(i) reducing such German Guarantor’s Net Assets (calculated as per the day of the Payment Demand (as defined below)) to an amount less than its stated share capital (Stammkapital within the German law meaning of that term) (such reduction being a Begründung einer Unterbilanz within the German law meaning of that term); or

(ii) causing such German Guarantor’s Net Assets to be further reduced (Vertiefung einer Unterbilanz within the German law meaning of that term) (if its Net Assets are at the day of the Payment Demand already lower than its stated share capital),

and that in cases of (A) and (B) of this clause (c) such German Guarantor thereby contravenes the obligatory preservation of its stated share capital according to §§ 30, 31 German GmbH-Act (GmbH-Gesetz) (the “GmbH-Act”) (“Limitation on Enforcement” or “Limitation Event”). For the purpose of determining whether a Limitation Event has occurred, any indemnification claim (Freistellungsanspruch within the German law meaning of that term) or recourse claim (Rückgriffsanspruch within the German law meaning of that term) which such German Guarantor has acquired, or would acquire against a shareholder or another Subsidiary of the Company or any of its affiliates as a result of entry into or the enforcement of the Note Guarantee, shall be taken into account to the extent that such indemnification or recourse claim is fully valuable (vollwertig) within the meaning of sentence 2 of paragraph 1 of § 30 GmbH-Act and in accordance with applicable court rulings of the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) (“Recourse Claim”). To the extent that there is such Recourse Claim, no Limitation on Enforcement applies.

(3) The value of the Net Assets shall be determined in accordance with the relevant provisions of the German Commercial Code (Handesgesetzbuch) (the “HGB”) relating to the preparation of unconsolidated balance sheets (Jahresabschluss within the German law meaning of that term according to § 42 GmbH-Act, §§ 242, 264 HGB) consistently applied from time to time as they are in full force and effect as at the date hereof, save that:

(A) the amount of any increase of the stated share capital (Stammkapital within the German law meaning of that term) of a German Guarantor effected out of retained earnings (Kapitalerhöhung aus Gesellschaftsmitteln within the German law meaning of that term) registered after the date of this Indenture shall be deducted from the relevant stated share capital; and

(B) loans and other liabilities incurred in violation of the provisions of this Indenture or the Notes shall be disregarded.

(4) The Limitation on Enforcement shall only apply if and to the extent that the managing director(s) (Geschäftsführer within the German law meaning of that term) on behalf of the respective German Guarantor has delivered an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee within 5 Business Days following the Trustee’s demand under the Note Guarantee (the “Payment Demand”) certifying:

(A) that such German Guarantor did not hold a Recourse Claim in case of clause (2)(A) above, on the date of entering into this Indenture and, in case of clause (2)(B) above, on the date of the Payment Demand;

(B) the amount of such German Guarantor’s Net Assets on the day of entering into this Indenture and the day of the Payment Demand; and

 

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(C) that and to what extent the demanded payment would lead to the occurrence of a Limitation Event (the “Management Determination”), provided that until and including the earlier of (i) the date falling ten Business Days after the Payment Demand and (ii) the date of the delivery of the Management Determination to the Trustee, the right to enforce the Note Guarantee (whether in full or in part) shall be suspended.

(5) If the Trustee (acting at the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes) disagrees with the Management Determination, the Trustee shall nevertheless be entitled to enforce the Note Guarantee up to such amount which is undisputed between the Trustee (acting at the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes) and the relevant German Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of clause (4) above. In relation to the amount which is disputed, the Limitation on Enforcement shall only apply if a firm of auditors of international standing and reputation has determined within 45 calendar days (or such longer period as has been agreed between the relevant German Guarantor and the Trustee (acting at the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes)) from the date the Trustee has contested the Management Determination (A) whether the relevant Recourse Claim was or was not fully valuable (vollwertig) at the time of entry into this Indenture and the date of the Payment Demand, (B) the amount of the relevant German Guarantor’s Net Assets on the date of entering into this Indenture and date of the Payment Demand and (C) to what extent the demanded payment would lead to the occurrence of a Limitation Event (the “Auditors Determination”). If the Trustee (acting at the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes) and the relevant German Guarantor do not agree on the appointment of a joint auditor within 5 Business Days from the date the Trustee has disputed the Management Determination, the Trustee (acting at the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes) shall be entitled to appoint auditors of international standing and reputation in the discretion of the instructing Holders. The amounts determined in the Auditor’s Determination shall be (except for manifest error) binding for all parties. The costs of the Auditor’s Determination shall be borne by the Company. If pursuant to the Auditor’s Determination the amount payable under the Note Guarantee is higher than set out in the Management Determination, the relevant German Guarantor shall pay the difference to the Trustee within 5 Business Days after receipt of the Auditor’s Determination.

(6) If, and to the extent that, the Note Guarantee has been enforced without regard to the Limitation on Enforcement because (A) the Management Determination or the Auditor’s Determination was not delivered within the relevant time frame or (B) the amount payable under the Note Guarantee resulting from the Auditor’s Determination is lower than the respective amount resulting from the Management Determination, the Trustee shall upon written demand of the relevant German Guarantor to the Trustee (on behalf of the Trustee and the Holders) repay any amount (in each case limited to the amount received by it respectively under the Note Guarantee granted under this Indenture and not passed on by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture or the Notes) in the case of (A) above, for which the Trustee would not have been entitled to enforce had the Management Determination or the Auditor’s Confirmation been delivered in time, and in the case of (B) above, which is equal to the difference between the amount paid and the amount payable resulting from the Auditor’s Determination calculated as of the date of entry into this Indenture or the date of the Payment Demand, as the case may be, and in accordance with clause (3) above, provided such demand for repayment is made to the Trustee in case of (A) above within two (2) months from the delivery of the Auditor’s Determination and in case of (B) above within four (4) months from the date the Note Guarantee has been enforced (in each case an Ausschlussfrist within the German law meaning of that term).

 

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(7) If a German Guarantor intends to demonstrate that the enforcement of the Note Guarantee would lead to the occurrence of a Limitation Event, then such German Guarantor shall realize at market value, or if a market value cannot be determined, at arm’s-length terms to the extent necessary to satisfy the amounts demanded under the Note Guarantee, any and all of its assets that are shown in its balance sheet with a book value (Buchwert) which are significantly lower than their market value and to the extent that such assets are not necessary for the relevant German Guarantor’s business (nicht betriebsnotwendig).

(8) The Limitation on Enforcement does not affect the right of the Trustee or the Holders to claim again any outstanding amount at a later point in time if and to the extent that clause (2) of this Section 10.02(c) would allow this at that later point.

(9) The Limitation on Enforcement does not apply in relation to amounts that correspond to funds that constitute proceeds of Notes issued under this Indenture and have been on-lent to, or otherwise been passed on to, the relevant German Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries and, in case of clause (2)(B) above, are still outstanding. The burden of demonstrating that no amounts have been passed on to a German Guarantor is on that German Guarantor, provided that an up-to-date financial statement of that German Guarantor prepared in accordance with the principles applicable to its unconsolidated balance sheet (Jahresabschluss according to § 42 GmbH-Act, §§ 242, 264 German Commercial Code) and setting out in reasonable detail in its annex (Anhang) any such on-lending or confirming its nonexistence, shall constitute prima facie evidence for this purpose.

(10) The Limitation on Enforcement does not apply to any amounts payable under the Note Guarantee if and, in case of clause (2)(B) above, as long as a domination and/or profit and loss transfer agreement in accordance with § 291 of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz, the “AktG”) is in existence, unless the existence of such domination and/or profit and loss transfer agreement does not have the effect as set out in sentence 2 of paragraph 1 of § 30 GmbH-Act.

(11) This Section 10.02(c) shall apply mutatis mutandis if the Note Guarantee is granted by a Guarantor incorporated in Germany and organized as a limited partnership (Kommanditgesellschaft, KG) or general partnership (offene Handelsgesellschaft, oHG) with a limited liability company incorporated under German law (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, GmbH) as general partner (Komplementär bzw. unbeschränkt haftender Gesellschafter within the German law meaning of that term) (a “Relevant General Partner”) of such Guarantor, in respect of such Relevant General Partner.

(12) The restrictions under this Section 10.02(c) shall not apply if, at the time of enforcement of the Note Guarantee, as a result of a change in laws or German supreme court jurisprudence (höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung), the granting or enforcement of the Note Guarantee can no longer result in a personal liability of a German Guarantor’s or, as applicable, a Relevant General Partner’s managing directors with a view to the obligatory preservation of its stated share capital according to §§ 30, 31 GmbH-Act or any substitute provision.

 

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(13) The Trustee shall have not have any liability or responsibility with respect to, or obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire (i) as to any German Guarantor’s compliance with any provision of this Section 10.02 (ii) as to whether or not any claim under any German Guarantor’s Note Guarantee does or would result in a Limitation on Enforcement, or (iii) if less than the full amount is payable under any German Guarantor’s Note Guarantee, the amount otherwise payable. The Trustee shall not be required to verify or make any investigation into the facts, matters or calculations stated or contained in any notices, information, certificates or reports provided to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 10.02(c) (including, without limitation, any Officers’ Certificate or Auditor’s Determination), and the Trustee may conclusively and solely rely upon the Officers’ Certificates delivered pursuant to this Section for the purpose of determining the maximum amount payable by any German Guarantor under its Note Guarantee if less than the full amount. To the extent that any consent or instruction from the Holders is required under this Section 10.02(c), the Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to determine whether such consent or instruction is required nor any duty or obligation to solicit such consent or instructions.

(d) Limitation on Note Guarantees by Italian Guarantors.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that all obligations and liabilities howsoever assumed by each Italian Guarantor, under whatever title or form (and including but not limited to as a guarantor or a joint and several obligor) shall be subject to all of the following limitations:

(A) such obligations and liabilities shall not include any obligations or liabilities the assumption or accrual of which would breach the prohibition of financial assistance as defined in article 2358 of the Italian Civil Code;

(B) pursuant to article 1938 of the Italian Civil Code, such obligations and liabilities shall not exceed for each Italian Guarantor, an amount equal to Euro 55,000,000.00 (fifty-five million/00); and

(C) in any event such obligations and liabilities shall never be enforced in excess of 20% (twenty percent) of the then outstanding Net Worth of each Italian Guarantor.

Section 10.03 Execution and Delivery.

(a) To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by an Officer or person holding an equivalent title.

(b) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Note Guarantee on the Notes.

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(d) The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of a Note Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of each of the Guarantors.

(e) If required by Section 4.11, the Company shall cause any newly-created or newly-acquired Restricted Subsidiary to provide a Note Guarantee in compliance with the provisions of Section 4.11 and this Article 10, to the extent applicable.

Section 10.04 Subrogation.

Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders and the Trustee against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.01; provided that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Company under this Indenture or the Notes shall have been paid in full.

Section 10.05 Benefits Acknowledged.

Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to its Note Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

Section 10.06 Release of Note Guarantees.

(a) A Note Guarantee by a Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action by such Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee shall be required for the release of such Guarantor’s Note Guarantee, upon:

(1) (A) any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange or other disposition (by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or otherwise) of the Capital Interests of such Guarantor after which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor, in each case in a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange or other disposition that is made in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, including Section 4.16 (it being understood that only such portion of the Net Available Cash as is required to be applied on or before the date of such release in accordance with the terms of this Indenture needs to be applied in accordance therewith at such time); provided that all Guarantees and other obligations of such Guarantor in respect of all other Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries terminate upon consummation of such transaction;

(B) the release or discharge of such Guarantor as borrower under the Senior Credit Facilities or from its Guarantee of Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries under the Senior Credit Facilities, except a release or discharge by or as a result of payment under such Guarantee or in connection with a refinancing, refunding or replacement of the Senior Credit Facilities in which such Guarantor is a borrower or guarantor of the obligations under the new refinanced, refunded or replacement Senior Credit Facilities (it being understood that a release subject to a contingent reinstatement will constitute a release for purposes of this provision, and that if any such Guarantee is so reinstated, such Note Guarantee shall also be reinstated to the extent that such Guarantor would then be required to provide a Note Guarantee pursuant to Section 4.11);

 

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(C) the Designation of any Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture or the occurrence of any event following which the Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture; or

(D) the Company’s exercise of its Legal Defeasance option or Covenant Defeasance option in accordance with Article 8 or the satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture in accordance Article 11; and

(2) such Guarantor delivering to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction and release have been complied with.

(b) At the written request of the Company, the Trustee shall execute and deliver any documents reasonably requested in order to evidence such release, discharge and termination in respect of the applicable Note Guarantee.

ARTICLE 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.

This Indenture will be discharged, and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes and all Note Guarantees (except as to surviving rights, powers, trust, duties, immunities and indemnities of the Trustee and any agent hereunder and the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors in connection therewith or registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes, in each case, as expressly provided for in this Indenture), when:

(a) either: (A) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (B)(i) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (x) have become due and payable by reason of the giving of a notice of redemption or otherwise or (y) will become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under irrevocable arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds (consisting of cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities or a combination thereof) in an amount sufficient, as confirmed, certified or attested to by an Independent Financial Advisor in a written certification delivered to the Trustee, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes, not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest to the Stated Maturity or date of redemption; provided, that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any Applicable Premium Deficit only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the date of redemption. Any Applicable Premium Deficit shall be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee at least two Business Days prior to the deposit of such Applicable Premium Deficit that confirms that such Applicable Premium Deficit shall be applied toward such redemption, (ii) no Default or Event of Default

 

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has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit or will occur as a result of such deposit (other than a Default or an Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Debt and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the Senior Credit Facilities or any other material agreement or material instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound; and (iii) the Company has delivered irrevocable written instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be;

(b) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums then due and payable under this Indenture; and

(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge have been complied with.

Section 11.02 Application of Trust Money.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(b) If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may be.

ARTICLE 12

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.01 Notices.

(a) Any notice or communication to the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee is duly given if in writing and (1) delivered in person, (2) mailed by first-class mail (certified or registered, return receipt requested), postage prepaid, or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery or (3) sent by facsimile or electronic transmission, to its address:

if to the Company or any Guarantor:

 

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c/o Cimpress USA Incorporated

275 Wyman Street

Waltham, Massachusetts 02451

Email: mwalsh@cimpress.com and legal.notices@cimpress.com

Attention: General Counsel

with a copy to:

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Email: john.oconnell@stblaw.com

Attention: John G. O’Connell, Esq.

if to the Trustee:

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association

100 Wall Street, 6th Floor

New York, NY 10005

Attention: Global Corporate Trust

Tel: (212) 951-8579

Email: michelle.mena@usbank.com

The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by like notice, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

(b) All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; on the first date of which publication is made, if by publication; five calendar days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed by first-class mail; at the time delivered, if mailed by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery; when sent, if sent by facsimile or electronic transmission; provided that any notice or communication delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed effective upon actual receipt thereof.

(c) Any notice or communication to a Holder of Definitive Notes shall be mailed by first-class mail (certified or registered, return receipt requested) or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its registered address shown on the Note Register. Any notice or communication to Holders of Global Notes will be given to the Depositary in accordance with its Applicable Procedures. Failure to deliver a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

(d) Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

(e) Notices given in accordance with the procedures of DTC will be deemed given on the date sent to DTC.

 

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(f) The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon notice, instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured facsimile or electronic transmission; provided, however, that (1) the party providing such electronic communication shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency certificate listing authorized officers designated to provide such instructions or directions, which incumbency certificate shall be amended whenever a person is added or deleted from the listing, and (2) such notice, instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such notice, instructions or directions. If such person elects to give the Trustee email or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s reasonable understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reasonable reliance upon and compliance with such notice, instructions or directions notwithstanding such notice, instructions or directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent notice, instructions or directions. Any person providing such instructions or directions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

(g) If a notice or communication is given in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

(h) If the Company gives a notice or communication to Holders, it shall give a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

Section 12.02 Communication by Holders with Other Holders.

Holders may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes as if this Indenture were subject to such Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b) (except for the provisions of such Section 312(b) pertaining to filings with, and hearings before, the Commission). The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall be deemed to have the protection of Trust Indenture Act Section 312(c).

Section 12.03 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

Upon any request or application by the Company or any Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee:

(a) an Officers’ Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.04) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(b) an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.04) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been complied with; provided that (A) subject to Section 5.01(c), no Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with the addition of a Guarantor under this Indenture upon execution and delivery by such Guarantor and the Trustee of a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, the form of which is attached as Exhibit C and (B) no Opinion of Counsel pursuant to this Section 12.03 shall be required in connection with the authentication and delivery of Notes on the Issue Date.

 

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Section 12.04 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to Section 4.07) shall include:

(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with (and, in the case of an Opinion of Counsel, may be limited to reliance on an Officers’ Certificate as to matters of fact); and

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Section 12.05 Rules by Trustee and Agents.

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

Section 12.06 No Personal Liability of Shareholders, Partners, Officers or Directors.

No director, manager, officer, employee, equity owner, general or limited partner, incorporator or other Person acting in any capacity similar to any of the foregoing, past, present or future, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as such or in such capacity, shall have any personal liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, any Note Guarantee or this Indenture by reason of such status.

Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note expressly waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

Section 12.07 Governing Law.

THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND ANY NOTE GUARANTEE WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 12.08 Waiver of Jury Trial.

EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE NOTE GUARANTEES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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Section 12.09 Force Majeure.

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, pandemics, epidemics or similar health crises, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Section 12.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 12.11 Successors.

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.06.

Section 12.12 Severability.

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 12.13 Counterpart Originals.

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be deemed to be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

Section 12.14 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 12.15 Facsimile, PDF and Electronic Delivery of Signature Pages.

The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile, portable document format (“PDF”) or other electronic transmissions shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmissions shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

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Section 12.16 U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act, the Trustee is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

Section 12.17 Payments Due on Non-Business Days.

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, redemption date, purchase date, the Stated Maturity of the Notes or any other payment date shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Notes) payment of principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, or interest on the Notes need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, redemption date, purchase date, at the Stated Maturity of the Notes or such other payment date, provided that no interest will accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, redemption date, repurchase date, Stated Maturity or such other payment date, as the case may be.

Section 12.18 Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

(a) Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any U.S. Federal or New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture, the Notes and/or any Note Guarantee, 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 Indenture shall affect any right that the Trustee or any Holder of Notes may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Indenture, the Notes or any Note Guarantee against any party hereto 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 Indenture in any court referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section 12.18. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(c) The Company and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably designate, appoint and empower Cogency Global Inc. (the “Process Agent”), in the case of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America as their designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on their behalves, and in respect of their property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees. Such service may be made by mailing (by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) or delivering a copy of such process to the Company or any Guarantor in care of the Process Agent at 122 East 42 Street, 18th Floor, New York, New York

 

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10168, and the Company and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably authorize and direct the Process Agent to accept such service on their behalves. As an alternative method of service, the Company and the Guarantors irrevocably consent to the service of any and all process in any such action or proceeding by the mailing (by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) of copies of such process to the Process Agent or the Company or any Guarantor at the address specified in Section 12.01.

(d) To the extent permitted by law, each party to this Indenture hereby irrevocably waives personal service of any and all process upon it and agrees that all such service of process may be made by registered mail (return receipt requested) directed to it at its address for notices as provided for in Section 12.01. Nothing in this Indenture will affect the right of any party to this Indenture to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

[Signatures on following page]

 

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CIMPRESS PLC, as Company
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: Authorized Signatory
BUILD A SIGN LLC, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: Managing Director
CIMPRESS USA INCORPORATED, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: President
CIMPRESS WINDSOR CORPORATION, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: Treasurer
CIMPRESS INVESTMENTS B.V., as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: Managing Director

[Signature page to Indenture]


CIMPRESS JAMAICA LIMITED, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: Managing Director
CIMPRESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: Managing Director
CIMPRESS IRELAND LIMITED, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: Authorized Signatory
CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: Managing Director
CIMPRESS UK LIMITED, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Jonathan Chevalier

  Name: Jonathan Chevalier
  Title: Managing Director

[Signature page to Indenture]


CIMPRESS USA MANUFACTURING INCORPORATED, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Brad Hedderson

  Name: Brad Hedderson
  Title: President
NATIONAL DESIGN LLC, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Peter Kelly

  Name: Peter Kelly
  Title: President and CEO
NATIONAL PEN CO. LLC, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Peter Kelly

  Name: Peter Kelly
  Title: President and CEO
NATIONAL PEN PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS LIMITED, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: Director
NATIONAL PEN TENNESSEE LLC, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Peter Kelly

  Name: Peter Kelly
  Title: President and CEO

[Signature page to Indenture]


NP CORPORATE SERVICES LLC, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Peter Kelly

  Name: Peter Kelly
  Title: President and CEO
PIXARTPRINTING S.P.A., as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: Managing Director
PRINTI LLC, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: Managing Director
TRADEPRINT DISTRIBUTION LIMITED, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Paolo Roatta

  Name: Paolo Roatta
  Title: Director
VISTAPRINT B.V., as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: Managing Director

[Signature page to Indenture]


VISTAPRINT CORPORATE SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Jonathan Chevalier

  Name: Jonathan Chevalier
  Title: President
VISTAPRINT LIMITED, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: President
VISTAPRINT NETHERLANDS B.V., as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: Managing Director
WIRMACHENDRUCK GMBH, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Johannes Voetter

  Name: Johannes Voetter
  Title: Managing Director
WABASH DIGITAL, INC., as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

  Name: Sean Quinn
  Title: President

[Signature page to Indenture]


Executed as a deed:

 

Signed, sealed and delivered for and on behalf of Cimpress Australia Pty Limited ACN 137 563 369 by its attorney, Sean Edward Quinn, under power of attorney dated September 12, 2024, in the presence of:   

/s/ Matthew Walsh

Signature of witness

  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Signature of attorney who declares that the attorney has not received any notice of the revocation of the power of attorney.

Matthew Walsh

Full name of witness (print)

  

[Signature page to Indenture]


Executed as a deed:

 

Signed, sealed and delivered for and on behalf of 99Designs Pty Limited ACN 128 987 155 by its attorney, Sean Edward Quinn, under power of attorney dated September 12, 2024, in the presence of:   

/s/ Matthew Walsh

Signature of witness

  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Signature of attorney who declares that the attorney has not received any notice of the revocation of the power of attorney.

Matthew Walsh

Full name of witness (print)

  

[Signature page to Indenture]


Executed as a deed:

 

Signed, sealed and delivered for and on behalf of Vistaprint Australia Pty Limited ACN 649 414 111 by its attorney, Sean Edward Quinn, under power of attorney dated September 12, 2024, in the presence of:   

/s/ Matthew Walsh

Signature of witness

  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Signature of attorney who declares that the attorney has not received any notice of the revocation of the power of attorney.

Matthew Walsh

Full name of witness (print)

  

[Signature page to Indenture]


U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent
By:  

/s/ Michelle Mena-Rosado

  Name: Michelle Mena-Rosado
  Title: Vice President

[Signature page to Indenture]


APPENDIX A

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL NOTES AND

ADDITIONAL NOTES

Section 1.1 Definitions.

(a) Capitalized Terms.

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Appendix A have the meanings given to them in this Indenture. The following capitalized terms have the following meanings:

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Note or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Global Note, Euroclear or Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or any successor securities clearing agency.

Distribution Compliance Period,” with respect to any Note, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (a) the day on which such Note is first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S and (b) the date of issuance with respect to such Note or any predecessor of such Note.

Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of Euroclear securities clearance system or any successor securities clearing agency.

IAI” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and is not a QIB.

QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

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

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

Unrestricted Global Note” means any Note in global form that does not bear or is not required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

U.S. person” means a “U.S. person” as defined in Regulation S.

(b) Other Definitions.

 

Term

  

Defined in
Section

“Agent Members”    2.1(c)
“Definitive Notes Legend”    2.2(e)
“ERISA Legend”    2.2(e)
“Global Note”    2.1(b)
“Global Notes Legend”    2.2(e)

 

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Term

  

Defined in
Section

“IAI Global Note”    2.1(b)
“Regulation S Global Note”    2.1(b)
“Regulation S Notes”    2.1(a)
“Restricted Notes Legend”    2.2(e)
“Rule 144A Global Note”    2.1(b)
“Rule 144A Notes”    2.1(a)

Section 2.1 Form and Dating

(a) The Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date shall be (i) offered and sold by the Company to the initial purchasers thereof and (ii) resold, initially only to (1) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A (“Rule 144A Notes”) and (2) Persons other than U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S (“Regulation S Notes”). Additional Notes may also be considered to be Rule 144A Notes or Regulation S Notes, as applicable.

(b) Global Notes. Rule 144A Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in definitive, fully registered form, numbered RA-1 upward (collectively, the “Rule 144A Global Note”) and Regulation S Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more global Notes, numbered RS-1 upward (collectively, the “Regulation S Global Note”), in each case without interest coupons and bearing the Global Notes Legend and Restricted Notes Legend, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes with the Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture. One or more global Notes in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons and bearing the Global Notes Legend and the Restricted Notes Legend, numbered RIAI-1 upward (collectively, the “IAI Global Note”) shall also be issued on the Issue Date in accordance with an Authentication Order of the Company, deposited with the Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture, to accommodate transfers of beneficial interests in the Notes to IAIs subsequent to the initial distribution. The Rule 144A Global Note, the IAI Global Note, the Regulation S Global Note and any Unrestricted Global Note are each referred to herein as a “Global Note” and are collectively referred to herein as “Global Notes.” Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified in the “Schedule of Increase and Decreases in the Global Note” attached thereto and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as applicable, to reflect additional issuances, transfers, exchanges, redemptions and payments. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee, the Custodian or the Depositary, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 of this Indenture and Section 2.2(c) of this Appendix A.

(c) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.1(c) shall apply only to a Global Note deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.

The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(c) and Section 2.02 of this Indenture and pursuant to an Authentication Order, authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Notes that (i) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Note or Global Notes or the nominee of such Depositary and (ii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions or held by the Trustee as Custodian.

 

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Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as Custodian or under such Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, each Agent and each of their respective agents as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, any Agent or any of their respective agents from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.

(d) Definitive Notes. Except as provided in Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 of this Appendix A, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Notes.

Section 2.2 Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. When Definitive Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request:

(i) to register the transfer of such Definitive Notes; or

(ii) to exchange such Definitive Notes for an equal principal amount of Definitive Notes of other authorized denominations,

the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Definitive Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange:

(1) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing; and

(2) in the case of Transfer Restricted Notes, they are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to Section 2.2(b) of this Appendix A or otherwise in accordance with the Restricted Notes Legend, and are accompanied by a certification from the transferor in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A for exchange or registration of transfers and, as applicable, delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as may be requested pursuant thereto.

(b) Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Note. A Definitive Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Note, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, together with:

(i) a certification from the transferor in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A for exchange or registration of transfers and, as applicable, delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as may be requested pursuant thereto; and

 

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(ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Global Note to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented by the Global Note, such instructions to contain information regarding the Depositary account to be credited with such increase,

the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Note and cause, or direct the Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by the Global Note to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note to be exchanged and shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Note equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Note so canceled. If the applicable Global Note is not then outstanding, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon an Authentication Order, a new applicable Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.

(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.

(i) The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with this Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.2(d) of this Appendix A, if any) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver to the Registrar a written order given in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depositary to be credited with a beneficial interest in such Global Note, or another Global Note and such account shall be credited in accordance with such order with a beneficial interest in the applicable Global Note and the account of the Person making the transfer shall be debited by an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred.

(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Note to a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note from which such interest is being transferred.

(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix A (other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.3 of this Appendix A), a Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole and not in part if the transfer is by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

(d) Restrictions on Transfer of Global Notes; Voluntary Exchange of Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Notes for Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes.

(i) Transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through another Transfer Restricted Global Note shall be made in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and the Restricted Notes Legend and only upon receipt by the Trustee of a certification from the transferor in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A for exchange or registration of transfers and, as applicable, delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as may be requested pursuant thereto. In addition, in the case of a transfer of a beneficial interest in either a Regulation S Global Note or a Rule 144A Global Note for an interest in an IAI Global Note, the transferee must furnish a signed letter substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Trustee.

 

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(ii) During the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Note may only be sold, pledged or transferred through Euroclear or Clearstream in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, the Restricted Notes Legend on such Regulation S Global Note and any applicable securities laws of any state of the U.S. Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through a Rule 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note shall be made only in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and the Restricted Notes Legend and upon receipt by the Trustee of a written certification from the transferor of the beneficial interest in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A for exchange or registration of transfers. Such written certification shall no longer be required after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period. Upon the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Note shall be transferable in accordance with applicable law and the other terms of this Indenture.

(iii) Upon the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note may be exchanged for beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note upon certification in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A for an exchange from a Regulation S Global Note to an Unrestricted Global Note.

(iv) Beneficial interests in a Transfer Restricted Note that is a Rule 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note may be exchanged for beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange is in respect of a transfer made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A) and/or upon delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company or the Trustee may reasonably request.

(v) If no Unrestricted Global Note is outstanding at the time of a transfer contemplated by the preceding clauses (iii) and (iv), the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon an Authentication Order, a new Unrestricted Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.

(e) Legends.

(i) Except as permitted by Section 2.2(d) and this Section 2.2(e) of this Appendix A, each Note certificate evidencing the Global Notes and the Definitive Notes (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only) (“Restricted Notes Legend”):

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN), BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: SIX MONTHS AFTER THE LATER OF THE

 

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ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF, THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY)] [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF, THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) WAS FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN RULE 902 OF REGULATION S) IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S], ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $250,000 OF SECURITIES OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE. [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]

Each Definitive Note shall bear the following additional legend (“Definitive Notes Legend”):

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH REGISTRAR MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

Each Global Note shall bear the following additional legend (“Global Notes Legend”):

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

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TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

Each Note shall bear the following additional legend (“ERISA Legend”):

BY ITS ACQUISITION OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN), THE HOLDER THEREOF WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT IT EITHER (I) IS NOT, AND IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF, AND NO PORTION OF THE ASSETS USED BY SUCH HOLDER TO ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) CONSTITUTES THE ASSETS OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OF A PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) OR PROVISIONS UNDER ANY OTHER FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO SUCH PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAWS”), OR OF AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY SUCH PLAN, ACCOUNT OR ARRANGEMENT; OR (II) THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS.

(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note that is a Definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a Definitive Note that does not bear the Restricted Notes Legend and the Definitive Notes Legend and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange is in respect of a transfer made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A) and provides such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company or the Trustee may reasonably request.

(iii) Any Additional Notes sold in a registered offering shall not be required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

 

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(f) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by the Depositary to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Registrar (if it is then the Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Registrar or the Custodian, to reflect such reduction.

(g) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes.

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the Registrar’s request.

(ii) No service charge shall be imposed on any Holder by the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other governmental taxes and fees payable in connection therewith (other than any such taxes and fees payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 4.15, 4.16 and 9.04 of this Indenture).

(iii) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(iv) All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

(v) In order to effect any transfer or exchange of an interest in any Transfer Restricted Note for an interest in a Note that does not bear the Restricted Notes Legend and has not been registered under the Securities Act, if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel, in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that no registration under the Securities Act is required in respect of such exchange or transfer or the re-sale of such interest by the beneficial holder thereof, shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar and the Trustee.

(h) No Obligation of the Trustee or Agents.

(i) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee and each Agent may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

 

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(ii) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer or exchange of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

Section 2.3 Definitive Notes.

(a) Beneficial interests in a Global Note deposited with the Depositary or with the Trustee as Custodian pursuant to Section 2.1 may be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note, in exchange for such Global Note, only if such transfer complies with Section 2.2 of this Appendix A and (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depositary for such Global Note or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act and, in each case, a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or after the Company becomes aware of such cessation, (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request from the Depositary or (iii) the Company, in its sole discretion and subject to the procedures of the Depositary, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Notes under this Indenture. In addition, any Affiliate of the Company or any Guarantor that is a beneficial owner of all or part of a Global Note may have such Affiliate’s beneficial interest transferred to such Affiliate in the form of a Definitive Note by providing a written request to the Company and the Trustee and such Opinions of Counsel, certificates or other information as may be required by this Indenture or the Company or Trustee.

(b) Any Global Note that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Any portion of a Global Note transferred pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $150,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct. Any Definitive Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note that is a Transfer Restricted Note shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.2(e) of this Appendix A, bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

(c) The registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

(d) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 2.3(a) of this Appendix A, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive Notes in fully registered form without interest coupons.

 

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EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

[Insert the Restricted Notes Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Global Notes Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Definitive Notes Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the ERISA Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture.]

 

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CUSIP [    ]

ISIN [     ]1

[RULE 144A][REGULATION S][IAI][GLOBAL] NOTE

7.375% Senior Notes due 2032

 

No. [RA- ] [RS- ] [RIAI- ]    [$   ]2

CIMPRESS PLC

promises to pay to [CEDE & CO.]3 [   ] or registered assigns the principal sum [set forth on the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in the Global Note attached hereto]4 [of $   (   Dollars)]5 on September 15, 2032.

Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15

Record Dates: March 1 and September 1

 

1

Rule 144A Note CUSIP: 17186H AH5

Rule 144A Note ISIN: US17186HAH57

Regulation S Note CUSIP: G2143T AD5

Regulation S Note ISIN: USG2143TAD57

IAI Note CUSIP: 17186H AJ1

IAI Note ISIN: US17186HAJ14

2 

Include in Definitive Notes.

3 

Include in Global Notes.

4 

Include in Global Notes.

5 

Include in Definitive Notes.

 

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IN WITNESS HEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

CIMPRESS PLC
By:  

     

  Name:
  Title:

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:  

    

  Authorized Signatory

Dated:

 

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[Reverse Side of Note]

7.375% Senior Notes due 2032

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

1. INTEREST. Cimpress plc, a public company with limited liability incorporated in Ireland (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 7.375% per annum to, but not including, the date of maturity. The Company shall pay interest semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year or, if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including [September 26, 2024]6; provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall be [March 15, 2025]7. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such Record Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. Principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose. At the option of the Company, payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds may be made with respect to principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest on all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent at least five Business Days prior to the applicable payment date. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to the Holders. The Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

4. INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under a Senior Notes Indenture, dated as of September 26, 2024 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Company designated as its 7.375% Senior Notes due 2032. The Company shall be entitled to issue Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Indenture and in compliance with the Indenture. The Notes and any Additional Notes issued under the Indenture shall be treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. Any term used in this Note that is defined in the Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to it in the

Indenture. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

6 

Include in Initial Notes and change to applicable date for Additional Notes (if required).

7 

Include in Initial Notes and change to applicable date for Additional Notes (if required).

 

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5. REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE. The Notes are subject to optional redemption, and may be the subject of an Offer to Purchase, as further described in the Indenture. The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

6. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $150,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, and Holders shall be required to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption or tendered for repurchase in connection with an Offer to Purchase, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed or repurchased in part.

7. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

8. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. The Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented, and provisions in the Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be waived, in each case, as provided in the Indenture.

9. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. The Events of Default relating to the Notes are defined in Section 6.01 of the Indenture. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the rights and obligations of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be as set forth in the applicable provisions of the Indenture.

10. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee.

11. GOVERNING LAW. THIS NOTE WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

12. CUSIP NUMBERS AND ISINS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers or ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to the Company at the following address:

Cimpress plc

c/o Cimpress USA Incorporated

275 Wyman Street

Waltham, Massachusetts 02451

Email: mwalsh@cimpress.com and legal.notices@cimpress.com

Attention: General Counsel

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:                                                                                                                                                                                   

(Insert assignee’s legal name)    

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date: _____________________

 

Your Signature:  

 

  (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

Signature Guarantee*: __________________________________

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR

REGISTRATION OF TRANSFERS OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTES

This certificate relates to $_________ principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space) ____ book-entry or _____ definitive form by the undersigned.

The undersigned (check one box below):

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in a Global Note held by the Depositary a Note or Notes in definitive, registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Note (or the portion thereof indicated above) in accordance with the Indenture; or

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes.

In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

 

(1)           to the Company or subsidiary thereof; or
(2)           to the Registrar for registration in the name of the Holder, without transfer; or
(3)           pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); or
(4)           to a Person that the undersigned reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”)) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer and to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A; or
(5)           pursuant to offers and sales to non-U.S. persons that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act (and if the transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the Notes shall be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or Clearstream); or
(6)           to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements; or
(7)           pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or
(8)           pursuant to another available exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

 

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Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (5), (6), (7) or (8) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company or the Trustee has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

  

    

   Your Signature
Date:               

    

  

Signature of Signature

Guarantor

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (4) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

 

Dated:                

    

  

NOTICE:  To be executed by

 an executive officer

Name:

Title:

Signature Guarantee*: __________________________________

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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TO BE COMPLETED IF THE HOLDER REQUIRES AN EXCHANGE FROM A REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE TO AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE, PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2(d)(iii) OF APPENDIX A TO THE INDENTURE

The undersigned represents and warrants that either:

 

     the undersigned is not a dealer (as defined in the Securities Act) and is a non-U.S. person (within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act); or
     the undersigned is not a dealer (as defined in the Securities Act) and is a U.S. person (within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act) who purchased interests in the Notes pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements under the Securities Act; or
     the undersigned is a dealer (as defined in the Securities Act) and the interest of the undersigned in this Note does not constitute the whole or a part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by such dealer for the Notes.

 

Dated:               

   

   Your Signature

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

[  ] Section 4.15 [  ] Section 4.16

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

$_______________   (integral multiples of $1,000, provided that the unpurchased portion must be in a minimum principal amount of $150,000)

Date: _____________________

 

Your Signature:  

     

  (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:  

   

Signature Guarantee*: __________________________________

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $__________. The following increases and decreases in the aggregate principal amount of this Global Note have been made:

 

Date of Increase or Decrease

  

Amount of decrease

in Principal Amount of

this Global Note

  

Amount of

increase

in Principal

Amount of

this

Global Note

  

Principal

Amount of

this Global
Note

following

such

decrease or

increase

  

Signature of

authorized signatory

of Trustee,

Depositary or

Custodian

 

*

This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF

TRANSFEREE LETTER OF REPRESENTATION

Cimpress plc

c/o Cimpress USA Incorporated

275 Wyman Street

Waltham, Massachusetts 02451

Email: mwalsh@cimpress.com and legal.notices@cimpress.com

Attention: General Counsel

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association

100 Wall Street, 6th Floor

New York, New York 10005

Email: michelle.mena@usbank.com

Attention: Global Corporate Trust

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $[_______] principal amount of the 7.375% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Notes”) of Cimpress plc (the “Company”).

Upon transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:

Name:________________________

Address:______________________

Taxpayer ID Number:____________

The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:

1. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor” at least $250,000 principal amount of the Notes, and we are acquiring the Notes, for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we invest in or purchase securities similar to the Notes in the normal course of our business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

2. We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Notes to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Notes prior to the date that is one year after the later of the date of original issue and the last date on which the Company or any affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only in accordance with the Restricted Notes Legend (as such term is defined in the indenture under which the Notes were issued) on the Notes and any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. The foregoing restrictions on resale

 

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will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Notes is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (e) of the Restricted Notes Legend prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Company and the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Notes for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Company and the Trustee reserve the right prior to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date of the Notes with respect to applicable transfers described in the Restricted Notes Legend to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications and/or other information satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee.

TRANSFEREE:           ,

   by:              

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS

Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of [__________] [__], 20[__], by and between __________________ (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of Cimpress plc, a public company with limited liability incorporated in Ireland (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, each of the Company and the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to below) has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee a Senior Notes Indenture (as modified, amended and/or supplemented, the “Indenture”), dated as of September 26, 2024, providing for the issuance of an unlimited aggregate principal amount of 7.375% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally Guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01(7) of the Indenture, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

2. Guarantor. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to be a Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to Guarantors, including Article 10 thereof.

3. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

4. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE NOTE GUARANTEES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

5. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be deemed to be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

6. Headings. The headings of the Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

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7. The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the Note Guarantee of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary.

 

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

 

[NAME OF GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
By:  

   

  Name:
  Title:
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:  

   

  Name:
  Title:

 

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Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

AMENDMENT NO. 3

Dated as of September 26, 2024

to

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of October 21, 2011

as amended and restated as of February 8, 2013

as further amended and restated as of July 13, 2017

and as further amended and restated as of May 17, 2021

This AMENDMENT NO. 3 (this “Amendment”) is made as of September 26, 2024 by and among Cimpress plc (the “Company”), Vistaprint Limited, Cimpress Schweiz GmbH, Vistaprint B.V., Vistaprint Netherlands B.V., having its corporate seat in Venlo, the Netherlands and registered in the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 14103390, and Cimpress USA Incorporated (collectively, the “Subsidiary Borrowers” and, together with the Company, the “Borrowers”), each other Loan Party party hereto, the financial institutions listed on the signature pages hereof, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2011, by and among the Borrowers, the Lenders (as defined therein) from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent (as amended and restated as of February 8, 2013, as further amended and restated as of July 13, 2017, as further amended and restated as of May 17, 2021, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement” and as amended hereby, the “Amended Credit Agreement”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Revolving Lenders and the Administrative Agent amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Company, the other Loan Parties party hereto, the Revolving Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date (as defined below), the Credit Agreement will be deemed amended in the form of the Amended Credit Agreement.

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

1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided to such terms in the Amended Credit Agreement.

2. Amendments to the Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages attached as Annex A hereto.


3. New Revolving Lenders. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that:

(a) Each of the undersigned financial institutions that is not a party to the Credit Agreement prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date as a Revolving Lender (each, a “New Revolving Lender”) agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement and agrees that it shall, on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, become a Revolving Lender for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement, with a Commitment as set forth on Schedule 2.01A of the Amended Credit Agreement.

(b) Each undersigned New Revolving Lender (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Amendment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Amended Credit Agreement and to become a Revolving Lender under the Amended Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Amended Credit Agreement and under applicable law that are required to be satisfied by it in order to become a Revolving Lender, (iii) from and after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement as a Revolving Lender thereunder and shall have the obligations of a Revolving Lender thereunder, and (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Amendment (and become party to the Amended Credit Agreement) on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender or any of their respective Related Parties; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, 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 Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Revolving Lender.

4. Amendment No. 3 Departing Lenders.

(a) Each of the Revolving Lenders under the Credit Agreement that executes and delivers a signature page to this Amendment on which it is indicated that such Revolving Lender shall cease to be a party to the Credit Agreement on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date (each, an “Amendment No. 3 Departing Lender” and collectively, the “Amendment No. 3 Departing Lenders”) is entering into this Amendment solely to evidence its exit from the Credit Agreement as a Revolving Lender and shall have absolutely no obligation hereunder as a Revolving Lender. Upon the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, each Amendment No. 3 Departing Lender shall no longer (i) constitute a “Revolving Lender” for any purpose under the Loan Documents, (ii) be a party to the Credit Agreement and (iii) have any obligations under any of the Loan Documents, in each case, without further action required on the part of any Person.

(b) Upon the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date: (i) each Amendment No. 3 Departing Lender’s “Revolving Commitment” under the Credit Agreement shall be terminated, (ii) each Amendment No. 3 Departing Lender shall have received payment in full in immediately available funds of all of its outstanding Revolving Loans, if any, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, and all other amounts payable to it under the Credit Agreement (if any), (iii) each Amendment No. 3 Departing Lender shall not be a Revolving Lender under the Credit Agreement as evidenced by its execution and delivery of its signature page hereto (provided, however, that each Amendment No. 3 Departing Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 of the Credit Agreement) and (iv) the defined term “Revolving Lender” in the Amended Credit Agreement shall exclude the Amendment No. 3 Departing Lenders.

 

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5. Conditions Precedent. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions (the date of the satisfaction of all such conditions, the “Amendment No. 3 Effective Date”):

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each of the Company, the Loan Parties party hereto, the Revolving Lenders (including any New Revolving Lenders), the Issuing Banks and the Amendment No. 3 Departing Lenders a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such party (which, subject to Section 9.06 of the Credit Agreement, may include any Electronic Signatures (as defined below) transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page).

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received payment of the Administrative Agent’s (and its Affiliates’) fees, and any other fees, in each case, separately agreed upon with the Company in writing (including with respect to upfront fees for the account of each Revolving Lender consenting to the amendments set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Amendment No. 3 Departing Lenders)) and its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, including all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent, solely to the extent required to be paid pursuant to Section 9.03 of the Amended Credit Agreement and to the extent invoiced in reasonable detail at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date (or such later date as the Company may agree in writing in its sole discretion).

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have made such reallocations, sales, assignments or other relevant actions in respect of each Revolving Lender’s credit exposure under the Credit Agreement as are necessary in order that each such Revolving Lender’s Credit Exposure and outstanding Revolving Loans hereunder reflects such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding aggregate Credit Exposures on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.

(d) As of the date hereof and immediately after giving effect to the terms of this Amendment, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the representations and warranties of each of the Company and the other Borrowers set forth in the Credit Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representation or warranty is qualified by Material Adverse Effect or other materiality qualification, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such date, except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been so true and correct as of such earlier date.

(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, such other opinions, instruments and documents as the Administrative Agent or its counsel shall have reasonably requested prior to the date hereof.

6. Representations and Warranties. Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants as follows:

(a) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, 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.

 

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(b) The execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of this Amendment (i) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except for filings necessary to perfect Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents, (ii) will not violate the charter, by-laws, constitution or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or any order of any Governmental Authority or violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for violations or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than Liens created under the Loan Documents.

(c) As of the date hereof and immediately after giving effect to the terms of this Amendment, (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the representations and warranties of each of the Company and the other Borrowers set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representation or warranty is qualified by Material Adverse Effect or other materiality qualification, in which case such representation and warranty is true and correct in all respects on and as of such date), except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct as of such earlier date.

7. Reaffirmation; Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents.

(a) From and after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, each reference in the Amended Credit Agreement to “hereunder,” “hereof,” “this Agreement” or words of like import and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “Credit Agreement,” “thereunder,” “thereof” or words of like import shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean and be a reference to the Amended Credit Agreement.

(b) Each Loan Document and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

(c) The Company and each other Loan Party (i) acknowledges and consents to all of the terms and conditions of this Amendment, (ii) confirms all of its obligations under and subject to the terms (and subject to the limitations and restrictions) of each of the Loan Documents (as amended by this Amendment) to which it is party, (iii) agrees that the Collateral Documents to which it is party continue to be in full force and effect and are not impaired or adversely affected in any manner whatsoever, (iv) confirms its grant of security interests in all Collateral (or any equivalent term used in the applicable Collateral Documents) pursuant to the Collateral Documents to which it is a party, on the terms and subject to the limitations and conditions set forth in such Collateral Documents, as security for the Secured Obligations, (v) agrees that this Amendment and all documents executed in connection herewith shall not be construed as the creation of new security interests, (vi) acknowledges that all Liens granted (or purported to be granted) pursuant to the Collateral Documents to which it is a party remain and continue in full force and effect in respect of, and to secure, the Secured Obligations and (vii) with respect to any Liens governed by the laws of the Netherlands, confirms that such Liens have always been intended to extend to the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including as amended by this Amendment and shall so extend thereto in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents. Each Guarantor hereby reaffirms, ratifies and confirms its obligations under the Guaranty and the Amended Credit Agreement and agrees that its obligation to

 

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guarantee the Secured Obligations (as amended and/or supplemented by virtue of this Amendment) is in full force and effect as of the date hereof, subject to the terms (and subject to the limitations and restrictions) of the relevant Loan Documents to which it is party. Each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges that, in connection with this Amendment, there shall be no reaffirmation, confirmation, security supplements or similar agreements other than the reaffirmations set forth in this Section 7. Each party hereto agrees (in particular for the purposes of article 116 of the Swiss Code of Obligations of 30 March 1911, as amended from time to time, and any other applicable laws), for purposes of the Collateral Documents only, that nothing in the Amended Credit Agreement or this Agreement shall constitute or be construed as a novation (keine Novation) of any rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement and the Collateral Documents and that all rights and obligations, including, without limitation, the security interests and other undertakings created pursuant to these agreements as modified shall continue for the benefit of each relevant party, their successors, permitted transferees and permitted assignees, as the case may be.

(d) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Documents or any other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith.

(e) This Amendment is a Loan Document and an Incremental Amendment.

8. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial, Etc.

(a) This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any reaffirmation pursuant to this Agreement of any Swiss law governed security interest shall be governed by Swiss law and (ii) Section 7 of this Amendment, as it pertains to each Loan Party organized under the laws of Canada, shall be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction governing the Loan Documents to which each such Loan Party is a party.

(b) SECTIONS 9.09(B) THROUGH 9.09(F) AND SECTION 9.10 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY THIS REFERENCE, AS IF SUCH SECTIONS WERE SET FORTH IN FULL HEREIN.

9. No Novation. This Amendment is not intended to, and shall not, constitute a novation and shall not extinguish the Loans or other obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement.

10. Amendments; Headings; Severability. This Amendment may not be amended nor may any provision hereof be waived except in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Amended Credit Agreement. The Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting this Amendment. Any provision of this Amendment held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof, and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

11. Execution in Counterparts; Electronic Signatures. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment and/or any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures (as defined below), deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be. As used herein, “Electronic Signatures” means any electronic symbol or process attached to, or associated with, any contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has duly executed and delivered this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

CIMPRESS PLC, as the Company
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Name:   Sean Quinn
Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Attorney
VISTAPRINT LIMITED, as a Borrower
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Name:   Sean Quinn
Title:   President and Chairman
CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH, as a Borrower
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Name:   Sean Quinn
Title:   Managing Officer
VISTAPRINT B.V., as a Borrower
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Name:   Sean Quinn
Title:   Managing Director
VISTAPRINT NETHERLANDS B.V., as a Borrower
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Name:   Sean Quinn
Title:   Managing Director
CIMPRESS USA INCORPORATED, as a Borrower
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Name:   Sean Quinn
Title:   President

Signature Page to Amendment No. 3

Cimpress plc, et al.


CIMPRESS WINDSOR CORPORATION, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Name:   Sean Quinn
Title:   Treasurer
CIMPRESS INVESTMENTS B.V., as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Name:   Sean Quinn
Title:   Managing Director
CIMPRESS JAMAICA LIMITED, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Name:   Sean Quinn
Title:   Managing Director
CIMPRESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Name:   Sean Quinn
Title:   Managing Director
NATIONAL PEN PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS LIMITED, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Name:   Sean Quinn
Title:   Attorney and Director

Signature Page to Amendment No. 3

Cimpress plc, et al.


CIMPRESS IRELAND LIMITED, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Name:   Sean Quinn
Title:   Attorney

Executed as a deed

 

Signed, sealed and delivered for and on behalf of Cimpress Australia Pty Limited ACN 137 563 369 by its attorney Sean Edward Quinn under power of attorney dated 12 September 2024, in the presence of:    

/s/ Jordan Antonucci

Signature of witness

   

/s/ Sean Quinn

Signature of attorney

Jordan Antonucci

Full name of witness (print)

   

By executing this deed the attorney states that the attorney has not received notice of revocation of the power of attorney at the date of executing this deed.

Executed as a deed

 

Signed, sealed and delivered for and on behalf of Vistaprint Australia Pty Limited ACN 649 414 111 by its attorney Sean Edward Quinn under power of attorney dated 12 September 2024, in the presence of:    

/s/ Jordan Antonucci

Signature of witness

   

/s/ Sean Quinn

Signature of attorney

Jordan Antonucci

Full name of witness (print)

   

By executing this deed the attorney states that the attorney has not received notice of revocation of the power of attorney at the date of executing this deed.

Signature Page to Amendment No. 3

Cimpress plc, et al.


Executed as a deed

 

Signed, sealed and delivered for and on behalf of 99Designs Pty Ltd ACN 128 987 155 by its attorney Sean Edward Quinn under power of attorney dated 12 September 2024, in the presence of:    

/s/ Jordan Antonucci

Signature of witness

   

/s/ Sean Quinn

Signature of attorney

Jordan Antonucci

Full name of witness (print)

   

By executing this deed the attorney states that the attorney has not received notice of revocation of the power of attorney at the date of executing this deed.

 

PIXARTPRINTING S.P.A.,
as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Name:   Sean Quinn
Title:   Executive Director

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

County of Middlesex

Sean Quinn personally appeared before me, the undersigned notary public, and proved to me his/her identity through satisfactory evidence, which was Drivers License, to be the person whose name is signed above in my presence on this 25th day of September, 2024.

All signatures were made in the United States.

 

/s/ MaKayla Scharaffa

MaKayla Scharaffa, Notary Public
My Commission Expires 05/24/30

Signature Page to Amendment No. 3

Cimpress plc, et al.


CIMPRESS UK LIMITED, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Jonathan Chevalier

Name:   Jonathan Chevalier
Title:   Managing Director
VISTAPRINT CORPORATE SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Jonathan Chevalier

Name:   Jonathan Chevalier
Title:   President and Treasurer
BUILD A SIGN LLC, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Jonathan Chevalier

Name:   Jonathan Chevalier
Title:   Treasurer
CIMPRESS USA MANUFACTURING INCORPORATED, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Brad Hedderson

Name:   Brad Hedderson
Title:   President
NATIONAL PEN CO. LLC, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Peter Kelly

Name:   Peter Kelly
Title:   President
NATIONAL PEN TENNESSEE LLC, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Peter Kelly

Name:   Peter Kelly
Title:   President

Signature Page to Amendment No. 3

Cimpress plc, et al.


NP CORPORATE SERVICES LLC, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Peter Kelly

Name:   Peter Kelly
Title:   President
TRADEPRINT DISTIRBUTION LIMITED, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Paolo Roatta

Name:   Paolo Roatta
Title:   Director
WIRMACHENDRUCK GMBH, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Johannes Voetter

Name:   Johannes Voetter
Title:   Managing Director
NATIONAL DESIGN LLC, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Peter Kelly

Name:   Peter Kelly
Title:   President
PRINTI LLC, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Name:   Sean Quinn
Title:   President
WABASH DIGITAL, INC., as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Sean Quinn

Name:   Sean Quinn
Title:   President

Signature Page to Amendment No. 3

Cimpress plc, et al.


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as a Revolving Lender, as an Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent
By:  

/s/ Richard Ong Pho

Name:   Richard Ong Pho
Title:   Executive Director
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,individually as a Lender and as an Issuing Bank
By:  

/s/ Robert C. Megan

Name:   Robert C. Megan
Title:   Senior Vice President
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,individually as a Lender and as an Issuing Bank
By:  

/s/ Dana Siconolfi

Name:   Dana Siconolfi
Title:   Authorized Signatory
CITIZENS BANK, N.A.,as a Revolving Lender
By:  

/s/ Ryan Gass

Name:   Ryan Gass
Title:   Vice President
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,as a Revolving Lender
By:  

/s/ Andrew Everett

Name:   Andrew Everett
Title:   Senior Vice President

Signature Page to Amendment No. 3

Cimpress plc, et al.


Fifth Third Bank, National Association,
as a Revolving Lender
By:  

/s/ Jacob Young

Name:   Jacob Young
Title:   Officer

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Terence J. O’Malley

Name:   Terence J. O’Malley
Title:   SVP
The undersigned Departing Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees that, from and after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, it is no longer a party to the Credit Agreement

MUFG BANK, LTD.,

as an Amendment No. 3 Departing Lender

By:  

/s/ Richard Ferrara

Name:   Richard Ferrara
Title:   Vice President

Capital One, National Association,

as a Revolving Lender

By:  

/s/ Jerry Huang

Name:   Jerry Huang
Title:   Duly Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to Amendment No. 3

Cimpress plc, et al.


CITIBANK, N.A.,
as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Patrick Flaherty

Name:   Patrick Flaherty
Title:   Senior Vice President

Signature Page to Amendment No. 3

Cimpress plc, et al.


Annex A

 

LOGO

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

October 21, 2011

as amended and restated as of February 8, 2013

and as further amended and restated as of July 13, 2017

and as further amended and restated as of May 17, 2021

among

CIMPRESS PLC

VISTAPRINT LIMITED

CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH

VISTAPRINT B.V.

VISTAPRINT NETHERLANDS B.V.

CIMPRESS USA INCORPORATED

The Other Subsidiary Borrowers Party Hereto

The Lenders Party Hereto

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

as Administrative Agent

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Syndication Agent

and

CAPITAL ONE, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A., CITIZENS BANK, N.A.,

HSBC BANK USA, N.A., FIFTH THIRD BANK, N.A., MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.,

PNC BANK, N.A. and GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA

as Co-Documentation Agents

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and BofA SECURITIES, INC.,

as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers,

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and BofA SECURITIES, INC.,

as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers in connection with Amendment No. 2

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., BofA SECURITIES, INC. and GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,

as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers in connection with Amendment No. 3


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

     2  

SECTION 1.01

   Defined Terms      2  

SECTION 1.02

   Classification of Loans and Borrowings      71  

SECTION 1.03

   Terms Generally      72  

SECTION 1.04

   Accounting Terms; GAAP      72  

SECTION 1.05

   Status of Secured Obligations      7273  

SECTION 1.06

   Amendment and Restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement      7273  

SECTION 1.07

   PPSA/UCC, etc.      7374  

SECTION 1.08

   Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification      7374  

SECTION 1.09

   Letter of Credit Amounts      74  

SECTION 1.10

   Divisions      7475  

SECTION 1.11

   Limited Condition Transactions      7475  

SECTION 1.12

   Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents      7576  

SECTION 1.13

   Agreed Security Principles      7576  

SECTION 1.14

   Blocking Regulation      7576  

ARTICLE II THE CREDITS

     7677  

SECTION 2.01

   Commitments      7677  

SECTION 2.02

   Loans and Borrowings      7778  

SECTION 2.03

   Requests for Borrowings      7879  

SECTION 2.04

   Determination of Dollar Amounts      7980  

SECTION 2.05

   Swingline Loans      7980  

SECTION 2.06

   Letters of Credit      8182  

SECTION 2.07

   Funding of Borrowings      8687  

SECTION 2.08

   Interest Elections      8788  

SECTION 2.09

   Termination and Reduction of Commitments      89  

SECTION 2.10

   Repayment and Amortization of Loans; Evidence of Debt      8990  

SECTION 2.11

   Prepayment of Loans      9091  

SECTION 2.12

   Fees      95  

SECTION 2.13

   Interest      96  

SECTION 2.14

   Alternate Rate of Interest      9798  

SECTION 2.15

   Increased Costs      100101  

SECTION 2.16

   Break Funding Payments      101102  

SECTION 2.17

   Taxes      102103  

SECTION 2.18

   Payments Generally; Allocations of Proceeds; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set offs      108109  

SECTION 2.19

   Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders      110111  

SECTION 2.20

   Incremental Facilities      111112  

SECTION 2.21

   Reserved      115116  

SECTION 2.22

   Judgment Currency      115116  

SECTION 2.23

   Designation of Subsidiary Borrowers      117  

SECTION 2.24

   Defaulting Lenders      116117  

SECTION 2.25

   Loan Modification Offers      119  

SECTION 2.26

   Refinancing Facility      120121  


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(continued)

 

          Page  

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     122123  

SECTION 3.01

   Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries      122123  

SECTION 3.02

   Authorization; Enforceability      123  

SECTION 3.03

   Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts      123124  

SECTION 3.04

   Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change      123124  

SECTION 3.05

   Properties      123124  

SECTION 3.06

   Litigation, Environmental and Labor Matters      125  

SECTION 3.07

   Compliance with Laws and Agreements      124125  

SECTION 3.08

   Investment Company Status      125  

SECTION 3.09

   Taxes      125126  

SECTION 3.10

   ERISA      125126  

SECTION 3.11

   Disclosure      125126  

SECTION 3.12

   Federal Reserve Regulations      125126  

SECTION 3.13

   Liens      125126  

SECTION 3.14

   No Default      125126  

SECTION 3.15

   No Burdensome Restrictions      125126  

SECTION 3.16

   Compliance with Swiss Non-Bank Rules      126  

SECTION 3.17

   Financial Assistance      126127  

SECTION 3.18

   Security Interest in Collateral      126127  

SECTION 3.19

   USA Patriot Act      126127  

SECTION 3.20

   Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions      126127  

SECTION 3.21

   Affected Financial Institutions      127  

SECTION 3.22

   Solvency      127  

ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS

     127128  

SECTION 4.01

   Effectiveness      127128  

SECTION 4.02

   Each Credit Event      127128  

SECTION 4.03

   Designation of a Subsidiary Borrower      127128  

ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     128129  

SECTION 5.01

   Financial Statements and Other Information      128129  

SECTION 5.02

   Notices of Material Events      130131  

SECTION 5.03

   Existence; Conduct of Business      131132  

SECTION 5.04

   Payment of Obligations      131132  

SECTION 5.05

   Maintenance of Properties; Insurance      131132  

SECTION 5.06

   Books and Records; Inspection Rights      132133  

SECTION 5.07

   Compliance with Laws      133  

SECTION 5.08

   Use of Proceeds      134  

SECTION 5.09

   Subsidiary Guarantors; Pledges; Additional Collateral; Further Assurances      133134  

SECTION 5.10

   After Acquired Real Estate      134135  

SECTION 5.11

   Maintenance of Ratings      140141  

SECTION 5.12

   Compliance with Swiss Non-Bank Rules      140141  

SECTION 5.13

   DAC6      140141  

SECTION 5.14

   Post-Closing Obligations      141142  

 

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(continued)

 

          Page  

ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     141142  

SECTION 6.01

   Indebtedness      141142  

SECTION 6.02

   Liens      144  

SECTION 6.03

   Fundamental Changes; Dispositions      145146  

SECTION 6.04

   Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions      148149  

SECTION 6.05

   Swap Agreements      151152  

SECTION 6.06

   Transactions with Affiliates      151152  

SECTION 6.07

   Restricted Payments      152  

SECTION 6.08

   Restrictive Agreements      154155  

SECTION 6.09

   Junior Indebtedness and Amendments to Junior Indebtedness Documents      155156  

SECTION 6.10

   Sale and Leaseback Transactions      156157  

SECTION 6.11

   Financial Covenant      157  

SECTION 6.12

   Material Intellectual Property      157158  

ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     157158  

SECTION 7.01

   Events of Default      157158  

SECTION 7.02

   Remedies Upon an Event of Default      159160  

SECTION 7.03

   Application of Payments      162  

ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

     162163  

SECTION 8.01

   Authorization and Action      162163  

SECTION 8.02

   Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Limitation of Liability, Etc.      166  

SECTION 8.03

   Posting of Communications      166167  

SECTION 8.04

   The Administrative Agent Individually      167168  

SECTION 8.05

   Successor Administrative Agent      168169  

SECTION 8.06

   Acknowledgements of Lenders and Issuing Banks      169170  

SECTION 8.07

   Collateral Matters      171  

SECTION 8.08

   Credit Bidding      173  

SECTION 8.09

   Certain Foreign Pledge Matters      174  

SECTION 8.10

   Intercreditor Agreement      175176  

ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS

     175176  

SECTION 9.01

   Notices      175176  

SECTION 9.02

   Waivers; Amendments      177  

SECTION 9.03

   Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver      180181  

SECTION 9.04

   Successors and Assigns      182183  

SECTION 9.05

   Survival      190  

SECTION 9.06

   Counterparts; Integration; Electronic Execution; Effectiveness      189190  

SECTION 9.07

   Severability      190191  

SECTION 9.08

   Right of Setoff      190191  

SECTION 9.09

   Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process      190191  

SECTION 9.10

   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      192  

SECTION 9.11

   Headings      192193  

SECTION 9.12

   Confidentiality      192193  

 

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(continued)

 

          Page  

SECTION 9.13

   USA PATRIOT Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulation      193194  

SECTION 9.14

   Releases of Subsidiary Guarantors      193194  

SECTION 9.15

   Attorney Representation      194195  

SECTION 9.16

   Appointment for Perfection      194195  

SECTION 9.17

   Interest Rate Limitation      194195  

SECTION 9.18

   No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility      195196  

SECTION 9.19

   Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions      195196  

SECTION 9.20

   Termination of Dutch CIT Fiscal Unity      196197  

SECTION 9.21

   Certain ERISA Matters      196197  

SECTION 9.22

   Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs      197198  

SECTION 9.23

   Joint and Several      198199  

ARTICLE X CROSS-GUARANTEE

     199200  

SECTION 10.01

   Cross Guarantee      199200  

SECTION 10.02

   Swiss Limitation Language for Swiss Borrowers      202  

SECTION 10.03

   Limitation on Guaranty of Certain Swap Obligations      202203  

SECTION 10.04

   Keepwell      202203  

 

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SCHEDULES:   
Schedule 2.01A    – Commitments
Schedule 2.01B    – Letter of Credit Commitments
Schedule 2.06    – Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 3.01A    – Subsidiaries
Schedule 3.01B    – Options and Warrants
Schedule 3.05(c)    – Real Estate
Schedule 5.14    – Post-Closing Obligations
Schedule 6.01    – Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02    – Existing Liens
Schedule 6.03    – Sale of Certain Equity Interests
Schedule 6.04    – Existing Investments
EXHIBITS:   
Exhibit A    – Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B    – Intentionally Omitted
Exhibit C    – Auction Procedures
Exhibit D    – Agreed Security Principles
Exhibit E    – List of Closing Documents
Exhibit F-1    – Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement
Exhibit F-2    – Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Termination
Exhibit G    – Form of Master Reaffirmation Agreement
Exhibit H-1    – Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships)
Exhibit H-2    – Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships)
Exhibit H-3    – Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships)
Exhibit H-4    – Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships)
Exhibit I-1    – Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit I-2    – Form of Interest Election Request

 

v


CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of October 21, 2011, as amended and restated as of February 8, 2013, as further amended and restated as of July 13, 2017, as further amended and restated as of May 17, 2021, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, among CIMPRESS PLC, VISTAPRINT LIMITED, CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH, VISTAPRINT B.V., VISTAPRINT NETHERLANDS B.V., having its corporate seat in Venlo, the Netherlands and registered in the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 14103390, CIMPRESS USA INCORPORATED, the other SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS from time to time party hereto, the LENDERS from time to time party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as an Issuing Bank, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and BofA SECURITIES, INC. and Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Syndication Agent, CAPITAL ONE, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A., CITIZENS BANK, N.A., HSBC BANK USA, N.A., FIFTH THIRD BANK, N.A., MUFG UNION BANK, N.A., PNC BANK, N.A. and GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA as Co-Documentation Agents.

WHEREAS, certain of the Borrowers, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent thereunder, are currently party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2011, as amended and restated as of February 8, 2013, and as further amended and restated as of July 13, 2017 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to May 17, 2021, the “Existing Credit Agreement”).

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Lenders party to the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, the Departing Lenders (as hereafter defined) and the Administrative Agent have entered into the Amendment and Restatement Agreement in order to (i) amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety; (ii) extend the applicable maturity date for the Lenders (as defined herein) in respect of the existing revolving credit facility under the Existing Credit Agreement; (iii) re-evidence the “Secured Obligations” under, and as defined in, the Existing Credit Agreement, which shall be repayable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (iv) set forth the terms and conditions under which the Lenders will, from time to time, make loans and extend other financial accommodations to or for the benefit of the Borrowers; and (v) confirm that each Departing Lender shall cease to be a party to the Existing Credit Agreement as evidenced by its execution and delivery of its Departing Lender Signature Page.

WHEREAS, it is the intent of the parties hereto that this Agreement not constitute a novation of the obligations and liabilities of the parties under the Existing Credit Agreement or be deemed to evidence or constitute full repayment of such obligations and liabilities, but that this Agreement amend and restate in its entirety the Existing Credit Agreement and re-evidence the obligations and liabilities of the Company and the Subsidiaries outstanding thereunder, which shall be payable in accordance with the terms hereof.

WHEREAS, it is also the intent of the Borrowers and the Guarantors to confirm that all obligations under the applicable “Loan Documents” (as referred to and defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) shall continue in full force and effect as modified or restated by the Loan Documents (as referred to and defined herein) and that, from and after the Restatement Effective Date, all references to the “Credit Agreement” contained in any such existing “Loan Documents” shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree that the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:


ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

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

2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Lender” means each Lender (x) with a 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment to make or otherwise fund 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date pursuant to Amendment No. 2 and Section 2.01(d) or (y) with outstanding 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans.

2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans” means the Term Loans (x) made on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date pursuant to Amendment No. 2 and Section 2.01(d) and (y) converted from a Converted Tranche B-1 Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.01(d).

2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Lender, its commitment to make 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans. As of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, immediately prior to the making of the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans, the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment (exclusive of Converted Tranche B-1 Term Loans) is equal to $387,594,548. As of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the total outstanding principal amount of 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans is equal to $1,037,498,125.

2026 Senior Unsecured Notes” means the Company’s 7.0% senior notes due 2026 issued pursuant to that certain 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture, in the principal amount of up to $600,000,000.

2026 Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture” means the Senior Notes Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2018, as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture, dated as of October 15, 2019, a second supplemental indenture, dated as of December 3, 2019, and a third supplemental indenture, dated as of February 13, 2020, by and among the Company, certain of its Subsidiaries and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

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

Accepting Lenders” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.25(a).

Adjusted EURIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in euro for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the EURIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

Adjusted Term SOFR Rate” means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period, plus (b) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided that if (i) in respect of Revolving Loans, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement and (ii) in respect of Term Loans, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate as so determined would be less than 0.50%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0.50% for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

2


Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or any of its designated branch offices or affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.

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

Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

Affected Foreign Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America so long as such subsidiary (x) is a Foreign Subsidiary and (y) such Foreign Subsidiary acting as a Subsidiary Guarantor would cause a Deemed Dividend Problem.

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

Agreed Currencies” means (i) Dollars, (ii) euro, (iii) Swiss Francs, (iv) Pounds Sterling and (v) any other currency (x) that is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available, not restricted and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars, (y) for which an applicable screen rate is available in the Administrative Agent’s determination and (z) that is agreed to by the Administrative Agent and each Lender in respect of the applicable Class of Loans or Commitments.

Agreed Security Principles” means the Agreed Security Principles attached hereto as Exhibit D.

Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.

All-In Yield” means, as to any Indebtedness, the effective yield applicable thereto calculated by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Company in a manner consistent with generally accepted financial practices, taking into account (a) interest rate margins, (b) interest rate floors (subject to the proviso set forth below), (c) any amendment to the relevant interest rate margins and interest rate floors prior to the applicable date of determination and (d) original issue discount and upfront or similar fees (based on an assumed four-year average life to maturity), but excluding (i) any arrangement, commitment, structuring, underwriting, ticking, unused line, amendment and/or other fee, in each case that are not paid to the lenders generally and (ii) any other fee that is not paid directly by the Company generally to all relevant lenders ratably; provided, however, that if any Indebtedness includes an Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Adjusted EURIBO Rate, or Alternate Base Rate floor that is greater than the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Adjusted EURIBO Rate, or Alternate Base Rate floor applicable to any existing Term Loans, such differential between interest rate floors shall be included in the calculation of All-In Yield, but only to the extent an increase in the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Adjusted EURIBO Rate, or Alternate Base Rate floor applicable to any Initial Term Loans would cause an increase in the Applicable Rate then in effect thereunder, and in such case the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Adjusted EURIBO Rate, or Alternate Base Rate floors (but not the Applicable Rate) applicable to such Initial Term Loans shall be increased to the extent of such differential between interest rate floors.

 

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Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus 12 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for a one month Interest Period as published two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day (or if such day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the immediately preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day) plus 1%; provided that for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for any day shall be based on the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, on such day (or any amended publication time for the Term SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the CME Term SOFR Administrator in the Term SOFR Reference Rate methodology). Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, respectively. If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.14 (for the avoidance of doubt, only until the Benchmark Replacement has been determined pursuant to Section 2.14(b)), then the Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) in respect of Revolving Loans, if the Alternate Base Rate as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% for purposes of this Agreement and (ii) in respect of Term Loans, if the Alternate Base Rate as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than 1.50%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.50% for purposes of this Agreement.

Amendment and Restatement Agreement” means the Amendment and Restatement Agreement dated as of May 17, 2021, among the Borrowers, the Lenders party thereto, the Departing Lenders and the Administrative Agent.

Amendment No. 2” means that certain Amendment No. 2, dated as of May 15, 2024, by and among the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.

Amendment No. 2 Consenting Tranche B-1 Term Lender” means each Tranche B-1 Term Lender (immediately prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) that provided the Administrative Agent with a counterpart to Amendment No. 2 executed by such Lender on or prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.

Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Amendment No. 2.

“Amendment No. 3” means that certain Amendment No. 3, dated as of September 26, 2024, by and among the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.

“Amendment No. 3 Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Amendment No. 3.

Ancillary Document” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.06.

Anti-Corruption Laws” means, at any time, all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries at such time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

Applicable Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.03(c).

 

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Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, (a) with respect to Revolving Loans, LC Exposure or Swingline Loans, the percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and the denominator of which is the aggregate Revolving Commitments of all Revolving Lenders (if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Commitments of such Class most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments), (b) with respect to the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans of all Tranche B-1 Term Lenders, (c) with respect to the Tranche B-2 Term Loans, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B-2 Term Loans and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B-2 Term Loans of all Tranche B-2 Term Lenders and (d) with respect to the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s outstanding principal amount of the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans of all 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Lenders; provided that, with respect to the calculation set forth in the foregoing clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d), in the case of Section 2.24 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, any such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment, Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment and/or 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, shall be disregarded in the applicable calculation.

Applicable Pledge Percentage” means 100% but 65% in the case of a pledge by a U.S. Loan Party of its Equity Interests in an Affected Foreign Subsidiary, but solely to the extent such pledge secures a Loan or Commitment extended to a Borrower that is a U.S. Person.

Applicable Rate” means:

(a) with respect to the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans, a rate per annum equal to (i) 3.00% in the case of Term Benchmark Term Loans and (ii) 2.00% in the case of ABR Term Loans;

(b) with respect to the Tranche B-2 Term Loans, a rate per annum equal to 3.50%; and

(c) with respect to any Term Benchmark Revolving Loan or any ABR Revolving Loan, any RFR Revolving Loan, any CBR Revolving Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, for any date, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Term Benchmark Spread for Revolving Loans”, “ABR Spread for Revolving Loans”, “RFR Spread for Revolving”, “CBR Spread for Revolving Loans” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the First Lien Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended as of such date:

 

     First Lien
Leverage
Ratio:
     Term
Benchmark
Spread for
Revolving Loans
    ABR Spread for
Revolving Loans
    RFR Spread for
Revolving Loans
    CBR Spread for
Revolving Loans
    Commitment
Fee Rate
 

Category 1

     <1.75 to 1.00        2.25 %      1.25 %      2.25 %      2.25 %      0.30 % 

Category 12:

    

≥1.75 to 1.00
but

< 2.25 to 1.00

 
 

 

     2.50     1.50     2.50     2.50     0.35

Category 23:

    

≥ 2.25 to 1.00
but

< 2.75 to 1.00

 
 

 

     2.75     1.75     2.75     2.75     0.40

Category 34:

     ≥ 2.75 to 1.00        3.00     2.00     3.00     3.00     0.45

 

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For purposes of the foregoing,

(i) if at any time the Company fails to deliver the Financials on or before the date the Financials are due pursuant to Section 5.01, Category 3 shall be deemed applicable for the period commencing three (3) Business Days after the required date of delivery and ending on the date which is three (3) Business Days after the Financials are actually delivered, after which the relevant Category shall be determined in accordance with the table above as applicable;

(ii) adjustments, if any, to the Category then in effect shall be effective three (3) Business Days after the Administrative Agent has received the applicable Financials (it being understood and agreed that each change in Category shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change); and

(iii) notwithstanding the foregoing, Category 2 shall be deemed to be applicable until the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the applicable Financials for the Company’s fiscal quarter ending JuneSeptember  30, 20212024 and adjustments to the Category then in effect shall thereafter be effected in accordance with the preceding paragraphs.

Applicable Time” means, with respect to any Borrowings and payments in any Foreign Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Foreign Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.

Approved Electronic Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.03(a).

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

Arranger” means (a) in connection with this Agreement as of the Restatement Effective Date, each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and BofA Securities, Inc. in its capacity as a joint bookrunner and a joint lead arranger hereunder and, (b) in connection with Amendment No. 2 as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and BofA Securities, Inc. in its capacity as a joint bookrunner and a joint lead arranger hereunder. and (c) in connection with Amendment No. 3 as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA in its capacity as a joint bookrunner and a joint lead arranger hereunder.

Asset Sale” means any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property under Section 6.03(e)(xv) and 6.03(e)(xvii).

 

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Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form (including electronic records generated by the use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.

Auction” means an auction pursuant to which a Purchasing Borrower Party offers to purchase Term Loans pursuant to the Auction Procedures.

Auction Manager” means (a) the Administrative Agent or (b) any other financial institution or advisor employed by the Company (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any Auction; provided that, the Company shall not designate the Administrative Agent as the Auction Manager without the written consent of the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to agree to act as the Auction Manager).

Auction Procedures” means, with respect to a purchase of Term Loans in a Dutch auction, Dutch auction procedures as set forth on Exhibit C or as reasonably agreed upon by the Company and the Administrative Agent.

Auction Purchase Offer” means an offer by a Purchasing Borrower Party to purchase Term Loans pursuant to an auction process conducted in accordance with the Auction Procedures and otherwise in accordance with Section 9.04(g).

Availability Period” means the period from and including the Restatement Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date for the Revolving Commitments and the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments.

Available Amount” means, at any time, an amount (which shall not be less than zero) equal to

(a) the sum of, without duplication:

(i) the greater of $75,000,000 and 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period; plus

(ii) the amount of Excess Cash Flow, determined on a cumulative basis, for all fiscal years of the Borrower ending after the Restatement Effective Date (commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022) that is not required to be applied to prepayments in accordance with Section 2.11(b)(iv) (which amount shall not be less than zero for any fiscal year); plus

(iii) the Net Cash Proceeds received after the Restatement Effective Date and on or prior to such time from any issuance of Qualified Equity Interests by the Company (other than any such issuance to a Group Member); plus

(iv) the Net Cash Proceeds of Indebtedness and Disqualified Equity Interests of the Company, in each case incurred or issued after the Restatement Effective Date, which have been exchanged or converted into Qualified Equity Interests; plus

(v) the Net Cash Proceeds of Dispositions of Investments made using the Available Amount on or after the Restatement Effective Date; provided that such Net Cash Proceeds added pursuant to this clause (v) shall be no greater than the portion of the Available Amount used to make such Investment; plus

 

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(vi) to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts received in cash for Investments pursuant to Section 6.04(s) made using the Available Amount on or after the Restatement Effective Date; provided that such Net Cash Proceeds added pursuant to this clause (vi) shall be no greater than the portion of the Available Amount used to make such Investment; plus

(vii) the Net Cash Proceeds of Dispositions of joint ventures received after the Restatement Effective Date in an amount not to exceed the portion of the Available Amount used to make Investments therein; plus

(viii) the aggregate amount received after the Restatement Effective Date by the Company or any Subsidiary in cash from any dividend or other distribution by a joint venture (except to the extent increasing Consolidated Net Income); provided that such amounts received from a joint venture and added pursuant to this clause (viii) shall be no greater than the portion of the Available Amount used to make the Investment in such joint venture; plus

(ix) the aggregate amount of the Retained Declined Proceeds (calculated after the Restatement Effective Date); minus

(b) an amount equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(i) Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 6.07(g), plus

(ii) Restricted Debt Payments made pursuant to Section 6.09(a)(v), plus

(iii) Investments made pursuant to Section 6.04(s),

in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (b)(i) through (b)(iii), after the Restatement Effective Date and prior to such time, or contemporaneously therewith (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, the transaction for which any determination is being made pursuant to clause (a)).

Available Revolving Commitment” means, at any time with respect to any Lender, the Revolving Commitment of such Lender then in effect minus the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time; it being understood and agreed that any Lender’s Swingline Exposure shall not be deemed to be a component of the Revolving Credit Exposure for purposes of calculating the commitment fee under Section 2.12(a).

Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark for any Agreed Currency, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof), as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or otherwise, for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to clause (e) of Section 2.14.

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

 

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Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

Banking Services” means each and any of the following bank services provided to the Company or any Subsidiary by any Lender or any of its Affiliates: (a) credit cards for commercial customers (including, without limitation, commercial credit cards and purchasing cards), (b) stored value cards, (c) merchant processing services, (d) treasury management services (including, without limitation, controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, any direct debit scheme or arrangement, overdrafts and interstate depository network services) and (e) supply chain finance solutions.

Banking Services Agreement” means any agreement entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with Banking Services.

Banking Services Obligations” means any and all obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor) in connection with Banking Services.

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

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

Benchmark” means, initially, with respect to any (i) RFR Loan in any Agreed Currency, the applicable Relevant Rate for such Agreed Currency or (ii) Term Benchmark Loan in any Agreed Currency, the Relevant Rate for such Agreed Currency; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the applicable Relevant Rate or the then-current Benchmark for such Agreed Currency, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.14.

 

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Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date; provided that, in the case of any Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency, “Benchmark Replacement” shall mean the alternative set forth in (2) below:

(1) in the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, the sum of: (a) Daily Simple SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

(2) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Company as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency at such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement:

(1) for purposes of clause (1) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement,” the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent:

(a) the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest Period that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for the applicable Corresponding Tenor;

(b) the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest Period that would apply to the fallback rate for a derivative transaction referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon an index cessation event with respect to such Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor; and

(2) for purposes of clause (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement,” the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Company for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency at such time;

provided that, in the case of clause (1) above, such adjustment is displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such Benchmark Replacement Adjustment from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

 

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Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement and/or any Term Benchmark Loan denominated in Dollars, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “RFR Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

Benchmark Replacement Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:

(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.

For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:

(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, the central bank for the Agreed Currency applicable to such Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over

 

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the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), in each case which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.

For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14.

Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

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

BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.

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

Bond Hedge Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Permitted Call Spread Swap Agreement”.

Borrower” means the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower.

Borrowing” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Class, Type and Agreed Currency, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, (b) a Term Loan of the same Class, Type and Agreed Currency, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (c) a Swingline Loan.

 

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Borrowing Request” means a request by any Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03, which shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I-1 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement” means a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1.

Borrowing Subsidiary Termination” means a Borrowing Subsidiary Termination substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2.

Burdensome Restrictions” means any consensual encumbrance or restriction of the type described in Sections 6.08 and 6.09.

Business Day” means, as applicable, (A) any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for business in New York City, (B) in relation to Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling, any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for business in London, (C) in relation to Loans referencing the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any such Loans referencing the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or any other dealings of such Loans referencing the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, any such day that is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, (D) in relation to Loans denominated in euro and in relation to the calculation or computation of the EURIBO Rate, any day which is a TARGET Day and (E) in relation to RFR Loans and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any such RFR Loan, or any other dealings in the applicable Agreed Currency of such RFR Loan, any such day that is only an RFR Business Day.

Capital Expenditures” means for any period, with respect to any Person, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a capital lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs and improvements during such period) that is required to be capitalized under GAAP on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries.

Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (including commissions and whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by a Person and its Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries.

Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases or financing 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.

CBR Revolving Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Central Bank Rate.

Central Bank Rate” means, (A) the greater of (i) for any Loan denominated in (a) Pounds Sterling, the Bank of England (or any successor thereto)’s “Bank Rate” as published by the Bank of England (or any successor thereto) from time to time, (b) euro, one of the following three rates as may be selected by the Administrative Agent: (1) the fixed rate for the main refinancing operations of the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto), or, if that rate is not published, the minimum bid rate for the main

 

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refinancing operations of the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto), each as published by the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto) from time to time, (2) the rate for the marginal lending facility of the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto), as published by the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto) from time to time or (3) the rate for the deposit facility of the central banking system of the Participating Member States, as published by the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto) from time to time, (c) Swiss Francs, the policy rate of the Swiss National Bank (or any successor thereto) as published by the Swiss National Bank (or any successor thereto) from time to time and (d) any other Foreign Currency determined after the Restatement Effective Date, a central bank rate as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion and (ii) 0%; plus (B) the applicable Central Bank Rate Adjustment.

Central Bank Rate Adjustment” means for any Loan denominated in (a) euro, a rate equal to the positive difference of (i) the average of the EURIBO Rate for the last five (5) Business Days for which the EURIBO Rate was available (excluding the highest level from such series of days and the lowest level from such series of days) minus (ii) the Central Bank Rate in respect of euro, (b) Pounds Sterling, a rate equal to the positive difference of (i) the average of SONIA for the last five (5) RFR Business Days for which SONIA was available (excluding the highest level from such series of days and the lowest level from such series of days) minus (ii) the Central Bank Rate in respect of Pounds Sterling, (c) Swiss Francs, a rate equal to the positive difference of (i) the average of SARON for the last five (5) RFR Business Days for which SARON was available (excluding the highest level from such series of days and the lowest level from such series of days) minus (ii) the Central Bank Rate in respect of Swiss Francs and (d) any other Foreign Currency determined after the Restatement Effective Date, an adjustment as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

Change in Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the Restatement Effective Date), of Equity Interests representing more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Company; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Company by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Company nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; (c) the acquisition of direct or indirect Control of the Company by any Person or group; (d) the occurrence of a change in control, or other similar provision, as defined in any agreement or instrument evidencing any Material Indebtedness (triggering a default or mandatory prepayment, which default or mandatory prepayment has not been waived in writing) (including, without limitation, the occurrence of a “Change in Control”, “Fundamental Change” and/or “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” (each howsoever defined) under any indenture governing any Permitted Convertible Notes); or (e) the Company ceases to own, directly or indirectly, and Control 100% (other than directors’ qualifying shares) of the ordinary voting and economic power of any Subsidiary Borrower; provided that, solely in the case of this clause (e), no Change in Control shall occur or be deemed to have occurred as a result of any transaction permitted pursuant to Section 6.03 or Section 2.23.

Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the Restatement Effective Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (c) compliance by any Lender or Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Restatement Effective Date; provided however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in

 

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

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

Class” means (a) when used with respect to Lenders, refers to whether such Lenders have a Loan or Commitment with respect to a particular Class of Loans or Commitments, (b) when used with respect to Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are Revolving Commitments, Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments, Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments, 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments, commitments in respect of Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Commitments, Other Revolving Commitments, Refinancing Revolving Commitments of a given Refinancing Series or Refinancing Term Loan Commitments of a given Refinancing Series and (c) when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Tranche B-1 Term Loans, Tranche B-2 Term Loans, 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Loans, Other Revolving Loans, Other Tranche B Term Loans, Refinancing Revolving Loans of a given Refinancing Series or Refinancing Term Loans of a given Refinancing Series.

CME Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) (or a successor administrator).

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

Co-Documentation Agent” means each of Capital One, N.A., Citibank, N.A., Citizens Bank, N.A., HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Fifth Third Bank, N.A., MUFG Union Bank, N.A., PNC Bank, N.A. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA in its capacity as co-documentation agent for the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement.

Collateral” means all right, title and interest of any Loan Party in and to any and all property of such Loan Party, now existing or hereafter acquired, that may at any time be or become subject to a security interest or Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Secured Parties, to secure the Secured Obligations pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Agreed Security Principles and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed in connection with this Agreement that are intended to create, perfect or evidence Liens to secure the Secured Obligations, including, without limitation, all other security agreements, pledge agreements, deeds of hypothec, debentures, loan agreements, notes, guarantees, subordination agreements, pledges, hypothecations, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, fee letters, notices, leases, financing statements and all other written matter whether heretofore, now, or hereafter executed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and delivered to the Administrative Agent to secure the Secured Obligations.

Commitment” means, (a) the Revolving Commitments, the Term Loan Commitments and any commitments in respect of Incremental Facilities, Other Revolving Commitment, commitments in respect of Other Tranche B Term Loans, and Refinancing Indebtedness and (b) with respect to each Lender, the sum of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment, 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, commitments in respect

 

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of Incremental Facilities, Other Revolving Commitment, any commitments in respect of Other Tranche B Term Loans, a Refinancing Revolving Commitment and a Refinancing Term Loan Commitment (other than a 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment). The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01A, or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment or Term Loan Commitment, as applicable.

Commitment Fee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(a).

Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 8.03, including through an Approved Electronic Platform.

Company” means Cimpress plc, a public company with limited liability incorporated in Ireland with its registered address at First Floor Building 3, Finnabair Business & Technology Park, Dundalk, Louth, Ireland and having registered number 607465 (as successor by merger to Cimpress N.V., a naamloze vennootschap organized under the laws of the Netherlands).

Computation Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.

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

Consolidated Cash Taxes” means for any period, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the aggregate amount of all income and similar Taxes, to the extent the same are payable in cash with respect to such period.

Consolidated Current Assets” mean, at any date, all amounts (other than cash and Permitted Investments) that would be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, at any date, all amounts that would be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, but excluding (a) Revolving Loans, (b) Swingline Loans, (c) other revolving loans, and (d) the current portion of any Indebtedness (including but not limited to, for purposes of clarification, the Term Loans) then outstanding.

Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, without duplication and to the extent reflected as a charge in the statement of (or, in the case of clauses (g) and (h) below, not included in the calculation of) such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of:

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(b) interest expense, amortization or writeoff of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness (including the Loans),

(c) depreciation and amortization expense,

(d) non-cash charges, losses, expenses or impairments, including stock-based compensation established during such period from time to time,

(e) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring expenses or losses,

(f) any fees, charges, costs or expenses incurred during such period in connection with any Investment (including any Permitted Acquisition), Disposition, issuance of Indebtedness or Equity Interests, or amendment, modification, Repayment or Refinancing of any debt instrument, in each case permitted under this Agreement, including (i) any such transactions undertaken but not completed and any transactions consummated prior to the Restatement Effective Date and (ii) any financial advisory fees, accounting fees, legal fees and other similar advisory and consulting fees,

(g) restructuring and similar charges, accruals, reserves, severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities opening costs and other business optimization expenses, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, transition costs, costs related to closure/consolidation of facilities and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, provided that with respect to any Test Period, the aggregate amount added back in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period pursuant to this clause (g), together with any amounts added back pursuant to clause (h) below, shall not exceed 20% of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated prior to giving effect to any add-backs (the “Shared EBITDA Cap”)) for such Test Period, and

(h) the amount of pro forma “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and cost synergies actually implemented by the Company or related to a Permitted Acquisition (A) projected to be realized as a result of actions taken or are expected to be taken, in each case, that are reasonably identifiable, factually supportable and projected by the Company in good faith to be realized as a result of Permitted Acquisitions, permitted Dispositions, cost savings or business optimization initiatives or other similar transactions or initiatives taken on or after the Restatement Effective Date, in each case to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement (collectively, “Initiatives”) (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, and cost synergies had been realized on the first day of the relevant Test Period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized in respect thereof or (B) determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act and as interpreted by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor agency); provided that (i) actions in respect of such cost-savings, operating expense reductions, and synergies have been, or will be, taken within 18 months of the applicable Initiative, (ii) no cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (i) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added to (or excluded from) Consolidated EBITDA, whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, for such Test Period, (iii) projected amounts (and not yet realized) may no longer be added in calculating Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (i) to the extent occurring more than six full fiscal quarters after the applicable Initiative, (iv) the Company must deliver to the Administrative Agent (A) a certificate of a Financial Officer setting forth such estimated cost-savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and cost synergies and (B) information and calculations supporting in reasonable detail such estimated cost

 

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savings, operating expense reductions and cost synergies and (v) with respect to any Test Period, the aggregate amount added back in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period pursuant to this clause (h) (other than adjustments described in subclause (i)(B)), together with any amounts added back pursuant to clause (g) above, shall not exceed the Shared EBITDA Cap,

(i) the losses, charges or expenses attributable to asset dispositions or the sale or other disposition of any Equity Interests of any other Person other than in the ordinary course of business as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Company, and

(j) the losses, charges or expenses attributable to the early extinguishment of or conversion of Indebtedness, hedge agreements or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing expenses written off and premiums paid),

minus:

(i) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income or gains (including, whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, gains on the sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business),

(ii) income tax credits (to the extent not netted from income tax expense),

(iii) net unrealized gains on Swap Agreements that have a tenor of greater than thirty-one (31) days and were entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Company or any Subsidiary has actual or reasonably anticipated exposure,

(iv) any cash payments made during such period in respect of items described in clause (d) above subsequent to the fiscal quarter in which the relevant non-cash expenses or losses were reflected as a charge in the statement of Consolidated Net Income (unless such cash payments are permitted to be added back to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clauses (g) and (h) above during such period or if the payment relates to cash payments made in relation to earnouts for Material Acquisitions), all as determined on a consolidated basis,

(v) the gains attributable to asset dispositions or the sale or other disposition of any Equity Interests of any other Person other than in the ordinary course of business as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Company, and

(vi) the gains attributable to the early extinguishment of or conversion of Indebtedness, hedge agreements or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing expenses written off and premiums paid).

For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any Test Period, (i) if at any time during such Test Period the Company or any Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Material Disposition for such Test Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Test Period, and (ii) if during such Test Period the Company or any Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period shall be calculated after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis as if such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Test Period. As used in this definition, “Material Acquisition” means any acquisition of assets or series of related

 

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acquisitions of assets that involves the payment of consideration by the Company and its Subsidiaries in excess of $10,000,000; and “Material Disposition” means any sale, transfer or disposition of assets or series of related sales, transfers, or dispositions of assets that yields gross proceeds to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $10,000,000.

Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, all Funded Indebtedness outstanding on such date that is secured by a Lien on any property of any Group Member that is not junior or subordinated in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations.

Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) (i) Funded Indebtedness as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period less (ii) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period.

Consolidated Net Income” means for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP provided that there shall be excluded any income (or loss) of any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary, but any such income so excluded may be included in such period or any later period to the extent of any cash dividends or distributions actually paid in the relevant period to the Company or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company.

Consolidated Secured Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, all Funded Indebtedness outstanding on such date that is secured by a Lien on any property of any Group Member.

Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of the date of any determination thereof, total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis as of such date.

Consolidated Working Capital” means, at any date, (a) Consolidated Current Assets on such date minus (b) Consolidated Current Liabilities on such date.

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

Controlled Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.19.

Controlled Related Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).

Converted Tranche B-1 Term Loan” means each Tranche B-1 Term Loan held by an Amendment No. 2 Consenting Tranche B-1 Term Lender, on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 2, that has indicated on its signature page to Amendment No. 2 that such Lender wishes to exchange (on a cashless basis) such Tranche B-1 Term Loans (or such lesser amount as may be notified to it by the Administrative Agent) for 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans.

Corresponding Obligations” means all Secured Obligations as they may exist from time to time, other than the Parallel Debt.

Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.

 

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Covered Entity” means any of the following:

(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

Covered Jurisdiction” means, collectively, (1) Australia, (2) Bermuda, (3) Canada (including any province or territory thereof), (4) England & Wales, (5) Germany, (6) the Republic of Ireland (7) Italy, (8) Jamaica, (9) Japan, (10) the Netherlands, (11) Scotland, (12) Switzerland, (13) the United States of America (including any state thereof and the District of Columbia) and (14) each additional jurisdiction requested by the Company to be added as a Covered Jurisdiction from time to time so long as such jurisdiction is a jurisdiction reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, based upon (a) the amount and enforceability of the contemplated guarantee that may be entered into by such Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction, (b) the security interests (and the enforceability thereof) that may be granted with respect to the assets (or various classes of assets) of such Subsidiary located in such jurisdiction and (c) any political risk associated with such jurisdiction.

Covered Jurisdiction Consolidated EBITDA” means, as of any date of determination, Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period that is attributable to Covered Jurisdiction Subsidiaries.

Covered Jurisdiction Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period that are attributable to Covered Jurisdiction Subsidiaries.

Covered Jurisdiction Subsidiary” means each subsidiary of the Company that is organized under the laws of a Covered Jurisdiction.

Covered Party” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.22.

Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, in each case, issued, incurred or otherwise obtained to Refinance, in whole or part, existing Term Loans (or Other Tranche B Term Loans), Revolving Loans (or Revolving Commitments or Other Revolving Commitments) or any then-existing Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (“Refinanced Debt”); provided that:

(i) such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date no earlier than the final maturity date of the Refinanced Debt and, solely in the case of Refinancing Term Loans, has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Refinanced Debt;

(ii) such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall not have a greater principal amount than the principal amount of the applicable Refinanced Debt plus accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties thereon and fees and expenses associated with the refinancing (or, in the case of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in the form of Refinancing Revolving Commitments, shall not be in an amount greater than the aggregate amount of revolving commitments constituting the applicable Refinanced Debt plus accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties thereon and fees and expenses associated with the refinancing);

 

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(iii) the terms and conditions of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (except (A) as otherwise provided in clause (ii) above, (B) with respect to pricing, interest rate margins, premiums, discounts, fees, rate floors and optional prepayment or redemption terms and (C) with respect to covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of incurrence of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, it being understood that to the extent any such covenants (including any financial maintenance covenant) or other provisions are added for the benefit of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, no consent shall be required from the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders to the extent that such covenants (including any financial maintenance covenant) or other provisions are also added for the benefit of any corresponding existing Facility at the time of such refinancing) are substantially identical to, or (taken as a whole) are no more favorable (as reasonably determined by the Company) to the lenders or holders providing such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, than those applicable to the Refinanced Debt being refinanced (provided that a certificate of a Financial Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness or drafts of the material definitive documentation relating thereto, stating that the Company has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement of this clause (iii) shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Company within such five (5) Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees));

(iv) (A) such Credit Agreement Refinancing Debt shall be secured by a pari passu Lien on the Collateral (and no other property) and (B) no Subsidiary shall be a borrower or a guarantor under any Credit Agreement Refinancing Debt unless such Subsidiary is a Loan Party which shall have previously or substantially concurrently guaranteed or borrowed, as applicable, the Obligations;

(v) no Refinancing Revolving Loans shall be subject to any amortization, mandatory prepayments or mandatory commitment reductions that are not applicable to the existing Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments, and any mandatory prepayment requirements, in the case of any Refinancing Term Loans, may provide that such Refinancing Term Loans may participate in any mandatory prepayment on a pro rata basis with any Class of existing Term Loans, but may not provide for prepayment requirements that are more favorable to the Lenders holding such Refinancing Term Loans than to the Lenders holding such Class of Term Loans; and

(vi) such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid or repurchased, all accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties in connection therewith shall be paid, and all commitments thereunder terminated, on the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred or obtained.

Credit Event” means a Borrowing, the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an LC Disbursement or any of the foregoing.

 

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Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time, plus (b) an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loans outstanding at such time.

Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender.

CRR” means the Council Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.

Cumulative Consolidated Net Income” means, as of any date of determination, an amount (which shall not be less than zero) equal to the aggregate cumulative sum of Consolidated Net Income for each fiscal quarter of the Company, commencing with the fiscal quarter of the Company ending June 30, 2021 and ending with the most recent fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), as applicable.

CUSA” means Cimpress USA Incorporated, a Delaware corporation.

Daily Simple RFR” means, for any day (an “RFR Interest Day”), an interest rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) for any RFR Loan denominated in (i) Pounds Sterling, SONIA for the day that is five (5) Business Days prior to (A) if such RFR Interest Day is a Business Day, such RFR Interest Day or (B) if such RFR Interest Day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such RFR Interest Day and (ii) Swiss Francs, SARON for the day that is five (5) Business Days prior to (A) if such RFR Interest Day is a Business Day, such RFR Interest Day or (B) if such RFR Interest Day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such RFR Interest Day and (b) 0%. Any change in Daily Simple RFR due to a change in the applicable RFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the RFR without notice to the Company.

Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day that is five (5) RFR Business Days prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is an RFR Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not an RFR Business Day, the RFR Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Company.

Deemed Dividend Problem” means, with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, such Foreign Subsidiary’s accumulated and undistributed earnings and profits being deemed to be repatriated to the applicable parent U.S. Loan Party under Section 956 of the Code and the effect of such repatriation causing materially adverse tax consequences to such parent U.S. Loan Party, in each case as determined by the Company in its commercially reasonable judgment acting in good faith and in consultation with its legal and tax advisors.

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

Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

 

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Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Company or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a Loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of (1) a Bankruptcy Event or (2) a Bail-In Action.

Departing Lender” means each lender under the Existing Credit Agreement that executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent a Departing Lender Signature Page.

Departing Lender Signature Page” means the signature page to the Amendment and Restatement Agreement on which it is indicated that the Departing Lender executing the same shall cease to be a party to the Existing Credit Agreement on the Restatement Effective Date.

Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with a Disposition that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Financial Officer, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash and Permitted Investments received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration within 181 days of receipt thereof.

Disposition” means with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof (in one transaction or in a series of transfers and whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise). The terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.

Disqualified Equity Interests” means with respect to any Person, any Equity Interests of such Person that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event or condition:

(a) mature or are mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests of such Person that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests) whether pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;

(b) are convertible or exchangeable, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof, for Indebtedness or Equity Interests (other than solely for Equity Interests of such Person that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests); or

 

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(c) are redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests of such Person that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests) or are required to be repurchased by the Company or any Subsidiary, in whole or in part, at the option of the holder thereof;

in each case, on or prior to the date that is 181 days after the Latest Maturity Date (determined as of the date of issuance thereof or, in the case of any such Equity Interests outstanding on the Restatement Effective Date, the Restatement Effective Date); provided, however, that (i) Equity Interests of any Person that would not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests but for terms thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to redeem or purchase such Equity Interests upon the occurrence of an “asset sale” or a “change of control” (or similar event, however denominated) shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests if any such requirement becomes operative only after repayment in full of all the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and (ii) Equity Interests of any Person that are issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees or by any such plan to such employees shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because they may be required to be repurchased by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability.

Disqualified Institution” means (a) Persons that are specifically identified by the Company to the Administrative Agent in writing prior to the Restatement Effective Date, (b) any Person that is reasonably determined by the Company after the Restatement Effective Date to be a competitor of the Company or its Subsidiaries and which is specifically identified in a written supplement to the list of “Disqualified Institutions”, which supplement shall become effective three (3) Business Days after delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in accordance with Section 9.01 and (c) in the case of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), any of such entities’ Affiliates to the extent such Affiliates (x) are clearly identifiable as Affiliates of such Persons based solely on the similarity of such Affiliates’ and such Persons’ names and (y) are not bona fide debt investment funds. It is understood and agreed that (i) any supplement to the list of Persons that are Disqualified Institutions contemplated by the foregoing clause (b) shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any Persons that have previously acquired an assignment or participation interest in the Loans (but solely with respect to such Loans), (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility or liability to determine or monitor whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Institution, (iii) the Company’s failure to deliver such list (or supplement thereto) in accordance with Section 9.01 shall render such list (or supplement) not received and not effective and (iv) “Disqualified Institution” shall exclude any Person that the Company has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent from time to time in accordance with Section 9.01.

Dividing LLC” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Division”.

Division” means that division of the assets and/or liabilities of an LLC (the “Dividing LLC”) among two or more LLCs (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement) which may or may not include the Dividing LLC. The terms “Divide” and “Divided” shall have correlative meanings.

Dollar Amount” of any amount of any currency means, at the time of determination thereof, (a) if such amount is expressed in Dollars, such amount, (b) if such amount is expressed in a Foreign Currency, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars determined by using the rate of exchange for the purchase of Dollars with such Foreign Currency last provided (either by publication or otherwise provided to the Administrative Agent) by the applicable Reuters source on the Business Day (New York City time) immediately preceding the date of determination or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide a rate of exchange for the purchase of Dollars with such Foreign Currency, as provided by such

 

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other publicly available information service which provides that rate of exchange at such time in place of Reuters chosen by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide such rate of exchange, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent using any reasonable method of determination it deems appropriate) and (c) if such amount is denominated in any other currency, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent using any method of determination it deems appropriate in its sole discretion.

Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

Domestic Foreign Holdco Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America and owned by a U.S. Loan Party substantially all of the assets of which consist of the Equity Interests of (and/or receivables or other amounts due from) one or more Subsidiaries that are “controlled foreign corporations” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code, so long as such Subsidiary (i) does not conduct any business or activities other than the ownership of such Equity Interests and/or receivables other than immaterial assets and activities reasonably related or ancillary thereto and (ii) does not incur, and is not otherwise liable for, any Indebtedness (other than intercompany indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(c)).

Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America other than (i) a Subsidiary that is owned by a Subsidiary of a U.S. Loan Party where such Subsidiary of a U.S. Loan Party is not organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America and (ii) a Domestic Foreign Holdco Subsidiary.

DQ List” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(e)(iv).

Dutch Borrower” means any Borrower that is organized under the laws of the Netherlands.

Dutch Loan Party” means any Loan Party organized under the laws of the Netherlands or otherwise resident for tax purposes of the Netherlands.

Dutch Non-Public Lender” means:

(i) until the publication of an interpretation of “public” as referred to in the CRR by the relevant authority/ies: an entity which (x) assumes rights and/or obligations vis-à-vis a Dutch Borrower, the value of which is at least EUR 100,000 (or its equivalent in another currency), (y) that provides repayable funds to the Dutch Borrower for a minimum initial amount of EUR 100,000 (or its equivalent in another currency) or otherwise qualifies as not forming part of the public, and

(ii) following the publication of an interpretation of “public” as referred to in the CRR by the relevant authority/ies: an entity which qualifies as not forming part of the public on the basis of such interpretation.

ECF Percentage” means, with respect to any fiscal year of the Company: (a) if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is greater than 3.50 to 1.00, 50%; (b) if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 and greater than 3.00 to 1.00, 25%; or (c) if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00, 0%.

 

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ECP” means an “Eligible Contract Participant” as defined in Section 1(a)(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and the applicable rules issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and/or the SEC (collectively, and as now or hereafter in effect, the “ECP Rules”).

ECP Rules” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “ECP.”

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

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

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

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

Eligible Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is approved from time to time by each Revolving Lender and the Administrative Agent.

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

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

Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest, but excluding any debt securities convertible into any of the foregoing.

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

 

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

ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) 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 Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition upon the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates 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.

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

EURIBO Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in euro and for any Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the EURIBO Screen Rate for the longest period (for which the EURIBO Screen Rate is available for euro) that is shorter than the Impacted EURIBO Rate Interest Period; and (b) the EURIBO Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which the EURIBO Screen Rate is available for euro) that exceeds the Impacted EURIBO Rate Interest Period, in each case, at such time; provided that if any EURIBO Interpolated Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

EURIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in euro and for any Interest Period, the EURIBO Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, two (2) TARGET Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that, if the EURIBO Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “Impacted EURIBO Rate Interest Period”) with respect to euro then the EURIBO Rate shall be the EURIBO Interpolated Rate.

EURIBO Screen Rate” means, for any day and time, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in euro and for any Interest Period, the euro interbank offered rate administered by the European Money Markets Institute (or any other person which takes over the administration of such rate) for euro for the relevant period displayed (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) on page EURIBOR01 of the Reuters screen (or any replacement Reuters page which displays that rate) or on the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes that rate from time to time in place of Reuters as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, two (2) TARGET Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period. If such page or service ceases to be available, the Administrative Agent may specify another page or service displaying the relevant rate after consultation with the Company. If any EURIBO Screen Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

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euro” and/or “EUR” means the single currency of the Participating Member States.

Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

Excess Cash Flow” means for any fiscal year of the Company, the excess, if any, of:

(a) the sum, without duplication, of

(i) Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year,

(ii) [reserved],

(iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such fiscal year,

(iv) net cash receipts in respect of Swap Agreements during such fiscal year to the extent not otherwise included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income or the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year,

(v) the aggregate net amount of non-cash loss on the Disposition of property by the Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business), to the extent deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income and otherwise not added in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year; and

(vi) the ECF Reduction Shortfall Amount for such fiscal year, minus

(b) the sum, without duplication, of

(i) any expenses, losses or charges paid in cash for such fiscal year that were (A) not deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year or (B) added in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year, in each case, to the extent financed with Internally Generated Cash of the Company and its Subsidiaries,

(ii) the amount of all non-cash income included that was (A) included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year or (B) added in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year,

(iii) the amount of any prepaid cash item deducted in part for such fiscal year, with the balance amortized over a subsequent period,

(iv) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made by the Company in cash during such fiscal year pursuant to Section 6.07(f) (excluding the principal amount of Indebtedness incurred in connection with such Restricted Payments and any Restricted Payments made with proceeds of any issuance of Equity Interests of the Company),

(v) the aggregate amount of all prepayments of Funded Indebtedness, including the principal component of payments in respect of Capital Lease Obligations (other than (A) the Term Loans and (B) any revolving credit facility to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereof) of the Company and its Subsidiaries made during such fiscal year (excluding any such prepayments financed with the Available Amount or the proceeds of any issuance of Equity Interests of the Company or the issuance of any Indebtedness),

 

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(vi) the aggregate amount of all regularly scheduled principal payments of Funded Indebtedness (including the Term Loans) of the Company and its Subsidiaries made during such fiscal year (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder),

(vii) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such fiscal year,

(viii) the aggregate net amount of non-cash gain on the Disposition of property by the Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business), to the extent (A) included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year or (B) added in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year,

(ix) to the extent (A) not otherwise deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income or (B) added in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Cash Taxes paid during such fiscal year,

(x) to the extent (A) not otherwise deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income or (B) added in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, interest expense of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year,

(xi) cash payments by the Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (A) in respect of the permanent reduction of long-term liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness) or (B) in respect of pension contributions, pension true-up or settlement payments, in each case to the extent such payments (A) are not expensed during such fiscal year or are not deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income or (B) are added in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, in each case, to the extent financed with Internally Generated Cash of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(xii) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year that are made in connection with any prepayment, early extinguishment or conversion of Indebtedness to the extent (A) such payments are not expensed during such fiscal year or are not deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income or (B) are added in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, in each case, to the extent financed with Internally Generated Cash of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(xiii) to the extent (A) not already deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income or (B) added in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, cash losses, charges and expenses related to internal software development that are expenses but could have been capitalized under alternative accounting policies in accordance with IFRS, in each case, to the extent financed with Internally Generated Cash of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(xiv) cash expenditures in respect of Swap Agreements during such fiscal year to the extent not deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income or added in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year;

 

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(xv) proceeds of any Asset Sale or Recovery Event to the extent otherwise included in the definition of Excess Cash Flow and to the extent the Company is in compliance with the applicable mandatory prepayment requirements set forth in Section 2.11(b);

(xvi) amounts paid in cash for such fiscal year on account of (A) items that were accounted for as non-cash reductions of net income in determining Consolidated Net Income or as non-cash addbacks in determining Consolidated EBITDA of the Company or any Subsidiary in a prior period and (B) reserves or accruals established in purchase accounting to the extent added in determining Consolidated EBITDA;

(xvii) [reserved]; and

(xviii) the aggregate amount added in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year pursuant to clause (h) of the definition of Consolidated EBITDA.

For purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, any additions or reductions in respect of Material Acquisitions and Material Dispositions pursuant to the last paragraph of the definition of Consolidated EBITDA shall be disregarded.

Excess Cash Flow Prepayment Amount” means, with respect to any fiscal year of the Company, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of:

(a) the product of (i) the Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year multiplied by (ii) the ECF Percentage in respect of such fiscal year, minus

(b) the sum, without duplication, of:

(i) without duplication of any amounts deducted in the calculation of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year, solely to the extent not funded with the proceeds of Indebtedness, the aggregate amount of all optional Repayments of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(a), any Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt (to the extent such Indebtedness was secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing Initial Term Loans) and any Revolving Loans (to the extent accompanied by a corresponding reduction in commitments) and the amount paid in cash by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of all purchases of Term Loans pursuant to Section 9.04, in each case made during such fiscal year (or, at the Company’s option, after the end of such fiscal year and prior to the date such Excess Cash Flow prepayment is due (without counting such amounts against subsequent years’ Excess Cash Flow)), and

(ii) without duplication of any amounts deducted in the calculation of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year, the aggregate amount actually paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries in cash during such fiscal year on account of Capital Expenditures and Capitalized Software Expenditures (excluding the principal amount of Indebtedness incurred in connection with such expenditures and any such expenditures financed with the proceeds of any issuance of Equity Interest of the Borrower), and

(iii) without duplication of any amounts deducted in the calculation of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year, the aggregate amount of cash fees, costs and expenses in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Disposition, and any cash payments of the purchase price in connection therewith and the fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith, to the extent not expensed and not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income, in each case, to the extent financed with Internally Generated Cash of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and

 

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(iv) without duplication of any amounts deducted in the calculation of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year, the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with any Permitted Acquisitions and any Investments (other than intercompany Investments, except for intercompany Investments in joint ventures or, to the extent non-attributable to the minority interest in non-wholly owned Subsidiaries) made pursuant to Section 6.04(b), 6.04(g), 6.04(r), 6.04(s) or 6.04(t), to the extent financed with Internally Generated Cash of the Company and its Subsidiaries and made during such fiscal year (or, at the Company’s option, after the end of such fiscal year and prior to the date such Excess Cash Flow prepayment is due (without counting such amounts against subsequent years’ Excess Cash Flow)), and

(v) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow or the Excess Cash Flow Prepayment Amount in prior periods and, at the option of the Company, (A) the aggregate cash consideration required to be paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period and (B) any planned cash expenditures budgeted by the Company and its Subsidiaries (the “Planned Expenditures”), in each case during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company following the end of the applicable fiscal year for which Excess Cash Flow and the Excess Cash Flow Prepayment Amount is being calculated and to the extent relating to Permitted Acquisitions, Investments, Capital Expenditures and Capitalized Software Expenditures of the Company and its Subsidiaries (in each case, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness, the proceeds of any issuance of Equity Interest of the Company or utilizing the Available Amount); provided that to the extent the aggregate amount of cash actually utilized to finance such Permitted Acquisitions, Investments, Capital Expenditures or Capitalized Software Expenditures during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration and the Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall (the “ECF Reduction Shortfall Amount”) shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, minus

(c) $25,000,000.

Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any Specified Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Specified Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee 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 Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an ECP at the time the Guarantee of such Loan Party or the grant of such security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Specified Swap Obligation. 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.

 

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Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) with respect to a Loan or Commitment extended to a Borrower that is a U.S. Person, in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by any Borrower under Section 2.19(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.17, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(f), (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, (e) with respect to a Revolving Loan or Revolving Commitment extended to a Borrower that is organized, incorporated or tax resident in Ireland, any Irish withholding Tax which arises solely because (i) a Lender is not (or has ceased to be) an Irish Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or Irish Treaty, or any published practice or concession of any relevant authority or (ii) a Lender is an Irish Treaty Lender and the Company is able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to such Lender without any deduction or withholding of any tax imposed by Ireland had that Lender complied with its obligations under Section 2.17(m), and (f) any Tax under the laws of the Netherlands to the extent levied on the basis of (i) section 17a, paragraph c or any replacement of the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969); or (ii) the Dutch Withholding Tax Act 2021 (Wet Bronbelasting 2021) in effect on the date on which such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment and by reason of the relevant beneficiary of the interest being resident in a jurisdiction that listed in the Dutch Regulation on low-taxing states and non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (Regeling laagbelastende staten en niet-coöperatieve rechtsgebieden voor belastingdoeleinden) on the date on which (A) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment or (B) such Lender changes its lending office, its place of incorporation or its place of tax residence.

Executive Order” means Executive Order No. 13224, effective as of September 24, 2001, and relating to Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)).

Existing Credit Agreement” is defined in the recitals hereof.

Existing Letters of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(a).

Existing Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a).

Facility” means (a) the revolving credit facility consisting of the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans (the “Revolving Facility”), (b) the term loan facility consisting of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments and the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, (c) the term loan facility consisting of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments and the Tranche B-2 Term Loans, (d) the term loan facility consisting of the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments and the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans or (e) any other credit facility created hereunder pursuant to an Incremental Amendment, a Loan Modification Agreement or a Refinancing Amendment, as the context may require.

FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Restatement Effective Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.

 

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Federal Flood Insurance” means federally backed Flood Insurance available under the National Flood Insurance Program to owners of real property improvements located in Special Flood Hazard Areas in a community participating in the National Flood Insurance Program.

Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as shall be set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

FEMA” means the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that administers the National Flood Insurance Program.

Final Release Conditions” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14(c).

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

Financial Statement Delivery Date” means, with respect to any fiscal quarter or fiscal year of the Company, the date on which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b).

Financials” means the annual or quarterly financial statements, and accompanying certificates and other documents, of the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b).

FIRREA” means the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989.

First Lien Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) (i) Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period less (ii) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period.

First Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means each subsidiary of a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America that is a Foreign Subsidiary and with respect to which any one or more of the Domestic Subsidiaries directly owns or Controls more than 50% of such Foreign Subsidiary’s issued and outstanding Equity Interests.

Flood Insurance” means, for any Real Estate located in a Special Flood Hazard Area, Federal Flood Insurance or private insurance that meets the requirements set forth by FEMA in its Mandatory Purchase of Flood Insurance Guidelines.

Floor” means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, the EURIBO Rate or each Daily Simple RFR, as applicable.

 

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Foreign Currencies” means Agreed Currencies other than Dollars.

Foreign Currency LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar Amount of the aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of all outstanding Foreign Currency Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all LC Disbursements in respect of Foreign Currency Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed at such time.

Foreign Currency Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency.

Foreign Currency Payment Office” of the Administrative Agent means, for each Foreign Currency, the office, branch, Affiliate or correspondent bank of the Administrative Agent for such currency as specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent to the Company and each Lender.

Foreign Lender” means (a) if the applicable Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the applicable Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries of the types described in clauses (a), (b), (c) (to the extent constituting purchase money Indebtedness), (f), (e) (to the extent unpaid within five (5) Business Days of becoming due and payable), (g), (h) (to the extent reflected as a liability on the balance sheet in accordance with GAAP) and, solely with respect to letters of credit and letters of guaranty that have been drawn but not yet reimbursed, (i), in each case, outstanding on such date calculated on a consolidated basis.

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

Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, 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) and any group or body charged with setting financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards (including, without limitation, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).

Group Members” means the collective reference to the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding for the avoidance of doubt, any Securitization Subsidiary).

Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or

 

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(d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the stated or determinable amount of the primary payment obligation in respect of which such Guarantee is made and (b) the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee, unless such primary payment obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing Person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of the Guarantee shall be such guaranteeing Person’s maximum reasonably possible liability in respect thereof as reasonably determined by the Company in good faith.

Guarantors” means, collectively, (i) the Company, (ii) the Subsidiary Borrowers pursuant to the terms of Article X of this Agreement and (iii) the Subsidiary Guarantors. No Securitization Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor.

Guaranty” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Guaranty dated as of July 13, 2017 (including any and all supplements thereto) and executed by each Guarantor party thereto and any other guaranty agreements as are requested by the Administrative Agent and its counsel, in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

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

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

Incremental Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (solely for purposes of giving effect to Section 2.20) and the applicable Borrower executed by each of (a) the applicable Borrower, (b) the Administrative Agent and (c) each Lender that agrees to provide all or any portion of the Incremental Facility being incurred pursuant thereto and in accordance with Section 2.20.

Incremental Cap” means:

(a) the sum of the Shared Incremental Amount, plus

(b) in the case of any Incremental Facility incurred pursuant to Section 2.20 that effectively extends the Maturity Date with respect to any Class of Loans and/or commitments hereunder, an amount equal to the portion of the relevant Class of Loans or commitments that will be replaced by such Incremental Facility, plus

(c) without duplication of the foregoing clause (b), (i) the amount of any optional prepayment of any pari passu Term Loan in accordance with Section 2.11(a) and/or the amount of any permanent reduction of any Revolving Commitment and/or the amount of any permanent prepayment of pari passu Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt and (ii) the amount paid in cash in respect of any reduction in the outstanding amount of any Term Loan resulting from any assignment of such Term Loan (and/or assignment and/or purchase of such Term Loan by) the Company and/or any Subsidiary in accordance with Section 9.04; provided that for each of clauses (i) and (ii) the relevant prepayment, redemption, repurchase or assignment and/or purchase was not funded with the proceeds of any long-term Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness), plus

 

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(d) an unlimited amount so long as, in the case of this clause (d), after giving effect to the relevant Incremental Facility, (i) if such Incremental Facility is secured by a lien that is pari passu with the Lien securing the Secured Obligations, the First Lien Leverage Ratio does not exceed 2.25 to 1.00, (ii) if such Incremental Facility is secured by a lien that is junior to the Lien securing the Secured Obligations, the Secured Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.50 to 1.00 or (iii) for any other Incremental Facility, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio does not exceed 4.25 to 1.00, in each case described in this clause (d), calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, including the application of the proceeds thereof (in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) without “netting” the cash proceeds of the applicable Incremental Facility), and in the case of any Incremental Revolving Facility then being incurred or established, assuming a full drawing of such Incremental Revolving Facility;

provided that:

(i) any Incremental Facility and/or Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt may be incurred under one or more of clauses (a) through (d) of this definition as selected by the Company in its sole discretion;

(ii) if any Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt is intended to be incurred or implemented in reliance on clause (d) of this definition and any other clause of this definition in a single transaction or series of related transactions, (A) the permissibility of the portion of such Incremental Facility and/or Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt to be incurred or implemented under clause (d) of this definition shall be calculated first without giving effect to any Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt to be incurred or implemented in reliance on any other clause of this definition, but giving full pro forma effect to the use of proceeds of the entire amount of the loans and commitments that will be incurred or implemented at such time in reliance on such Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt and the related transactions and (B) the permissibility of the portion of such Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt to be incurred or implemented under the other applicable clauses of this definition shall be calculated thereafter; and

(iii) (A) any portion of any Incremental Facilities or Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt initially incurred or implemented in reliance on one or more of clauses (a) through (c) will, at the Company’s election, be reclassified after the incurrence or implementation of such Incremental Facilities as having been incurred in reliance on clause (d) if the applicable leverage ratio test under clause (d) is satisfied on a Pro Forma Basis ratio at such time and (B) if the Company is in compliance with the applicable leverage ratio test under clause (d) on a Pro Forma Basis as at the end of any subsequent fiscal quarter after such initial incurrence, unless the Company shall have elected otherwise, such reclassification shall be deemed to have automatically occurred.

Incremental Commitment” means any commitment made by a lender to provide all or any portion of any Incremental Facility or Incremental Loan.

 

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Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt” means Indebtedness of any Borrower in the form of notes or loans secured on a pari passu or junior basis to the Obligations under this Agreement, unsecured notes or loans and/or commitments in respect of any of the foregoing; provided, that:

(a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof shall not exceed the Incremental Cap (as in effect at the time of determination),

(b) no Event of Default shall exist immediately prior to or after giving effect to such Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt (provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall have made an LCT Election in accordance with Section 1.11, no Event of Default shall existing immediately prior to the LCT Test Date and no Specified Event of Default shall exist immediately prior to or after giving effect to such Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt);

(c) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity applicable to such notes or loans is no shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Term Loans that will remain outstanding after giving effect to such Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof,

(d) the final maturity date with respect to such notes or loans is no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date on the date of the issuance or incurrence, as applicable, thereof,

(e) with respect to any Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt that ranks junior in right of payment and/or security to any Facility that will remain outstanding after giving effect to such Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof or is unsecured, such Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt shall not require amortization prior to the Latest Maturity Date and the maturity date shall be no earlier than one hundred and eighty-one (181) days following the Latest Maturity Date,

(f) subject to clauses (c) through (e), such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined by the Company and the lenders providing such Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt and such Indebtedness shall provide that (i) it shall share pro rata or less than pro rata or greater than pro rata with any optional prepayments hereunder and (ii) it shall share pro rata or less than pro rata (but not greater than pro rata) with any mandatory prepayments hereunder,

(g) in the event such Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt is in the form of term loans secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Secured Obligations the MFN Protections (including the exceptions and limitations set forth therein) shall apply mutatis mutandis to such Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt as if it was an Incremental Term Facility,

(h) if such Indebtedness is (i) secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with or junior to the Lien securing the Initial Term Loans or (ii) subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then, in each case, the holders of such Indebtedness shall be (x) in the case of clause (i), party to an Intercreditor Agreement or (y) in the case of clause (ii), party to a subordination agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent,

(i) no Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt may be (i) guaranteed by any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party or (ii) secured by any asset of the Company or any Subsidiary other than the Collateral, and

 

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(j) except as otherwise permitted herein (including with respect to margin, pricing, maturity and fees), (A) the terms of such Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness in the form of a revolving credit facility), if not substantially consistent with those applicable to any then-existing Term Loans, shall be, at the option of the Company, either (1) consistent with market terms and conditions, when taken as a whole, at the time of incurrence or effectiveness thereof, as determined by the Company in good faith, or (2) reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that any terms applicable to such Indebtedness (x) which are applicable only after the then-existing Latest Maturity Date and/or (y) that are, taken as a whole, more favorable to the lenders of such Indebtedness than those contained in the Loan Documents and are then conformed (or added) to the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Term Lenders pursuant to an amendment to this Agreement effectuated in reliance on Section 9.02 shall, in each case be deemed to be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (B) the terms of any such indebtedness in the form of a revolving credit facility, if not substantially consistent with those applicable to any then-existing Revolving Facility must be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that any terms applicable to such Indebtedness (1) which are applicable only after the then-existing Latest Maturity Date and/or (2) that are more favorable to the lenders of such Indebtedness than those contained in the Loan Documents and are then conformed (or added) to the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).

Incremental Facilities” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

Incremental Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

Incremental Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

Incremental Revolving Commitment” means any commitment made by a lender to provide all or any portion of any Incremental Revolving Facility.

Incremental Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

Incremental Revolving Facility Lender” means, with respect to any Incremental Revolving Facility, each Revolving Lender providing any portion of such Incremental Revolving Facility.

Incremental Revolving Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

Incremental Term Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

Incremental Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the cash portion of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding (i) current accounts payable or accrued expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligation until such earn-out obligation becomes due and payable (other than obligations due and payable solely in shares and not in cash) and (iii) any deferred payment that such Person has the option to pay in shares shall not be considered Indebtedness until such deferred payment becomes due and payable in cash), (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

 

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Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) all obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (k) all obligations of such Person under Sale and Leaseback Transactions, (l) the liquidation value of all redeemable preferred Disqualified Equity Interests of such Person and (m) obligations under or in respect of Permitted Securitizations. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. The amount of Indebtedness (including any Guarantees constituting Indebtedness) for which recourse is limited either to a specified amount or to an identified asset of such Person shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (x) such specified amount and (y) the fair market value of such identified asset as determined by such Person in good faith. It is understood and agreed that Indebtedness shall not include any Indebtedness that has been defeased and/or discharged in accordance with its terms, provided that funds in an amount equal to all such Indebtedness (including interest and any other amounts required to be paid to the holders thereof in order to give effect to such defeasance and/or discharge) have been irrevocably deposited with a trustee for the benefit of the relevant holders of such Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Permitted Call Spread Swap Agreements, and any obligations thereunder, shall not constitute Indebtedness.

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

Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).

Ineligible Institution” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.12.

Information Memorandum” means (a) the Confidential Information Memorandum dated April 2021 and (b) the Lender Presentation dated May 2024, in each case, relating to the Company and the Transactions.

Initial Subsidiary Borrowers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Subsidiary Borrower.

Initial Term Loan Borrowers” means Vistaprint Netherlands and CUSA.

Initial Term Loans” means (i) the Tranche B-2 Term Loans made by the Tranche B-2 Term Lenders to the Initial Term Loan Borrowers on the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and (ii) the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans made by the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Lenders to the Initial Term Loan Borrowers on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date pursuant to the terms of Amendment No. 2 and this Agreement.

Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loans” means the Tranche B-1 Term Loans made by the Tranche B-1 Term Lenders to the Initial Term Loan Borrowers on the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. On the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, all Tranche B-1 Term Loans were refinanced in full and no Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loans are outstanding as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date immediately after the effectiveness of Amendment No. 2.

 

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Initial Tranche B-2 Tranche Loans” means the Tranche B-2 Term Loans made by the Tranche B-2 Term Lenders to the Initial Term Loan Borrowers on the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

Insolvency Regulation” means the Council Regulation (EC) No.1346/2000 29 May 2000 on Insolvency Proceedings.

Intercreditor Agreement” means (a) in respect of Indebtedness intended to be secured by a Lien on some or all of the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Lien on the Collateral securing the Obligations, an intercreditor agreement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Company, the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of Liens on a pari passu basis at the time such intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established in light of the type of Indebtedness to be secured by such Liens, as reasonably determined by the Company and the Administrative Agent, and (b) in respect of Indebtedness intended to be secured by a Lien on some or all of the Collateral on a junior priority basis with the Lien on the Collateral securing the Obligations, an intercreditor agreement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Company, the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of Liens on a junior basis at the time such intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established in light of the type of Indebtedness to be secured by such Liens, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Company.

Interest Election Request” means a request by the applicable Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08, which shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I-2 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such ABR Loan was made, (b) with respect to any RFR Loans, each date that is on the numerically corresponding day in each calendar month that is one month after the Borrowing of such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such RFR Loan was made, (c) with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Term Benchmark Loan was made; provided, that the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date shall constitute an Interest Payment Date with respect to accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date for the Term Loans prepaid or converted on such date (including the Converted Tranche B-1 Term Loans), and (d) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Swingline Loan was made.

Interest Period” means with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, three or six months thereafter (in each case, subject to the availability for the Benchmark applicable to the relevant Loan or Commitment for any Agreed Currency), as the applicable Borrower (or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower) may elect; provided, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Term Benchmark Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period and (iii) no

 

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tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.14(e) shall be available for specification in such Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

Internally Generated Cash” means, with respect to any period, any cash of the Company and its Subsidiaries generated during such period, excluding Net Cash Proceeds and any cash that is generated from an incurrence of Indebtedness, an issuance of Equity Interests or a capital contribution.

Investment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.

Irish Qualifying Lender” means a Lender which is beneficially entitled to the interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under this Agreement and is:

(a) a bank within the meaning of section 246 of the Taxes Act which is carrying on bona fide banking business in Ireland for the purposes of section 246(3)(a) of the Taxes Act; or

(b)

(i) a body corporate which, by virtue of the law of a Relevant Territory is resident for the purposes of tax in that Relevant Territory, where that Relevant Territory imposes a tax that generally applies to interest receivable in that Relevant Territory by bodies corporate from sources outside that Relevant Territory; or

(ii) a body corporate where interest payable in respect of an advance:

(A) is exempted from the charge to income tax under an Irish Treaty having force of law on the date the interest is paid under the procedures set out in section 826(1) of the Taxes Act; or

(B) would be exempted from the charge to Irish income tax under an Irish Treaty entered into on or before the payment date of that interest if that Irish Treaty had the force of law under the provisions set out in section 826(1) of the Taxes Act at that date;

(iii) a United States of America (“U.S.”) company, provided the U.S. company is incorporated in the U.S. and is taxed in the U.S. on its worldwide income; or

(iv) a U.S. limited liability company (“LLC”) where (1) the ultimate recipients of the interest would themselves be Irish Qualifying Lenders under sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph (b), and (2) business is conducted through the U.S. LLC for market reasons and not for tax avoidance purposes;

provided in each case at (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) the Lender is not carrying on a trade or business in Ireland through a branch or agency with which such interest payment is connected;

(c) a body corporate, (i) which advances money in the ordinary course of a trade which includes the lending of money; and (ii) where the interest on monies so advanced is taken into account in computing the trading income of such body corporate; and (iii) such body corporate has complied with the notification requirements under section 246(5)(a) of the Taxes Act; or

 

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(d) a qualifying company within the meaning of section 110 of the Taxes Act; or

(e) an investment undertaking within the meaning of section 739B of the Taxes Act; or

(f) an Irish Treaty Lender.

Irish Treaty Lender” means, a Lender, other than a Lender falling within paragraph (b) of the definition of Irish Qualifying Lender, which:

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

(b) does not carry on a business in Ireland through a permanent establishment with which that Lender’s participation in this Agreement is effectively connected and

(c) fulfils all conditions of the Irish Treaty which must be fulfilled for residents of that Irish Treaty State to be paid interest without the deduction of Irish tax.

Irish Treaty State” means a jurisdiction having a double taxation treaty with Ireland which contains an article dealing with interest or income from debt claims (an “Irish Treaty”) which has the force of law and which makes provision for full exemption from tax imposed by Ireland on interest.

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or such successor thereto.

Issuing Bank” means each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and, Bank of America, N.A., and Goldman Sachs Bank USA (in each case, through itself or through one of its designated affiliates or branch offices), each in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.06(i); provided, that, Goldman Sachs Bank USA shall have no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit that is not a standby letter of credit. Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. Each reference herein to the “Issuing Bank” in connection with a Letter of Credit or other matter shall be deemed to be a reference to the relevant Issuing Bank with respect thereto, and, further, references herein to “the Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to each of the Issuing Banks or the relevant Issuing Bank, as the context requires.

Junior Indebtedness” means, collectively, any Indebtedness for borrowed money of any Group Member that is (x) secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior in priority to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations, (y) Subordinated Indebtedness or (z) Material Unsecured Indebtedness.

Junior Indebtedness Documents” means any document, agreement or instrument evidencing or governing any Junior Indebtedness.

 

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Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest Maturity Date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.

LC Collateral Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(j).

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

LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn Dollar Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate Dollar Amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Company at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the LC Exposure at such time. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Article 29(a) of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time) or Rule 3.13 or Rule 3.14 of the International Standby Practices, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time) or similar terms of the Letter of Credit itself, or if compliant documents have been presented but not yet honored, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” and “undrawn” in the amount so remaining available to be paid, and the obligations of the Company and each Revolving Lender shall remain in full force and effect until the relevant Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders shall have no further obligations to make any payments or disbursements under any circumstances with respect to any Letter of Credit.

Lender Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

Lender-Related Person” means the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, the Syndication Agent, any Co-Documentation Agent, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, and any Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons.

Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01A, the Persons that are “Lenders” under the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Restatement Effective Date and any other Person that shall have become a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.20 or Section 2.26 (including the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Lenders) or pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Lenders” excludes the Departing Lenders.

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

Letter of Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(b).

Letter of Credit Commitment” means, with respect to each Issuing Bank, the commitment of such Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder. The initial amount of each Issuing Bank’s Letter of Credit Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01B, or if an Issuing Bank has entered into an Assignment and Assumption or has otherwise assumed a Letter of Credit Commitment after the Restatement Effective Date, the amount set forth for such Issuing Bank as its Letter of Credit Commitment in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent. The Letter of Credit Commitment of an Issuing Bank may be modified from time to time by agreement between such Issuing Bank and the Company, and notified to the Administrative Agent.

 

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Liabilities” means any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or liabilities of any kind.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.

Limited Condition Transaction” means (a) any Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment, the consummation of which is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing or (b) any redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness requiring irrevocable notice in advance of such redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment.

Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement, each Borrowing Subsidiary Termination, the Guaranty, the Master Reaffirmation Agreement, any promissory notes issued pursuant to Section 2.10(e), any Letter of Credit applications, any Letter of Credit Agreement and any agreements between the Company and an Issuing Bank regarding such Issuing Bank’s Letter of Credit Commitment or the respective rights and obligations between the Company and such Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance of Letters of Credit, the Collateral Documents, the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement, any Incremental Amendment, any Permitted Amendment, any Loan Modification Agreement, any Refinancing Amendment and any and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates executed and delivered to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lenders and including all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, notices, letter of credit agreements and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Loan Party, or any employee of any Loan Party, and delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to this Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.

Loan Modification Agreement” means a Loan Modification Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Company, the Administrative Agent and one or more Accepting Lenders, effecting one or more Permitted Amendments and such other amendments hereto and to the other Loan Documents as are contemplated by Section 2.26.

Loan Modification Offer” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.26.

Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrowers and the Guarantors.

Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement (including the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans).

 

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Local Time” means (i) New York City time in the case of a Loan, Borrowing or LC Disbursement denominated in Dollars and (ii) local time in the case of a Loan, Borrowing or LC Disbursement denominated in a Foreign Currency (it being understood that such local time shall mean (a) London, England time with respect to any Foreign Currency (other than euro) and (b) Brussels, Belgium time with respect to euro, in each case of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) unless otherwise notified by the Administrative Agent).

Mandatory Restrictions” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.14.

Master Reaffirmation Agreement” means that Master Reaffirmation Agreement dated as of the Restatement Effective Date in the form of Exhibit G (including any and all supplements thereto) and executed by each Loan Party party thereto and any other reaffirmation or confirmation agreements as are requested by the Administrative Agent and its counsel, in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Material Acquisition” has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA.

Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of Loan Parties to perform any of their obligations under the Loan Documents (when taken as a whole) when due or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any and all other Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.

Material Disposition” has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA.

Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding principal amount, as of any date of determination, exceeding $50,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Company or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.

Material Real Property” means Real Estate located in a Covered Jurisdiction with a fair market value in excess of $20,000,000 (or the equivalent in the currency of the relevant jurisdiction), in each case, subject to the Agreed Security Principles.

Material Subsidiary” means, as of any Financial Statement Delivery Date, each Covered Jurisdiction Subsidiary (i) which contributed greater than five percent (5%) of Covered Jurisdiction Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period or (ii) which contributed greater than five percent (5%) of Covered Jurisdiction Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period (any such Material Subsidiary, an “Individual Material Subsidiary”); provided that, if as of any Financial Statement Delivery Date, (A) the aggregate amount of Covered Jurisdiction Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period attributable to all Covered Jurisdiction Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties exceeds ten percent (10%) of Covered Jurisdiction Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period or (B) Covered Jurisdiction Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period attributable to all Covered Jurisdiction Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties exceeds ten percent (10%) of Covered Jurisdiction Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of such Test Period, the Company shall on or prior to the later of (x) the date that is thirty (30) days after such Financial Statement Delivery Date and (y) such later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent (the later of the dates specified in clauses (x) and (y), the “Covered Jurisdiction Material Subsidiary Designation Date”)

 

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designate sufficient Covered Jurisdiction Subsidiaries as “Material Subsidiaries” (each such Covered Jurisdiction Subsidiary so designated, a “Designated Covered Jurisdiction Subsidiary”) to eliminate such excess, and such designated Covered Jurisdiction Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement constitute Material Subsidiaries; provided further that, solely for purposes of determining compliance with the requirements above, (a) Consolidated Total Assets shall exclude (1) assets that are considered to be intangible assets under GAAP, including customer lists, goodwill, developed technology, copyrights, trade names, trademarks, patents, franchises, licenses, capitalized research, development costs, capitalized software and website development, (2) intercompany receivables or loans between Persons that become Subsidiaries, (3) that portion of the assets of Subsidiaries that are not wholly-owned Subsidiaries that is attributable to the percentage of equity interests not held, directly or indirectly, by the Company or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries and (4) negative cash balances, and (b) Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Total Assets attributable to any Specified Non-Required Subsidiary shall be excluded from the calculation of ten percent (10%) of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets threshold in the foregoing proviso.

Material Unsecured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness for borrowed money (a) that is not secured by a Lien on any property of the Company or any Subsidiary, (b) with an aggregate outstanding principal amount that exceeds the greater of $25,000,000 and 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period and (c) constitutes Indebtedness not owed to a Group Member.

Maturity Date” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Commitments, May 17, 2026either (i) solely if, on or prior to February 16, 2028, (A) the Term Loans have not been refinanced with Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness or any other Indebtedness not prohibited by this Agreement, in each case, having a final stated maturity date that is at least 91 days after September 26, 2029, (B) the Maturity Date of any Term Loans has not been extended in accordance with this Agreement to a date that is at least 91 days after September 26, 2029 and (C) the Term Loans have not been Repaid in full in accordance with this Agreement (provided that, if such Repayment has been made with the proceeds of any Indebtedness, such Indebtedness shall not be prohibited by this Agreement and shall have a final stated maturity date that is at least 91 days after September 26, 2029), then the Maturity Date with respect to the Revolving Commitments shall be February 16, 2028, or (ii) otherwise, the Maturity Date with respect to the Revolving Commitments shall be September 26, 2029 (or with respect to a Revolving Lender that has extended the maturity date of its Revolving Commitment pursuant to Section 2.25, the extended maturity date set forth in the applicable Loan Modification Agreement), (b) with respect to the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans, May 17, 2028 (or with respect to a 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Lender that has extended the maturity date of its 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.25, the extended maturity date set forth in the applicable Loan Modification Agreement), (c) with respect to the Tranche B-2 Term Loans, May 17, 2028 (or with respect to a Tranche B-2 Term Lender that has extended the maturity date of its Tranche B-2 Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.25, the extended maturity date set forth in the applicable Loan Modification Agreement), (d) with respect to any Refinancing Term Loans (other than the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans), Refinancing Revolving Commitments or Refinancing Revolving Loans, the final maturity date applicable thereto as specified in the applicable Refinancing Amendment (or with respect to a Lender that has extended the maturity date of its Refinancing Term Loans (other than its 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans), Refinancing Revolving Commitments or Refinancing Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.26, the extended maturity date set forth in the applicable Loan Modification Agreement) and (e) with respect to any Incremental Facility, the final maturity date applicable thereto as specified in the applicable Incremental Amendment (or with respect to any Lender that has extended the maturity date of the applicable Incremental Facility pursuant to Section 2.25, the extended maturity date set forth in the applicable Loan Modification Agreement); provided, however, in each such case, if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day; provided, further, that, in each case other than with respect to the Revolving Commitments, if the Company has not (a) amended the terms of the 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes in compliance with

 

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Section 6.09(b) to extend the scheduled repayment thereof to no earlier than the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date, (b) Repaid the 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes (in compliance with Section 6.09(a)(viii)) or (c) Refinanced the 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, in each case on or before March 16, 2026, the Maturity Date other than with respect to the Revolving Commitments shall be March 16, 2026.

Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.

MFN Protection” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a)(v).

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.

Mortgage” means any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security deed, trust deed, charge, standard security, immovable hypothec or other document creating a Lien on Real Estate in a Covered Jurisdiction owned in fee simple or as groundlease (erfpacht) holder by a Loan Party in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Company.

Mortgage Amendment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in subsection 5.10(c)(ii).

Mortgaged Property” means any Real Estate owned in fee simple or as a groundlease (erfpacht) in a Covered Jurisdiction which is encumbered (or required to be encumbered) by a Mortgage pursuant to the terms hereof.

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

National Flood Insurance Program” means the program created by the U.S. Congress pursuant to (i) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, that mandates the purchase of flood insurance to cover real property improvements located in Special Flood Hazard Areas in participating communities and provides protection to property owners through a federal insurance program.

Net Cash Proceeds” means

(a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Permitted Investments (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or held in escrow or purchase price adjustment receivable or by the Disposition of any non-cash consideration received in connection therewith or otherwise, but only as and when received and net of costs, amounts and taxes set forth below), net of:

(i) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees and other professional and transactional fees actually incurred in connection therewith;

(ii) amounts required to be applied to the Repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than the Secured Obligations or any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on Collateral that ranks equal in priority to, or junior in priority to (pursuant to an Intercreditor Agreement), the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations);

 

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(iii) other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith;

(iv) taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements); and

(v) amounts provided as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the assets disposed of in an Asset Sale (including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale); provided, that such amounts shall be considered Net Cash Proceeds upon release of such reserve;

(b) in connection with any issuance or sale of Equity Interests, any capital contribution or any incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds received from such issuance, contribution or incurrence, net of attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith.

Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(e).

Non-Covered Jurisdiction” means each jurisdiction other than a Covered Jurisdiction.

NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

NYFRB Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

NYFRB’s Website” means the website of the NYFRB at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.

Obligations” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all LC Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations and indebtedness (including interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), obligations and liabilities of any of the Company and its Subsidiaries to any of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any indemnified party, individually or collectively, existing on the Original Effective Date or arising thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, arising or incurred under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Loans made or reimbursement or other obligations incurred or any of the Letters of Credit or other instruments at any time evidencing any thereof.

 

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Obligors” means, collectively, the Company and the other Borrowers.

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

Original Effective Date” means October 21, 2011.

Other Applicable Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment to the Term Loans and is secured by a Lien on all of the Collateral that is pari passu with the Lien on the Collateral securing the Term Loans.

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

Other Revolving Commitments” means extended Revolving Commitments that result from a Loan Modification Agreement.

Other Revolving Loans” means the Revolving Loans made pursuant to any Other Revolving Commitment.

Other Taxes” means any present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, 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 (other than an assignment under Section 2.19(b)).

Other Tranche B Term Loans” means Tranche B Term Loans that result from a Loan Modification Agreement.

Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurodollar transactions denominated in Dollars by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate.

Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the NYFRB Rate and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in a Foreign Currency, an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the relevant Issuing Bank, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

Parallel Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.10(b) and Section 33 of the Guaranty.

Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

 

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Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to economic and monetary union.

Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.06(c).

Payment Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.06(c).

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

Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) or series of acquisitions by the Company or any Subsidiary of (i) all or substantially all, or a significant portion of, the assets of, or (ii) all or more than fifty percent (50%) of the Equity Interests in (or such lesser percentage as results in such entity becoming a Subsidiary hereunder), a Person or division or line of business of a Person (including, for the avoidance of doubt, acquisitions of additional Equity Interests in a Subsidiary as to which the purchase of Equity Interests was previously a Permitted Acquisition), if, at the time of and immediately after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto, (a) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise after giving effect thereto, (b) the Company is in compliance with Section 6.03(b), (c) all actions required to be taken with respect to such acquired or newly formed Subsidiary under Sections 5.09 and 5.10 shall have been taken, and (d) in the case of an acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Company or a Subsidiary, the Company or such Subsidiary (or another Person that merges, amalgamates or consolidates with such Subsidiary and that, immediately after the consummation of such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, becomes a Subsidiary) is the surviving entity of such merger, amalgamation and/or consolidation; provided, that, the aggregate amount of Investments consisting of Permitted Acquisitions by Loan Parties in assets that are not or do not become owned by a Loan Party or in Equity Interests of Persons that do not become Loan Parties, in each case measured at the time such Investment is made, shall not exceed the greater of $75,000,000 and 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period.

Permitted Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, effected in connection with a Loan Modification Offer pursuant to Section 2.25, providing for an extension of the Maturity Date applicable to the Loans and/or Commitments of the Accepting Lenders and, in connection therewith, (a) any changes in the interest rates with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments of the Accepting Lenders, (b) any changes in the fees payable to, or the inclusion of new fees to be payable to, the Accepting Lenders, (c) such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as shall be appropriate, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, to provide the rights and benefits of this Agreement and other Loan Documents to each new “Class” of loans and/or commitments resulting therefrom and (d) additional amendments to the terms of this Agreement applicable to the applicable Loans and/or Commitments of the Accepting Lenders that are less favorable to such Accepting Lenders than the terms of this Agreement prior to giving effect to such Permitted Amendments and that are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Permitted Call Spread Swap Agreements” means (a) any Swap Agreement (including, but not limited to, any bond hedge transaction or capped call transaction) pursuant to which the Company acquires an option requiring the counterparty thereto to deliver to the Company shares of common stock of the Company (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Company), the cash value thereof or a combination thereof from time to time upon exercise of such

 

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option entered into by the Company in connection with the issuance of Permitted Convertible Notes (such transaction, a “Bond Hedge Transaction”) and (b) any Swap Agreement pursuant to which the Company issues to the counterparty thereto warrants to acquire common stock of the Company (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Company) (whether such warrant is settled in shares, cash or a combination thereof) entered into by the Company in connection with the issuance of Permitted Convertible Notes (such transaction, a “Warrant Transaction”); provided that (i) the terms, conditions and covenants of each such Swap Agreement shall be such as are customary for such agreements of such type (as determined by the board of directors of the Company, or a committee thereof, in good faith), (ii) the purchase price for such Bond Hedge Transaction, less the proceeds received by the Company from the sale of any related Warrant Transaction, does not exceed the net proceeds received by the Company from the issuance of the related Permitted Convertible Notes and (iii) in the case of clause (b) above, such Swap Agreement would be classified as an equity instrument in accordance with GAAP.

Permitted Convertible Notes” means any unsecured notes issued by the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 6.01 that are convertible into a fixed number (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, “make-whole” increases and other customary changes thereto) of shares of common stock of the Company (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Company), cash or any combination thereof (with the amount of such cash or such combination determined by reference to the market price of such common stock or such other securities); provided that, the Indebtedness thereunder must satisfy each of the following conditions: (i) both immediately prior to and after giving effect (including pro forma effect) thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom, (ii) such Indebtedness matures after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled or otherwise required payments of principal prior to, and does not permit any Loan Party to elect optional redemption or optional acceleration that would be settled on a date prior to, the date that is six (6) months after the Maturity Date (it being understood that neither (x) any provision requiring an offer to purchase such Indebtedness as a result of change of control or other fundamental change (which change of control or other fundamental change, for the avoidance of doubt, constitutes a “Change in Control” hereunder), which purchase is settled on a date no earlier than the date twenty (20) Business Days following the occurrence of such change of control or other fundamental change nor (y) any early conversion of any Permitted Convertible Notes in accordance with the terms thereof, in either case, shall violate the foregoing restriction), (iii) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Company other than the Subsidiary Borrowers or Subsidiary Guarantors (which guarantees, if such Indebtedness is subordinated, shall be expressly subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms not less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness), (iv) any cross-default or cross-acceleration event of default (each howsoever defined) provision contained therein that relates to indebtedness or other payment obligations of any Loan Party (such indebtedness or other payment obligations, a “Cross-Default Reference Obligation”) contains a cure period of at least thirty (30) calendar days (after written notice to the issuer of such Indebtedness by the trustee or to such issuer and such trustee by holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding) before a default, event of default, acceleration or other event or condition under such Cross-Default Reference Obligation results in an event of default under such cross-default or cross-acceleration provision and (v) the terms, conditions and covenants of such Indebtedness must be customary for convertible Indebtedness of such type (as determined by the board of directors of the Company, or a committee thereof, in good faith).

Permitted Corporate Reorganization” means a reorganization of the corporate structure of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the extent (i) approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (ii) such reorganization does not have a material adverse effect on the credit support for the Obligations and on the credit profile of the Company and the Guarantors taken as a whole.

 

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Permitted Encumbrances” means:

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

(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than sixty (60) days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

(c) Liens, pledges and deposits in connection with workers’ compensation, insurance, unemployment insurance, other social security laws or regulations and other similar obligations;

(d) Liens, pledges and deposits in connection with or to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, customs, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(e) judgment Liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 7.01(j);

(f) any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any Loan Party in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances;

(g) any Lien arising under clause 24 and 25 of the general terms and conditions (algemene voorwaarden) of the Dutch Banker’s Association (Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken) or any similar term applied by a Dutch bank;

(h) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and, in the aggregate, do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company or any Subsidiary;

(i) any joint and several liability and any netting or set-off arrangement arising in each case as a result of a fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch corporate income tax or Dutch value added tax purposes;

(j) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted (i) to others not adversely interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as conducted at the time granted, taken as a whole and (ii) between or among any of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries;

(k) Liens in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or in the ordinary course of business under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits or other funds, securities accounts and other financial assets maintained with a financial institution or securities intermediary (including the right of setoff) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry or arising pursuant to such institution’s general terms and conditions;

(l) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods (other than fixed or capital assets) and proceeds thereof of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(m) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business so long as such Liens only cover the related goods;

(n) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(o) any interest or title of a landlord, lessor or sublessor under any lease of real estate or any Lien affecting solely the interest of the landlord, lessor or sublessor;

(p) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements or similar filings (including equivalent filings outside the United States) relating to operating leases of personal property entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(q) any interest or title of a licensor under any license or sublicense entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary as a licensee or sublicensee (i) existing on the Restatement Effective Date or (ii) in the ordinary course of its business;

(r) with respect to any real property, immaterial title defects or irregularities that do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the use of such real property;

(s) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement relating to an Investment or Permitted Acquisition;

(t) any option or other agreement to purchase any asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Disposition of which is not prohibited by Section 6.03(e);

(u) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and otherwise not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement;

(v) non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses of intellectual property (including licenses of technology), to the extent that they do not materially interfere with the business of the Company or any Subsidiary;

(w) Liens on premium refunds granted in favor of insurance companies (or their financing affiliates) in connection with the financing of insurance premiums;

(x) Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment, (ii) on or with respect to equity interests in joint ventures that secure solely the obligations of such joint venture and (iii) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property in a Disposition permitted by Section 6.03(e), in each case, solely to the extent such Investment (including such joint venture) or Disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;

 

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(y) Liens in arising under any retention of title, extended retention of title (verlängerter Eigentumsvorbehalt), hire purchase or conditional sale arrangement or arrangements having similar effect in respect of goods supplied to the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of trading and on the supplier’s standard or usual terms and not arising as a result of any default or omission by the Company or any Subsidiary; and

(z) any liens given in order to comply with the requirements of section 8a of the German Act on Partial Retirement (Altersteilzeitgesetz) or of section 7e of the German Social Security Code Part IV (Sozialgesetzbuch IV);

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

Permitted Investments” means investments permitted to be made in accordance with the investment policy of the Company, as such policy is in effect, and as disclosed to the Administrative Agent, prior to the Original Effective Date and as such policy may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent.

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Indebtedness of any Person (the “Original Indebtedness”), any Refinancing of such Original Indebtedness, in whole or in part; provided, that (a) no Person that is not an obligor with respect to the Original Indebtedness shall be an obligor with respect to such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, (b) the final maturity date of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be no earlier than the final maturity date of the Original Indebtedness and the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be no shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Original Indebtedness, (c) (i) in the case of any Original Indebtedness consisting of a revolving credit facility, the committed amount or principal amount of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the committed amount in respect of the Original Indebtedness and (ii) otherwise, the principal amount (or committed amount, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or committed amount, if applicable) of the Original Indebtedness, except in each case by an amount (such amount, the “Additional Permitted Amount”) equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon at such time plus fees and expenses incurred in connection with Refinancing, (d) the Original Indebtedness is Repaid (or commitments in respect thereof are reduced) on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness (other than by the Additional Permitted Amount), (e) if the Original Indebtedness shall have been subordinated to the Obligations, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall also be subordinated to the Obligations on terms not less favorable in any material respect to the Lenders, (f) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset other than the assets that secured such Original Indebtedness (or would have been required to secure such Original Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof) or, in the event Liens securing such Original Indebtedness shall have been contractually subordinated to any Lien securing the Obligations, by any Lien that shall not have been contractually subordinated to at least the same extent, (g) if the Original Indebtedness is unsecured, the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be unsecured, (h) if Original Indebtedness is subject to an Intercreditor Agreement, a debt representative validly acting on behalf of the holders of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall become a party to such Intercreditor Agreement and (i) the incurrence thereof shall not create availability under the exception or clause under Section 6.01 in reliance on which the Original Indebtedness initially was incurred.

Permitted Securitization” means a Securitization that complies with the following criteria: (i) such Securitization (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate fair and reasonable to the Company and the related Securitization Subsidiary (in the good faith determination of the Company), (ii) all sales and/or contributions of Securitization Assets to the related Securitization Subsidiary are made at fair market value, (iii) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions shall be market terms (in the good faith determination of the Company), (iv) the cash portion of the purchase price paid to the Company and its Subsidiaries is at least 85% of the fair

 

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market value of the Securitization Assets and (v) subject to the Agreed Security Principles, the Seller’s Retained Interest and all proceeds thereof shall constitute Collateral and all necessary steps to perfect a security interest in such Seller’s Retained Interest in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties are taken by the Company or Subsidiary.

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

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

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

Pledge Subsidiary” means each Material Subsidiary but limited, in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary owned by a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America, to the First Tier Foreign Subsidiary in such Foreign Subsidiary’s ownership chain.

Pounds Sterling” or “£” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

Prime Rate” means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.

Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to any event, that the Company is in compliance on a pro forma basis with the applicable covenant, calculation or requirement herein recomputed as if the event with respect to which compliance on a Pro Forma Basis is being tested had occurred on the first day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

Proceeding” means an actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation, arbitration or administrative, judicial or regulatory action or proceeding in any jurisdiction.

Prohibited Person” means any Person (a) listed in the Annex to the Executive Order or identified pursuant to Section 1 of the Executive Order; (b) that is owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person listed in the Annex to the Executive Order or identified pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of the Executive Order; (c) with whom a Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any terrorism or anti-laundering law, including the Executive Order; (d) who commits, threatens, conspires to commit, or support “terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order; (e) who is named as a “Specially designated national or blocked person” on the most current list published by the OFAC at its official website, at http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn/t11sdn.pdf or any replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list; or (f) who is owned or controlled by a Person listed above in clause (c) or (e).

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

 

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Public-Sider” means a Lender whose representatives may trade in securities of the Company or its Controlling Person or any of its Subsidiaries while in possession of the financial statements provided by the Company under the terms of this Agreement.

Purchasing Borrower Party” means the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company that becomes an assignee pursuant to Section 9.04(g).

QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).

QFC Credit Support” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.22.

Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation guaranteed under Article X hereof or under a Guaranty, each Obligor or Guarantor, as the case may be, that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time such Swap Obligation is incurred or such other Person as constitutes an ECP.

Qualified Equity Interests” means Equity Interests of the Company other than Disqualified Equity Interests.

Qualifying Bank” means any person or entity acting on its own account which is licensed as a bank by the banking laws in force in its jurisdiction of incorporation and any branch of a legal entity, which is licensed as a bank by the banking laws in force in the jurisdiction where such branch is situated, and which, in each case, exercises as its main purpose a true banking activity, having bank personnel, premises, communication devices of its own and authority of decision making, all within the meaning of the Swiss Guidelines as issued and as amended from time to time by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (SFTA).

Real Estate” means any real property owned by any Loan Party in fee simple.

Recipient” means, as applicable, (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing Bank.

Reclassifiable Item” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.03(b).

Recovery Event” means any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of any Group Member that yields Net Cash Proceeds to any Group Member in excess of $50,000,000, individually, or $75,000,000, in the aggregate for each fiscal year of the Company.

Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (i) if such Benchmark is the Term SOFR Rate, 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the day that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the date of such setting, (ii) if such Benchmark is the EURIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m., Brussels time two TARGET Days preceding the date of such setting, (iii) if the RFR for such Benchmark is SONIA, then four (4) Business Days prior to such setting, (iv) if the RFR for such Benchmark is SARON, then four (4) Business Days prior to such setting or (v) if such Benchmark is none of the Term SOFR Rate, the EURIBO Rate, SONIA or SARON, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

 

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Refinancing” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, any exchange, repurchase, retirement, modification, refinancing, refunding, replacement, renewal, redemption, defeasement, repayment or extension thereof. The term “Refinance” has a meaning correlative thereto.

Refinancing Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement executed by each of (a) the Company, (b) the Administrative Agent, and (c) each Lender that agrees to provide any portion of any Term Replacement Financing, Term Replacement Notes, Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Revolving Commitments or Refinancing Revolving Loans incurred pursuant thereto, in accordance with Section 2.26.

Refinancing Indebtedness” means any of Term Replacement Financing, Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Revolving Commitments or Refinancing Revolving Loans or any other Indebtedness incurred in accordance with Section 2.26.

Refinancing Revolving Commitments” means one or more Classes of revolving commitments hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment.

Refinancing Revolving Loans” means one or more Classes of Revolving Loans that result from a Refinancing Amendment.

Refinancing Series” means all Term Refinancing Notes, Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loan Commitments, Refinancing Revolving Commitments or Refinancing Revolving Loans that are established pursuant to the same Refinancing Amendment (or any subsequent Refinancing Amendment to the extent such Refinancing Amendment expressly provides that the Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loan Commitments, Refinancing Revolving Commitments or Refinancing Revolving Loans provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Refinancing Series) and, in the case of Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Term Loan Commitments, amortization schedule.

Refinancing Term Loan Commitments” means commitments of Term Lenders to make Refinancing Term Loans pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment.

Refinancing Term Loans” means one or more Classes of Term Loans hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment.

Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act, substantially identical notes (having the same Guarantees) issued in a dollar for dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.

Reinvestment Deferred Amount” means with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the Subject Proceeds received by any Group Member in connection therewith that are not applied to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b) as a result of the occurrence of a Reinvestment Event.

Reinvestment Event” means any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which the Company determines it intends and expects to use all or a portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event in assets of the general type used or useful in its business.

 

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Reinvestment Prepayment Amount” means with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire or repair assets useful in the Company’s business.

Reinvestment Prepayment Date” means with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (a) the date occurring 12 months after such Reinvestment Event (or if the Company or the relevant Group Member, as applicable, has contractually committed within 12 months after such Reinvestment Event to reinvest such Reinvestment Deferred Amount, the date occurring 18 months after such Reinvestment Event) and (b) the date on which the Company shall have determined not to, or shall have otherwise ceased to, acquire or repair assets useful in the Borrower’s business with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount.

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

Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, escape, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, migration or dumping of Hazardous Material into the environment.

Relevant Governmental Body” means (i) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in Dollars, the Board and/or the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board and/or the NYFRB or, in each case, any successor thereto, (ii) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling, the Bank of England, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Bank of England or, in each case, any successor thereto, (iii) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in euro, the European Central Bank, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the European Central Bank or, in each case, any successor thereto, (iv) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in Swiss Francs, the Swiss National Bank, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Swiss National Bank or, in each case, any successor thereto, and (v) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in any other currency, (a) the central bank for the currency in which such Benchmark Replacement is denominated or any central bank or other supervisor which is responsible for supervising either (1) such Benchmark Replacement or (2) the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement or (b) any working group or committee officially endorsed or convened by (1) the central bank for the currency in which such Benchmark Replacement is denominated, (2) any central bank or other supervisor that is responsible for supervising either (A) such Benchmark Replacement or (B) the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement, (3) a group of those central banks or other supervisors or (4) the Financial Stability Board or any part thereof.

Relevant Rate” means (i) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, (ii) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros, the EURIBO Rate or (iii) with respect to any Borrowing denominated in Pounds Sterling or Swiss Francs, the applicable Daily Simple RFR, as applicable.

Relevant Screen Rate” means (i) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or (ii) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in euro, the EURIBO Screen Rate, as applicable.

Relevant Territory” means:

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(b) a jurisdiction with which Ireland has entered into an Irish Treaty that has the force of law; or

(c) a jurisdiction with which Ireland has entered into an Irish Treaty where that treaty will (on completion of necessary procedures) have the force of law.

Repay” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, to repay, prepay, repurchase, redeem, defease or otherwise retire such Indebtedness. The terms “Repayment” and “Repaid” have the meanings correlative thereto.

Repricing Transaction” means (a) any prepayment or repayment of all or any portion of the Initial Term Loans using proceeds of, or conversion of all or any portion of the Initial Term Loans into, any new or replacement Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for which the All-In Yield on the date of such prepayment or repayment or conversion is lower than the All-In Yield applicable to the Initial Term Loans subject to such event (as such comparative yields are reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent); provided that, in no event shall any prepayment or repayment of the Initial Term Loans in connection with a Change in Control constitute a Repricing Transaction and (b) any amendment, modification or waiver to this Agreement which reduces the All-In Yield applicable to the Initial Term Loans. Any determination by the Administrative Agent with respect to whether a Repricing Transaction shall have occurred shall be conclusive and binding on all Tranche B Term Lenders.

Required Lenders” means, subject to Section 2.24, (a) at any time prior to the earlier of the Loans becoming due and payable pursuant to Section 7.02 or the Revolving Commitments terminating or expiring, Lenders having Credit Exposures and Unfunded Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Credit Exposures and Unfunded Commitments at such time; provided that, solely for purposes of declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to Section 7.02, the Unfunded Commitment of each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to be zero; and (b) for all purposes after the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 7.02 or the Revolving Commitments expire or terminate, Lenders having Credit Exposures representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Credit Exposures at such time; provided that, in the case of clauses (a) and (b) above, (x) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Lender that is the Swingline Lender shall be deemed to exclude any amount of its Swingline Exposure in excess of its Applicable Percentage of all outstanding Swingline Loans, adjusted to give effect to any reallocation under Section 2.24 of the Swingline Exposures of Defaulting Lenders in effect at such time, and the Unfunded Commitment of such Lender shall be determined on the basis of its Revolving Credit Exposure excluding such excess amount and (y) for the purpose of determining the Required Lenders needed for any waiver, amendment, modification or consent of or under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any Lender that is the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded.

Required Net Proceeds Percentage” means, as of any date of determination, (a) if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is greater than 3.50 to 1.00, 100%, (b) if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 3.50 to 1.00 and greater than 3.00 to 1.00, 50% and (c) if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 3.00 to 1.00, 0%; it being understood and agreed that, for purposes of this definition as it applies to the determination of the amount of Net Cash Proceeds that are required to be applied to prepay the Term Loans under Section 2.11(b)(iii), the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such payment pursuant to Section 2.11(b)(iii).

Required Revolving Lenders” means, subject to Section 2.24, (a) at any time prior to the earlier of the Revolving Loans becoming due and payable pursuant to Section 7.02 or the Revolving Commitments terminating or expiring, Revolving Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and Unfunded Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure and Unfunded Commitments at such time, provided that, solely for purposes of declaring the Loans to be

 

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due and payable pursuant to Section 7.02, the Unfunded Commitment of each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to be zero; and (b) for all purposes after the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 7.02 or the Revolving Commitments expire or terminate, Revolving Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures representing more than 50% of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure at such time; provided that, in the case of clauses (a) and (b) above, (x) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Lender that is the Swingline Lender shall be deemed to exclude any amount of its Swingline Exposure in excess of its Applicable Percentage of all outstanding Swingline Loans, adjusted to give effect to any reallocation under Section 2.24 of the Swingline Exposures of Defaulting Lenders in effect at such time, and the Unfunded Commitment of such Revolving Lender shall be determined on the basis of its Revolving Credit Exposure excluding such excess amount and (y) for the purpose of determining the Required Revolving Lenders needed for any waiver, amendment, modification or consent of or under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any Revolving Lender that is the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded.

Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

Restatement Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Amendment and Restatement Agreement.

Restricted Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.07(f).

Restricted Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.14.

Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, investments shall be governed by Section 6.04 and shall not constitute a Restricted Payment.

Retained Declined Proceeds” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(b)(v).

Reuters” means, as applicable, Thomson Reuters Corp., Refinitiv, or any successor thereto.

Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the amount set forth on Schedule 2.01A opposite such Lender’s name under the heading “Revolving Commitment”, or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation or record (as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the New York Uniform Commercial Code) contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment, as applicable, and giving effect to (a) any reduction in such amount from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09, (b) any increase from time to time pursuant to Section 2.20 and (c) any reduction or increase in such amount from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04; provided that at no time shall the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender exceed its Revolving Commitment. The initial aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments on the Restatement Effective Date is $250,000,000.

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

 

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Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in the defined term Facility.

Revolving Lender” means, as of any date of determination, each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving Credit Exposure.

Revolving Loan” means a Loan made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(b).

RFR” means, for any RFR Loan denominated in (a) Pounds Sterling, SONIA and (b) Swiss Francs, SARON.

RFR Administrator” means the SONIA Administrator or the SARON Administrator.

RFR Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing, the RFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.

RFR Business Day” means, for any Loan denominated in (a) Pounds Sterling, any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which banks are closed for general business in London and (b) Swiss Francs, any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which banks are closed for the settlement of payments and foreign exchange transactions in Zurich.

RFR Interest Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple RFR”.

RFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Daily Simple RFR.

S&P” means S&P Global Inc. or any successor by merger or consolidation to its ratings business.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any sale or other transfer of any property or asset by any Person with the intent to lease such property or asset as lessee.

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

Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any EU member state, HerHis Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b) or (d) any Person otherwise the subject of any Sanctions.

Sanctions” means, at any time, economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced at such time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any EU member state, HerHis Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority.

SARON” means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the Swiss Average Rate Overnight for such Business Day published by the SARON Administrator on the SARON Administrator’s Website.

 

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SARON Administrator” means the SIX Swiss Exchange AG (or any successor administrator of the Swiss Average Rate Overnight).

SARON Administrator’s Website” means SIX Swiss Exchange AG’s website, currently at https://www.six-group.com, or any successor source for the Swiss Average Rate Overnight identified as such by the SARON Administrator from time to time.

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) (i) Consolidated Secured Indebtedness as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period less (ii) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period.

Secured Obligations” means all Obligations, together with all Swap Obligations and Banking Services Obligations owing to one or more Lenders or their respective Affiliates; provided that the definition of “Secured Obligations” shall not create or include any guarantee by any Loan Party of (or grant of security interest by any Loan Party to support, as applicable) any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Loan Party for purposes of determining any obligations of any Loan Party.

Secured Parties” means the holders of the Secured Obligations from time to time and shall include (i) each Lender and each Issuing Bank in respect of its Loans and LC Exposure respectively, (ii) the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders in respect of all other present and future obligations and liabilities of the Company and each Subsidiary of every type and description arising under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (iii) each Lender and Affiliate of such Lender in respect of Swap Agreements and Banking Services Agreements entered into with such Person by the Company or any Subsidiary, (iv) each indemnified party under Section 9.03 in respect of the obligations and liabilities of the Borrowers to such Person hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (v) their respective successors and (in the case of a Lender, permitted) transferees and assigns.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Securitization” means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to which the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, sells, conveys, assigns, grants an interest in or otherwise transfers to a Securitization Subsidiary, Securitization Assets (and/or grants a security interest in such Securitization Assets transferred or purported to be transferred to such Securitization Subsidiary), and which Securitization Subsidiary finances the acquisition of such Securitization Assets (i) with cash, (ii) the issuance to the Company or such Subsidiary of Seller’s Retained Interests or an increase in such Seller’s Retained Interests, or (iii) with proceeds from the sale or collection of Securitization Assets.

Securitization Assets” means any accounts receivable owed to the Company or any Subsidiary (whether now existing or arising or acquired in the future) arising in the ordinary course of business from the sale of goods or services or pursuant to any other contractual right, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, all proceeds of such accounts receivable, and other assets (including contract rights) which are of the type customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with securitizations of accounts receivable and which are sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed by the Company or a Subsidiary to a Securitization Subsidiary.

 

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Securitization Subsidiary” means a Person in which the Company or any Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) makes an Investment and to which the Company or any Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) sells, conveys, transfers or grants a security interest in Securitization Assets, which Person (i) engages in no other activities other than the purchase or acquisition of Securitization Assets for the limited purpose of effecting one or more Securitizations and related activities, (ii) does not have any Indebtedness that is guaranteed by or otherwise recourse to the Company or any Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) or any of their respective assets or properties (other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (iii) is not party to any contracts, agreements, arrangements or understanding with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) other than on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) than those that might be obtained by the Company or such Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) from a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company, and (iv) with respect to which none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) has any obligation to maintain such Person’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve any specified level of operating results.

Security Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement (including any and all supplements thereto), dated as July 13, 2017, between each U.S. Loan Party and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Secured Parties, and any other pledge or security agreement entered into, after the Restatement Effective Date by any other Loan Party (as required by this Agreement or any other Loan Document), or any other Person, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time to secure the Secured Obligations.

Seller’s Retained Interest” means the debt or equity interests held by the Company or any Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) in a Securitization Subsidiary to which Securitization Assets have been transferred, including any such debt or equity received as consideration for or as a portion of the purchase price for the Securitization Assets transferred, or any other instrument through which the Company or any Subsidiary has rights to or receives distributions in respect of any residual or excess interest in the Securitization Assets.

Service of Process Agent” means Corporation Service Company.

Shared EBITDA Cap” has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (f) of Consolidated EBITDA.

Shared Incremental Amount” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the greater of (i) $366,000,000 and (ii) 100% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period minus (b) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Facilities and/or Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt incurred or issued in reliance on the Shared Incremental Amount (after giving effect to any applicable reclassification thereof).

Significant Subsidiary” has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation S-X (17 CFR Part 210), as in effect on the Restatement Effective Date.

SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.

SOFR Administrator” means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

 

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SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the NYFRB’s Website, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.

SOFR Rate Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.

Solvent” means, as to any Person as of any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair saleable value of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts, including contingent debts, as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities, including contingent debts and liabilities, beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (d) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

SONIA” means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the Sterling Overnight Index Average for such Business Day published by the SONIA Administrator on the SONIA Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.

SONIA Administrator” means the Bank of England (or any successor administrator of the Sterling Overnight Index Average).

SONIA Administrator’s Website” means the Bank of England’s website, currently at http://www.bankofengland.co.uk, or any successor source for the Sterling Overnight Index Average identified as such by the SONIA Administrator from time to time.

Special Flood Hazard Area” means an area that FEMA’s current flood maps indicate has at least a one percent (1%) chance of a flood equal to or exceeding the base flood elevation (a 100-year flood) in any given year.

Specified Event of Default” means an Event of Default arising under any of Section 7.01(a), Section 7.01(b), Section 7.01(h) or Section 7.01(i).

Specified Intercompany Investment Limitation” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04(d).

Specified Non-Required Subsidiary” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.09(a).

“Specified Provision” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.14.

Specified Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.

Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants, repurchase obligations and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary which are customary for a seller or servicer of assets transferred in connection with a Securitization.

 

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Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves or other requirements) established by any central bank, monetary authority, the Board, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority, the European Central Bank or other Governmental Authority for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used to fund loans in the applicable currency, expressed in the case of each such requirement as a decimal. Such reserve, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D of the Board. Term Benchmark Loans for which the associated Benchmark is adjusted by reference to the Statutory Reserve Rate (per the related definition of such Benchmark) shall be deemed to be subject to such reserve, liquid asset, fee or similar requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under any applicable law, rule or regulation, including Regulation D of the Board. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve, liquid asset or similar requirement.

Subject Proceeds” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(b).

Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than any such Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Subsidiary) the payment of which is expressly by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations under the Loan Documents.

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

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company.

Subsidiary Borrower” means (i) Vistaprint Bermuda, (ii) Cimpress Schweiz GmbH, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Switzerland, (iii) Vistaprint B.V., a besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid organized under the laws of the Netherlands, with its statutory seat in Venlo, the Netherlands, (iv) Vistaprint Netherlands, (v) CUSA (the Subsidiaries in the preceding clauses (i) through (v) collectively, the “Initial Subsidiary Borrowers”) and (vi) any other Eligible Subsidiary that becomes a Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to Section 2.23, in each case, provided that such Subsidiary Borrower has not ceased to be a Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to such Section 2.23.

Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Material Subsidiary that is a party to the Guaranty. The Subsidiary Guarantors on the Restatement Effective Date are identified as such in Schedule 3.01A hereto.

Supported QFC” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.22.

Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, 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 no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.

 

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Swap Obligations” means any and all obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (a) any and all Swap Agreements permitted hereunder with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, and (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any such Swap Agreement transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Permitted Call Spread Swap Agreements shall not constitute Swap Obligations.

Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be the sum of (a) its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time (excluding, in the case of any Lender that is a Swingline Lender, Swingline Loans made by it that are outstanding at such time to the extent that the other Lenders shall not have funded their participations in such Swingline Loans), adjusted to give effect to any reallocation under Section 2.24 of the Swingline Exposure of Defaulting Lenders in effect at such time, and (b) in the case of any Lender that is a Swingline Lender, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by such Lender outstanding at such time, less the amount of participations funded by the other Lenders in such Swingline Loans.

Swingline Lender” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or any of its designated branch offices or affiliates), in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

Swingline Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.05.

Swingline Sublimit” means $35,000,000.

Swiss Borrower” means (a) Cimpress Schweiz GmbH and (b) any other Borrower with a Revolving Loan or Revolving Commitment (x) incorporated in Switzerland and/or (y) having its registered office in Switzerland and/or (z) qualifying as a Swiss resident pursuant to Article 9 of the Swiss Federal Withholding Tax Act.

Swiss Federal Withholding Tax” means the Taxes levied pursuant to the Swiss Federal Withholding Tax Act.

Swiss Federal Withholding Tax Act” means the Swiss Federal Withholding Tax Act of 13 October 1965 (Bundesgesetz über die Verrechnungssteuer vom 13. Oktober 1965); together with the related ordinances, regulations and guidelines, all as amended and applicable from time to time.

Swiss Franc” or “CHF” means the lawful currency of Switzerland.

Swiss Guidelines” means, together, the guideline “Interbank Loans” of 22 September 1986 (S-02.123) (Merkblatt “Verrechnungssteuer auf Zinsen von Bankguthaben, deren Gläubiger Banken sind (Interbankguthaben)” vom 22. September 1986), the guideline S-02.130.1 in relation to money market instruments and book claims of April 1999 (Merkblatt vom April 1999 betreffend “Geldmarktpapiere und Buchforderungen inländischer Schuldner”), the circular letter No. 34 “Customer Credit Balances” of 26 July 2011 (1-034-V-2011) (Kreisschreiben Nr. 34 „Kundenguthaben” vom 26. Juli 2011), circular letter No. 46 of 24 July 2019 (1-046-DVS-2019) in relation to syndicated credit facilities (Kreisschreiben Nr. 46 betreffend steuerliche Behandlung von Konsortialdarlehen, Schuldscheindarlehen,

 

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Wechseln und Unterbeteiligungen vom 24. Juli 2019) and circular letter No. 47 of 25 July 2019 (1-047-DVS-2019) in relation to bonds (Kreisschreiben Nr. 47 betreffend Obligationen vom 25. Juli 2019), the practice note 010-DVS-2019 dated 5 February 2019 published by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration regarding Swiss Federal Withholding Tax in the Group (Mitteilung-010-DVS-2019-d vom 5. Februar 2019 - Verrechnungssteuer: Guthaben im Konzern), the circular letter No. 15 of 7 February 2007 (1-015-DVS-2007) in relation to bonds and derivative financial instruments as subject matter of taxation of Swiss federal income tax, Swiss Federal Withholding Tax and Swiss Federal Stamp Taxes (Kreisschreiben Nr. 15 “Obligationen und derivative Finanzinstrumente als Gegenstand der direkten Bundessteuer, der Verrechnungssteuer und der Stempelabgaben” vom 7. February 2007); all as issued, and as amended from time to time, by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (SFTA).

Swiss Non-Bank Rules” means the Swiss Ten Non-Bank Rule and the Swiss Twenty Non-Bank Rule.

Swiss Subsidiary Guarantor” means any other Subsidiary Guarantor incorporated in Switzerland and/or having its registered office in Switzerland.

Swiss Ten Non-Bank Rule” means the rule that the aggregate number of creditors with a Revolving Loan or Revolving Commitment extended to a Swiss Borrower (within the meaning of the Swiss Guidelines) under this Agreement which are not Qualifying Banks must not, at any time, exceed ten (10).

Swiss Twenty Non-Bank Rule” means the rule that (without duplication) the aggregate number of creditors with a Revolving Loan or Revolving Commitment extended to a Swiss Borrower (including the Lenders), other than Qualifying Banks, of the Swiss Borrower under all outstanding debts relevant for classification as debenture (Kassenobligation) (including debt arising under this Agreement and loans, facilities and/or private placements (including under this Agreement) must not, at any time, exceed twenty (20); in each case in accordance with the meaning of the Swiss Guidelines.

Syndication Agent” means Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as syndication agent for the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement.

TARGET2” means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) for the settlement of payments in euro.

TARGET Day” means a day that TARGET2 is open for the settlement of payments in euro.

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

Taxes Act” means the Taxes Consolidation Act of 1997, of Ireland, as amended.

Term Benchmark”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, means that such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted EURIBO Rate.

 

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Term Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or that holds Term Loans.

Term Loan Commitment” means, collectively, the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments, the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments, the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments, commitments in respect of Other Tranche B Term Loans, any commitments in respect of Incremental Term Loans or any Refinancing Term Loan Commitments, as the context may require.

Term Loans” means, collectively, the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, the Tranche B-2 Term Loans, the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans, any Incremental Term Loans or Refinancing Term Loans, as the context may require.

Term SOFR Adjustment” means (a) solely with respect to any Revolving Loan bearing interest at the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, (i) for an Interest Period of one month, 0.11448% per annum, (ii) for an Interest Period of three months, 0.26161% per annum and (iii) for an Interest Period of six months, 0.42826% per annum and (b) with respect to any other Loan bearing interest at the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (including any 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan), 0% per annum.

Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning assigned to it under the definition of Term SOFR Reference Rate.

Term SOFR Rate” means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator.

Term SOFR Reference Rate” means, for any day and time (such day, the “Term SOFR Determination Day”), with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and identified by the Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. If by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Term SOFR Determination Day, the “Term SOFR Reference Rate” for the applicable tenor has not been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Rate has not occurred, then, so long as such day is otherwise a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.

Test Period” means, as of any date of determination, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company (taken as one accounting period) (i) most recently ended on or prior to such date for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to or Section 5.01(b) (or, prior to the delivery of any such financial statements, the last day of the last fiscal quarter included in the financial statements referred to in Section 3.04(a)) or (ii) in the case of any calculation pursuant to Section 6.11, ended on the last date of the fiscal quarter in question.

Total Revolving Credit Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans at such time and (b) the total LC Exposure at such time.

 

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Trade Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(e)(i).

Tranche B Term Lenders” the Tranche B-1 Term Lenders, the Tranche B-2 Term Lenders and the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Lenders.

Tranche B Term Loans” means the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, the Tranche B-2 Term Loans and the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans.

Tranche B-1 Term Lender” means, as of any date of determination, each Lender having a Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment or that holds Tranche B-1 Term Loans.

Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment” means (a) with respect to any Tranche B-1 Term Lender, the amount set forth on Schedule 2.01A opposite such Lender’s name under the heading “Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment”, or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation or record (as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the New York Uniform Commercial Code)contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, and giving effect to (i) any reduction in such amount from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 and (ii) any reduction or increase in such amount from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04 and (b) as to all Tranche B-1 Term Lenders, the aggregate commitments of all Tranche B-1 Term Lenders to make Tranche B-1 Term Loans. After advancing the Tranche B-1 Term Loan, each reference to a Tranche B-1 Term Lender’s Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment shall refer to that Tranche B-1 Term Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans. The initial aggregate amount of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments on the Restatement Effective Date is $795,000,000.

Tranche B-1 Term Loans” means the term loans made by the Tranche B-1 Term Lenders to the Initial Term Loan Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01(c)(i). On the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, all Tranche B-1 Term Loans were repaid and refinanced with the proceeds of 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans.

Tranche B-2 Term Lender” means, as of any date of determination, each Lender having a Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment or that holds Tranche B-2 Term Loans.

Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment” means (a) with respect to any Tranche B-2 Term Lender, the amount set forth on Schedule 2.01A opposite such Lender’s name under the heading “Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment”, or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation or record (as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the New York Uniform Commercial Code)contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, and giving effect to (i) any reduction in such amount from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 and (ii) any reduction or increase in such amount from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04 and (b) as to all Tranche B-2 Term Lenders, the aggregate commitments of all Tranche B-2 Term Lenders to make Tranche B-2 Term Loans. After advancing the Tranche B-2 Term Loan, each reference to a Tranche B-2 Term Lender’s Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment shall refer to that Tranche B-2 Term Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Tranche B-2 Term Loans. The initial aggregate amount of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments on the Restatement Effective Date is €300,000,000.

Tranche B-2 Term Loans” means the term loans made by the Tranche B-2 Term Lenders to the Initial Term Loan Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01(c)(ii).

 

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Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans and other credit extensions, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.

Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, the Adjusted EURIBO Rate, the Alternate Base Rate or the Daily Simple RFR.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York or any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the issue of perfection of security interests or any similar or equivalent legislation as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction (including Canada or any province thereof).

UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

Unfunded Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the Revolving Commitment of such Lender less its Revolving Credit Exposure.

Unliquidated Obligations” means, at any time, any Secured Obligations (or portion thereof) that are contingent in nature or unliquidated at such time, including any Secured Obligation that is: (i) an obligation to reimburse a bank for drawings not yet made under a letter of credit issued by it; (ii) any other obligation (including any guarantee) that is contingent in nature at such time; or (iii) an obligation to provide collateral to secure any of the foregoing types of obligations.

Unrestricted Cash” means an amount equal to unrestricted cash and Permitted Investments owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries and not controlled by or subject to any Lien (other than Liens of the type referred to in clause (k) of Permitted Encumbrances) or other preferential arrangement in favor of any creditor, other than the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties; provided that, to the extent such amount is less than $50,000,000, such amount shall be deemed to equal $0.

U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.

U.S. Loan Party” means CUSA and any other Loan Party organized under the laws of the United States of America or any jurisdiction thereof.

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

 

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U.S. Special Resolution Regime” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.22.

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

VAT” means (a) any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of November 28, 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112), and (b) any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to such tax referred to in paragraph (a) above, or imposed elsewhere.

Vistaprint Bermuda” means Vistaprint Limited, a Bermuda exempted company.

Vistaprint Netherlands” means Vistaprint Netherlands B.V., a besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid organized under the laws of the Netherlands, with its statutory seat in Venlo, the Netherlands

Warrant Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Permitted Call Spread Swap Agreement”.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required scheduled payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness; provided that the effect of any prepayment made in respect of such Indebtedness shall be disregarded in making such calculation.

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

Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.

SECTION 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Term Benchmark Loan” or an “RFR Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Term Benchmark Revolving Loan” or an “RFR Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Term Benchmark Borrowing” or an “RFR Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing” or an “RFR Revolving Borrowing”).

 

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SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally. (a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The word “law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities. Unless the context requires otherwise (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (ii) any definition of or reference to any law, statute, rule or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), (iii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (iv) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (v) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

(b) For purposes of determining compliance at any time with Sections 2.20 (including the definition of “Incremental Cap” and the components thereof), 6.01 (other than Section 6.01(a)), 6.02 (other than Section 6.02(a)), 6.03(e), 6.04, 6.07 and 6.09 (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, Section 6.11), (i) any incurrence in reliance on any basket or exception to any such covenant determined by reference to a dollar amount or any component thereof determined by reference to a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA made substantially simultaneously with, or in a single transaction or series of related transactions with, any incurrence in reliance on any basket or exception to such covenant determined by reference to a ratio will be disregarded when determining compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with such ratio and (ii)(A) any incurrence in reliance on any basket or exception to any such covenant determined by reference to a dollar amount or any component thereof determined by reference to a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA may, at the Company’s election, be reclassified (a “Reclassifiable Item”) as an incurrence in reliance on any basket or exception to such covenant determined by reference to any ratio so long as, at the time of such reclassification and after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis, the Company is in compliance with such ratio and (ii) if the Company is in compliance with such ratio on a Pro Forma Basis as at the end of any subsequent fiscal quarter after such initial incurrence, unless the Company shall have elected otherwise, such reclassification shall be deemed to have automatically occurred; provided that no Indebtedness outstanding under the Facilities or outstanding as of the Restatement Effective Date shall be a Reclassifiable Item, except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to the definition of “Incremental Cap” .

SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Restatement Effective Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such

 

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change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made (i) without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein and (ii) without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 or 2015-03 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, and without limitation of the foregoing, Permitted Convertible Notes shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof and shall not include any reduction or appreciation in value of the shares deliverable upon conversion thereof.

SECTION 1.05 Status of Secured Obligations. In the event that the Company or any other Loan Party shall at any time issue or have outstanding any Subordinated Indebtedness, the Company shall take or cause such other Loan Party to take all such actions as shall be necessary to cause the Secured Obligations to constitute senior indebtedness (however denominated) in respect of such Subordinated Indebtedness and to enable the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to have and exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior indebtedness under the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness. Without limiting the foregoing, the Secured Obligations are hereby designated as “senior indebtedness” and as “designated senior indebtedness” and words of similar import under and in respect of any indenture or other agreement or instrument under which such Subordinated Indebtedness is outstanding and are further given all such other designations as shall be required under the terms of any such Subordinated Indebtedness in order that the Lenders may have and exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior indebtedness under the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness.

SECTION 1.06 Amendment and Restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement. The parties to this Agreement agree that, on the Restatement Effective Date, the terms and provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement shall be and hereby are amended, superseded and restated in their entirety by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. This Agreement is not intended to and shall not constitute a novation. All existing loans made and Obligations incurred under the Existing Credit Agreement which are outstanding on the Restatement Effective Date (other than the “Term Loans” and the “Revolving Loans” under the Existing Credit Agreement that are being repaid in full on the Restatement Effective Date) shall continue as Loans and Obligations under (and shall be governed by the terms of) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, upon the Restatement Effective Date: (a) all references in the “Loan Documents” (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) to the “Administrative Agent”, the “Agreement”, the “Credit Agreement” and the “Loan Documents” shall be deemed to refer to the Administrative Agent, this Agreement and the Loan Documents, (b) the Existing Letters of Credit which remain outstanding on the Restatement Effective Date shall continue as Letters of Credit under (and shall be governed by the terms of) this Agreement, (c) the liens and security interests in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties securing payment of the Secured Obligations are in all respects continuing and in full force and effect with respect to all Secured Obligations, (d) the Administrative Agent shall make such reallocations, sales, assignments or other relevant actions in respect of each Lender’s credit exposure under the Existing Credit Agreement as are necessary in order that each such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure and outstanding Revolving Loans hereunder reflects such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures on the Restatement Effective Date, (e) the existing loans of each Departing Lender shall be repaid in full

 

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(accompanied by any accrued and unpaid interest and fees thereon), each Departing Lender’s “Commitment” under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be terminated and no Departing Lender shall be a Lender hereunder (provided, however, that each Departing Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03) and (f) the Company hereby agrees to compensate each Lender (and each Departing Lender) for any and all losses, costs and expenses incurred by such Lender in connection with the sale and assignment of any Eurocurrency Loans (as defined in this Agreement as of the Restatement Effective Date) (including the “Eurocurrency Loans” under the Existing Credit Agreement) and such reallocation (and any repayment or prepayment of any Departing Lender’s Loan) described above, in each case on the terms and in the manner set forth in Section 2.16 hereof.

SECTION 1.07 PPSA/UCC, etc. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and where the context so requires, (i) any term defined in this Agreement by reference to the “UCC” or the “Uniform Commercial Code” shall also have any extended, alternative or analogous meaning given to such term in applicable Canadian personal property security and other laws (including the Personal Property Security Act of each applicable province of Canada, the Civil Code of Quebec, the Bills of Exchange Act (Canada) and the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada)), in all cases for the extension, preservation or betterment of the security and rights of the Collateral, (ii) all references in this Agreement to “Article 9” shall be deemed to refer also to applicable Canadian securities transfer laws (including the Securities Transfer Act (Nova Scotia)), (iii) all references in this Agreement to a financing statement, continuation statement, amendment or termination statement shall be deemed to refer also to the analogous documents used under applicable Canadian personal property security laws, (iv) all references to the United States, or to any subdivision, department, agency or instrumentality thereof shall be deemed to refer also to Canada, or to any subdivision, department, agency or instrumentality thereof, and (v) all references to federal or state securities law of the United States shall be deemed to refer also to analogous federal and provincial securities laws in Canada.

SECTION 1.08 Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification. The interest rate on a Loan denominated in Dollars or a Foreign Currency may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be discontinued or is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Section 2.14(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to any interest rate used in this Agreement, or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the existing interest rate being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity as did any existing interest rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates and/or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any interest rate used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Company. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates referenced in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Company, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.

SECTION 1.09 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Amount of the amount of such Letter of Credit available to be drawn at such time; provided that, with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Letter of Credit Agreement related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the available amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Amount of the maximum amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum amount is available to be drawn at such time.

 

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SECTION 1.10 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

SECTION 1.11 Limited Condition Transactions. As it relates to any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:

(a) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement (other than Section 6.11) which requires the calculation of the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio or the Secured Leverage Ratio,

(b) determining compliance with representations, warranties, Defaults or Events of Default (other than in the case of any determination under Section 4.02 with respect to obligation of each Revolving Lender to make a Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, or of the Issuing Banks to issue, amend or extend any Letter of Credit); or

(c) testing availability under baskets or exceptions set forth in this Agreement (including baskets determined by reference to Consolidated EBITDA and baskets or exceptions determined by reference to Consolidated Total Assets);

in each case, at the option of the Company (the Company’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements or irrevocable notice for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into or delivered, as applicable (the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Transaction (and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith), the Company or any of its Subsidiaries would have been permitted to take such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test or basket, such ratio, test (including compliance with representations, warranties, Defaults and Events of Default) or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with; provided that, with respect to clause (b) of this Section 1.11, to the extent the relevant action requires no Default or Event of Default (as applicable) to have occurred, no Default or Event of Default (as applicable) shall exist and be continuing at the time of the LCT Test Date and no Specified Event of Default shall have exist and be continuing immediately prior to or immediately after giving effect to such Limited Condition Transaction.

For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios, tests or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date would have failed to have been complied with as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Company or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets, tests or ratios will not be deemed to have failed to have been complied with as a result of such fluctuations. If the Company has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any calculation of any ratio or test (other than that set forth in Section 6.11) with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, the making of Restricted Payments, the making of any Investment, the making of Restricted Debt

 

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Payments, or mergers, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Company (each, a “Subsequent Transaction”) following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement or irrevocable notice for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of determining whether such Subsequent Transaction is permitted under this Agreement, any such ratio or test shall be required to be satisfied on a pro forma basis (i) assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated and (ii) solely with respect to the making of a Restricted Payment, assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have not been consummated.

SECTION 1.12 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.

(a) The Administrative Agent or the relevant Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall determine the Dollar Amount of Borrowings or Letters of Credit denominated in Foreign Currencies. Such Dollar Amount shall become effective as of such Computation Date and shall be the Dollar Amount of such amounts until the next Computation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by the Company hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any Agreed Currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the relevant Issuing Bank, as applicable.

(b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Term Benchmark Loan or an RFR Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Borrowing, Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in a Foreign Currency, such amount shall be the Dollar Amount of such amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Foreign Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be.

SECTION 1.13 Agreed Security Principles. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the Collateral Documents and each other guaranty and security document to be delivered under this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 5.09) and any obligation to enter into such document or other obligation, in each case, after the Restatement Effective Date shall be subject to the Agreed Security Principles.

SECTION 1.14 Blocking Regulation. In relation to any Lender that is subject to the regulations referred to below (each, a “Restricted Lender”), any representation, warranty or covenant set forth herein that refers to Sanctions (each, a “Specified Provision”) shall only apply for the benefit of such Restricted Lender to the extent that such Specified Provision would not result in a violation of, conflict with or liability under Council Regulation (EC) 2271/96 (or any law implementing such regulation in any member state of the European Union) or any similar blocking or anti-boycott law in Germany (including, in the case of Germany, section 7 foreign trade rules (Aubenwirtschaftsverordnung – AWV) in connection with section 4 paragraph 1 foreign trade law (Aubenwirtschaftsgesetz – AWG)) or in the United Kingdom (the “Mandatory Restrictions”). In the event of any consent or direction by Lenders in respect of any Specified Provision of which a Restricted Lender does not have the benefit due to a Mandatory Restriction, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the definition of Required Lenders, for so long as such Restricted Lender shall be subject to a Mandatory Restriction, the Commitment and the Credit Exposure of such Restricted Lender will be disregarded for the purpose of determining whether the requisite consent of the Lenders has been obtained or direction by the requisite Lenders has been made, it being agreed, however, that, unless, in connection with any such determination, the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from any Lender stating that such Lender is a Restricted Lender with respect thereto, each Lender shall be presumed, in connection with such determination, not to be a Restricted Lender.

 

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SECTION 1.15 Cashless Rolls. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, any Lender may exchange, continue or roll over all or a portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Company, the Administrative Agent and such Lender.

ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS

SECTION 2.01 Commitments.

(a) Prior to the Restatement Effective Date, certain revolving loans were made to the Borrowers under the Existing Credit Agreement which remain outstanding as of the Restatement Effective Date (such outstanding revolving loans being hereinafter referred to as the “Existing Loans”). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Borrowers and each of the Revolving Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement agree that on the Restatement Effective Date but subject to the reallocation and other transactions described in Section 1.06, the Existing Loans shall be reevidenced as Revolving Loans under this Agreement and the terms of the Existing Loans shall be restated in their entirety and shall be evidenced by this Agreement.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender (severally and not jointly) agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers in Agreed Currencies from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result (after giving effect to any application of proceeds of such Borrowing to any Swingline Loans outstanding pursuant to Section 2.10(a)) in, subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), (a) the Dollar Amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Commitment.

(c) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein (including, without limitation, Section 2.02):

(i) each Term Lender with a Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment (severally and not jointly) agrees to make a Tranche B-1 Term Loan to the Initial Term Loan Borrowers in Dollars in a single drawing on the Restatement Effective Date, in an amount equal to such Term Lender’s Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment by making immediately available funds available to the Administrative Agent’s designated account, not later than the time specified by the Administrative Agent; and

(ii) each Term Lender with a Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment (severally and not jointly) agrees to make a Tranche B-2 Term Loan to the Initial Term Loan Borrowers in euro in a single drawing on the Restatement Effective Date, in an amount equal to such Term Lender’s Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment by making immediately available funds available to the Administrative Agent’s designated account, not later than the time specified by the Administrative Agent.

 

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(d) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein (including, without limitation, Section 2.02), (i) each 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Lender with a 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment (severally and not jointly) agrees to make a 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan to the Initial Term Loan Borrowers in Dollars in a single drawing on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, in an amount equal to such 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Lender’s 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment by making immediately available funds available to the Administrative Agent’s designated account, not later than the time specified by the Administrative Agent and (ii) each Converted Tranche B-1 Term Loan of each Amendment No. 2 Consenting Tranche B-1 Term Lender shall be converted into a 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan of such Lender effective as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Lender’s Converted Tranche B-1 Term Loan immediately prior to such conversion.

(e) Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the applicable Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. Any Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05. The Term Loans shall amortize as set forth in Section 2.10.

(b) Subject to Section 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing and each Term Loan Borrowing shall be comprised (i) in the case of Borrowings in Dollars, entirely of ABR Loans or Term Benchmark Loans and (ii) in the case of Borrowings in any other Agreed Currency, entirely of Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans, as applicable, in each case of the same Agreed Currency, as the relevant Borrower may request in accordance herewith; provided that each ABR Loan shall only be made in Dollars. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 shall apply to such Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the relevant Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing and/or payment period for each RFR Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 (or, if such Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign Currency, 500,000 units of such currency) and not less than $1,000,000 (or, if such Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign Currency, 1,000,000 units of such currency). At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $250,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the aggregate Revolving Commitments, or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e). Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $250,000 and not less than $1,000,000. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten (10) Term Benchmark Borrowings or RFR Borrowings outstanding.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date applicable to the Facility under which such Borrowing was made.

(e) Any Credit Event to any Dutch Borrower shall at all times be provided by a Lender that is a Dutch Non-Public Lender.

SECTION 2.03 Requests for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing, the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request (a) by irrevocable written notice (via a written Borrowing Request signed by the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower) (i) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing (or, in the case of any Term Benchmark Borrowing of Term Loans on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, one (1) U.S. Government Securities Business Day before the date of such Borrowing), (ii) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in euro, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, four (4) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing and (iii) in the case of an RFR Borrowing denominated in Pounds Sterling or Swiss Francs, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, five (5) RFR Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) by irrevocable written notice (via a written Borrowing Request signed by the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the name of the applicable Borrower;

(ii) whether such Borrowing is a Revolving Borrowing, a Tranche B-1 Term Loan Borrowing, a Tranche B-2 Term Loan Borrowing, a 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan Borrowing or a Borrowing of any other Class;

(iii) the Agreed Currency and aggregate principal amount of the requested Borrowing;

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

(v) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, a Term Benchmark Borrowing or an RFR Borrowing;

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

(vii) the location and number of the applicable Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.07.

If no election as to the currency of a Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be made in Dollars. If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then, (i) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Dollars, the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing made in Dollars and (ii) in the case of a Term Loan Borrowing denominated in Dollars, the requested Term Loan Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Term Benchmark Borrowing, then the relevant Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

 

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SECTION 2.04 Determination of Dollar Amounts. The Administrative Agent will determine the Dollar Amount of:

(a) any Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency, on each of the following: (i) the date of the Borrowing of such Loan and (ii) each date of a conversion or continuation of such Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement,

(b) any Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency, on each of the following: (i) the date on which such Letter of Credit is issued, (ii) the first Business Day of each calendar month and (iii) the date of any amendment of such Letter of Credit that has the effect of increasing the face amount thereof, and

(c) any Credit Event, on any additional date as the Administrative Agent may determine at any time when an Event of Default exists.

Each day upon or as of which the Administrative Agent determines Dollar Amounts as described in the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c) is herein described as a “Computation Date” with respect to each Credit Event for which a Dollar Amount is determined on or as of such day.

SECTION 2.05 Swingline Loans. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender may in its sole discretion make Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Company from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding the Swingline Sublimit, (ii) the Swingline Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding its Revolving Commitment, (iii) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the Dollar Amount of any Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, or (iv) the Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the aggregate Revolving Commitments; provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.

(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by irrevocable written notice (via a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Company), not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be in a form approved by the Administrative Agent, shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Company. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Company by means of a credit to an account of the Company with the Administrative Agent designated for such purpose (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e), by remittance to the relevant Issuing Bank) by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.

 

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(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent require the Revolving Lenders to acquire participations in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Revolving Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, promptly upon receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent (and in any event, if such notice is received by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on a Business Day, no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Business Day and if received after 12:00 noon, New York City time, on a Business Day, no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately succeeding Business Day), to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Company (or other party on behalf of the Company) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Company for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Company of any default in the payment thereof.

(d) The Swingline Lender may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Swingline Lender and the successor Swingline Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders of any such replacement of the Swingline Lender. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Company shall pay all unpaid interest accrued for the account of the replaced Swingline Lender in respect of Swingline Loans made by such Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.13(a). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Swingline Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Swingline Lender” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Swingline Lender, or to such successor and all previous Swingline Lenders, as the context shall require. After the replacement of a Swingline Lender hereunder, the replaced Swingline Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made by it prior to its replacement, but shall not be required to make additional Swingline Loans.

 

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(e) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Swingline Lender, the Swingline Lender may resign as a Swingline Lender at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Company and the Revolving Lenders, in which case, such Swingline Lender shall be replaced in accordance with Section 2.05(d) above.

SECTION 2.06 Letters of Credit. (a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company may request the issuance of Letters of Credit denominated in Agreed Currencies for its own account or for the account of any Subsidiary, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the relevant Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the letters of credit issued and outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement and identified on Schedule 2.06 (the “Existing Letters of Credit”) shall be deemed to be “Letters of Credit” issued on the Restatement Effective Date for all purposes of the Loan Documents. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Company to, or entered into by the Company with, the relevant Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Issuing Bank shall have any obligation hereunder to issue, and shall not issue, any Letter of Credit if: (i) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or require that such Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Restatement Effective Date, or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense that was not applicable on the Restatement Effective Date and that such Issuing Bank in good faith deems material to it; or (ii) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would result in a violation of one or more policies of the relevant Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally.

(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Company shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the relevant Issuing Bank) to the relevant Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment or extension, but in any event no less than three (3) Business Days) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the Agreed Currency applicable thereto, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend or extend such Letter of Credit. In addition, as a condition to any such Letter of Credit issuance, the Company shall have entered into a continuing agreement (or other letter of credit agreement) for the issuance of letters of credit and/or shall submit a letter of credit application, in each case, as required by the respective Issuing Bank and using such Issuing Bank’s standard form (each, a “Letter of Credit Agreement”). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any Letter of Credit Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment or extension of each Letter of Credit the Company shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment or extension (i) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure shall not exceed $25,000,00035,000,000 , (ii) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the sum of (x) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued by any Issuing Bank at such time plus (y) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements made by such Issuing Bank that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Company at such time shall not exceed such Issuing Bank’s Letter of Credit Commitment, (iii) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b),

 

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the Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments and (iv) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the Dollar Amount of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. The Company may, at any time and from time to time, reduce the Letter of Credit Commitment of any Issuing Bank with the consent of such Issuing Bank; provided that the Company shall not reduce the Letter of Credit Commitment of any Issuing Bank if, after giving effect of such reduction, the conditions set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (i) through (vii) shall not be satisfied.

(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire (or be subject to termination by notice from the relevant Issuing Bank to the beneficiary thereof) at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any extension of the expiration date thereof, one year after the then-current expiration date at the time of such extension); provided that any such Letter of Credit may provide for the automatic extension thereof for additional one-year periods subject to customary non-extension provisions (which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in the following clause (ii)) and (ii) the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.

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

(e) Reimbursement. If the relevant Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Company shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent in Dollars the Dollar Amount equal to such LC Disbursement, calculated as of the date such Issuing Bank made such LC Disbursement (or if such Issuing Bank shall so elect in its sole discretion by notice to the Company, in such other Agreed Currency which was paid by such Issuing Bank pursuant to such LC Disbursement in an amount equal to such LC Disbursement) not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the Business Day immediately following the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Company shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Company prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Company receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that, if such LC Disbursement is not less than the Dollar Amount of $1,000,000, the Company may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.05 that such payment be financed with (i) to the extent such LC Disbursement was made in Dollars, an ABR Revolving Borrowing, Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan in Dollars in an

 

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amount equal to such LC Disbursement or (ii) to the extent that such LC Disbursement was made in a Foreign Currency, a Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing in such Foreign Currency in an amount equal to such LC Disbursement and, in each case, to the extent so financed, the Company’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing, Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan, as applicable. If the Company fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Company in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent of its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Company, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the relevant Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Company pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the relevant Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the relevant Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement. If the Company’s reimbursement of, or obligation to reimburse, any amounts in any Foreign Currency would subject the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender to any stamp duty, ad valorem charge or similar tax that would not be payable if such reimbursement were made or required to be made in Dollars, the Company shall, at its option, either (x) pay the amount of any such tax requested by the Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing Bank or the relevant Lender or (y) reimburse each LC Disbursement made in such Foreign Currency in Dollars, in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount thereof calculated on the date such LC Disbursement is made.

(f) Obligations Absolute. The Company’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit, any Letter of Credit Agreement or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein or herein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) any payment by the relevant Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Company’s obligations hereunder or (v) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Foreign Currency to such Borrower or any Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Lenders nor the Issuing Banks, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms, any error in translation or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the relevant Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed

 

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to excuse the relevant Issuing Bank from liability to the Company to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Company to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Company that are caused by such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the relevant Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, each Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

(g) Disbursement Procedures. Each Issuing Bank for any Letter of Credit shall, within the time allowed by applicable law or the specific terms of the Letter of Credit following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The relevant Issuing Bank shall promptly after such examination notify the Administrative Agent and the Company by telephone (confirmed by telecopy or electronic mail) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.

(h) Interim Interest. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Company shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full in the applicable currency on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that reimbursement is due and payable, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans (or in the case such LC Disbursement is denominated in a Foreign Currency, at the Overnight Rate for such Agreed Currency plus the then effective Applicable Rate with respect to Term Benchmark Revolving Loans) and such interest shall be due and payable on the date when such reimbursement is payable; provided that, if the Company fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(d) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the relevant Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank for such LC Disbursement shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.

(i) Replacement and Resignation of Issuing Bank. (A) Any Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders of any such replacement of any Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Company shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued by it thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit then outstanding and issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit or extend or otherwise amend any existing Letter of Credit.

 

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(B) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Issuing Bank, any Issuing Bank may resign as an Issuing Bank at any time upon thirty days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Company and the Revolving Lenders, in which case, such resigning Issuing Bank shall be replaced in accordance with Section 2.06(i)(A) above.

(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Company receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders (the “LC Collateral Account”), an amount in cash equal to 105% of the Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that (i) the portions of such amount attributable to undrawn Foreign Currency Letters of Credit or LC Disbursements in a Foreign Currency that the Company is not late in reimbursing shall be deposited in the applicable Foreign Currencies in the actual amounts of such undrawn Letters of Credit and LC Disbursements and (ii) the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to any Borrower described in Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i). For the purposes of this paragraph, the Dollar Amount of the Foreign Currency LC Exposure shall be calculated on the date notice demanding cash collateralization is delivered to the Company. The Company also shall deposit cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph as and to the extent required by Section 2.11(b). Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations. In addition, and without limiting the foregoing or Section 2.06(c), if any LC Exposure remains outstanding after the expiration date specified in Section 2.06(c), the Company shall immediately deposit into the LC Collateral Account an amount in cash equal to 105% of the Dollar Amount of such LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account and the Company hereby grants the Administrative Agent a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in and to the LC Collateral Account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Company’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the relevant Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed, together with related fees, costs and customary processing charges, and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Company for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other Secured Obligations. If the Company is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Company within three (3) Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.

 

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(k) Letters of Credit Issued for Account of Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder supports any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, or states that a Subsidiary is the “account party,” “applicant,” “customer,” “instructing party,” or the like of or for such Letter of Credit, and without derogating from any rights of the relevant Issuing Bank (whether arising by contract, at law, in equity or otherwise) against such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit, the Company (i) shall reimburse, indemnify and compensate such Issuing Bank hereunder for such Letter of Credit (including to reimburse any and all drawings thereunder) as if such Letter of Credit had been issued solely for the account of the Company and (ii) irrevocably waives any and all defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety of any or all of the obligations of such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit. The Company hereby acknowledges that the issuance of such Letters of Credit for its Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Company, and that the Company’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.

(l) Issuing Bank Agreements. Each Issuing Bank agrees that, unless otherwise requested by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank shall report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) on or prior to each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank expects to issue, amend or extend any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment or extension, and the aggregate face amount and currency of the Letters of Credit to be issued, amended or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment or extension occurred (and whether the amount thereof changed), (ii) on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank pays any amount in respect of one or more drawings under Letters of Credit, the date of such payment(s) and the amount and currency of such payment(s), (iii) on any Business Day on which the Company fails to reimburse any amount required to be reimbursed to such Issuing Bank on such day, the date of such failure and the amount and currency of such payment in respect of Letters of Credit and (iv) on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.

SECTION 2.07 Funding of Borrowings(a). (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof solely by wire transfer of immediately available funds (i) in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders and (ii) in the case of each Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency, by 12:00 noon, Local Time, in the city of the Administrative Agent’s Foreign Currency Payment Office for such currency and at such Foreign Currency Payment Office for such currency; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.05. Except in respect of the provisions of this Agreement covering the reimbursement of Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Company by promptly crediting the funds so received in the aforesaid account of the Administrative Agent (x) an account of the Company designated by the Company in the applicable Borrowing Request, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars and (y) an account of such Borrower in the relevant jurisdiction and designated by such Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request, in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency; provided that Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the relevant Issuing Bank.

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of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and such Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the applicable Overnight Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans, or in the case of Foreign Currencies, in accordance with such market practice, in each case, as applicable. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

SECTION 2.08 Interest Elections(a). (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type and Agreed Currency specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the relevant Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. A Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no Borrower shall be permitted to change the Class of any Borrowing.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, a Borrower, or the Company on its behalf, shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election (by irrevocable written notice via an Interest Election Request signed by such Borrower, or the Company on its behalf) by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type and Class resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, this Section shall not be construed to permit any Borrower to (i) change the currency of any Borrowing, (ii) elect an Interest Period for Term Benchmark Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d) or (iii) convert any Borrowing to a Borrowing of a Type not available under the Class of Commitments pursuant to which such Borrowing was made.

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

(i) the name of the applicable Borrower, the Agreed Currency and principal amount of the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

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

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing (in the case of Borrowings denominated in Dollars), a Term Benchmark Borrowing or an RFR Borrowing and in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Term Loans, whether such Borrowing is to be a Tranche B-1 Term Loan Borrowing, a Tranche B-2 Term Loan Borrowing or a 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan Borrowing; and

 

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

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

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

(e) If the relevant Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of such Interest Period. If the relevant Borrower fails to deliver a timely and complete Interest Election Request with respect to a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency prior to the end of the Interest Period therefor, then, unless such Term Benchmark Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, such Borrower shall be deemed to have selected that such Term Benchmark Borrowing shall automatically be continued as a Term Benchmark Borrowing in its original Agreed Currency with an Interest Period of one month at the end of such Interest Period. If the relevant Borrower fails to deliver a timely and complete Interest Election Request with respect to an RFR Borrowing in a Foreign Currency prior to the Interest Payment Date therefor, then, unless such RFR Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, such Borrower shall be deemed to have selected that such RFR Borrowing shall automatically be continued as an RFR Borrowing in its original Agreed Currency bearing interest at a rate based upon the applicable Daily Simple RFR as of such Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the relevant Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Term Benchmark Borrowing or an RFR Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, (x) each Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (y) each Term Benchmark Borrowing or RFR Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency shall bear interest at the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency plus the Applicable Rate; provided that, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans denominated in any Foreign Currency shall either be (A) converted to an ABR Borrowing denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount of such Foreign Currency) at the end of the Interest Period or on the Interest Payment Date, as applicable, therefor or (B) prepaid at the end of the applicable Interest Period or on the Interest Payment Date, as applicable, in full; provided that if no election is made by the relevant Borrower by the earlier of (x) the date that is three (3) Business Days after receipt by such Borrower of such notice and (y) the last day of the current Interest Period for the applicable Term Benchmark Loan, such Borrower shall be deemed to have elected clause (A) above.

SECTION 2.09 Termination and Reduction of Commitments(a). (a) Unless previously terminated, (i) the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, after the making of the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans and (ii) all other Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.

 

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(b) The Company may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000, (ii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, (A) the Dollar Amount any Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed its Revolving Commitment or (B) the Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments.

(c) The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the relevant Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments delivered by the Company may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or other transactions specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Company (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments.

SECTION 2.10 Repayment and Amortization of Loans; Evidence of Debt(a). (a) Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan made to such Borrower on the Maturity Date in the currency of such Loan and (ii) in the case of the Company, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Maturity Date and the fifth (5th) Business Day after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Company shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding and the proceeds of any such Borrowing shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to repay any Swingline Loans outstanding. The Initial Term Loan Borrowers shall jointly and severally repay the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans (i) on the last day of each March, June, September and December, commencing on June 30, 2024, in an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of all 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans outstanding on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (which payments shall be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and Section 2.11(b)) and (ii) on the Maturity Date applicable to the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans outstanding on such date. The Initial Term Loan Borrowers shall jointly and severally repay the Tranche B-2 Term Loans (i) on the last day of each March, June, September and December, commencing on September 30, 2021, in an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of all Tranche B-2 Term Loans outstanding on the Restatement Effective Date (which payments shall be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and Section 2.11(b)) and (ii) on the Maturity Date applicable to the Tranche B-2 Term Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all Tranche B-2 Term Loans outstanding on such date. The applicable Borrower shall repay Incremental Term Loans and Refinancing Term Loans (other than the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans) in such amounts and on such date or dates as shall be specified therefor in the Incremental Amendment or Refinancing Amendment, as applicable, establishing such Term Loans (as such amount shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.11(a) or 2.11(b) or pursuant to such Incremental Amendment or Refinancing Amendment, as applicable).

 

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

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class, Agreed Currency and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (c) or (d) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the Obligations (including, without limitation, the obligation of any Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).

(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it to any Borrower be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the relevant Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form.

SECTION 2.11 Prepayment of Loans.

(a) Optional Prepayments.

(i) Any Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (subject to Section 2.11(c)), subject to prior notice in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.11(a)(i). The applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by written notice of any prepayment hereunder (i) (x) in the case of prepayment of a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days before the date of prepayment (or, in the case of any prepayment of Term Loans on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, one (1) U.S. Government Securities Business Day before the date of such prepayment), (y) in the case of prepayment of a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in euros, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, four (4) Business Days before the date of prepayment (or, in the case of any prepayment of Term Loans on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, one (1) Business Day before the date of such prepayment) and (y) in the case of prepayment of an RFR Borrowing denominated in Pounds Sterling or Swiss Francs, not later than 11:00 a.m. New York City time, four (4) RFR Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one (1) Business Day before the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as

 

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contemplated by Section 2.09, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.09. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the relevant Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each voluntary prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Revolving Loans included in the prepaid Revolving Borrowing, and each voluntary prepayment of a Term Loan Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Term Loans included in the prepaid Term Loan Borrowing in such order of application as directed by the Company. Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i) accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13 and (ii) any break funding payments required by to Section 2.16.

(b) Mandatory Prepayments.

(i) If at any time, (i) other than as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates, the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of the total Revolving Credit Exposures of any Class (calculated, with respect to those Credit Events denominated in Foreign Currencies, as of the most recent Computation Date with respect to each such Credit Event) exceeds the aggregate Revolving Commitments of such Class or (ii) solely as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates, the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of the total Revolving Credit Exposures (so calculated) exceeds 105% of the aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Borrowers shall in each case immediately repay Revolving Borrowings or cash collateralize LC Exposure in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.06(j), as applicable, in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to cause the aggregate Dollar Amount of the total Revolving Credit Exposures (so calculated) of each Class to be less than or equal to the aggregate Revolving Commitments of such Class.

(ii) If any Indebtedness shall be incurred by any Group Member (excluding any Indebtedness permitted in accordance with Section 6.01 (except to the extent the relevant Indebtedness constitutes (A) any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, (B) Incremental Loans incurred in reliance on clause (b) of the definition of “Incremental Cap” or (C) Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt incurred on reliance of clause (b) of the definition of “Incremental Cap”)), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied on the date of such incurrence toward the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.11(b)(vii); provided that prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.11(b)(ii) shall be accompanied by any fees payable with respect thereto to the extent required pursuant to Section 2.11(c).

(iii) If on any date any Group Member shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale or Recovery Event, then, unless a Reinvestment Event shall have occurred in respect thereof, the Company shall offer to prepay (and, so long as not declined pursuant to Section 2.11(b)(v), shall prepay) Term Loans then subject to ratable prepayment requirements (the “Subject Loans”) in accordance with Section 2.11(b)(v) and Section 2.11(b)(vii) in an amount (such amount, the “Subject Proceeds”) equal to the product of (1) the Required Net Proceeds Percentage multiplied by (2) the amount of Net Cash Proceeds received in respect of such Asset Sale and Recovery Event solely to extent (A) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds in respect of any such Asset Sale or Recovery Event exceeds $50,000,000 individually or (B) the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds from all Asset Sales and Recovery Events received by any Group Member during the fiscal year of the Company in which the applicable Asset Sale or Recovery Event is consummated

 

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exceeds $75,000,000 (and in each case, only the amount of such excess); provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall be applied toward the prepayment of the Subject Loans as set forth in Section 2.11(b)(vii); provided further that if, at the time that any such prepayment would be required hereunder, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required to Repay (or make an offer to Repay) any Other Applicable Indebtedness, then the relevant Person may apply the Subject Proceeds on a pro rata basis to the prepayment of the Subject Loans and to the Repayment of the Other Applicable Indebtedness (determined on the basis of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Subject Loans and the Other Applicable Indebtedness at such time); it being understood that (1) the portion of the Subject Proceeds allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness shall not exceed the amount of the Subject Proceeds required to be allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof (and the remaining amount, if any, of the Subject Proceeds shall be allocated to the Subject Loans in accordance with the terms hereof), and the amount of the prepayment of the Subject Loans that would have otherwise been required pursuant to this Section 2.11(b)(iii) shall be reduced accordingly and (2) to the extent the holders of the Other Applicable Indebtedness decline to have such Indebtedness Repaid, the declined amount shall promptly (and in any event within ten Business Days after the date of such rejection) be applied to prepay the Subject Loans in accordance with the terms hereof.

(iv) With respect to any fiscal year of the Company after the Restatement Effective Date (commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022), solely if the Excess Cash Flow Prepayment Amount is greater than $0, then on or prior to the date that is five Business Days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the financial statements of the Company referred to in Section 5.01(a) for such fiscal year are required to be delivered to the Lenders and (ii) the date such financial statements are actually delivered, the Company shall offer to prepay (and, so long as not declined pursuant to Section 2.11(b)(v), shall prepay) Subject Loans in an amount equal to the Excess Cash Flow Prepayment Amount, as set forth in Section 2.11(b)(v) and Section 2.11(b)(vii); provided that if at the time that any such prepayment would be required, the Company (or any other Group Member) is also required to Repay any Other Applicable Indebtedness with any portion of the Excess Cash Flow Prepayment Amount, then the Company may apply such portion of the Excess Cash Flow Prepayment Amount on a pro rata basis (determined on the basis of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans and the relevant Other Applicable Indebtedness at such time so long as the portion of such Excess Cash Flow Prepayment Amount allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness shall not exceed the amount of such Excess Cash Flow Prepayment Amount required to be allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof, and the remaining amount, if any, of such Excess Cash Flow Prepayment Amount shall be allocated to the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof) to the prepayment of the Term Loans and to the Repayment of the relevant Other Applicable Indebtedness, and the amount of prepayment of the Term Loans that would have otherwise been required pursuant to this Section 2.11(b)(iv) shall be reduced accordingly (provided, further, that to the extent the holders of Other Applicable Indebtedness decline to have such Indebtedness Repaid, the declined amount shall promptly (and in any event within ten Business Days after the date of such rejection) be applied to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof).

 

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(v) With respect to any prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11(b), unless otherwise specified in the applicable Incremental Amendment, Loan Modification Agreement or Refinancing Amendment, any Term Lender, at its option, may elect not to accept such prepayment. The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of any event giving rise to a prepayment under this Section 2.11(b) at least three Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment that is required to be made under this Section 2.11(b). Any Lender may decline to accept all (but not less than all) of its share of any such prepayment (the “Retained Declined Proceeds”) by providing written notice to the Administrative Agent no later than two Business Days after the date of such Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. If the Lender does not give a notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to such second Business Day informing the Administrative Agent that it declines to accept the applicable prepayment, then such Lender will be deemed to have accepted such prepayment. Such Lender’s Retained Declined Proceeds may be retained by the Company and thereafter shall not be subject to any prepayment obligation under this Section 2.11(b).

(vi) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.11(b), to the extent any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale by a Subsidiary of CUSA that is organized or incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction located outside the United States of America, the Net Cash Proceeds of any Recovery Event received by such Subsidiary or Excess Cash Flow attributable to such Subsidiary, are prohibited or delayed by any applicable local law (including financial assistance, corporate benefit restrictions on upstreaming of cash intra group and the fiduciary and statutory duties of the directors of such Subsidiary) from being repatriated or passed on to or used for the benefit of CUSA or any applicable Domestic Subsidiary of CUSA or if CUSA has determined in good faith that repatriation of any such amount to CUSA or any such applicable Domestic Subsidiary would have material adverse tax consequences (including a material acceleration of the point in time when such earnings would otherwise be taxed) with respect to such amount, the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to prepay the Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.11(b) but may be retained by the applicable Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation or the passing on to or otherwise using for the benefit of CUSA or the applicable Domestic Subsidiary, or CUSA believes in good faith that such material adverse tax consequence would result, and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law or CUSA determines in good faith such repatriation would no longer have such material adverse tax consequences, such repatriation will be promptly effected and such repatriated Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than five Business Days after such repatriation) applied (net of taxes payable or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof) to the prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11(b) (provided that no such prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11(b) shall be required in the case of any such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow the repatriation of which CUSA believes in good faith would result in material adverse tax consequences, if on or before the date on which such Net Cash Proceeds so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments (or such Excess Cash Flow would have been so required if it were Net Cash Proceeds), CUSA applies an amount equal to the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by CUSA rather than such Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Subsidiary)).

 

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(vii) Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or provided in, or intended with respect to, any Refinancing Amendment, any Incremental Amendment or any Loan Modification Agreement (provided, that such Refinancing Amendment, Incremental Amendment or Loan Modification Agreement may not, without the consent of the requisite Lenders in accordance with Section 9.02, provide that the applicable Class of Term Loans receive a greater than pro rata portion of mandatory prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b) than would otherwise be permitted by this Agreement), in each case effectuated or issued in a manner consistent with this Agreement, each prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b) shall be allocated ratably to each Class of Term Loans then outstanding which is pari passu with the Initial Term Loans in right of payment and with respect to security (provided that any prepayment of Term Loans with the Net Cash Proceeds of any Refinancing Indebtedness, Incremental Term Facility, Refinancing Term Loans or Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt shall be applied to the applicable Class of Term Loans being refinanced or replaced). With respect to each relevant Class of Term Loans, all accepted prepayments under this Section 2.11(b) shall be applied against the remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of such Term Loans as directed by the Company (or, in the absence of direction from the Company, to the remaining scheduled amortization payments in respect of such Term Loans in direct order of maturity), and each such prepayment shall be paid to the Term Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentage (calculated solely on the basis of the outstanding Term Loans) of the applicable Class. If no Lender exercises the right to waive a prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b)(v), the amount of such mandatory prepayment shall be applied first to the then outstanding Term Loans that are ABR Loans to the full extent thereof and then to the then outstanding Term Loans that are Term Benchmark Loans in a manner that minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by the Company pursuant to Section 2.16.

(c) All (i) prepayments of 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(a)(i) or Section 2.11(b)(ii) effected on or prior to the six-month anniversary of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date with the proceeds of a Repricing Transaction and (ii) amendments, amendments and restatements or other modifications of this Agreement on or prior to the six-month anniversary of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date constituting Repricing Transactions in respect of any 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall, in each case, be accompanied by a fee payable to the applicable 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Lenders in an amount equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans so prepaid, in the case of a transaction described in clause (i) of this paragraph, or 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans affected by such amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification (including any such 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans assigned in connection with the replacement of a 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Lender not consenting thereto), in the case of a transaction described in clause (ii) of this paragraph. Such fee shall be paid by the Company to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Lenders in respect of the applicable 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans, on the date of such prepayment or amendment.

SECTION 2.12 Fees. (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each applicable Lender in respect of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, a commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”), which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate applicable to the Commitment Fee on the daily amount of the Available Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Restatement Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Revolving Commitment terminates. Commitment Fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of

 

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each year shall be payable in arrears on the fifteenth (15th) day following such last day and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Restatement Effective Date. All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(b) The Company agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue on the Dollar Amount of the daily maximum stated amount then available to be drawn under such Letters of Credit at the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Term Benchmark Revolving Loans, during the period from and including the Restatement Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure and (ii) to the relevant Issuing Bank for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the Dollar Amount of the daily maximum stated amount then available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, during the period from and including the Restatement Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees and commissions with respect to the issuance, amendment, cancellation, negotiation, transfer, presentment or extension of any Letter of Credit and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such Issuing Bank relating to the Letters of Credit as from time to time in effect. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the fifteenth (15th) day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Restatement Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to any Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within ten (10) days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). Participation fees and fronting fees in respect of Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars shall be paid in Dollars, and participation fees and fronting fees in respect of Letters of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be paid in Dollars in the Dollar Amount thereof.

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

(d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in Dollars (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 2.12) and immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the relevant Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of Commitment Fees and participation fees, to the applicable Lenders. Unless separately agreed in writing, fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

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

(b) The Loans comprising each Term Benchmark Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted EURIBO Rate, as applicable, for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

 

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(c) Each RFR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Daily Simple RFR plus the Applicable Rate.

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

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

(f) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Daily Simple RFR with respect to Pounds Sterling or the Alternate Base Rate only at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year). In each case interest shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). All interest hereunder on any Loan shall be computed on a daily basis based upon the outstanding principal amount of such Loan as of the applicable date of determination. The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Term SOFR Rate, Adjusted EURIBO Rate, EURIBO Rate or Daily Simple RFR shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(g) The interest rates provided for in this Agreement, including this Section 2.13 are minimum interest rates. When entering into this Agreement, the parties have assumed that the interest payable at the rates set out in this Section or in other Sections of this Agreement is not and will not become subject to the Swiss Federal Withholding Tax. Notwithstanding that the parties do not anticipate that any payment of interest will be subject to the Swiss Federal Withholding Tax, they agree that, in the event that the Swiss Federal Withholding Tax should be imposed on interest payments, the payment of interest due by the Swiss Borrower shall, in line with and subject to Section 2.17, including the limitations therein, be increased to an amount which (after making any deduction of the Non-Refundable Portion (as defined below) of the Swiss Federal Withholding Tax) results in a payment to each Lender entitled to such payment of an amount equal to the payment which would have been due had no deduction of Swiss Federal Withholding Tax been required. For this purpose, the Swiss Federal Withholding Tax shall be calculated on the full grossed-up interest amount. For the purposes of this Section, “Non-Refundable Portion” shall mean Swiss Federal Withholding Tax at the standard rate (being, as at the Restatement Effective Date, 35%) unless a tax ruling issued by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (SFTA) confirms that, in relation to a specific Lender based on an applicable double tax treaty, the Non-Refundable Portion is a specified lower rate in which case such lower rate shall be applied in relation to such Lender. The Swiss Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent the documents required by law or applicable double taxation treaties for the Lenders to claim a refund of any Swiss Federal Withholding Tax so deducted. Section 2.17(f) applies equally to this Section 2.13(g).

 

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(h) Interest in respect of Loans denominated in Dollars shall be paid in Dollars, and interest in respect of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be paid in such Foreign Currency.

SECTION 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest.

(a) Subject to clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 2.14, if:

(i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, the Term SOFR Rate, the Adjusted EURIBO Rate or the EURIBO Rate (including because the Relevant Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis), for the applicable Agreed Currency and such Interest Period or (B) at any time, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable Daily Simple RFR or RFR, as applicable for the applicable Agreed Currency; or

(ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, the Term SOFR Rate, the Adjusted EURIBO Rate or the EURIBO Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency and such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for the applicable Agreed Currency and such Interest Period or (B) at any time, the applicable Daily Simple RFR or RFR, as applicable, for the applicable Agreed Currency will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for the applicable Agreed Currency;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the applicable Borrower and the Lenders by telephone, telecopy or electronic mail as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the applicable Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (A) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Term Benchmark Borrowing shall be ineffective, (B) if any Borrowing Request requests a Term Benchmark Borrowing in Dollars, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing and (C) if any Borrowing Request requests a Term Benchmark Borrowing or an RFR Borrowing for the relevant rate above in a Foreign Currency, then such request shall be ineffective; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then all other Types of Borrowings shall be permitted. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan in any Agreed Currency is outstanding on the date of the applicable Borrower’s receipt of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this Section 2.14(a) with respect to a Relevant Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan, then until the Administrative Agent notifies the Company and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) if such Term Benchmark Loan is denominated in Dollars, then on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), such Term Benchmark Loan shall be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, an ABR Loan denominated in Dollars on such day, (ii) if such Term Benchmark Loan is denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars, then such Term Benchmark Loan shall, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such

 

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Term Benchmark Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day) bear interest at the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency plus the Applicable Rate; provided that, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected Term Benchmark Loans denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars shall, at the applicable Borrower’s election prior to such day: (A) be prepaid by such Borrower on such day or (B) solely for the purpose of calculating the interest rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan, such Term Benchmark Loan denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars shall be deemed to be a Term Benchmark Loan denominated in Dollars and shall accrue interest at the same interest rate applicable to Term Benchmark Loans denominated in Dollars at such time or (iii) if such RFR Loan is denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars, then such RFR Loan shall bear interest at the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency plus the Applicable Rate; provided that, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected RFR Loans denominated in any Agreed Currency, at the applicable Borrower’s election, shall either (A) be converted into ABR Loans denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount of such Foreign Currency) immediately or (B) be prepaid in full immediately.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” with respect to Dollars for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” with respect to any Agreed Currency for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(d) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (e) below and (v) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.14, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.14.

 

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(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR Rate or the EURIBO Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.

(f) Upon the Company’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, any Borrower may revoke any request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing or RFR Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, either (x) such Borrower will be deemed to have converted any request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans or (y) any request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing or an RFR Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be ineffective. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan in any Agreed Currency is outstanding on the date of the Company’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to a Relevant Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan, then until such time as a Benchmark Replacement for such Agreed Currency is implemented pursuant to this Section 2.14, (i) if such Term Benchmark Loan is denominated in Dollars, then on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), such Term Benchmark Loan shall be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, an ABR Loan denominated in Dollars on such day, (ii) if such Term Benchmark Loan is denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars, then such Term Benchmark Loan shall, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day) bear interest at the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency plus the Applicable Rate; provided that, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected Term Benchmark Loans denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars shall, at the applicable Borrower’s election prior to such day: (A) be prepaid by such Borrower on such day or (B) solely for the purpose of calculating the interest rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan, such Term Benchmark Loan denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars shall be deemed to be a Term Benchmark Loan denominated in Dollars and shall accrue interest at the same interest rate

 

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applicable to Term Benchmark Loans denominated in Dollars at such time or (iii) if such RFR Loan is denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars, then such RFR Loan shall bear interest at the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency plus the Applicable Rate; provided that, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected RFR Loans denominated in any Agreed Currency, at the applicable Borrower’s election, shall either (A) be converted into ABR Loans denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount of such Foreign Currency) immediately or (B) be prepaid in full immediately.

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

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

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

(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (g) 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;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, continuing, converting or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan or to increase the cost to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient hereunder, whether of principal, interest or otherwise, then the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank (which determination shall be made in good faith (and not on an arbitrary or capricious basis) and generally consistent with similarly situated customers of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 2.15, after consideration of such factors as the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, then reasonably determines to be relevant).

(b) If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such

 

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Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank (which determination shall be made in good faith (and not on an arbitrary or capricious basis) and generally consistent with similarly situated customers of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 2.15, after consideration of such factors as the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, then reasonably determines to be relevant).

(c) A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Company shall pay, or cause the other Borrowers to pay, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

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

SECTION 2.16 Break Funding Payments.

(a) With respect to Loans that are not RFR Loans, in the event of (i) the payment of any principal of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11), (ii) the conversion of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (iii) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Term Benchmark Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11(a) and is revoked in accordance therewith), (iv) the assignment of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 2.19 or Section 9.02(e) or (v) the failure by any Borrower to make any payment of any Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit (or interest due thereof) denominated in a Foreign Currency on its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency, then, in any such event, the Borrowers shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event (other than loss of anticipated profits). In the case of a Term Benchmark Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (x) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted EURIBO Rate, as applicable, that would have been applicable to such Loan (but not the Applicable Rate applicable thereto), for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period

 

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that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (y) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in the applicable Agreed Currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the applicable offshore market for such Agreed Currency, whether or not such Term Benchmark Loan was in fact so funded. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section, and setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations used by such Lender to determine such amount or amounts, shall be delivered to the applicable Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

(b) With respect to RFR Loans, in the event of (i) the payment of any principal of any RFR Loan other than on the Interest Payment Date applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11), (ii) the conversion of any RFR Loan other than on the Interest Payment Date applicable thereto, (iii) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any RFR Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11(a) and is revoked in accordance therewith), (iv) the assignment of any RFR Loan other than on the Interest Payment Date applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 2.19 or Section 9.02(e) or (v) the failure by any Borrower to make any payment of any Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit (or interest due thereof) denominated in a Foreign Currency on its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency, then, in any such event, the Borrowers shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event (other than loss of anticipated profits). A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section, and setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations used by such Lender to determine such amount or amounts, shall be delivered to the applicable Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.17 Taxes (a). (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. 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 2.17) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

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

(c) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.17, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(d) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient 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 relevant Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. 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 any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent 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(c) 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 the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

(f) Status of Lenders. (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the 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 any withholding Tax (including, for the avoidance of doubt, backup withholding and withholding pursuant to the Dutch Withholding Tax Act 2021) 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 2.17(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

Solely with respect to a Revolving Loan or Revolving Commitment extended to a Borrower that is organized, incorporated or tax resident in Ireland, each Lender which becomes a party to this Agreement on the day on which this Agreement is entered into confirms that, on such date, it is an Irish Qualifying Lender. Solely with respect to a Revolving Loan or Revolving Commitment extended to a Borrower that is organized, incorporated or tax resident in Ireland, each Lender which becomes a party to this Agreement after the date of this Agreement shall indicate, in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Augmenting Lender Supplement which it executes on becoming a party which of the following categories it falls in:

 

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an Irish Qualifying Lender (other than an Irish Treaty Lender);

 

  (y)

an Irish Treaty Lender; or

 

  (z)

not an Irish Qualifying Lender.

If a Lender with a Revolving Loan or Revolving Commitment extended to a Borrower that is organized, incorporated or tax resident in Ireland fails to indicate its status in accordance with this Section 2.17(f), then such Lender shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement (including by each Loan Party) as if it is not an Irish Qualifying Lender until such time as it notifies the Company which category applies. For the avoidance of doubt, an Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Augmenting Lender Supplement shall not be invalidated by any failure of a Lender to comply with this clause.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, with respect to a Loan or Commitment extended to a U.S. Borrower that is organized in the United States:

(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to such Borrower 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 such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), an executed copy of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

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

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

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

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

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

(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any 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 such Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for such Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

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

 

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(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.17 (including additional amounts paid 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 2.17 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid 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.

(h) Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 2.17, the term “Lender” includes each Issuing Bank and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

(i) Compliance with Swiss Non-Bank Rules. Each Lender extending a Revolving Loan or Revolving Commitment to a Swiss Borrower confirms that it is a Qualifying Bank or, if not, a single (1) person only for the purpose of the Swiss Non-Bank Rules and any other Person that shall become a Lender or a Participant pursuant to Section 9.04 shall be deemed to have confirmed that it is a Qualifying Bank or, if not, a single (1) person only for the purpose of Swiss Non-Bank Rules. The Swiss Borrower may request a Lender with a Revolving Loan or Revolving Commitment extended to a Swiss Borrower to confirm (i) whether or not it is (and each of its Participants are) a Qualifying Bank or (ii) whether it (or any of its Participants) does count as a single (1) person for purposes of the Swiss Non-Bank Rules, if it reasonably believes that that Lender’s status has changed during the term of this Agreement.

(j) Certain FATCA Matters. For purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after September 23, 2014, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) this Agreement and the Loans as not qualifying as “grandfathered obligations” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i).

(k) VAT.

(i) All amounts set out or expressed in a Loan Document to be payable by any Loan Party to any Credit Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for a supply or supplies for VAT purposes shall be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on such supply or supplies, and accordingly, subject to Section 2.17(k)(iii), if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Credit Party to any Loan Party under a Loan Document, that Loan Party shall pay to the Credit Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply) an amount equal to the amount of such VAT (and the relevant Credit Party shall promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to such Loan Party).

 

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(ii) Where a Loan Document requires any Loan Party to reimburse or indemnify a Credit Party for any cost or expense, that Loan Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Credit Party for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part as represents VAT, save to the extent that such Credit Party reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.

(iii) If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Secured Party (the “Supplier”) to any other Secured Party (for purposes of this Section 2.17(k), the “Customer”) under a Loan Document, and any party other than the Customer (the “Relevant Party”) is required by the terms of any Loan Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for that supply to the Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse or indemnify the Customer in respect of that consideration):

(A) (where the Supplier is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must also pay to the Supplier (at the same time as paying that amount) an additional amount equal to the amount of the VAT. The Customer must (where this paragraph (A) applies) promptly pay to the Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the Customer receives from the relevant tax authority which the Customer reasonably determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply; and

(B) (where the Customer is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must promptly, following demand from the Customer, pay to the Customer an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on that supply but only to the extent that the Customer reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT.

(iv) Any reference in this Section 2.17(k) to any Loan Party or Relevant Party shall, at any time when such Loan Party or Relevant Party is treated as a member of a group or unity (or fiscal unity) for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the person who is treated at that time as making the supply, or (as appropriate) receiving the supply, under the grouping rules (provided for in Article 11 of Council Directive of November 28, 2006 (2006/112/EC) (or as implemented by the relevant member state of the European Union or any other similar provision in any jurisdiction which is not a member state of the European Union) so that a reference to a Loan Party or Relevant Party shall be construed as a reference to that Loan Party or Relevant Party or the relevant group or unity (or fiscal unity) of which that Loan Party or Relevant Party is a member for VAT purposes at the relevant time or the relevant member (or head) of such group or unity (or fiscal unity) at such time (as the case may be).

(v) In relation to any supply made by a Credit Party to any Loan Party under a Loan Document, if reasonably requested by such Credit Party, that Loan Party must promptly provide such Credit Party with details of that Loan Party’s VAT registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with such Credit Party’s VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply.

 

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(l) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.17 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

(m) Irish Treaty Lenders. With respect to a Revolving Loan or Revolving Commitment extended to a Borrower that is organized, incorporated or tax resident in Ireland, an Irish Treaty Lender and the Company shall cooperate in completing any procedural formalities necessary for the Company to obtain authorization to make a payment to that Irish Treaty Lender without any deduction or withholding of any tax imposed by Ireland.

SECTION 2.18 Payments Generally; Allocations of Proceeds; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set offs.

(a) (i) Except with respect to principal of and interest on Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency, each Borrower shall make each payment or prepayment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) in Dollars prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due or the date fixed for any prepayment hereunder and (ii) all payments with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be made in such Foreign Currency not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent on the dates specified herein, in each case in immediately available funds, without set-off, recoupment or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made (i) in the same currency in which the applicable Credit Event was made (or where such currency has been converted to euro, in euro) and (ii) to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 10 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 or, in the case of a Credit Event denominated in a Foreign Currency, the Administrative Agent’s Foreign Currency Payment Office for such currency, except payments to be made directly to any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments denominated in the same currency received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, if, after the making of any Credit Event in any Foreign Currency, currency control or exchange regulations are imposed in the country which issues such currency with the result that the type of currency in which the Credit Event was made (the “Original Currency”) no longer exists or any Borrower is not able to make payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders in such Original Currency, then all payments to be made by such Borrower hereunder in such currency shall instead be made when due in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount (as of the date of repayment) of such payment due, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the Borrowers take all risks of the imposition of any such currency control or exchange regulations.

(b) At any time that payments are not required to be applied in the manner required by Section 7.03, if at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.

 

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(c) At the election of the Administrative Agent, all payments of principal, interest, LC Disbursements, fees, premiums, reimbursable expenses (including, without limitation, all reimbursement for fees and expenses pursuant to Section 9.03), and other sums payable under the Loan Documents, may be paid from the proceeds of Borrowings made hereunder whether made following a request by a Borrower (or the Company on behalf of a Borrower) pursuant to Section 2.03 or a deemed request as provided in this Section or may be deducted from any deposit account of such Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent. Each Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes (i) the Administrative Agent to make a Borrowing for the purpose of paying each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under the Loan Documents and agrees that all such amounts charged shall constitute Loans (including Swingline Loans) and that all such Borrowings shall be deemed to have been requested pursuant to Sections 2.03 or 2.05, as applicable and (ii) the Administrative Agent to charge any deposit account of the relevant Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent for each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under the Loan Documents.

(d) If, except as expressly provided herein, any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other similarly situated Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by all such Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.

(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the relevant Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the relevant Issuing Bank hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment or prepayment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the relevant Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the relevant Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the applicable Overnight Rate.

 

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(f) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(e) or 9.03(b), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Banks to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account over which the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive control as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section; in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

SECTION 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders (a). (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.13(g) or Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.13(g), 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Company hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, (ii) any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17 or (iii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Company shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and if a Revolving Commitment is being assigned, the Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.13(g) or Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Each party hereto agrees that (i) an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the assignee (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and

 

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Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and (ii) the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender, provided that any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.

SECTION 2.20 Incremental Facilities.

(a) The Borrowers may, at any time, on one or more occasions on or after the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to an Incremental Amendment (i) add one or more new Classes of term facilities and/or increase the principal amount of the Term Loans of any existing Class by requesting new commitments to provide such Term Loans (any such new Class or increase, an “Incremental Term Facility” and any loan made pursuant to any Incremental Term Facility, “Incremental Term Loans”) and/or (ii) increase the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments (an “Incremental Revolving Facility” and, together with any Incremental Term Facility, “Incremental Facilities”; and the loans thereunder, “Incremental Revolving Loans” and any Incremental Revolving Loans, together with any Incremental Term Loans, “Incremental Loans”) in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed the Incremental Cap; provided that:

(i) no Incremental Commitment in respect of any Incremental Term Facility may be in an amount that is less than $25,000,000 (or such lesser amount to which the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree),

(ii) except as the Company and any Lender may separately agree, no Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Commitment, and the determination to provide any Incremental Commitment shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of such Lender,

(iii) no Incremental Facility or Incremental Loan (nor the creation, provision or implementation thereof) shall require the approval of any existing Lender other than in its capacity, if any, as a lender providing all or part of any Incremental Commitment or Incremental Loan,

(iv) except as otherwise permitted herein (including with respect to margin, pricing (including any MFN provision), maturity, Weighted Average Life to Maturity and fees), the terms of any Incremental Term Facility, if not substantially consistent with those applicable to any then-existing Term Loans, must be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that any terms contained in such Incremental Term Facility (x) which are applicable only after the then-existing Latest Maturity Date and/or (y) that are, taken as a whole, more favorable to the lenders or the agent of such Incremental Term Facility than those contained in the Loan Documents and are then conformed (or added) to the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Term Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, pursuant to the applicable Incremental Amendment shall, in each case be deemed to be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided, that in the event any such Incremental Term Facility includes a financial covenant, then such financial covenant shall be added for the benefit of the Term Lenders),

 

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(v) the All-In Yield (and the components thereof) applicable to any Incremental Facility shall be determined by the applicable Borrower and the lender or lenders providing such Incremental Facility; provided that the All-In Yield applicable to any Incremental Term Facility (A) denominated in Dollars which are secured on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans may not be more than 0.50% per annum higher than the All-In Yield applicable to the Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loans unless the Applicable Rate (and/or, as provided in the proviso below, the Alternate Base Rate floor or Adjusted Term SOFR Rate floor) with respect to the Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loans is adjusted such that the All-In Yield on the Initial Term Loans is not more than 0.50% per annum less than the All-In Yield with respect to such Incremental Facility (the “Dollar MFN Protection”) and (B) denominated in Euros which are secured on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans may not be more than 0.50% per annum higher than the All-In Yield applicable to the Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loans unless the Applicable Rate (and/or, as provided in the proviso below, the Alternate Base Rate floor or Adjusted Term SOFR Rate floor) with respect to the Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loans is adjusted such that the All-In Yield on the Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loans is not more than 0.50% per annum less than the All-In Yield with respect to such Incremental Facility (the “Euro MFN Protection” and, together with the Dollar MFN Protection, collectively, the “MFN Protection”); provided, further, that any increase in All-In Yield applicable to any Initial Term Loan due to the application or imposition of an Alternate Base Rate floor, Adjusted EURIBO Rate floor or Adjusted Term SOFR Rate floor on any such Incremental Term Loan may, at the election of the applicable Borrower, be effected through an increase in the Alternate Base Rate floor or Adjusted Term SOFR Rate floor applicable to such Initial Term Loan; provided, further that, the MFN Protection shall not apply with respect to any Incremental Facility incurred following the date that is the one-year anniversary of the Restatement Effective Date,

(vi) the final maturity date with respect to any Class of Incremental Term Loans shall be no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date,

(vii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Incremental Term Facility shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any then-existing tranche of Term Loans (without giving effect to any prepayment thereof),

(viii) subject to clauses (vi) and (vii) above, any Incremental Term Facility may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined by the applicable Borrower and the lenders providing such Incremental Term Facility,

(ix) subject to clause (v) above, to the extent applicable, any fees payable in connection with any Incremental Facility shall be determined by the applicable Borrower and the arrangers and/or lenders providing such Incremental Facility,

(x) (A) any Incremental Term Facility or Incremental Revolving Facility may rank pari passu with or junior to any then-existing tranche of Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as applicable, in right of payment and/or security or may be unsecured (and to the extent the relevant Incremental Facility is unsecured or secured on a junior basis to the such Term Loans or Revolving Loans, will be established pursuant to a separate agreement from this Agreement and to the extent the relevant Incremental Facility is secured on a junior basis to the Initial Term Loans, it shall be subject to an Intercreditor Agreement), (B) with respect to any Incremental Facility that ranks junior to any then-existing tranche of Term Loans or Revolving Loan in right of payment and/or security or is unsecured, such Incremental Facility shall not require amortization prior to the Latest Maturity Date and the maturity date shall be no earlier than one hundred and eighty-one (181) days following the Latest Maturity Date and (C) no Incremental Facility may be (x) guaranteed by any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party or (y) secured by any asset of the Company or any Subsidiary other than the Collateral,

 

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(xi) (A) no Event of Default shall exist immediately prior to or after giving effect to such Incremental Facility (provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall have made an LCT Election in accordance with Section 1.11, no Event of Default shall existing immediately prior to the LCT Test Date and no Specified Event of Default shall exist immediately prior to or after giving effect to such Incremental Facility), and (B) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties (or, if agreed to by the lenders thereof, customary “SunGard” representations and warranties) set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (or if qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) on and as of the date such Incremental Facility becomes effective with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such date; provided that to the extent that any representation and warranty specifically refers to a given date or period, it shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date or for such period;

(xii) any Incremental Term Facility may participate (A) in any voluntary prepayment of Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.11(a)(i) and (B) in any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.11(b), in each case, to the extent provided in such Sections,

(xiii) the proceeds of any Incremental Facility may be used for working capital and/or purchase price adjustments and other general corporate purposes and any other use not prohibited by this Agreement, and

(xiv) on the date of the Borrowing of any Incremental Term Loans that will be of the same Class as any then-existing Class of Term Loans, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Sections 2.08 or 2.13, such Incremental Term Loans shall be added to (and constitute a part of, be of the same Type as and, at the election of the Company, have the same Interest Period as) each Borrowing of outstanding Term Loans of such Class on a pro rata basis (based on the relative sizes of such Borrowings), so that each Term Lender providing such Incremental Term Loans will participate proportionately in each then-outstanding Borrowing of Term Loans of such Class; it being acknowledged that the application of this clause (a)(xiv) may result in new Incremental Term Loans having an Interest Period (the duration of which may be less than one month) that begins during an Interest Period then applicable to outstanding Term Benchmark Loans of the relevant Class and which ends on the last day of such Interest Period.

(b) Incremental Commitments may be provided by any existing Lender, or by any other eligible assignee (any such other lender being called an “Incremental Lender”); provided that the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of any Incremental Revolving Facility, the Swingline Lender and any Issuing Bank) shall have a right to consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the relevant Incremental Lender’s provision of Incremental Commitments if such consent would be required under Section 9.04 for an assignment of Loans to such Incremental Lender, mutatis mutandis, to the same extent as if the relevant Incremental Commitments and related Obligations had been acquired by such Lender by way of assignment.

 

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(c) Each Lender or Incremental Lender providing a portion of any Incremental Commitment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Company all such documentation (including the relevant Incremental Amendment) as may be reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to evidence and effectuate such Incremental Commitment. On the effective date of such Incremental Commitment, each Incremental Lender shall become a Lender for all purposes in connection with this Agreement.

(d) As conditions precedent to the effectiveness of any Incremental Facility or the making of any Incremental Loans, (i) upon its request, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive customary written opinions of counsel, as well as such reaffirmation agreements, supplements and/or amendments as it shall reasonably require, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive, from each Incremental Lender, an Administrative Questionnaire and such other documents as it shall reasonably require from such Incremental Lender, (iii) the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Incremental Lenders, or the Incremental Lenders, as applicable, shall have received the amount of any fees payable to the Incremental Lenders in respect of such Incremental Facility or Incremental Loans, (iv) subject to Section 2.20(h), the Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request as if the relevant Incremental Loans were subject to Section 2.03 or another written request the form of which is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (it being understood and agreed that the requirement to deliver a Borrowing Request shall not result in the imposition of any additional condition precedent to the availability of the relevant Incremental Loans) and (v) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive a certificate of the Company signed by a Financial Officer thereof (A) certifying and attaching a copy of the resolutions adopted by the governing body of the applicable Borrower approving or consenting to such Incremental Facility or Incremental Loans and (B) to the extent applicable, certifying that the condition set forth in clause (a)(xi) above has been satisfied.

(e) Upon the implementation of any Incremental Revolving Facility pursuant to this Section 2.22:

(i) each Revolving Lender immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each relevant Incremental Revolving Facility Lender, and each relevant Incremental Revolving Facility Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed a portion of such Revolving Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans such that, after giving effect to each deemed assignment and assumption of participations, all of the Revolving Lenders’ (including each Incremental Revolving Facility Lender) (A) participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and (B) participations hereunder in Swingline Loans shall be held on a pro rata basis on the basis of their respective Revolving Commitments (after giving effect to any increase in the Revolving Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.20); and

(ii) the existing Revolving Lenders shall assign Revolving Loans to certain other Revolving Lenders (including the Revolving Lenders providing the relevant Incremental Revolving Facility), and such other Revolving Lenders (including the Revolving Lenders providing the relevant Incremental Revolving Facility) shall purchase such Revolving Loans, in each case to the extent necessary so that all of the Revolving Lenders participate in each outstanding Borrowing of Revolving Loans pro rata on the basis of their respective Revolving Commitments (after giving effect to any increase in the Revolving Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.20); it being understood and agreed that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to this clause (i); and

 

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(f) On the date of effectiveness of any Incremental Revolving Facility, the maximum amount of LC Exposure and/or Swingline Loans, as applicable, permitted hereunder shall increase by an amount, if any, agreed upon by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the relevant Issuing Bank and/or the Swingline Lender, as applicable.

(g) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any Incremental Amendment and/or any amendment to any other Loan Document as may be necessary in order to establish new Classes or sub-Classes in respect of Loans or commitments pursuant to this Section 2.20, such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Company in connection with the establishment of such new Classes or sub-Classes, in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.20 and such other amendments as are described in Section 9.02.

(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.20 or in any other provision of any Loan Document, if the proceeds of any Incremental Facility are intended to be applied to finance a Permitted Acquisition or other similar Investment and the lenders providing such Incremental Facility so agree, the availability thereof shall be subject to customary “SunGard” or “certain funds” conditionality.

(i) This Section 2.20 shall supersede any provision in Section 2.18(c) or 9.02 to the contrary.

SECTION 2.21 Reserved.

SECTION 2.22 Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from any Borrower hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable herein (the “specified currency”) into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agent’s main New York City office on the Business Day preceding that on which final, non-appealable judgment is given. The obligations of each Borrower in respect of any sum due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency, each Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a) the sum originally due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender under Section 2.18, such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to such Borrower.

 

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SECTION 2.23 Designation of Subsidiary Borrowers. The Initial Subsidiary Borrowers shall continue as Subsidiary Borrowers party to this Agreement until the Company shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Subsidiary Termination with respect to any such Subsidiary, whereupon such Subsidiary shall cease to be a Subsidiary Borrower and a party to this Agreement. After the Restatement Effective Date, the Company may at any time and from time to time designate any Eligible Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Borrower by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement executed by such Subsidiary and the Company and the satisfaction of the other conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.03, and upon such delivery and satisfaction such Subsidiary shall for all purposes of this Agreement be a Subsidiary Borrower and a party to this Agreement. Each Subsidiary Borrower shall remain a Subsidiary Borrower until the Company shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Subsidiary Termination with respect to such Subsidiary, whereupon such Subsidiary shall cease to be a Subsidiary Borrower and a party to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, no Borrowing Subsidiary Termination will become effective as to any Subsidiary Borrower at a time when any principal of or interest on any Loan to such Borrower shall be outstanding hereunder, provided that such Borrowing Subsidiary Termination shall be effective to terminate the right of such Subsidiary Borrower to make further Borrowings under this Agreement. As soon as practicable upon receipt of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall furnish a copy thereof to each Lender.

SECTION 2.24 Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a);

(b) any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 7.03 or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.08 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to cash collateralize LC Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with this Section; fourth, as the Company may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Company, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) cash collateralize future LC Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with this Section; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to any Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by such Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or LC Disbursements in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were

 

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satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and LC Disbursements owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or LC Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in the Borrowers’ obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure and Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments without giving effect to clause (d) below. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to this Section shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto;

(c) the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided, that any amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or all Lenders directly affected thereby shall not, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, require the consent of such Defaulting Lender in accordance with the terms hereof;

(d) if any Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:

(i) all or any part of the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender (other than, in the case of a Defaulting Lender that is the Swingline Lender, the portion of such Swingline Exposure referred to in clause (b) of the definition of such term) shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent that (x) the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Commitments and (y) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at such time;

(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure and (y) second, cash collateralize for the benefit of each Issuing Bank only the Borrowers’ obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.06(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;

(iii) if the Company cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized;

(iv) if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.12(a) and Section 2.12(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable Percentages; and

 

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(v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of any Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the relevant Issuing Bank until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and

(e) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Revolving Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Company in accordance with Section 2.24(d), and Swingline Exposure related to any such newly made Swingline Loan or LC Exposure related to any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.24(d)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

If (i) a Bankruptcy Event or a Bail-In Action with respect to any Lender Parent shall occur following the Original Effective Date and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) the Swingline Lender or any Issuing Bank has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swingline Lender or the relevant Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Company or such Lender, satisfactory to the Swingline Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.

In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Company, the Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Company while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided, further, that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

SECTION 2.25 Loan Modification Offers.

(a) The Company may on one or more occasions, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, make one or more offers (each, a “Loan Modification Offer”) to all the Lenders of one or more Classes (each Class subject to such a Loan Modification Offer, an “Affected Class”) to make one or more Permitted Amendments pursuant to procedures reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Company. Such notice shall set forth (i) the terms and conditions of the requested Permitted Amendment and (ii) the date on which such Permitted Amendment is requested to become effective (which shall not be less than ten (10) Business Days nor more than thirty (30) Business Days after the date of such notice, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent). Permitted Amendments shall become effective

 

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only with respect to the Loans and Commitments of the Lenders of the Affected Class that accept the applicable Loan Modification Offer (such Lenders, the “Accepting Lenders”) and, in the case of any Accepting Lender, only with respect to such Lender’s Loans and Commitments of such Affected Class as to which such Lender’s acceptance has been made. With respect to all Permitted Amendments consummated by the Company pursuant to this Section 2.25, (i) such Permitted Amendments shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of Section 2.11 and (ii) any Loan Modification Offer, unless contemplating a Maturity Date already in effect hereunder pursuant to a previously consummated Permitted Amendment, must be in a minimum amount of (i) not less than $25,000,000 or €25,000,000 and (ii) an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof (or such lesser amount as may be approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion); provided that the Company may at its election specify as a condition (a “Minimum Extension Condition”) to consummating any such Permitted Amendment that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Loan Modification Offer in the Company’s sole discretion and which may be waived by the Company) of Commitments or Loans of any or all Affected Classes be extended.

(b) A Permitted Amendment shall be effected pursuant to a Loan Modification Agreement executed and delivered by the Company, each applicable Accepting Lender and the Administrative Agent; provided that, no Permitted Amendment shall become effective unless (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of effectiveness thereof, (ii) on the date of effectiveness thereof, the representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (x) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (y) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of such date, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that specifically relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such earlier date, (iii) the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (x) such legal opinions, board resolutions, secretary’s certificates, officer’s certificates and other documents as shall reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith and (y) such reaffirmation agreements and/or such amendments to the Collateral Documents as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order to ensure that the Loans and Commitments subject to such Loan Modification Offer are provided with the benefit of the applicable Loan Documents and (iv) any applicable Minimum Extension Condition shall be satisfied (unless waived by the Company). The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Loan Modification Agreement. Each Loan Modification Agreement may, without the consent of any Lender other than the applicable Accepting Lenders (and with the consent of the Administrative Agent), effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to give effect to the provisions of this Section, including any amendments necessary to treat the applicable Loans and/or Commitments of the Accepting Lenders as a new Class of loans and/or commitments hereunder; provided that, in the case of any Loan Modification Offer relating to Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans, (i) all Borrowings, all prepayments of Loans and all reductions of Commitments shall continue to be made on a ratable basis among all Lenders, based on the relative amounts of their Commitments (i.e., both extended and non-extended), until the repayment of the Loans attributable to the non-extended Commitments (and the termination of the non-extended Commitments) on the relevant Maturity Date, (ii) except as otherwise agreed to by each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender, the allocation of the participation exposure with respect to any then-existing or subsequently issued or made Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan as between the commitments of such new Class and the remaining Revolving Commitments shall be made on a ratable basis as between the commitments of such new Class and the remaining Revolving Commitments, (iii) the Availability Period and the Maturity Date, as such terms are used with reference to Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans, may not be extended without the prior written consent of each Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as applicable and (iv) at no time shall there be more than three (3) Classes of Revolving Commitments hereunder, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent.

 

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(c) Without limiting the foregoing, in connection with any Loan Modification Agreement the applicable Loan Parties shall (at their expense) amend (and the Administrative Agent is hereby directed by the Lenders to amend) any Mortgage that has a maturity date prior to the maturity date specified by such Loan Modification Agreement, so that such maturity date referenced therein is extended to the later of the maturity date specified by such Loan Modification Agreement (or such later date as may be advised by local counsel to the Administrative Agent).

(d) This Section 2.25 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.18(c) or Section 9.02 to the contrary.

SECTION 2.26 Refinancing Facility.

(a) Revolver Refinancing Facility. On one or more occasions after the Restatement Effective Date, the Company may obtain, from any Lender or any other bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor (other than an Ineligible Institution) that agrees to provide any portion of any Refinancing Revolving Commitment consisting of Credit Agreement Refinancing Debt, pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with this Section 2.26(a) (each, an “Additional Refinancing Revolving Lender”) (provided that the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld) to such Lender or Additional Refinancing Revolving Lender providing such Refinancing Revolving Commitments, to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under Section 9.04(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or Additional Refinancing Revolving Lender), in respect of all or any portion of any Class of Revolving Loans (or unused Revolving Commitments (which, for purposes of this Section, shall include Incremental Revolving Commitments and Refinancing Revolving Commitments)) then outstanding under this Agreement, in the form of Refinancing Revolving Commitments or Refinancing Revolving Loans pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.26 or otherwise:

(i) subject to the provisions of Section 2.25(b) to the extent dealing with Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit which mature or expire after a maturity date when there exist Refinancing Revolving Commitments with a longer maturity date, all Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Commitments in accordance with their percentage of the Revolving Commitments (and except as provided in Section 2.25(b), without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier maturity date with respect to Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit theretofore incurred or issued);

(ii) in the case of any Refinancing Revolving Commitments, substantially concurrently with the effectiveness thereof, all the Revolving Commitments then in effect shall be terminated, and all the Revolving Loans then outstanding, together with all interest thereon, and all other amounts accrued for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders, shall be repaid or paid (it being understood, however, that any Letters of Credit may continue to be outstanding hereunder), and the aggregate amount of such Refinancing Revolving Commitments does not exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments so terminated; and

 

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(iii) assignments and participations of Refinancing Revolving Commitments and Refinancing Revolving Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans.

(b) Term Loan Refinancing Facility. The Company may, subject to the terms hereof, at any time or from time to time after the Restatement Effective Date, enter into Refinancing Amendment to effect a refinancing or replacement of all or any portion of the Term Loans. Each such refinancing or replacement may, at the Company’s option, be in the form of one or more series of senior secured loans or notes (each of which may be secured by the Collateral on a pari passu or junior basis to the Obligations), or with one or more series of unsecured loans or notes (collectively, the “Term Replacement Financing”, and if in the form of loans “Refinancing Term Loans” and if in the form of notes “Term Refinancing Notes”); provided that (i) Refinancing Term Loans shall consist of Credit Agreement Refinancing Debt, (ii) no such Refinancing Term Loans or Term Refinancing Notes may mature prior to the Latest Maturity Date of, or have a shorter Weighted Average Life to Maturity than, the Term Loans being refinanced; (iii) no Refinancing Term Loans or Term Refinancing Notes may have an obligor that is not an obligor in respect of the Term Loans; (iv) to the extent secured, (A) no Refinancing Term Loans or Term Refinancing Notes may be secured by any assets that do not constitute Collateral and (B) such Refinancing Term Loans or Term Refinancing Notes shall be subject to an Intercreditor Agreement (and, as applicable) such additional intercreditor agreements as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; (v) as reasonably determined by the Company, the other terms and conditions of such Refinancing Term Loans or Term Refinancing Notes (excluding pricing and optional prepayment or redemption terms) must be substantially identical to, or not materially more favorable (taken as a whole) to the lenders or holders providing such Refinancing Term Loans or Term Refinancing Notes, as applicable, than those applicable to the Term Loans being refinanced are to the Term Lenders (except for covenants and other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date of the Term Loans existing at the time of such refinancing) or must otherwise be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or, if such terms are more favorable to the holders of such Term Replacement Financing, an equivalent amendment shall be made to the Loan Documents for the benefit of the existing Term Loans (provided that if such amendment is required and benefits the Term Loans, then it shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent); (vi) the amount of such Refinancing Term Loans or Term Refinancing Notes will be in an amount not in excess of the amount of loans and commitments refinanced plus fees, expenses and premiums payable in connection therewith; and (vii) the proceeds of such Refinancing Term Loans or Term Refinancing Notes shall be applied, substantially concurrently with the incurrence thereof, to the pro rata prepayment of outstanding Loans in respect of the applicable Term Loans being so refinanced; and provided further that in no event shall Refinancing Term Loans or Term Refinancing Notes be permitted to be mandatorily prepaid prior to the repayment in full of all then existing Term Loans, unless accompanied by a ratable prepayment of such Term Loans.

(c) The effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) such legal opinions, board resolutions, secretary’s certificates, officer’s certificates and other documents as shall reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with any such transaction and (ii) reaffirmation agreements and/or such amendments to the Collateral Documents as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order to ensure that such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is provided with the benefit of the applicable Loan Documents. Each issuance of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness under Section 2.26(a) shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (i) not less than $25,000,000 or €25,000,000 and (ii) an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof.

 

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(d) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, without the consent of any other Lenders, to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to (i) reflect the existence and terms of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto and (ii) effect such other amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Company, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.26, including any amendments necessary to treat the applicable Loans and/or Commitments established under the Refinancing Amendment as a new Class of loans and/or commitments hereunder, and the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any such Refinancing Amendment.

(e) This Section 2.26 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.18(c) or Section 9.02 to the contrary.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Company and each other Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

SECTION 3.01 Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable) in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required. Schedule 3.01A hereto (as supplemented from time to time) identifies each Subsidiary, noting whether such Subsidiary is a Material Subsidiary, the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, the percentage of issued and outstanding shares of each class of its capital stock or other equity interests owned by the Company and the other Subsidiaries and, if such percentage is not 100% (excluding directors’ qualifying shares as required by law), a description of each class issued and outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other equity interests of each Subsidiary are validly issued and outstanding and fully paid and nonassessable and all such shares and other equity interests indicated on Schedule 3.01A as owned by the Company or another Subsidiary are owned, beneficially and of record, by the Company or any Subsidiary free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens created under the Loan Documents. Except as described on Schedule 3.01B hereto, there are no outstanding commitments or other obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary to issue, and no options, warrants or other rights of any Person to acquire, any shares of any class of capital stock or other equity interests of the Company or any Subsidiary. The Company and each Subsidiary Borrower incorporated in a European Union jurisdiction represents and warrants to the Lenders that its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Insolvency Regulation) is in its jurisdiction of incorporation and it has no establishment (as that term is used in Article 2(h) of the Insolvency Regulation) in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational actions and, if required, actions by equity holders. The Loan Documents to which each Loan Party is a party have been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, 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.

 

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SECTION 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except for filings necessary to perfect Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or any order of any Governmental Authority or violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for violations or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than Liens created under the Loan Documents.

SECTION 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change. (a) The Company has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows (i) as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020 reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020, certified by its chief financial officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.

(b) Since June 30, 2020, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

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

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

(c) As of the Restatement Effective Date, the Real Estate listed in Schedule 3.05(c) constitutes all of the Real Estate owned by each Loan Party. Each of the Loan Parties and each of their respective Subsidiaries has good record title in fee simple to all Mortgaged Properties, free and clear of all Liens except for Permitted Encumbrances and, as far as the Real Estate located in the Netherlands is concerned, free of a lease, and except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted and except as would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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

(b) Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (A) 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, (B) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (C) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability, (D) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability and (E) has caused to occur a Release of Hazardous Materials at, to or from any Mortgaged Property that would reasonably be expected to result in any Environmental Liability and (ii) all Mortgaged Property currently and, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, formerly owned, leased, subleased or operated by Company and each Subsidiary is free of contamination by any Hazardous Materials that would reasonably be expected to result in any Environmental Liability.

(c) Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending or, to their knowledge, threatened and (ii) the hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law relating to such matters. All material payments due from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or for which any claim may be made against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as liabilities on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary. The consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound.

SECTION 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements.

(a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The entry into by the Company of this Agreement and the performance by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and the obligations incurred hereunder does not constitute the provision of financial assistance within the meaning of Section 82 of the Companies Act, 2014 of Ireland. The prohibition contained in Section 239 of the Companies Act, 2014 of Ireland does not apply to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby by reason of the fact that the Company and each other company whose liabilities are hereby guaranteed are members of a group of companies consisting of a holding company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2014 of Ireland.

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

 

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SECTION 3.09 Taxes. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not required to make any deduction on account of Irish tax from any payment it may make under any Loan Document to a Lender which is an Irish Qualifying Lender.

SECTION 3.10 ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.11 Disclosure. The Company has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any other Subsidiary is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, each of the Company and the Borrowers represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time. As of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, to the knowledge of the Company, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification delivered by each Borrower to the Administrative Agent as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement is true and correct in all respects.

SECTION 3.12 Federal Reserve Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loan have been used or will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.

SECTION 3.13 Liens. There are no Liens on any of the real or personal properties of the Company or any Subsidiary except for Liens permitted by Section 6.02.

SECTION 3.14 No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

SECTION 3.15 No Burdensome Restrictions. No Borrower is subject to any Burdensome Restrictions except Burdensome Restrictions permitted under Section 6.08.

SECTION 3.16 Compliance with Swiss Non-Bank Rules.

(a) The Swiss Borrower is compliant with the Swiss Non-Bank Rules; provided however that the Swiss Borrower shall not be in breach of this Section 3.16 if such number of creditors with a Revolving Loan or Revolving Commitment extended to a Swiss Borrower (which are not Qualifying Banks) is exceeded solely by reason of a breach by one or more Lenders of a confirmation contained in Section 2.17(i) or a failure by one or more Lenders to comply with their obligations and transfer restrictions in Section 9.04.

(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a) above, the Swiss Borrower shall assume that the aggregate number of Lenders with a Revolving Loan or Revolving Commitment extended to a Swiss Borrower which are not Qualifying Banks is five (5).

 

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SECTION 3.17 Financial Assistance. In respect of each Loan Party, the execution of the Loan Documents and the performance of the transaction contemplated thereby do not involve the giving of any financial assistance by any such Loan Party to a third party in connection with the acquisition of shares in its capital or that of its parent company that is not permitted under any relevant law or regulation.

SECTION 3.18 Security Interest in Collateral. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10.02 below, the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents create legal and valid perfected Liens on all the Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Secured Parties, and such Liens constitute perfected and continuing Liens on the Collateral, securing the Secured Obligations, enforceable against the applicable Loan Party and all third parties as provided by applicable law, and having priority over all other Liens on the Collateral except in the case of (a) Liens permitted by Section 6.02 and (b) Liens perfected only by possession (including possession of any certificate of title) to the extent the Administrative Agent has not obtained or does not maintain possession of such Collateral.

SECTION 3.19 USA Patriot Act. (a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries, any of their respective Affiliates over which any of the foregoing exercises management control (each, a “Controlled Affiliate”) is a Prohibited Person, and the Company, its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries, such Controlled Affiliates are in compliance with all applicable orders, rules and regulations of OFAC.

(b) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries, any of their respective Controlled Affiliates: (i) is targeted by United States or multilateral economic or trade sanctions currently in force; (ii) is owned or controlled by, or acts on behalf of, any Person that is targeted by United States or multilateral economic or trade sanctions currently in force; or (iii) is named, identified or described on any list of Persons with whom United States Persons may not conduct business, including any such blocked persons list, designated nationals list, denied persons list, entity list, debarred party list, unverified list, sanctions list or other such lists published or maintained by the United States, including OFAC, the United States Department of Commerce or the United States Department of State.

SECTION 3.20 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. The Company has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors and to the knowledge of the Company its employees and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects and, in the case of any Borrower that is a Subsidiary that is not organized or incorporated in the United States, is not knowingly engaged in any activity that could reasonably be expected to result in such Borrower being designated as a Sanctioned Person. None of (a) the Company, any Subsidiary, any of their respective directors or officers or to the knowledge of the Company or such Subsidiary employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Company, any agent of the Company or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No Borrowing or Letter of Credit, use of proceeds or other Transactions will violate any Anti-Corruption Law or applicable Sanctions.

SECTION 3.21 Affected Financial Institutions. No Loan Party is an Affected Financial Institution.

SECTION 3.22 Solvency. The Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole are Solvent as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.

 

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ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS

SECTION 4.01 Effectiveness. The effectiveness of the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement in the form of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement.

SECTION 4.02 Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of the Issuing Banks to issue, amend or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) The representations and warranties of each of the Company and the other Borrowers set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representation or warranty is qualified by Material Adverse Effect or other materiality qualification, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been so true and correct as of such earlier date.

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

Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by each of the Company and the other Borrowers on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section; provided, however, that, without limiting the provisions of Section 2.20, hereof, the conditions set forth in this Section 4.02 shall not apply to any Borrowing under any Incremental Facility or Refinancing Indebtedness unless in each case the lenders in respect thereof have required satisfaction of the same in the applicable Incremental Amendment or Refinancing Amendment, as applicable.

SECTION 4.03 Designation of a Subsidiary Borrower. The designation of a Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to Section 2.23 is subject to the condition precedent that the Company or such proposed Subsidiary Borrower shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Administrative Agent:

(a) Copies, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Subsidiary, of its Board of Directors’ resolutions (and resolutions of other bodies, if any are deemed necessary by counsel for the Administrative Agent) approving the Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement and any other Loan Documents to which such Subsidiary is becoming a party and such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of such Subsidiary;

(b) An incumbency certificate, executed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Subsidiary, which shall identify by name and title and bear the signature of the officers of such Subsidiary authorized to request Borrowings hereunder and sign the Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Subsidiary is becoming a party, upon which certificate the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by the Company or such Subsidiary;

 

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(c) Opinions of counsel to such Subsidiary, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, with respect to the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and such other matters as are reasonably requested by counsel to the Administrative Agent and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders;

(d) Any documentation and other information related to such Subsidiary reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender under applicable “know your customer” or similar rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation; and

(e) Any promissory notes requested by any Lender, and any other instruments and documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE V

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Until all of the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees due and payable hereunder shall have been paid in full (other than Obligations expressly stated to survive such payment and termination) and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated (or shall have been cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Company and each other Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

SECTION 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information. The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent, for distribution to each Lender:

(a) within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (or, if earlier, by the date that the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for such fiscal year would be required to be filed under the rules and regulations of the SEC, giving effect to any automatic extension available thereunder for the filing of such form), its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification, commentary or exception (other than (i) with respect to or resulting from an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness occurring within one year from the time such opinion is delivered or (ii) an actual or prospective breach of any financial covenant, including the covenant set forth in Section 6.11) and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;

(b) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company (or, if earlier, by the date that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for such fiscal quarter would be required to be filed under the rules and regulations of the SEC, giving effect to any automatic extension available thereunder for the filing of such form), its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

 

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(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) only if any Revolving Loans were outstanding as of the last day of the applicable fiscal quarter or fiscal year covered by such financial statements and the Company is required to comply with the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.11 in respect of such fiscal quarter, setting forth reasonably detailed calculations in respect of the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.11, (iii) in the case of annual financial statements (commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022), a calculation of Excess Cash Flow (and the required Excess Cash Flow Prepayment Amount) and (iv) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate, in each case since the date of the most recent report delivered pursuant to this clause (c) (or, in the case of the first such report so delivered, since the Restatement Effective Date);

(d) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company and within ninety (90) days of the end of any fiscal year of the Company (or, in each case, such later date as otherwise permitted by the SEC for the filing of materials by the Company that will include the information required by this Section 5.01(d)), a narrative management discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, but solely to the extent the Company is not required to file, and does not file, periodic reports with the SEC;

(e) as soon as available, but in any event not more than sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of the plan and forecast (including a projected consolidated balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement) of the Company for each quarter of the upcoming fiscal year in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

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

(g) promptly following any request therefor, (x) such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Company or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request and (y) information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

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Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01 may be delivered by facsimile or electronic mail. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a), (b), (d) or (f) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which such materials are publicly available as posted on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR); or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Company’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether made available by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (A) upon written request by the Administrative Agent (or any Lender through the Administrative Agent) to the Company, the Company shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or such Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (B) solely in the case of clause (ii) above (and not if such materials are publicly available as posted on EDGAR), the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Company with any such request by a Lender for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such document to it and maintaining its copies of such documents.

The Company represents and warrants that each of it and its Subsidiaries, either (i) has no SEC registered or unregistered, publicly traded securities outstanding, or (ii) files its financial statements with the SEC and/or makes its financial statements available to potential holders of its securities, and, accordingly, the Company hereby (i) authorizes the Administrative Agent to make the financial statements to be provided under Sections 5.01(a) and (b) above, along with the Loan Documents, available to Public-Siders and (ii) agrees that at the time such financial statements are provided hereunder, they shall already have been made available to holders of any such securities. The Company will not request that any other material be posted to Public-Siders without expressly representing and warranting to the Administrative Agent in writing that such materials do not constitute material non-public information within the meaning of the federal securities laws or that the Company and its Subsidiaries have no outstanding SEC registered or unregistered, publicly traded securities. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Company request that the Administrative Agent make available to Public-Siders budgets or any certificates, reports or calculations with respect to the Company’s compliance with the covenants contained herein; provided that the failure of any Public-Sider to receive any such budgets, certificates, reports or calculations as a result of the foregoing sentence shall not constitute a breach of any obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries hereunder or a Default or Event of Default.

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

(a) the occurrence of any Default;

(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Company or any Affiliate thereof that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

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

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(e) any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification delivered by each Borrower to the Administrative Agent as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in parts (1) or (2) of such certification.

Each notice delivered under this Section (i) shall be in writing, (ii) shall contain a heading or a reference line that reads “Notice under Section 5.02 of the Cimpress Credit Agreement dated October 21, 2011, as amended and restated” and (iii) shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Company setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

SECTION 5.03 Existence; Conduct of Business. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, qualifications, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, governmental authorizations and intellectual property rights material to the conduct of its business, and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any Disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03. The Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary incorporated in a European Union jurisdiction to, cause its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Insolvency Regulation) to be situated solely in its jurisdiction of incorporation and shall have an establishment (as that term is used in Article 2(h) of the Insolvency Regulation) situated solely in its jurisdiction of incorporation.

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

SECTION 5.05 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business (including for the avoidance of doubt, all Mortgaged Property) in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies (i) insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and (ii) all insurance required pursuant to the Collateral Documents. The Company will furnish to the Lenders, upon the request of, and to the extent requested by, the Administrative Agent, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained. The Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent endorsements (x) to all “All Risk” physical damage insurance policies on all of the Loan Parties’ tangible personal property and assets insurance policies naming the Administrative Agent as lender loss payee, and (y) to all general liability and other liability policies naming the Administrative Agent an additional insured. Except during the continuation of an Event of Default, all proceeds of such insurance shall be payable to or at the discretion of the Company. In the event the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at any time or times hereafter shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies or insurance required herein or to pay any premium in whole or in part relating thereto, then the Administrative Agent, without waiving or releasing any obligations or resulting Default hereunder, may at any time or times thereafter (but shall be under no obligation to do so) obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premiums and take any other action with respect thereto which the Administrative Agent deems advisable. All sums so disbursed by the Administrative Agent shall constitute part of the Obligations, payable as provided in this Agreement. The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prompt written notice of any casualty or other insured damage to

 

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any material portion of the Collateral or the commencement of any action or proceeding for the taking of any material portion of the Collateral or interest therein under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding. If any portion of any Mortgaged Property upon which a “Building” (as defined in 12 CFR Chapter 11, Section 339.2) is at any time located in a Special Flood Hazard Area with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Program, then the Company shall, or shall cause the applicable Loan Party to (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, Flood Insurance in an amount otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Program and (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent executed borrower notices as required by the National Flood Insurance Program and evidence of such compliance both in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. At any time after the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default, unless the applicable Loan Party provides the Administrative Agent with evidence of the insurance coverage required by this Agreement (including, without limitation, Flood Insurance) within twenty (20) Business Days after written request therefor, the Administrative Agent may purchase insurance (including, without limitation, Flood Insurance) at the applicable Loan Party’s expense to protect the Administrative Agent’s and Secured Parties’ interests, including interests in such Loan Parties’ properties.

SECTION 5.06 Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries in all material respects in conformity with GAAP and applicable law are made of all material financial dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, including environmental assessment reports and Phase I or Phase II studies and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested; provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, (a) only the Administrative Agent, acting individually or on behalf of the Lenders, may exercise any rights under this Section 5.06 and (b) the Administrative Agent shall not exercise rights under this Section 5.06 more than once during any calendar year. The Company acknowledges that the Administrative Agent, after exercising its rights of inspection, may prepare and distribute to the Lenders certain reports pertaining to the Company and its Subsidiaries’ assets for internal use by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making of copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by applicable law or any binding agreement or (iii) that is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or that constitutes attorney work product.

SECTION 5.07 Compliance with Laws. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including without limitation Environmental Laws), except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

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SECTION 5.08 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of (i) the Loans (other than the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans) will be used only to finance the working capital needs, and for general corporate purposes, of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, including acquisitions and repurchases of Equity Interests in the Company, in each case to the extent permitted under this Agreement, and (ii) the 2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loans will be used only to (a) refinance the Tranche B-1 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, (b) prepay a portion of the Tranche B-2 Term Loans outstanding on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and (c) pay accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties thereon and fees and expenses associated with such refinancing and prepayment. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X. No Borrower will request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and no Borrower shall use, and the Company shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, except to the extent permitted for a Person required to comply with Sanctions or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

SECTION 5.09 Subsidiary Guarantors; Pledges; Additional Collateral; Further Assurances.

(a) Subject to the Agreed Security Principles, promptly and in any event within sixty (60) days (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent) after (i) in the case of any Individual Material Subsidiary, the first Financial Statement Delivery Date on which such Individual Material Subsidiary initially becomes a Material Subsidiary and (ii) in the case of any Designated Covered Jurisdiction Subsidiary, the applicable Covered Jurisdiction Material Subsidiary Designation Date, the Company shall cause such Material Subsidiary to deliver to the Administrative Agent a joinder to the Guaranty, or, in the case of a Material Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary, a separate Guaranty governed by the law of the applicable Covered Jurisdiction to the extent so requested by the Administrative Agent (provided that no Foreign Subsidiary that is not organized or incorporated in the United States (or any state thereof or the District of Columbia) shall be required to deliver such a joinder or Guaranty to the extent (A) such action by such Foreign Subsidiary is prohibited or restricted by applicable law or regulation (any such Foreign Subsidiary described in the foregoing clause (A), a “Specified Non-Required Subsidiary”) or (B) the Administrative Agent or its counsel determines that such joinder or Guaranty would not, in light of the cost and expense associated therewith, provide material credit support for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to a legally valid, binding and enforceable guaranty) and, if the Administrative Agent so elects in its reasonable discretion after consultation with the Company, the Security Agreement (in each case in the form contemplated thereby) pursuant to which such Subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof, such Guaranty and the Security Agreement (if applicable) to be accompanied by appropriate corporate resolutions, other corporate documentation and legal opinions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(b) Subject to the Agreed Security Principles, each Loan Party will cause all of its owned personal property (whether tangible, intangible, or mixed) to be subject to first priority, perfected Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Secured Parties, to secure the Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents, subject in any case to Liens permitted by Section 6.02. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to the Agreed Security Principles, each Loan Party will cause the Applicable Pledge Percentage of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Pledge Subsidiary directly owned by such Loan Party to be subject to a first priority, perfected Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent to secure the Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents or such other pledge and security documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, all within such time period as is reasonably required

 

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by the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such pledge agreement in respect of the Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary that is not organized or incorporated in the United States (or any state thereof or the District of Columbia) shall be required hereunder to the extent the Administrative Agent or its counsel determines that such pledge would not, in light of the cost and expense associated therewith, provide material credit support for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to legally valid, binding and enforceable pledge agreements.

(c) Without limiting the foregoing, and subject to the Agreed Security Principles, the Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Administrative Agent such documents, agreements and instruments, and will take or cause to be taken such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements and other documents and such other actions or deliveries of the type required by Section 3 of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, as applicable), which may be required by law or which the Administrative Agent may, from time to time, reasonably request to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to ensure perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Collateral Documents, all at the expense of the Company.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, unless otherwise expressly set forth in the applicable Collateral Document, no Loan Party shall bear or otherwise be liable for any stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Other Connection Taxes, any execution, amendment, notarial, registration or perfection fees or any other costs, fees or expenses that result solely from, in each case, any assignment or transfer by a Lender (other than an assignment under Section 2.19(a)), and any such costs, fees or expenses shall be paid by the Lender to which such assignment is made.

SECTION 5.10 After Acquired Real Estate.

(a) United States Real Property.

(i) In the event the Company or any other Loan Party acquires any Material Real Property after the Restatement Effective Date in the United States, the Company shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, promptly notify the Administrative Agent and execute and/or deliver, or cause to be executed and/or delivered, to the Administrative Agent, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent: (i) to the extent the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that an appraisal is required in order for the Administrative Agent or any Lender to comply with applicable requirements of law, within ninety (90) days following such request (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree), an appraisal complying with FIRREA, (ii) within ninety (90) days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree, but in any event concurrently with the delivery of the related Mortgage pursuant to clause (iii) below) of receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent that Real Estate is located in a Special Flood Hazard Area, Flood Insurance as required by Section 5.05, (iii) within ninety (90) days following such request (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree), a fully executed Mortgage and proper fixture filings or amendments thereto (if required under the Uniform Commercial Code in the appropriate jurisdiction(s)) creating a valid lien on such Mortgaged Properties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Administrative Agent and an opinion of local counsel in each jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent which address the enforceability of the Mortgages and other matters reasonably required by the Administrative Agent (provided,

 

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however, to the extent any Mortgage is granted in a jurisdiction which imposes mortgage, stamp, intangibles or other tax or similar charges, such Mortgage shall only secure an amount not to exceed the fair market value of the subject Real Estate as reasonably determined by the Company in the absence of an appraisal), together with a lender’s title insurance policy (if available at commercially reasonable rates) by a title insurer reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in form and substance and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and in an amount not to exceed the fair market value of the Mortgaged Property as reasonably determined by the Company in the absence of an appraisal insuring that the Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first priority Lien on the respective property, free and clear of all defects, encumbrances and Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances or Liens otherwise permitted by the Administrative Agent in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion) and including customary endorsements reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent but only to the extent such endorsements are available at commercially reasonable rates, and (iv) promptly after such request, either (x) an ALTA/NSPS survey of such Mortgaged Property or (y) any existing survey(s) of such Mortgaged Property in possession of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and an affidavit of no change with reference to such existing survey if required by the title insurance company to issue a lender’s title insurance policy without the standard survey exception. In addition to the obligations set forth in Sections 5.05 and 5.09, within ninety (90) days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) after written notice from Agent to the U.S. Borrower that any Real Estate is located in a Special Flood Hazard Area, the U.S. Borrower shall satisfy the Flood Insurance requirements of Section 5.05.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.10(a), to the extent reasonably necessary to maintain the continuing priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgages as security for the Secured Obligations in connection with the incurrence of any Incremental Facility, Refinancing Indebtedness or Loan Modification Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, the applicable Loan Party shall (x) on the date of and after giving effect to such funding or incurrence (or such later date as reasonably agreed by the Administrative Agent), satisfy the Federal Flood Insurance requirements set forth in Section 5.05 and (y) within ninety (90) days of such funding or incurrence (or such later date as reasonably agreed by the Administrative Agent) deliver, to the Administrative Agent either:

(A) e-mail confirmation from local counsel in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property subject to a Mortgage is located substantially to the effect that: (A) the recording of the existing Mortgage is the only filing or recording necessary to give constructive notice to third parties of the Lien created by such mortgage as security for the Secured Obligations, including the Secured Obligations evidenced by any Incremental Facility, Refinancing Indebtedness or Loan Modification Agreement, and (B) no other documents, instruments, filings, recordings, re-recordings, re-filings or other actions are necessary under applicable law in order to maintain the continued enforceability or validity of the Lien created by such Mortgage as security for the Secured Obligations, including the Secured Obligations evidenced by any Incremental Facility, Refinancing Amendment or Loan Modification Agreement; or

 

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(B) (I) an amendment to each existing Mortgage (each, a “Mortgage Amendment”) duly executed and acknowledged by the applicable Loan Party, and in form for recording in the recording office where the respective existing Mortgage was recorded in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Administrative Agent; and (II) with respect to each Mortgage Amendment a date-down or modification title insurance endorsement to the policy or policies of title insurance insuring the Lien of each Mortgage (x) insuring that such Mortgage, as amended by such Mortgage Amendment is a valid and enforceable Lien on such Mortgaged Property in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Encumbrances or Liens otherwise permitted by the Administrative Agent in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion and (y) otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Administrative Agent.

(b) Real Estate in Australia. In the event the Company or any other Loan Party acquires any Material Real Property after the Restatement Effective Date in any state or territory of Australia, the Company shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, promptly notify the Administrative Agent and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent: (i) within ninety (90) days following such request (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree), execute and/or deliver, or cause to be executed and/or delivered, a fully executed first ranking Mortgage in the appropriate Australian jurisdiction(s) in which the Mortgaged Property is located, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (ii) take whatever action as may be necessary or desirable in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and perfected Liens over such Real Estate including, but not limited to the registration of any Mortgage in respect of the relevant Real Estate on the relevant land titles registry; and (iii) procure the delivery of an opinion of counsel for the owner of the Mortgaged Property in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent which address, among other things, the due authorization, execution, delivery, and enforceability of the Mortgages and other matters reasonably required by the Administrative Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(c) Real Estate in Canada.

(i) In the event the Company or any other Loan Party acquires (or owns) any Material Real Property on or after the Restatement Effective Date in Canada or any province thereof, the Company shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, promptly notify the Administrative Agent and execute and/or deliver, or cause to be executed and/or delivered, to the Administrative Agent, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, within ninety (90) days following such request (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree), a fully executed Mortgage, together with any ancillary documents required by the Administrative Agent or its counsel in order to register such Mortgage in any land registry office in the appropriate jurisdiction in which such Mortgaged Property is located, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (provided, however, to the extent any Mortgage is granted in a jurisdiction which imposes mortgage, stamp, intangibles or other tax or similar charges, such Mortgage shall only secure an amount not to exceed the fair market value of the subject Real Estate as evidenced by an appraisal reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent conducted at commercially reasonable rates by an accredited appraiser reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (for the purposes of this section, an “acceptable appraisal”)), one or more opinions of counsel in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent which addresses, among other things, the due authorization, execution, delivery, and enforceability of such Mortgage and other matters reasonably required by the Administrative Agent, together

 

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with a lender’s title insurance policy issued at commercially reasonable rates by a title insurer reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and in an amount not to exceed the fair market value of such Real Estate as evidence by an acceptable appraisal, insuring that the Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first priority Lien on the respective property, free and clear of all defects, encumbrances and Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances or Liens otherwise permitted by the Administrative Agent in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion) and including all endorsements reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent but only to the extent such endorsements are available at commercially reasonable rates.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.10(b), to the extent reasonably necessary to maintain the continuing priority of the Lien in respect of any existing Mortgages as security for the Secured Obligations in connection with the incurrence of any Incremental Facility, Refinancing Indebtedness or Loan Modification Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, the applicable Loan Party shall within ninety (90) days of such funding or incurrence (or such later date as reasonably agreed by the Administrative Agent) deliver, to the Administrative Agent either:

(A) e-mail confirmation from local counsel in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located substantially to the effect that: (a) the recording of the existing Mortgage is the only filing or recording necessary to give constructive notice to third parties of the Lien created by such mortgage as security for the Secured Obligations, including the Secured Obligations evidenced by any Incremental Facility, Refinancing Indebtedness or Loan Modification Agreement, and (b) no other documents, instruments, filings, recordings, re-recordings, re-filings or other actions are necessary under applicable law in order to maintain the continued enforceability, validity or priority of the Lien created by such Mortgage as security for the Secured Obligations, including the Secured Obligations evidenced by any Incremental Facility, Refinancing Amendment or Loan Modification Agreement; or

(B) (a) an amendment to each existing Mortgage (each, a “Mortgage Amendment”) duly executed and acknowledged by the applicable Loan Party, together with any ancillary documents required by the Administrative Agent or its counsel in order to register such Mortgage Amendment in any land registry office where any existing Mortgage was recorded, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and (b) with respect to each Mortgage Amendment a date-down or modification title insurance endorsement to the policy or policies of title insurance insuring that such Mortgage, as amended by such Mortgage Amendment is a valid and enforceable Lien on such Mortgaged Property in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Encumbrances.

(d) Real Estate in Ireland. In the event that the Company or any other Loan Party acquires any Material Real Property after the Restatement Effective Date in the Republic of Ireland, the Company shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, promptly notify the Administrative Agent and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent:

 

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(i) within ninety (90) days following such request (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree), execute and/or deliver, or cause to be executed and/or delivered, a fully executed Mortgage relating to such Real Estate;

(ii) take whatever action as may be necessary or desirable in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and perfected Liens over such Real Estate including, but not limited to:

(A) the registration of any Mortgage in respect of the relevant Real Estate at:

(1) any relevant property register in the Republic of Ireland, including but not limited to the Irish Land Registry or the Irish Property Registration Authority; and

(2) to the extent the relevant Real Estate is acquired by the Company or by a Loan Party incorporated in the Republic of Ireland, the Irish Companies Registration Office;

(B) payment of any stamp duty, delivery of any land certificates or title deeds related to such Real Estate to the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it);

(iii) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, execute a charge in the form of Irish Land Registry Form 52 over all Real Estate which is, or is intended to be, charged by a Mortgage and which is registered or is in the course of being registered in the Irish Land Registry and will provide all appropriate assistance to the Administrative Agent to have the same duly registered in the Irish Land Registry as a burden on the Real Estate thereby affected; and

(iv) procure the delivery of an opinion of local counsel in the Republic of Ireland which address, among other things, the due authorization, execution and enforceability of the Mortgage(s) and other matters reasonably required by the Administrative Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(e) Real Estate in Jamaica. In the event that the Company or any other Loan Party acquires any Material Real Property after the Restatement Effective Date in Jamaica, the Company shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, promptly notify the Administrative Agent and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Loan Party shall (i) issue by way of security to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, a Mortgage of such mortgaged premises as provided therein, which is to be stamped for the applicable stamp duty, registered and perfected to the satisfaction of local counsel in Jamaica acting on behalf of the Administrative Agent, (ii) take whatever action as may be necessary or desirable in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and perfected Liens over such Material Real Property and (iii) procure the delivery of an opinion of counsel for the owner of the Material Real Property in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. The Loan Parties shall issue any additional collateral security interest requested by the Administrative Agent upon such all subsequently acquired lands constituting Material Real Property and hereditaments in favour of Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, by way of security for the Secured Obligations, such security interest to contain such terms as the local counsel in Jamaica acting on behalf of the Administrative Agent shall require.

 

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(f) Real Estate in the Netherlands. In the event the Company or any other Loan Party acquires any Material Real Property after the Restatement Effective Date in the Netherlands, the Company shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, promptly notify the Administrative Agent and execute and/or deliver, or cause to be executed and/or delivered, to the Administrative Agent, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent: (i) to the extent the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that a valuation is required in order for the Administrative Agent or any Lender to comply with applicable requirements of law, within ninety (90) days following such request (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree), a valuation prepared on the basis of the market value as that term is defined in the then current Statements of Asset Valuation Practice and Guidance Notes issued by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, (ii) within ninety (90) days following such request (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree), a fully executed Mortgage for an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Commitments plus 40 per cent. thereof for interest and costs, together with confirmation from the civil law notary who executed the Mortgage that the Mortgage has been filed with the Dutch Land Registry (kadaster) and an opinion as to Dutch law of counsel for the respective Loan Party owning the Mortgaged Property in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent which address, among other things, the due authorization, execution, and enforceability of the Dutch Mortgages and (iii) evidence that insurances are in place in respect of the Mortgaged Property in the Netherlands that insure such risk as a prudent company or other person in the same business as the relevant Loan Party would insure.

(g) Real Estate in the United Kingdom. Subject to the Agreed Security Principles, in the event the Company or any other Loan Party acquires any Material Real Property after the Restatement Effective Date in the United Kingdom (including Scotland), the Company shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, promptly notify the Administrative Agent and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent:

(i) Within ninety (90) days following such request (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree), execute and/or deliver, or cause to be executed and/or delivered, to the Administrative Agent a fully executed first ranking Mortgage relating to such Material Real Property in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(ii) Take whatever action as may be necessary or desirable in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and perfected Liens over such Real Estate; and

(iii) Procure the delivery of an opinion of counsel for the owner of the Mortgaged Property in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent which addresses in a customary manner, among other things, the due authorization, execution, delivery, and enforceability of the Mortgages and other matters reasonably required by the Administrative Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(h) Real Estate in Other Covered Jurisdictions. Subject to the Agreed Security Principles, in the event the Company or any other Loan Party acquires any Material Real Property after the Restatement Effective Date in any other Covered Jurisdiction (other than the jurisdictions specified in clauses (a) through (g) of this Section 5.10), the Company shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, (i) promptly notify the Administrative Agent and, within ninety (90) days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree), (ii) grant the Administrative agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a Mortgage on such Material Real Property, (iii) take whatever action as may be necessary or desirable in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and perfected Liens over such Material Real Property and (iv) procure the delivery of an opinion of counsel for the owner of the Mortgaged Property in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

(i) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Loan Parties shall not be required to take any actions outside the Covered Jurisdictions to (i) create any security interest in Real Estate titled or located outside the Covered Jurisdictions, or (ii) perfect or make enforceable any such security interests.

SECTION 5.11 Maintenance of Ratings. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain: (a) a public corporate family rating of the Company and a rating of the Facilities, in each case from Moody’s and (b) a public corporate credit rating of the Company and a rating of the Facilities, in each case from S&P (it being understood and agreed that “commercially reasonable efforts” shall in any event include the payment by the Company of reasonable and customary rating agency fees and cooperation with reasonable and customary information and data requests by Moody’s and S&P in connection with their ratings process), it being agreed that there is no obligation to maintain any particular ratings at any time.

SECTION 5.12 Compliance with Swiss Non-Bank Rules.

(a) The Swiss Borrower shall be compliant with the Swiss Non-Bank Rules; provided however that the Swiss Borrower shall not be in breach of this Section 5.12 if such number of creditors with a Revolving Loan or Revolving Commitment extended to a Swiss Borrower (which are not Qualifying Banks) is exceeded solely by reason of a breach by one or more Lenders of a confirmation contained in Section 2.17(i) or a failure by one or more Lenders to comply with their obligations and transfer restrictions in Section 9.04.

(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a) above, the Swiss Borrower shall assume that the aggregate number of Lenders with a Revolving Loan or Revolving Commitment extended to a Swiss Borrower which are not Qualifying Banks is five (5).

SECTION 5.13 DAC6. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, supply to the Administrative Agent, for distribution to each Lender:

(a) promptly upon the making of such analysis or the obtaining of such advice, any analysis made or advice obtained on whether any transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents or any transaction carried out (or to be carried out) in connection with any transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents contains a hallmark as set out in Annex IV of Council Directive 2011/16/EU; and

(b) promptly upon the making of such reporting and to the extent permitted by applicable law and regulation, any reporting made to any governmental or taxation authority by or on behalf of any Group Member or by any adviser to Group Member in relation to the Council Directive of 25 May 2018 (2018/822/EU) amending Directive 2011/16/EU (“DAC6”) or any law or regulation which implements DAC6 and any unique identification number issued by any governmental or taxation authority to which any such report has been made (if available).

 

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SECTION 5.14 Post-Closing Obligations. Notwithstanding the conditions precedent set forth in Article IV above, the Loan Parties have informed the Administrative Agent that certain of such items required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or otherwise satisfied as conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement will not be delivered to Agent as of the Restatement Effective Date. Therefore, with respect to the items set forth on Schedule 5.14 (collectively, the “Outstanding Items”), and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the Loan Parties shall deliver or otherwise satisfy each Outstanding Item to the Administrative Agent in the form, manner and time set forth thereon for such Outstanding Item or within such other time as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree.

ARTICLE VI

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Until all of the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees due and payable hereunder shall have been paid in full (other than Obligations expressly stated to survive such payment and termination) and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated (or shall have been cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Company and each other Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

SECTION 6.01 Indebtedness. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) the Secured Obligations and any other Indebtedness of any Loan Party under the Loan Documents (including Indebtedness in respect of Incremental Facilities) and any Refinancing Indebtedness;

(b) Indebtedness existing on the Restatement Effective Date and, to the extent the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness as of the Restatement Effective Date exceeds $5,000,000, set forth in Schedule 6.01 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Indebtedness incurred in reliance on this Section 6.01(b);

(c) Indebtedness of the Company to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary; provided that Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any Loan Party shall be permitted pursuant to Section 6.04;

(d) Guarantees by the Company of obligations of any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary of obligations of the Company or any other Subsidiary; provided, that (i) to the extent any such obligations are subordinated to the Obligations, any such related Guarantee obligations incurred by a Loan Party shall be subordinated to the guarantee of such Loan Party of the Obligations on terms no less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination provisions of the obligations to which such Guarantee obligation relates and (ii) any Guarantee obligations incurred by any Loan Party of obligations of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 (other than Section 6.04(e)).

 

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(e) (i) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof; provided that (1) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (2) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred in reliance on this clause (e), determined as of the date of such incurrence, together with the aggregate principal amount of all other Indebtedness previously incurred and then outstanding in reliance on this clause (e), shall not exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 30.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period ended most recently at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness incurred in reliance on this Section 6.01(e);

(f) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary as an account party in respect of trade letters of credit;

(g) Incremental Equivalent Debt/Permitted Ratio Debt;

(h) (i) Indebtedness in respect of a Permitted Securitization in an aggregate amount, determined as of the date of such incurrence, together with the aggregate principal amount of all other Indebtedness previously incurred and then outstanding in reliance on this Section 6.01(h), not to exceed the greater of $75,000,000 and 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period ended most recently at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Indebtedness incurred in reliance on this Section 6.01(h);

(i) Indebtedness under the 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(j) unsecured Indebtedness in respect of deferred acquisition purchase price, including earnout obligations, in connection with Permitted Acquisitions;

(k) assumed Indebtedness of a Subsidiary existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition (provided that such Indebtedness was not incurred by such Person in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary) and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(l) Indebtedness arising under any Swap Agreement permitted by Section 6.05;

(m) Indebtedness (other than for borrowed money) that may be deemed to exist pursuant to any guarantees, warranty or contractual service obligations, performance, surety, statutory, appeal, bid, prepayment guarantee, payment (other than payment of Indebtedness) or completion of performance guarantees or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Indebtedness in respect of any bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantees, letters of credit, warehouse receipt or similar facilities entered into in the ordinary course of business in respect of workers’ compensation and other casualty claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance, social security benefits, unemployment or other insurance obligations, reclamation and statutory obligations or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers’ compensation and other casualty claims, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(o) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is covered or extinguished within five Business Days;

(p) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or self-insurance obligations and (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply or similar agreements in each case in the ordinary course of business; provided that such obligations are incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(q) Indebtedness in the form of purchase price adjustments (including in respect of working capital), earnouts, deferred compensation, indemnification or other arrangements representing acquisition consideration or deferred payments of a similar nature incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisitions or other similar Investments permitted under Section 6.04 (other than Investments permitted under Section 6.04(f)) or Dispositions permitted under Section 6.03 (other than Dispositions in connection with a Permitted Securitization);

(r) (i) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in an aggregate principal amount, determined as of the date of such incurrence, together with the aggregate principal amount of all other Indebtedness previously incurred and then outstanding in reliance on this clause (r), not to exceed the greater of $75,000,000 and 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period ended most recently at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Indebtedness incurred in reliance on this Section 6.01(r);

(s) (i) other Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount, determined as of the date of such incurrence, together with the aggregate principal amount of all other Indebtedness previously incurred and then outstanding in reliance on this clause (s), not to exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 30.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period ended most recently at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Indebtedness incurred in reliance on this Section 6.01(s); and

(t) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees or directors of the Company or its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business.

Without limiting Section 1.03(b), for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.01, (A) Indebtedness need not be permitted solely in reliance on one of the above clauses, but may be permitted in reliance in part on any combination thereof and (B) in the event that any Indebtedness satisfies the criteria of more than one of the above clauses, the Company may, in its sole discretion, divide or classify or later divide, classify or reclassify all or a portion of such Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this Section 6.01 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in reliance on one or more of the above clauses and such Indebtedness shall be deemed created, incurred, assumed and permitted to exist in reliance on only one of such clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Loan Documents and any Refinancing Indebtedness shall all times be deemed to be outstanding in reliance only on Section 6.01(a) and Indebtedness incurred in reliance on Section 6.01(b) may not be reclassified.

SECTION 6.02 Liens. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except:

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(b) any Lien on any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary existing on the Restatement Effective Date and, to the extent the such property or asset has a fair market value (as determined by the Company in good faith) as of the Restatement Effective Date in excess of $5,000,000, set forth in Schedule 6.02; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than after acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien) and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the Restatement Effective Date and extensions, renewals or replacements thereof (including Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such obligations) that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof, other than Additional Permitted Amounts;

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

(d) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (e) of Section 6.01, (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets or constitutes Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than after acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien);

(e) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred in reliance on, and subject to the provisions set forth in, Section 6.01(g); provided that any such Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with or junior to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations that is granted in reliance on this clause (t) shall be subject to an Intercreditor Agreement;

(f) Permitted Encumbrances;

(g) Liens on Securitization Assets sold or transferred or purported to be sold or transferred to a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Securitization;

(h) Liens on assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries so long as, at the time of incurrence of any Indebtedness or other obligations secured thereby, the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness and other obligations then outstanding and secured by Liens in reliance on this Section 6.02(h), does not exceed the sum of (i) the greater of $100,000,000 and 30.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period ended most recently at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness or other obligations plus (ii) any Additional Permitted Amount in respect of any applicable Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; and

 

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(i) Liens in favor of any Loan Party so long as, in the case of any Lien granted by a Loan Party, such Liens are junior to the Liens created pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

Without limiting Section 1.03(b), for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.02, (A) Liens need not be permitted solely in reliance on one of the above clauses, but may be permitted in reliance in part on any combination thereof and (B) in the event that any Lien satisfies the criteria of more than one of the above clauses, the Company may, in its sole discretion, divide or classify or later divide, classify or reclassify all or a portion of such Lien in any manner that complies with this Section 6.02 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Lien (or any portion thereof) in reliance on one or more of the above clauses and such Lien shall be deemed created, incurred, assumed and permitted to exist in reliance on only one of such clauses; provided that all Liens securing obligations under the Loan Documents and any Refinancing Indebtedness shall all times be deemed to be outstanding in reliance only on Section 6.01(a).

SECTION 6.03 Fundamental Changes; Dispositions. (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into, amalgamate or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into, amalgamate or consolidate with it, or Dispose of all or substantially all its assets, property or business, or liquidate or dissolve, except that:

(i) any Person (including any Subsidiary) may merge into, amalgamate or consolidate with, or Dispose of all or substantially all its assets, property or business to, the Company in a transaction in which the Company is the surviving corporation;

(ii) any Subsidiary may merge into, amalgamate or consolidate with, or Dispose of all or substantially all its assets, property or business to, any other Subsidiary; provided that if any Loan Party is party to such transaction, either such Loan Party shall be the surviving entity or transferee, or substantially simultaneously with the consummation of such transaction the surviving entity or transferee shall become a Loan Party;

(iii) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve or change its legal form if (A) the Company determines in good faith that such liquidation, dissolution or merger is in the best interests of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (B) any assets, property or business owned or conducted by any Loan Party that are not otherwise Disposed or transferred in accordance with Section 6.03(e), Section 6.04 or Section 6.07, or, in the case of any such business, discontinued, shall be transferred to, or otherwise owned or conducted by any Loan Party or any Person that shall become a Loan Party substantially simultaneously therewith; and

(iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries may consummate a Permitted Corporate Reorganization.

(b) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries on Restatement Effective Date and businesses reasonably related, ancillary or complementary thereto.

(c) The Company will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, change its fiscal year from the basis in effect on the Restatement Effective Date; provided that (i) the Company may change the fiscal year of any acquired Subsidiary to correspond with the basis of the Company’s fiscal year and (ii) the Company may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its fiscal year end to any other fiscal year end reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in which case, the Company and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any changes to this Agreement that are necessary to reflect such change in fiscal year end.

 

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(d) The Company shall not permit any U.S. Loan Party to acquire any Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction thereof) except in a transaction otherwise not prohibited under this Agreement and not undertaken for the purpose of evading the collateral and guarantee requirements hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.

(e) The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, Dispose of any of its assets, property or business (including any Sale and Leaseback Transactions) (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any issuance or sale of any Equity Interests of the Company), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, solely in the case of any Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Subsidiary’s Equity Interests to any Person, except:

(i) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise Dispose of its assets to a Loan Party;

(ii) the Disposition of surplus, outdated, obsolete or worn out property (other than accounts receivable or inventory) in the ordinary course of business;

(iii) Dispositions of inventory, cash and Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;

(iv) Dispositions of used equipment for value in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

(v) Dispositions permitted by Section 6.03(a);

(vi) the sale or issuance of any Subsidiary’s Equity Interests to any Loan Party;

(vii) Dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business and not as part of any accounts receivables financing transaction;

(viii) Dispositions of assets (including as a result of like-kind exchanges) to the extent that (A) such assets are exchanged for credit (on a fair market value basis) against the purchase price of similar or replacement assets or (B) such asset is Disposed of for fair market value and the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of similar or replacement assets;

(ix) Dispositions resulting from any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any asset of any Group Member;

(x) non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses of intellectual property (including licenses of technology) in the ordinary course of business, to the extent that they do not materially interfere with the business of the Company or any Subsidiary;

 

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(xi) the abandonment, cancellation, non-renewal or discontinuance of use or maintenance of non-material intellectual property or rights relating thereto that the Company determines in its reasonable judgment to be desirable to the conduct of its business and not materially disadvantageous to the interests of the Lenders;

(xii) licenses (other than of intellectual property), leases or subleases entered into in the ordinary course of business, to the extent that they do not materially interfere with the business of the Company or any Subsidiary;

(xiii) Dispositions, or the sale or issuance of any Subsidiary’s Equity Interests, to any Group Member; provided that any such Disposition, sale or issuance involving a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall be made in compliance with Sections 6.04 and 6.06;

(xiv) (A) Dispositions of assets to the extent that such Disposition constitutes an Investment referred to in and permitted by Section 6.04 (other than Investments referred to in and permitted by 6.04(f)), (B) Dispositions of assets to the extent that such Disposition constitutes a Restricted Payment referred to in and permitted by Section 6.07, (C) Dispositions set forth on Schedule 6.03(e), (D) Dispositions of assets to the extent that such Disposition constitutes a merger, consolidation or amalgamation permitted by Section 6.04(a) and (E) sale and leaseback transactions permitted under Section 6.10;

(xv) other Dispositions of assets (including Equity Interests); provided that (i) it shall be for fair market value (reasonably determined by the Company, on the date the legally binding commitment for sale or disposition was entered into, in good faith), provided further that, if the fair market value in respect of any such Disposition exceeds the greater of $50,000,000 and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period at the time of such Disposition, at least 75% of the total consideration (determined on the date the legally binding commitment for sale or disposition was entered into) received by the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be in the form of cash or Permitted Investments, (ii) no Event of Default then exists or would result from such Disposition and (iii) the requirements of Section 2.11(b), to the extent applicable, are complied with in connection therewith; provided, however, that for purposes of clause (i) above, the following shall be deemed to be cash: (A) any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Company or such Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Secured Obligations) that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which the Company and its Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing, (B) any securities received by the Company or such Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Subsidiary into cash or Permitted Investments (to the extent of the cash or Permitted Investments received in the conversion) within 181 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition and (C) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in such Disposition having a fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this Section 6.03(e)(xv) that is at the time of such Disposition outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period at the time of such Disposition (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

 

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(xvi) Dispositions of Securitization Assets to one or more Securitization Subsidiaries in connection with a Permitted Securitization;

(xvii) Dispositions of assets with a fair market value not exceeding in any fiscal year of the Company the greater of $50,000,000 and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended at the time of such Disposition; and

(xviii) a disposal of assets in connection with the funding of special purpose vehicles or trusts assuming the obligation to fulfil pension obligations, deferred pension obligations or obligations in respect of work time accounts or part-time retirement or similar schemes of the Company or its Subsidiaries (commonly referred to as “contractual trust arrangements” or “CTA”).

SECTION 6.04 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger, amalgamation or consolidation with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation) any capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any Person or any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit (collectively, an “Investment”), except:

(a) Permitted Investments;

(b) Permitted Acquisitions;

(c) Investments by the Company and its Subsidiaries existing on the Restatement Effective Date in the capital stock of its Subsidiaries;

(d) Investments made by the Company in or to any Subsidiary and made by any Subsidiary in or to the Company or any other Subsidiary (provided that the amount of any Investment made by Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (or Subsidiaries that do not become Loan Parties within forty-five (45) days (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent) after the consummation of such Investment) in reliance on this Section 6.04(d), determined as of the date such Investment is made, together with the aggregate amount of all other Investments made by Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (or Subsidiaries that do not become Loan Parties within forty-five (45) days (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent) after the consummation of such Investment) previously made and then outstanding in reliance on this Section 6.04(d), shall not exceed the greater of $200,000,000 and 50.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period ended most recently at the time of the making of such Investment (which amount shall be determined net of any return on capital, repayment of indebtedness, and any Investments by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties to a Loan Party) (the limitation set forth in this proviso being referred to as the “Specified Intercompany Investment Limitation”); provided further that (i) intercompany transfers of intangible assets that are solely effected by bookkeeping entries and that do not otherwise represent an exchange or transfer of assets are not deemed to be Investments and are not subject to the Specified Intercompany Investment Limitation hereunder, (ii) Investments made by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall not be subject to the Specified Intercompany Investment Limitation hereunder so long as such Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party transfers such Investments, substantially concurrently with the receipt thereof, to a Loan Party, (iii) any Investments that are made to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and that have reduced the availability under the Specified Intercompany Investment Limitation shall no longer reduce such availability from and after the date that such Subsidiary becomes a Loan Party);

 

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(e) Guarantees permitted by Section 6.01(d);

(f) any Permitted Corporate Reorganization;

(g) Investments in joint ventures or other minority interests in a business or line of business permitted with respect to the Loan Parties and the Subsidiaries under this Agreement; provided that the amount of any such Investment in reliance on this clause (g), determined as of the date such Investment is made, together with the aggregate amount of all other Investments previously made and then outstanding in reliance on this clause (g), shall not exceed the greater of $125,000,000 and 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period ended most recently at the time of the making of such Investment; provided that any Investment made in reliance on this clause (g) in respect of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary shall, to the extent permitted in accordance with the terms thereof, automatically be deemed made in reliance on, at the option of the Borrower, Section 6.04(b) or 6.04(d) and shall not be deemed made in reliance on this clause (g);

(h) any Section 403-Declaration in relation to a Subsidiary or any residual liability under such declaration arising pursuant to Section 2:404(2) of the Dutch Civil Code;

(i) any joint and several liability and any netting or set-off arrangement arising in each case as a result of a fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch corporate income tax or Dutch value added tax purposes;

(j) the Company’s entry into (including payments of premiums in connection therewith), and the performance of obligations under, Swap Agreements permitted under Section 6.05, in each case, in accordance with their terms;

(k) Investments existing on the Restatement Effective Date and, to the extent any such Investment exceeds $5,000,000 as of the Restatement Effective Date, identified on Schedule 6.04;

(l) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

(m) loans or advances to employees, officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices in an aggregate amount not in excess of $25,000,000, outstanding at any one time with respect to all loans or advances under this clause (m) (without giving effect to the forgiveness of any such loan);

(n) promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received in connection with a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 6.03(e);

(o) any Investment (i) in a Securitization Subsidiary made in connection with a Permitted Securitization; provided that the amount of any Investment by the Company or any Subsidiary in reliance on this clause (i), determined as of the date such Investment is made, together with the aggregate amount of Investments previously made and then outstanding in reliance on this clause (i), shall not exceed the greater of $75,000,000 and 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the

 

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Test Period ended most recently at the time of the making of such Investment and (ii) consisting of the Seller’s Retained Interests in a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Permitted Securitization;

(p) Investments acquired as a result of the purchase or other acquisition by any Group Member in connection with a Permitted Acquisition; provided, that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition and were in existence at the time of such Permitted Acquisition;

(q) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Restatement Effective Date or of an entity merged, consolidated, amalgamated or Divided with or into the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case in accordance with Section 6.03 after the Restatement Effective Date, to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or Division and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or Division;

(r) other Investments, if, at the time of such Investment, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended Test Period, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the date of such Investment, is not in excess of 3.50 to 1.00 so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing prior to making such Investment pursuant to this clause (r) or would arise after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto;

(s) Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount at such time; provided that at the time of the making of any such Investment in reliance on clause (a)(ii) of the definition of Available Amount, (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) at the time of the making of any such Investment and immediately after giving effect to such Investment, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended Test Period, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the date of such Investment, is not in excess of 3.75 to 1.00;

(t) any other Investment so long as the amount of such Investment in reliance on this clause (t), determined as of the date such Investment is made, together with the aggregate amount of all other Investments previously made and then outstanding in reliance on this clause (t), does not exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 30.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period ended most recently at the time of the making of such Investment;

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

(v) Investments in assets useful in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than current assets, with the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount;

(w) Investments received in connection with the insolvency or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(x) Guarantees by the Company or any Subsidiary of leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(y) Investments made to effect the pledges and deposits described in, and permitted under, clause (c) or (d) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances”;

 

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(z) Investments by the Company or any Subsidiary that result solely from the receipt by the Borrower or such Subsidiary from any of its Subsidiaries of a dividend or other Restricted Payment in the form of Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities (but not any additions thereto made after the date of the receipt thereof); and

(aa) mergers, consolidations, amalgamations or Divisions permitted under Section 6.03(a) that do not involve any Person other than the Company and Subsidiaries that are wholly owned Subsidiaries (other than directors’ qualifying shares).

Without limiting Section 1.03(b), for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.04, (A) Investments need not be permitted solely in reliance on one of the above clauses, but may be permitted in reliance in part on any combination thereof and (B) in the event that any Investment satisfies the criteria of more than one of the above clauses, the Company may, in its sole discretion, divide or classify or later divide, classify or reclassify all or a portion of such Investment in any manner that complies with this Section 6.04 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Investment (or any portion thereof) in reliance on one or more of the above clauses and such Investment shall be deemed purchased, held or acquired in reliance on only one of such clauses.

SECTION 6.05 Swap Agreements. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Company or any Subsidiary has actual, or reasonably forecasted actual, exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than as permitted pursuant to Section 6.05(c) below), (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to 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 the Company or any Subsidiary, and (c) Swap Agreements entered into to acquire Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, provided however, that (i) the Company is in compliance with the limitations of Section 6.07 as to the purchase price of such Swap Agreement at the time it is entered into and (ii) the Company is in compliance with the limitations of Section 6.07 as to the exercise price thereunder at the time of exercise of such Swap Agreement.

SECTION 6.06 Transactions with Affiliates. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) in the ordinary course of business at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate, (c) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.07, (d) the payment of customary directors’ fees and indemnification and reimbursement of expenses to directors, officers or employees, (e) any issuance of securities or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment agreements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Company’s board of directors, (f) any Permitted Corporate Reorganization, (g) Investments permitted pursuant to Section 6.04(m), (h) transactions disclosed in the Company’s filings with the SEC prior to the Restatement Effective Date and (i) the existence or formation of a fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch corporate income tax or Dutch value added tax purposes.

SECTION 6.07 Restricted Payments. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:

 

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(a) the Company may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in Qualified Equity Interests,

(b) Subsidiaries may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their Equity Interests,

(c) the Company may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries,

(d) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company and its Subsidiaries may purchase their common stock or common stock options and other equity awards with respect to common stock from present or former officers, directors or employees of any Group Member upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such officer, director or employee or alteration of employment status or pursuant to the terms of any agreement or plan under which such common stock or equity awards were issued, provided, that the aggregate amount of payments under this clause (d) after the Restatement Effective Date (net of any proceeds received by the Company or any such Subsidiary after the Restatement Effective Date in connection with resales of any common stock or common stock options so purchased) shall not exceed $20,000,000 per year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over for one fiscal year (on a non-cumulative basis)),

(e) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares representing insignificant interests in the Company or any such Subsidiary in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interest in the Company or such Subsidiary,

(f) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 30.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period ended most recently at the time of the making of such Restricted Payment (the “Restricted Amount”),

(g) the Company may on any date make Restricted Payments in an amount equal to the Available Amount on such date; provided that at the time of the making of any such Restricted Payments in reliance on clause (a)(ii) of the definition of Available Amount and immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payments, (i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the Test Period, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, is not in excess of 3.50 to 1.00, and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing prior to such Restricted Payment pursuant to this clause (g) or would arise after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto,

(h) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make any other Restricted Payment pursuant to this clause (h) so long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing prior to making such Restricted Payment pursuant to this clause (h) or would arise after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto and (ii) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 3.25 to 1.00 after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) to any such Restricted Payment made pursuant to this clause (h),

(i) [reserved],

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(k) the payment of any dividend or other distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the declaration of the dividend or other distribution or the giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend or other distribution or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement.

Without limiting Section 1.03(b), for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.07, (A) Restricted Payments need not be permitted solely in reliance on one of the above clauses, but may be permitted in reliance in part on any combination thereof and (B) in the event that any Restricted Payment satisfies the criteria of more than one of the above clauses, the Company may, in its sole discretion, divide or classify or later divide, classify or reclassify all or a portion of such Restricted Payment in any manner that complies with this Section 6.07 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Restricted Payment (or any portion thereof) in reliance on one or more of the above clauses and such Restricted Payment shall be made in reliance on only one of such clauses.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, (i) the conversion by holders of (including any cash payment upon conversion), or required payment of any principal or premium on, or required payment of any interest with respect to, any Permitted Convertible Notes, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the indenture governing such Permitted Convertible Notes, shall not constitute a Restricted Payment; provided that, to the extent both (a) the aggregate amount of cash payable upon conversion or payment of any Permitted Convertible Note (excluding any required payment of interest with respect to such Permitted Convertible Note and excluding any payment of cash in lieu of a fractional share due upon conversion thereof) exceeds the aggregate principal amount thereof and (b) such conversion or payment does not trigger or correspond to an exercise or early unwind or settlement of a corresponding portion of the Bond Hedge Transactions constituting Permitted Call Spread Swap Agreements relating to such Permitted Convertible Note (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the case where there is no Bond Hedge Transaction constituting a Permitted Call Spread Swap Agreement relating to such Permitted Convertible Note), the payment of such excess cash shall constitute a Restricted Payment notwithstanding this clause (i); and (ii) any required payment with respect to, or required early unwind or settlement of, any Permitted Call Spread Swap Agreement, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the agreement governing such Permitted Call Spread Swap Agreement shall not constitute a Restricted Payment; provided that, to the extent cash is required to be paid under a Warrant Transaction as a result of the election of “cash settlement” (or substantially equivalent term) as the “settlement method” (or substantially equivalent term) thereunder by the Company (or its Affiliate) (including in connection with the exercise and/or early unwind or settlement thereof), the payment of such cash shall constitute a Restricted Payment notwithstanding this clause (ii).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may repurchase, exchange or induce the conversion of Permitted Convertible Notes by delivery of shares of the Company’s common stock and/or a different series of Permitted Convertible Notes (which series (x) matures after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled payments of principal prior to, the analogous date under the indenture governing the Permitted Convertible Notes that are so repurchased, exchanged or converted and (y) has terms, conditions and covenants that are no less favorable to the Company than the Permitted Convertible Notes that are so repurchased, exchanged or converted (as determined by the board of directors of the Company, or a committee thereof, in good faith)) (any such series of Permitted Convertible Notes, “Refinancing Convertible Notes”) and/or by payment of cash (in an amount that does not exceed the proceeds received by the Company from the substantially concurrent issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock and/or Refinancing Convertible Notes plus the net cash proceeds, if any, received by the Company pursuant to the related exercise or early unwind or termination of the related Permitted Call Spread Swap Agreements pursuant to the immediately following proviso); provided that, substantially concurrently with, or a commercially reasonable period of time before or after, the related settlement date

 

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for the Permitted Convertible Notes that are so repurchased, exchanged or converted, the Company shall (and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be permitted under this Section 6.07 to) exercise or unwind or terminate early (whether in cash, shares or any combination thereof) the portion of the Permitted Call Spread Swap Agreements, if any, corresponding to such Permitted Convertible Notes that are so repurchased, exchanged or converted.

SECTION 6.08 Restrictive Agreements. (a)The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) (A) this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the indenture governing the 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes, (B) any agreement governing any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01 so long as such prohibition or limitation is customary in agreements governing Indebtedness of such type and such agreement is not more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the Loan Documents, taken as a whole, and (C) any agreement governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Loans, the 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01, in each case, with respect to this clause (C), so long as any such agreement is not more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the Loan Documents, the indenture governing the 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes or the documents governing the Indebtedness being refinanced, as applicable, taken as a whole, (ii) 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), (iii) any agreement in effect at the time any Person becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such prohibition or limitation applies only to such Subsidiary (and, if applicable, its Subsidiaries) and such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified extended renewed or replaced, so long as such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification, extension, renewal or replacement does not expand in any material respect the scope of any restriction contemplated by this Section 6.08(a) contained therein, (iv) customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting, sublicensing, pledging or other transfers contained in leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses, so long as such restrictions are limited to the property or assets subject to such leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses, as the case may be, (v) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary or any assets pending such sale, provided that such restrictions or conditions apply only to the Subsidiary or assets that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder and (vi) customary restrictions in the definitive documentation governing any Permitted Securitization, so long as such restrictions relate only to the accounts receivable subject to such arrangement and/or to distributions from any Securitization Subsidiary conducting such arrangement.

(b) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to holders of its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to the Company or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Company or any other Subsidiary; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) any encumbrances or restrictions existing under (A) this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the indentures governing the 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes, (B) any agreement governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01 so long as such encumbrance or restriction is customary in agreements governing Indebtedness of such type and is no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the Loan Documents, taken as a whole, or (C) any agreement governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Loans, the 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes or any other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01, in each case with respect to this clause (C), so long as any such agreement is not more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the Loan Documents, the indentures governing the 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes or the documents governing the Indebtedness being refinanced, as applicable,

 

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taken as a whole, (ii) any encumbrances or restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with the Disposition of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests or assets of such Subsidiary, (iii) any encumbrance or restriction applicable to a Subsidiary (and, if applicable, its Subsidiaries) under any agreement of such Subsidiary in effect at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified extended renewed or replaced, so long as such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification, extension, renewal or replacement does not expand in any material respect the scope of any restriction contemplated by this Section 6.08(b) contained therein, (iv) customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting, sublicensing, pledging or other transfers contained in leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses, so long as such restrictions are limited to the property or assets subject to such leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses, as the case may be, (v) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary or any assets pending such sale, provided that such restrictions or conditions apply only to the Subsidiary or assets that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder and (vi) customary provisions in the definitive documentation governing any Permitted Securitization, so long as such restrictions relate only to the accounts receivable subject to such arrangement and/or to distributions from any Securitization Subsidiary conducting such arrangement.

SECTION 6.09 Junior Indebtedness and Amendments to Junior Indebtedness Documents. (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, voluntarily prepay, defease or in substance defease, purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire in cash (including by any sinking fund or similar deposit), any Junior Indebtedness or any Indebtedness for borrowed money from time to time outstanding under the Junior Indebtedness Documents (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments) (any of the foregoing, a “Restricted Debt Payment”), other than:

(i) regularly scheduled payments of principal, interest and fees (including any penalty interest, if applicable) and payments of fees, expenses and obligations as and when due (other than payments with respect to Junior Indebtedness that are prohibited by the intercreditor or subordination provisions thereof);

(ii) prepayments, defeasements, purchases, redemptions, retirements or acquisitions of any Junior Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Restricted Amount;

(iii) Restricted Debt Payments in an unlimited additional amount so long as, (A) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing prior thereto or would arise after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto and (B) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 3.50 to 1.00 after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto;

(iv) prepayments of intercompany Junior Indebtedness permitted hereunder owed by the Company or any Subsidiary to the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that no prepayment of any Junior Indebtedness owed by any Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be permitted so long as an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

 

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(v) Restricted Debt Payments in an amount equal to the Available Amount on such date; provided that at the time of the making of such Restricted Debt Payment in reliance on clause (a)(ii) of the definition of Available Amount and immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Debt Payment, (A) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the Test Period, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, is not in excess of 3.75 to 1.00 and (B) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and at the time of the making of any such Restricted Debt Payment;

(vi) refinancings of Junior Indebtedness with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted in respect thereof under Section 6.01;

(vii) Restricted Debt Payments of or in respect of Junior Indebtedness made solely with the proceeds from the issuance of Qualified Equity Interests or the conversion of any Junior Indebtedness into Qualified Equity Interests (provided such proceeds are excluded from the calculation of Available Amount); and

(viii) any Restricted Debt Payment in respect of the 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes.

(b) The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of any Junior Indebtedness or Junior Indebtedness Documents (other than any such amendment, modification, waiver or other change that would not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Lenders so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom).

Without limiting Section 1.03(b), for purposes of determining compliance with Section 6.09(a), (A) Restricted Debt Payments need not be permitted solely in reliance on one of the clauses of Section 6.09(a), but may be permitted in reliance in part on any combination thereof and (B) in the event that any Restricted Debt Payment satisfies the criteria of more than one of the clauses of Section 6.09(a), the Company may, in its sole discretion, divide or classify or later divide, classify or reclassify all or a portion of such Restricted Debt Payment in any manner that complies with Section 6.09(a) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Restricted Debt Payment (or any portion thereof) in reliance on one or more of the clauses of Section 6.09(a) and such Restricted Debt Payment shall be made in reliance on only one of such clauses.

If any Permitted Convertible Notes constitute Junior Indebtedness, this Section 6.09 will not apply to the conversion of such Permitted Convertible Notes or the election or deemed election of a settlement method by the Company with respect thereto, any transaction effected in accordance with the third paragraph of Section 6.07 or any amendment, modification or supplement to such Permitted Convertible Notes that is expressly required to be made under the terms thereof.

SECTION 6.10 Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, other than Sale and Leaseback Transactions in respect of which the Net Cash Proceeds received in connection therewith in any fiscal year of the Company does not exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 6% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended at the time of such transaction.

SECTION 6.11 Financial Covenant. Solely with respect to the Revolving Facility, the Company will not permit the First Lien Leverage Ratio, determined as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2021) on which any Revolving Loans are outstanding, to be greater than 3.25 to 1.00. The provisions of Section 6.11 are solely for the benefit of Revolving Lenders and, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9.02, or any other Section herein, the Required Revolving Lenders may (i) amend or otherwise modify Section 6.11 or, solely for purposes of Section 6.11, the defined terms used, directly or indirectly, therein, or (ii) waive any noncompliance with Section 6.11 or any Event of Default resulting from any such noncompliance, in each case without the consent of any other Lender.

 

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SECTION 6.12 Material Intellectual Property. No intellectual property that is material to the business of the Company and the other Loan Parties, taken as a whole, shall be assigned, transferred, or exclusively licensed or exclusively sublicensed to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party.

ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 7.01 Events of Default. If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:

(a) any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;

(b) any Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in Section 7.01(a)) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days;

(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Company, any other Borrower or any Subsidiary, as applicable, in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;

(d) the Company or any other Borrower, as applicable, shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02(a), 5.03 (with respect to Company or any Borrower’s existence only), 5.08 or 5.09, in Article VI (other than Section 6.11) or in Article X or Section 6.11; provided that, any failure to comply with Section 6.11 shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to any Term Loans unless and until the Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Lenders shall have terminated the Revolving Commitments or exercised remedies with respect to outstanding Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 7.02(a) or Section 7.02(b);

(e) the Company, any other Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in Section 7.01(a), (b) or (d)) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to the Company;

 

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(f) the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable (after the expiration of any applicable grace or cure periods provided for in the applicable agreement or instrument under which such Indebtedness was created);

(g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, (ii) any redemption, exchange, repurchase, conversion or settlement with respect to any Permitted Convertible Notes, or satisfaction of any condition giving rise to or permitting the foregoing, pursuant to their terms unless such redemption, repurchase, conversion or settlement results from a default thereunder or an event of the type that constitutes an Event of Default or (iii) any early payment requirement or unwinding or termination with respect to any Permitted Call Spread Swap Agreement, or satisfaction of any condition giving rise to or permitting the foregoing, in accordance with the terms thereof where neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates is the “defaulting party” (or substantially equivalent term) under the terms of such Permitted Call Spread Swap Agreement;

(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, examinership, reorganization, administration or other relief in respect of the Company, any other Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, including the Dutch Bankruptcy Code (Faillissementswet) or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, administrator, sequestrator, conservator, herstructureringsdeskundige, observatory or similar official for the Company, any other Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in the case of a proceeding commenced or a petition made outside the Netherlands, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty (60) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; provided that in the case of a proceeding commenced or a petition made in the Netherlands, no grace period is applicable, other than in the case of any frivolous or vexatious petitions for which a grace period of fifteen (15) days applies;

(i) the Company, any other Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, examinership, reorganization, administration or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, including the Dutch Bankruptcy Code, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in Section 7.01(h), (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, administrator, sequestrator, conservator, herstructureringsdeskundige, observatory or similar official for the Company, any other Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing or (vii) shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

 

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(j) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount (not paid or covered by insurance to the extent the insurer has not disputed coverage) in excess of $50,000,000 shall be rendered against the Company, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

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

(l) a Change in Control shall occur;

(m) the Guaranty or any Collateral Document for any reason ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (or the Company or any Subsidiary shall challenge the enforceability of the Guaranty or any Collateral Document or shall assert in writing, or engage in any action or inaction based on any such assertion, that any provision of the Guaranty or any Collateral Document has ceased to be or otherwise is not valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms); or

(n) any Collateral Document shall for any reason fail to create a valid and perfected first priority security interest in a material portion of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, except as permitted by the terms of any Loan Document.

SECTION 7.02 Remedies Upon an Event of Default. If an Event of Default occurs (other than an event with respect to any Borrower described in Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i)), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may with the consent of the Required Lenders, and shall at the request of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Company, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times:

(a) terminate the Commitments (and the Letter of Credit Commitments), and thereupon the Commitments (and the Letter of Credit Commitments) shall terminate immediately;

(b) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Secured Obligations accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties;

(c) require that the Company provide cash collateral as required in Section 2.06(j); and

(d) exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank all rights and remedies available to it, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank under the Loan Documents and applicable law;

provided, however, that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default attributable to a failure to comply with Section 6.11, (x) actions pursuant to Section 7.02(a) or Section 7.02(b) may be taken by the Required Revolving Lenders with respect to the Revolving Loans only (without the requirement for Required Lender action) or by the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Revolving Lenders, and (y) only if action has been taken in respect of such Event of Default under Section 7.02(a) or Section 7.02(b) (with respect to the Revolving Loans) by the Required Revolving Lenders or by the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Revolving Lenders, then such Event of Default will be deemed to be an Event of Default with respect to all Lenders hereunder and the remedies set forth above may be exercised in respect of all Loans.

 

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If an Event of Default described in Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) occurs with respect to any Borrower, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding and cash collateral for the LC Exposure, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Secured Obligations accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Company to cash collateralize the LC Exposure as provided in clause (c) above shall automatically become effective, in each case, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers.

In addition to any other rights and remedies granted to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any Loan Party or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived by the Company on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, or consent to the use by any Loan Party of any cash collateral arising in respect of the Collateral on such terms as the Administrative Agent deems reasonable, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign give an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of and deliver, or acquire by credit bid on behalf of the Secured Parties, 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 Administrative Agent or any 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, all without assumption of any credit risk. The Administrative Agent or any 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 Loan Party, which right or equity is hereby waived and released by the Company on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries. The Company further agrees on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, at the Administrative Agent’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Administrative Agent at places which the Administrative Agent shall reasonably select, whether at the premises of the Company, another Loan Party or elsewhere. The Administrative Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Article VII, 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 other way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Secured Obligations, in such order as the Administrative Agent may elect, and only after such application and after the payment by the Administrative Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, including Section 9-615(a)(3) of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, need the Administrative Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Loan Party. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries waives all Liabilities it may acquire against the Administrative Agent or any Lender arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder. 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.

 

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SECTION 7.03 Application of Payments. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and notice thereof to the Administrative Agent by the Company or the Required Lenders (provided, that such notice shall not be required in the case of any Event of Default pursuant to Sections 7.01(h) or (i)):

(a) all payments received on account of the Secured Obligations shall, subject to Section 2.24, be applied by the Administrative Agent as follows:

(i) first, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts payable to the Administrative Agent (including fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Administrative Agent payable under Section 9.03 and amounts pursuant to Section 2.12(c) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such);

(ii) second, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, expenses, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, reimbursement obligations in respect of LC Disbursements, interest and Letter of Credit fees) payable to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the other Secured Parties (including fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank payable under Section 9.03) arising under the Loan Documents, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (ii) payable to them;

(iii) third, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit fees and charges and interest on the Loans and unreimbursed LC Disbursements, ratably among the Lenders and the Issuing Bank in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (iii) payable to them;

(iv) fourth, (A) to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and unreimbursed LC Disbursements, (B) to cash collateralize that portion of LC Exposure comprising the undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise cash collateralized by the Company pursuant to Section 2.06 or 2.24; provided that (x) any such amounts applied pursuant to subclause (B) above shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank to cash collateralize Secured Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit, (y) subject to Section 2.06 or 2.24, amounts used to cash collateralize the aggregate amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to this clause (iv) shall be used to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur and (z) upon the expiration of any Letter of Credit (without any pending drawings), the pro rata share of cash collateral shall be distributed to the other Secured Obligations, if any, in the order set forth in this Section 7.03 and (C) to any other amounts owing with respect to Banking Services Obligations and Swap Obligations, in each case, ratably among the Lenders and the Issuing Bank and any other applicable Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (iv) payable to them;

(v) fifth, to the payment in full of all other Secured Obligations, in each case ratably among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the other Secured Parties based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Secured Obligations owing to them in accordance with the respective amounts thereof then due and payable; and

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(b) if any amount remains on deposit as cash collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired (without any pending drawings), such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Secured Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.

(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VII to the contrary, no payments shall be made in respect of any Loans made to, or any other Secured Obligation incurred solely by or on behalf of, any U.S. Loan Party to the extent such payment would cause a Deemed Dividend Problem. For the avoidance of doubt, the U.S. Loan Parties have no Foreign Subsidiaries as of the Restatement Effective Date (other than 99designs Pty Limited and 99designs GmbH) and therefore the foregoing sentence shall have impact only if and to the extent of payments made by 99designs Pty Limited, 99designs GmbH or other future acquired Foreign Subsidiaries of any U.S. Loan Party (so long as such acquisition is permitted pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including under Section 6.03(d)).

ARTICLE VIII

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

SECTION 8.01 Authorization and Action.

(a) Each Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors and assigns to serve as the administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and each Lender and each Issuing Bank authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent under such agreements and to exercise such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Further, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably empower and authorize JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) to execute and deliver the Collateral Documents and all related documents or instruments as shall be necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of the Collateral Documents. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than within the United States, each Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute and enforce any Collateral Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s behalf. Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, each of the Loan Documents to which the Administrative Agent is a party, and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies that the Administrative Agent may have under such Loan Documents.

(b) As to any matters not expressly provided for herein and in the other Loan Documents (including enforcement or collection), the Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the written instructions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, pursuant to the terms in the Loan Documents), and, unless and until revoked in writing, such instructions shall be binding upon each Lender and each Issuing Bank; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that (i) the Administrative Agent in good faith believes exposes it to liability unless the Administrative Agent receives an indemnification and is exculpated in a manner satisfactory to it from the Lenders and the Issuing Banks with respect to such action or (ii) is contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law, including any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any

 

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requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors; provided, further, that the Administrative Agent may seek clarification or direction from the Required Lenders prior to the exercise of any such instructed action and may refrain from acting until such clarification or direction has been provided. Except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Administrative Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(c) In performing its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks (except in limited circumstances expressly provided for herein relating to the maintenance of the Register), and its duties are entirely mechanical and administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(i) the Administrative Agent does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation or duty or any other relationship as the agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other Secured Party other than as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any similar term) herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties); additionally, each Lender agrees that it will not assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereby;

(ii) where the Administrative Agent is required or deemed to act as a trustee in respect of any Collateral over which a security interest has been created pursuant to a Loan Document expressed to be governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, or is required or deemed to hold any Collateral “on trust” pursuant to the foregoing, the obligations and liabilities of the Administrative Agent to the Secured Parties in its capacity as trustee shall be excluded to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law; and

(iii) nothing in this Agreement or any Loan Document shall require the Administrative Agent to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by the Administrative Agent for its own account.

(d) The Administrative Agent may perform any of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of their respective duties and exercise their respective rights and powers through their

 

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respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities pursuant to this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agent except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agent.

(e) None of any Co-Syndication Agent, any Co-Documentation Agent or any Arranger shall have obligations or duties whatsoever in such capacity under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and shall incur no liability hereunder or thereunder in such capacity, but all such persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder.

(f) In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement 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 any Loan Party) 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 Loans, LC Disbursements and all other Secured 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, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent (including any claim under Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.15, 2.17 and 9.03) 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, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each other Secured Party 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, the Issuing Banks or the other Secured Parties, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section 9.03). Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or any Issuing Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Secured Obligations or the rights of any Lender or any Issuing Bank or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or any Issuing Bank in any such proceeding.

(g) The provisions of this Article VIII are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and, except solely to the extent of the Company’s rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article VIII, none of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of their respective Affiliates, shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary under any such provisions. Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the Guarantees of the Secured Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the provisions of this Article VIII.

 

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SECTION 8.02 Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Limitation of Liability, Etc.

(a) Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be (i) liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by such party, the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (x) with the consent of or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or (y) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agent’s reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf, or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page) or for any failure of any Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any (i) notice of any of the events or circumstances set forth or described in Section 5.02 unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice under Section 5.02” in respect of this Agreement and identifying the specific clause under said Section) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Company or (ii) notice of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of Default” or a “notice of an Event of Default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Company, a Lender or an Issuing Bank. Further, the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items (which on their face purport to be such items) expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or (vi) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for, or be responsible for any Liabilities, costs or expenses suffered by the Company, any Subsidiary, any Lender or any Issuing Bank as a result of, any determination of the Revolving Credit Exposure, any of the component amounts thereof or any portion thereof attributable to each Lender or each Issuing Bank or any Dollar Amount thereof.

(c) Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent (i) may treat the payee of any promissory note as its holder until such promissory note has been assigned in accordance with Section 9.04, (ii) may rely on the Register to the extent set forth in Section 9.04(b), (iii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel to the Company), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts, (iv) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender or any Issuing Bank and shall not be responsible to any Lender or any Issuing Bank for any statements, warranties or representations made by or on

 

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behalf of any Loan Party in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (v) in determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank sufficiently in advance of the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit and (vi) shall be entitled to rely on, and shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon, any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which writing may be a fax, any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) or any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper party or parties (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the maker thereof).

(d) The Administrative Agent and each Arranger, the Syndication Agent and Co-Documentation Agent hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments, this Agreement and any other Loan Documents, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, commitment fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent fees or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

SECTION 8.03 Posting of Communications.

(a) The Borrowers agree that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communications available to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks by posting the Communications on IntraLinks™, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any other electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Electronic Platform”).

(b) Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Restatement Effective Date, a user ID/password authorization system) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Banks and the Borrowers acknowledges and agrees that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure, that the Administrative Agent is not responsible for approving or vetting the representatives or contacts of any Lender that are added to the Approved Electronic Platform, and that there may be confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. Each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Banks and the Borrowers hereby approves distribution of the Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.

 

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(c) THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE APPLICABLE PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE APPLICABLE PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY ARRANGER, ANY CO-SYNDICATION AGENT, ANY CO-DOCUMENTATION AGENT OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, “APPLICABLE PARTIES”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER, ANY ISSUING BANK OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN PARTY’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.

(d) Each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that Communications have been posted to the Approved Electronic Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees (i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (which could be in the form of electronic communication) from time to time of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s (as applicable) email address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such email address.

(e) Each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Banks and the Company agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally applicable document retention procedures and policies.

(f) Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.

SECTION 8.04 The Administrative Agent Individually. With respect to its Commitments, Loans (including Swingline Loans) and Letters of Credit, the Person serving as the Administrative Agent shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and is subject to the same obligations and liabilities as and to the extent set forth herein for any other Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be. The terms “Issuing Bank”, “Lenders”, “Required Lenders”, “Required Revolving Lenders” and any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or as one of the Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with, the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing as if such Person was not acting as the Administrative Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks.

 

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SECTION 8.05 Successor Administrative Agent.

(a) The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company, whether or not a successor Administrative Agent has been appointed. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York or an Affiliate of any such bank. In either case, such appointment shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Company (which approval may not be unreasonably withheld and shall not be required while a Specified Event of Default with respect to any Borrower has occurred and is continuing). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall succeed to, and become vested with, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent. Upon the acceptance of appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Prior to any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to assign to the successor Administrative Agent its rights as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; provided that, solely for purposes of maintaining any security interest granted to the Administrative Agent under any Collateral Document for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to be vested with such security interest as collateral agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and continue to be entitled to the rights set forth in such Collateral Document and Loan Document, and, in the case of any Collateral in the possession of the Administrative Agent, shall continue to hold such Collateral, in each case until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed and accepts such appointment in accordance with this Section (it being understood and agreed that the retiring Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any further action under any Collateral Document, including any action required to maintain the perfection of any such security interest) and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall directly be given or made to each Lender and each Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (i) above.

 

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SECTION 8.06 Acknowledgements of Lenders and Issuing Banks.

(a) Each Lender and each Issuing Bank represents and warrants that (i) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility, (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans and in providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, in each case in the ordinary course of business, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument (and each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing), (iii) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, the Syndication Agent, any Co-Documentation Agent or any other Lender or other Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder and (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire and/or hold such commercial loans or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans or providing such other facilities. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, the Syndication Agent, any Co-Documentation Agent or any other Lender or any other Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Company and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

(b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to the Amendment and Restatement Agreement on the Restatement Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Restatement Effective Date.

(c)

(i) Each Lender hereby agrees that (x) if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Lender from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and collectively, a “Payment”) were erroneously transmitted to such Lender (whether or not known to such Lender), and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof), such Lender shall promptly, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such

 

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Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect, and (y) to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Lender shall not assert, and hereby waives, as to the Administrative Agent, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Payments received, including without limitation any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender under this Section 8.06(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(ii) Each Lender hereby further agrees that if it receives a Payment from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such Payment (a “Payment Notice”) or (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a Payment Notice, it shall be on notice, in each such case, that an error has been made with respect to such Payment. Each Lender agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise becomes aware a Payment (or portion thereof) may have been sent in error, such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.

(iii) The Company and each other Loan Party hereby agrees that (x) in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) are not recovered from any Lender that has received such Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Lender with respect to such amount and (y) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations (or any other Secured Obligations) owed by the Company or any other Loan Party, except, in each case, to the extent such Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Company or any other Subsidiary.

(iv) Each party’s obligations under this Section 8.06(c) shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations under any Loan Document.

SECTION 8.07 Collateral Matters.

(a) Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights in accordance with Section 9.08 or with respect to a Secured Party’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Secured Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In its capacity, the

 

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Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the UCC. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Company to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by any Loan Party, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. Any execution and delivery by the Administrative Agent of documents in connection with any such release shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.

(b) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Banking Services Agreement or Swap Agreement will create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any Secured Party that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Banking Services Agreement or Swap Agreement, as applicable, shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph.

(c) The Secured Parties irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 6.02(b), 6.02(d) or 6.02(g). The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

 

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SECTION 8.08 Credit Bidding. The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Secured Obligations (including by accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Secured Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject, or (b) at any other sale, foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Secured Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid by the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders on a ratable basis (with Secured Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that shall vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) for the asset or assets so purchased (or for the equity interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are issued in connection with such purchase). In connection with any such bid, (i) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles and to assign any successful credit bid to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, (ii) each of the Secured Parties’ ratable interests in the Secured Obligations which were credit bid shall be deemed without any further action under this Agreement to be assigned to such vehicle or vehicles for the purpose of closing such sale, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the Administrative Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or equity interests thereof, shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by, and the governing documents shall provide for, control by the vote of the Required Lenders or their permitted assignees under the terms of this Agreement or the governing documents of the applicable acquisition vehicle or vehicles, as the case may be, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in Section 9.02 of this Agreement), (iv) the Administrative Agent on behalf of such acquisition vehicle or vehicles shall be authorized to issue to each of the Secured Parties, ratably on account of the relevant Secured Obligations which were credit bid, interests, whether as equity, partnership interests, limited partnership interests or membership interests, in any such acquisition vehicle and/or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (v) to the extent that Secured Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Secured Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of Secured Obligations credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Secured Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Secured Parties pro rata with their original interest in such Secured Obligations and the equity interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of such Secured Obligations shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action. Notwithstanding that the ratable portion of the Secured Obligations of each Secured Party are deemed assigned to the acquisition vehicle or vehicles as set forth in clause (ii) above, each Secured Party shall execute such documents and provide such information regarding the Secured Party (and/or any designee of the Secured Party which will receive interests in or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection with the formation of any acquisition vehicle, the formulation or submission of any credit bid or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such credit bid.

 

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SECTION 8.09 Certain Foreign Pledge Matters.

(a) The Company, on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries, and each Lender, on its behalf and on the behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitute the Administrative Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec) in order to hold hypothecs and security granted by the Company or any Subsidiary on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Québec to secure obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary under any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness issued by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, and agree that the Administrative Agent may act as the bondholder and mandatary with respect to any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness that may be issued by the Company or any Subsidiary and pledged in favor of the Secured Parties in connection with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the special powers of legal persons (Québec), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent may acquire and be the holder of any bond issued by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement (i.e., the fondé de pouvoir may acquire and hold the first bond issued under any deed of hypothec by the Company or any Subsidiary).

(b) (i) The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to execute and deliver any documents necessary or appropriate to create and perfect the rights of pledge for the benefit of the Secured Parties including a right of pledge with respect to the entitlements to profits, the balance left after winding up and the voting rights of the Company as ultimate parent of any Subsidiary of the Company which is organized under the laws of the Netherlands and the Equity Interests of which are pledged in connection herewith (a “Dutch Pledge”). Without prejudice to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Company or any relevant Subsidiary as described in any Dutch Pledge existing prior to the Restatement Effective Date, including that any payment received by the Administrative Agent in respect of such parallel debt obligations will - conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application - be deemed a satisfaction of a pro rata portion of the corresponding amounts of the Secured Obligations, and any payment to the Secured Parties in satisfaction of the Secured Obligations shall - conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application - be deemed as satisfaction of a pro rata portion of the corresponding amount of the Secured Obligations. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for purposes of a Dutch Pledge, any resignation by the Administrative Agent is not effective until its rights under the parallel debt obligations described in such Dutch Pledge are assigned to the successor Administrative Agent.

(ii) The Company and each Subsidiary which agree to provide security pursuant to any pledge or security agreement expressed to be governed by the laws of the Netherlands (each such pledge or security agreement a “Dutch Collateral Document” and the Company and each such Subsidiary a “Dutch Collateral Party”) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally undertakes to pay (each such payment undertaking by a Dutch Collateral Party, a “Parallel Debt”) to the Administrative Agent amounts equal to the amounts due by that Dutch Collateral Party in respect of its Corresponding Obligations as they may exist from time to time. The Parallel Debt of each Dutch Collateral Party will be payable in the currency or currencies of the Corresponding Obligations and will become due and payable as and when and to the extent the relevant Corresponding Obligations become due and payable. Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby acknowledges that:

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(B) each Parallel Debt represents the Administrative Agent’s own separate and independent claim to receive payment of the Parallel Debt from the relevant Dutch Collateral Party, it being understood, in each case, that pursuant to this paragraph, the amount which may become payable by each Dutch Collateral Party by way of Parallel Debts shall not exceed at any time the total of the amounts which are payable under or in connection with the Corresponding Obligations of that Dutch Collateral Party at such time.

An amount paid by a Loan Party to the Administrative Agent in respect of the Parallel Debt will discharge the liability of the Loan Parties under the Corresponding Obligations in an equal amount. For the purpose of this Article VIII, the Administrative Agent acts in its own name and for itself and not as agent, trustee or representative of any other Secured Party.

(iii) for purposes of any Dutch Collateral Document, any resignation by the Administrative Agent is not effective with respect to its rights under the Parallel Debt until all rights and obligations under the Parallel Debt have been assigned to and assumed by the successor administrative agent appointed in accordance with this Agreement.

(c) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree for the purposes of taking and ensuring the continuing validity of German law governed pledges (Pfandrechte) with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries as will be further described in a separate German law governed parallel debt undertaking. The Administrative Agent shall (i) hold such parallel debt undertaking as fiduciary agent (Treuhänder) and (ii) administer and hold as fiduciary agent (Treuhänder) any pledge created under a German law governed Collateral Document which is created in favor of any Secured Party or transferred to any Secured Party due to its accessory nature (Akzessorietät), in each case of (i) and (ii) in its own name and for the account of the Secured Parties. Each Lender, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates which are Secured Parties, hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter as its agent (Vertreter) in its name and on its behalf into any German law governed Collateral Document, to accept as its agent in its name and on its behalf any pledge under such Collateral Document and to agree to and execute as agent in its name and on its behalf any amendments, supplements and other alterations to any such Collateral Document and to release any such Collateral Document and any pledge created under any such Collateral Document in accordance with the provisions herein and/or the provisions in any such Collateral Document. For this purpose each Lender incorporated in Germany releases the Administrative Agent to the fullest extent possible from the restrictions of section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch). If such exemption cannot be legally granted, the relevant Lender shall inform the Administrative Agent accordingly.

(d) In relation to the each Collateral Document governed by the laws of Switzerland (the “Swiss Security Documents”) the Administrative Agent shall hold (i) any security created or evidenced or expressed to be created or evidenced under or pursuant to a Swiss Security Document by way of a security assignment (Sicherungsabtretung) or transfer for security purposes (Sicherungsübereignung) or any other non-accessory (nicht akzessorische) security; (ii) the benefit of this paragraph; and (iii) any proceeds and other benefits of such security, as fiduciary (treuhänderisch) in its own name but for the account of all relevant Secured Parties which have the benefit of such security in accordance with this Agreement and the respective Swiss Security Document. Each present and future Secured Party hereby authorises the Administrative Agent (i) to (A) accept and execute as its direct representative (direkter Stellvertreter) any Swiss law pledge or any other Swiss law accessory (akzessorische) security created or evidenced or expressed to be created or evidenced under or pursuant to a Swiss Security Document for the benefit of such Secured Party and (B) hold, administer and, if necessary, enforce any such security on behalf of

 

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each relevant Secured Party which has the benefit of such security; (ii) to agree as its direct representative (direkter Stellvertreter) to amendments and alterations to any Swiss Security Document which creates or evidences or expressed to create or evidence a pledge or any other Swiss law accessory (akzessorische) security; (iii) to effect as its direct representative (direkter Stellvertreter) any release of a security created or evidenced or expressed to be created or evidenced under a Swiss Security Document in accordance with this Agreement; and (iv) to exercise as its direct representative (direkter Stellvertreter) such other rights granted to the Administrative Agent hereunder or under the relevant Swiss Security Document. Each present and future Secured Party hereby authorises the Administrative Agent, when acting in its capacity as creditor of the parallel debt obligations, to hold (i) any Swiss law pledge or any other Swiss law accessory (akzessorische) Security; (ii) any proceeds of such security; and (iii) the benefit of the parallel debt obligations, as creditor in its own right but for the benefit of such Secured Parties in accordance with this Agreement.

SECTION 8.10 Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender hereby authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement on its behalf, perform such Intercreditor Agreement on its behalf and take any actions thereunder as determined by the Administrative Agent to be necessary or advisable to protect the interests of the Lenders, and each Lender agrees to be bound by the terms of such Intercreditor Agreement. For this purpose each Lender incorporated in Germany releases the Administrative Agent to the fullest extent possible from the restrictions of section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch). If such exemption cannot be legally granted, the relevant Lender shall inform the Administrative Agent accordingly.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.01 Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:

(i) if to any Borrower, to it c/o Cimpress USA Incorporated, 170 Data Drive, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451 USA, Attention of Jonathan Chevalier, Treasurer (Telecopy No. (781) 652-6098; Telephone No. (781) 652-6771), with a copy to, in the case of a notice of Default, General Counsel (Telecopy No. (781) 652-6092; Telephone No. (781) 652-6541);

(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, (A) in the case of Borrowings denominated in Dollars, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 South Dearborn, Floor 7, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention of Susan Thomas (Telecopy No. (888) 303-9732) and (B) in the case of Borrowings denominated in Foreign Currencies, to J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5JP, Attention of The Manager, Loan & Agency Services (Telecopy No. 44 207 777 2360), (C) in the case of a notification of the DQ List, to JPMDQ_Contact@jpmorgan and (D) for all other notices, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 560 Mission Street, 20th Floor, San Francisco, California 94105, Attention of Richard Ong Pho (Email: richard.ongpho@jpmorgan.com);

(iii) if to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as an Issuing Bank, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 South Dearborn, Floor 7, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention of Cristie Pisowicz (Telecopy No. (877) 242-0410);

 

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(iv) if to the Swingline Lender, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 South Dearborn, Floor 7, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention of Susan Thomas (Telecopy No. (888) 303-9732); and

(v) if to any other Lender or Issuing Bank, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through Approved Electronic Platforms, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).

(b) Notices and other communications to any Loan Party, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using Approved Electronic Platforms pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Company may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

(c) Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.

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

(e) Each Public-Sider agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public-Sider to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Approved Electronic Platform in order to enable such Public-Sider or its delegate, in accordance with such Public-Sider’s compliance procedures and applicable law, including United States federal securities laws, to make reference to communications that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Approved Electronic Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Company or any of their respective securities for purposes of United States federal securities laws.

SECTION 9.02 Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of 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

 

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Agent, the Issuing Banks 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 consent to any departure by any Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

(b) Except as provided in Section 2.20 with respect to an Incremental Amendment, Section 2.25 with respect to Loan Modification Agreements and Section 2.26 with respect to a Refinancing Amendment or as provided in Section 2.14(b) and Section 2.14(c) or in the immediately succeeding proviso, which shall only require the consent of the Lenders expressly set forth therein and not the Required Lenders or any other majority or required percentage of Lenders of any Class of Loans or Commitments, 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 or by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (except that neither (A) any amendment or modification of any financial covenant or test (including the First Lien Leverage Ratio) in this Agreement (or defined terms used in any financial covenant in this Agreement) or (B) the waiver or reduction of any Borrower to pay interest or fees at the applicable default rate set forth in Section 2.13(d) shall constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (ii)), (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement (other than as a result of any waiver or amendment of any Default, Event of Default or mandatory prepayment), or any interest thereon (other than interest payable at the applicable default rate set forth in Section 2.13(d)), or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (other than any reduction of the amount of, or any extension of the payment date for, the mandatory prepayments required under Section 2.11, in each case which shall only require the approval of the Required Lenders), (iv) change Section 2.09(c) or 2.18(b) or (d) in a manner that would alter the ratable reduction of Commitments or the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change the payment waterfall provisions of Section 2.18(b) or 7.03 without the written consent of each Lender, (vi) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 in respect of the making of a Revolving Loan without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders, (vii) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders”, “Required Revolving Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (it being understood that, solely with the consent of the parties prescribed by Section 2.20 to be parties to an Incremental Amendment, Lenders providing any Incremental Facility may be included in the determination of Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Commitments and the Loans are included on the Restatement Effective Date), (viii) release the Company or all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their obligations under Article X or the Guaranty, in each case without the written consent of each Lender, (ix) except as provided in clause (d) of this Section or in any Collateral Document, release all or substantially all of the Collateral, without the written consent of each Lender, (x) subordinate the Lien on a material portion of the Collateral, taken as a whole, securing the Secured Obligations to the Lien securing

 

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any other Indebtedness (other than any Lien permitted pursuant to Section 6.02(b), 6.02(d) or 6.02(g)), without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (provided that no such Lender’s consent shall be required pursuant to this Section 9.02(b)(x) if such Lender is offered a reasonable, bona fide opportunity to participate on a pro rata basis in any priming indebtedness (including any fees payable in connection therewith) permitted to be issued as a result of such waiver, amendment or modification) or (xi) subordinate the Secured Obligations (or any Class thereof) in right of payment to any other Indebtedness, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (provided that no such Lender’s consent shall be required pursuant to this Section 9.02(b)(xi) if such Lender is offered a reasonable, bona fide opportunity to participate on a pro rata basis in any priming indebtedness (including any fees payable in connection therewith) permitted to be issued as a result of such waiver, amendment or modification); provided further that (A) no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be (it being understood that any change to Section 2.24 shall require the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lender); and provided further that no such agreement shall amend or modify the provisions of Section 2.06 without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, (B) any amendment or waiver that by its terms affects the rights or duties of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class) will require only the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders; and (C) only the Required Revolving Lenders may (x) amend or otherwise modify Section 6.11 or, solely for purposes of Section 6.11, the defined terms used, directly or indirectly, therein, or (y) waive any noncompliance with Section 6.11 or any Event of Default resulting from any such noncompliance, in each case without the consent of any other Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement shall be required of any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be directly affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and any other Loan Document may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers (x) to add one or more credit facilities (in addition to the Incremental Term Loans pursuant to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment and any Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to any Refinancing Amendment) to this Agreement and to permit extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Revolving Loans, the Initial Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (y) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and Lenders.

(d) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its sole discretion, to release any Liens granted to the Administrative Agent by the Loan Parties on any Collateral (i) upon the satisfaction of the Final Release Conditions, (ii) constituting property being sold or disposed of if the Company certifies to the Administrative Agent that the sale or disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry), (iii) constituting property leased to the Company or any Subsidiary under a lease which has expired or been terminated in a transaction permitted under this Agreement, or (iv) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of such Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the

 

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Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Article VII. Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly being released) upon (or obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Loan Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. In addition, each of the Lenders, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties, irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, (i) to subordinate any Lien on any assets granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 6.02(b), 6.02(d) or 6.02(g) or (ii) in the event that the Company shall have advised the Administrative Agent that, notwithstanding the use by the Company of commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of such holder (but without the requirement to pay any sums to obtain such consent) to permit the Administrative Agent to retain its liens (on a subordinated basis as contemplated by clause (i) above), the holder of such other Indebtedness requires, as a condition to the extension of such credit, that the Liens on such assets granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document be released, to release the Administrative Agent’s Liens on such assets. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, no Loan Party shall be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents solely by virtue of no longer being a wholly-owned direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company unless (1) the relevant transaction is permitted hereunder and for a bona fide legitimate business purpose of the Company and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of evading the collateral and guarantee requirements hereunder and under the Loan Documents; (2) the Company or its applicable Subsidiary that is the holder of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to have made an Investment in such Subsidiary in the amount of its outstanding Investment therein at such time and such Investment is permitted under Section 6.04 at such time and (3) such Subsidiary does not continue to be wholly-owned by the Company and/or one or more Affiliates.

(e) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of “each Lender” or “each Lender directly affected thereby,” the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then the Company may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement, provided that, concurrently with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Administrative Agent shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of clause (b) of Section 9.04, (ii) each Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement (1) all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by such Borrower hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without limitation payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Sections 2.15 and 2.17, and (2) an amount, if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such replacement under Section 2.16 had the Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the replacement Lender and (iii) such Non-Consenting Lender shall have received the outstanding principal amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements. Each party hereto agrees that (i) an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the assignee (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and (ii) the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender, provided that any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.

 

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(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein the Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Borrowers only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency or correct any typographical error or other manifest error in any Loan Document, (ii) to comply with local law or advice of local counsel in any jurisdiction the laws of which govern any Collateral Document or that are relevant to the creation, perfection, protection and/or priority of any Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, (iii) to effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (iv) in the case of any Mortgage, as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Company shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their Affiliates, including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of one primary counsel and one local counsel in each applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication and distribution (including, without limitation, via the internet or through a service such as Intralinks) of the credit facilities provided for herein and the preparation 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 the Issuing Banks in connection with the issuance, amendment, or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of one primary counsel and one local counsel in each applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction for the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender (and in the event of an actual or reasonably perceived conflict of interests (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent or applicable Lender) one additional firm of counsel for each group of similarly affected persons), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and any other Loan Document, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.

(b) The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Arranger, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all Liabilities and expenses (including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges and disbursement of a single firm as primary counsel and a single firm of local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for the Administrative Agent and its Related Parties and for all other Indemnities, and in the event of an actual or reasonably perceived conflict of interest (as reasonably determined by the applicable Indemnitees), on additional firm of counsel to each group of similarly affected Indemnitees) incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation, arbitration or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not such claim, litigation, investigation, arbitration or proceeding is brought by the Company or any other Loan Party or its or their respective equity holders, Affiliates, creditors or any other third Person and whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a

 

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party thereto relating to (i) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), or (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such Liabilities or expenses (A) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from (x) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Controlled Related Parties or (y) a breach in bad faith by such Indemnitee of its material obligations under the applicable Loan Documents or (B) result from any dispute solely among Indemnitees (not arising from any act or omission of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates) other than claims against an Indemnitee acting in its capacity as, or in fulfilling its role as, the Administrative Agent, an Arranger, the Swingline Lender, an Issuing Bank or similar roles under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. As used above, a “Controlled Related Party” of an Indemnitee means (1) any Controlling Person or Controlled Affiliate of such Indemnitee, (2) the respective directors, officers, or employees of such Indemnitee or any of its Controlling Persons or Controlled Affiliates and (3) the respective agents or representatives of such Indemnitee or any of its Controlling Persons or Controlled Affiliates, in the case of this clause (3), acting at the instructions of such Indemnitee, Controlling Person or Controlled Affiliate; provided that each reference to a Controlling Person, Controlled Affiliate, director, officer or employee in this sentence pertains to a Controlling Person, Controlled Affiliate, director, officer or employee involved in the arrangement, negotiation or syndication of the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement. This Section 9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.

(c) To the extent that the Company fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, (i) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent and (ii) each Revolving Lender severally agrees to pay to such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount (it being understood that the Company’s failure to pay any such amount shall not relieve the Company of any default in the payment thereof); 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, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such.

(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, neither the Company nor any other Borrower shall assert, and the Company and each other Borrower hereby waive, any claim against any Lender-Related Person (i) for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet), or (ii) on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.

 

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(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than thirty (30) days after written demand therefor.

SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) except in connection with any transaction permitted pursuant to Section 6.03, neither the Company nor any other Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Company or any other Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below (and, with respect to an assignment to the Company, any Subsidiary and any of their respective Affiliates, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 9.04(g)), any Lender may assign to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments, participations in Letters of Credit and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of:

(A) the Company (provided that the Company shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof); provided, further, that no consent of the Company shall be required (1) for an assignment of Term Loans to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, (2) for an assignment of Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitments to a Revolving Lender, an Affiliate of a Revolving Lender or an Approved Fund of a Revolving Lender or (3) if Specified Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee;

(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;

(C) the Issuing Banks; provided that no consent of the Issuing Banks shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan; and

(D) the Swingline Lender; provided that no consent of the Swingline Lender shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan.

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(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 (in the case of Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans) or $1,000,000 (in the case of a Term Loan) unless each of the Company and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that (i) no such consent of the Company shall be required if Specified Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;

(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;

(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (x) an Assignment and Assumption or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, such fee to be paid by either the assigning Lender or the assignee Lender or shared between such Lenders; and

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

(E) assignment to any Person of Commitments or Loans with respect to a Dutch Borrower shall only be permitted if the person to whom the Commitments or Loans are assigned is a Dutch Non-Public Lender at all times;

(F) in the case of any assignment of a Revolving Commitment or Revolving Loan extended to a Swiss Borrower, such assignment shall require the prior written consent of each Swiss Borrower, if the assignee is not a Qualifying Bank (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no Swiss Borrower shall consent to an assignment that would be in violation of the Swiss Non-Bank Rules; provided, further, that that no consent of any Swiss Borrower shall be required if any Specified Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and

(G) no assignment shall be made (x) except pursuant to Section 9.04(g) below, to the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries or (y) to a natural person.

 

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For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the terms “Approved Fund” and “Ineligible Institution” have the following meanings:

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

Ineligible Institution” means (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender or its Lender Parent, (c) a company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person or relative(s) thereof or (d) a Disqualified Institution.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03). Subject to Section 9.04(e), any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of each Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Loans are registered obligations, the right, title and interest of the Lenders and its assignees in and to such Loans shall be transferable only upon notation of such transfer in the Register and no assignment thereof shall be effective until recorded therein. This Section shall be construed so that the Loans are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related regulations (and any successor provisions).

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and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(e) or 9.03(b), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(c) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Company or any other Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”), other than an Ineligible Institution, the Company, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s Affiliates in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; (C) the Company, the other Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; and (D) each Participant of a Revolving Loan or Revolving Commitment extended to a Swiss Borrower shall be a Qualifying Bank or, if not, the prior written consent of each Swiss Borrower has been obtained (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that no Swiss Borrower shall consent to a participation that would be in violation of the Swiss Non-Bank Rules; provided, further, that no consent of any Swiss Borrower shall be required if any Specified Event of Default has occurred and is continuing). Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. The Company and each other Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.17(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.17(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.18 and 2.19 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.15 or 2.17, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Company’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Company to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.19(b) with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(d) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the 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 no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any

 

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portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Treasury Regulations Section 5f.103-1(c) and Proposed Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(b) (or any amended or successor version). 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.

(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central banking authority having jurisdiction over such Lender, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(e) Disqualified Institutions.

(i) No assignment or participation shall be made to any Person that was a Disqualified Institution as of the date (the “Trade Date”) on which the assigning Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign or grant a participation in all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to such Person (unless the Company has consented to such assignment or participation in writing in its sole and absolute discretion, in which case such Person will not be considered a Disqualified Institution for the purpose of such assignment or participation). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any assignee or Participant that becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date (including as a result of the delivery of a written supplement to the list of “Disqualified Institutions” referred to in, the definition of “Disqualified Institution”), (x) such assignee or Participant shall not retroactively be disqualified from becoming a Lender or Participant and (y) the execution by the Company of an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignee will not by itself result in such assignee no longer being considered a Disqualified Institution. Any assignment or participation in violation of this clause (e)(i) shall not be void, but the other provisions of this clause (e) shall apply.

(ii) If any assignment or participation is made to any Disqualified Institution without the Company’s prior written consent in violation of clause (i) above, or if any Person becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date, the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the applicable Disqualified Institution and the Administrative Agent, require such Disqualified Institution to assign, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 9.04), all of its interest, rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution and, in the case of the Revolving Facility, the Company, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s Affiliates) at the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Institution paid to acquire such interests, rights and obligations in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder.

 

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(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Disqualified Institutions to whom an assignment or participation is made in violation of clause (i) above (A) will not have the right to (x) receive information, reports or other materials provided to Lenders by the Company, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (y) attend or participate in meetings attended by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, or (z) access any electronic site established for the Lenders or confidential communications from counsel to or financial advisors of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders and (B) (x) for purposes of any consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of, or any action under, and for the purpose of any direction to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Disqualified Institution will be deemed to have consented in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not Disqualified Institutions consented to such matter and (y) for purposes of voting on any plan of reorganization, each Disqualified Institution party hereto hereby agrees (1) not to vote on such plan of reorganization, (2) if such Disqualified Institution does vote on such plan of reorganization notwithstanding the restriction in the foregoing clause (1), such vote will be deemed not to be in good faith and shall be “designated” pursuant to Section 1126(e) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other applicable laws), and such vote shall not be counted in determining whether the applicable class has accepted or rejected such plan of reorganization in accordance with Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other applicable laws) and (3) not to contest any request by any party for a determination by the Bankruptcy Court (or other applicable court of competent jurisdiction) effectuating the foregoing clause (2).

(iv) The Administrative Agent shall have the right, and the Company hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent, to (A) post the list of Disqualified Institutions provided by the Company and any updates thereto from time to time (collectively, the “DQ List”) on an Approved Electronic Platform, including that portion of such Approved Electronic Platform that is designated for “public side” Lenders and/or (B) provide the DQ List to each Lender or potential Lender requesting the same.

(v) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any other Lender or Participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified Institution or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, by any other Person to any Disqualified Institution.

(f) [Reserved].

(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may assign all or a portion of its Term Loans to any Purchasing Borrower Party in accordance with this Section 9.04(g) (which assignment shall not constitute a prepayment of Loans for any purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents); provided that:

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(ii) such assignment shall be made pursuant to (i) an open market purchase or (ii) an Auction Purchase Offer open to all Lenders of the applicable Class conducted in accordance with the Auction Procedures;

(iii) any Term Loans assigned to any Purchasing Borrower Party shall, without further action by any Person, be automatically and permanently cancelled for all purposes and no longer outstanding (and may not be resold by any Purchasing Borrower Party), it being understood and agreed that any gains or losses by any Purchasing Borrower Party upon purchase or acquisition and cancellation of such Term Loans shall not be taken into account in the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated EBITDA;

(iv) in no event shall any Purchasing Borrower Party be entitled to vote hereunder in connection with the assigned Term Loans;

(v) no more than one (1) Auction Purchase Offer with respect to any Class may be ongoing at any one time, no more than four (4) Auction Purchase Offers (regardless of Class) may be made in any one year and any Auction Purchase Offer with respect to any Class shall be offered to all Term Lenders holding Term Loans of such Class on a pro rata basis;

(vi) no Purchasing Borrower Party may use the proceeds from Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans to purchase any Term Loans; and

(vii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans of the applicable Class shall be deemed reduced by the full par value of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans purchased pursuant to this Section 9.04(g) and each principal repayment installment with respect to the Term Loans of such Class shall be reduced pro rata by the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans purchased; provided that any such assignment shall not constitute a voluntary or mandatory prepayment for any other purpose under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

In connection with any Term Loans assigned and cancelled pursuant to this Section 9.04(g), the Administrative Agent is authorized to make appropriate entries in the Register to reflect any such cancellation. Any payment made by any Purchasing Borrower Party in connection with an assignment permitted by this Section 9.04(g) shall not be subject to any of the pro rata payment or sharing requirements of this Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Administrative Agent shall not (a) be required to serve as the auction agent for, or have any other obligations to participate in (other than mechanical administrative duties), or to facilitate any, Dutch auction unless it is reasonably satisfied with the terms and restrictions of such auction or (b) have any obligation to participate in, arrange, sell or otherwise facilitate, and will have no liability in connection with, any open market purchases by the Company or any Subsidiary. Each Purchasing Borrower Party waives any rights to bring any action in connection with this Agreement against the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such, including, without limitation, with respect to any duties or obligations or alleged duties or obligations of such agent under the Loan Documents.

 

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SECTION 9.05 Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid (except for Unliquidated Obligations) or any Letter of Credit is outstanding (unless such Letter of Credit has been cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.

SECTION 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Electronic Execution; Effectiveness . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to (i) fees payable to the Administrative Agent and (ii) the reduction of the Letter of Credit Commitment of any Issuing Bank constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall become effective on the Restatement Effective Date and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of (x) this Agreement, (y) any other Loan Document and/or (z) any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any notice delivered pursuant to Section 9.01), certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or the transactions contemplated hereby and/or thereby (each an “Ancillary Document”) that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf, or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement, such other Loan Document or such Ancillary Document, as applicable. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document (but in the case of any Loan Document or any Ancillary Document governed by laws other than those of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, to the extent permitted under applicable law) shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by telecopy, emailed pdf, or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be; provided that (i) each party hereto shall be entitled to rely on such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of each other party hereto without further verification thereof and without any obligation to review the appearance or form of any such Electronic Signature and (ii) upon the request of any party hereto, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby (i) agrees that, for all purposes, including without limitation, in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Company and the other Loan Parties, Electronic Signatures transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf, or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page and/or any electronic images of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, (ii) agrees that any party hereto may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or

 

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any Ancillary Document in the form of an imaged electronic record in any format, which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document (and all such electronic records shall be considered an original for all purposes and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record), (iii) waives any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement, such other Loan Document and/or such Ancillary Document, respectively, including with respect to any signature pages thereto and (iv) waives any claim against any other party for any Liabilities arising solely from the such party’s reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures and/or transmissions by telecopy, emailed pdf, or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page, including any Liabilities arising as a result of the failure of any party to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature.

SECTION 9.07 Severability. Any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 9.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Company, any other Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor against any of and all of the Secured Obligations held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under the Loan Documents and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees to notify the Company and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

SECTION 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN ANY SUCH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(b) Each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that, notwithstanding the governing law provisions of any applicable Loan Document, any claims brought against the Administrative Agent by any Secured Party relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Collateral or the consummation or administration of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan (or if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan), and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or

 

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relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, 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 (and any such claims, cross-claims or third party claims brought against the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties may only) be heard and determined in such Federal (to the extent permitted by law) or New York State court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to commence any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction in which Collateral is located.

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

(e) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. 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.

(f) The Company and each other Borrower hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers the Service of Process Agent, with offices on the Restatement Effective Date at 19 West 44th Street, Suite 200, New York, New York 10036, as its designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf, and in respect of its property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents which may be served in any such action or proceeding. If for any reason such designee, appointee and agent shall cease to be available to act as such, The Company and each other Borrower agree to designate a new designee, appointee and agent in New York City on the terms and for the purposes of this provision reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement. Each Obligor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all claim of error by reason of any such service in such manner and agrees that such service shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon such Obligor in any such suit, action or proceeding and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be taken and held to be valid and personal service upon and personal delivery to such Obligor. To the extent any Obligor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether from service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of a judgment, execution or otherwise), each Obligor hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under the Loan Documents.

SECTION 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

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SECTION 9.11 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 9.12 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks 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’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); provided that the disclosing Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank or Lender, as applicable, shall be responsible for compliance by such Persons with the provisions of this Section 9.12, (b) to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) purporting to have jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank, the applicable Lender or its or their applicable Affiliates, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process (provided that the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, agrees that it will, to the extent practicable and other than with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority, notify the Company promptly thereof, unless such notification is prohibited by law, rule or regulation), (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (1) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement (it being understood that the DQ List may be disclosed to any assignee or Participant, or prospective assignee or Participant, in reliance on this clause (f)) or (2) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Company, (h) to the extent such Information (1) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (2) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company, (i) on a confidential basis to (1) any rating agency in connection with rating any Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided for herein or (2) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided for herein or (j) to the extent that preventing that disclosure would otherwise cause any transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any transaction carried out in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement to become an arrangement described in Part II A 1 of Annex IV of the Council Directive 2011/16/EU (“DAC6”). For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Company relating to the Company or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company and other than information pertaining to this Agreement routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry. 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.

 

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EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PARAGRAPH FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COMPANY AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE COMPANY OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY, THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE COMPANY AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.

SECTION 9.13 USA PATRIOT Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulation. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”) and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation hereby notifies each Loan Party that pursuant to the requirements of the Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name, address and tax identification number of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and other applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations. The Company and each other Borrower agree to cooperate with each Lender and provide true, accurate and complete information to such Lender in response to any such request.

SECTION 9.14 Releases of Subsidiary Guarantors.

(a) A Subsidiary Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary; provided that, if so required by this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall have consented to such transaction and the terms of such consent shall not have provided otherwise. In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to) execute and deliver to any Loan Party, at such Loan Party’s expense, all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.

(b) Further, the Administrative Agent may (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to), upon the request of the Company, release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty (i) if such Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Material Subsidiary or (ii) such release is approved, authorized or ratified by the requisite Lenders pursuant to Section 9.02.

 

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(c) At such time as the principal and interest on the Loans, all LC Disbursements, the fees, expenses and other amounts payable under the Loan Documents and the other Secured Obligations (other than Banking Services Obligations not yet due and payable, Swap Obligations not yet due and payable, Unliquidated Obligations for which no claim has been made and other Obligations expressly stated to survive such payment and termination) shall have been paid in full in cash, the Commitments shall have been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding (or any outstanding Letters of Credit shall have been cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) (the foregoing, collectively, the “Final Release Conditions”), the Guaranty and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of each Subsidiary Guarantor thereunder shall automatically terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, no Loan Party shall be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents solely by virtue of no longer being a wholly-owned direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company unless (1) the relevant transaction is permitted hereunder and for a bona fide legitimate business purpose of the Company and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of evading the collateral and guarantee requirements hereunder and under the Loan Documents; (2) the Company or its applicable Subsidiary that is the holder of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to have made an Investment in such Subsidiary in the amount of its outstanding Investment therein at such time and such Investment is permitted under the Investment covenant at such time and (3) such Subsidiary does not continue to be wholly-owned by the Company and/or one or more Affiliates.

SECTION 9.15 Attorney Representation. If the Company or a Dutch Borrower is represented by an attorney in connection with the signing and/or execution of the Agreement and/or any other Loan Document it is hereby expressly acknowledged and accepted by the parties to the Agreement and/or any other Loan Document that the existence and extent of the attorney’s authority and the effects of the attorney’s exercise or purported exercise of his or her authority shall be governed by the laws of the Netherlands.

SECTION 9.16 Appointment for Perfection. Each Lender hereby appoints each other Lender as its agent for the purpose of perfecting Liens, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Secured Parties, in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC or any other applicable law (including any personal property security laws of Canada or any province thereof) can be perfected only by possession or control. Should any Lender (other than the Administrative Agent) obtain possession or control of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof, and, promptly upon the Administrative Agent’s request therefor shall deliver such Collateral to the Administrative Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s instructions.

SECTION 9.17 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the applicable Overnight Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

 

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SECTION 9.18 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that no Credit Party will have any obligations except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents and each Credit Party is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to such Borrower with respect to the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated herein and therein and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, such Borrower or any other person. Each Borrower agrees that it will not assert any claim against any Credit Party based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by such Credit Party in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Additionally, each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that no Credit Party is advising such Borrower as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting, regulatory or any other matters in any jurisdiction. Each Borrower shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated herein or in the other Loan Documents, and the Credit Parties shall have no responsibility or liability to any Borrower with respect thereto.

Each Borrower further acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that each Credit Party, together with its Affiliates, is a full service securities or banking firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities as well as providing investment banking and other financial services. In the ordinary course of business, any Credit Party may provide investment banking and other financial services to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for its own accounts and the accounts of customers, equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other obligations) of, such Borrower, its Subsidiaries and other companies with which such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may have commercial or other relationships. With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so held by any Credit Party or any of its customers, all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including any voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole discretion.

In addition, each Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that each Credit Party and its Affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services) to other companies in respect of which such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may have conflicting interests regarding the transactions described herein and otherwise. No Credit Party will use confidential information obtained from any Borrower by virtue of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or its other relationships with such Borrower in connection with the performance by such Credit Party of services for other companies, and no Credit Party will furnish any such information to other companies. Each Borrower also acknowledges that no Credit Party has any obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, or to furnish to such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, confidential information obtained from other companies.

SECTION 9.19 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and

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(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.

SECTION 9.20 Termination of Dutch CIT Fiscal Unity.

(a) If, at any time, a Dutch Loan Party is part of a fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch corporate income tax purposes (a “Dutch CIT Fiscal Unity”) and such Dutch CIT Fiscal Unity is terminated (beëindigd) in respect of such Dutch Loan Party as a result of or in connection with the Administrative Agent enforcing its rights under any Collateral Document, such Dutch Loan Party shall, together with the parent (moedermaatschappij) or deemed parent (aangewezen moedermaatschappij) of the Dutch CIT Fiscal Unity, for no consideration file a request with the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with article 15af, paragraph 3, of the Dutch CITA to allocate and surrender any tax losses (verliezen) as meant in Article 20 of the Dutch CITA, to the Dutch Loan Party leaving the Dutch CIT Fiscal Unity, to the extent that pursuant to article 15af of the Dutch CITA such tax losses are attributable (toerekenbaar) to such Dutch Loan Party.

(b) For purposes of this Section 9.20, the term “Dutch Loan Party” includes any Loan Party carrying on a business through a permanent establishment or deemed permanent establishment taxable in the Netherlands.

SECTION 9.21 Certain ERISA Matters.

(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto that at least one of the following is and will be true:

(i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments,

(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,

 

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(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing among the Company, the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

(b) In addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto that none of the Administrative Agent, or the Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the Collateral or the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

SECTION 9.22 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Swap Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):

In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.

 

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SECTION 9.23 Joint and Several. Each Initial Term Loan Borrower hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees it is jointly and severally liable to the Administrative Agent and the Tranche B Term Lenders for the Tranche B Term Loans (including, without limitation, all principal, interest, fees and all other amounts owing in respect thereof) (collectively “Tranche B Term Loan Obligations”). In furtherance thereof, each Initial Term Loan Borrower agrees that wherever in this Agreement it is provided that an Initial Term Loan Borrower is liable for a payment, such obligation is the joint and several obligation of each Initial Term Loan Borrower. Each Initial Term Loan Borrower acknowledges and agrees that its joint and several liability under this Agreement and the Loan Documents is absolute and unconditional and shall not in any manner be affected or impaired by any acts or omissions whatsoever by the Administrative Agent, any Tranche B Term Lender or any other Person. Each Initial Term Loan Borrower’s liability for the Tranche B Term Loan Obligations shall not in any manner be impaired or affected by who receives or uses the proceeds of the credit extended hereunder or for what purposes such proceeds are used, and each Initial Term Loan Borrower waives notice of borrowing requests issued by, and loans or other extensions of credit made to, the other Initial Term Loan Borrower. Each Initial Term Loan Borrower hereby agrees not to exercise or enforce any right of exoneration, contribution, reimbursement, recourse or subrogation available to such Initial Term Loan Borrower against any party liable for payment under this Agreement and the Loan Documents unless and until the Administrative Agent, and each Tranche B Term Lender has been paid in full and all of the Tranche B Term Loan Obligations are satisfied and discharged following termination or expiration of all commitments of the Tranche B Term Lenders to extend credit to the Initial Term Loan Borrowers. Each Initial Term Loan Borrower’s joint and several liability hereunder with respect to the Tranche B Term Loan Obligations shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be the unconditional liability of such Initial Term Loan Borrower irrespective of (i) the validity, enforceability, avoidance or subordination of any of the Tranche B Term Loan Obligations or of any other document evidencing all or any part of the Tranche B Term Loan Obligations, (ii) the absence of any attempt to collect any of the Tranche B Term Loan Obligations from any other Loan Party or any Collateral or other security therefor, or the absence of any other action to enforce the same, (iii) the amendment, modification, waiver, consent, extension, forbearance or granting of any indulgence by the Administrative Agent or any Tranche B Term Lender with respect to any provision of any instrument executed by any other Loan Party evidencing or securing the payment of any of the Tranche B Term Loan Obligations, or any other agreement now or hereafter executed by any other Loan Party and delivered to the Administrative Agent, (iv) the failure by the Administrative Agent or any Tranche B Term Lender to take any steps to perfect or maintain the perfected status of its Lien upon, or to preserve its rights to, any of the Collateral or other security for the payment or performance of any of the Tranche B Term Loan Obligations or the Administrative Agent’s release of any Collateral or of its Liens upon any Collateral, (v) the release or compromise, in whole or in part, of the liability of any other Loan Party for the payment of any of the Tranche B Term Loan Obligations, (vi) any increase in the amount of the Tranche B Term Loan Obligations beyond any limits imposed herein or in the amount of any interest, fees or other charges payable in connection therewith, in each case, if consented to by any other Initial Term Loan Borrower, or any decrease in the same, or (vii) any other circumstance that might constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of any Loan Party. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may proceed directly and at once, without notice to any Initial Term Loan Borrower, against any or all of Loan Parties to collect and recover all or any part of the Tranche B Term Loan Obligations, without first proceeding against any other Loan Party or against any Collateral or other security for the payment or performance of any of the Tranche B Term Loan Obligations, and each Initial Term Loan Borrower waives any provision that might otherwise require the Administrative Agent or the Tranche B Term Lenders under applicable law to pursue or exhaust its remedies against any Collateral or other Loan Party before pursuing such Initial Term Loan Borrower or its property. Each Initial Term Loan Borrower consents and agrees that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Tranche B Term Lender shall be under no obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Loan Party or against or in payment of any or all of the Tranche B Term Loan Obligations.

 

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ARTICLE X

CROSS-GUARANTEE

SECTION 10.01 Cross Guarantee.

(a) In order to induce the Lenders to extend credit to each Borrower hereunder, each Obligor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the payment when and as due of the Secured Obligations of such other Obligor. Each Obligor further agrees that the due and punctual payment of such Secured Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee hereunder notwithstanding any such extension or renewal of any such Secured Obligation.

(b) Each Obligor waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to any Obligor of any of the Secured Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its obligations and notice of protest for nonpayment. The obligations of each Obligor hereunder shall not be affected by (a) the failure of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against any Obligor under the provisions of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any of the Secured Obligations; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or release from, any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, or any other Loan Document or agreement; (d) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of any of the Secured Obligations; (e) the failure of the Administrative Agent to take any steps to perfect and maintain any security interest in, or to preserve any rights to, any security or collateral for the Secured Obligations, if any; (f) any change in the corporate, partnership or other existence, structure or ownership of any Obligor or any other guarantor of any of the Secured Obligations; (g) the enforceability or validity of the Secured Obligations or any part thereof or the genuineness, enforceability or validity of any agreement relating thereto or with respect to any collateral securing the Secured Obligations or any part thereof, or any other invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against any Obligor or any other guarantor of any of the Secured Obligations, for any reason related to this Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any provision of applicable law, decree, order or regulation of any jurisdiction purporting to prohibit the payment by such Obligor or any other guarantor of the Secured Obligations, of any of the Secured Obligations or otherwise affecting any term of any of the Secured Obligations; or (h) any other act, omission or delay to do any other act which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Obligor or otherwise operate as a discharge of a guarantor as a matter of law or equity or which would impair or eliminate any right of such Obligor to subrogation.

(c) Each Obligor further agrees that its agreement hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (whether or not any bankruptcy or similar proceeding shall have stayed the accrual or collection of any of the Secured Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not merely of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in favor of any Obligor or any other Person.

 

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(d) The obligations of each Obligor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever, by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any of the Secured Obligations, any impossibility in the performance of any of the Secured Obligations or otherwise.

(e) Each Obligor further agrees that its obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Secured Obligation (including a payment effected through exercise of a right of setoff) is rescinded, or is or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender upon the insolvency, examinership, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Obligor or otherwise (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by a Secured Party in its discretion).

(f) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have at law or in equity against any Obligor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of any other Obligor to pay any Secured Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Obligor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in cash an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the Secured Obligations then due, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Each Obligor further agrees that if payment in respect of any Secured Obligation shall be due in a currency other than Dollars and/or at a place of payment other than New York, Chicago or any other Foreign Currency Payment Office and if, by reason of any Change in Law, disruption of currency or foreign exchange markets, war or civil disturbance or other event, payment of such Secured Obligation in such currency or at such place of payment shall be impossible or, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, disadvantageous to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in any material respect, then, at the election of the Administrative Agent, such Obligor shall make payment of such Secured Obligation in Dollars (based upon the Dollar Amount thereof on the date of payment) and/or in New York, Chicago or such other Foreign Currency Payment Office as is designated by the Administrative Agent and, as a separate and independent obligation, shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank and any Lender against any losses or reasonable out-of-pocket expenses that it shall sustain as a result of such alternative payment.

(g) Upon payment by any Obligor of any sums as provided above, all rights of such Obligor against any Obligor arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation or otherwise shall in all respects be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Secured Obligations owed by such Obligor to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders.

(h) Nothing shall discharge or satisfy the liability of any Obligor hereunder except the full performance and payment in cash of the Secured Obligations.

(i) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article X to the contrary, no Obligor shall be liable hereunder for any of the Loans made to, or any other Secured Obligation incurred solely by or on behalf of, any U.S. Loan Party to the extent such guaranty by such Obligor would cause a Deemed Dividend Problem.

 

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SECTION 10.02 Swiss Limitation Language for Swiss Borrowers.

(a) If and to the extent that a payment in fulfilling the liabilities under Section 10.01, under any joint and several liabilities or that the use of the proceeds from the enforcement of Collateral of any Swiss Borrower would, at the time payment is due or the Collateral is enforced, under Swiss law and practice (inter alia, prohibiting capital repayments or restricting profit distributions) not be permitted, in particular if and to the extent that such Swiss Borrower guarantees obligations other than obligations of one of its direct or indirect subsidiaries (i.e. obligations of its direct or indirect parent companies (up-stream guarantee) or sister companies (cross-stream guarantee)) (“Restricted Obligations”), then such obligations, payment amounts and the use of the proceeds from the enforcement of such Collateral shall from time to time be limited to the amount of the freely disposable equity in accordance with Swiss law; provided that such limited amount shall at no time be less than such Swiss Borrower’s profits and reserves available for the distribution as dividends (being the balance sheet profits and any reserves available for this purpose, in each case in accordance with art. 675(2) and art. 671(1) and (2), no. 3, of the Swiss Federal Code of Obligations) at the time or times payment under or pursuant to the Loan Documents is requested from such Swiss Borrower, and further provided that such limitation (as may apply from time to time or not) shall not (generally or definitively) free such Swiss Borrower from payment obligations hereunder in excess thereof, but merely postpone the payment date therefor until such times as payment is again permitted notwithstanding such limitation. Any and all indemnities and guarantees contained in the Loan Documents including, in particular, Section 18(A)(iv) of the Guaranty shall be construed in a manner consistent with the provisos herein contained.

(b) In respect of Restricted Obligations, each Swiss Borrower shall:

(i) use its best endeavours to procure that the fulfilment of the Restricted Obligations can be made without deduction of Swiss Federal Withholding Tax by discharging the liability of such tax by notification pursuant to applicable law (including applicable double tax treaties) rather than payment of the tax;

(ii) if the notification procedure pursuant to sub-paragraph (i) above does not apply (or does only apply partially) and if and to the extent required by applicable law (including applicable double tax treaties) in force at the relevant time:

(A) deduct Swiss anticipatory tax (Verrechnungssteuer; Swiss Federal Withholding Tax) at the rate of 35% (or such other rate as in force from time to time) from any payment made by it in respect of Restricted Obligations;

(B) pay any such deduction to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration; and

(C) notify (or ensure that the Company notifies) the Administrative Agent that such a deduction has been made and provide the Administrative Agent with evidence that such a deduction has been paid to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, all in accordance with Section 18(A)(i) of the Guaranty; and

(iii) shall use its best endeavours to procure that any person who is entitled to a full or partial refund of the Swiss Federal Withholding Tax deducted pursuant to this Section 10.02:

 

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(A) request a refund of the Swiss Federal Withholding Tax under applicable law (domestic law and applicable double tax treaties) as soon as possible; and

(B) pay to the Lenders upon receipt any amount so refunded to cover any outstanding part of the Restricted Obligations; and

(iv) to the extent such a deduction is made, not be obliged to either gross-up, in particular, in accordance with Section 18(A)(i) of the Guaranty or indemnify each Recipient, in particular, in accordance with Section 18(A)(iv) of the Guaranty in relation to any such payment made by it in respect of Restricted Obligations unless such gross-up or tax indemnity payment is permitted under the laws of Switzerland then in force.

(c) If and to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent and if and to the extent this is from time to time required under Swiss law (restricting profit distributions), in order to allow the Administrative Agent to obtain a maximum benefit under the Loan Documents, each Swiss Borrower undertakes to promptly implement all such measures and/or to promptly obtain the fulfillment of all prerequisites allowing it to promptly perform its obligations and make the requested payment(s) thereunder from time to time, including the following:

(i) preparation of an up-to-date audited balance sheet of such Swiss Borrower;

(ii) confirmation of the auditors of such Swiss Borrower that the relevant amount represents the maximum freely distributable profits;

(iii) approval by a shareholders’ or a quotaholders’ meeting (as applicable) of such Swiss Borrower of the resulting profit distribution; and

(iv) all such other measures necessary or useful to allow such Swiss Borrower to make the payments and perform the obligations agreed under the Loan Documents with a minimum of limitations.

SECTION 10.03 Limitation on Guaranty of Certain Swap Obligations. No Obligor hereunder shall be, or shall be deemed to be, a guarantor of any Swap Obligations if such Obligor is not an ECP, to the extent that the providing of such guaranty by such Obligor would violate the ECP Rules or any other applicable law or regulation. This paragraph shall not affect any guaranteed Secured Obligations other than Swap Obligations, nor shall it affect the guaranteed Secured Obligations of any Obligor who qualifies as an ECP.

SECTION 10.04 Keepwell. Without in any way limiting the obligations of any Obligor under this Agreement (including under this Article X) or the other Loan Documents, each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Obligor to honor all of its obligations under this Guaranty in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 10.04 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 10.04, or otherwise under this Article X, as it relates to such other Obligor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until a discharge of such Qualified ECP Guarantor’s obligations under this Article X in accordance with the terms hereof. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 10.04 constitute, and this Section 10.04 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Obligor for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

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SCHEDULE 2.01A

COMMITMENTS

 

Lender

   Revolving
Commitment
     2024 Refinancing
Tranche B-1 Term
Loan Commitment1
 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   $ 47,500,000      $ 387,594,548  

Bank of America, N.A.

     47,500,000      $ 0  

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     35,000,000  

Capital One, National Association

     20,000,000      $ 0  

Citibank, N.A.

     20,000,000      $ 0  

Citizens Bank, N.A.

     20,000,000      $ 0  

HSBC Bank USA, National Association

     20,000,000      $ 0  

Fifth Third Bank, National Association

     20,000,000      $ 0  

MUFG Union Bank, N.A.

     20,000,000      $ 0  

PNC Bank, National Association

     20,000,000      $ 0  

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     15,000,000      $ 0  

Aggregate Commitments

   $ 250,000,000      $ 387,594,548  

 

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2024 Refinancing Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment does not include Converted Tranche B-1 Term Loans.


SCHEDULE 2.01B

LETTER OF CREDIT COMMITMENTS

 

Lender

   Letter of Credit Commitment  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   $ 12,500,00020,000,000  

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ 12,500,0007,500,000  

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   $ 7,500,000  

Total Letter of Credit Commitments

   $ 25,000,00035,000,000  
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Document and Entity Information
Sep. 26, 2024
Cover [Abstract]  
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Entity Central Index Key 0001262976
Document Type 8-K
Document Period End Date Sep. 26, 2024
Entity Registrant Name Cimpress plc
Entity Incorporation State Country Code L2
Entity File Number 000-51539
Entity Tax Identification Number 98-0417483
Entity Address, Address Line One First Floor Building 3
Entity Address, Address Line Two Finnabair Business and Technology Park
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code A91 XR61
Entity Address, City or Town Dundalk, Co. Louth
Entity Address, Country IE
City Area Code 353
Local Phone Number 42 938 8500
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Soliciting Material false
Pre Commencement Tender Offer false
Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer false
Entity Emerging Growth Company false
Security 12b Title Ordinary Shares, nominal value per share of €0.01
Trading Symbol CMPR
Security Exchange Name NASDAQ

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