UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
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 7, 2023 (
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Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Seventh Amendment to the existing Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
On August 31, 2023, NCR Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), entered into that certain Seventh Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Company’s existing amended and restated credit agreement, dated as of August 28, 2019 (as amended and as otherwise modified and in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Amendment, the “Existing Credit Agreement”), among the Company, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.
The Amendment amends the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) permit the Company to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies through the previously announced spin-off of the Company’s ATM-focused businesses, and (ii) allow for the Company to undertake a series of internal reorganizations and other transactions related to the foregoing (the “Internal Reorganization”).
The foregoing summary of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Amendment. The Amendment is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Fifth Amendment to the Receivables Purchase Agreement
On September 1, 2023, the Company entered into that certain Fifth Amendment to the Receivables Purchase Agreement (the “Fifth Amendment”) with NCR Receivables LLC, as seller, NCR Canada Receivables LP, as Canadian guarantor, NCR Canada Corp., as Canadian servicer, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and PNC Bank, National Association, as committed purchasers, Victory Receivables Corporation, as a conduit purchaser, PNC Bank, National Association, as group agent and as administrative agent, and PNC Capital Markets LLC, as structuring agent.
The Fifth Amendment was entered into in connection with the Internal Reorganization and, among other things, modifies certain terms in connection with the joinder of Cardtronics Canada Holdings Inc., an Alberta corporation (“CCHI”), as an originator under the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
Concurrently with the Company’s entry into the Fifth Amendment, CCHI entered into that certain Joinder and Amendment Agreement to the Canadian Purchase and Sale Agreement in order to, among other things, join CCHI as an originator under, and make certain related modifications to the terms of, the Canadian Purchase and Sale Agreement.
The foregoing summary of the Fifth Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Fifth Amendment. The Fifth Amendment is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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 is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit |
Exhibit | |
10.1 | ||
10.2 | ||
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: September 7, 2023
NCR Corporation | ||
By: |
/s/ Timothy Oliver | |
Name: |
Timothy C. Oliver | |
Title: |
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
SEVENTH AMENDMENT, dated as of August 31, 2023 (this Amendment) to the CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of August 22, 2011, as amended and restated as of July 25, 2013, as further amended and restated as of March 31, 2016, as further amended and restated as of August 28, 2019 (as amended by (I) that certain First Amendment, dated as of October 7, 2019, (II) that certain Second Amendment, dated as of April 7, 2020, (III) that certain Third Amendment, dated as of January 22, 2021, (IV) that certain Fourth Amendment, dated as of February 4, 2021, (V) that certain Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2021, (VI) that certain Incremental Term Loan A Facility Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2021, (VII) that certain Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement (TLA-2 Conversion), dated as of June 24, 2021, (VIII) that certain Fifth Amendment, dated as of December 27, 2022, and (IX) that certain Sixth Amendment, dated as of June 30, 2023, and as further amended, supplemented and modified and in effect prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, the Existing Credit Agreement), among NCR CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (the Company), the LENDERS party thereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent).
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Existing Credit Agreement be amended as set forth herein to (i) permit the separation of the Companys ATM-focused businesses, including the Self-Service Banking, Payments & Network business and Telecommunications and Technology business (including the Subsidiaries, assets and liabilities comprising such businesses, collectively, the Spin-Off Businesses), from the Companys Retail, Hospitality and Digital Banking businesses, into a separate and distinct public company by way of an initial pre-spin series of reorganization and restructuring transactions (collectively, the Reorganization Transactions), culminating in a pro rata distribution of shares of a newly formed legal entity that shall hold 100 per cent. of the Spin-Off Businesses via a dividend on the shares of common stock of the Company, (ii) permit the Reorganization Transactions, and (iii) effect certain necessary, reasonably advisable, technical and other amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement related to the foregoing (such amendments, collectively, the Pre-Spin Amendments).
WHEREAS, each Lender party hereto, constituting at least the Required Lenders, together with the Administrative Agent, have agreed to the Pre-Spin Amendments, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below).
SECTION 2. Amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby
amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken
text or stricken text) and to add the
underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: underlined text or underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Existing Credit
Agreement, as amended by this Amendment and attached as Exhibit A hereto (the Amended Credit Agreement).
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. To induce the other parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto that:
(a) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors rights generally, and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(b) On the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, and after giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement and in each other Loan Document are true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case, as though made on and as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty is so true and correct on and as of such prior date.
(c) On and as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 4. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on the first date (the Seventh Amendment Effective Date) on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived by the Lenders party hereto):
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received duly executed counterparts (which may include telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page of a signed counterpart) of (i) this Amendment, that, when taken together, bear the authorized signatures of (x) the Administrative Agent, (y) the Company, and (z) the Lenders representing at least the Required Lenders, and (ii) a Reaffirmation Agreement, to be dated as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, that, when taken together, bear the authorized signatures of (x) the Administrative Agent and (y) the Company; and
(b) The conditions set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 3 of this Amendment shall be satisfied on and as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company dated the Seventh Amendment Effective Date to such effect.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
SECTION 5. Expenses. The Company agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 6. Effect of Amendment.
(a) Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Existing Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. In addition, the Company reaffirms the security interests and Liens granted by it under the terms and conditions of the Security Documents to secure the Obligations and agrees that such security interests and Liens remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified, reaffirmed and confirmed. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Company to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Existing Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in similar or different circumstances.
(b) On and after the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, any reference to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document shall be deemed to be a reference to the Amended Credit Agreement.
(c) This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document.
SECTION 7. Reaffirmation; Further Assurances. The Company hereby acknowledges that it expects to receive substantial direct and indirect benefits as a result of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company hereby consents to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, and hereby confirms its Guarantee, pledges and grants of security interests and Liens under each of the Loan Documents to which it is party, and agrees that, notwithstanding the effectiveness of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, such Guarantees, pledges and grants of security interests and Liens shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall accrue to the benefit of the Secured Parties. The Company further agrees to take any action that may be required or that is reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to effect the purposes of this Amendment, the transactions contemplated hereby or the Loan Documents and hereby reaffirms its obligations under each provision of each Loan Document to which it is party.
SECTION 8. Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 9. Counterparts. This Amendment 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. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment 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. 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.
SECTION 10. Headings. 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.
SECTION 11. Incorporation by Reference. The submission to jurisdiction, service of process, venue, judgment currency, waiver of immunity, waiver of jury trial and electronic signature provisions set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference, mutatis mutandis.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above written.
NCR CORPORATION | ||
by |
/s/ Timothy Oliver | |
Name: Timothy Oliver | ||
Title: Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Lender and as Administrative Agent | ||
by |
/s/ Matthew Cheung | |
Name: Matthew Cheung | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | ||
by |
/s/ Haley Heslip | |
Name: Haley Heslip | ||
Title: Director |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: MUFG Bank, Ltd. | ||
by |
/s/ Colin Donnarumma | |
Name: Colin Donnarumma | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: Truist Bank | ||
by |
/s/ Jim C. Wright | |
Name: Jim C. Wright | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
by |
/s/ Jack Stutesman | |
Name: Jack Stutesman | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
by |
/s/ William Panagis | |
Name: William Panagis | ||
Title: Duly Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: CITIZENS BANK, N.A. | ||
by |
/s/ Bryan L. Bains | |
Name: Bryan L. Bains | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
by |
/s/ Jennifer L. Shafer | |
Name: Jennifer L. Shafer | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: Royal Bank of Canada | ||
by |
/s/ Theodore Brown | |
Name: Theodore Brown | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: TD Bank, N.A., | ||
by |
/s/ Steve Levi | |
Name: Steve Levi | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: Fifth Third Bank, National Association | ||
by |
/s/ Nick Meece | |
Name: Nick Meece | ||
Title: Associate |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: M&T Bank | ||
by |
/s/ Darci Buchanan | |
Name: Darci Buchanan | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: BARCLAYS BANK PLC | ||
by |
/s/ Amir Barash | |
Name: Amir Barash | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory Executed in NY |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: Santander Bank, NA | ||
by |
/s/ Felix Nebrat | |
Name: Felix Nebrat | ||
Title: SVP |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: U.S. Bank National Association | ||
by |
/s/ Sawyer Johnson | |
Name: Sawyer Johnson | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
by |
/s/ Brian P. Fox | |
Name: Brian P. Fox | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW YORK BRANCH | ||
by |
/s/ Kelly Petit de Mange | |
Name: Kelly Petit de Mange | ||
Title: Executive Director & Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: HSBC Bank USA, National Association | ||
by |
/s/ Ketak Sampat | |
Name: Ketak Sampat | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: Regions Bank | ||
by |
/s/ Neel Patel | |
Name: Neel Patel | ||
Title: Director |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: CITIBANK, N.A. | ||
by |
/s/ Javier Escobar | |
Name: Javier Escobar | ||
Title: Vice President & Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, | ||
by |
/s/ Kimberly A. Crotty | |
Name: Kimberly A. Crotty | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: Associated Bank, N.A. | ||
by |
/s/ Kyle Nass | |
Name: Kyle Nass | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
Name of Lender: ServisFirst Bank | ||
by |
/s/ Jim Halverson | |
Name: Jim Halverson | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO THE NCR CORPORATION CREDIT AGREEMENT | ||
Name of Lender: Standard Chartered Bank | ||
by |
/s/ Morton Llewellyn | |
Name: Morton Llewellyn | ||
Title: MD, Leveraged and Acquisition Finance |
[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment]
EXHIBIT A
Amended Credit Agreement
[Attached]
EXHIBIT A
J.P. Morgan
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of August 22, 2011,
as amended and restated as of July 25, 2013,
as further amended and restated as of March 31, 2016,
as further amended and restated as of August 28, 2019 (as amended by (I) that certain First Amendment, dated as of October 7,
2019, (II) that certain Second Amendment, dated as of April 7, 2020, (III) that certain Third Amendment, dated as of January 22, 2021, (IV) that certain Fourth Amendment, dated as of February 4, 2021, (V) that certain Incremental
Revolving Facility Amendment, dated as of February 16, 2021, (VI) that certain Incremental Term Loan A Facility Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2021, (VII) that certain Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement (TLA-2 Conversion), dated
as of June 24, 2021
and, (VIII) that certain Fifth Amendment, dated as
of December 27, 2022), (IX) that certain Sixth Amendment, dated as of June 30, 2023, and (X) that certain Seventh Amendment, dated as of August 31,
2023,
among
NCR CORPORATION,
as Company,
The FOREIGN BORROWERS Party Hereto,
The LENDERS Party Hereto
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
MUFG BANK, LTD.
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC.
and
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners and Co-Syndication Agents
FIFTH THIRD BANK
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
SANTANDER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC
and
UNICREDIT CAPITAL MARKETS LLC
as Co-Documentation Agents and Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
in respect of the term loan credit facilities provided for herein
ACADEMY SECURITIES, LLC
BB&T CAPITAL MARKETS, A DIVISION OF BB&T SECURITIES LLC
HSBC BANK USA, N.A.
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
and
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
in respect of the term loan credit facilities provided for herein
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I | ||||
Definitions | ||||
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms | 1 | |||
SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings | ||||
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally | ||||
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP; Pro Forma Calculations | ||||
SECTION 1.05. Status of Obligations | ||||
SECTION 1.06. Currency Translation | ||||
SECTION 1.07. Borrower Agent | ||||
SECTION 1.08. Obligations Joint and Several | ||||
SECTION 1.09. Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification | ||||
SECTION 1.10. Divisions | ||||
ARTICLE II | ||||
The Credits | ||||
SECTION 2.01. Commitments | ||||
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings | ||||
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings | ||||
SECTION 2.04. Letters of Credit | ||||
SECTION 2.05. Funding of Borrowings | ||||
SECTION 2.06. Interest Elections | ||||
SECTION 2.07. Termination and Reduction of Commitments | ||||
SECTION 2.08. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt | ||||
SECTION 2.09. Amortization and Repayment of Term Loans | ||||
SECTION 2.10. Prepayment of Loans | ||||
SECTION 2.11. Fees | ||||
SECTION 2.12. Interest | ||||
SECTION 2.13. Alternate Rate of Interest | ||||
SECTION 2.14. Increased Costs | ||||
SECTION 2.15. Break Funding Payments | ||||
SECTION 2.16. Taxes | ||||
SECTION 2.17. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs | ||||
SECTION 2.18. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | ||||
SECTION 2.19. Defaulting Lenders | ||||
SECTION 2.20. Incremental Facilities | ||||
SECTION 2.21. Loan Modification Offers | ||||
SECTION 2.22. Additional Reserve Costs | ||||
SECTION 2.23. Foreign Borrowers |
ARTICLE III | ||||
Representations and Warranties | ||||
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers |
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SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability |
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SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; Absence of Conflicts |
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SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change |
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SECTION 3.05. Properties |
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SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters |
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SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements |
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SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Status |
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SECTION 3.09. Taxes |
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SECTION 3.10. Employee Benefit Plans; Labor Matters |
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SECTION 3.11. Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures; Disqualified Equity Interests |
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SECTION 3.12. Solvency |
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SECTION 3.13. Disclosure |
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SECTION 3.14. Collateral Matters |
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SECTION 3.15. Federal Reserve Regulations |
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SECTION 3.16. Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions |
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SECTION 3.17. Insurance |
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SECTION 3.18. EEA Financial Institutions |
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ARTICLE IV | ||||
Conditions | ||||
SECTION 4.01. Effective Date |
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SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event |
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SECTION 4.03. Initial Credit Event in Respect of Each Foreign Borrower |
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ARTICLE V | ||||
Affirmative Covenants | ||||
SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information |
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SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events |
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SECTION 5.03. Additional Subsidiaries |
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SECTION 5.04. Information Regarding Collateral |
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SECTION 5.05. Existence; Conduct of Business |
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SECTION 5.06. Payment of Obligations |
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SECTION 5.07. Maintenance of Properties |
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SECTION 5.08. Insurance |
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SECTION 5.09. Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights |
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SECTION 5.10. Compliance with Laws |
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SECTION 5.11. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit |
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SECTION 5.12. Further Assurances |
SECTION 5.13. Maintenance of Ratings |
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SECTION 5.14. Certain Post-Closing Collateral Obligations |
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ARTICLE VI | ||||
Negative Covenants | ||||
SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities |
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SECTION 6.02. Liens |
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SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes; Business Activities |
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SECTION 6.04. Acquisitions |
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SECTION 6.05. Asset Sales |
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SECTION 6.06. Sale/Leaseback Transactions |
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SECTION 6.07. Hedging Agreements |
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SECTION 6.08. Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness |
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SECTION 6.09. Transactions with Affiliates |
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SECTION 6.10. Restrictive Agreements |
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SECTION 6.11. Amendment of Material Documents |
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SECTION 6.12. Leverage Ratio |
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SECTION 6.13. Fiscal Year |
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ARTICLE VII | ||||
Events of Default | ||||
ARTICLE VIII | ||||
The Administrative Agent | ||||
ARTICLE IX | ||||
Miscellaneous | ||||
SECTION 9.01. Notices |
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SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments |
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SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 9.05. Survival |
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SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Signatures |
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SECTION 9.07. Severability |
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SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff |
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SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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SECTION 9.11. Headings |
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SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality |
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SECTION 9.13. Interest Rate Limitation |
SECTION 9.14. Release of Liens and Guarantees |
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SECTION 9.15. Satisfaction of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement |
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SECTION 9.16. Certain Notices |
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SECTION 9.17. No Fiduciary Relationship |
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SECTION 9.18. Non-Public Information |
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SECTION 9.19. Conditional Non-Petition Covenant |
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SECTION 9.20. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In |
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SECTION 9.21. Judgment Currency |
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SECTION 9.22. Amendment and Restatement of Prior Credit Agreement |
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SECTION 9.23. Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs |
SCHEDULES:
Schedule 1.01A |
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Existing Letters of Credit | ||
Schedule 1.01B |
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Cash and Investment Policy | ||
Schedule 2.01 |
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Commitments and LC Commitments | ||
Schedule 3.06 |
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Disclosed Matters | ||
Schedule 3.11A |
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Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures | ||
Schedule 3.11B |
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Disqualified Equity Interests | ||
Schedule 3.17 |
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Insurance | ||
Schedule 5.14 |
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Post-Closing Collateral Obligations | ||
Schedule 6.01 |
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Existing Indebtedness | ||
Schedule 6.02 |
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Existing Liens | ||
Schedule 6.10 |
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Existing Restrictions | ||
EXHIBITS: |
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Exhibit A |
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Form of Assignment and Assumption | ||
Exhibit B |
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Form of Borrowing Request | ||
Exhibit C |
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[Reserved] | ||
Exhibit D |
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Form of Affiliate Subordination Agreement | ||
Exhibit E |
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Form of Compliance Certificate | ||
Exhibit F |
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Form of Interest Election Request | ||
Exhibit G |
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Form of Perfection Certificate | ||
Exhibit H |
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Form of Solvency Certificate | ||
Exhibit I-1 |
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Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Lenders that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes | ||
Exhibit I-2 |
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Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Lenders that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes | ||
Exhibit I-3 |
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Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes | ||
Exhibit I-4 |
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Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes | ||
Exhibit J-1 |
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Form of Foreign Borrower Joinder Agreement | ||
Exhibit J-2 |
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Form of Foreign Borrower Termination | ||
ANNEXES: |
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Annex A |
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Mark-to-Market Pension Accounting |
CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of August 22, 2011, as amended and restated as of July 25, 2013, as further amended and restated as of March 31, 2016, as further amended and restated as of August 28, 2019 (as further amended by (I) that certain First Amendment, dated as of October 7, 2019, (II) that certain Second Amendment, dated as of April 7, 2020, (III) that certain Third Amendment, dated as of January 22, 2021, (IV) that certain Fourth Amendment, dated as of February 4, 2021, (V) that certain Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2021, (VI) that certain Incremental Term Loan A Facility Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2021, (VII) that certain Comet Conversion Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement (as herein defined) and (VIII) that certain Fifth Amendment, dated as of December 27, 2022 (and as further amended and restated as of the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), this Agreement), among NCR CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (the Company), the FOREIGN BORROWERS party hereto, the LENDERS party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as the Administrative Agent.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
Pursuant to the Comet Conversion Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement (such term and other capitalized terms used in these preliminary statements being defined in Section 1.01 hereof) and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Comet Incremental Agreements, the Company and the Administrative Agent agreed to amend the Existing Credit Agreement to be in the form of this Agreement.
The Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend, and the Issuing Banks have indicated their willingness to issue Letters of Credit, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
ABR, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, means such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate. All ABR Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.
Accepting Lenders has the meaning set forth in Section 2.21(a).
Acquired Company Representations means, with respect to any Limited Condition Acquisition, the representations and warranties made in the acquisition agreement with respect to such Limited Condition Acquisition that are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that the Company or any of its Affiliates has the right under such acquisition agreement not to consummate such Limited Condition Acquisition, or to terminate the obligations of the Company or any of its Affiliates under such acquisition agreement, as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties.
Adjusted Consolidated Net Income means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period; provided, however, that there shall not be included in such Adjusted Consolidated Net Income for any such period:
(a) any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any assets of the Company, its consolidated Subsidiaries or any other Person (including pursuant to any sale-and-leaseback arrangement) which are not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business and any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Equity Interest of any Person;
(b) extraordinary gains or losses;
(c) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;
(d) any net after-tax gain (or loss) attributable to the early retirement or conversion of Indebtedness;
(e) amortization of non-cash pension expenses and any after-tax one-time gains or losses associated with lump sum payments (or transfers of financial assets) to defease pension and retirement obligations and after-tax mark-to-market gains and losses on pension plans and settlement/curtailment gains and losses thereon;
(f) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP;
(g) the effects of adjustments in the Companys consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to any acquisition that is consummated after September 17, 2012, net of taxes; and
(h) any increase to reserves for Environmental Liabilities except to the extent cash payments are made in respect of such Environmental Liabilities from such increase.
Adjusted Daily Simple RFR means, (i) with respect to any RFR Borrowing denominated in Sterling, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Daily Simple RFR for Sterling and (ii) with respect to any RFR Borrowing denominated in Dollars, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Daily Simple RFR for Dollars, plus (b) the SOFR Adjustment; provided that if the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor.
Adjusted EURIBOR Rate means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the EURIBOR Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate; provided that if the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor.
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 SOFR Adjustment; provided that if the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor.
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Administrative Agent means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (or, as applicable, such Affiliates thereof as it shall from time to time designate for the purpose of performing its obligations hereunder in such capacity, including J.P. Morgan Europe Limited) and its permitted successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.
Administrative Questionnaire means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
Affected Class has the meaning set forth in Section 2.21(a).
Affected Financial Institution means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
Affiliate means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediary Controlling Persons Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
Aggregate Revolving Commitment means the sum of the Revolving Commitments of all the Revolving Lenders.
Aggregate Revolving Exposure means the sum of the Revolving Exposures of all the Revolving Lenders.
Agreed Currencies means Dollars and each Alternative Currency.
Agreement has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
Agreement Currency has the meaning set forth in Section 9.21(b).
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 1⁄2 of 1.00% per annum 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 1.00% per annum; 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 2.13 (solely in the case of Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans and Dollar-denominated Revolving Loans, only until the Benchmark Replacement has been determined pursuant to Section 2.13(a)(ii)), 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Alternate Base Rate as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
Alternative Currency means Sterling and Euros.
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Alternative Currency Equivalent means, for any amount of any Euros or Sterling, at the time of determination thereof, (a) if such amount is expressed in Euros or Sterling, such amount and (b) if such amount is expressed in Dollars, the equivalent of such amount in such Euros or Sterling determined by using the Exchange Rate with respect to Euros or Sterling, as the case may be, in effect for such amount on such date.
Amendment Effective Date means June 24, 2021.
Ancillary Document has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.06(b).
Anti-Corruption Laws means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery, corruption or money laundering.
Applicable Creditor has the meaning set forth in Section 9.21(b).
Applicable Percentage means, at any time, with respect to any Revolving Lender, the percentage of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment represented by such Lenders Revolving Commitment at such time, subject to adjustment as required to give effect to any reallocation of LC Exposure made pursuant to paragraph (c) or (d) of Section 2.19 or the penultimate paragraph of Section 2.19. If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments and to any Revolving Lenders status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.
Applicable Rate means, for any day, (a) with respect to any Term B Loan, (i) 1.50% per annum, in the case of an ABR Loan, or (ii) 2.50% per annum, in the case of a Term Benchmark Loan, (b) with respect to any Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loan that is an ABR Loan or a Term Benchmark Loan, respectively, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption ABR Spread - Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans or Term Benchmark and RFR Spread - Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans, respectively, based upon the Leverage Ratio as of the end of the fiscal quarter of the Company for which consolidated financial statements have theretofore been most recently delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) of this Agreement; provided that from the Comet Closing Date until delivery of the consolidated financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(b) for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2021, the Applicable Rate in respect of any Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loan shall be determined by reference to Level VI, (c) with respect to any Incremental Term Loan of any Series, the rate per annum specified in the Incremental Facility Agreement establishing the Incremental Term Commitments of such Series and (d) with respect to any Revolving Loan that is an ABR Loan, a Term Benchmark Loan or an RFR Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable in respect of the Revolving Commitments hereunder, respectively, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption ABR Spread Revolving Loans, Term Benchmark and RFR Spread Revolving Loans or Commitment Fee Rate, respectively, based upon the Leverage Ratio as of the end of the fiscal quarter of the Company for which consolidated financial statements have theretofore been most recently delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) of this Agreement; provided that from the Comet Closing Date until delivery of the consolidated financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(b) for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2021, the Applicable Rate in respect of any Revolving Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable in respect of the Revolving Commitments hereunder, shall be determined by reference to Level VI:
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ABR Spread - Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans |
Term Benchmark and RFR Spread - Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans |
ABR Spread Revolving Loans |
Term Benchmark and RFR Spread Revolving Loans |
Commitment Fee Rate |
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I | Less than 1.50 to 1.0 | 0.25 | % | 1.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 1.25 | % | 0.150 | % | |||||||||||
II | Greater than or equal to 1.50 to 1.0, but less than 2.00 to 1.0 | 0.50 | % | 1.50 | % | 0.50 | % | 1.50 | % | 0.200 | % | |||||||||||
III | Greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.0, but less than 3.00 to 1.0 | 0.75 | % | 1.75 | % | 0.75 | % | 1.75 | % | 0.250 | % | |||||||||||
IV | Greater than or equal to 3.00 to 1.0, but less than 3.50 to 1.0 | 1.00 | % | 2.00 | % | 1.00 | % | 2.00 | % | 0.300 | % | |||||||||||
V | Greater than or equal to 3.50 to 1.0, but less than 4.25 to 1.0 | 1.25 | % | 2.25 | % | 1.25 | % | 2.25 | % | 0.350 | % | |||||||||||
VI | Greater than or equal to 4.25 to 1.0, but less than 4.75 to 1.0 | 1.50 | % | 2.50 | % | 1.50 | % | 2.50 | % | 0.400 | % | |||||||||||
VII | Greater than or equal to 4.75 to 1.0 | 1.75 | % | 2.75 | % | 1.75 | % | 2.75 | % | 0.450 | % |
For purposes of the foregoing, each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in
the Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the third Business Day following the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) of the consolidated financial statements
indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Rate shall be based on the rates per annum set forth in CategoryLevel VII if
the Company fails to deliver the consolidated financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) or any Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant hereto, in each case within the time periods
specified herein for such delivery, during the period commencing on and including the day of the occurrence of a Default resulting from such failure and until the delivery thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, the
determination of the Applicable Rate will be subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(f).
Applicable Ticking Fee Rate means, (i) at any time on or prior to the date that is 30 days after the Effective Date, a rate per annum equal to 0.00%, (ii) at any time after the date that is 30 days after the Effective Date and on or prior to the date that is 60 days after the Effective Date, a rate per annum equal to 50% of the Applicable Rate for Term B Loans that are Term Benchmark Loans and (iii) at any time after the date that is 60 days after the Effective Date, a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Rate for Term B Loans that are Term Benchmark Loans.
Applicant Borrower has the meaning set forth in Section 2.23(a).
Applicant Borrower Amendments has the meaning set forth in Section 2.23(a).
Approved Commercial Bank means a commercial bank with a consolidated combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000,000.
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Approved Fund means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course 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.
Arrangers means,
collectively, the Effective Date Arrangers and, the Comet Transaction Arrangers and the Separation Transaction Arrangers.
Article 55 BRRD means Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms.
Assignment and Assumption means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, with the consent of any Person whose consent is required by Section 9.04, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
ATMCo means NCR Atleos LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which shall be renamed and incorporated as Atleos Corporation, a Maryland corporation, prior to or substantially concurrently with the consummation of the Separation.
ATMCo Dividend means the pro rata distribution of the common stock of ATMCo to the holders of common stock of the Company to effect the Separation.
ATMCo Escrow Subsidiary means NCR Atleos Escrow Corporation, a Maryland corporation.
ATM Financing Program Assets means automated teller machines and related software, service program agreements and other similar contracts, and receivables in respect of the foregoing, in each case, entered into in connection with the Companys ATMs-as-a-Service program, and the proceeds thereof.
ATM Financing Program means one or more facilities or individual transactions consisting of loans or leases to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any third-party financing source or notes payable by or other obligations incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any third-party financing source, in each case, for the purpose of financing the Companys ATMs-as-a-Service program and which may be secured by ATM Financing Program Assets.
Available Amount means, as of any day, the excess, if any, of:
(a) the sum of (i) $50,000,000, plus (ii) 50% of cumulative Adjusted Consolidated Net Income from July 1, 2012; over
(b) the amount of all Restricted Payments made in reliance on Section 6.08(a)(vi) of the Prior Credit Agreement prior to the Effective Date (or on the corresponding provision in the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined in the Prior Credit Agreement)) or Section 6.08(a)(vi) of this Agreement and all payments made in reliance on Section 6.08(b)(vi) of the Prior Credit Agreement prior to the Effective Date (or on the corresponding provision in the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined in the Prior Credit Agreement)) or Section 6.08(b)(vi) of this Agreement.
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
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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 (v) of Section 2.13(a).
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.
Bail-In Legislation means:
(a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 BRRD, 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).
Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy.
Bankruptcy Event means, with respect to any Person, that such Person has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, examiner, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority, so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States of America or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any 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, 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 (ii) of Section 2.13(a).
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 Revolving Loan denominated in Euros or Sterling, Benchmark Replacement shall mean the alternative set forth in (2) below:
(1) in the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for Borrowings denominated in Dollars; or
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(2) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers, or the Borrower Agent on their behalf, 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 a then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted 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 Borrowers, or the Borrower Agent on their behalf, 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 currency at such time.
Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement and/or any Term Benchmark Loan, 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 in its reasonable discretion (and in consultation with the Company) may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement 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 reasonably determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides, in consultation with the Company, 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
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(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or component thereof) have been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (3) and even if such Benchmark (or component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
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) above 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 such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, 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 of Governors, 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 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 such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, 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 such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, 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 such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, 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.
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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 clause (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 2.13(a) 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 2.13(a).
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 ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) 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 means, with respect to any Person, an affiliate (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k)) of such Person.
Blocking Regulation means Regulation (EU) No 2271/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 November 1996 protecting against the effects of the extraterritorial application of legislation adopted by a third country, and actions based on or resulting therefrom.
Board of Governors means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
Borrower means each of the Company and each Foreign Borrower.
Borrower Agent has the meaning set forth in Section 1.07.
Borrowing means Loans of the same Class and Type 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.
Borrowing Minimum means (a) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars, $5,000,000, (b) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Euros, 5,000,000, and (c) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Sterling, £5,000,000.
Borrowing Multiple means (a) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars, $1,000,000, (b) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Euros, 1,000,000, and (c) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Sterling, £1,000,000.
Borrowing Request means a written request by a Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
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Brazil CMA means the Contract Manufacturing Agreement dated as of July 26, 2011, by and between NCR Global Solutions Group, Limited, an Irish limited company, and NCR Manaus, including the schedules thereto, as provided to the Administrative Agent prior to the Original Effective Date.
Brazil Shareholders Agreement means the Shareholders Agreement dated as of October 4, 2011, by and among the Company, NCR Manaus, Scopus Industrial and Scopus Tecnologia, including the schedules and exhibits thereto, as provided to the Administrative Agent prior to the Original Effective Date.
Brazil Subscription Agreement means the Equity Subscription Agreement dated as of July 26, 2011, by and among the Company, Scopus Industrial, Scopus Tecnologia and NCR Manaus, including the schedules thereto, as provided to the Administrative Agent prior to the Original Effective Date.
Brazil Transaction Documents means the Brazil CMA, the Brazil Shareholders Agreement and the Brazil Subscription Agreement.
Business Day means, any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for business in New York City); provided that in addition to the foregoing, a Business Day shall be (a) in relation to Loans denominated in Euros and in relation to the calculation or computation of EURIBOR, any day which is a TARGET Day, (b) 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 a RFR Business Day and (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.
Capital Expenditures means, for any period, (a) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries that are (or should be) set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP, excluding (i) any such expenditures made to restore, replace or rebuild assets to the condition of such assets immediately prior to any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, such assets to the extent such expenditures are made with insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or damage recovery proceeds relating to any such casualty, damage, taking, condemnation or similar proceeding, (ii) any such expenditures constituting Permitted Acquisitions or any other acquisition of all the Equity Interests in, or all or substantially all the assets of (or the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of), any Person and (iii) any such expenditures in the form of a substantially contemporaneous exchange of similar property, plant, equipment or other capital assets, except to the extent of cash or other consideration (other than the assets so exchanged), if any, paid or payable by the Company or its consolidated Subsidiaries and (b) such portion of principal payments on Capital Lease Obligations made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during such period as is attributable to additions to property, plant and equipment that have not otherwise been reflected on the consolidated statement of cash flows as additions to property, plant and equipment for such period.
Capital Lease Obligations of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person; subject to Section 1.04, the amount of such obligations
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shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of Section 6.02, a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to be secured by a Lien on the property being leased and such property shall be deemed to be owned by the lessee.
Cash Consideration has the meaning set forth in Section 6.05.
CBR Loan means a Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Central Bank Rate.
CBR Spread means, with respect to any CBR Loan at any time, the Applicable Rate that would be applicable at such time to the Loan that was converted into such CBR Loan.
Central Bank Rate means, the greater of (I)(A) for any Loan denominated in (a) 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 and (b) Euros, one of the following three rates as may be selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion: (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 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; plus (B) the applicable Central Bank Rate Adjustment and (II) the Floor.
Central Bank Rate Adjustment means, for any day, for any Loan denominated in (a) Euros, a rate equal to the difference (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) of (i) the average of the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate for the five most recent Business Days preceding such day for which the EURIBOR Screen Rate was available (excluding, from such averaging, the highest and the lowest Adjusted EURIBOR Rate applicable during such period of five Business Days) minus (ii) the Central Bank Rate in respect of Euros in effect on the last Business Day in such period and (b) Sterling, a rate equal to the difference (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) of (i) the average of Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for Sterling Borrowings for the five most recent RFR Business Days preceding such day for which Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for Sterling Borrowings was available (excluding, from such averaging, the highest and the lowest such Adjusted Daily Simple RFR applicable during such period of five RFR Business Days) minus (ii) the Central Bank Rate in respect of Sterling in effect on the last RFR Business Day in such period, For purposes of this definition, (x) the term Central Bank Rate shall be determined disregarding clause (B) of the definition of such term and (y) the EURIBOR Rate on any day shall be based on the EURIBOR Screen Rate, on such day at approximately the time referred to in the definition of such term for deposits in the applicable Agreed Currency for a maturity of one month.
CFC means (a) each Person that is a controlled foreign corporation for purposes of the Code, (b) each subsidiary of any such controlled foreign corporation, (c) any Foreign Subsidiary which is an entity disregarded as separate from its owner under Treasury Regulation 301.7701-3 and (d) any CFC Holdco.
CFC Holdco means a Subsidiary that has no material assets other than Equity Interests in one or more CFCs (including for this purpose, any debt or other instrument treated as equity for U.S. Federal income tax purposes), any Indebtedness owed to it (or so treated for U.S. Federal income tax purposes) by any CFC and rights to Intellectual Property relating solely to and utilized solely by such CFCs
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(but in respect of which no significant royalty, license or similar fees are paid by such CFCs) and assets incidental thereto.
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 Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the Effective Date), other than an employee benefit plan or related trust of the Company or of the Company and any Subsidiaries, of Equity Interests in the Company representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in the Company; (b) persons who were (i) directors of the Company on the Effective Date, (ii) nominated or approved by the board of directors of the Company, (iii) nominated or approved by the board of directors of the Company as director candidates prior to their election to the board of directors of the Company or (iv) appointed by directors who were directors of the Company on the Effective Date or were nominated or approved as provided in clause (ii) or clause (iii) above ceasing to occupy a majority of the seats (excluding vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Company; or (c) the occurrence of any change in control (or similar event, however denominated) with respect to the Company under and as defined in any indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing, governing the rights of the holders of or otherwise relating to any Material Indebtedness of the Company or under and as defined in the Existing Preferred Documentation.
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the 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) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, implemented or issued.
Charges has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.
Class, when used in reference to (a) any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Term B Loans, Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans, Incremental Term Loans of any Series or Revolving Loans, (b) any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is an Initial Term B Commitment, a Delayed Draw Term B Commitment, an Incremental Term Commitment of any Series or a Revolving Commitment and (c) any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment of a particular Class. From and after the funding of the Delayed Draw Term B Loans, if any, the Delayed Draw Term B Loans and the Initial Term B Loans shall constitute a single Class of Term B Loans.
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.
Collateral means any and all assets, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, on which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Security Documents as security for the Obligations; provided that the Collateral shall in no event include any Excluded Assets.
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Collateral Agreement means the Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement among the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, as amended and restated as of March 31, 2016.
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement means, at any time, the requirement that:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received from each Borrower and each Designated Subsidiary either (i) a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person or (ii) in the case of any Person that becomes a Designated Subsidiary after the Effective Date (including by ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary), a supplement to the Collateral Agreement, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person, together with documents and opinions of the type referred to in paragraphs (d) and (e) of Section 4.01 with respect to such Designated Subsidiary, in each case, if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent;
(b) all Equity Interests in any Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Guarantor Loan Party shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement and, in the case of Equity Interests in any Foreign Subsidiary, where the Administrative Agent so requests in connection with the pledge of such Equity Interests, a Foreign Pledge Agreement (provided that, in each case, the Guarantor Loan Parties shall not be required to pledge 662⁄3% or more of the outstanding voting Equity Interests in any CFC), and the Administrative Agent shall, to the extent required by the Collateral Agreement, have received certificates or other instruments representing all such Equity Interests, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(c) (i) all Indebtedness of the Company and each Subsidiary and (ii) all Indebtedness (other than Permitted Investments in non-certificated or book entry form) of any other Person in a principal amount of $10,000,000 or more that, in each case, is owing to any Guarantor Loan Party shall be evidenced by a promissory note (in each case, which may take the form of an intercompany note) and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, and the Administrative Agent shall have received all such promissory notes, together with undated instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(d) all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by Requirements of Law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents and the other provisions of the term Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Administrative Agent for filing, registration or recording (or the Administrative Agent shall have been authorized to make such filing, registration or recording); and
(e) each Loan Party shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it at such time in connection with the execution and delivery of all Security Documents to which it is a party, the performance of its obligations thereunder and the granting by it of the Liens thereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition or anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, (a) the foregoing provisions of this definition shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to, particular assets of the Guarantor Loan Parties, or the provision of Guarantees
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by any Subsidiary, if, and for so long as the Administrative Agent and the Company reasonably agree that the cost of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets, or obtaining such legal opinions or other deliverables in respect of such assets, or providing such Guarantees (taking into account any adverse tax consequences to the Company and the Subsidiaries, including any potential Section 956 Impact), shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (b) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the term Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Security Documents and, to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction, as reasonably agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Company and (c) in no event shall the Collateral include any Excluded Assets. The Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time for the creation and perfection of security interests in, or the obtaining of, any applicable legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to particular assets or the provision of any Guarantee by any Subsidiary (including, without limitation, extensions beyond the Effective Date, as required pursuant to Section 5.14 or in connection with assets acquired, or Subsidiaries formed or acquired, after the Effective Date) where it determines that such action cannot be accomplished, or undue effort or expense would be required to accomplish such action, by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be accomplished by this Agreement or the Security Documents. Any such extensions granted by the Administrative Agent under the Prior Credit Agreement will continue to be effective in accordance with the terms thereof for purposes hereof.
Comet Acquisition means the acquisition of Cardtronics plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales (the Target), by the Company pursuant to that certain Acquisition Agreement, dated as of January 25, 2021, among the Company, the Target and Cardtronics USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Comet Closing Date means June 21, 2021.
Comet Conversion Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement means the Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement (TLA-2 Conversion), dated as of the Amendment Effective Date, among the Company, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Incremental Revolving Lenders (as defined therein) party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
Comet Incremental Agreements means, collectively, the Comet Incremental Term Loan A Facility Agreement, the Comet Initial Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement and the Comet Conversion Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement.
Comet Incremental Term Loan A Facility Agreement means the Incremental Term Loan A Facility Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2021, among the Company, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Lenders (as defined therein) party thereto, the Tranche 2 Incremental Term A-2021 Lenders (as defined therein) party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
Comet Initial Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement means the Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2021, among the Company, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Incremental Revolving Lenders (as defined therein) party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
Comet Transaction Arrangers means BofA Securities, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Truist Securities, Inc., MUFG Bank, Ltd., PNC Capital Markets LLC,
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RBC Capital Markets1, Capital One, N.A., TD Securities (USA) LLC and Fifth Third Bank, National Association, in their capacities as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the applicable credit facilities provided for herein.
Commitment means a Revolving Commitment, an Initial Term B Commitment, a Delayed Draw Term B Commitment, an Incremental Term Commitment of any Series or any combination thereof (as the context requires).
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 that is distributed to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 9.01, including through the Platform.
Company has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
Compliance Certificate means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Consolidated EBITDA means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus,
(a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of
(i) consolidated interest expense for such period (including imputed interest expense in respect of Capital Lease Obligations);
(ii) provision for taxes based on income, profits or losses, including foreign withholding taxes during such period;
(iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for such period;
(iv) any extraordinary losses for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
(v) any Non-Cash Charges for such period;
(vi) any losses attributable to early extinguishment of Indebtedness or obligations under any Hedging Agreement other than those relating to foreign currencies;
(vii) Pro Forma Adjustments in connection with Material Acquisitions;
(viii) nonrecurring integration expenses in connection with acquisitions (including severance costs, retention payments, change of control bonuses, relocation expenses and similar integration expenses);
1 | RBC Capital Markets is a brand name for the capital markets businesses of Royal Bank of Canada and its affiliates. |
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(ix) one-time out-of-pocket transactional costs and expenses relating to Permitted Acquisitions, Investments outside the ordinary course of business, and Dispositions (regardless of whether consummated), including legal fees, advisory fees, and upfront financing fees;
(x) amortization of non-cash pension expenses and any after-tax one-time losses associated with lump sum payments (or transfers of financial assets) to defease pension and retirement obligations and after-tax mark-to-market losses on pension plans and settlement/curtailment losses thereon;
(xi) out-of-pocket costs and expenses relating to restructurings (including a reduction in force), consolidation, separation or closure of facilities and cost saving initiatives, in each case, undertaken out of the ordinary course of business, and (without duplication) any non-cash charges or reserves taken in connection therewith; provided that each such restructuring, consolidation, separation or closure of facilities or cost saving initiative has been specifically approved by the board of directors of the Company or by both the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company;
(xii) out-of-pocket costs and expenses arising from litigation in respect of discontinued operations in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for any Test Period; and
(xiii) unrealized losses during such period attributable to the application of mark-to-market accounting in respect of any Hedging Agreement;
provided that any cash payment made with respect to any Non-Cash Charges added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA for any prior period pursuant to clause (a)(v) above (or that would have been added back had this Agreement been in effect during and after such prior period), other than any cash payments made after the Effective Date in respect of obligations relating to the Fox River, Kalamazoo and Dayton landfill discontinued operations not exceeding, in the aggregate for all periods, the amount of the reserves for such obligations reflected in the Borrowers financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2011, shall be subtracted in computing Consolidated EBITDA for the period in which such cash payment is made; provided, further, that the aggregate amount of all amounts under clauses (vii), (viii), (ix) and (xi) that increase Consolidated EBITDA in any Test Period (including, for avoidance of doubt, in connection with any calculation made hereunder on a Pro Forma Basis) shall not exceed, and shall be limited to, 15% of Consolidated EBITDA in respect of such Test Period (calculated after giving effect to such adjustments and with no carryover of unused amounts into any subsequent period); and minus
(b) without duplication and to the extent included in determining such Consolidated Net Income,
(i) any extraordinary gains for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
(ii) any non-cash gains for such period, including any gains attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness;
(iii) any net income tax benefit for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
(iv) any gains attributable to the early extinguishment of obligations under any Hedging Agreement other than those relating to foreign currencies;
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(v) after-tax one-time gains associated with lump sum payments (or transfers of financial assets) to defease pension and retirement obligations and after-tax mark-to-market gains on pension plans and settlement/curtailment gains thereon; and
(vi) unrealized gains during such period attributable to the application of mark-to-market accounting in respect of any Hedging Agreement;
provided, further that Consolidated EBITDA for any period shall be calculated so as to exclude (without duplication of any adjustment referred to above) the effect of:
(A) the cumulative effect of any changes in GAAP or accounting principles applied by management; and
(B) purchase accounting adjustments.
Notwithstanding the foregoing (but without duplication of any other adjustment referred to above), Consolidated EBITDA will be calculated (i) so as to exclude mark-to-market gains and losses on Plans and Foreign Pension Plans and settlement/curtailment gains and losses relating to such plans, and (ii) to give effect to Mark-to-Market Pension Accounting.
Consolidated Net Income means, for any period, the net income or loss of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded (a) the income of any Person (other than the Company) that is not a consolidated Subsidiary except to the extent of the amount of cash dividends or similar cash distributions actually paid by such Person to the Company or, subject to clauses (b) and (c) below, any other consolidated Subsidiary during such period, (b) the income of, and any amounts referred to in clause (a) above paid to, any consolidated Subsidiary (other than the Company or any Subsidiary Loan Party) to the extent that, on the date of determination, the declaration or payment of cash dividends or similar cash distributions by such Subsidiary (i) is not permitted (A) without any prior approval of any Governmental Authority which, to the actual knowledge of the Company, would be required and that has not been obtained or (B) under any law applicable to the Company or any such Subsidiary (in the case of any foreign law, of which the Company has actual knowledge) or (ii) is not permitted by the operation of the terms of the organizational documents of such Subsidiary or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any Subsidiary, unless such restrictions with respect to the payment of cash dividends and other similar cash distributions has been legally and effectively waived and (c) the income or loss of, and any amounts referred to in clause (a) above paid to, any consolidated Subsidiary that is not wholly owned by the Company to the extent such income or loss or such amounts are attributable to the noncontrolling interest in such consolidated Subsidiary.
Consolidated Total Assets means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company, total assets as reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Total Debt means, as of any date, without duplication, (a) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Company and the Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness described in clause (f) of Indebtedness; provided that there shall be included in Consolidated Total Debt any Indebtedness in respect of drawings under letters of credit or letters of guaranty to the extent such drawings are not reimbursed within two Business Days after the date of any such drawing) outstanding as of such date, to the extent such Indebtedness would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus (b) without duplication of amounts referred to in clause (a), the amount of Third Party Interests in respect of Permitted Receivables Facilities, in each case, without
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giving effect to any election to value any Indebtedness at fair value, as described in Section 1.04(a), or any other accounting principle that results in the amount of any such Indebtedness (other than zero coupon Indebtedness) to be below the stated principal amount of such Indebtedness, minus (c) the excess, if any, of the amount of Unrestricted Cash owned by the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date over $150,000,000; provided that, solely for the purposes of determining compliance by the Company with the Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 6.12 as of the last day of any Test Period, Consolidated Total Debt shall exclude any outstanding Notes issued in connection with a Permitted Material Acquisition if (i) such Permitted Material Acquisition has not been consummated on or before the last day of such Test Period and (ii) such Notes are secured on the last day of such Test Period by a Lien on the Permitted Escrow Funds with respect to such Notes (and any earnings thereon) having a value at least equal to the principal amount of such Notes, in accordance with the Permitted Escrow Transactions with respect to such Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Consolidated Total Debt will exclude any Indebtedness (Refinanced Debt) outstanding on any determination date which is to be refinanced, repurchased or purchased, redeemed or otherwise repaid pursuant to a transaction not prohibited under this Agreement (and any amounts to be used to effect such refinancing, repurchase, purchase, redemption or repayment shall not be included as Unrestricted Cash for purposes of this Agreement); provided that a notice of redemption of, or an offer to purchase, such Refinanced Debt has been given or made (and, in the case of an offer to purchase, not withdrawn) on or prior to such date (any such Refinanced Debt, Defeased Debt).
Consolidated Total Secured Debt means, as of any date, the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt of the Company and the Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date that is secured by Liens on any property or assets of the Company or the Subsidiaries (which shall be determined after giving effect to clause (c) of the definition of Consolidated Total Debt).
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 ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto.
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.
Covered Entity means (a) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (b) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (c) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
Covered Party has the meaning set forth in Section 9.23(b).
Credit Party means the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each 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 48/2012.
Cumulative Leverage Ratio Increase Amount means the sum of the Leverage Ratio Increase Amounts in respect of Pension Funding Indebtedness; provided that the Cumulative Leverage Ratio Increase Amount may not exceed 0.50; provided, further, that if any Indebtedness, including of term loans made under the Prior Credit Agreement (or any other prior credit agreement), is treated by the Company as Pension Funding Indebtedness when incurred, but the proceeds thereof are not applied as required by the definition of Pension Funding Indebtedness (including within the applicable time periods
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specified therein) to qualify as Pension Funding Indebtedness, on and as of the last day of the period during which such proceeds would have to be so applied, such Indebtedness will cease to be Pension Funding Indebtedness, any Leverage Ratio Increase Amounts previously attributable thereto will cease to apply, the Cumulative Leverage Ratio Increase Amount will be recalculated in accordance with the foregoing definition without regard to any such Leverage Ratio Increase Amounts and such recalculated Cumulative Leverage Ratio Increase Amount will apply from and after such day (subject to future adjustment based on subsequent issuances of Pension Funding Indebtedness).
Daily Simple RFR means, for any day (an RFR Interest Day), an interest rate per annum equal to, for any RFR Loan denominated in (i) Sterling, SONIA for the day that is five RFR Business Days prior to (A) if such RFR Interest Day is an RFR Business Day, such RFR Interest Day or (B) if such RFR Interest Day is not an RFR Business Day, the RFR Business Day immediately preceding such RFR Interest Day and (ii) Dollars, Daily Simple SOFR for such day.
Daily Simple SOFR means, for any day (a SOFR Rate Day), a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day (such day SOFR Determination Date) that is five 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 Administrators 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 Borrower. If by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second RFR Business Day immediately following any SOFR Determination Date, SOFR in respect of such SOFR Determination Date has not been published on the SOFR Administrators Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then SOFR for such SOFR Determination Date will be SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding RFR Business Day for which such SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrators Website.
Default means any event or condition that constitutes, or upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute, an Event of Default.
Defaulting Lender means, subject to Section 2.19, any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, (i) to fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) to fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or (iii) to pay 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 Lenders good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) 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 Lenders good-faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified in such writing or public statement, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) to funding a Loan cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent or the Company made 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; provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon the Administrative Agents or the Companys, as applicable, receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or the Company, as the case may be, (d) has (i) become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, examiner, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority, so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender, or (e) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, become the subject of a Bail-In Action. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (e) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Company, each Issuing Bank and each Lender.
Defeased Debt has the meaning given to such term in the definition of Consolidated Total Debt.
Delayed Draw Funding Date means the date on which the Delayed Draw Term B Loans are funded pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement.
Delayed Draw Term B Commitment means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make a Delayed Draw Term B Loan at any time on or after the Effective Date and on or prior to December 31, 2019, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Delayed Draw Term B Loan to be made by such Lender, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lenders Delayed Draw Term B Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Delayed Draw Term B Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Lenders Delayed Draw Term B Commitments as of the Effective Date was $400,000,000.
Delayed Draw Term B Lender means a Lender with a Delayed Draw Term B Commitment or an outstanding Delayed Draw Term B Loan.
Delayed Draw Term B Loan means a Loan made pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement.
Delivery Date has the meaning set forth in Section 9.15.
Designated Non-Cash Consideration means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or a Subsidiary in connection with a disposition pursuant to Section 6.05 that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company, setting forth the basis of such valuation (the outstanding amount of which will be reduced by the fair market value of the portion of the non-cash consideration converted to cash or Permitted Investments within 180 days following the consummation of such disposition).
Designated Subsidiary means each Material Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary.
Disclosed Matters means the actions, suits, proceedings and the environmental, Intellectual Property and other matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06.
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Disposition has the meaning set forth in Section 6.05.
Disqualified Equity Interest means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest in 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) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests in 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) is convertible or exchangeable, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof, for Indebtedness or Equity Interests (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests); or
(c) is redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests) or is 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 180 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 Effective Date, the Effective Date); provided, however, that (i) an Equity Interest in any Person that would not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest but for terms thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to redeem or purchase such Equity Interest upon the occurrence of an asset sale or a change of control (or similar event, however denominated) shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest if any such requirement becomes operative only after repayment in full of all the Loans and all other Loan Document Obligations that are accrued and payable, the cancellation or expiration of all Letters of Credit and the termination or expiration of the Commitments, (ii) an Equity Interest in any Person that is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees or by any such plan to such employees shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest solely because it 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 employees termination, death or disability and (iii) the Existing Preferred shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests.
Dollar Equivalent means, on any date, (a) with respect to any amount in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount in Euros or Sterling, the equivalent in Dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent using the Exchange Rate with respect to Euros or Sterling, as the case may be, in effect for such amount on such date. The Dollar Equivalent at any time of the amount of any Letter of Credit, LC Disbursement or Loan denominated in Euros or Sterling shall be the amount most recently determined as provided in Section 1.06.
Dollars or $ refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Subsidiary incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
Dutch Borrower means any Borrower (i) that is organized or formed under the laws of the Netherlands or (ii) payments from which under this Agreement or any other Loan Document are subject to withholding Taxes imposed by the laws of the Netherlands.
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Dutch Non-Public Lender means: (a) until the publication of an interpretation of public as referred to in the CRR by the competent authority/ies: an entity which (i) assumes existing rights and/or obligations vis-à-vis the Company, the value of which is at least EUR 100,000 (or its equivalent in another currency), (ii) provides repayable funds for an initial amount of at least EUR 100,000 (or its equivalent in another currency) or (iii) otherwise qualifies as not forming part of the public; and (b) as soon as the interpretation of the term public as referred to in the CRR has been published by the relevant authority/ies: an entity which is not considered to form part of the public on the basis of such interpretation.
Economic IP Transfer means a transfer of economic interests in Intellectual Property between or among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries that is not accompanied by a transfer of legal ownership of such Intellectual Property.
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 clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
EEA Member Country means any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
EEA Resolution Authority 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 clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
Effective Date means August 28, 2019.
Effective Date Arrangers means BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, MUFG Bank, Ltd., PNC Bank, National Association, RBC Capital Markets, Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and Capital One, National Association, in their capacities as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the applicable credit facilities provided for herein.
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 Assignee means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund, (d) any bank and (e) any other financial institution or investment fund engaged as a primary activity in the ordinary course of its business in making or investing in commercial loans or debt securities, other than, in each case, a natural person, the Company, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of the Company.
Engagement Letter means the Engagement Letter dated July 30, 2019, among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.
Environmental Laws means all rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, judgments, orders, decrees and other laws, and all injunctions, notices or binding agreements, issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority and relating in any way to the environment, to preservation or reclamation of natural resources, to the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or to related health or safety matters.
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Environmental Liability means any liability, obligation, loss, claim, action, order or cost, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties and indemnities), 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 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, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any successor statute.
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 414(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(m) or 414(o) of the Code.
ERISA Event means (a) any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived), (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, in each case whether or not waived, (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (d) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in at-risk status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code), (e) the incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan, (f) the receipt by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (g) the incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (h) the receipt by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA and Section 432 of the Code, or (i) any Foreign Benefit Event.
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.
EURIBOR Rate means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros and for any Interest Period, the EURIBOR Screen Rate, two TARGET Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
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EURIBOR Screen Rate means the euro interbank offered rate administered by the European Money Markets Institute (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant period displayed (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) on page EURIBOR01 of the Thomson Reuters screen (or any replacement Thomson 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 Thomson Reuters as published at approximately 11:00 a.m. Brussels time two 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 Borrowers.
Euro or means the single currency of the Participating Member States.
Event of Default has the meaning set forth in Article VII.
Excess Cash Flow means, for any fiscal year of the Company, the sum (without duplication) of:
(a) the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, adjusted to exclude (i) net income (or loss) of any consolidated Subsidiary that is not wholly owned by the Company to the extent such income or loss is attributable to the non-controlling interest in such consolidated Subsidiary and (ii) any gains or losses attributable to Prepayment Events; plus
(b) depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges or losses deducted in determining such consolidated net income (or loss) for such fiscal year (excluding any non-cash charge to the extent it represents an accrual or reserve for potential cash charges in any future period or amortization of prepaid cash charges that were paid in a prior period); plus
(c) the sum of (i) the amount, if any, by which Net Working Capital decreased during such fiscal year (except as a result of the reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice-versa), (ii) the net amount, if any, by which the consolidated deferred revenues and other consolidated accrued long-term liability accounts of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries increased during such fiscal year and (iii) the net amount, if any, by which the consolidated accrued long-term asset accounts of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries decreased during such fiscal year; minus
(d) the sum of (i) any non-cash gains included in determining such consolidated net income (or loss) for such fiscal year (excluding any non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash charge that reduced consolidated net income of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries in any prior period if Excess Cash Flow was not increased by the amount of the corresponding non-cash charge in such prior period), (ii) the amount, if any, by which Net Working Capital increased during such fiscal year (except as a result of the reclassification of items from long-term to short-term or vice-versa), (iii) the net amount, if any, by which the consolidated deferred revenues and other consolidated accrued long-term liability accounts of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries decreased during such fiscal year and (iv) the net amount, if any, by which the consolidated accrued long-term asset accounts of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries increased during such fiscal year; minus
(e) the sum (without duplication) of (i) Capital Expenditures made in cash for such fiscal year (except to the extent financed from Excluded Sources) and (ii) cash consideration paid during such fiscal year to make acquisitions or other long-term investments (other than cash equivalents) (except to the extent financed from Excluded Sources); minus
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(f) the aggregate principal amount of Long-Term Indebtedness repaid or prepaid by the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries during such fiscal year, excluding (i) Indebtedness in respect of Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit or other revolving credit facilities (unless there is a corresponding reduction in the commitments in respect of such other revolving credit facilities), (ii) Term Loans prepaid pursuant to Section 2.10(a), (c), (d) or (e) and (iii) repayments or prepayments of Long-Term Indebtedness financed from Excluded Sources; minus
(g) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made by the Company in cash during such fiscal year pursuant to Section 6.08(a) (other than clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (ix) of Section 6.08(a)), except Restricted Payments financed from Excluded Sources; minus
(h) other cash payments in respect of long-term liabilities and long-term assets (in each case, other than in respect of Indebtedness) by the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries during such period to the extent not deducted in determining consolidated net income (or loss) for such fiscal year.
Exchange Act means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Exchange Rate means on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent of any other currency or the Alternative Currency Equivalent of Dollars, the rate of exchange for the purchase of Dollars with such currency or rate of exchange for the purchase of such other currency with Dollars, as applicable, last provided (either by publication or otherwise provided to the Administrative Agent) by the applicable Thomson Reuters Corp., Refinitiv, or any successor thereto (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 currency or purchase of such currency with Dollars, as applicable, as provided by such 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 or such other currency, as applicable, as determined by the Administrative Agent using any method of determination it deems appropriate in its sole discretion).
Excluded Assets has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
Excluded Sources means (a) proceeds of any incurrence or issuance of Long-Term Indebtedness or Capital Lease Obligations, (b) Net Proceeds of any sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of assets made in reliance on Section 6.05(k), (c) proceeds of any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in the Company or any capital contributions to the Company and (d) other proceeds not included in the consolidated net income of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries.
Excluded Subsidiary means (a) any Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company on
the Effective Date or, if later, the date it first becomes a Subsidiary; provided that any such Subsidiary shall cease to be an Excluded Subsidiary at such time as it becomes a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company and none of clauses
(b) through (fg) of this
definition apply to it, (b) any Subsidiary that is a CFC (and accordingly, in no event shall a CFC be required to enter into any Security Document or pledge any assets hereunder), (c) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by applicable
Requirements of Law from guaranteeing the Loan Document Obligations, (d) any Subsidiary (i) that is prohibited by any contractual obligation existing on the Effective Date or on the date such Subsidiary is acquired or otherwise becomes a
Subsidiary (but not entered into in contemplation of the Transactions or such acquisition) from guaranteeing the Loan Document Obligations, (ii) that would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization
to provide such Guarantee, unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received, or (iii) for which the provision of such Guarantee would result
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in a material adverse tax consequence to the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Company), (e) any captive insurance subsidiary, not
for profit subsidiary or special purpose entity, including any Receivables Subsidiary and, (f) any other Subsidiary excused from becoming a Guarantor Loan Party pursuant to the last paragraph of the definition of the term Collateral and Guarantee
Requirement and (g) any Unrestricted Subsidiary (including, for so long as ATMCo Escrow Subsidiary is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, ATMCo Escrow
Subsidiary).
Excluded Taxes means, with respect to any payment made by any Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, 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 or gross income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes;
(b) in the case of any Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Company under Section 2.18(b)), any U.S. Federal, United Kingdom, Irish and Dutch withholding Taxes:
(i) resulting from any law in effect on the date such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), including circumstances where (x) any United Kingdom taxes are required to be deducted or withheld (a UK Tax Deduction) from a payment to (1) a UK Treaty Lender and the payment has not been specified in a direction given by the Commissioners of HMRC under Regulation 2 of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (General) Regulations 1970 (SI1970/488); and (2) a Lender that is a UK Qualifying Lender solely by virtue of sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of UK Qualifying Lender and an officer of HMRC has given (and not revoked) a direction under section 931 of the UK Taxes Act and the payment could have been made without a UK Tax Deduction if such direction had not been made, or (y) any Irish taxes are required to be deducted or withheld from a payment to an Irish Treaty Lender and the payment has not been specified in an authorization given by the Revenue Commissioners of Ireland in effect on the Interest Payment Date, or
(ii) attributable to such Lenders failure to comply with Section 2.16(f), (g)(i), (g)(ii), (g)(iii), (g)(vi), (h) and (i),
except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Company with respect to such withholding Taxes pursuant to Section 2.16(a), or except to the extent that any United Kingdom withholding Taxes are attributable to the failure of the relevant Loan Party to comply with its obligations in Section 2.16(g)(i), (g)(iii) and (g)(v);
(c) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA; and
(d) the bank levy as set out in the Finance Act 2011 of the United Kingdom and the bank levy as set out in the Bank Tax Act of the Netherlands.
Existing 5.875% Notes means the 5.875% senior unsecured notes due 2021 issued by NCR Escrow Corp. on December 19, 2013, and assumed by the Company on January 10, 2014.
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Existing 6.375% Notes means the 6.375% senior unsecured notes due 2023 issued by NCR Escrow Corp. on December 19, 2013, and assumed by the Company on January 10, 2014.
Existing Credit Agreement means this Agreement as amended and in effect immediately prior to giving effect to the Comet Incremental Agreements.
Existing Letters of Credit means the letters of credit previously issued pursuant to the Prior Credit Agreement that (a) are outstanding on the Effective Date and (b) are listed on Schedule 1.01A.
Existing Preferred means the Companys Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01, outstanding on the Effective Date.
Existing Preferred Documentation means the Articles Supplementary Classifying the Existing Preferred, the Investment Agreement dated as of November 11, 2015, by and between the Company and the Purchasers (as defined therein) identified therein and each other agreement evidencing, governing the rights of the holders of or otherwise relating to the Existing Preferred.
FAS 842 has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04(a).
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the 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 agreements 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.
Federal Funds Effective Rate means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such days federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as shall be set forth on the NYFRBs Website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the federal funds effective rate; provided that if such rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes of this Agreement.
Fee Letters has the meaning set forth in the Engagement Letter.
Financial Officer means, with respect to any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, controller or other officer with equivalent responsibility of such Person.
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, Adjusted EURIBOR Rate, each Adjusted Daily Simple RFR or the Central Bank Rate, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the initial Floor for each such rate is 0.00%.
Foreign Benefit Event means, with respect to any Foreign Pension Plan, (a) the existence of unfunded liabilities in excess of the amount of unfunded liabilities permitted under the respective requirements of the governing documents for any applicable Foreign Pension Plan or any applicable law, or in excess of the amount that would be permitted absent a waiver from the relevant Governmental Authority, (b) the failure to make the required contributions or payments, under any applicable law, on or before the due date for such contributions or payments, (c) the receipt of a notice by a Governmental Authority relating to the intention to terminate any such Foreign Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee or similar official to administer any such Foreign Pension Plan, or alleging the insolvency of any such Foreign
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Pension Plan, (d) the incurrence of any liability by the Company or any Subsidiary under applicable law on account of the complete or partial termination of such Foreign Pension Plan or the complete or partial withdrawal of any participating employer therein (excluding any liability (including contingent liabilities) that would as a matter of course be imposed under applicable law as the result of any voluntary full or partial termination of any such Foreign Pension Plan as a result of a voluntary and legally permissible defeasance effected by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries of the related obligations and liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries under such Foreign Pension Plan) or (e) the occurrence of any transaction that is prohibited under the respective requirements of the governing documents for any applicable Foreign Pension Plan or any applicable law and that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability by the Company or any Subsidiary, or the imposition on the Company or any Subsidiary of any fine, excise tax or penalty resulting from any noncompliance with the respective requirements of the governing documents for any applicable Foreign Pension Plan or any applicable law.
Foreign Borrower means each of (a) NCR Limited, a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales, (b) NCR Nederland B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) organized under the laws of the Netherlands, (c) NCR Global Solutions Limited, a limited liability company incorporated in Ireland and (d) each other Foreign Borrower that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.23(a), in each case, unless and until such Person ceases to be a Foreign Borrower hereunder.
Foreign Borrower Exposure means, at any time, the Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans borrowed by the Foreign Borrowers.
Foreign Borrower Joinder Agreement means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1, executed by the Company and the applicable Foreign Borrower.
Foreign Borrower Obligations has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
Foreign Borrower Termination means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2, executed by the Company.
Foreign Lender means any Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
Foreign Pension Plan means any benefit or welfare plan that under applicable law outside of the United States is funded through a trust or other funding vehicle other than a trust or funding vehicle maintained exclusively by a Governmental Authority.
Foreign Pledge Agreement means a pledge or charge agreement granting a Lien on Equity Interests in a Foreign Subsidiary to secure the Obligations, governed by the law of the jurisdiction of organization of such Foreign Subsidiary and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Foreign Source Prepayment means, for any Foreign Subsidiary, any Net Proceeds arising from a Prepayment Event under paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of Prepayment Event in respect of any asset of such Foreign Subsidiary.
Foreign Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Form 10 means the Registration Statement on Form 10 (including the information statement and the other exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein) filed by the Company with the SEC on June 23, 2023, as it was declared effective by the SEC on August 16, 2023.
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GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, applied in accordance with the consistency requirements thereof (subject to Section 1.04); provided, however, that if the Company hereafter changes its accounting standards in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, including those of the SEC, to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards, GAAP will mean such International Financial Reporting Standards after the effective date of such adoption (it being understood that any such adoption will be deemed to be a change in GAAP for all purposes hereof, including for purposes of Section 1.04).
Governmental Approvals means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, Governmental Authorities.
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 body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
Guarantee of or by any Person (the guarantor) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation 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 (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or other obligation; provided that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Guarantee (including for purposes of determining the amount of any Investment associated with such Guarantee) shall be deemed to be the lower of (i) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee is made and (ii) the maximum amount for which the guarantor may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee, unless (in the case of a primary obligation that is not Indebtedness) such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guarantor may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee shall be such guarantors maximum reasonably anticipated contingent liability in respect thereof as determined by the Company in good faith.
Guarantor Loan Party means the Company and each Subsidiary Loan Party.
Hazardous Materials means all explosive, radioactive, hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
Hedging Agreement means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or any option or similar agreement, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, prices of equity or debt securities or instruments, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or any similar transaction or combination of the foregoing 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 Hedging Agreement.
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HMRC means H.M. Revenue & Customs of the United Kingdom.
HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme means the Board of HMRC Double Taxation Treaty Passport scheme.
Incremental Commitment means an Incremental Revolving Commitment or an Incremental Term Commitment.
Incremental Facility means an Incremental Revolving Facility or an Incremental Term Facility.
Incremental Facility Agreement means an Incremental Facility Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Company, any other applicable Borrower, the Administrative Agent and one or more Incremental Lenders, establishing Incremental Term Commitments of any Series or Incremental Revolving Commitments and effecting such other amendments hereto and to the other Loan Documents as are contemplated by Section 2.20.
Incremental Lender means an Incremental Revolving Lender or an Incremental Term Lender.
Incremental Revolving Commitment means, with respect to any Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender, established pursuant to an Incremental Facility Agreement and Section 2.20, to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Lenders Revolving Exposure under such Incremental Facility Agreement.
Incremental Revolving Facility means an incremental portion of the Revolving Commitments established hereunder pursuant to an Incremental Facility Agreement providing for Incremental Revolving Commitments.
Incremental Revolving Lender means a Lender with an Incremental Revolving Commitment.
Incremental Term A Loans means Incremental Term Loans that (a) are provided primarily by Regulated Banks, (b) amortize at a rate per annum of not less than 2.50% in each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters commencing on or after the funding of such Loans and ending on or prior to the applicable Maturity Date (subject to any customary grace period) and (c) have a weighted average life to maturity, when incurred, of five years or less.
Incremental Term Commitment means, with respect to any Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender, established pursuant an Incremental Facility Agreement and Section 2.20, to make Incremental Term Loans of any Series hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Incremental Term Loans of such Series to be made by such Lender.
Incremental Term Facility means an incremental term loan facility established hereunder pursuant to an Incremental Facility Agreement providing for Incremental Term Commitments.
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Incremental Term Lender means a Lender with an Incremental Term Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Term Loan.
Incremental Term Loan means a Loan made by an Incremental Term Lender to the Company pursuant to Section 2.20; provided that unless the context otherwise requires, the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans shall not constitute Incremental Term Loans.
Incremental Term Maturity Date means, with respect to Incremental Term Loans of any Series, the scheduled date on which such Incremental Term Loans shall become due and payable in full hereunder, as specified in the applicable Incremental Facility Agreement.
Indebtedness of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person (excluding trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services, excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business, (e) all Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) the maximum aggregate amount of all letters of credit and letters of guaranty in respect of which such Person is an account party (x) supporting Indebtedness or (y) obtained for any purpose not in the ordinary course of business, (g) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers acceptances, (h) all Disqualified Equity Interests in such Person, valued, as of the date of determination, at the greater of (i) the maximum aggregate amount that would be payable upon maturity, redemption, repayment or repurchase thereof (or of Disqualified Equity Interests or Indebtedness into which such Disqualified Equity Interests are convertible or exchangeable) and (ii) the maximum liquidation preference of such Disqualified Equity Interests, (i) all Third Party Interests in respect of Permitted Receivables Facilities of such Person or its subsidiaries except to the extent that such Indebtedness would not appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (other than in the footnotes to financial statements) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, (j) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person (if such Person has not assumed such Indebtedness of others, then the amount of Indebtedness of such Person shall be the lesser of (A) the amount of such Indebtedness of others and (B) the fair market value of such property, as reasonably determined by such Person) and (k) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other Person (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Persons ownership interest in or other relationship with such other Person, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any Loan Document, no obligation under any Separation Agreement shall constitute Indebtedness.
Indemnified Institution has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b).
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 this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) hereof, Other Taxes.
Indemnitee has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b).
Initial Term B Commitment means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make an Initial Term B Loan on the Effective Date, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Initial Term B Loan to be made by such Lender, as such commitment
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may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lenders Initial Term B Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Initial Term B Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders Initial Term B Commitments as of the Effective Date was $350,000,000.
Initial Term B Lender means a Lender with an Initial Term B Commitment or an outstanding Initial Term B Loan.
Initial Term B Loan means a Loan made pursuant to clause (a) of Section 2.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement.
Intellectual Property means all intellectual and similar property of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary, including inventions, designs, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, domain names, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, show-how or other similar data or information, software and databases and all embodiments or fixations thereof and related documentation, all additions, improvements and accessions to any of the foregoing and all registrations for any of the foregoing.
Intercompany Permitted Receivables Facility Note means any promissory note or debt obligations issued or incurred by a Receivables Subsidiary in consideration or partial consideration for the acquisition of Receivables from the Company or any Subsidiary in a Permitted Receivables Facility permitted hereunder.
Interest Election Request means a written request by the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.06, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit F or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Interest Payment Date means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months duration, such day or days prior to the last day of such Interest Period as shall occur at intervals of three months duration after the first day of such Interest Period and (c) with respect to any RFR Loan, each date that is on the numerically corresponding day in each calendar month that is one month after the Borrowing of such Loan (or, if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such month, then the last day of such month).
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 Borrower Agent on its behalf, may elect; provided that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period and (c) and (iii) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.13(a)(v) shall be available for specification in the applicable Borrowing
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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.
Interests means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interests, Indebtedness or any other debt or equity interests in such Person, including in the case of a Receivables Subsidiary, if applicable, any Intercompany Permitted Receivables Facility Notes or Third Party Interests.
Investment means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of Indebtedness or other obligations of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. The amount, as of any date of determination, of (i) any Investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date, minus any cash payments actually received by such investor representing a payment or prepayment of in respect of principal of such Investment, but without any adjustment for write-downs or write-offs (including as a result of forgiveness of any portion thereof) with respect to such loan or advance after the date thereof, (ii) any Investment in the form of a Guarantee shall be the amount determined in accordance with the definition of Guarantee herein, (iii) any Investment in the form of a transfer of Equity Interests or other non-cash property by the investor to the investee, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the fair market value (as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer) of such Equity Interests or other property as of the time of the transfer, minus any payments actually received by such investor representing a return of capital of (but not any dividends or other distributions in respect of return on the capital of) such Investment, but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment and (iv) any Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above) by the specified Person in the form of a purchase or other acquisition for value of any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other Person shall be the original cost of such Investment (including any Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith), plus (A) the cost of all additions thereto and minus (B) the amount of any portion of such Investment that has been repaid to the investor in cash as a repayment of principal or a return of capital, but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment.
Investment Grade Date means the first date on which the Company achieves an Investment Grade Rating.
Investment Grade Rating means either (i) a corporate credit rating from S&P of at least BBB- and a corporate family rating from Moodys of at least Ba1, in each case with a stable or better outlook, or (ii) a corporate family rating from Moodys of at least Baa3 and a corporate credit rating from S&P of at least BB+, in each case with a stable or better outlook.
IP Security Agreements has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
IP Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that at any time owns any Intellectual Property or rights to Intellectual Property that are material to the business or operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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Irish Borrower means any Borrower (i) that is incorporated under the laws of Ireland or (ii) payments from which under this Agreement or any other Loan Document are subject to withholding Taxes imposed by the laws of Ireland.
Irish Qualifying Lender means a Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Loan Document and which is:
(a) a bank within the meaning of section 246(3)(a) of the TCA which is carrying on a bona fide banking business in Ireland for the purposes of section 246(3)(a) of the TCA and whose applicable lending office is located in Ireland;
(b) [reserved]; or
(c) a body corporate:
(i) which, by virtue of the law of a Relevant Territory, is resident in that Relevant Territory for the purposes of tax and that Relevant Territory imposes a Tax that generally applies to companies on interest receivable in that territory from sources outside that territory; or
(ii) where the interest payable:
(A) (A) is exempted from the charge to income tax by arrangements that have the force of law under the procedures set out in section 826(1) of the TCA; or
(B) (B) would be exempted from the charge to income tax if arrangements made on or before the date of payment of the interest that do not have the force of law under procedures set out in section 826(1) of the TCA had the force of law when the interest was paid,
provided that interest payable to such company in respect of an advance under a Loan Document is not paid to that company in connection with a trade or business which is carried on in Ireland by that company through a branch or agency;
(d) a U.S. corporation that is incorporated in the U.S. and is subject to tax in the USU.S. on its worldwide income
provided that interest payable to such U.S. corporation is not paid in connection with a trade or business which is carried on in Ireland by that U.S. corporation through a branch or agency;
(e) a U.S. limited liability company (LLC); provided that the ultimate recipients of the interest would be Irish Qualifying Lenders within paragraphs (c) or (d) of this definition and the business conducted through the LLC is so structured for market reasons and not for tax avoidance purposes and the ultimate recipients of the relevant interest do not provide their commitment in connection with a trade or business which is carried on in Ireland through a branch or agency;
(f) a body corporate:
(i) which advances money in the ordinary course of a trade which includes the lending of money;
(ii) in whose hands any interest payable in respect of monies so advanced is taken into account in computing the trading income of such company; and
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(iii) which:
(A) has complied with the notification requirements under section 246(5)(a) of the TCA; and
(B) has provided the Borrowers with its tax reference number (within the meaning of section 885 of the TCA);
and whose applicable lending office is located in Ireland;
(g) a qualifying company (within the meaning of section 110 of the TCA) and whose applicable lending office is located in Ireland;
(h) an investment undertaking within the meaning of section 739B of the TCA and whose applicable lending office is located in Ireland;
(i) an exempt approved scheme within the meaning of section 774 of the TCA and whose applicable lending office is located in Ireland; or
(j) an Irish Treaty Lender.
Irish Treaty Lender means a Lender which is treated as a resident of an Irish Treaty State for the purposes of an Irish Treaty, does not carry on a business in Ireland through a branch or agency with which that Lenders participation in the Loan Document is directly or indirectly connected and, subject to the completion of procedural formalities, meets all other conditions under the Irish Treaty for full exemption from tax imposed by Ireland on interest.
Irish Treaty State means a jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement with Ireland (an Irish Treaty) which makes provision for full exemption from tax imposed by Ireland on interest and has the force of law under the procedures set out in section 826(1) of the TCA or, on completion of the procedures set out in section 826(1) of the TCA, will have the force of law.
IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
ISDA CDS Definitions has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02(e).
Issuing Bank means (a) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., (b) Bank of America, N.A., (c) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, (d) MUFG Bank, Ltd., (e) PNC Bank, National Association, (f) Royal Bank of Canada, (g) Truist Bank, (h) Capital One, National Association and (i) each Revolving Lender that shall have become an Issuing Bank hereunder as provided in Section 2.04(j) (other than any Person that shall have ceased to be an Issuing Bank as provided in Section 2.04(k)), each in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder. Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by 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 (it being agreed that such Issuing Bank shall, or shall cause such Affiliate to, comply with the requirements of Section 2.04 with respect to such Letters of Credit).
Judgment Currency has the meaning set forth in Section 9.21(b).
Junior Indebtedness means any Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Document Obligations.
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LC 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 Banks LC Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or if an Issuing Bank has entered into an Assignment and Assumption or became an Issuing Bank pursuant to an agreement designating it as contemplated by Section 2.04(j), the amount set forth for such Issuing Bank as its LC Commitment in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent or in such agreement.
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 of the Dollar Equivalents of all Letters of Credit that remain available for drawing at such time and (b) the aggregate of the Dollar Equivalents of the amounts of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the applicable Borrowers at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.
LC Fee has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(b).
Lender-Related Person means the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Co-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 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or an Incremental Facility Agreement, other than any such Person that shall have ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
Letter of Credit means any standby letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement, other than any such letter of credit that shall have ceased to be a Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder pursuant to Section 9.05.
Leverage Ratio means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company most recently ended on or prior to such date.
Leverage Ratio Increase Amount means, with respect to any new incurrence of Pension Funding Indebtedness on any date, the ratio (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/10), expressed as a decimal, of (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Pension Funding Indebtedness incurred on such date to (b) the greater of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company and (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ended on March 31, 2013.
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, charge, assignment by way of security, security interest or other encumbrance on, in or of such asset, including any arrangement entered into for the purpose of making particular assets available to satisfy any Indebtedness or other obligation, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or Synthetic Lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having
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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 Acquisition means any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted by this Agreement with respect to which the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment by the Company or any Subsidiary is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.
Loan Document Obligations has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
Loan Documents means this Agreement, the Incremental Facility Agreements, the Comet Incremental Agreements, the Loan Modification Agreements, the Collateral Agreement, the other Security Documents, any letter of credit applications, any agreements between any Borrower and any Issuing Bank regarding such Issuing Banks LC Commitment or the respective rights and obligations between each applicable Borrower and such Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance of Letters of Credit, any agreement designating an additional Issuing Bank as contemplated by Section 2.04(j) and, except for purposes of Section 9.02, any promissory notes delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(c).
Loan Modification Agreement means a Loan Modification Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Company, any other applicable Borrower, 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 2.21.
Loan Modification Offer has the meaning set forth in Section 2.21(a).
Loan Parties means each Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party.
Loans means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement.
Local Time means (a) with respect to a Dollar-denominated Borrowing or Letter of Credit, New York City time, and (b) with respect to a Euro-denominated or Sterling denominated Borrowing or Letter of Credit, London time.
Long-Term Indebtedness means any Indebtedness that, in accordance with GAAP, constitutes (or, when incurred, constituted) a long-term liability.
Majority in Interest, when used in reference to Lenders of any Class, means, at any time, (a) in the case of the Revolving Lenders, Lenders having Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Exposures and the unused Aggregate Revolving Commitment at such time, (b) in the case of the Revolving Lenders and the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Lenders voting together, Lenders having Revolving Exposures, unused Revolving Commitments and Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans representing more than 50% of the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Exposures, the unused Aggregate Revolving Commitment and the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans at such time, (c) in the case of the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Lenders, Lenders having Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans representing more than 50% all Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans at such time and (d) in the case of the Term Lenders of any other Class, Lenders holding outstanding Term Loans or Term Commitments of such Class representing more than 50% of all Term Loans and Term Commitments of such Class outstanding at such time.
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Managing Arranger means (a) with respect to the revolving credit facility provided for herein, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as the left placement lead arranger and bookrunner and (b) with respect to the term loan credit facilities provided for herein, BofA Securities, Inc., in its capacity as the left placement lead arranger and bookrunner.
Mark-to-Market Pension Accounting means an accounting methodology, as set forth in Annex A, that records actuarial gains and losses on Plans and Foreign Pension Plans in the year incurred rather than amortizing such gains and losses over time.
Material Acquisition means any acquisition, or a series of related acquisitions, of (a) Equity
Interests in any Person (other than an existing Subsidiary of the Company) if, after giving effect thereto, such Person will become a Subsidiary or (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the
assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Person (other than an existing Subsidiary of the Company);, provided that the aggregate consideration therefor
(including Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith, all obligations in respect of deferred purchase price (including obligations under any purchase price adjustment but excluding earnout or similar payments) and all other consideration payable
in connection therewith (including payment obligations in respect of noncompetition agreements or other arrangements representing acquisition consideration)) exceeds $75,000,000.
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 the Company and the other Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their payment obligations under the Loan Documents or (c) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents.
Material Disposition means any Disposition, or a series of related Dispositions, of (a) all or substantially all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in any Person that are owned by the Company or any Subsidiary or (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Person; provided that the aggregate consideration therefor (including Indebtedness assumed by the transferee in connection therewith, all obligations in respect of deferred purchase price (including obligations under any purchase price adjustment but excluding earnout or similar payments) and all other consideration payable in connection therewith (including payment obligations in respect of noncompetition agreements or other arrangements representing acquisition consideration)) exceeds $75,000,000.
Material Indebtedness means Indebtedness (other than the Loans, Letters of Credit and Guarantees under the Loan Documents), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Company and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 or more. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the principal amount of the obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Company or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
Material Subsidiary means (i) each IP Subsidiary, (ii) each Domestic Subsidiary that has become a Designated Subsidiary pursuant to a designation by the Company under Section 5.03(b), (iii) any Domestic Subsidiary that directly owns or holds Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary or CFC Holdco that is a Material Subsidiary, (iv) each Domestic Subsidiary (a) the consolidated total assets of which (excluding assets of, and investments in, Foreign Subsidiaries) equal 5% or more of the consolidated total assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding assets of, and investments in, Foreign Subsidiaries) or (b) the consolidated revenues of which (excluding consolidated revenues attributable to
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Foreign Subsidiaries) account for 5% or more of the consolidated revenues of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries (excluding consolidated revenues attributable to Foreign Subsidiaries), and (v) any Foreign Subsidiary or CFC Holdco (a) the consolidated total assets of which equal 5%
or more of the consolidated total assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (b) the consolidated
revenues of which accounts for 5% or more of the consolidated revenues of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as of the end of or for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) or 5.01(b);
provided that if at the end of or for any such most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters the combined consolidated total assets or combined consolidated revenues of all Restricted Subsidiaries that would not constitute Material Subsidiaries shall exceed 15% of the consolidated total
assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or 15% of the consolidated revenues of the
Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, then the Company shall designated one or more of such Subsidiaries shall, for all
purposes of this Agreement, be deemed to be Material Subsidiaries in descending order based on the
amounts of their consolidated total assets or consolidated revenues, as the case may be, until such excess shall have been eliminated.
Maturity Date means the Term B Maturity Date, the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Maturity Date, the Incremental Term Maturity Date with respect to Incremental Term Loans of any Series or the Revolving Maturity Date, as the context requires.
Maximum Rate has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.
MNPI means material information concerning the Company and the Subsidiaries and their securities that has not been disseminated in a manner making it available to investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.
Multiemployer Plan means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
NCR Manaus means NCR BRASIL INDÚSTRIA DE EQUIPAMENTOS PARA AUTOMAÇÃO S.A., a Brazilian corporation.
NCR Manaus Holdco means any Subsidiary that directly owns or holds any Equity Interest in NCR Manaus.
Net Proceeds means, with respect to any event, (a) the cash (which term, for purposes of this definition, shall include Permitted Investments) proceeds (including, in the case of any casualty, condemnation or similar proceeding, insurance, condemnation or similar proceeds) received in respect of such event, including any cash received in respect of any noncash proceeds, but only as and when received, net of (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid in connection with such event by the Company and the Subsidiaries, (ii) in the case of a Disposition (including pursuant to a Sale/Leaseback Transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding) of an asset, (A) the amount of all payments required to be made by the Company and the Subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by such asset and (B) the pro rata portion of net cash proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (B)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Company and the Subsidiaries as a result thereof and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by the Company and the Subsidiaries and the amount of any reserves established by the Company and the Subsidiaries in accordance
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with GAAP to fund purchase price adjustment, indemnification and similar contingent liabilities (other than any earnout obligations) reasonably estimated to be payable and that are directly attributable to the occurrence of such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the chief financial officer of the Company). For purposes of this definition, in the event any contingent liability reserve established with respect to any event as described in clause (b)(iii) above shall be reduced, the amount of such reduction shall, except to the extent such reduction is made as a result of a payment having been made in respect of the contingent liabilities with respect to which such reserve has been established, be deemed to be receipt, on the date of such reduction, of cash proceeds in respect of such event.
Net Short Lender has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02(e).
Net Working Capital means, at any date, (a) the consolidated current assets of Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date (excluding cash and Permitted Investments) minus (b) the consolidated current liabilities of Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date (excluding current liabilities in respect of Indebtedness). Net Working Capital at any date may be a positive or negative number. Net Working Capital increases when it becomes more positive or less negative and decreases when it becomes less positive or more negative.
Non-Cash Charges means any noncash charges, including (a) any write-off for impairment of long lived assets including goodwill, intangible assets and fixed assets such as property, plant and equipment, and investments in debt and equity securities pursuant to GAAP, (b) non-cash expenses resulting from the grant of stock options, restricted stock awards or other equity-based incentives to any director, officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary (excluding any cash payments of income taxes made for the benefit of any such Person in consideration of the surrender of any portion of such options, stock or other incentives upon the exercise or vesting thereof) and (c) any non-cash charges resulting from the application of purchase accounting; provided that Non-Cash Charges shall not include additions in the ordinary course of business to bad debt reserves or bad debt expense, any non-cash charge in the ordinary course of business that results from the write-down or write-off of inventory and any noncash charge that results from the write-down or write-off in the ordinary course of business of accounts receivable or that is taken in the ordinary course of business in respect of any other item that was included in Consolidated Net Income in a prior period.
Non-Defaulting Lender means, at any time, any Revolving Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
Non-Investment Grade Date means the first date, following an Investment Grade Date, on which the Company does not have an Investment Grade Rating.
Non-Investment Grade Period means (a) the period commencing on and including the Effective Date to but excluding the first Investment Grade Date, and (b) each period commencing on and including each subsequent Non-Investment Grade Date to but excluding the next succeeding Investment Grade Date.
Non-Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Borrower, a Subsidiary Loan Party or a Material Subsidiary.
Notes means senior unsecured (except as contemplated by the definition of Permitted Escrow Transactions) notes of the Company or a Permitted Escrow Subsidiary issued and sold to provide a portion of the cash consideration payable for any other Permitted Material Acquisition.
NYFRB means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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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. 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 shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
NYFRBs Website means the website of the NYFRB at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.
Obligations has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
Original Effective Date means July 25, 2013.
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, enforced, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, or enforced by, any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan Document).
Other Taxes means any present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar excise or property Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or from the registration, receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment under Section 2.18(b)).
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 NYFRBs 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 an Alternative Currency, an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
Participant Register has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(i).
Participants has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(i).
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.
Party has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(k)(i).
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PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.
Pension Funding Indebtedness means any Long-Term Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness utilizing the Revolving Commitments or any other revolving or temporary debt facility) permitted under Section 6.01 incurred on or after the Original Effective Date by the Company, any Guarantor Loan Party or any Subsidiary located in Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom or Switzerland to the extent the proceeds of such Indebtedness are used (i) not later than the 60th day (in respect of contributions to Plans) and not later than the 120th day (in respect of contributions to Foreign Pension Plans) after the receipt of such proceeds (as such time periods may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion to accommodate regulatory requirements, obtaining governmental consents or approvals, or obtaining consents or approvals of trustees or plan administrators), to make contributions to one or more Plans and/or Foreign Pension Plans existing on the Original Effective Date that reduce the amount of then-existing unfunded liabilities of such Plan, Foreign Pension Plan, Plans or Foreign Pension Plans, or (ii) to refinance Revolving Loans or other temporary Indebtedness (which will not constitute Pension Funding Indebtedness) the proceeds of which were previously used for the purposes set forth in clause (i); provided that the issuance of such Pension Funding Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof to refinance such Revolving Loans or other temporary Indebtedness occurs within one-year after the date of incurrence of such Revolving Loans or other temporary Indebtedness; provided, however, that Pension Funding Indebtedness will not in any event include any such Indebtedness the proceeds of which are used to fund (or to refinance Revolving Loans or other temporary Indebtedness the proceeds of which were used to fund) ongoing annual expenses of any such Plan or Foreign Pension Plan (other than ongoing annual expenses paid out of the assets of any such Plan or Foreign Pension Plan). It is understood and agreed that the Term B Loans hereunder, including those made on the Effective Date, will constitute Pension Funding Indebtedness to the extent the proceeds thereof have been used in accordance with the foregoing definition (provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing definition, $80,000,000 of the Term B Loans borrowed hereunder, the proceeds of which Term B Loans were used to refinance term loans borrowed under the Prior Credit Agreement, shall be deemed Pension Funding Indebtedness).
Perfection Certificate means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Performance Support Instrument means (a) a performance bond or performance guarantee or a letter of credit (other than a Letter of Credit) issued in lieu of a performance bond or performance guarantee, in each case for the account of and to support the performance obligations of a Foreign Subsidiary, or (b) a letter of credit (other than a Letter of Credit) issued to support obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(ix)(x).
Permitted Acquisition means the purchase or other acquisition (including pursuant to two-step transaction such as a tender offer followed by a merger) by the Company or any Subsidiary of substantially all the Equity Interests in, or all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of), any Person; provided that (i) such purchase or acquisition was not preceded by, or consummated pursuant to, an unsolicited tender offer or proxy contest initiated by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) all transactions related thereto are consummated in accordance with applicable law, (iii) the business of such Person, or such assets, as the case may be, constitute a business permitted under Section 6.03(b), (iv) with respect to each such purchase or other acquisition, all actions required to be taken with respect to each newly created or acquired Subsidiary or assets in order to satisfy the requirements set forth in the definition of the term Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been taken (or arrangements for the taking of such actions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall have been made), and (v) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to any such purchase or other acquisition, (A) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing
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or would result therefrom (provided that, in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, the requirement set forth in this clause (A) shall be limited to that there not have occurred and be continuing any Event of Default under clause (a) or (b) of Article VII or any Event of Default with respect to any Borrower under clause (i) or (j) of Article VII, in each case, at the signing of the definitive agreement to consummate such Limited Condition Acquisition and at the closing thereof), (B) the Leverage Ratio calculated on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to such purchase or acquisition shall be not more than the then applicable ratio under Section 6.12 for the most recent Test Period prior to such time for which financial statements shall have been delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) (provided that, in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, the requirement set forth in this clause (B) may, at the Companys option, be tested at the signing of the definitive agreement to consummate such Limited Condition Acquisition or at the closing thereof), and (C) in the case of such a purchase or other acquisition for consideration in excess of $75,000,000, the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying that all the requirements set forth in this definition have been satisfied with respect to such purchase or other acquisition, together with reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating satisfaction of the requirement set forth in clause (v)(B) above.
Permitted Additional Indebtedness means Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Loan Party that (i) except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.02(a)(xvii), is not secured by any collateral (including the Collateral), (ii) except with respect to up to $750,000,000 in the aggregate of Permitted Additional Indebtedness, does not mature earlier than, and has a weighted average life to maturity (determined without giving effect to any prepayments that reduce amortization) no earlier than, 91 days after the Term B Maturity Date, (iii) does not provide for any amortization, mandatory prepayment, mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase (other than upon (x) an asset sale, so long as such requirements permit the prior prepayment of the Term Borrowings with the Net Proceeds of such asset sale, or (y) a change of control) prior to the date that is 91 days after the Term B Maturity Date and (iv) is not guaranteed by any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party (unless it becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party in connection with such transaction); provided that, (a) notwithstanding any failure of any Senior Bridge Loans (or any extended term loans or exchange notes into or for which such Senior Bridge Loans may be converted or exchanged in accordance with the terms thereof) to comply with the requirements set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) of this definition, such Senior Bridge Loans (and such extended term loans and exchange notes) shall constitute Permitted Additional Indebtedness for all purposes under this Agreement so long as (x) such Senior Bridge Loans do not mature prior to the first anniversary of the closing date of the applicable Permitted Material Acquisition and the definitive documentation governing the Senior Bridge Facility contains provisions requiring, on or prior to such maturity date, automatic conversion of the Senior Bridge Loans into extended term loans (and permitting exchange of the Senior Bridge Loans for exchange notes), in each case having a maturity and weighted average life to maturity that comply with the requirements of clause (ii) of this definition, (y) the definitive documentation governing the Senior Bridge Facility (or such extended term loans or exchange notes, as applicable) does not require mandatory prepayment of or any mandatory offer to prepay or repurchase the Senior Bridge Loans (or such extended term loans or exchange notes, as applicable) other than from (I) the Net Proceeds of sales of Equity Interests of the Company and (II) to the extent not required to be applied to the prepayment of Term Borrowings, reinvested or utilized to effect Permitted Acquisitions pursuant to Section 2.10(c), from asset sales or incurrences of Indebtedness by the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (z) the terms of the Senior Bridge Loans (and such extended term loans and exchange notes) otherwise comply with the requirements of clauses (i) and (iv) of this definition and (b) in the event that any Notes are issued in connection with a Permitted Material Acquisition prior to the date of consummation of such Permitted Material Acquisition, notwithstanding any failure of such Notes to comply with the requirements set forth in clauses (i) and (iii) of this definition solely as a result of the Permitted Escrow Transactions with respect to such Notes and the requirement to prepay or repurchase such Notes with the applicable Permitted Escrow Funds in accordance with the requirements of the proviso in Section 6.02(a)(xxi) hereof, such Notes shall constitute Permitted
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Additional Indebtedness for all purposes under this Agreement so long as the terms of such Notes otherwise comply with the requirements of this definition. The term Permitted Additional Indebtedness shall include the guarantees of Permitted Additional Indebtedness by Subsidiaries that are Subsidiary Loan Parties.
Permitted Amendment means an amendment to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, effected in connection with a Loan Modification Offer pursuant to Section 2.21, providing for an extension of the Maturity Date applicable to the Loans and/or Commitments of the Accepting Lenders and, in connection therewith, (a) a change in the Applicable Rate with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments of the Accepting Lenders and/or (b) a change in the fees payable to, or the inclusion of new fees to be payable to, the Accepting Lenders.
Permitted Cash Pooling Arrangement means a cash management and deposit pooling agreement with a banking entity relating solely to deposit accounts of Foreign Subsidiaries and providing for temporary overdrafts to finance working capital needs of Foreign Subsidiaries, the pooling of funds of Foreign Subsidiaries deposited in linked deposit accounts to repay such overdrafts and the grant of Liens and setoff rights with respect to such deposited funds and linked deposit accounts to secure the repayment of such overdrafts and the payment of related interest and fees to such banking entity; provided that the obligations under any Permitted Cash Pooling Arrangements are not secured by Liens (including set off rights) on or with respect to any assets of the Company or any Loan Party.
Permitted Encumbrances means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.06;
(b) carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, materialmens, repairmens and other like Liens imposed by law (other than any Lien imposed pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303(k) of ERISA or a violation of Section 436 of the Code), arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.06;
(c) pledges and deposits made or Liens imposed (i) in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations or other public statutory obligations and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, surety bonds, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (i) above;
(d) assignments by way of security, pledges and deposits made or Liens imposed (i) to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, surety bonds, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (i) above;
(e) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company or any Subsidiary;
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(f) bankers liens, rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with depository institutions; provided that such deposit accounts or funds are not established or deposited for the purpose of providing collateral for any Indebtedness and are not subject to restrictions on access by the Company or any Subsidiary in excess of those required by applicable banking regulations;
(g) Liens arising by virtue of Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings (or similar filings under applicable law) regarding operating leases entered into by the Company and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(h) Liens securing or otherwise arising from judgments not constituting an Event of Default under clause (l) of Article VII;
(i) Liens representing any interest or title of a licensor, lessor or sublicensor or sublessor, or a licensee, lessee or sublicensee or sublessee, in the property subject to any lease, license or sublicense or concession agreement permitted by this Agreement; and
(j) Liens created pursuant to the general conditions of a bank operating in the Netherlands based on the general conditions drawn up by the Netherlands Bankers Association (Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken) and the Consumers Union (Consumentenbond);
provided that the term Permitted Encumbrances shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness other than Liens referred to in clauses (c) and (d) above securing obligations under letters of credit or bank guarantees.
Permitted Escrow Funds means, with respect to any Notes issued prior to the date of consummation of the related Permitted Material Acquisition, the sum of (a) the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or a Permitted Escrow Subsidiary from the issuance and sale of such Notes, plus (b) cash in an amount equal to interest accruing on such Notes for the escrow period provided in the escrow agreement applicable to such Notes.
Permitted Escrow Subsidiary means a wholly-owned limited purpose Subsidiary of the Company formed solely for the purposes of, and that solely engages in, the issuance of Notes and the Permitted Escrow Transactions with respect to such Notes in connection with a Permitted Material Acquisition; provided that such Permitted Escrow Subsidiary (a) has no assets or liabilities other than (i) cash and Permitted Investments constituting Permitted Escrow Funds with respect to the applicable Notes and (ii) obligations under the applicable Notes or otherwise arising out of the Permitted Escrow Transactions with respect to such Notes and (b) is merged into or consolidated with the Company or another Subsidiary Loan Party (with the Company or such Subsidiary Loan Party as the surviving Person) substantially contemporaneously with the consummation of such Permitted Material Acquisition, with the Company or such Subsidiary Loan Party assuming such Permitted Escrow Subsidiarys obligations under the applicable Notes upon consummation of such merger or consolidation.
Permitted Escrow Transactions means, with respect to any Notes issued prior to the date of consummation of the related Permitted Material Acquisition, (a) the establishment by the Company, a Subsidiary Loan Party or a Permitted Escrow Subsidiary of a segregated escrow account under the sole control of the trustee for such Notes or other escrow agent reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in each case pursuant to an escrow agreement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which shall provide for the termination of such escrow and the discharge and release of the related Liens permitted by clause (c) below upon the earliest to occur of the events specified in the proviso in Section 6.02(a)(xxi) hereof, (b) the depositing of the Permitted Escrow Funds with respect to such Notes into such
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escrow account substantially contemporaneously with the issuance of such Notes and (c) the granting by the Company, a Subsidiary Loan Party or a Permitted Escrow Subsidiary of a Lien on such escrow account and the Permitted Escrow Funds deposited therein (and any earnings thereon) in favor of the trustee for such Notes, for the ratable benefit of the holders of such Notes.
Permitted Investments means Investments in cash equivalents, short-term debt obligations, bank deposits, and other debt and equity securities and obligations that, in each case, constitute Eligible Securities under, and otherwise comply with the requirements of, the Companys current policy on cash and investments set forth on Schedule 1.01B hereto.
Permitted IP Transfer means (i) by one or a series of related transactions, the sale, grant of licenses (including exclusive licenses), or transfer of ownership rights (including beneficial ownership rights) or rights to use or otherwise exploit in foreign jurisdictions the Intellectual Property of Radiant Systems, Inc. and its Subsidiaries or any other Person acquired by the Company after the Original Effective Date, in each case to NCR (Bermuda) Holdings LTD, or another Foreign Subsidiary complying with the requirements of clause (x) below and for consideration that may include promissory notes payable over a period not in excess of 10 years and (ii) by one or a series of related transactions, the sale, grant of licenses (including exclusive licenses), or transfer of ownership rights (including beneficial ownership rights) or rights to use or otherwise exploit in foreign jurisdictions the Intellectual Property of the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary to a Foreign Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of sales under this clause (ii), (a) any such sale is made for cash consideration paid by the acquiring Foreign Subsidiary to the Company or such Domestic Subsidiary, as the case may be, at the time of transfer in an amount not less than the fair market value of the Intellectual Property transferred; provided that up to $35,000,000 of such consideration in the aggregate for all Permitted IP Transfers under this clause (ii) may consist of promissory notes that are required to be paid in full not later than the Term B Maturity Date and up to $10,000,000 of such consideration may consist of the issuance of Equity Interests of Foreign Subsidiaries and (b) the aggregate, cumulative fair market value of all such transferred Intellectual Property shall not exceed the greater of (1) $100,000,000 and (2) 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) hereof, and provided, further, that in the case of all sales under clause (i) and (ii) of this definition, (x) the acquiring Foreign Subsidiary shall be (A) a Subsidiary of up to, but not including 662⁄3% (and in any event at least 65%) of the outstanding voting Equity Interests, and all other Equity Interests, of which shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement or, where the Administrative Agent shall have so reasonably requested in accordance with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, a Foreign Pledge Agreement or (B) a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries of the type described in the preceding clause (A) or Subsidiary Loan Parties, (y) no Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances and Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall exist on any such transferred Intellectual Property at the time of its transfer and (z) any license (including any license providing for a declining royalty) of such Intellectual Property or of rights to use such Intellectual Property entered into with or Guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary shall be on arms-length terms no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than could be obtained in a transaction with an unaffiliated third party, as determined in good faith by the Company.
Permitted Leverage Ratio means
(a) prior to the date of the consummation of the Comet Acquisition, (i) in the case of any fiscal quarter ending on or prior to March 31, 2021, (A) the sum of 4.50 plus the applicable Cumulative Leverage Ratio Increase Amount to (B) 1.00, (ii) in the case of any fiscal quarter ending after March 31, 2021, and on or prior to March 31, 2023, (A) the sum of 4.25 plus the applicable Cumulative Leverage Ratio Increase Amount to (B) 1.00, and (iii) in the case of any fiscal quarter ending after March 31, 2023, (A) the sum of 4.00 plus the applicable Cumulative Leverage Ratio Increase Amount to (B) 1.00; provided
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that, following the consummation of a Material Acquisition that, on a Pro Forma Basis would result in an increase in the Leverage Ratio, if the Company shall so elect by a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the end of the fiscal period in which the consummation of such Material Acquisition occurs or in connection with the delivery of a Compliance Certificate, whichever is sooner, the maximum Permitted Leverage Ratio shall be increased by 0.25 to 1.00 at the end of and for the fiscal quarter during which such Material Acquisition shall have been consummated and at the end of and for each of the following three consecutive fiscal quarters; provided, further, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the date of the consummation of the Comet Acquisition, the maximum Permitted Leverage Ratio, inclusive of all increases as a result of the Cumulative Leverage Ratio Increase Amount or any adjustment in connection with a Material Acquisition, shall at no time exceed 4.75 to 1.00; and
(b) from and after the date of the consummation of the Comet Acquisition, (i) in the case of any fiscal quarter ending on or prior to December 31, 2021, 5.50 to 1.00, (ii) in the case of any fiscal quarter ending on or prior to September 30, 2022, 5.25 to 1.00, and (iii) in the case of any fiscal quarter ending on or after December 31, 2022, 4.75 to 1.00; provided that, solely in the case of this clause (iii), following the consummation of a Material Acquisition that, on a Pro Forma Basis would result in an increase in the Leverage Ratio, if the Company shall so elect by a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent within 45 days after the end of the fiscal period in which the consummation of such Material Acquisition occurs or in connection with the delivery of a Compliance Certificate, whichever is sooner, the maximum Permitted Leverage Ratio shall be increased by 0.25 to 1.00 to 5.00 to 1.00 at the end of and for the fiscal quarter during which such Material Acquisition shall have been consummated and at the end of and for each of the following three consecutive fiscal quarters.
Permitted Material Acquisition means a Permitted Acquisition that is a Material Acquisition.
Permitted Receivables Facility means one or more facilities or individual transactions consisting of transfers on one or more occasions by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including through a Receivables Subsidiary) to any third-party buyer, purchaser or lender of interests in Receivables (including collections thereof and any related assets), so long as the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Third Party Interests incurred pursuant to such facilities or transactions and the principal amount of Receivables transferred and outstanding to any third-party buyer or purchaser does not exceed the greater of (x) $500,000,000 and (y) 37.5% of the book value of the Companys and its consolidated Subsidiaries Receivables as of the end of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) hereof at any one time; provided, that (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligation (contingent or otherwise) under such Permitted Receivables Facility shall be guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except as permitted by the following clause (b), (b) there shall be no recourse or obligation to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries whatsoever other than (x) recourse solely attributable to any applicable Standard Receivables Undertakings and (y) recourse solely against the Companys or such Subsidiaries retained interest in the Receivables Subsidiary which finances the acquisition of the relevant Receivables or residual values related thereto and (c) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have provided, either directly or indirectly, any credit support of any kind in connection with such Permitted Receivables Facility other than as set forth in clause (b) of this definition.
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, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates is
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(or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Platform has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(d).
Pledge Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
Pledge Effectiveness Period means (i) the period commencing on the Effective Date (as defined in the Prior Credit Agreement) and ending on the first Investment Grade Date thereafter on which no Term B Loans are outstanding and (ii) each subsequent period commencing on a Non-Investment Grade Date and ending on the next following Investment Grade Date.
Post-Acquisition Period means, with respect to any Material Acquisition or any Material Disposition, the period beginning on the date such transaction is consummated and ending on the last day of the fourth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such transaction is consummated.
Pre-Spin Reorganization Transactions means, collectively, the transactions taken in connection with and reasonably related to consummating the Separation, including the (a) formation and ownership of ATMCo and its Subsidiaries (b) entry into, and performance of a reorganization agreement among any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to implement the Pre-Spin Reorganization Transactions and other reorganization transactions in connection with the Separation, so long as, after giving effect to such agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, the value of the Collateral, taken as a whole, and the value of the Guarantees, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired, (c) the merger of any Subsidiary of the Company with one or more Subsidiaries of the Company and/or the Disposition of assets by and among the Company and its Subsidiaries, (d) the amendment, restatement or other modification of organization documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (e) all other transactions reasonably incidental to, or necessary for the consummation of, the foregoing so long as after giving effect to such agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, the value of the Collateral, taken as a whole, and the value of the Guarantees, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired.
Prepayment Event means:
(a) any Disposition (including pursuant to a Sale/Leaseback Transaction or by way of merger or consolidation but excluding any Restricted Payment) of any asset of the Company or any Subsidiary, including any sale or issuance to a Person other than the Company or any Subsidiary of Equity Interests in any Subsidiary, other than (i) Dispositions described in clauses (a) through (h) of Section 6.05, (ii) the Scheduled Dispositions and (iii) other Dispositions resulting in aggregate Net Proceeds not exceeding (A) $25,000,000 in the case of any single transaction or series of related transactions and (B) $50,000,000 for all such transactions during any fiscal year of the Company;
(b) 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 the Company or any Subsidiary other than any resulting in aggregate Net Proceeds not exceeding (A) $25,000,000 in the case of any single transaction or series of related transactions and (B) $50,000,000 for all such transactions during any fiscal year of the Company; or
(c) the incurrence by the Company or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness, other than any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by Section 6.01.
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Prime Rate means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the Prime Rate in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Board of Governors 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 of Governors (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.
Prior Credit Agreement means this Agreement as amended and in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date.
Private Side Lender Representatives means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that are not Public Side Lender Representatives.
Pro Forma Adjustment means, for any Test Period that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Acquisition Period, the pro forma increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA (including the portion thereof attributable to any assets (including Equity Interests) sold or acquired) projected by the Company in good faith as a result of (a) actions taken during such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings or (b) any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in each case in connection with the combination of the operations of the assets acquired with the operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries or the applicable Disposition; provided that, so long as such actions are taken during such Post-Acquisition Period or such costs are incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, as applicable, it may be assumed, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to Consolidated EBITDA, that such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety, or such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period; provided, further, that any such pro forma increase or decrease to Consolidated EBITDA shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.
Pro Forma Basis, Pro Forma Compliance and Pro Forma Effect means, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant hereunder required by the terms of this Agreement to be made on a Pro Forma Basis, that (a) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (b) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of (or commencing with) the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant: (i) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction (A) in the case of a Material Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of the Company or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (B) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of Specified Transaction, shall be included, (ii) any retirement of Indebtedness, (iii) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in connection therewith and (iv) if any such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall be deemed to have accrued an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination; provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to clause (a) above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with (and subject to applicable limitations included in) the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to operating expense reductions that are (i) (x) directly attributable to such transaction, (y) expected to have a continuing impact on the Company and the Subsidiaries and (z) factually supportable or (ii) otherwise consistent with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment; provided, further, that except as specified in the applicable provision requiring Pro Forma Compliance, any determination of Pro Forma Compliance required shall be
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made assuming that compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.12 is required with respect to the most recent Test Period prior to such time for which financial statements shall have been delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) or 5.01(b).
PTE means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
Public Side Lender Representatives means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that do not wish to receive MNPI.
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 set forth in Section 9.23(a).
Qualified Equity Interests means Equity Interests of the Company other than Disqualified Equity Interests.
Qualifying Equity Proceeds means on any date with respect to any expenditure to make a Restricted Payment under Section 6.08(a)(vi) or to make a payment in reliance on Section 6.08(b)(vi), the aggregate amount of Net Proceeds received by the Company in respect of sales and issuances of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests and other than sales or issuances to directors, officers and employees) during the 270-day period ending on the date of such expenditure, less the amount of all other expenditures made during such period and on or prior to such date (i) for such purposes in reliance on such receipts of Net Proceeds or (ii) representing the use of such Net Proceeds to make Permitted Acquisitions or other Investments (other than Permitted Investments).
Reaffirmation Documents means such affirmations, reaffirmations, addenda, amendments or other modifying or confirmatory documents as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate in connection with confirming, maintaining and continuing the Guarantees by the Guarantor Loan Parties of the Obligations, and the Liens securing the Obligations, under the Prior Credit Agreement and the Security Documents thereunder as in effect prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement on the Effective Date, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Receivable means any accounts receivable owed to or payable to the Company or a 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, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, and all proceeds of such accounts receivable.
Receivables Subsidiary means a special purpose entity established as a bankruptcy remote Subsidiary for the purpose of acquiring Receivables (including collections thereof and any related assets) in connection with any Permitted Receivables Facility, which shall engage in no operations or activities other than those related to such Permitted Receivables Facility, including the issuance of Third Party Interests or other funding of such Permitted Receivables Facilities and activities reasonably related thereto
Recipient has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a).
Reference Time with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is the Term SOFR Rate, 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the day that is two U.S. Government
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Securities Business Days preceding the date of such setting, (2) if such Benchmark is the EURIBOR Rate, 11:00 a.m. Brussels time two TARGET Days preceding the date of such setting, (3) if the RFR for such Benchmark is SONIA, then four RFR Business Days prior to such setting, (4) if the RFR for such Benchmark is Daily Simple SOFR, then four RFR Business Days prior to such setting, or (5) if such Benchmark is none of the foregoing, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
Refinancing Indebtedness means, in respect of any Indebtedness (the Original Indebtedness), any Indebtedness that extends, renews or refinances such Original Indebtedness (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof); provided that (a) the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not exceed the principal amount of such Original Indebtedness except by an amount no greater than accrued and unpaid interest with respect to such Original Indebtedness and any existing unutilized commitments thereunder and any reasonable fees, premium and expenses relating to such extension, renewal or refinancing; (b) the stated final maturity of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be earlier than that of such Original Indebtedness, and such stated final maturity shall not be subject to any conditions that could result in such stated final maturity occurring on a date that precedes the stated final maturity of such Original Indebtedness; (c) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be required to be repaid, prepaid, redeemed, repurchased or defeased, whether on one or more fixed dates, upon the occurrence of one or more events or at the option of any holder thereof (except, in each case, upon the occurrence of an event of default or a change in control or as and to the extent such repayment, prepayment, redemption, repurchase or defeasance would have been required pursuant to the terms of such Original Indebtedness) prior to the earlier of (i) the maturity of such Original Indebtedness and (ii) the date 180 days after the latest Maturity Date in effect on the date of such extension, renewal or refinancing; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, scheduled amortization payments (however denominated) of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be permitted so long as the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be longer than the shorter of (x) the weighted average life to maturity of such Original Indebtedness remaining as of the date of such extension, renewal or refinancing and (y) the weighted average life to maturity of each Class of the Term Loans remaining as of the date of such extension, renewal or refinancing (in each case, determined without giving effect to any prepayments that reduce amortization); (d) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not constitute an obligation (including pursuant to a Guarantee) of any Subsidiary that shall not have been (or, in the case of after-acquired Subsidiaries, shall not have been required to become) an obligor in respect of such Original Indebtedness, and shall not constitute an obligation of the Company if the Company shall not have been an obligor in respect of such Original Indebtedness, and, in each case, shall constitute an obligation of such Subsidiary or of the Company only to the extent of their obligations in respect of such Original Indebtedness; (e) if such Original Indebtedness shall have been subordinated to the Loan Document Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness shall also be subordinated to the Loan Document Obligations on terms not less favorable in any material respect to the Lenders; and (f) such 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 Loan Document Obligations, by any Lien that shall not have been contractually subordinated to at least the same extent.
Register has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(b)(iv).
Regulated Bank means an Approved Commercial Bank that is (i) a U.S. depository institution the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (ii) a corporation organized under section 25A of the U.S. Federal Reserve Act of 1913; (iii) a branch, agency or commercial lending company of a foreign bank operating pursuant to approval by and under the supervision of the Board of Governors under 12 CFR part 211; (iv) a non-U.S. branch of a foreign bank managed and
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controlled by a U.S. branch referred to in clause (iii); or (v) any other U.S. or non-U.S. depository institution or any branch, agency or similar office thereof supervised by a bank regulatory authority in any jurisdiction.
Related Parties means, with respect to any specified Person, such Persons Affiliates and the directors, officers, partners, trustees, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Persons Affiliates.
Release means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment or within or upon any building, structure, facility or fixture.
Release Date means (i) if any Term B Loans are outstanding on an Investment Grade Date, then the first date after the Investment Grade Date when no Term B Loans are outstanding and prior to the occurrence of a Non-Investment Grade Date and (ii) if no Term B Loans are outstanding on an Investment Grade Date, then such Investment Grade Date.
Relevant Governmental Body means (a) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in Dollars, the Board of Governors and/or the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors and/or the NYFRB or, in each case, any successor thereto, (b) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in Sterling, the Bank of England, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Bank of England or, in each case, any successor thereto, and (c) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in Euros, the European Central Bank, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the European Central Bank or, in each case, any successor thereto.
Relevant Party has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(k)(ii).
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 Adjusted EURIBOR Rate or (iii) with respect to any RFR Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Dollars, the applicable Adjusted 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 Euros, the EURIBOR Screen Rate.
Relevant Territory means:
(a) a member state of the European Union other than Ireland; or
(b) a jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement (a Treaty) with Ireland which has the force of law under the procedures set out in section 826(1) of the TCA or, on completion of the procedures set out in section 826(1) of the TCA, will have the force of law.
Removal Effective Date has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.
Repricing Transaction means each of (a) the prepayment, repayment, refinancing, substitution or replacement of all or a portion of the Term B Loans with the proceeds of any long-term bank financing or any other financing similar to such loans incurred or guaranteed by the Company or any Loan Party which reduces the effective yield (with the comparative determinations to be made by the Administrative Agent in a manner consistent with generally accepted financial practices, and in any event
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consistent with the calculation of the Weighted Average Yield) to less than the effective yield (as determined by the Administrative Agent on the same basis) applicable to such Term B Loans so prepaid, repaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced and (b) any amendment, waiver or other modification to, or consent under, this Agreement reducing the effective yield (to be determined by the Administrative Agent on the same basis as set forth in preceding clause (a)) of the Term B Loans; provided that in no event shall any such prepayment, repayment, refinancing, substitution, replacement, amendment, waiver, modification or consent in connection with a Change in Control constitute a Repricing Transaction. Any determination by the Administrative Agent of any effective interest rate as contemplated by preceding clauses (a) and (b) shall be conclusive and binding on all Term B Lenders, and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any Person with respect to such determination.
Required Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Lenders and Revolving Lenders means, at any time, subject to Section 9.02(e), Lenders having Revolving Commitments and Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans representing more than 50% of the sum of the aggregate outstanding Revolving Commitments and Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans at such time, in each case, excluding the Loans and Commitments of any Defaulting Lender.
Required Lenders means, at any time, subject to Section 9.02(e). Lenders having Revolving Exposures, Term Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Exposure, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at such time, in each case, excluding the Loans and Commitments of any Defaulting Lender.
Requirements of Law means, with respect to any Person, any statutes, laws, treaties, rules, regulations, orders, decrees, writs, injunctions or determinations of any arbitrator or court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
Resolution Authority means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
Restored Lender has the meaning set forth in Section 2.19.
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, or any other return of capital with respect to, any Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary (other than any dividend or other distribution payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) or options to purchase Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Equity Interests)).
Restricted Subsidiary means, as to any Person, any subsidiary of such Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless otherwise specified, Restricted Subsidiary shall mean any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.
Revolving Availability Period means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments.
Revolving Commitment means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Lenders Revolving
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Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07, (b) increased or established from time to time pursuant to Section 2.20 and (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lenders Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption or the Incremental Facility Agreement pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Commitments as of the Amendment Effective Date is $1,300,000,000.
Revolving Exposure means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding principal amount of such Lenders Revolving Loans and such Lenders LC Exposure at such time.
Revolving Lender means a Lender with a Revolving Commitment or Revolving Exposure.
Revolving Lender Parent means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, any Person in respect of which such Lender is a subsidiary.
Revolving Loan means a Loan made pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.01.
Revolving Maturity Date means the earlier of (a) June 21, 2026 and (b) unless the Term B Loans are no longer outstanding, the date that is 91 days prior to the Term B Maturity Date; provided that if such date is not a Business Day, the Revolving Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
RFR means, for any RFR Loan denominated in (a) Sterling, SONIA and (b) Dollars, Daily Simple SOFR.
RFR
Administrator means the SONIA Administrator or the SOFR Administrator, as applicable.
RFR Borrowing means any Borrowing comprised of RFR Loans.
RFR Business Day means, for any Loan denominated in (a) 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) Dollars, a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
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 determined by reference to the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR.
S&P means S&P Global Ratings (f/k/a Standard & Poors Rating Services), a Standard & Poors Financial Services LLC business.
Sale/Leaseback Transaction means an arrangement relating to property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary whereby the Company or such Subsidiary sells or transfers such property to any Person and the Company or any Subsidiary leases such property, or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred, from such Person or its Affiliates.
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Sanctioned Country means, at any time, a country, region or territory that is itself the subject or target of any country-wide or territory-wide Sanctions (at the 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 European Union member state or His Majestys Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any Person organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned 50% or more by or controlled by any Person or Persons described in the preceding clause (a) or (b).
Sanctions means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to 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 European Union member state or His Majestys Treasury of the United Kingdom.
Scheduled Dispositions means the Dispositions to be effected after the Effective Date to the extent set forth in the letters provided to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date.
Scopus Industrial means Scopus Industrial S/A, a Brazilian corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Scopus Tecnologia.
Scopus Tecnologia means Scopus Tecnologia Ltda., a Brazilian limited liability company.
SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Section 956 Impact means any incremental tax liability resulting or anticipated to result from the application of Section 956 of the Code (determined without regard to any tax attributes), regardless of a CFCs current or accumulated earning and profits (as defined within Section 312 of the Code).
Secured Leverage Ratio means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Secured Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company most recently ended on or prior to such date.
Secured Parties has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
Secured Performance Support Obligations has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
Securities Act means the United States Securities Act of 1933.
Security Documents means the Collateral Agreement, the Foreign Pledge Agreements, the IP Security Agreements, the Reaffirmation Documents, the Pledge Agreement and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 5.03 or 5.12 to secure the Obligations.
Sellers Retained Interests means the debt or equity interests held by the Company or a Subsidiary in a Receivables Subsidiary to which Receivables have been transferred in a Permitted Receivables Facility permitted by Section 6.05, including any Intercompany Permitted Receivables Facility Note or equity received in consideration for the Receivables transferred.
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Senior Bridge Facility means any senior secured or unsecured bridge loan facility provided by banks and other financial institutions to the Company to provide a portion of the cash consideration payable for a Permitted Material Acquisition.
Senior Bridge Loans means any bridge loans incurred in connection with a Permitted Material Acquisition.
Separation means the separation of the Company into two independent publicly-traded companies, as described more fully in the Form 10.
Separation Agreements means, collectively, a separation and distribution agreement, tax matters agreement, employee matters agreement and intellectual property matters agreement and any other agreements among the Company, ATMCo and their respective Subsidiaries entered into in connection with the Separation and required to be filed as an exhibit to the Form 10.
Separation Date means the date on which the Separation is consummated.
Separation Transaction Arrangers means BofA Securities, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Separation Transactions means, collectively, the Pre-spin Reorganization Transactions, the Separation, the ATMCo Distribution and the execution, delivery and performance of the Separation Agreements.
Seventh Amendment Effective Date means August 31, 2023.
Series has the meaning set forth in Section 2.20(b).
SOFR means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
SOFR Adjustment means (a) with respect to Borrowings of Revolving Loans and Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans, 0.10%, and (b) with respect to Borrowings of Term B Loans, a percentage per annum as set forth below for the applicable Type of such Loan and (if applicable) Interest Period therefor:
Term B ABR Loans: 0.11448%
Term B Term Benchmark or RFR Loans denominated in Dollars:
Interest Period |
SOFR Adjustment |
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One Month |
0.11448 | % | ||
Three Months |
0.26161 | % | ||
Six Months |
0.42826 | % |
SOFR Administrator means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
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SOFR Administrators Website means the NYFRBs 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 Determination Date has the meaning specified in the definition of Daily Simple SOFR.
SOFR Rate Day has the meaning specified in the definition of Daily Simple SOFR.
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 Administrators 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 Administrators Website means the Bank of Englands 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.
Specified ECF Percentage means, with respect to any fiscal year of the Company, (a) if the Secured Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is greater than 2.25 to 1.00, 50%, (b) if the Secured Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is greater than 1.50 to 1.00 but less than or equal to 2.25 to 1.00, 25%, and (c) if the Secured Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than or equal to 1.50 to 1.00, 0%.
Specified Representations means the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.01(a) (solely with respect to the Company and each Foreign Borrower), 3.02, 3.03(c) (solely with respect to the Loan Parties), 3.03(d) (solely with respect to this Agreement and any then-existing indentures, other than with regard to any agreements governing Indebtedness being repaid in connection with the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition), 3.08, 3.12, 3.14, 3.15 and 3.16 (solely with respect to the use of proceeds).
Specified Transaction means, with respect to any period, any Investment, Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness or Restricted Payment that by the terms of this Agreement requires Pro Forma Compliance with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
Standard Receivables Undertakings means any representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made by, and repurchase and other obligations of, the Company or a Subsidiary that are customary for a seller or servicer of assets transferred in connection with a Permitted Receivables Facility, as determined in good faith by the Company or such Subsidiary.
Statutory Reserve Rate means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentage (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves), expressed as a decimal, established by the Board of Governors to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as Eurocurrency Liabilities in Regulation D of the Board of Governors) or any other reserve ratio or analogous requirement of any central banking or financial regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Loans. Such reserve percentage shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Term Benchmark Loans for which the associated Benchmark is
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adjusted by reference to the Statutory Reserve Rate (based on the related definition of such Benchmark) shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
Sterling or £ means lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
Subordinated Indebtedness of any Person means any Indebtedness of such Person that is subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of such Person.
Subsequent Maturity Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(c).
subsidiary means, with respect to any Person (the parent) at any date, (a) any Person the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parents consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date and (b) any other Person (i) of which Equity Interests representing more than 50% of the equity value 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 (ii) 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 (but excluding any Unrestricted Subsidiary unless the context requires otherwise).
Subsidiary Loan Party means each Subsidiary that is a Grantor or Guarantor under and as defined in the Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no CFC shall be a Subsidiary Loan Party. Pursuant to Section 9.14(e), as of the Effective Date, Radiant Payment Services, LLC will no longer be a Subsidiary Loan Party.
Supplier has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(k)(ii).
Supported QFC has the meaning set forth in Section 9.23(a).
Synthetic Lease means, as to any Person, any lease (including leases that may be terminated by the lessee at any time) of real or personal property, or a combination thereof, (a) that is accounted for as an operating lease under GAAP and (b) in respect of which the lessee is deemed to own the property so leased for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, other than any such lease under which such Person is the lessor.
Synthetic Lease Obligations means, as to any Person, an amount equal to the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under any Synthetic Lease (determined, in the case of a Synthetic Lease providing for an option to purchase the leased property, as if such purchase were required at the end of the term thereof) that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP if such obligations were accounted for as Capital Lease Obligations. For purposes of Section 6.02, a Synthetic Lease Obligation shall be deemed to be secured by a Lien on the property being leased and such property shall be deemed to be owned by the lessee.
T2 means the real time gross settlement system operated by the Eurosystem, or any successor system.
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Target has the meaning given thereto in the definition of Comet Acquisition.
TARGET Day means any day on which T2 (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system, if any, determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euros.
Tax Administrative Questionnaire means a Tax Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
Taxes means any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
TCA means the Taxes Consolidation Act of Ireland 1997.
Term B Commitment means, with respect to each Lender, such Lenders Delayed Draw Term B Commitment and Initial Term B Commitment, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lenders Term B Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term B Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders Term B Commitments as of the Effective Date was $750,000,000. The aggregate amount of the Lenders Term B Commitments as of the Amendment Effective Date was $0.
Term B Lender means a Lender with a Term B Commitment or an outstanding Term B Loan.
Term B Loans means the Delayed Draw Term B Loans and the Initial Term B Loans. The aggregate outstanding amount of the Lenders Term B Loans as of the Amendment Effective Date was $733,125,000.
Term B Maturity Date means August 28, 2026; provided that if such date is not a Business Day, the Term B Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
Term Benchmark when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate.
Term Lender means a Lender with a Term B Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.
Term Loans means the Term B Loans and the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans.
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.
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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 U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.
Test Period means, at any date of determination, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company then last ended.
Third Party Interests means, with respect to any Permitted Receivables Facility, notes, bonds or other debt instruments, beneficial interests in a trust, undivided ownership interests in Receivables or other securities issued for cash consideration by the relevant Receivables Subsidiary to banks, financing conduits, investors or other financing sources (other than the Company and the Subsidiaries) the proceeds of which are used to finance, in whole or in part, the purchase by such Receivables Subsidiary of Receivables in a Permitted Receivables Facility. The amount of any Third Party Interests at any time shall be deemed to equal the aggregate principal, stated or invested amount of such Third Party Interests which are outstanding at such time.
Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Lender means a Lender with a Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loan.
Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans means the Loans made to the Company pursuant to the Comet Incremental Term Loan A Facility Agreement.
Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Maturity Date means the earlier of (a) June 21, 2026 and (b) unless the Term B Loans are no longer outstanding, the date that is 91 days prior to the Term B Maturity Date; provided that if such date is not a Business Day, the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
Transaction Costs means the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions.
Transactions means (a) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is to be a party, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance and use of Letters of Credit under this Agreement, (b) the Separation Transactions and (c) the payment of fees, expenses and other amounts in connection therewith.
Type means, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, 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 EURIBOR Rate, the Alternate Base Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR.
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UK Borrower means any Borrower (i) that is organized or formed under the laws of the United Kingdom or (ii) payments from which under this Agreement or any other Loan Document are subject to withholding Taxes imposed by the laws of the United Kingdom.
UK Borrower DTTP Filing means an HMRC Form DTTP2 duly completed and filed by the relevant Loan Party, which:
(a) where it relates to a UK Treaty Lender that is a Lender on the date of this Agreement, contains the scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence opposite that Lenders name in Schedule 1.1(i), and
(i) where the Loan Party is a Loan Party on the date of this Agreement, is filed with HMRC within 30 Business Days after the date of this Agreement; or
(ii) where the Loan Party becomes a Loan Party after the date of this Agreement, is filed with HMRC within 30 Business Days after the date on which that Loan Party becomes a Loan Party under this Agreement; or
(b) where it relates to a UK Treaty Lender that becomes a Lender after the Effective Date, contains the scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence in the relevant Assignment and Assumption, and
(i) where the Loan Party is a Loan Party on the date such UK Treaty Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (New Lender Date), is filed with HMRC within 30 Business Days after the New Lender Date; or
(ii) where the Loan Party becomes a Loan Party under this Agreement after the New Lender Date, is filed with HMRC within 30 Business Days after the date on which that Loan Party becomes a Loan Party under this Agreement.
UK Corporation Tax Act means the Corporation Tax Act 2009 of the United Kingdom.
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 Qualifying Lender means a Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Loan Document and is:
(a) a Lender:
(i) which is a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of the UK Taxes Act) making an advance under a Loan Document and is within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as respects any payments of interest made in respect of that advance or would be within such charge as respects such payment apart from section 18A of the UK Corporation Tax Act; or
(ii) in respect of an advance made under a Loan Document by a person that was a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of the UK Taxes Act) at the time that that advance was
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made and within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as respects any payments of interest made in respect of that advance; or
(b) a Lender which is:
(i) a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes;
(ii) a partnership each member of which is (A) a company resident in the United Kingdom or (B) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK Corporation Tax Act) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the UK Corporation Tax Act;
(iii) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK Corporation Tax Act) of that company; or
(c) a UK Treaty Lender.
UK Resolution Authority means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
UK Tax Confirmation means a confirmation by a Lender that the person beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Loan Document is either:
(a) a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes;
(b) a partnership each member of which is (A) a company resident in the United Kingdom or (B) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK Corporation Tax Act) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the UK Corporation Tax Act; or
(c) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (for the purposes of section 19 of the UK Corporation Tax Act) of that company.
UK Taxes Act means the Income Tax Act 2007 of the United Kingdom.
UK Treaty Lender means a Lender which is treated as a resident of a UK Treaty State for the purposes of the Treaty, does not carry on a business in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment with which that Lenders participation in the Loan is effectively connected and, subject to the completion of procedural formalities, meets all other conditions in the UK Treaty for full exemption from tax imposed by the United Kingdom.
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UK Treaty State means a jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement (a UK Treaty) with the United Kingdom, which makes provision for full exemption from tax imposed by the United Kingdom on interest.
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
Uniform Commercial Code means the New York Uniform Commercial Code.
Unrestricted Cash means, as of any date, unrestricted cash and cash equivalents owned by the Company and the Subsidiaries that are not, and are not presently required under the terms of any agreement or other arrangement binding on the Company or any Subsidiary on such date to be, (a) pledged to or held in one or more accounts under the control of one or more creditors of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than to secure the Loan Document Obligations), (b) otherwise segregated from the general assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in one or more special accounts or otherwise, for the purpose of securing or providing a source of payment for Indebtedness or other obligations that are or from time to time may be owed to one or more creditors of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than to secure the Loan Document Obligations) or (c) held by a Subsidiary that is not wholly-owned or that is subject to restrictions (in the case of foreign laws or approvals of foreign Governmental Authorities applicable to Foreign Subsidiaries, of which the Company has actual knowledge) on its ability to pay dividends or distributions; provided that Unrestricted Cash on any date will include the pro rata share (based on their relative holdings of Equity Interests entitled to dividends and distributions) of the Company and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Unrestricted Cash of any non-wholly Subsidiary not subject to such restrictions. It is agreed that cash and cash equivalents held in ordinary deposit or security accounts and not subject to any existing or contingent restrictions on transfer by the Company or a Subsidiary will not be excluded from Unrestricted Cash by reason of setoff rights or other Liens created by law or by applicable account agreements in favor of the depositary institutions or security intermediaries.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means ATMCo Escrow Subsidiary, so long as (x) ATMCo Escrow Subsidiary does not engage in any material business activity other than performance of its obligations under the definitive documentation executed in connection with the Separation Transactions (including the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness contemplated thereby) and in anticipation of the Separation Date and (y) the Company has not publicly announced that it has terminated or is no longer continuing to pursue the Separation.
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. Person means a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
U.S. Special Resolution Regime has the meaning set forth in Section 9.23(a).
U.S. Tax Certificate has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(f)(ii)(D)(2).
USA PATRIOT Act means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.
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VAT means: (a) any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/122); 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.
Weighted Average Yield means, at any time, with respect to any Loan, the weighted average yield to stated maturity of such Loan based on the interest rate or rates applicable thereto and giving effect to all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable to the Lenders advancing such Loan with respect thereto and to any interest rate floor. For purposes of determining the Weighted Average Yield of any floating rate Indebtedness at any time, the rate of interest applicable to such Indebtedness at such time shall be assumed to be the rate applicable at all times prior to maturity; provided that appropriate adjustments shall be made for any changes in rates of interest provided for in the documents governing such Indebtedness (other than those resulting from fluctuations in interbank offered rates, prime rates, Federal funds rates or other external indices not influenced by the financial performance or creditworthiness of the Company or any other Subsidiary). Determinations of the Weighted Average Yield of any Loans for purposes of Section 2.20 shall be made by the Administrative Agent at the request of the Company and in a manner determined by the Administrative Agent to be consistent with accepted financial practice, and any such determination shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
wholly-owned, when used in reference to a subsidiary of any Person, means that all the Equity Interests in such subsidiary (other than directors qualifying shares and other nominal amounts of Equity Interests that are required to be held by other Persons under applicable law) are owned, beneficially and of record, by such Person, another wholly-owned subsidiary of such Person or any combination thereof.
Withdrawal Liability means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
Withholding Agent means any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent.
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 and Borrowings may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing) or by Type (e.g., a Term Benchmark Loan or Term Benchmark Borrowing) or by Class and Type (e.g., a Term Benchmark Revolving Loan or Term Benchmark 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 words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all real and personal, tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. The word law shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders, writs and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities. Unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) the words herein, hereof and hereunder, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (f) references to the date hereof and the date of this Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Effective Date.
(b) In this Agreement, where it relates to a Dutch entity, a reference to:
(i) a necessary action to authorise, where applicable, includes without limitation:
(A) any action required to comply with the Dutch Works Council Act (Wet op de ondernemingsraden); and
(B) obtaining unconditional positive advice (advies) from each competent works council and, if such advice is not unconditional, confirmation from the Company that the conditions set by the works council are and will be complied with;
(ii) a winding-up, administration or dissolution includes a Dutch entity being:
(A) declared bankrupt (failliet verklaard);
(B) dissolved (ontbonden);
(iii) a moratorium includes surseance van betaling and granted a moratorium includes surseance verleend;
(iv) an administrator includes a bewindvoerder;
(v) a receiver or an administrative receiver does not include a curator or bewindvoerder; and
(vi) an attachment includes a beslag.
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SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP; Pro Forma Calculations. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that (i) if the Company, by notice to the Administrative Agent, shall request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, by notice to the Company, shall request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith and (ii) notwithstanding any other provision contained 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, (A) without giving effect to (I) any election under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the Accounting Standards Codification), or under any similar accounting standard, to value any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary at fair value or any similar valuation standard, as defined therein and (II) unless the Company notifies the Administrative Agent in writing of its election to cease doing so (which notice shall be included as part of a Compliance Certificate), any change in accounting for leases pursuant to GAAP resulting from the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (FAS 842), to the extent such adoption would require (x) treating any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2015 or (y) recognizing liabilities on the balance sheet with respect to operating leases under FAS 842, and (B) without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (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 purposes of the foregoing, any change by the Company in its accounting principles and standards to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards, regardless of whether required by applicable laws and regulations, will be deemed a change in GAAP.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) For purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Material Acquisition or Material Disposition occurs, Consolidated EBITDA, the Leverage Ratio and the Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated with respect to such period and with respect to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition on a Pro Forma Basis. In the event that the Revolving Commitments are terminated (whether at maturity or otherwise), any provision herein requiring pro forma compliance with Section 6.12 (including by a level determined by reference to Section 6.12) will be deemed to refer to the financial covenant in Section 6.12 most recently in effect prior to such termination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders may give a notice requesting any amendment pursuant to clause (i) of the proviso to the first sentence of this Section in respect of the proposed or actual adoption by the Company of Mark-to-Market Pension Accounting as permitted by Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 715-30, unless the accounting principles or application thereof proposed to be adopted or adopted, as the case may be, or the consequences of such adoption, differ materially from those described in the definition of Mark-to-Market Pension Accounting herein, including the description set forth in Annex A.
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SECTION 1.05. Status of 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 Loan Document Obligations to constitute senior indebtedness (however denominated) in respect of such Subordinated Indebtedness and to enable the Lenders to have and exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior indebtedness under the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness. Without limiting the foregoing, the Loan Document Obligations are hereby designated as senior indebtedness and as designated senior indebtedness under and in respect of any indenture or other agreement or instrument under which such other 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. Currency Translation. (a) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of any Letter of Credit denominated in Euros or Sterling as of the date of the issuance thereof and as of each subsequent date on which such Letter of Credit shall be renewed or extended or the stated amount of such Letter of Credit shall be increased, in each case using the Exchange Rate for the applicable currency in relation to Dollars in effect on the date of determination, and each such amount shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such Letter of Credit until the earlier of the next required calculation thereof pursuant to this Section 1.06(a) and the next calculation thereof pursuant to Section 1.06(c).
(b) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of any Borrowing denominated in Euros or Sterling as of the date of the commencement of the initial Interest Period therefor and as of the date of the commencement of each subsequent Interest Period therefor, in each case using the Exchange Rate for the applicable currency in relation to Dollars in effect on the date that is three Business Days prior to the date on which the applicable Interest Period shall commence, and each such amount shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such Borrowing until the earlier of the next required calculation thereof pursuant to this Section 1.06(b) and the next calculation thereof pursuant to Section 1.06(c).
(c) The Administrative Agent may, at its election, determine the Dollar Equivalent of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit denominated in Euros or Sterling on any other Business Day.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers, the applicable Lenders and the applicable Issuing Bank of each calculation of the Dollar Equivalent of each Letter of Credit, Borrowing and LC Disbursement.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, amounts denominated in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars for the purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio and the Secured Leverage Ratio at the exchange rates then used by the Company in its financial statements.
(f) Where the permissibility of a transaction (other than the issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness, which shall be subject to the following paragraph (g)), depends upon compliance with, or is determined by reference to, amounts stated in Dollars, any amount in respect of such transaction stated in another currency shall be translated to Dollars at the Exchange Rate then in effect at the time such transaction is entered into and the permissibility of actions taken hereunder shall not be affected by subsequent fluctuations in exchange rates.
(g) For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the Dollar Equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars shall be calculated based on the relevant Exchange Rate in effect on the date
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such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of Indebtedness (other than revolving credit debt), or on the date when the commitments thereunder are first available to be drawn, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars, and such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant Exchange Rate in effect on the date of such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased except by an amount no greater than accrued and unpaid interest thereon and any existing unutilized commitments thereunder and any reasonable fees, premium and expenses related thereto. The principal amount in Dollars of any Indebtedness incurred to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different foreign currency from the Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased, shall be calculated by the Administrative Agent based on the Exchange Rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance.
SECTION 1.07. Borrower Agent. Each Foreign Borrower hereby appoints the Company as its representative and agent for all purposes under the Loan Documents, including requests for Loans and Letters of Credit, designation of interest rates, delivery or receipt of communications, preparation and delivery of financial reports, receipt and payment of Loan Document Obligations, requests for waivers, amendments or other accommodations, actions under the Loan Documents (including in respect of compliance with covenants), and all other dealings with the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or any Lender, and each Foreign Borrower releases the Company from any restrictions on representing several Persons and self-dealing under any applicable Requirements of Law (the Company, acting on its behalf and on behalf of any Foreign Borrower pursuant to such agency, the Borrower Agent). The Company hereby accepts such appointment as representative and agent of each Foreign Borrower. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement:
(a) the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any notice or communication (including any Borrowing Request or any Interest Election Request) delivered on behalf of a Foreign Borrower by the Borrower Agent;
(b) the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders may give any notice to or make any other communication with any Foreign Borrower hereunder to or with the Borrower Agent;
(c) the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall have the right, in its discretion, to deal exclusively with the Borrower Agent for any or all purposes under the Loan Documents; and
(d) each Foreign Borrower agrees that any notice, election, communication, representation, agreement or undertaking made on its behalf by the Borrower Agent shall be binding upon and enforceable against it.
SECTION 1.08. Obligations Joint and Several. Each agreement in any Loan Document by any Foreign Borrower to make any payment, to take any action or otherwise to be bound by the terms thereof is a joint and several agreement of all the Foreign Borrowers, and each obligation of any Foreign Borrower under any Loan Document shall be a joint and several obligation of all the Foreign Borrowers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, no Foreign
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Borrower shall be jointly and severally liable with the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary for any Obligation pursuant to any Loan Document.
SECTION 1.09. Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification. The interest rate on a Loan denominated in Dollars or an Alternative 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 2.13(a)(ii) 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, performance 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 Borrowers. 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 Borrowers, 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 1.10. 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 jurisdictions 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.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars, Euros or Sterling to the Borrowers from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lenders Revolving Exposure exceeding such Lenders Revolving Commitment, (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Revolving Commitment or (iii) the Foreign Borrower Exposure exceeding $400,000,000.
(b) Prior to the Amendment Effective Date, (ax) the Term B Lenders made Initial
Term B Loans and Delayed Draw Term B Loans to the Company pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement and (by) the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Lenders made Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans to the Company pursuant to the Comet
Incremental Term Loan A Facility Agreement. 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.
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SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class, Type and currency made by the 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 Lenders failure to make Loans as required. The Initial Term B Loans and the Delayed Draw Term B Loans shall, upon funding, constitute a single Class of Term B Loans hereunder.
(b) Subject to Section 2.13, (i) each Borrowing denominated in Dollars shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Term Benchmark Loans, as the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, may request in accordance herewith, (ii) each Borrowing denominated in Euros shall be comprised entirely of Term Benchmark Loans, (iii) each Borrowing denominated in Sterling shall be comprised entirely of RFR Loans and (iv) each Borrowing by a Foreign Borrower shall be comprised entirely of either Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans denominated in Sterling; provided that all Borrowings made on the Effective Date must be made by the Company as ABR Borrowings unless the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, shall have given the notice required for a Term Benchmark or an RFR Borrowing denominated in Sterling, as applicable, under Section 2.03 and provided an indemnity letter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, extending the benefits of Section 2.15 to the Lenders in respect of such Borrowings. Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the applicable 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 Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided that (i) a Term Benchmark Borrowing that results from a continuation of an outstanding Term Benchmark Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to such outstanding Borrowing and (ii) a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros may be in the amount that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement denominated in Euros as contemplated by Section 2.04(f) or in an amount that is equal to the difference between $400,000,000 and the Foreign Borrower Exposure prior to giving effect to such Borrowing. At the time that each ABR Borrowing and/or RFR Borrowing denominated in Sterling is made, such Borrowing shall be in an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided that (i) an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement denominated in Dollars as contemplated by Section 2.04(f) and (ii) an RFR Borrowing denominated in Sterling may be in the amount that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement denominated in Sterling as contemplated by Section 2.04(f) or in an amount that is equal to the difference between $400,000,000 and the Foreign Borrower Exposure prior to giving effect to such Borrowing. Borrowings of more than one Type, Class and currency may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 15 (or such greater number as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) Term Benchmark Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrowers shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert to or continue, any Term Benchmark Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date applicable thereto.
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing, the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by delivery of an executed written Borrowing Request (a) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three U.S.
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Government Securities Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, (b) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros, not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, (c) in the case of an RFR Borrowing denominated in Sterling, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, five RFR Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (d) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day of the proposed Borrowing. Each such written Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable, shall be delivered by hand, electronic mail (including in .pdf format) or facsimile to the Administrative Agent and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrower of such Borrowing;
(ii) whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Term Borrowing, an Incremental Term Borrowing of a particular Series or a Revolving Borrowing;
(iii) the currency and aggregate amount of such 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 denominated in Sterling;
(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 account of the applicable Borrower (or the applicable Borrowers designee) to which funds are to be disbursed or, in the case of any Revolving Borrowing requested to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.04(f), the identity of the Issuing Bank that made such LC Disbursement.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then, if the specified currency of such Borrowing is (a) Dollars, the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing, (b) Euros, the requested Borrowing shall be a Term Benchmark Borrowing and (c) Sterling, the requested Borrowing shall be an RFR Borrowing denominated in Sterling. If no currency is specified with respect to any requested Revolving Loan, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have specified Dollars. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Term Benchmark Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the applicable Class of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lenders Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04. Letters of Credit. (a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit for its own account or, so long as the Company is a joint and several co-applicant with respect thereto, the account of any Subsidiary, denominated in Dollars, Euros or Sterling and in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period. The Company unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, in connection with any Letter of Credit issued for the account of any Subsidiary as provided in the first sentence of this paragraph, it will be fully responsible for the reimbursement of LC Disbursements, the payment of interest thereon and the payment of fees due under Section 2.11(b) to the same extent as if it were the sole account party in respect of such Letter of Credit. Each Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed, for all purposes of this Agreement (including paragraphs (d) and (f) of this Section), to be a Letter of Credit issued hereunder for the account
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of the applicable Borrower. Notwithstanding anything contained in any letter of credit application furnished to any Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance of any Letter of Credit, (i) all provisions of such letter of credit application purporting to grant liens in favor of the Issuing Bank to secure obligations in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be disregarded, it being agreed that such obligations shall be secured to the extent provided in this Agreement and in the Security Documents, and (ii) in the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of such letter of credit application and the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Borrowers shall not request, and no Issuing Bank shall have any obligation to issue, any Letter of Credit the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person (A) to fund any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, in each case except to the extent permissible for a Person required to comply with Sanctions, or (B) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this Agreement.
(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit, the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, shall hand deliver or fax (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the recipient) to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent, reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount and currency of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to enable the applicable Issuing Bank to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Banks standard form in connection with any such request. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit the Company shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, (i) the LC Exposure will not exceed $150,000,000, (ii) the portion of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by any Issuing Bank will not exceed the LC Commitment of such Issuing Bank (unless otherwise agreed to by such Issuing Bank), (iii) the Revolving Exposure of any Lender will not exceed such Lenders Revolving Commitment and (iv) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure will not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment. The Company may, at any time and from time to time, reduce the LC Commitment of any Issuing Bank with the consent of such Issuing Bank; provided that the Company shall not reduce the LC Commitment of any Issuing Bank if, after giving effect to such reduction, the conditions set forth in clause (ii) above shall not be satisfied. Each Issuing Bank agrees that it shall not permit any issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit to occur unless it shall have given to the Administrative Agent written notice thereof required under paragraph (l) of this Section.
An Issuing Bank shall not be under any obligation to 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 the Letter of Credit, or any law, rule or regulation applicable to such Issuing Bank or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request that such Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Effective Date, or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Effective Date and which such Issuing Bank in good faith deems material to it; or (ii)
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the issuance of the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally.
(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) unless otherwise consented to by the applicable Issuing Bank and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date; provided that any Letter of Credit may contain customary automatic renewal provisions agreed upon by the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, and the applicable Issuing Bank pursuant to which the expiration date of such Letter of Credit shall automatically be extended for a period of up to 12 months (but not to a date later than the date set forth in clause (ii) above), subject to a right on the part of such Issuing Bank to prevent any such renewal from occurring by giving notice to the beneficiary in advance of any such renewal; and provided, further, that if there exist any Incremental Revolving Commitments having a maturity date later than the Revolving Maturity Date (the Subsequent Maturity Date), then, so long as the aggregate LC Exposure in respect of Letters of Credit expiring after the Revolving Maturity Date will not exceed the lesser of $50,000,000 and the aggregate amount of such Incremental Revolving Commitments, the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, may request the issuance of a Letter of Credit that shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (A) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (B) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Subsequent Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Letter of Credit issued hereunder may, in the sole discretion of the applicable Issuing Bank, expire after the fifth Business Day prior to the Revolving Maturity Date (or the Subsequent Maturity Date) but on or before the date that is 90 days after the Revolving Maturity Date (or the Subsequent Maturity Date); provided that each Borrower hereby agrees that it shall in the case of any such Letter of Credit issued for its account provide cash collateral in an amount equal to 102% of the LC Exposure in respect of any such outstanding Letter of Credit to the applicable Issuing Bank at least five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date (or the Subsequent Maturity Date, if applicable), which such amount shall be (A) deposited by the applicable Borrower in an account with and in the name of such Issuing Bank and (B) held by such Issuing Bank for the satisfaction of the applicable Borrowers reimbursement obligations in respect of such Letter of Credit until the expiration of such Letter of Credit. Any Letter of Credit issued with an expiration date beyond the fifth Business Day prior to the Revolving Maturity Date (or the Subsequent Maturity Date, as applicable) shall, to the extent of any undrawn amount remaining thereunder on the Revolving Maturity Date (or the Subsequent Maturity Date, if applicable), cease to be a Letter of Credit outstanding under this Agreement for purposes of the Revolving Lenders obligations to participate in Letters of Credit pursuant to clause (d) below.
(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 applicable Issuing Bank or any Revolving Lender, the Issuing Bank that is the issuer thereof hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Lenders 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 such Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lenders Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank under such Letter of Credit and not reimbursed by the applicable Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (f) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to a Borrower for any reason. 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, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or any reduction or termination of
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the Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Lender further acknowledges and agrees that, in issuing, amending, renewing or extending any Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon the representation and warranty of the applicable Borrower deemed made pursuant to Section 4.02.
(e) Disbursements. Each Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit and shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery or facsimile) 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 applicable Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(f) Reimbursements. If an Issuing Bank shall make an LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement, in the currency in which such LC Disbursement is made, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, receives notice of such LC Disbursement; provided that, if the amount of such LC Disbursement is not greater than the amount then available to be borrowed as a Revolving Borrowing by the applicable Borrower, the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 that such payment be financed with a Revolving Borrowing, in an amount equal to the amount of such LC Disbursement and, to the extent so financed, the applicable Borrowers obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Revolving Borrowing. If the applicable Borrower fails to reimburse any LC Disbursement by the time specified above, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of such failure, the payment then due from the applicable Borrower in respect of the applicable LC Disbursement and such Revolving Lenders Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the amount then due from the applicable Borrower in the applicable currency, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.05 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.05 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders pursuant to this paragraph), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the applicable Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse an Issuing Bank for an LC Disbursement (other than the funding of an ABR Revolving Borrowing as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the applicable Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(g) Obligations Absolute. The applicable Borrowers obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (f) of this Section is absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision thereof or hereof, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by an Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might,
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but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the applicable Borrowers obligations hereunder. None of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or 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, any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any other act, failure to act or other event or circumstance; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing Bank from liability to the applicable Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by each Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by a Borrower that are caused by such Issuing Banks 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 bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of an Issuing Bank (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment), 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 that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, an 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.
(h) Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the applicable Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the applicable Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement in full, (i) in the case of any LC Disbursement denominated in Dollars, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans, and (ii) in the case of any LC Disbursement denominated in Euros or Sterling, at the Overnight Rate plus the Applicable Rate then applicable to Term Benchmark and RFR Revolving Loans; provided that, if the applicable Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section, then Section 2.12(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment, and shall be payable on demand or, if no demand has been made, on the date on which the applicable Borrower reimburses the applicable LC Disbursement in full.
(i) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrowers or the Borrower Agent receive notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, a Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, each Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the portion of the LC Exposure attributable to each Letter of Credit issued for the account of such Borrower and outstanding on such date, plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that 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 clause (i) or (j) of Article VII. Amounts payable under the preceding sentence in respect of any Letter of Credit or LC Disbursement shall be payable in the currency of such Letter of Credit or LC Disbursement. The Borrowers also shall deposit cash collateral in accordance with this paragraph as and
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to the extent required by Section 2.10(b) or 2.19. Each such deposit by any Borrower shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of such Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made as mutually agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, and at the applicable Borrowers 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 Issuing Banks for LC Disbursements for which they have not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the applicable Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of a Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the applicable Borrower under this Agreement. If a Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to such Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived. If a Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section 2.10(b), such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to such Borrower as and to the extent that, after giving effect to such return, the Aggregate Revolving Exposure would not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment and no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(j) Designation of Additional Issuing Banks. The Company may, at any time and from time to time, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), designate as additional Issuing Banks one or more Revolving Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Revolving Lender of an appointment as an Issuing Bank hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed by the Company, the Administrative Agent and such designated Revolving Lender and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Revolving Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and (ii) references herein to the term Issuing Bank shall be deemed to include such Revolving Lender in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
(k) Termination of an Issuing Bank. The Company may terminate the appointment of any Issuing Bank as an Issuing Bank hereunder by providing a written notice thereof to such Issuing Bank, with a copy to the Administrative Agent. Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of (i) such Issuing Bank acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii) the 10th Business Day following the date of the delivery thereof; provided that no such termination shall become effective until and unless the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (or its Affiliates) shall have been reduced to zero. At the time any such termination shall become effective, the Company shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the terminated Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.11(b). Any Issuing Bank that ceases to be a Lender for any reason shall concurrently cease to be an Issuing Bank. Notwithstanding the effectiveness of any such termination, the terminated Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such termination, but shall not issue any additional Letters of Credit.
(l) Issuing Bank Reports to the Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank shall, in addition to its notification obligations set forth elsewhere in this Section, report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) periodic activity (for such period or recurrent periods as shall be requested by the Administrative Agent) in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, including all issuances, extensions, amendments and renewals, all expirations and cancellations and all disbursements and reimbursements, (ii) reasonably prior to the time that such Issuing
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Bank issues, amends, renews or extends any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, and the stated amount of the Letters of Credit issued, amended, renewed or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (and whether the amounts thereof shall have changed), (iii) on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any LC Disbursement, the date, amount and currency of such LC Disbursement, (iv) on any Business Day on which a Borrower fails to reimburse an LC Disbursement required to be reimbursed to such Issuing Bank on such day, the date of such failure and the amount and currency of such LC Disbursement and (v) on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.
(m) LC Exposure Determination. For all purposes of this Agreement, the amount of a Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at the time of determination.
(n) Tax Matters. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no CFC shall be responsible for the reimbursement of LC Disbursements, the payment of interest thereon, and the payment of fees due under Section 2.11(b) with respect thereto, to the extent that the applicable Letter of Credit was issued for the account of the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary.
SECTION 2.05. Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 3:00 p.m., Local Time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the applicable Borrower by promptly remitting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the account of such Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent and designated by the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, in the applicable Borrowing Request or, in the case of any Borrowing made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.04(f), to the Issuing Bank specified by the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, in the applicable Borrowing Request.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice in writing from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lenders share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section 2.05 and may, in reliance on such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the applicable Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by the applicable Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lenders Loan included in such Borrowing.
SECTION 2.06. Interest Elections. (a) Each Revolving Borrowing and Term Borrowing initially shall be of the Type and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in the applicable Borrowing Request or as otherwise provided in Section 2.03. Thereafter, the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, may elect to continue such
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Borrowing or, in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars, to convert such Borrowing to a Borrowing of a different Type and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by delivery of an executed written Interest Election Request by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such written Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable, shall be delivered by hand, electronic mail (including in .pdf format) or facsimile to the Administrative Agent and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Term Benchmark Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is to be a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term Interest Period.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a 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 months duration.
(c) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the applicable Class of the details thereof and of such Lenders portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(d) If the applicable Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Term Benchmark Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall (i) in the case of a Term Borrowing, be continued as a Term Benchmark Borrowing for an additional Interest Period of one month, (ii) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Dollars, be continued as a Borrowing of the same Type with an Interest Period of one months duration, and (iii) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros, be continued as a Borrowing of the same Type with an Interest Period of one months duration. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default under clause (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Borrower, or if any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of a Majority in Interest of Lenders of any Class, has notified the Company of the election to give effect to this sentence on account of such other Event of Default, then, in each such case, so long as such Event of Default is continuing, (i) no outstanding Borrowing of such Class denominated in Dollars may be converted to or
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continued as a Term Benchmark Borrowing or an RFR Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, (x) each Term Benchmark Borrowing of such Class 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 of such Class denominated in an Alternative Currency shall bear interest at the Central Bank Rate for such Alternative Currency.
SECTION 2.07. Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless previously terminated, (i) the Initial Term B Commitments shall automatically terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Effective Date, (ii) the Delayed Draw Term B Commitments shall automatically terminate on the earlier of (A) the funding of any Delayed Draw Term B Loans and (B) 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 31, 2019, and (iii) the Revolving Commitments shall automatically terminate on the Revolving Maturity Date.
(b) The Company may at any time terminate, or from time to time permanently reduce, the Commitments of any Class; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.10, the Aggregate Revolving Exposure would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment.
(c) The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying the effective date thereof; provided that, at any time when there are Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowings outstanding, in the case of any reduction of the Revolving Commitments to be made within the last two Business Days of any Interest Period, such notice shall be required to be delivered not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, two Business Days before the date of such reduction; and provided, further, that if a Borrower delivers an Interest Election Request in respect of the conversion or continuation of any Borrowing, such reduction shall not become effective until the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing at the time such Interest Election Request is delivered has expired. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the applicable Class of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments or Delayed Draw Term B Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events 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 Commitments of any Class shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments of such Class.
SECTION 2.08. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) Each Borrower (severally and not jointly; provided that each Foreign Borrower is jointly and severally liable for the Foreign Borrower Obligations) hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Lender to such Borrower on the Revolving Maturity Date and (ii) the Company hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.09.
(b) The records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrowers in respect of the Loans, LC Disbursements, interest and fees due or accrued hereunder; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain such records or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the
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obligation of the Borrowers to pay any amounts due hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) Any Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, each applicable 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 payable to the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns) unless such Lender or assignee notifies the applicable Borrower that it does not require a promissory note, in which case such Lender or assignee, as applicable, shall promptly return such promissory note to the Borrower for cancellation.
SECTION 2.09. Amortization and Repayment of Term Loans. (a) (i) The Company shall repay Term B Loans on the last day of each March, June, September and December, beginning with December 31, 2019 and ending with the last such day to occur prior to the Term B Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount for each such date equal to 0.25% of the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term B Loans funded on the Effective Date and (y) the aggregate principal amount of the Delayed Draw Term B Loans outstanding on the Delayed Draw Funding Date (as such amount may be adjusted pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section). (ii) The Company shall repay Incremental Term Loans of any Series in such amounts and on such date or dates as shall be specified therefor in the Incremental Facility Agreement establishing the Incremental Term Commitments of such Series (as such amounts may be adjusted pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section or pursuant to such Incremental Facility Agreement). (iii) The Company shall repay Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans on the last day of each March, June, September and December, beginning with September 30, 2021, and ending with the last such day to occur prior to the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount for each such date equal to 1.875% of the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans funded on the Comet Closing Date pursuant to the Comet Incremental Term Loan A Facility Agreement.
(b) To the extent not previously paid, (i) all Term B Loans shall be due and payable on the Term B Maturity Date, (ii) all Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans shall be due and payable on the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Maturity Date and (iii) all Incremental Term Loans of any Series shall be due and payable on the Incremental Term Maturity Date applicable thereto.
(c) Any prepayment of a Term Borrowing of any Class shall be applied in direct order to reduce the subsequent scheduled repayments of the Term Borrowings of such Class to be made pursuant to this Section; provided that any prepayment of a Term Borrowing of any Class made pursuant to Section 2.10(a) shall be applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled repayments of Term Borrowings of such Class to be made pursuant to this Section as directed by the Company. In the event that Term Loans of any Class are converted into a new Class of Term Loans pursuant to a Permitted Amendment effected pursuant to Section 2.21, then the subsequent scheduled repayments of the Term Borrowings of such Class to be made pursuant to this Section will not be reduced or otherwise affected by such transaction (except to the extent that the final scheduled payment shall be reduced thereby).
(d) Prior to any repayment of any Term Borrowings of any Class under this Section, the Company shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings of the applicable Class to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery or facsimile) of such selection not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment. Each repayment of a Term Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid Term
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Borrowing. Repayments of Term Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amounts repaid.
SECTION 2.10. Prepayment of Loans. (a) Each Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of this Section.
(b) In the event and on each occasion that (i) other than as a result of any revaluation of the Dollar Equivalent of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 1.06, (A) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure exceeds the Aggregate Revolving Commitment, the Borrowers shall prepay Revolving Borrowings (or, if no such Borrowings are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.04(i)) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess or (B) the Foreign Borrower Exposure exceeds $400,000,000, the Borrowers shall prepay Revolving Borrowings in an aggregate amount such that after giving effect to such prepayments, the Foreign Borrower Exposure shall not exceed $400,000,000 or (ii) as a result of any revaluation of the Dollar Equivalent of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 1.06, (x) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure exceeds the Aggregate Revolving Commitment, the Borrowers shall prepay Revolving Borrowings (or, if no such Borrowings are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.04(i)) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess or (y) the Foreign Borrower Exposure exceeds $420,000,000, the Borrowers shall prepay Revolving Borrowings in an aggregate amount such that after giving effect to such prepayments, the Foreign Borrower Exposure shall not exceed $420,000,000.
(c) In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Company shall, on the day such Net Proceeds are received (or, in the case of a Prepayment Event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term Prepayment Event, within five Business Days after such Net Proceeds are received), prepay Term Borrowings in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds; provided that, in the case of any event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term Prepayment Event, if the Company shall, prior to the date of the required prepayment, deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company to the effect that the Company intends to cause the Net Proceeds from such event (or a portion thereof specified in such certificate) to be applied within one year after receipt of such Net Proceeds to acquire, repair or restore assets to be used or useful in the business of the Company or the Domestic Subsidiaries (or in the case of Prepayment Events of Foreign Subsidiaries, of any Subsidiaries), or to consummate any Permitted Acquisition of Persons that will become, or assets that will be held by, Domestic Subsidiaries (or in the case of Prepayment Events of Foreign Subsidiaries, that will become Subsidiaries or be held by any Subsidiaries) permitted hereunder (but not of other Persons), and certifying that no Default has occurred and is continuing, then no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this paragraph in respect of the Net Proceeds from such event (or the portion of such Net Proceeds specified in such certificate, if applicable) except to the extent of any such Net Proceeds that have not been so applied by the end of such one-year period (or within a period of 180 days thereafter if by the end of such initial one-year period the Company or one or more Domestic Subsidiaries (or, to the extent permitted above, Foreign Subsidiaries) shall have entered into an agreement with a third party to acquire, repair or restore such assets, or to consummate such Permitted Acquisition, with such Net Proceeds), at which time a prepayment shall be required in an amount equal to the Net Proceeds that have not been so applied.
(d) In the event and on each occasion that, as a result of the receipt of any cash proceeds by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with any Disposition of any asset or any other event, the Company or any other Loan Party would be required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is Subordinated Indebtedness with respect to the Loan Document Obligations (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) to repay, prepay, redeem, repurchase or defease, or make an offer to repay, prepay, redeem,
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repurchase or defease, any such Subordinated Indebtedness (or such Refinancing Indebtedness) or any other Subordinated Indebtedness, then, prior to the time at which it would be required to make such repayment, prepayment, redemption, repurchase or defeasance or to make such offer, the Company shall, if and to the extent it would reduce, eliminate or satisfy any such requirement, (i) prepay Term Borrowings or (ii) use such cash proceeds to acquire assets in one or more transactions permitted hereby.
(e) Following the end of each fiscal year of the Company, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, the Company shall prepay Term Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the Specified ECF Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year; provided that such amount shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of voluntary prepayments of Term Borrowings and Revolving Borrowings (but only to the extent accompanied by a permanent reductions of the corresponding Commitment) made pursuant to this Section 2.10 during such fiscal year and after the end of such fiscal year but prior to the date on which the prepayment pursuant to this paragraph (e) for such fiscal year is required to have been made, excluding any such prepayments to the extent financed from Excluded Sources. Each prepayment pursuant to this paragraph shall be made no later than the date that is five Business Days following the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) with respect to the fiscal year for which Excess Cash Flow is being.
(f) Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment of Borrowings under this Section, the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, shall specify the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid in the notice of such prepayment delivered pursuant to paragraph (g) of this Section. In the event of any mandatory prepayment of Term Borrowings made at a time when Term Borrowings of more than one Class are outstanding, the Company shall select Term Borrowings to be prepaid so that the aggregate amount of such prepayment is allocated among the Term Borrowings pro rata (including Term B Loans, Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans and Incremental Term Loans) based on the aggregate principal amounts of outstanding Borrowings of each such Class.
(g) The applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery or facsimile) of any optional prepayment and, to the extent practicable, any mandatory prepayment hereunder not later than the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type of Borrowing being prepaid; provided that if a Borrower delivers an Interest Election Request in respect of the conversion or continuation of any Borrowing, such Borrowing shall not be prepaid until the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing at the time such Interest Election Request is delivered has expired. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment; provided that (A) if a notice of optional prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments or the Delayed Draw Term B Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.07, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.07 and (B) a notice of prepayment of Term Borrowings pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events 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 date of prepayment) if such condition is not satisfied. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the applicable Class 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 and currency as provided in Section 2.02, except as necessary to apply fully the required amount of a mandatory prepayment. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12 together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.15.
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(h) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to prepay any Term Borrowings with any Foreign Source Prepayment to the extent the repatriation to the Company of such Foreign Source Prepayment (i) would result in a material tax liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) is prohibited or restricted by any applicable Requirement of Law or (iii) would conflict with the fiduciary duties of any director, officer or employee of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary, then such Foreign Source Prepayment shall not be required to prepay any Term Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.10(c); provided that, if such repatriation would no longer result in a material tax liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, be prohibited or restricted by any applicable Requirement of Law or conflict with the fiduciary duties of any director, officer or employee of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary, then such an amount equal to such Foreign Source Prepayment shall be promptly repatriated to the Company and such proceeds shall thereafter be applied to the repayment of Term Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.10(c); and provided, further, that in the case of any Prepayment Event in respect of which the Net Proceeds are less than $20,000,000, no prepayment shall be required to be made in respect of any Net Proceeds as to which such repatriation would continue to result in a material tax liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, be prohibited or restricted by any applicable Requirement of Law or conflict with the fiduciary duties on the date 365 days following such Prepayment Event.
(i) In the event that, on or prior to the date that is six months after the Effective Date, the Company (x) prepays, repays, refinances, substitutes or replaces any Term B Loans in connection with a Repricing Transaction (including any prepayment made as a result of clause (c) of the definition of Prepayment Event that constitutes a Repricing Transaction), or (y) effects any amendment, waiver or other modification of, or consent under, this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction, the Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Term B Lenders, (A) in the case of clause (x), a premium of 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term B Loans so prepaid, repaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced and (B) in the case of clause (y), a fee equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term B Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment, waiver, modification or consent that are the subject of such Repricing Transaction. If, on or prior to the date that is six months after the Effective Date, all or any portion of the Term B Loans held by any Lender are prepaid, repaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced pursuant to Section 2.18 as a result of, or in connection with, such Lender not consenting with respect to any amendment, waiver, modification or consent referred to in clause (y) above (or otherwise in connection with a Repricing Transaction), such prepayment, repayment, refinancing, substitution or replacement will be made at 101% of the principal amount so prepaid, repaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced. All such amounts shall be due and payable on the date of effectiveness of such Repricing Transaction.
SECTION 2.11. Fees. (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (i) for the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily unused amount of the Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Revolving Commitment terminates and (ii) for the account of each Delayed Draw Term B Lender, a ticking fee which shall accrue at the Applicable Ticking Fee Rate on the daily unused amount of the Delayed Draw Term B Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of (x) the date on which such Delayed Draw Term B Commitment terminates and (y) the Delayed Draw Funding Date. Accrued commitment and ticking fees in respect of the Revolving Commitments or the Delayed Draw Term B Commitments shall be payable in arrears no later than the fifteenth day after the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments and Delayed Draw Term B Commitments terminate, as applicable, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. All commitment and ticking fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). For purposes of computing commitment fees, a Revolving Commitment of a Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure of such Lender.
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(b) Each Borrower 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 issued for the account of such Borrower, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Term Benchmark and RFR Revolving Loans on the daily amount of such Lenders LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lenders Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure and (ii) to each Issuing Bank a fronting fee (payable in Dollars), which shall accrue at the rate or rates per annum separately agreed upon between the Company and such Issuing Bank on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the 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 such LC Exposure, as well as such Issuing Banks standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. In addition, if, as contemplated by Section 2.04(c), any Letter of Credit is cash collateralized and remains outstanding after the Revolving Maturity Date (or Subsequent Maturity Date, as the case may be), the applicable Borrower will pay a fee (an LC Fee) to the Issuing Bank in respect of such Letter of Credit which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate that would be used to determine the interest rate applicable to Term Benchmark and RFR Revolving Loans (assuming such Loans were outstanding during such period) on the daily amount of the LC Exposure attributable to such Letter of Credit (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Revolving Maturity Date (or Subsequent Maturity Date, as the case may be) but excluding the date on which such Issuing Bank ceases to have any LC Exposure in respect of such Letter of Credit. Participation fees, fronting fees and other fees payable to an Issuing Bank in respect of its Letters of Credit accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable no later than the fifteenth day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees (other than LC Fees) shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees, including LC Fees, accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand and, in the case of LC Fees and fronting fees accruing after the Revolving Maturity Date (or Subsequent Maturity Date, as applicable), on the date on which the relevant Issuing Bank ceases to have LC Exposure in respect of the Letter of Credit in respect of which such fees are payable. Any other fees payable to an Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand. All participation fees, LC 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). All LC Fees shall be payable in the currency in which the applicable Letter of Credit was denominated.
(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 in Dollars on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to an Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Revolving Lenders entitled thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.12. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
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(b) The Loans comprising each Term Benchmark Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate, as applicable, for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing, plus the Applicable Rate.
(c) Each RFR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Adjusted 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, 2.00% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 2.12 or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2.00% per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section 2.12.
(e) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of a Revolving Loan, 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 Revolving 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 a 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. All interest shall be payable in the currency in which the applicable Loan is denominated.
(f) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that (i) interest on Borrowings denominated in Sterling shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and (ii) interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Term SOFR Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, Adjusted EURIBOR Rate, EURIBOR Rate, Adjusted Daily Simple RFR or Daily Simple RFR shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(g) If as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Company or for any other reason (excluding any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Company with respect to the initial adoption by the Company of Mark-to-Market Pension Accounting as described in Annex A), the Company or the Administrative Agent determines that (i) the Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Company as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Leverage Ratio would have resulted in a higher Applicable Rate for any period, the Company shall be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the accounts of the applicable Lenders and Issuing Banks, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or after the occurrence of any Event of Default under Article VII (i) or (j) with respect to any Borrower, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank) an amount equal to the excess of the interest and fees (including participation fees with respect to Letters of Credit and LC Fees, as applicable) that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period. The Companys obligations under this paragraph (f) shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the repayment of the other Obligations hereunder for a period of 90 days.
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SECTION 2.13. Alternate Rate of Interest. (a) In the case of (x) Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans and (y) Revolving Loans:
(i) Subject to clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of this Section 2.13(a), if:
(A) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive 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 or the Adjusted EURIBOR 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 Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for the applicable Agreed Currency; or
(B) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Lenders and Revolving Lenders that (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate and such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for the applicable Agreed Currency and such Interest Period or (B) at any time, the applicable Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for the applicable Agreed Currency will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for the applicable Agreed Currency;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, and the applicable Lenders by telephone, telecopy or electronic mail as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies such Borrower and the Lenders of such Class that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the applicable Borrower delivers a new Interest Election Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.06 or a new Borrowing Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03, (A) for Loans of the applicable Class denominated in Dollars, (1) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Term Benchmark Borrowing and any Borrowing Request that requests a Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be an Interest Election Request or a Borrowing Request, as applicable, for (x) an RFR Borrowing denominated in Dollars so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for Dollar Borrowings is not also the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i)(A) or (B) above or (y) an ABR Borrowing if the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for Dollar Borrowings also is the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i)(A) or (B) above and (2) any Borrowing Request that requests an RFR Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be a Borrowing Request, as applicable, for an ABR Borrowing and (B) for Loans of the applicable Class denominated in an Alternative Currency, any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Term Benchmark Borrowing and any Borrowing Request that requests a Term Benchmark Borrowing or an RFR Borrowing, in each case, for the relevant Benchmark, 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 receipt by the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this Section 2.13(a)(i) with respect to a Relevant Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan, then until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies such Borrower and the Lenders of such Class that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the applicable Borrower delivers a new Interest Election Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.06
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or a new Borrowing Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03, (A) for Loans of the applicable Class denominated in Dollars, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan convert to, and shall constitute, (x) an RFR Borrowing denominated in Dollars so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for Dollar Borrowings is not also the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i)(A) or (B) above or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for Dollar Borrowings also is the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i)(A) or (B) above, on such day, and (2) any RFR Loan shall on and from such day convert to, and shall constitute an ABR Loan and (B) for Loans of the applicable Class denominated in an Alternative Currency, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan bear interest at the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Alternative Currency plus the CBR Spread; provided that if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Alternative Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected Term Benchmark Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency shall, at the election of the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, prior to such day: (A) be prepaid by such Borrower on the day that the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent received notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or (B) solely for the purpose of calculating the interest rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan, such Term Benchmark Loan denominated in any Alternative Currency 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 and (2) any RFR Loan shall bear interest at the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Alternative Currency plus the CBR Spread; provided that if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Alternative Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected RFR Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency, at the election of the applicable Borrower or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, shall either (A) be converted into ABR Loans denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such Alternative Currency) immediately or (B) be prepaid in full immediately.
(ii) 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 Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the applicable 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 Majority in Interest of the Incremental Term A-2021 Lenders and/or Revolving Lenders, as applicable.
(iii) 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
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will become effective only after written notice thereof to the Borrowers but otherwise without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(iv) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrowers, or the Borrower Agent on their behalf, and the applicable Lenders of (A) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, (B) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (C) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (D) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (vi) below and (E) 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 applicable Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.13(a), 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 2.13(a).
(v) 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), (A) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Rate or the EURIBOR Rate) and either (x) 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 (y) 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 (B) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (A) above either (x) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (y) 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.
(vi) Upon the receipt by a Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, any Borrower may revoke any request for (A) a Term Benchmark Borrowing, conversion to or continuation of Term Benchmark Loans to be made, converted or continued or (B) a RFR Borrowing or conversion to RFR Loans, during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, either (x) such Borrower will be deemed to have converted any request for (1) a Term Benchmark Borrowing or RFR Borrowing, as applicable, denominated in Dollars into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to (a) an RFR Borrowing denominated in Dollars so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for Dollar Borrowings is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (b) an ABR Borrowing if the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for Dollar Borrowings is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (y) any request for any Term Benchmark Borrowing or RFR Borrowing denominated in an Alternative 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 receipt by the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, 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
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time as a Benchmark Replacement for such Agreed Currency is implemented pursuant to this Section 2.13(a), (A) for Loans denominated in Dollars (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan convert to, and shall constitute, (x) an RFR Borrowing denominated in Dollars so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for Dollar Borrowings is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for Dollar Borrowings is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event, on such day and (2) any RFR Loan shall on and from such day convert to, and shall constitute an ABR Loan and (B) for Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan bear interest at the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Alternative Currency plus the CBR Spread; provided that if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Alternative Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected Term Benchmark Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency shall, at the election of the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, prior to such day: (x) be prepaid by such Borrower on the day that the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent received notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or (y) solely for the purpose of calculating the interest rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan, such Term Benchmark Loan denominated in any Alternative Currency 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 and (2) any RFR Loan shall bear interest at the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Alternative Currency plus the CBR Spread; provided that if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Alternative Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected RFR Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency, at the election of the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, shall either (x) be converted into ABR Loans denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such Alternative Currency) immediately or (y) be prepaid in full immediately.
(b) In the case of any Loan other than Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans and Revolving Loans:
(i) If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing of any Class:
(A) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period (including because the Relevant Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis), for the applicable currency; or
(B) the Administrative Agent is advised by a Majority in Interest of the Lenders of such Class that the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Term Benchmark Borrowing for the applicable currency and such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, and the Lenders of such Class by telephone, telecopy or electronic mail as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies such Borrower and the Lenders of such Class that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist (the Administrative Agent having determined that such circumstances affecting the relevant market no
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longer exist and adequate and reasonable means do exist for determining the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Administrative Agent having been notified by a Majority in Interest of the Lenders of such Class that such circumstances described in clause (B) above no longer exist), in the case of Borrowings denominated in Dollars, (x) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing of such Class to, or continuation of any Borrowing of such Class as, a Term Benchmark Borrowing shall be ineffective, and such Borrowing shall be continued as an ABR Borrowing, (y) any Borrowing Request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing of such Class shall be made as a request for an ABR Borrowing. If an unavailability notice is delivered in respect of any Borrowing, the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, may elect by notice to the Administrative Agent to revoke its request that such Borrowing be made or continued, in which event Section 2.15 shall not apply (except that Lenders shall be entitled to receive their actual out-of-pocket losses, costs and expenses, if any, in connection with such Borrowing not being made or continued).
(ii) If, at any time, the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (A) the circumstances set forth in paragraph (i)(A) of this Section 2.13(b) have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (B) the circumstances set forth in paragraph (i)(A) of this Section 2.13(b) have not arisen but either (w) the supervisor for the administrator of the Relevant Screen Rate has made a public statement that the administrator of such Relevant Screen Rate is insolvent (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of such Relevant Screen Rate), (x) the administrator of the applicable Relevant Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which such Relevant Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published by it (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of such Relevant Screen Rate), (y) the supervisor for the administrator of the Relevant Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which such Relevant Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published or (z) the supervisor for the administrator of the Relevant Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which such Relevant Screen Rate may no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall endeavor to establish an alternate rate of interest to the Relevant Screen Rate that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans in the United States at such time, and shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable (but such related changes shall not include a reduction of the Applicable Rate); provided that, if such alternate rate of interest as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.02, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date notice of such alternate rate of interest is provided to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders of each Class stating that such Required Lenders object to such amendment. Until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this clause (b)(ii) (but, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (B)(w), clause (B)(x) or clause (B)(y) of the first sentence of this Section 2.13(b)(ii), only to the extent the Relevant Screen Rate for the applicable currency and such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), (1) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Term Benchmark Borrowing shall be ineffective and (2) if any Borrowing Request requests a Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.
SECTION 2.14. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:
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(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or Issuing Bank (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate);
(ii) impose on any Lender or Issuing Bank or the applicable offshore interbank market for the applicable Agreed Currency any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or
(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes and (B) Excluded Taxes) on its loans, 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 other Recipient of making or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), to increase the cost to such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or issue any Letter of Credit) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount but excluding lost profits), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs or expenses incurred or reduction suffered; provided that the Company shall not be liable for such compensation (A) unless such Lender or Issuing Bank is generally charging such amounts to similarly situated borrowers under comparable syndicated credit facilities or (B) if the relevant Change in Law occurs on a date prior to the date such Lender becomes a party hereto.
(b) If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements or liquidity has had or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lenders or Issuing Banks capital or on the capital of such Lenders or Issuing Banks holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lenders or Issuing Banks holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders or Issuing Banks policies and the policies of such Lenders or Issuing Banks holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender or Issuing Bank, the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lenders or Issuing Banks holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or Issuing Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or its holding company, or such other Recipient, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section delivered to the Company shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall pay such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders or Issuing Banks right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or expenses incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Company of
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the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions and of such Lenders or Issuing Banks intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 2.15. 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), (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 or continue any Term Benchmark Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto other than as a result of a failure to fund when the conditions precedent are met, (iv) the failure to prepay any Term Benchmark Loan on a date specified therefor in any notice of prepayment given by any Borrower (whether or not such notice may be revoked in accordance with the terms hereof) or (v) 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 applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, pursuant to Section 2.18 or pursuant to Section 2.20(e), then, in any such event, the applicable Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (x) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate, as applicable, that would have been applicable to such Loan (but not including 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 that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (y) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in the applicable currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the applicable offshore interbank market. A certificate of any Lender delivered to the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, and setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall pay (or cause to be paid) such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 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), (ii) the failure to borrow any RFR Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto other than as a result of a failure to fund when the conditions precedent are met, (iii) the failure to prepay any RFR Loan on a date specified therefor in any notice of prepayment given by any Borrower (whether or not such notice may be revoked in accordance with the terms hereof) or (iv) the assignment of any RFR Loan other than on the Interest Payment Date applicable thereto as a result of a request by the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, pursuant to Section 2.18 or pursuant to Section 2.20(e), then, in any such event, the applicable Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. A certificate of any Lender delivered to the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, and setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.16. Taxes. (a) Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up. Each payment by a Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, whether to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or Issuing Bank or any other Person to which any such payment is owed (each of the foregoing being
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referred to as a Recipient), shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, unless such withholding is required by any applicable law. If any Withholding Agent determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it is so required to withhold Taxes, then such Withholding Agent may so withhold and shall timely pay the full amount of deducted or withheld Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. If such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, then the amount payable by such Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that, net of such withholding (including such withholding applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section), the applicable Recipient receives the amount it would have received had no such withholding been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for, Other Taxes.
(c) Evidence of Payment. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by a Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Agreement, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall (severally and not jointly; provided that each Foreign Borrower is jointly and severally liable for the Foreign Borrower Obligations) indemnify each Recipient for any Indemnified Taxes that are paid or payable by such Recipient in connection with this Agreement (including amounts paid or payable under this paragraph) 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. The indemnity under this paragraph shall be paid within 20 days after the Recipient delivers to any Loan Party a certificate stating the amount of any Indemnified Taxes so paid or payable by such Recipient and describing in reasonable detail the basis for the indemnification claim. Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error. Such Recipient shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent for any Taxes (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes, the Administrative Agent shall be indemnified 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) attributable to such Lender that are paid or payable by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. The indemnity under this paragraph shall be paid within 10 days after the Administrative Agent delivers to the applicable Lender a certificate stating the amount of Taxes so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent. Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to setoff 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, any applicable withholding Tax with respect to any payments under this Agreement shall deliver to each Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by a Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall
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deliver such other documentation prescribed by law or reasonably requested by a Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable such Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to any withholding (including backup withholding) or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in clauses (A) through (E) of paragraph (f)(ii) below) shall not be required if in the Lenders judgment such completion, execution or submission would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender. Upon the reasonable request of a Borrower or the Administrative Agent, any Lender shall update any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.16(f). If any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.16(f) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect with respect to a Lender, such Lender shall promptly notify the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, and the Administrative Agent in writing of such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy and update the form or certification if it is legally eligible to do so. Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that it is not legally able to deliver.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender shall, if it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to each Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as is reasonably requested by such Borrower and the Administrative Agent) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a party hereto, duly completed and executed copies of whichever of the following is applicable:
(A) in the case of a Lender that is a U.S. Person, IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding Tax;
(B) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party (1) with respect to payments of interest under this Agreement, 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 (2) with respect to any other applicable payments under this Agreement, 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;
(C) in the case of a Foreign Lender for whom payments under this Agreement constitute income that is effectively connected with such Lenders conduct of a trade or business in the United States of America, IRS Form W-8ECI;
(D) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, both (1) IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, and (2) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1, Exhibit I-2, Exhibit I-3 or Exhibit I-4 (each, a U.S. Tax Certificate), as applicable, to the effect that such Lender is not (x) a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (y) a 10 percent shareholder of the applicable Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code or (z) a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code;
(E) in the case of a Foreign Lender that is not the beneficial owner of payments made under this Agreement (including a partnership or a participating Lender), (1) an IRS Form W-8IMY on behalf of itself and (2) the relevant forms prescribed in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (F) of this paragraph (f)(ii) that would be required of each such beneficial
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owner or partner of such partnership if such beneficial owner or partner were a Lender; provided that if such Lender is a partnership and one or more of its partners are claiming the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, such Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Certificate on behalf of such partners; or
(F) any other form prescribed by law as a basis for claiming exemption from, or a reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax, together with such supplementary documentation as shall be necessary to enable the applicable Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the amount of Tax (if any) required by law to be withheld.
(iii) If a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax or reporting requirements imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Withholding Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent as may be necessary for the Withholding Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA and, as necessary, to determine the amount to deduct and withhold or to report from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 2.16(f)(iii), the term FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the Effective Date.
(g) Additional United Kingdom Tax Matters. (i) Subject to (ii) below, each Lender and each Loan Party which makes a payment to such Lender shall cooperate in completing any procedural formalities necessary for such Loan Party to obtain authorization to make such payment without a UK Tax Deduction, including making and filing an appropriate application for relief under an applicable UK Treaty.
(ii) A UK Treaty Lender that (x) holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme and (y) wishes such scheme to apply to this Agreement, shall confirm its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence: (A) where the UK Treaty Lender is a Lender on the date of this Agreement, in such Lenders Tax Administrative Questionnaire; or (B) where the UK Treaty Lender becomes a Lender after the date of this Agreement, the relevant Assignment and Assumption, and upon satisfying either clause (A) or (B) above, such Lender shall have satisfied its obligation under paragraph (g)(i) above but that UK Treaty Lender shall have an obligation to cooperate further with the relevant Credit Party in accordance with Section 2.16(g)(iii).
(iii) If a Lender has confirmed its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with paragraph (g)(ii) above and:
(A) a Loan Party making a payment to such Lender has not made a UK Borrower DTTP Filing in respect of such Lender; or
(B) a Loan Party making a payment to such Lender has made a UK Borrower DTTP Filing in respect of such Lender but:
(1) such UK Borrower DTTP Filing has been rejected by HMRC; or
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(2) HMRC has not given such Loan Party authority to make payments to such Lender without a UK Tax Deduction within 30 Business Days of the date of such UK Borrower DTTP Filing;
and in each case, the relevant Loan Party has notified that Lender in writing of either (1) or (2) above, then such Lender and such Loan Party shall co-operate in completing any additional procedural formalities necessary for such Loan Party to obtain authorization to make that payment without a UK Tax Deduction.
(iv) If a Lender has not confirmed its scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with paragraph (g)(ii) above, no Loan Party shall make a UK Borrower DTTP Filing or file any other form relating to the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme in respect of that Lenders Commitment(s) or its participation in any Loan unless the Lender otherwise agrees.
(v) Each Loan Party shall, promptly on making a UK Borrower DTTP Filing, deliver a copy of such UK Borrower DTTP Filing to the Administrative Agent for delivery to the relevant Lender.
(vi) A Lender that is a UK Qualifying Lender solely by virtue of sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of UK Qualifying Lender (A) in the case of a Lender that is a Lender on the date of this Agreement, gives a UK Tax Confirmation to the Company by entering into the Agreement; and (B) in the case of a Lender that becomes a Lender after the date of this Agreement, shall give a UK Tax Confirmation to the Company in the Assignment and Assumption that it executes. A Lender that is a UK Qualifying Lender solely by virtue of sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of UK Qualifying Lender shall promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent if there is any change in the position from that set out in the UK Tax Confirmation; provided that the Lender shall, where such change occurs as a result of a change in law, promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent on becoming aware of that change.
(vii) Each Lender shall indicate, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and any relevant Loan Party, but without liability to any Loan Party, whether it is:
(A) not a UK Qualifying Lender;
(B) a UK Qualifying Lender (that is not a UK Treaty Lender); or
(C) a UK Treaty Lender,
in (x) where the Lender is a Lender on the date of this Agreement, such Lenders Tax Administrative Questionnaire; or (y) where the Lender becomes a Lender after the date of this Agreement, the relevant Assignment and Assumption. If a Lender fails to indicate its status in accordance with this Section 2.16(g)(vii) then such Lender shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement (including by each Loan Party) as if it is not a UK Qualifying Lender until such time as it notifies Company and the Administrative Agent. An Assignment and Assumption shall not be invalidated by any failure of a Lender to comply with this Section 2.16(g)(vii). Each Lender shall promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent if it has ceased to be a UK Qualifying Lender; provided that the Lender shall, where that Lender ceases to be a UK Qualifying Lender as a result of a change in law, promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent on becoming aware of it ceasing to be a UK Qualifying Lender.
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(viii) Each UK Treaty Lender shall notify the Company and the Administrative Agent if it determines in its sole discretion that it ceases to be entitled to claim the benefits of a UK Treaty with respect to payments made by any UK Borrower hereunder.
(h) Additional Irish Withholding Tax Matters.
(i) Each Lender and each Irish Borrower which makes a payment to such Lender shall cooperate in completing any procedural formalities necessary for such Irish Borrower to obtain authorization to make such payment without withholding or deduction for Taxes imposed under the laws of Ireland, including making and filing an appropriate application for relief under an applicable Irish Treaty and the provision by the Lender to each Irish Borrower of such authorization granted by the Revenue Commissioners of Ireland entitling the Irish Borrower to pay such Lender without withholding or deduction for Taxes imposed under the laws of Ireland.
(ii) Each Lender shall indicate, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and any relevant Loan Party, but without liability to any Loan Party, whether it is:
(A) not an Irish Qualifying Lender;
(B) an Irish Qualifying Lender (that is not an Irish Treaty Lender); or
(C) an Irish Treaty Lender,
in (x) where the Lender is a Lender on the date of this Agreement, such Lenders Tax Administrative Questionnaire or (y) where the Lender becomes a Lender after the date of this Agreement, the relevant Assignment and Assumption. If a Lender fails to indicate its status in accordance with this Section 2.16(h)(ii), 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 Company and the Administrative Agent. An Assignment and Assumption and shall not be invalidated by any failure of a Lender to comply with this Section 2.16(h)(ii). Any Lender that ceases to be an Irish Qualifying Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers; provided that the Lender shall, where that Lender ceases to be an Irish Qualifying Lender as a result of a change in law, promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent on becoming aware of it ceasing to be an Irish Qualifying Lender.
(iii) Each Irish Treaty Lender shall notify the Company and the Administrative Agent if it determines in its sole discretion that it ceases to be entitled to claim the benefits of an Irish Treaty with respect to payments made by any Irish Borrower hereunder.
(i) Additional Dutch Withholding Tax Matters. (i) Each Lender and each Dutch Borrower which makes a payment to such Lender shall cooperate in completing any procedural formalities necessary for such Dutch Borrower to obtain authorization to make such payment without withholding or deduction for Taxes imposed under the laws of the Netherlands.
(ii) Each Lender shall notify the Dutch Borrower and Administrative Agent if such Lender determines in its sole discretion that it ceases to be entitled to claim the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the Netherlands is a party with respect to payments made by any Dutch Borrower hereunder.
(j) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any Recipient 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
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pursuant to this Section (including additional amounts paid pursuant to this Section), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of Recipient 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 Recipient, shall repay to such Recipient the amount paid to such Recipient pursuant to the prior sentence (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event such Recipient is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph, in no event will any Recipient be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph if such payment would place such Recipient in a less favorable position (on a net after-Tax basis) than such Recipient would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any Recipient 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.
(k) (i) All amounts expressed to be payable under a Loan Document by any party to a Loan Document (a Party) to a Lender or Administrative Agent which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for any supply for VAT purposes are deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on that supply, and accordingly, subject to paragraph (ii) below, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Lender or Administrative Agent to any Party under a Loan Document and such Lender or Administrative Agent is required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT, that Party must pay to such Lender or Administrative Agent (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT (and such Lender or Administrative Agent must promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to that Party).
(ii) If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Lender or Administrative Agent (the Supplier) to any Recipient under a Loan Document, and any Party other than the Recipient (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 Recipient 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 Recipient must (where this paragraph (A) applies) promptly pay to the Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the Recipient receives from the relevant tax authority which the Recipient reasonably determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply; and
(B) (where the Recipient is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must promptly, following demand from the Recipient, pay to the Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on that supply but only to the extent that the Recipient reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT.
(iii) Where a Loan Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify a Lender or Administrative Agent for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Lender or Administrative Agent for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, save to the extent that such Lender or Administrative Agent reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.
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(iv) Any reference in this Section 2.16(k) to any Party shall, at any time when such 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 as making the supply, or (as appropriate) receiving the supply, under the grouping rules (provided for in Article 11 of Council Directive 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 of the European Union).
(v) In relation to any supply made by a Lender or Administrative Agent to any Party under a Loan Document, if reasonably requested by such Lender or Administrative Agent, that Party must promptly provide such Lender or Administrative Agent with details of that Partys VAT registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with such Lender or Administrative Agents VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply.
(l) Issuing Bank. For purposes of this Section 2.16, the term Lender shall include each Issuing Bank.
(m) Survival. Each partys obligations under this Section shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 2.17. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs. (a) Each Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 12:00 noon, Local Time, in the case of any payment in respect of a Loan or an LC Disbursement, and prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, in the case of any other payment), on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without any defense, setoff, 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 to such account as may be specified by the Administrative Agent, except that payments required to be made directly to any Issuing Bank shall be so made, payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.22 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payment received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment under any Loan Document shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments under any Loan Document of principal or interest in respect of any Loan denominated in Euros or Sterling or of any breakage indemnity under Section 2.15 in respect of any such Loan shall be made in the currency in which such Loan is denominated. All other payments required to be made by any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made in Dollars except that any amounts payable under Section 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.22 or 9.03 (or any indemnification or expense reimbursement provision of any other Loan Document) that are invoiced in a currency other than Dollars shall be payable in the currency so invoiced.
(b) 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 towards payment of the amounts then due hereunder ratably among the parties entitled thereto, in accordance with the amounts then due to such parties.
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(c) Except to the extent that this Agreement provides for payments to be disproportionately allocated to or retained by a particular Lender or group of Lenders (including in connection with the payment of interest or fees at different rates and the repayment of principal amounts of Term Loans at different times as a result of Permitted Amendments effected under Section 2.21), each Lender agrees that if it shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the amount of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amounts of principal of and accrued interest on their Loans and participations in LC Disbursements; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by a Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (as in effect from time to time) 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 to any Person that is an Eligible Assignee (as such term is defined from time to time), including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender. 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 setoff 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.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or Issuing Banks hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, 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 Issuing Banks, 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 Issuing Banks, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the 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.
(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it hereunder to or for the account of the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank, 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 to satisfy such Lenders obligations in respect of such payment until all such unsatisfied obligations have been discharged or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender pursuant to Sections 2.04(d), 2.04(f), 2.05(b), 2.17(c), 2.17(d) and 9.03(c), in each case in such order as shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.
SECTION 2.18. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14 or 2.22, or if a Loan Party is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, then such Lender shall (at the request of such Borrower or the Borrower Agent) use commercially
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reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign and delegate 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 2.14, 2.16 or 2.22, 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. Each Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment and delegation.
(b) If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14 or 2.22, (ii) any Loan Party is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, (iii) any Lender has become a Defaulting Lender or (iv) any Lender has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that under Section 9.02 requires the consent of all the Lenders (or all the affected Lenders or all the Lenders of the affected Class) and with respect to which the Required Lenders (or, in circumstances where Section 9.02 does not require the consent of the Required Lenders, a Majority in Interest of the Lenders of the affected Class) shall have granted their consent, 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 and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (or, in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from a failure to provide a consent, all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as a Lender of a particular Class) to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment and delegation); provided that (A) the Company shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if a Revolving Commitment is being assigned, each Issuing Bank), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld (if such consent would be required under Section 9.04 in connection with an assignment to such Person), (B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and, if applicable, participations in LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, (if applicable, in each case only to the extent such amounts relate to its interest as a Lender of a particular Class) from the assignee (in the case of such principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company (in the case of all other amounts), (C) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or 2.22 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments and (D) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the failure to provide a consent, the assignee shall have given such consent and, as a result of such assignment and delegation and any contemporaneous assignments and delegations and consents, the applicable amendment, waiver, discharge or termination can be effected. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver or consent by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Company to require such assignment and delegation have ceased to apply. Each party hereto agrees that an assignment and delegation required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment and delegation need not be a party thereto.
SECTION 2.19. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Revolving Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(a) commitment fees shall cease to accrue on the unused amount of the Revolving Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(a);
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(b) the Revolving Commitment and Revolving Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02), in each case, except to the extent expressly provided in the second to last sentence of Section 9.02(b);
(c) if any LC Exposure exists at the time such Revolving Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(i) all or any part of the LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages (with the term Applicable Percentage meaning, with respect to any Lender for purposes of reallocations to be made pursuant to this paragraph (c), the percentage of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment represented by such Lenders Revolving Commitment at the time of such reallocation calculated disregarding the Revolving Commitments of the Defaulting Lenders at such time) but only to the extent that the sum of all Non-Defaulting Lenders Revolving Exposures plus such Defaulting Lenders LC Exposure does not exceed the sum of all Non-Defaulting Lenders Revolving Commitments;
(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrowers shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Banks the portion of such Defaulting Lenders LC Exposure that has not been reallocated in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.04(i) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;
(iii) if the Borrowers cash collateralize any portion of such Defaulting Lenders LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrowers shall not be required to pay participation fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(b) with respect to such portion of such Defaulting Lenders LC Exposure for so long as such Defaulting Lenders LC Exposure is cash collateralized;
(iv) if any portion of the LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) and 2.11(b) shall be adjusted to give effect to such reallocation; and
(v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lenders 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 participation fees payable under Section 2.11(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lenders LC Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Banks (and allocated among them ratably based on the amount of such Defaulting Lenders LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by each Issuing Bank) until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and
(d) so long as such Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, unless in each case it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lenders then outstanding LC Exposure will be fully covered by the Revolving Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral provided by the Borrowers in accordance with Section 2.19(c), and participating interests in any such issued, amended, reviewed or extended Letter of Credit will be allocated among the Non-
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Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.19(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
In the event that (x) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to a Revolving Lender Parent shall have occurred following the date hereof and for so long as such Bankruptcy Event shall continue or (y) any Issuing Bank has a good faith belief that any Revolving Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, unless such Issuing Bank shall have entered into arrangements with the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, or such Revolving Lender satisfactory to such Issuing Bank to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.
In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Company and each Issuing Bank each agree that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender (a Restored Lender), then the LC Exposure of the Revolving Lenders shall be reallocated in accordance with their Applicable Percentages and on such date such Restored Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving Loans of the other Revolving Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Restored Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage (with the term Applicable Percentage meaning, with respect to any Lender for purposes of reallocations to be made pursuant to this paragraph, the percentage of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment represented by such Lenders Revolving Commitment at the time of such reallocation calculated including the Revolving Commitment of such Restored Lender but disregarding the Revolving Commitments of the Defaulting Lenders at such time).
Subject to Section 9.20 no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lenders increased exposure following such reallocation.
SECTION 2.20. Incremental Facilities. (a) The Company may on one or more occasions, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, request (i) during the Revolving Availability Period, the establishment of Incremental Revolving Commitments and/or (ii) the establishment of Incremental Term Commitments, in an aggregate amount for all such Incremental Commitments not to exceed the sum of (A) $150,000,000 plus (B) such amount as would not cause the Secured Leverage Ratio, computed on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended prior to the effective date of the relevant Incremental Facility Agreement in respect of which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), to exceed, 3.00 to 1.00; provided that for purposes of the pro forma calculations required by clauses (A) and (B) above, (x) the Incremental Revolving Commitments that would become effective in connection with the requested Incremental Facility shall be assumed to be fully drawn and (y) the calculation of clause (B) above shall be determined without giving effect to any incurrence under clause (A) above that is incurred substantially simultaneously with amounts under clause (B) above; provided, further, that, in the case of Incremental Term Commitments established to finance a Limited Condition Acquisition, the condition set forth in this clause (B) may, at the Companys option, as set forth in the applicable Incremental Facility Agreement, be tested at the signing of the definitive agreement to consummate such Limited Condition Acquisition or at the closing thereof. Each such notice shall specify (A) the date on which the Company proposes that the Incremental Revolving Commitments or the Incremental Term Commitments, as applicable, shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than 10 Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent and (B) the amount of the Incremental Revolving Commitments or Incremental Term Commitments, as applicable, being requested (it being agreed that (x) any Lender approached to provide any Incremental Revolving Commitment or Incremental Term
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Commitment may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide such Incremental Revolving Commitment or Incremental Term Commitment and (y) any Person that the Company proposes to become an Incremental Lender, if such Person is not then a Lender, must be an Eligible Assignee and must be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any proposed Incremental Revolving Lender, each Issuing Bank.
(b) The terms and conditions of any Incremental Revolving Commitment and Loans and other extensions of credit to be made
thereunder shall be, except as otherwise set forth herein, identical to those of the Revolving Commitments and Loans and other extensions of credit made thereunder, and shall be treated as a single Class with such Revolving Commitments and Loans;
provided that (i) the maturity date of any Incremental Revolving Commitments shall be no sooner than, but may be later than, the Revolving Maturity Date, (ii) there shall be no mandatory reduction of any Incremental Revolving
Commitments prior to the Revolving Maturity Date and (iii) the up-front fees applicable to any Incremental Revolving Facility shall be as determined by the Company and the Incremental Revolving Lenders providing such Incremental Facility. The
terms and conditions of any Incremental Term Facility and the Incremental Term Loans to be made thereunder shall be, except as otherwise set forth herein or in the applicable Incremental Facility Agreement, identical to those of the Term B
Commitments and the Term B Loans; provided that (i) the up-front fees, interest rates and amortization schedule applicable to any Incremental Term Facility and Incremental Term Loans shall be determined by the Company and the Incremental
Term Lenders providing the relevant Incremental Term Commitments, (ii) the weighted average life to maturity of any Incremental Term Loans that are not Incremental Term A Loans shall be no shorter than, but may be longer than, the remaining
weighted average life to maturity of the then outstanding Term B Loans (determined without giving effect to any prepayments that reduce amortization), (iii) no
Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date in respect of Incremental Term Loans that are not Incremental Term A
Loans shall be earlier than, but may be later than, the Term B Maturity Date, (iv) no Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date in respect of Incremental Term A Loans shall be earlier than, but may be later than, the Revolving Maturity Date and (v) if the Weighted Average Yield applicable to any Incremental Term
Loans incurred prior to the date that is 18 months after the Effective Date exceeds by more than 0.50% per annum the applicable Weighted Average Yield payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, as amended through the date of such
calculation, with respect to the Term B Loans, then the Applicable Rate then in effect for the Term B Loans shall automatically be increased to eliminate such excess; provided, however, that any interest in the Applicable Rate required
pursuant to the foregoing as a result of any interest rate floor shall be effected solely through the establishment of or increase to an interest rate floor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the terms and conditions applicable
to an Incremental Facility may include additional or different financial or other covenants or other provisions that are agreed between the Company and the Lenders providing such Incremental Facility which are applicable only during periods after
the latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the date of effectiveness of such Incremental Facility. Any Incremental Term Facilities established pursuant to an Incremental Facility Agreement (other than any Incremental Term Facilities having terms
identical to the Term B Loans made on the Effective Date) that have identical terms, and any Incremental Term Loans made thereunder, shall be designated as a separate series (each a Series) of Incremental Term Commitments and
Incremental Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each Incremental Facility and all extensions of credit thereunder shall be secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the
other Loan Document Obligations.
(c) The Incremental Commitments and Incremental Facilities relating thereto shall be effected pursuant to one or more Incremental Facility Agreements executed and delivered by the Company, each Incremental Lender providing such Incremental Commitments and Incremental Facilities and the Administrative Agent; provided that no Incremental Commitments shall become effective unless (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of effectiveness thereof, both immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to such Incremental Term Commitments and the
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making of Loans and issuance of Letters of Credit thereunder to be made on such date; provided that, in the case of Incremental Term Commitments established to finance a Limited Condition Acquisition, except with respect to the requirement that there not have occurred and be continuing any Default under paragraph (a) or (b) of Article VII or any Default with respect to any Borrower under paragraph (i) or (j) of Article VII (which must be true both immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to such Incremental Commitments and the making of Loans thereunder to be made on the date of effectiveness thereof), any condition set forth in this clause (i) may, at the Companys option, as set forth in the applicable Incremental Facility Agreement, be tested at the signing of the agreement to make such Limited Condition Acquisition or on the date of effectiveness of such Incremental Term Commitments, (ii) on the date of effectiveness thereof, the representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be made and shall be true and correct (A) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (B) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of such date, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date; provided that, in the case of Incremental Term Commitments established to finance a Limited Condition Acquisition, the condition set forth in this clause (ii) may, at the Companys option, be modified in a manner determined by the Company and the Incremental Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan Commitments, as set forth in the applicable Incremental Facility Agreement, such that the only representations and warranties the accuracy of which is a condition to the effectiveness of such Incremental Term Commitments are the Specified Representations and the Acquired Company Representations, (iii) after giving effect to such Incremental Commitments and the making of Loans pursuant thereto and the use of proceeds thereof (and based on the assumption that borrowings are effected in the full amount of any Incremental Revolving Commitments), the Company shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the covenant contained in Section 6.12 recomputed as of the last day of the most-recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b); provided that, in the case of Incremental Term Commitments established to finance a Limited Condition Acquisition, the condition set forth in this clause (iii) may, at the Companys option, as set forth in the applicable Incremental Facility Agreement, be tested at the signing of the agreement to make such Limited Condition Acquisition or on the date of effectiveness of such Incremental Term Commitments, (iv) the Company shall make any payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.15 in connection with such Incremental Commitments and the related transactions under this Section and (v) the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent such legal opinions, board resolutions, secretarys certificates, officers certificates and other documents as shall reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with any such transaction, including a certificate of a Financial Officer to the effect set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, together with reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with clause (iii) above. Each Incremental Facility Agreement may, without the consent of any Lender, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to give effect to the provisions of this Section; provided that to the extent that any term of any such amendment could not be approved as an amendment of this Agreement by the Lenders providing such Incremental Commitments voting a single Class without the approval of any other Lender, such amendment will be subject to the approval of the requisite Lenders required under this Agreement.
(d) Upon the effectiveness of an Incremental Commitment of any Incremental Lender, (i) such Incremental Lender shall be deemed to be a Lender (and a Lender in respect of Commitments and Loans of the applicable Class) hereunder, and henceforth shall be entitled to all the rights of, and benefits accruing to, Lenders (or Lenders in respect of Commitments and Loans of the applicable Class) hereunder and shall be bound by all agreements, acknowledgements and other obligations of Lenders (or Lenders in respect of Commitments and Loans of the applicable Class) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (ii) in the case of any Incremental Revolving Commitment, (A) such Incremental Revolving Commitment shall constitute (or, in the event such Incremental Lender already has a Revolving Commitment, shall increase) the Revolving Commitment of such Incremental Lender and (B) the
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Aggregate Revolving Commitment shall be increased by the amount of such Incremental Revolving Commitment, in each case, subject to further increase or reduction from time to time as set forth in the definition of the term Revolving Commitment. Upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Revolving Commitment, the Revolving Exposure of the Incremental Revolving Lender holding such Commitment, and the Applicable Percentage of all the Revolving Lenders, shall automatically be adjusted to give effect thereto.
(e) On the date of effectiveness of any Incremental Revolving Commitments, each Revolving Lender shall assign to each Incremental Revolving Lender holding such Incremental Revolving Commitment, and each such Incremental Revolving Lender shall purchase from each Revolving Lender, at the principal amount thereof (together with accrued interest), such interests in the Revolving Loans and participations in Letters of Credit outstanding on such date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, such Revolving Loans and participations in Letters of Credit will be held by all the Revolving Lenders (including such Incremental Revolving Lenders) ratably in accordance with their Applicable Percentages after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Incremental Revolving Commitment.
(f) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the applicable Incremental Facility Agreement, each Lender holding an Incremental Term Commitment of any Series shall make a loan to the Company in an amount equal to such Incremental Term Commitment on the date specified in such Incremental Facility Agreement.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders promptly upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of any notice from the Company referred to in Section 2.20(a) and of the effectiveness of any Incremental Commitments, in each case advising the Lenders of the details thereof and, in the case of effectiveness of any Incremental Revolving Commitments, of the Applicable Percentages of the Revolving Lenders after giving effect thereto and of the assignments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.20(e).
SECTION 2.21. 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 10 Business Days nor more than 30 Business Days after the date of such notice, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent). Permitted Amendments shall become effective 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 Lenders Loans and Commitments of such Affected Class as to which such Lenders acceptance has been made.
(b) A Permitted Amendment shall be effected pursuant to a Loan Modification Agreement executed and delivered by each applicable Borrower, each applicable Accepting Lender and the Administrative Agent; provided that no Permitted Amendment shall become effective unless the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent such legal opinions, board resolutions, stockholder resolutions, secretarys certificates, officers certificates and other documents as shall reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith. 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, effect
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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, except as otherwise agreed to by each Issuing Bank, (i) the allocation of the participation exposure with respect to any then-existing or subsequently issued or made Letter of Credit 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 and (ii) the Revolving Availability Period and the Revolving Maturity Date, as such terms are used in reference to Letters of Credit, may not be extended without the prior written consent of each Issuing Bank.
SECTION 2.22. Additional Reserve Costs. (a) If and for so long as any Lender is required to make special deposits with the Bank of England, to maintain reserve asset ratios or to pay fees, in each case in respect of such Lenders Loans, such Lender may require the applicable Borrower to pay, contemporaneously with each payment of interest on each of such Loans, additional interest on such Loans at a rate per annum specified by such Lender to be the cost to such Lender of complying with such requirements in relation to such Loans; provided that no Lender may request the payment of any amount under this paragraph to the extent resulting from a requirement imposed (other than as provided in Section 2.14) on such Lender by any Governmental Authority (and not on Lenders or any class of Lenders generally) in respect of a concern expressed by such Governmental Authority with such Lender specifically, including with respect to its financial health.
(b) If and for so long as any Lender is required to comply with reserve assets, liquidity, cash margin or other requirements of any monetary or other authority (including any such requirement imposed by the European Central Bank or the European System of Central Banks, but excluding requirements addressed by Section 2.22(a)) in respect of any of such Lenders Loans, such Lender may require the applicable Borrower to pay, contemporaneously with each payment of interest on each of such Lenders Loans subject to such requirements, additional interest on such Loans at a rate per annum specified by such Lender to be the cost to such Lender of complying with such requirements in relation to such Loans; provided that no Lender may request the payment of any amount under this paragraph to the extent resulting from a requirement imposed (other than as provided in Section 2.14) on such Lender by any Governmental Authority (and not on Lenders or any class of Lenders generally) in respect of a concern expressed by such Governmental Authority with such Lender specifically, including with respect to its financial health.
(c) Any additional interest owed pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) above shall be determined by the relevant Lender, acting in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and notified to the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) at least five Business Days before each date on which interest is payable for the relevant Loans, and such additional interest so notified to the applicable Borrower, or the Borrower Agent on its behalf, by such Lender shall be payable to such Lender on each date on which interest is payable for such Loans.
SECTION 2.23. Foreign Borrowers. (a) The Company may, upon not less than ten (10) Business Days written notice (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders, request that the Revolving Lenders approve the designation of any Subsidiary (an Applicant Borrower) that is a wholly-owned Foreign Subsidiary of the Company as a Foreign Borrower hereunder by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Foreign Borrower Joinder Agreement executed by such Subsidiary, the Company and the other Loan Parties under which such Subsidiary agrees to become a Foreign Borrower and each Loan Party reaffirms its guarantees, pledges, grants and other commitments and obligations under the Credit Agreement and the Security Documents to
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which such Loan Party is party. The approval of the designation of an Applicant Borrower as a Foreign Borrower may be granted or withheld in the sole discretion of any Revolving Lender. An Applicant Borrower shall become a Foreign Borrower upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) the written approval of each Revolving Lender, and (ii) the Companys written approval of such amendments or other modifications to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may reasonably be specified by the Administrative Agent to effect the addition of such Applicant Borrower as a Foreign Borrower (collectively, the Applicant Borrower Amendments), it being understood, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.02, that any Applicant Borrower Amendments shall be effective when executed and delivered by the Company and the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall send a notice to the Company and the Lenders specifying the effective date upon which the requested Applicant Borrower shall constitute a Foreign Borrower for purposes hereof, whereupon each of the Lenders agrees to permit such Foreign Borrower to receive Loans hereunder, on the terms and conditions set forth herein (as amended by the Applicant Borrower Amendments), and each of the parties hereto agrees that such Applicant Borrower shall for all purposes of this Agreement be a party to and a Foreign Borrower under this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph (a), no Subsidiary shall become a Foreign Borrower if it shall be unlawful for such Subsidiary to become a Borrower hereunder or for any Lender to make Loans or otherwise extend credit to such Subsidiary as provided herein.
(c) The Company may from time to time, upon not less than five (5) Business Days written notice to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), terminate a Foreign Borrowers status as such upon the execution by the Company and delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Foreign Borrower Termination with respect to such Foreign Borrower; provided that no Foreign Borrower Termination shall become effective as to any Foreign Borrower (other than to terminate its right to make further Borrowings or obtain Letters of Credit under this Agreement) until all Loans made to the terminated Foreign Borrower have been repaid, no Letter of Credit issued for the account of such terminated Foreign Borrower shall remain outstanding, and all amounts payable by such terminated Foreign Borrower in respect of LC Disbursements, interest and/or fees (and, to the extent notified by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any other amounts payable by the terminated Foreign Borrower under any Loan Document) have been paid in full. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such termination of a Foreign Borrowers status.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders on the date hereof, on the Effective Date and on each other date on which representations and warranties are made or deemed made hereunder that:
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. The Company and each Subsidiary (a) is duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all power and authority and all material Governmental Approvals required for the ownership and operation of its properties and the conduct of its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted (except in the case of Non-Significant Subsidiaries, for failures to comply with the foregoing that, individually and in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect) and (c) except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction), in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.
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SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions to be entered into by each Loan Party are within such Loan Partys corporate or other organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder action of each Loan Party. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Borrower or such Loan Party, as the case may be, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors rights generally and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; Absence of Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any material
consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental Authority, except (i) such as have been or substantially contemporaneously with the initial funding of Loans on the Effective Date will be obtained or
made and are (or will so be) in full force and effect and (ii) filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate any applicable law, including any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will
not violate the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company or any Subsidiary that is not a Non-Significant Subsidiary, (d) will not violate or result (alone or with notice or lapse of time, or both) in a default under any
indenture or other material agreement or material instrument binding upon any Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment, repurchase or redemption to be made by any Borrower or any
Subsidiary (other than payments, repurchases or redemptions constituting part of the Separation Transactions), or give rise to a
right of, or result in, any termination, cancellation, acceleration or right of renegotiation of any obligation thereunder (other than terminations, cancellations, accelerations
or rights of renegotiation constituting part of the Separation Transactions), in each case other than under agreements governing Indebtedness, including the Prior Credit Agreement, that will
be repaid on the Effective Date (or in the case of the Separation Transaction, on or prior to the Separation Date) and
(e) except for Liens created under the Loan Documents, will not result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien on any asset of any Borrower or any Subsidiary.
SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change. (a) The Company has heretofore furnished to the Lenders (i) the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as at December 31, 2018, and related statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders equity and cash flows of the Company for the fiscal year ended at December 31, 2018, audited by and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, independent registered public accounting firm and (ii) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company as at the end of, and related statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower for, the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 (and comparable period for the prior fiscal year), certified by its chief financial officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and for such period in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of certain footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.
(b) Since December 31, 2018, there has been no event or condition that has resulted, or could reasonably be expected to result, in a material adverse change in the business, assets, operations, performance or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 3.05. Properties. (a) The Company and each Subsidiary has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its property material to its business, except for minor defects in title that do
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not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes.
(b) No patents, trademarks, copyrights, licenses, technology, software, domain names, or other Intellectual Property used by the Company or any Subsidiary in the operation of its business infringes upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except for Disclosed Matters, no claim or litigation regarding any patents, trademarks, copyrights, licenses, technology or other Intellectual Property owned or used by the Company or any Subsidiary is pending against, or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened in writing against, the Company or any Subsidiary that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Effective Date, each patent, trademark, copyright, license, technology, software, domain name, or other Intellectual Property that, individually or in the aggregate, is material to the business as currently conducted of the Company and the Subsidiaries is owned or licensed, as the case may be, by the Company, a Designated Subsidiary or a Foreign Subsidiary.
SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) Except for the Disclosed Matters, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or counterclaims by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against the Company or any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary based on written notice received by it, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary that (i) could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) involve any of the Loan Documents or the Transactions.
(b) Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company or any Subsidiary (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability (provided that with respect to this clause (iv), such knowledge shall be deemed to extend solely to the extent of the knowledge of the Companys law department and environmental engineers).
SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. The Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance with all laws, including all orders of Governmental Authorities, applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to comply with any such laws, orders, indentures, agreements or other instruments, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Status. None of the Company or any Subsidiary is an investment company as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECTION 3.09. Taxes. The Company and each Subsidiary 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 where (a)(i) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (ii) the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect thereto or (b) the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 3.10. Employee Benefit Plans; Labor Matters. (a) The Company, each of its ERISA Affiliates, and each Subsidiary is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No ERISA Events have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur that could, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all benefit liabilities under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Nos. 87 and 158, as applicable) did not, as of the last annual valuation date applicable thereto, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all benefit liabilities of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Nos. 87 and 158, as applicable) did not, as of the last annual valuation dates applicable thereto, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans except in each such case where such underfunding could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each Foreign Pension Plan (if any) is in compliance with all requirements of law applicable thereto and the respective requirements of the governing documents for such plan, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to each Foreign Pension Plan (if any), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents has engaged in a transaction which would subject the Company or any Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to a tax or civil penalty which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to each Foreign Pension Plan (if any), reserves have been established in the financial statements in respect of any unfunded liabilities in accordance with applicable law and prudent business practice or, where required, in accordance with ordinary accounting practices in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Pension Plan is maintained. The aggregate unfunded liabilities with respect to such Foreign Pension Plans could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; the present value of the aggregate accumulated benefit liabilities of all such Foreign Pension Plans (based on those assumptions used to fund each such Foreign Pension Plan) did not, as of the last annual valuation date applicable thereto, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such Foreign Pension Plans except in such case where the underfunding could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) As of the Effective Date, there are no material strikes or lockouts against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary pending or, to their knowledge, threatened. The hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Company and the Subsidiaries are not in violation in any material respect or in respect of any material amount under 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 Subsidiary, or for which any claim may be made against the Company or any Subsidiary, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as liabilities on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary.
SECTION 3.11. Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures; Disqualified Equity Interests. (a) Schedule 3.11A sets forth, as of the Effective Date, the name and jurisdiction of organization of, and the percentage of each class of Equity Interests owned by the Company or any Subsidiary in, (a) each Subsidiary and (b) each joint venture in which the Company or any Subsidiary owns any Equity Interests, and identifies each Designated Subsidiary, each Material Subsidiary and each Excluded Subsidiary. The Equity Interests in each Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11A, as of the Effective Date, there is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary any Equity Interests of which are required to be pledged as Collateral under the Security Documents is a party requiring, and there are no Equity Interests in any such Loan Party or Subsidiary that upon exercise, conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by such Loan Party or Subsidiary of any additional Equity Interests
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or other securities exercisable for, convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase any Equity Interests in such Loan Party or Subsidiary.
(b) Schedule 3.11B sets forth, as of the Effective Date, all outstanding Disqualified Equity Interests, if any, in the Company or any Subsidiary, including the number, date of issuance and the record holder of such Disqualified Equity Interests.
SECTION 3.12. Solvency. Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date, and giving effect to the rights of subrogation and contribution under the Collateral Agreement, (a) the fair value of the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will exceed their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability on their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured, (c) the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured and (d) the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which they are engaged, as such business is conducted at the time of and is proposed to be conducted following the Effective Date.
SECTION 3.13. Disclosure. None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, included herein or therein or furnished hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) when taken as a whole contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that (a) with respect to forecasts or projected financial information, the Company represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by it to be reasonable at the time made and at the time so furnished and, if furnished prior to the Effective Date, as of the Effective Date (it being understood that such forecasts and projections may vary from actual results and that such variances may be material) and (b) no representation is made with respect to general economic or industry data.
SECTION 3.14. Collateral Matters. (a) The Collateral Agreement, upon execution and delivery thereof by the parties thereto, created or continued in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral (as defined therein) and (i) when the Collateral (as defined therein) constituting certificated securities (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) was or is delivered to the Administrative Agent, together with instruments of transfer duly endorsed in blank, the security interest created under the Collateral Agreement will constitute (or, in the case of such Collateral as was delivered prior to the Effective Date, will continue to constitute, assuming the Administrative Agent has maintained possession of such certificated securities) a fully perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of the pledgors thereunder in such Collateral, prior and superior in right to any other Person (in each case, subject to any Liens permitted under Section 6.02), and (ii) when financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the applicable filing offices, the security interest created under the Collateral Agreement will constitute (or, in the case of such financing statements as were so filed prior to the Effective Date, will continue to constitute, assuming the Administrative Agent has taken all required actions to maintain in effect such financing statements) a fully perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of the Guarantor Loan Parties in the remaining Collateral (as defined therein) to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, prior and superior to the rights of any other Person (in each case, subject to any Liens permitted under Section 6.02).
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(b) Upon the recordation of the IP Security Agreements with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, and the filing of the financing statements referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section, the security interest created under the Collateral Agreement will constitute (or, in the case of such IP Security Agreements as were so filed prior to the Effective Date, will continue to constitute, assuming the Administrative Agent has taken all required actions to maintain in effect such IP Security Agreements) a fully perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of the Guarantor Loan Parties in the Intellectual Property included in the Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing in the United States of America, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (in each case, subject to any Liens permitted under Section 6.02) (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a security interest in Intellectual Property acquired by the Guarantor Loan Parties after the Effective Date).
(c) Each Security Document, other than any Security Document referred to in the preceding paragraphs of this Section, including each Foreign Pledge Agreement, upon execution and delivery thereof by the parties thereto and the making of the filings and taking of the other actions provided for therein, will (or, in the case of such Security Documents delivered prior to the Effective Date, will, subject to the delivery of any required Reaffirmation Documents, continue to, assuming the Administrative Agent has maintained possession of any physical Collateral covered thereby and taken all required actions to maintain in effect such filings) be effective under applicable law to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral subject thereto, and will constitute, or will continue to constitute, a fully perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of the Guarantor Loan Parties in the Collateral subject thereto, prior and superior to the rights of any other Person (in each case, subject to any Liens permitted under Section 6.02).
SECTION 3.15. Federal Reserve Regulations. None of the Company or any Subsidiary is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation (including on the part of any Lender) of any of the regulations of the Board of Governors, including Regulations U and X. Not more than 25% of the value of the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries subject to any restrictions on the sale, pledge or other disposition of assets under this Agreement or any other Loan Document are or will at any time be represented by margin stock.
SECTION 3.16. Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.
(a) Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Company and each Foreign Borrower has implemented and maintain in effect policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote compliance in all material respects by the Company, each Foreign Borrower, their Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Company, each Foreign Borrower, their Subsidiaries and their respective officers and, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, their employees and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects and are not knowingly engaged in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in any Borrower being designated as a Sanctioned Person. None of (a) the Company, the Foreign Borrowers, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Foreign Borrower or such Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Company or any Foreign Borrower, 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. The Transactions will not violate any Anti-Corruption Law or applicable Sanctions.
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(b) The representation in paragraph (a) shall be given by and apply to each Borrower for the benefit of any Credit Party only to the extent that giving, complying with or receiving the benefit of (as applicable) such representation does not result in any violation of (i) the Blocking Regulation or (ii) any similar anti-boycott statute.
SECTION 3.17. Insurance. Schedule 3.17 sets forth a description of all insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Company and the other Guarantor Loan Parties as of the Effective Date.
SECTION 3.18. EEA Financial Institutions. Neither the Company nor any Borrower is an EEA Financial Institution.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01. Effective Date. The amendment and restatement of the Prior Credit Agreement in the form of this Agreement and the obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans and other extensions of credit pursuant hereto shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission of a signed counterpart of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement;
(b) The principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all outstanding loans and letter of credit disbursements under the Prior Credit Agreement, and all accrued and unpaid fees and cost reimbursements payable under the Prior Credit Agreement (including all amounts owed in respect of such prepayments pursuant to Section 2.15 of the Prior Credit Agreement), shall have been (or, substantially simultaneously with the effectiveness of this Agreement and the making of Loans hereunder on the Effective Date, shall be) paid in full, and the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of such payment;
(c) The conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied on and as of the Effective Date, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Financial Officer dated the Effective Date to such effect;
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks and dated the Effective Date) of each of (i) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Company, (ii) John Bedore, internal counsel for the Company, (iii) counsel for each Foreign Borrower in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Borrower is organized and (iv) local counsel for the Company in each jurisdiction in which any Subsidiary Loan Party is organized, and the laws of which are not covered by the opinion letter referred to in clause (i) above, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing (to the extent applicable) of each Loan Party, the authorization of the transactions contemplated herein and any other legal matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated herein, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
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(f) All fees, cost reimbursements and out-of-pocket expenses required to be paid or reimbursed on the Effective Date pursuant hereto or pursuant to the Engagement Letter and the Fee Letters, to the extent invoiced prior to the Effective Date, shall have been paid or will be paid substantially simultaneously with the initial borrowing of the Term B Loans (which amounts may be offset against the proceeds of the Term B Loans made on the Effective Date to the extent set forth in a flow of funds statement authorized by the Company);
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Reaffirmation Agreement satisfactory in form and substance to it, executed by the Company and each Designated Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary, acknowledging that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement will continue to be satisfied and the Administrative Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate dated the Effective Date and signed by a Financial Officer of the Company, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, including the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent) filings made with respect to the Company and the Designated Subsidiaries in the jurisdictions contemplated by the Perfection Certificate, delivered prior to the Effective Date, and copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated by such financing statements (or similar documents) are permitted by Section 6.02 or have been or will substantially contemporaneously with the initial funding of Loans on the Effective Date be released; provided that the Company need not have satisfied the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement with respect to Foreign Pledge Agreements or Reaffirmation Documents in respect of Foreign Pledge Agreements to the extent that the Administrative Agent has, consistent with the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, granted extensions of time for execution and delivery of such agreements (including any such extensions granted under the Prior Credit Agreement or pursuant to Section 5.14);
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit H, from a Financial Officer of the Company confirming the solvency of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on the Effective Date after giving effect to the Transactions contemplated to occur on the Effective Date;
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that the insurance required by Section 5.08 is in effect, together with endorsements naming the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as additional insured and loss payee thereunder to the extent required under Section 5.08; and
(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information about the Borrowers and the Guarantors, including Beneficial Ownership Certifications, as have been reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in writing at least five days prior to the Effective Date and that they reasonably determine is required by regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to procure and deliver, but shall nevertheless be unable to deliver, any document that is required to be delivered in order to satisfy the requirements of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or Section 4.01(i), such delivery shall not be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder on the Effective Date, but shall be required to be accomplished as provided in Section 5.14.
SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (but not a conversion or continuation of an outstanding Borrowing), and of each Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to receipt of the request therefor in accordance herewith and to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
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(a) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct, or true and correct in all material respects, on and as of such prior date.
(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable (other than any such Borrowing or Letter of Credit issuance on the Effective Date), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
On the date of any Borrowing (but not a conversion or continuation of an outstanding Borrowing) or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that the conditions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section have been satisfied and that, after giving effect to such Borrowing, or such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit, (i) the LC Exposure will not exceed $150,000,000, (ii) the portion of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by any Issuing Bank will not exceed the LC Commitment of such Issuing Bank (unless otherwise agreed to by such Issuing Bank), (iii) the Revolving Exposure of any Lender will not exceed such Lenders Revolving Commitment, (iv) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure will not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment and (v) the Foreign Borrower Exposure will not exceed $400,000,000.
SECTION 4.03. Initial Credit Event in Respect of Each Foreign Borrower. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans to and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit for the account of each Foreign Borrower not a party hereto on the date hereof shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions precedent on the date of the initial Borrowing by or Letter of Credit issuance for such Foreign Borrower :
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents, legal opinions and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the formation, existence and good standing (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction) of such Foreign Borrower, the authorization of the Transactions insofar as they relate to such Foreign Borrower and any other legal matters relating to such Foreign Borrower, its Foreign Borrower Joinder Agreement or such Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(b) The Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information with respect to such Foreign Borrower required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated, the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been terminated (or shall have been cash collateralized as contemplated by Section 2.04(c)) and
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all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, each Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of each Lender:
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (or, so long as the Company shall be subject to periodic reporting obligations under the Exchange Act, 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 income, stockholders equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the prior fiscal year, all audited by and accompanied by the opinion of Pricewaterhouse Coopers L.L.P. or another independent registered public accounting firm of recognized national standing (without a going concern or like qualification or exception (except as a result of a maturity date in respect of any Term Loans or Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans) 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 position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the end of and for such year in accordance with GAAP;
(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company (or, so long as the Company shall be subject to periodic reporting obligations under the Exchange Act, 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 consolidated statements of income and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the prior fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer of the Company as presenting fairly, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and such portion of the fiscal year in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of certain footnotes;
(c) not later than the fifth Business Day following the date of delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a completed Compliance Certificate signed by 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) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.12 and computing the Leverage Ratio and the Secured Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the fiscal period covered by such financial statements, (iii) (x) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the consolidated balance sheet of the Company most recently theretofore delivered under clause (a) or (b) above (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.04) and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements (including those for the prior periods) accompanying such certificate and (y) if any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred with respect to the treatment of Capital Lease Obligations or other lease obligations, attaching a reconciliation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth the differences in such treatment from the treatment effected by the Company
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pursuant to Section 1.04(b), (iv) certifying that all notices required to be provided under Sections 5.03 and 5.04 have been provided or identifying and providing any such notices not previously provided, (v) in the case of any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, unless the Investment Grade Date has occurred, setting forth a reasonably detailed calculation of Adjusted Consolidated Net Income for the applicable fiscal year, (vi) in the case of any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, setting forth reasonably detailed calculations as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter covered by such financial statements with respect to which Subsidiaries are Material Subsidiaries based on the information contained in such financial statements and identifying each Subsidiary, if any, that has automatically been designated a Material Subsidiary in order to satisfy the condition set forth in the definition of the term Material Subsidiary and of the calculation of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020), and (vii) identifying, as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter covered by such financial statements, each Subsidiary that (A) is an Excluded Subsidiary as of such date but has not been identified as an Excluded Subsidiary in Schedule 3.11A or in any prior Compliance Certificate or (B) has previously been identified as an Excluded Subsidiary but has ceased to be an Excluded Subsidiary;
(d) not later than five days after any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) above, a certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating whether it obtained knowledge during the course of its examination of such financial statements of any Default relating to compliance with Section 6.12 as of, or for the Test Period ending, on the last day of any fiscal quarter during the fiscal year covered by such financial statements and, if such knowledge has been obtained, describing such Default (which certificate may be limited to the extent required or recommended by accounting rules or guidelines and may assume the accuracy of any Pro Forma Adjustments made by the Company to Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Periods involved);
(e) promptly after the same has been submitted to and reviewed by the board of directors of the Company in each fiscal year, a consolidated budget for such fiscal year in substantially the same form and detail as the 2019 budget furnished to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date, setting forth the assumptions used for purposes of preparing such budget, and, promptly after the same have been submitted to and reviewed by the board of directors of the Company, any material revisions to such budget;
(f) promptly after any request therefor by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of (i) any documents described in Section 101(k)(1) of ERISA that the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan and (ii) any notices described in Section 101(l)(1) of ERISA that the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan; provided that if the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates has not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Multiemployer Plan, the Company or the applicable ERISA Affiliate shall upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent promptly make a request for such documents and notices from such administrator or sponsor and shall provide copies of such documents and notices promptly after receipt thereof;
(g) promptly after any request therefor, such other non-privileged information regarding compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request; and
(h) promptly after any request therefor, such other non-privileged information regarding the operations, business affairs, assets, liabilities (including contingent liabilities) and financial
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condition of the Company or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request; provided that the Company will not be required to provide any information (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective customers or suppliers, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives) is prohibited by applicable Requirements of Law or (iii) the revelation of which would violate any confidentiality obligations owed to any third party by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, further, that if any information is withheld pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the Company shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such withholding of information and the basis therefor.
Information required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a) or (b) of this Section shall be deemed to have been delivered if such information, or one or more annual or quarterly reports containing such information, shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which the Lenders have been granted access or shall be available on the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events. The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent 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 Subsidiary, or any adverse development in any such pending action, suit or proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by the Company to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, that in each case could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or that in any manner questions the validity of any Loan Document;
(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) any other development that has resulted, or could reasonably be expected to result, in a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Company setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto; provided that the Company will not be required to provide any information pursuant to this Section 5.02 (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective customers or suppliers, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives) is prohibited by applicable Requirements of Law or (iii) the revelation of which would violate any confidentiality obligations owed to any third party by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, further, that if any information is withheld pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the Company shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such withholding of information and the basis therefor.
SECTION 5.03. Additional Subsidiaries. (a) If any Material Subsidiary is formed or acquired after the Effective Date, the Company will, as promptly as practicable, and in any event within 30 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree to in writing), notify the Administrative
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Agent thereof and cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Material Subsidiary (if it is a Designated Subsidiary) and with respect to any Equity Interests of such Subsidiary owned by any Guarantor Loan Party (including, in the case of any Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary held by a Guarantor Loan Party, if requested by the Administrative Agent, the execution and delivery of a Foreign Pledge Agreement with respect to such Equity Interests (subject to the limitations referred to in the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and, if applicable, the taking of other necessary actions to perfect the security interest of the Administrative Agent in such Equity Interests).
(b) The Company may designate any Domestic Subsidiary that is not otherwise a Designated Subsidiary as a Designated Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Subsidiary shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a supplement to the Collateral Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed by such Subsidiary, (ii) the Company shall have delivered a certificate of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Company to the effect that, after giving effect to any such designation and such Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary Loan Party hereunder, the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as to such Subsidiary shall be true and correct in all material respects and no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (iii) such Subsidiary shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent documents and opinions of the type referred to in paragraphs (d) and (e) of Section 4.01, in each case, if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 5.04. Information Regarding Collateral. (a) The Company will, at all times during each Non-Investment Grade Period prior to the Release Date, furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any change in (i) the legal name of any Guarantor Loan Party, as set forth in its organizational documents, (ii) the jurisdiction of organization or the form of organization of any Guarantor Loan Party (including as a result of any merger or consolidation), (iii) the location of the chief executive office of any Guarantor Loan Party or (iv) the organizational identification number, if any, or, with respect to any Guarantor Loan Party organized under the laws of a jurisdiction that requires such information to be set forth on the face of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement, the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number of such Guarantor Loan Party. The Company agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence during any Non-Investment Grade Period prior to the Release Date unless all filings have been made (or the Administrative Agent shall have been advised of the Companys intent to make such change and shall have received all the information necessary to, and shall have been authorized to, make all filings) under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Administrative Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral owned by such Guarantor Loan Party.
(b) Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 5.01(a), the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate executed by an officer of the Company setting forth the information required pursuant to the Perfection Certificate or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of such certificate or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 5.04(b)
SECTION 5.05. Existence; Conduct of Business. (a) The Company and each Subsidiary will do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and exercise commercially reasonable efforts to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect those licenses, permits, privileges, and franchises (other than Intellectual Property) that are material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation, amalgamation, dissolution or similar transaction permitted under Section 6.03 or any Disposition permitted by Section 6.05. The Company and the Subsidiaries will exercise commercially reasonable efforts in accordance with industry standard practices to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect their Intellectual Property licenses and rights, and their patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names, in each case material to the conduct of their business, except where the failure
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to take such actions, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any Disposition permitted by Section 6.05.
(b) The Company and each Subsidiary will take all actions reasonably necessary in accordance with industry standard practices to protect all patents, trademarks, copyrights, technology, software, domain names and other Intellectual Property material to the conduct of its business, including (i) protecting the secrecy and confidentiality of the confidential information and trade secrets of the Company or such Subsidiary by having and following a policy requiring employees, consultants, licensees, vendors and contractors to execute confidentiality agreements when it is likely that confidential information will be shared with them, (ii) taking all actions reasonably necessary in accordance with industry standard practices to ensure that trade secrets of the Company or such Subsidiary do not fall into the public domain and (iii) protecting the secrecy and confidentiality of the source code of computer software programs and applications owned or licensed out by the Company or such Subsidiary by having and following a policy requiring licensees of such source code (including licensees under any source code escrow agreement) to enter into agreements with use and nondisclosure restrictions, except with respect to any of the foregoing where the failure to take any such action, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.06. Payment of Obligations. The Company and each Subsidiary will pay its obligations (other than obligations with respect to Indebtedness), including Tax liabilities, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Company or 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 could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.07. Maintenance of Properties. The Company and each Subsidiary will keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.08. Insurance. The Company and each Subsidiary will maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations. Each such policy of liability or casualty insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Guarantor Loan Parties shall (a) in the case of each liability insurance policy (other than workers compensation, director and officer liability or other policies in which such endorsements are not customary), name the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as an additional insured thereunder, (b) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a loss payable clause or endorsement that names the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as the loss payee thereunder and (c) to the extent available on commercially reasonable terms, provide for at least 30 days (or 10 days if such cancellation results from non-payment) (or such shorter number of days as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent, in its discretion) prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of any cancellation of such policy.
SECTION 5.09. Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights. The Company and each Subsidiary will keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries in accordance with GAAP and applicable law are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Company and each Subsidiary will permit the Administrative Agent or any Lender, and any agent designated by any of the foregoing, upon reasonable prior notice and, subject to applicable legal privileges, (a) to visit and inspect its properties, (b) to examine and make extracts from its
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books and records and (c) to discuss its operations, business affairs, assets, liabilities (including contingent liabilities) and financial condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested provided that (i) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no such discussion with any such independent accountants shall be permitted unless the Company shall have received reasonable notice thereof and a reasonable opportunity to participate therein and no Lender shall exercise such rights more often than two times during any calendar year and (ii) the reasonable costs and expenses of Lenders in connection with such visits and examinations shall be borne by the Company only after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries will be required to reveal to the Administrative Agent or any Lender any information (a) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective customers or suppliers, (b) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives) is prohibited by applicable Requirements of Law or (c) the revelation of which would violate any confidentiality obligations owed to any third party by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that if any information is withheld pursuant to this sentence, the Company shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such withholding of information and the basis therefor.
SECTION 5.10. Compliance with Laws.
(a) The Company and each Subsidiary will comply with all Requirements of Law, including Environmental Laws, ERISA and the laws applicable to each Foreign Pension Plan, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Company and each Foreign Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote compliance in all material respects by the Company, each Foreign Borrower, their Subsidiaries and the respective directors, officers and employees of the foregoing with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
(c) The covenant in paragraph (b) shall be given by and apply to each Borrower for the benefit of any Credit Party only to the extent that giving, complying with or receiving the benefit of (as applicable) such covenant does not result in any violation of (i) the Blocking Regulation or (ii) any similar anti-boycott statute.
SECTION 5.11. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. (a) The proceeds of the Initial Term B Loans were used to repay amounts owing under the Prior Credit Agreement on the Effective Date, to pay Transaction Costs payable on or about the Effective Date and otherwise for working capital and general corporate purposes. The proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term B Loans were used (i) solely to refinance all of the Existing 5.875% Notes and to pay fees and expenses in connection therewith and (ii) to the extent of any remaining proceeds, solely to refinance all or any portion of the Existing 6.375% Notes and to pay fees and expenses in connection therewith. The proceeds of the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans were used to finance, in part, the Comet Acquisition (as defined in this Agreement as in effect prior to the Seventh Amendment). The proceeds of the Revolving Loans will be used on and after the Effective Date for working capital and other general corporate purposes of the Company, the Foreign Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries. Letters of Credit will be used by the Company, the Foreign Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries for general corporate purposes.
(b) No Borrower will request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and no Borrower shall use, and each Borrower shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or any 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
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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 such activities, businesses or transaction would be permissible 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 5.12. Further Assurances. Each Borrower and each other Loan Party will execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents), that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain satisfied at all times or otherwise to effectuate the provisions of the Loan Documents, all at the expense of the Loan Parties. The Company will provide to the Administrative Agent, from time to time upon request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.
SECTION 5.13. Maintenance of Ratings. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain continuously in effect a rating of the credit facilities hereunder by S&P and Moodys.
SECTION 5.14. Certain Post-Closing Collateral Obligations. As promptly as practicable, and in any event within the time period after the Effective Date set forth therefor in Schedule 5.14 (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree), the Company and each other Guarantor Loan Party will satisfy the requirements set forth on Schedule 5.14, including, but not limited to, the delivery of all Foreign Pledge Agreements or Reaffirmation Documents in respect of Foreign Pledge Agreements that would have been required to be delivered on the Effective Date but for the exception contained in Section 4.01(g), and take or cause to be taken such other actions as may be necessary to comply with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement with respect to such Foreign Pledge Agreements and the Equity Interests subject thereto, in each case except (i) to the extent otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to its authority as set forth in the definition of the term Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or (ii) in the event a requirement of Schedule 5.14 is no longer applicable due to the permitted sale or transfer of the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary prior to the time period required to satisfy such requirement set forth in Schedule 5.14.
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated, the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been terminated (or shall have been cash collateralized as contemplated by Section 2.04(c)) and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, each Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities. (a) None of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary will create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(i) Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents;
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(ii) (x) Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date and (except in the case of Guarantees in an amount less than $10,000,000) set forth on Schedule 6.01, (y) Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of debt owed to non-Affiliates reflected on such schedule and (z) extensions and renewals of debt owed by the Company or any Subsidiary to the Company or any Subsidiary reflected on such schedule;
(iii) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary; provided that (A) such Indebtedness shall not have been transferred to any Person other than the Company or any Subsidiary and (B) any such Indebtedness owing by any Loan Party shall be unsecured and, during any Pledge Effectiveness Period, subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Document Obligations in accordance with the provisions of Exhibit D hereto;
(iv) (x) Guarantees incurred in compliance with clause (a)(xiv) or (xv) below, (y) Guarantees by Guarantor Loan Parties of Indebtedness of other Guarantor Loan Parties, Guarantees by Foreign Borrowers of Indebtedness of other Foreign Borrowers and Guarantees by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties of Indebtedness of other Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, in each case, in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 6.01 (other than clauses (ii), (vi) and (xi)); provided, that if the Indebtedness that is being Guaranteed is unsecured and/or subordinated to the Loan Document Obligations, the Guarantee shall also be unsecured and/or subordinated to the Loan Document Obligations on terms not less favorable in any material respect to the Lenders and (z) Guarantees by Guarantor Loan Parties of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Guarantor Loan Parties, other than in respect of Permitted Cash Pooling Arrangements, in an aggregate principal amount not at any time in excess of the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) hereof;
(v) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary (x)(A) incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and the principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets or (B) assumed in connection with the acquisition of any fixed or capital assets, and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (a)(v)(x), together with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness or other obligations incurred under Section 6.01(a)(xvii), shall not at any time outstanding exceed the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) hereof, and (y) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary consisting of Capital Lease Obligations or Synthetic Lease Obligations incurred in connection with Scheduled Dispositions that are effected as Sale/Leaseback Transactions;
(vi) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary in a transaction permitted hereunder) after the date hereof, or Indebtedness of any Person that is assumed by any Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of assets by such Subsidiary in a Permitted Acquisition; provided that (A) such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) or such assets are acquired and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation) or such assets being acquired and (B) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (other than such Person or the Subsidiary
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with which such Person is merged or consolidated or the Person that so assumes such Persons Indebtedness) shall Guarantee or otherwise become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness, and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing; provided that after giving effect to such Indebtedness permitted by this clause (vi), the Company shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 6.12;
(vii) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of the greater of (x) $400,000,000 and (y) 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) hereof;
(viii) (A)(x) Indebtedness of the Company or other Domestic Subsidiaries in respect of any overdrafts and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services; provided that such Indebtedness shall be repaid in full within 45 days of the incurrence thereof and (y) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in respect of Permitted Cash Pooling Arrangements; provided that such Indebtedness (1) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $150,000,000 and (y) 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) hereof in the aggregate at any time outstanding and (2) shall be reduced to zero not less frequently than every 90 days, (B) Indebtedness owed by the Company or any Subsidiary to the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to intercompany cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices and (C) Indebtedness in connection with automated clearing-house transfers of funds;
(ix) (x) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, surety and performance bonds, bank guarantees, appeal bonds and similar instruments issued for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary supporting obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary under (A) workers compensation and other social security and/or insurance laws in the ordinary course of business, (B) bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, customs/duties, taxes and obligations of a like nature in the ordinary course of business and (C) judgments pending appeal that do not constitute an Event of Default and (y) Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (f) of the definition thereof securing judgments, decrees, attachments or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (1) of Article VII;
(x) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary in the form of purchase price adjustments, earn-outs or other arrangements representing acquisition consideration or deferred payments of a similar nature incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or any other Investment;
(xi) Indebtedness in respect of any Permitted Receivables Facility (including in respect of any Standard Receivables Undertakings incurred in connection therewith);
(xii) Permitted Additional Indebtedness; provided that, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, the Leverage Ratio calculated on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to such incurrence shall be not more than the then applicable ratio under Section 6.12 for the most recent Test Period prior to such time for which financial statements shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b) (after giving effect, however, to any adjustments to such applicable ratio based on the Cumulative Leverage Ratio Increase Amount reflecting any such Indebtedness that constitutes Pension Funding Indebtedness); provided, further, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the definition of Permitted Additional Indebtedness, any
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Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (xii) may be secured by the Collateral to the extent permitted by Section 6.02(a)(xvii);
(xiii) other Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding at any time outstanding the greater of (x) $150,000,000 and (y) 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) hereof; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Subsidiaries that are not Guarantor Loan Parties permitted by this clause (xiii) shall not exceed at any time outstanding the greater of (x) $75,000,000 and (y) 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) hereof;
(xiv) Guarantees or joint and several liability arising under a Dutch fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch corporate tax or VAT purposes solely existing of Loan Parties;
(xv) Indebtedness arising under a declaration of joint and several liability used for the purpose of Article 2:403 of the Dutch Civil Code (and any residual liability under such declaration arising pursuant to section 2:404(2) of the Dutch Civil Code);
(xvi) any Defeased Debt; and
(xvii) Indebtedness or other obligations incurred in connection with any ATM Financing Program; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness or other obligations permitted by this clause (a)(xvii), together with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred under Section 6.01(a)(v)(x), shall not at any time outstanding exceed the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) hereof.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.01(a), (i) Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Indebtedness described in this Section 6.01(a) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (ii) in the event that Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in this Section 6.01(a), the Company may, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness (or portion thereof) in one of the clauses of this Section 6.01(a), and such Indebtedness will be treated as being incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses.
(b) The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any preferred Equity Interests except for preferred Equity Interests issued to and held by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary (and, in the case of any preferred Equity Interests issued by any Foreign Borrower or Subsidiary Loan Party, such preferred Equity Interests shall be held by the Company, a Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party).
SECTION 6.02. Liens. (a) None of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary will create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable and royalties) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
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(i) Liens created under the Loan Documents;
(ii) Permitted Encumbrances;
(iii) any Lien on any asset of the Company or any Subsidiary existing on the Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 6.02; provided that (A) such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of the Company or any Subsidiary and (B) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that it secures on the date hereof and any extensions, renewals and refinancings thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof and, in the case of any such obligations constituting Indebtedness, that are permitted under Section 6.01 as Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(iv) any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary or existing on any asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary in a transaction permitted hereunder) after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated); provided that (A) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation), (B) such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than, in the case of any such merger or consolidation, the assets of any Subsidiary that is a party thereto) and (C) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), and any extensions, renewals and refinancings thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof and, in the case of any such obligations constituting Indebtedness, that are permitted under Section 6.01 as Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(v) (A) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that (x) such Liens secure only Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(a)(v) and (y) such Liens shall not apply to any other asset of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than the proceeds and products thereof); provided, further, that in the event purchase money obligations are owed to any Person with respect to financing of more than one purchase of any fixed or capital assets, such Liens may secure all such purchase money obligations and may apply to all such fixed or capital assets financed by such Person and (B) Liens on assets arising in connection with Scheduled Dispositions that are effected as Sale/Leaseback Transactions to the extent permitted under Section 6.01(a)(v)(y);
(vi) in connection with the sale or transfer of any Equity Interests or other assets in a transaction permitted under Section 6.05, customary rights and restrictions contained in agreements relating to such sale or transfer pending the completion thereof;
(vii) in the case of (A) any Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary or (B) the Equity Interests in any Person that is not a Subsidiary, any encumbrance or restriction, including any put and call arrangements, related to Equity Interests in such Subsidiary or such other Person set forth in the organizational documents of such Subsidiary or such other Person or any related joint venture, shareholders or similar agreement, including any such Liens arising under the Brazil Transaction Documents;
(viii) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits, escrow arrangements or similar arrangements made by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement for a Permitted Acquisition or other transaction permitted hereunder;
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(ix) any interest or title of a lessor under leases (other than leases constituting Capital Lease Obligations) entered into by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(x) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements that are Permitted Investments;
(xi) Liens on property of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, which Liens secure Indebtedness of such Subsidiary permitted under Section 6.01;
(xii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods by any of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(xiii) Liens in favor of any Receivables Subsidiary, or any collateral agent (or other party acting in a
similar capacity) for holders of Third Party Interests or any third-party buyer or purchaser of Receivables, in each case, in connection with a Permitted Receivables
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(xiv) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses, including non-exclusive software licenses, granted to others that do not (A) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (B) secure any Indebtedness;
(xv) 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;
(xvi) other Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the greater of (x) $75,000,000 and (y) 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) hereof;
(xvii) Liens on the Collateral securing Permitted Additional Indebtedness in the form of term loans or notes; provided that, (x) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Secured Leverage Ratio calculated on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to such incurrence shall be not more 3.00 to 1.00, (y) any such Liens shall rank pari passu or junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and shall be subject to intercreditor arrangements reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (z) to the extent the Liens securing any term loans rank pari passu to the Liens securing the Obligations, the applicable Indebtedness shall be subject to clause (v) of the second proviso in Section 2.20(b) as if such Indebtedness was incurred in the form of Incremental Term Loans;
(xviii) to the extent constituting Liens on the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, Liens incurred in connection with any Defeased Debt;
(xix) to the extent required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations thereunder, cash margin deposits securing obligations under Hedging Agreements permitted under Section 6.07, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $75,000,000 and (y) 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) hereof;
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(xx) Liens on (i) deposit accounts of the Company and Domestic Subsidiaries, and related set-off rights of cash management banks securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(viii)(A)(x) and (ii) deposit accounts of Foreign Subsidiaries and related set-off rights of cash management banks servicing Permitted Cash Pooling Arrangements, including in each case, fees and other obligations to cash management banks with respect to the provision of cash management services (but not other obligations);
(xxi) Liens incurred to secure any Notes issued in connection with a Permitted Material Acquisition pursuant to the Permitted Escrow Transactions with respect to such Notes; provided that such Liens are discharged and released on the earliest to occur of (i) the release of the Permitted Escrow Funds with respect to such Notes to pay a portion of the consideration for such Permitted Material Acquisition in connection with the consummation thereof, (ii) the release of the Permitted Escrow Funds with respect to such Notes to repay in full the principal of and accrued interest on such Notes in the event that the acquisition agreement relating to such Permitted Material Acquisition is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the consummation of such Permitted Material Acquisition or such Permitted Material Acquisition is abandoned and (iii) the date of the termination of the escrow period provided in the escrow agreement applicable to such Notes; and
(xxii) Liens on ATM Financing Program Assets securing Indebtedness or other obligations incurred under Section 6.01(a)(xvii) in respect of any ATM Financing Program.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.02(a), (i) a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Liens described in this Section 6.02(a) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (ii) in the event that a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Liens described in this Section 6.02(a), the Company may, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Lien (and portion of Indebtedness secured thereby) in one of the above clauses, and such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness will be treated as being incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary that is a Designated Subsidiary as of the Effective Date shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien (other than any non-consensual Lien or any Lien of the type referred to in Section 6.02(a)(iv)) on any Equity Interests that are required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be pledged as Collateral (or, in the case of Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary or CFC Holdco, Equity Interests that would be required to be pledged if such Subsidiary became a Material Subsidiary), except pursuant to the Security Documents.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall grant to any third party any license or sublicense of Intellectual Property; provided that the foregoing will not restrict or prohibit (i) non-exclusive licenses and sublicenses of Intellectual Property entered into in the ordinary course of business in compliance with clause (a)(xiv) above; (ii) exclusive licenses and sublicenses of Intellectual Property in compliance with clause (a)(xiv) above that are on arms-length terms and are exclusive only in respect of fields of use that are not included in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries in any material respect and (iii) Economic IP Transfers.
SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes; Business Activities. (a) None of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary will merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and
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immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) any Person may merge into the Company in a transaction in which the Company is the surviving corporation, (ii) any Person (other than the Company) may merge or consolidate with any Foreign Borrower in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Foreign Borrower, (iii) any Person (other than a Borrower) may merge or consolidate with any Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Restricted Subsidiary (and, if any party to such merger or consolidation is a Subsidiary Loan Party, is a Subsidiary Loan Party), (iv) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with any Person (other than a Borrower) in a transaction permitted under Section 6.05 in which, after giving effect to such transaction, the surviving entity is not a Restricted Subsidiary, and (v) any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Borrower, unless such Foreign Borrower shall substantially contemporaneously cease to be a Foreign Borrower in accordance with Section 2.23) may liquidate or dissolve if the Company determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided that the assets and operations of any Material Subsidiary that is liquidated or dissolved shall be transferred to the Company, a Subsidiary Loan Party, or the direct holder of the Equity Interests of such Material Subsidiary in connection therewith.
(b) None of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary will engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type
conducted by the Company and the Subsidiaries on the date hereofSeventh
Amendment Effective Date and businesses reasonably related thereto (including the Separation Transactions).
(c) The Company will not permit any Person other than the Company, one or more of its subsidiaries that is not a CFC and minority investors in Excluded Subsidiaries, to own any Equity Interests in any Domestic Subsidiary (other than as a result of an acquisition of a CFC that owns Equity Interests in a Domestic Subsidiary and such ownership structure is not established in contemplation of such acquisition). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a CFC may own the Equity Interests of a CFC Holdco.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, (i) the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, sell, transfer or contribute any Equity Interests or operating assets of the Company or any Subsidiary to Lower Fox River Remediation LLC, (ii) so long as Lower Fox River Remediation LLC is a Subsidiary, neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien (other than any non-consensual Liens or any Lien of the type referred to in Section 6.02(iv) or (vii)) on the Equity Interests of Lower Fox River Remediation LLC, (iii) so long as Lower Fox River Remediation LLC is a Subsidiary, Lower Fox River Remediation LLC shall not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness for borrowed money, and (iv) so long as Lower Fox River Remediation LLC is a Subsidiary, Lower Fox River Remediation LLC will not engage to any material extent in any business other than environmental remediation and retaining the services of engineering, other advisory firms and other service providers in connection therewith.
SECTION 6.04. Acquisitions. The Company will not consummate, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to consummate: (i) any Material Acquisition for consideration in excess of $75,000,000 other than a Permitted Acquisition; and (ii) other Investments (excluding Investments in Restricted Subsidiaries by the Company or other Restricted Subsidiaries that do not involve third parties and the Separation Transactions) if the amount of any such Investment is in excess of $75,000,000 unless, after giving effect thereto, the Company is in Pro Forma Compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 6.12.
SECTION 6.05. Asset Sales. None of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary will sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (including pursuant to any transfer or contribution to a Restricted Subsidiary), or exclusively license, any asset, including any Equity Interest owned by it, nor will any Restricted Subsidiary issue any additional Equity Interest in such Subsidiary (other than to the
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Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, and other than directors qualifying shares and other nominal amounts of Equity Interests that are required to be held by other Persons under Requirements of Law) (each, a Disposition; provided that an Economic IP Transfer shall not constitute a Disposition), except:
(a) Dispositions of inventory or used or surplus equipment in the ordinary course of business or of cash and Permitted Investments and the granting of non-exclusive licenses and sublicenses of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Dispositions to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Dispositions involving a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor Loan Party shall be made in compliance with Section 6.09; provided that no Disposition of Intellectual Property material to the business or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, owned by a Guarantor Loan Party may be made to a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor Loan Party pursuant to this clause (b);
(c) (i) Dispositions of Receivables in connection with the compromise or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business and not as part of any Permitted Receivables Facility and (ii) Dispositions of Receivables pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Facility;
(d) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;
(e) any Permitted IP Transfer;
(f) sales by the Company or Subsidiaries of Receivables to one or more Receivables Subsidiaries in connection with any Permitted Receivables Facility; provided that (i) each such Permitted Receivables Facility is effected on terms which are considered customary for such a facility, as determined in good faith by the Company or such Subsidiary, (ii) the aggregate amount of the Sellers Retained Interests in such Permitted Receivables Facilities does not exceed an amount at any time outstanding that is customary for similar transactions, as determined in good faith by the Company or such Subsidiary and (iii) the proceeds to each such Receivables Subsidiary from the issuance of Third Party Interests are applied substantially simultaneously with the receipt thereof to the purchase from the Company or Subsidiaries of Receivables;
(g) Scheduled Dispositions and Sale/Leaseback Transactions permitted by Section 6.06;
(h) the issuance to Scopus Industrial or its Affiliates of 49% of the outstanding common Equity Interests of NCR Manaus pursuant to the Brazil Subscription Agreement;
(i) Dispositions of assets subject to any casualty or condemnation proceeding (including in lieu thereof);
(j) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures (other than NCR Manaus) to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements and, to the extent made pursuant to the requirements of the Brazil Shareholders Agreement, any sale or Disposition of Equity Interests of NCR Manaus to Scopus Industrial or its Affiliates or designees upon their exercise of call rights under such agreement;
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(k) Dispositions of assets that are not permitted by any other clause of this Section; provided that all Dispositions made in reliance on this clause shall be made for fair value and at least 75% Cash Consideration; provided, further, that any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of $25,000,000 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, shall be deemed to be Cash Consideration;
(l) the
sale by Retalix, Ltd. or a subsidiary of Retalix, Ltd. of, or the issuance by any subsidiary of Retalix, Ltd. of, Equity Interests in a subsidiary of Retalix, Ltd. to any Person upon the exercise of options or rights to acquire such Equity Interests
outstanding prior to the date on which Retalix, Ltd. became a Subsidiary and not granted in contemplation thereof; and
(m) Dispositions of assets related to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries to one or more joint ventures in exchange for Equity Interests in such joint ventures; provided that the aggregate book value of all assets Disposed of in reliance on this clause after the Effective Date shall not exceed the greater of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) hereof;
(n) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.08; and
(o) sales, transfers, leases, subleases, licenses, sublicenses, cross-licenses or other dispositions to ATMCo and its subsidiaries in connection with the Separation Transactions to the extent the making thereof is consistent in all material respects with the Form 10.
Cash Consideration means, in respect of any Disposition by the Company or any Subsidiary, (a) cash or Permitted Investments received by it in consideration of such Disposition, (b) any liabilities (as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Company provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Company or such Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Document Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which the Company and all of the Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing and (c) 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) within 90 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and other than Dispositions to the Company or a Subsidiary, and other than directors qualifying shares and other nominal amounts of Equity Interests that are required to be held by other Persons under Requirements of Law, (i) no Disposition of any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary during a Pledge Effectiveness Period, or in any Foreign Borrower or Subsidiary Loan Party at any other time, shall be permitted unless, except with respect to any Foreign Borrower or Subsidiary Loan Party in the case of clause (g), (h), (j) or (l) above, such Equity Interests constitute all the Equity Interests in such Subsidiary held by the Company and the Subsidiaries, and in the case of any Disposition of a Foreign Borrower, such Foreign Borrower shall substantially contemporaneously cease to be a Foreign Borrower in accordance with Section 2.23 and (ii) any Disposition of any assets pursuant to this Section 6.05 (except for those involving no party that is not a Loan Party), shall be for no less than the fair market value of such assets at the time of such Disposition.
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SECTION 6.06. Sale/Leaseback Transactions. None of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary will enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction, except for any such sale of any fixed or capital assets by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is made for cash consideration in an amount not less than the fair value of such fixed or capital asset and is consummated within 180 days after such Subsidiary acquires or completes the construction of such fixed or capital asset (unless such Sale/Leaseback Transaction is entered into in order to effect a Scheduled Disposition of assets reflected as such in the letters provided to the Administrative Agent prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date); provided that (a) the sale or transfer of the property thereunder is permitted under Section 6.05, (b) any Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations arising in connection therewith are permitted under Section 6.01 and (c) any Liens arising in connection therewith (including Liens deemed to arise in connection with any such Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations) are permitted under Section 6.02.
SECTION 6.07. Hedging Agreements. None of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary will enter into any Hedging Agreement, except (a) Hedging Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than in respect of Equity Interests or Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) and (b) Hedging 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.
SECTION 6.08. Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness. (a) None of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary will declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that (i) the Company may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional Equity Interests permitted hereunder, (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions with respect to its capital stock, partnership or membership interests or other similar Equity Interests, or make other Restricted Payments in respect of its Equity Interests, in each case ratably to the holders of such Equity Interests or its Equity Interests of the relevant class, as the case may be, (iii) the Company may acquire Equity Interests upon the exercise of stock options if such Equity Interests are transferred in satisfaction of a portion of the exercise price of such options, (iv) the Company may make cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares representing insignificant interests in the Company in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests in the Company, (v) the Company may make Restricted Payments, not exceeding $5,000,000 in the aggregate for any fiscal year, pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans or agreements for directors, officers or employees of the Company and the Subsidiaries; provided, however, that any such permitted amount not utilized in a particular fiscal year may be carried forward and utilized in subsequent fiscal years, (vi) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Company shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 6.12 after giving effect thereto, the Company may make Restricted Payments in an amount not exceeding the Available Amount and the then available amount of Qualifying Equity Proceeds, in each case, immediately prior to the making of such Restricted Payment in reliance on this clause (vi), (vii) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company may make Restricted Payments in respect of Equity Interests of the Company in an amount not to exceed (x) $50,000,000 in the aggregate during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, and (y) $50,000,000 in the aggregate during any fiscal year thereafter; provided, however, that any such permitted amount not utilized to make Restricted Payments in a particular fiscal year may be carried forward and utilized to make Restricted Payments in subsequent fiscal years, (viii) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Company shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 6.12 after giving effect thereto, the Company may make Restricted Payments with respect to, and in connection with, redemptions of the Existing Preferred, (ix) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Company shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 6.12 after giving
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effect thereto (determined, however, solely for purposes of this clause (ix) by subtracting 0.50 from the financial covenant level otherwise applicable in Section 6.12), the Company may
make other Restricted Payments, (x) any Foreign Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to redeem its outstanding Equity Interests held by minority investors in such Foreign Subsidiary and (xi) in the case of a Receivables Subsidiary, to make Restricted Payments in respect of the Sellers
Retained Interests or other applicable Equity Interests to the extent of net income or other assets available therefor, (x) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Separation Transactions, and (y) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make other Restricted Payments constituting Dispositions not
prohibited by Section 6.05 (other than clause (n) thereof).
(b) Prior to the Investment Grade Date, none of the Company or any Subsidiary will make or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Junior Indebtedness, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, defeasance, cancellation or termination of any Junior Indebtedness, except:
(i) regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as and when due in respect of any Junior Indebtedness, and any payments or prepayments in respect of Junior Indebtedness owed by any Loan Party to the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case other than payments in respect of Junior Indebtedness prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof;
(ii) refinancings of Junior Indebtedness to the extent permitted under Section 6.01;
(iii) the conversion of any Junior Indebtedness to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company;
(iv) payments of secured Junior Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the assets securing such Junior Indebtedness in transactions permitted hereunder;
(v) payments of or in respect of Junior Indebtedness made solely with Equity Interests in the Company (other than Disqualified Equity Interests); and
(vi) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any payment of or in respect of Junior Indebtedness in an amount not in excess of the Available Amount and the then available amount of Qualifying Equity Proceeds, in each case, immediately prior to the making of such payment in reliance on this clause (vi).
SECTION 6.09. Transactions with Affiliates. None of the Company or any Subsidiary will sell, lease, license or otherwise transfer any assets to, or purchase, lease, license or otherwise acquire any assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) transactions that are at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than those that would prevail in arms-length transactions with unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or among the Guarantor Loan Parties not involving any other Affiliate, (c) any Restricted Payment permitted under Section 6.08, (d) issuances by the Company of Equity Interests, (e) compensation, expense reimbursement and indemnification of, and other employment arrangements with, directors, officers and employees of the Company or any Subsidiary entered in the ordinary course of business, (f) Dispositions between Subsidiaries of the Company or between the Company and any Subsidiary of the Company permitted under Section 6.05, (g) transactions required by and effected in accordance with the terms of the Brazil Transaction Documents, (h) payroll, travel and similar advances to directors and employees of the Company or any Subsidiary on customary terms and made in the ordinary
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course of business, (i) loans or advances to directors and employees of the Company or any Subsidiary on customary terms and made in the ordinary course of business, (j) transactions
between or among non-Loan Parties not involving any other Affiliate, (k) in connection with any Permitted Receivables Facility and, (l) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary to the
Company or any other Subsidiary permitted under Section 6.01, (m) Guarantees and other Investments by the Company or any Subsidiary in the Company or any Subsidiary of
obligations not constituting Indebtedness and (n) the Separation Transactions.
SECTION 6.10. Restrictive Agreements. None of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary will, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its assets to secure any Obligations or (b) the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to the Company or any Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to (A) restrictions and conditions imposed by Requirements of Law or by any Loan Document, (B) restrictions and conditions existing on the Effective Date identified on Schedule 6.10 (but shall apply to any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), (C) in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary, restrictions and conditions imposed by its organizational documents or any related joint venture or similar agreement (including in the case of NCR Manaus, restrictions and conditions set forth in the Brazil Transaction Documents); provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to such Restricted Subsidiary and to any Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary, and (D) restrictions and conditions imposed by transactional agreements and documents (including organizational documents of Receivables Subsidiaries) governing Permitted Receivables Facilities and related Indebtedness permitted by clause (xi) of Section 6.01(a) and by Section 6.05(f); provided that any such restrictions and conditions (I) are customary and usual for such Permitted Receivables Facilities, as determined in good faith by the Company or such Subsidiary, (II) in the case of restrictions and conditions of the type referred to in clause (a) of the foregoing, apply only to assets of and Interests in such Receivables Subsidiary, and, in the case of any Intercompany Permitted Receivables Facility Note issued by such Receivables Subsidiary that is held in whole or in part by the Company or any Subsidiary, permits the pledge of such Intercompany Permitted Receivables Facility Note to secure the Obligations, subject, if applicable, to the terms of any intercreditor agreement, subordination agreement or similar agreement with respect thereto that is reasonably acceptable to the parties thereto, (ii) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to (A) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by clause (v) of Section 6.01(a) if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the assets securing such Indebtedness or (B) customary provisions in leases and other agreements restricting the assignment thereof, (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to (A) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Restricted Subsidiary, or a business unit, division, product line or line of business or other assets in a transaction permitted by Section 6.05, that are applicable solely pending such sale; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Restricted Subsidiary, or the business unit, division, product line or line of business or other asset, that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (B) restrictions and conditions imposed by agreements relating to Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary in existence at the time such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary and otherwise permitted by clause (vi) of Section 6.01(a) (but shall apply to any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition); provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to such Subsidiary and were not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition, and (C) restrictions and conditions imposed by agreements relating to Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries permitted under Section 6.01(a); provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to Foreign Subsidiaries, and (iv) clause (b) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed pursuant to Permitted Additional Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01 that are not more restrictive than the terms hereof, as reasonably determined by the Company, and (v) the foregoing shall
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not apply to the Separation Agreements or other agreements entered into in connection with the Separation Transactions to the extent consistent in all material respects with the Form 10. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to modify the requirements set forth in the definition of the term Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or the obligations of the Loan Parties under Sections 5.03, 5.04 or 5.12 or under the Security Documents.
SECTION 6.11. Amendment of Material Documents. None of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary will amend, modify or waive any of its rights under (i) any agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Junior Indebtedness, (ii) its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents, or (iii) any of the Brazil Transaction Documents, in each case to the extent such amendment, modification or waiver could reasonably be expected to be adverse in any material respect to the Lenders.
SECTION 6.12. Leverage Ratio. The Company will not permit the Leverage Ratio on the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company to exceed the Permitted Leverage Ratio then in effect. The provisions of Section 6.12 are solely for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders and the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Lenders and, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9.02, a Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders and the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Lenders, voting together (excluding the Revolving Commitments, Revolving Exposure and Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans of Defaulting Lenders), may (i) amend or otherwise modify Section 6.12 or, solely for purposes of Section 6.12, the defined terms used, directly or indirectly, therein, or (ii) waive any noncompliance with Section 6.12 or any Event of Default resulting from any such noncompliance, in each case without the consent of any other Lenders.
SECTION 6.13. Fiscal Year. The Company will not, and the Company will not permit any other Loan Party to, change its fiscal year to end on a date other than December 31.
ARTICLE VII
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 clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five days;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Borrower or any Subsidiary in or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other information furnished pursuant to any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;
(d) any Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in
Section 5.02(a), 5.03, 5.05 (with respect to the existence of the Borrowers), 5.11 or 5.14 or in Article VI; provided that any failure to comply with
the Section 6.12 shall not constitute
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an Event of Default with respect to any Term B Loans unless and until the Administrative Agent or a Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders and the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Lenders, voting together, shall have terminated the Revolving Commitments and/or declared the Revolving Loans and the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in accordance with this Article VII;
(e) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article VII), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent in the case of any such notice from a Lender);
(f) any Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal, interest, termination payment or other payment obligation and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable, after giving effect to any period of grace specified for such payment in the agreement or instrument governing such Material Indebtedness;
(g) (i) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness (other than with respect to any Hedging Agreements) becoming due and payable (or subject to compulsory repurchase or redemption) prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits, in each case after the expiration of the grace period, if any, provided for therein, the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due and payable (or require a compulsory repurchase or redemption thereof) prior to its stated maturity or (ii) an early termination date (or equivalent event) under any Hedging Agreement constituting Material Indebtedness shall occur as a result of any event of default, termination event (or equivalent event) under such Hedging Agreement as to which the Company or any Subsidiary is the defaulting party or affected party (or equivalent term) as a result of which the Company or any Subsidiary is required to pay, or that enables the applicable counterparty, after the expiration of the grace period, if any, provided for therein, to require the Company or any Subsidiary to pay, the termination value in respect of such Hedging Agreement; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (A) any secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a casualty event in respect of or the voluntary sale or transfer of the assets securing such Indebtedness or (B) any Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a refinancing thereof permitted under Section 6.01;
(h) one or more ERISA Events shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(i) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, examinership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, examiner, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for a Borrower or a Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(j) any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation (other than any liquidation permitted by clause
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(v) of Section 6.03(a)), reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, examinership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (i) of this Article VII, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, examiner, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for a Borrower or any Material 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 or (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the board of directors (or similar governing body) of a Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to above in this clause (j) or clause (i) of this Article VII;
(k) any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(l) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of (x) $150,000,000 in the case of a Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary or (y) $150,000,000 in the case of other Foreign Subsidiaries (other than any such judgment covered by insurance (other than under a self-insurance program) to the extent a claim therefor has been made in writing and liability therefor has not been denied by the insurer) and in excess of amounts covered by indemnification obligations of third parties that shall have the financial capacity to pay such obligations (in the case of each such third party, to the extent a claim therefor has been made in writing and liability therefor has not been denied by such third party), shall be rendered against any Borrower, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain unpaid or undischarged for a period of 60 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 any Borrower or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
(m) any Lien purported to
be created under any Security Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any material Collateral, with the priority required by the applicable Security Document, except as a result of
(i) a sale or transfer of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents, (ii) as a result of the Administrative Agents failure to
maintain no longer having possession of any stock certificatecertificates
, promissory
notenotes or other
instrumentinstruments
delivered to it under the Collateral Agreement or to maintain in effectSecurity
Documents, (iii) as a result of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, unless such
failure is attributable to any failure of a Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Documentfiling having lapsed because a Uniform Commercial Code
continuation statement was not filed in a timely manner or (iiiiv) the occurrence of a Release Date and the exercise by the Company of its rights under Section 9.14(b);
(n) any Guarantee of a Loan Party purported to be created under any Loan Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, in full force and effect, except upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which the Subsidiary Loan Party providing such Guarantee ceases to be a Subsidiary; or
(o) a Change in Control;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to any Borrower described in clause (i) or (j) of this Article VII), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative
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Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Company, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part (but ratably as among the Classes of Loans and the Loans of each Class at the time outstanding), in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrowers hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately and (iii) require the deposit of cash collateral in respect of LC Exposure as provided in Section 2.04(i), in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Borrower; and in the case of any event with respect to any Borrower described in clause (i) or (j) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrowers hereunder, shall immediately and automatically become due and payable and the deposit of such cash collateral in respect of LC Exposure shall immediately and automatically become due, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Borrower; provided, however, that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default attributable to a failure to comply with Section 6.12, (x) actions pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) may be taken by a Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders and the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Lenders voting together (excluding any Defaulting Lenders) with respect to the Revolving Loans and Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans only (without the requirement for Required Lender action) or by the Administrative Agent at the direction of such Lenders, and (y) only if action has been taken in respect of such Event of Default under clause (i) or (ii) (with respect to the Revolving Loans and the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans) by a Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders and the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Lenders voting together (excluding any Defaulting Lenders) or by the Administrative Agent at the direction of such 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 can be exercised in respect of all Loans.
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 Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in connection with the exercise of rights under this Article VII, 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), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, or consent to the use by the Loan Parties 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 Lenders, 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, brokers 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. Each Loan Party further agrees, at the Administrative Agents request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Administrative Agent at places which the Administrative Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Loan Partys premises 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
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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 attorneys fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Obligations, in such order as the Administrative Agent may elect subject to Section 5.02 of the Collateral Agreement, 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 Uniform Commercial Code, need the Administrative Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Loan Party. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Loan Party waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against the Administrative Agent or any Lender arising out of the exercise by them of any rights under this paragraph after the occurrence of an Event of Default. 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. It is expressly noted that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any Collateral which is subject to a Luxembourg law governed Foreign Pledge Agreement (the Luxembourg Security), and that only the provisions of the relevant Luxembourg Security shall apply to such Collateral.
ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, including entering into any intercreditor agreement contemplated by Section 6.02(a)(xvii). In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lenders or Issuing Banks behalf.
The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary power, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The
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Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Company, a Lender or an Issuing Bank, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agents 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 (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from any confirmation of the Revolving Exposure or the component amounts thereof.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof). The Administrative Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
The Administrative Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
Subject to the terms of this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Company (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the
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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. If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Company and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, with the consent of the Company (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the Removal Effective Date), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date, whereupon the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the removed Administrative Agent; provided that, in each case, (i) 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 (ii) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender and each Issuing Bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by the Company and such successor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, 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, (a) 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 Security 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, 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 paragraph (it being understood and agreed that the retiring Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any further action under any Security Document, including any action required to maintain the perfection of any such security interest), and (b) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that (i) 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 (ii) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender and each Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agents resignation or removal from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03, as well as any absence of fiduciary duty (and related exculpatory provisions), reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (a) above.
Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any other Lender or 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. Each Lender and
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Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and funding its Loans on the Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or an Incremental Facility Agreement 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 Effective Date.
No Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the 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 the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition. Each Secured Party hereby (or in the case of each Secured Party that is not a Credit Party, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Security Documents and the Collateral and of the Guarantees of the Obligations provided under the Loan Documents) irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including by accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the 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 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 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 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 Obligations which were credit bid, interests, whether as equity, partnership, limited
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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 Obligations 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 Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of Obligations credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Secured Parties pro rata and the equity interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of such 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 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.
In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Hedging Agreement, agreement with respect to cash management obligations, agreement with respect to Secured Performance Support Obligations or other agreement (other than the Loan Documents) the obligations under which constitute Obligations 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 Hedging Agreement, agreement with respect to Secured Performance Support Obligations or other agreement 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.
The Secured Parties irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, (i) 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(a)(v), (ii) to agree to or enter into subordination or intercreditor agreements applicable to any Interests in any Receivables Subsidiary or any interest in Receivables subject to a Permitted Receivables Facility, in each case to the extent pledged under any Security Document to secure the Obligations and (iii) to subordinate any Lien on any ATM Financing Program Asset granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such ATM Financing Program Asset that is permitted by Section 6.02(a)(xxii) and, in connection therewith, to enter into any subordination and/or intercreditor agreements applicable thereto. 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 Agents 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 for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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 Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the provisions of this Article.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Arrangers nor any Person named on the cover page of this Agreement as a Joint Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation Agent, Joint Lead Arranger or Joint Bookrunner shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender or an Issuing Bank), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder.
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The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and none of the Borrowers or any other Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions except as set forth herein with respect to the Companys consent rights to successor Administrative Agents.
Each Lender represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and the institutions named as Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners, Co-Syndication Agents and Co-Documentation Agents on the cover page hereof and their respective Affiliates, and not to or for the benefit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) such Lender is not using plan assets (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Commitments and this Agreement;
(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 Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Commitments and this Agreement;
(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 Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of 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 Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Commitments and this Agreement; or
(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
In addition, unless (1) the immediately preceding clause (i) is true with respect to such Lender or (2) such Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in the immediately preceding clause (iv), such Lender further represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and the institutions named as Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners, Syndication Agent and Documentation Agents on the cover page hereof and their respective Affiliates, and not to or for the benefit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, that none of the Administrative Agent or any of the institutions named as Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners, Co-Syndication Agents and Co-Documentation Agents on the cover page hereof or their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Commitments and
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this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by any Person under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
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 fax, as follows:
(i) if to any Borrower or the Borrower Agent, to it at NCR Corporation,
864 Spring Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia, 30308, Attention: Michael Nelson, Treasurer (email: Michael.Nelson@ncr.comMichael.Nelson@ncr.com), with a copy to NCR Corporation, 864 Spring Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia, 30308, Attention: General
Counsel/Notices (email: law.notices@ncr.com);
(ii) if to the Administrative Agent with respect to any Borrowing, Letter of Credit or LC Disbursement denominated in Euros or Sterling, to J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, Loans Agency 6th floor, 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E145JP, United Kingdom, Attention: Loans Agency, Fax No. +44 20 7777 2360 (email: loan_and_agency_london@jpmorgan.com), with a copy to the Persons set forth in clause (iii) below;
(iii) if to the Administrative Agent with respect to any Borrowings, Letter of Credit or LC Disbursements
denominated in Dollars, Euros or Sterling, to Loan and Agency Services Group, 500 Stanton Christiana Road, NCC5, Floor 1, Newark, Delaware 19713-2107, Attention: Andrew Myers (Telephone No.: 302-634-5634; email: andrew.myers@chase.comandrew.myers@chase.com);
(iv) if to any Issuing Bank, to it at its address (or fax number) most recently specified by it in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Company (or, in the absence of any such notice, to the address (or fax number) set forth in the Administrative Questionnaire of the Lender that is serving as such Issuing Bank or is an Affiliate thereof); and
(v) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or fax 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 fax shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient); and notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below shall be effective as provided in such paragraph.
(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications (including email and Internet and intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices under Article II to any Lender or Issuing Bank if such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. Any notices or other communications to the Administrative Agent or the Company may
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be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the recipient thereof prior thereto; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited or rescinded by any such Person by notice to each other such Person. Notices delivered by electronic mail (or notice of electronic posting) shall be deemed received upon sending, if sent during business hours, or, otherwise upon opening of the next Business Day unless the sender receives a notice of non-delivery.
(c) Any party hereto may change its address, e-mail or fax number for notices and other communications hereunder by written notice to the other parties hereto.
(d) Each
Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communication by posting such Communication on DebtDomain, Intralinks,
SyndtrakSyndTrak or a similar
electronic transmission system (the Platform). The Platform is provided as is and as available. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties warrants, or shall be deemed to warrant, the
adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose,
non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made, or shall be deemed to be made, by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no
event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties have any liability to any Borrower, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other Person for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental
or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Borrowers or the Administrative Agents transmission of Communications through the Platform, except to the extent of direct or actual
damages (and not any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages) that are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of
the Administrative Agent or its affiliates, officers or employees in performing the services hereunder.
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 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 any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 9.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of a Loan or the 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 Sections 2.13, 2.20, 2.21 and 2.23 and in the Collateral Agreement, none of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that (i) any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Company and the Administrative Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall
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have received at least five Business Days prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment and (ii) no such agreement shall (A) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent or the waiver of any Default, Event of Default or mandatory prepayment shall not constitute an increase of any commitment), (B) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon (other than as a result of (x) any waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable to any Loan pursuant to Section 2.12(c), (y) any amendment of any financial covenant herein (or any component definition) or (z) any extension of the date on which financial statements under Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) or a Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered, it being understood that a waiver of a Default or any such amendment or extension shall not constitute a reduction of interest for this purpose), or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (C) postpone the scheduled maturity date of any Loan, or the date of any scheduled payment of the principal amount of any Term Loan under Section 2.09, or the required date of reimbursement of any LC Disbursement, or any date for the payment of any interest or fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (D) except as provided in Sections 2.20 or 2.21, change Section 2.17(b) or 2.17(c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender, (E) except pursuant to an Incremental Facility Agreement or a Permitted Amendment to reflect a new Class of Loans or Commitments hereunder, change any of the provisions of this Section or the percentage set forth in the definition of the term Required Lenders or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders (or Lenders of any Class) required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (or each Lender of such Class, as the case may be); provided that, with the consent of the Required Lenders or the Majority in Interest of a Class of Lenders, as the case may be, the provisions of this Section and the definition of the term Required Lenders or Majority in Interest may be amended to include references to any new class of loans created under this Agreement (or to lenders extending such loans) on substantially the same basis as the corresponding references relating to the existing Classes of Loans or Lenders, (F) release Guarantees constituting all or substantially all the value of the Guarantees under the Collateral Agreement, or limit the liability of Loan Parties in respect of Guarantees constituting such value, or limit its liability in respect thereof, in each case without the written consent of each Lender, (G) release all or substantially all the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents, without the written consent of each Lender (except as expressly provided in Section 9.14 or the applicable Security Document (including any such release by the Administrative Agent in connection with any sale or other disposition of the Collateral upon the exercise of remedies under the Security Documents), it being understood that an amendment or other modification of the type of obligations secured by the Security Documents shall not be deemed to be a release of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents) and (H) change any provisions of any Loan Document in a manner that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of Collateral or payments due to Lenders holding Loans of any Class differently than those holding Loans of any other Class, without the written consent of Lenders representing a Majority in Interest of each affected Class; provided, further, that (1) no such agreement shall amend, modify, extend or otherwise affect the rights or obligations of the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, (2) any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of the Lenders of a particular Class (but not the Lenders of any other Class), may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Company and the requisite number or percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time, (3) any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement with respect to the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.12 (including any breach thereof) and any definitions related thereto (but solely as such definitions are used for purposes
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of such covenant) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Company, the Borrowers and the Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders and the Tranche 1 Incremental Term A-2021 Loans voting together and (4) any amendment, waiver or other modification of Section 4.02 with respect to the funding of any Revolving Loan shall only require the consent of a Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be required of (x) any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (A), (B), (C) or (D) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification or (y) in the case of any vote requiring the approval of all Lenders or each affected Lender, any Lender that receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan made by, and all other amounts owing to, such Lender or accrued for the account of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents at the time such amendment, waiver or other modification becomes effective and whose Commitments terminate by the terms and upon the effectiveness of such amendment, waiver or other modification. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent and the Company may, without the consent of any Secured Party or any other Person, amend this Agreement, the Collateral Agreement and any other Security Document to add provisions with respect to parallel debt and other non-U.S. guarantee and collateral matters, including any authorizations, collateral trust arrangements or other granting of powers by the Lenders and the other Secured Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent, in each case if such amendment is necessary or desirable to create or perfect, or preserve the validity, legality, enforceability and perfection of, the Guarantees and Liens contemplated to be created pursuant to this Agreement (with the Company hereby agreeing to provide its agreement to any such amendment to this Agreement, the Collateral Agreement or any other Security Document reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Company, the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and each lender providing any additional Revolving Commitment or term loan (A) to increase the Aggregate Revolving Commitments of the Lenders, (B) to add one or more additional tranches of term loans to this Agreement and to provide for the ratable sharing of the benefits of the Loan Documents with the other then outstanding Obligations in respect of the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding under any such additional tranche of term loans and (C) to include appropriately the lenders under any such additional tranche of term loans in any determination of Required Lenders or the determination of the requisite Lenders under any other provision of this Agreement.
(d) The Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, waivers or other modifications on behalf of such Lender. Any amendment, waiver or other modification effected in accordance with this Section 9.02 shall be binding upon each Person that is at the time thereof a Lender and each Person that subsequently becomes a Lender.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in connection with any determination as to whether the requisite Lenders have (A) consented (or not consented) to any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, (B) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document or (C) directed or required the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, any Lender (other than (x) any Lender that is a Regulated Bank and (y) any Revolving Lender) that, as a result of its interest in any total return swap, total rate of return swap, credit default swap or other derivative contract (other than any such total return swap, total rate of return swap, credit default swap or other derivative contract entered into pursuant to bona fide market making activities), has a net short position with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments (each, a Net Short Lender) shall have no right to vote any of its Loans and Commitments and shall be deemed to have voted its interest as a Lender without discretion in the same proportion as the allocation of voting with respect to
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such matter by Lenders who are not Net Short Lenders (in each case unless otherwise agreed to by the Company). For purposes of determining whether a Lender has a net short position on any date of determination: (i) derivative contracts with respect to the Loans and Commitments and such contracts that are the functional equivalent thereof shall be counted at the notional amount thereof in Dollars, (ii) notional amounts in other currencies shall be converted to the Dollar Equivalent thereof by such Lender in a commercially reasonable manner consistent with generally accepted financial practices and based on the prevailing conversion rate (determined on a mid-market basis) on the date of determination, (iii) derivative contracts in respect of an index that includes the Company or any other Loan Party or any instrument issued or guaranteed by the Company or any other Loan Party shall not be deemed to create a short position with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments, so long as (x) such index is not created, designed, administered or requested by such Lender and (y) the Company or any other Loan Party and any instrument issued or guaranteed by the Company or any other Loan Party, collectively, shall represent less than 5% of the components of such index, (iv) derivative transactions that are documented using either the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions or the 2003 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions (collectively, the ISDA CDS Definitions) shall be deemed to create a short position with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments if such Lender is a protection buyer or the equivalent thereof for such derivative transaction and (x) the Loans or the Commitments are a Reference Obligation under the terms of such derivative transaction (whether specified by name in the related documentation, included as a Standard Reference Obligation on the most recent list published by Markit, if Standard Reference Obligation is specified as applicable in the relevant documentation or in any other manner), (y) the Loans or the Commitments would be a Deliverable Obligation under the terms of such derivative transaction or (z) any of the Company or any other Loan Party (or any of their successors) is designated as a Reference Entity under the terms of such derivative transactions, and (v) credit derivative transactions or other derivatives transactions not documented using the ISDA CDS Definitions shall be deemed to create a short position with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments if such transactions are functionally equivalent to a transaction that offers the Lender protection in respect of the Loans or the Commitments, or as to the credit quality of any of the Company or any other Loan Party (or any of their successors) other than, in each case, as part of an index so long as (x) such index is not created, designed, administered or requested by such Lender and (y) the Company or any other Loan Party and any instrument issued or guaranteed by any of the Company or any other Loan Party, collectively, shall represent less than 5% of the components of such index. In connection with any such determination, each Lender (other than (x) any Lender that is a Regulated Bank and (y) any Revolving Lender) shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing that it is a Net Short Lender, or shall otherwise be deemed to have represented and warranted to the Company and the Administrative Agent that it is not a Net Short Lender (it being understood and agreed that the Company and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on each such representation and deemed representation). In no event shall the Administrative Agent be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender is a Net Short Lender.
SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Company shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Managing Arranger and their Affiliates, including expenses incurred in connection with due diligence and the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, local counsel in any foreign jurisdiction, and any other counsel for any of the foregoing retained with the Companys consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), in connection with the structuring, arrangement and syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein and any credit or similar facility refinancing or replacing, in whole or in part, any of the credit facilities provided for herein, including the preparation, execution and delivery of the Engagement Letter and the Fee Letters, as well as the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, 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 any Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any
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demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any of the foregoing, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made 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 (and any sub-agent thereof), the Arrangers, each Lender and Issuing Bank (each such Person, an Indemnified Institution), and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each Indemnified Institution and each such Person being called an Indemnitee), against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, penalties, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee (including reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel for all Indemnitees, taken as a whole, and, if necessary, one firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for all Indemnitees taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, where an Indemnified Institution affected by such conflict informs the Company of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel for such affected Indemnified Institution)), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of or relating to, based upon, or as a result of (i) the structuring, arrangement and the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the Engagement Letter, the Fee Letters, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties to the Engagement Letter, the Fee Letters, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents of their obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated thereby, (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), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, under or from any property currently or formerly owned, leased 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 or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and whether initiated against or by any party to the Engagement Letter, any Fee Letter, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or any third party (and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto and regardless of whether such claim, litigation or proceeding is brought by a third party or by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries); provided that such indemnity shall not, (x) as to any Indemnified Institution, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses resulted from (i) the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of, or material breach of this Agreement by, such Indemnified Institution or any of its Related Parties (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision) or (y) as to any other Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of, or a material breach of this agreement by, such Indemnitee (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision).
(c) To the extent that the Company fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), any Issuing Bank or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Issuing Bank or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lenders pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
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Administrative Agent (or such sub-agent) or such Issuing Bank in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or any Issuing Bank in connection with such capacity. For purposes of this Section, a Lenders pro rata share shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at the time (or most recently outstanding and in effect).
(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall not assert, or permit any of its Affiliates or Related Parties to assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee 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) in the absence of willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable decision). To the extent permitted by applicable law, no party hereto shall assert, or permit any of its Affiliates or Related Parties to assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee or any other party hereto or its Affiliates 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; provided, however, that nothing contained in this sentence will limit the indemnity and reimbursement obligations of the Company set forth in this Section.
(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly 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) no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by any Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) (it being understood that a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction not otherwise prohibited hereunder shall not constitute an assignment or transfer by a Borrower) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section and, in the case of any Revolving Lender and in relation to any rights and obligations of any Revolving Lender toward a Dutch Borrower, to an assignee that is a Dutch Non-Public Lender. 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), the Arrangers and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the sub-agents of the Administrative Agent and the Related Parties of any of the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Issuing Bank and any Lender) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither any Borrower nor any Affiliate of any Borrower may acquire by assignment, participation or otherwise any right to or interest in any of the Commitments or Term Loans hereunder (and any such attempted acquisition shall be null and void). Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:
(A) the Company; provided 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
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Fund, (2) for an assignment of Revolving Commitments and associated Revolving Loans to a Revolving Lender or an Affiliate of a Revolving Lender (other than an Approved Fund), (3) in connection with any assignment as part of the initial syndication of the Term B Loans or (4) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, for any other assignment; provided, further, that the Company shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment of Term Loans unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten Business Days after the Company has received written notice thereof;
(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and
(C) each Issuing Bank with outstanding Letters of Credit in excess of $20,000,000, in the case of any assignment of all or a portion of a Revolving Commitment or any Lenders obligations in respect of its LC Exposure.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders 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 $500,000, in the case of assignments of Term Loans or Term Commitments, and $5,000,000, in the case of assignments of Revolving Commitments, in each case unless each of the Company and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents; provided that no such consent of the Company shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that this clause (B) shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans but not those in respect of a second Class;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with, unless waived by the Administrative Agent, a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that only one such processing and recordation fee shall be payable in the event of simultaneous assignments from any Lender or its Approved Funds to one or more other Approved Funds of such Lender (and if a Loan Party is required to be a party to such assignment it shall not (except in the case of an assignment pursuant to Section 2.18(b)) be required to pay such fee);
(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 MNPI) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignees compliance procedures and applicable law, including Federal, State and foreign securities laws; and
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(E) at the time of each assignment pursuant to this Section 9.04(b), the respective assignee shall provide to the relevant Loan Party and the Administrative Agent the appropriate forms and certificates as provided, and cooperate with the relevant Loan Party as required, under Section 2.16.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the 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 the assigning Lenders 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 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.22 and 9.03).
(iv) The Administrative Agent shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and records 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, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers and, as to entries pertaining to it, any Issuing Bank or Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of an Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignees completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder) and the processing and recordation fee referred to in this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to accept such Assignment and Assumption or so record the information contained therein if the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that such Assignment and Assumption lacks any written consent required by this Section or is otherwise not in proper form, it being acknowledged that the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation (and shall incur no liability) with respect to obtaining (or confirming the receipt) of any such written consent or with respect to the form of (or any defect in) such Assignment and Assumption, any such duty and obligation being solely with the assigning Lender and the assignee. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph, and following such recording, unless otherwise determined by the Administrative Agent (such determination to be made in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, which determination may be conditioned on the consent of the assigning Lender and the assignee), shall be effective notwithstanding any defect in the Assignment and Assumption relating thereto. Each assigning Lender and the assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the Administrative Agent that all written consents required by this Section with respect thereto (other than the consent of the Administrative Agent) have been obtained and that such Assignment and Assumption is otherwise duly completed and in proper form, and each assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the assigning Lender and the Administrative Agent that such assignee is an Eligible Assignee.
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(vi) Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04(b), whether or not such assignment or transfer is reflected in the Register, 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.
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of any Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank, sell participations to one or more Eligible Assignees (Participants) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and Loans of any Class); provided that (A) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the 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 Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; 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 or requires the approval of all the Lenders. Each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 2.22 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Sections 2.16(f), (g), (h) and (i) (it being understood that the documentation required under Sections 2.16(f), (g), (h) and (i) shall be delivered to the participating Lender and the participating Lender shall ensure that the terms of the participation require the Participant to cooperate as required under Section 2.16(g), (h) and (i))) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 9.04; provided that such Participant (x) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.17 and 2.18 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section and (y) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14, 2.16 or 2.22, 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 Companys request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Company to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.18(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 that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.17(c) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a nonfiduciary agent of each applicable Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant to which it has sold a participation and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each such Participants interest in the Loans or other rights and obligations of such Lender under this Agreement (the Participant Register); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participants interest in any Loans or other rights and obligations under any this Agreement) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Loan or other right or obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall
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release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
SECTION 9.05. 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 Arranger, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any Loan Document is executed and delivered or any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any LC Exposure is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, in the event that, in connection with the refinancing or repayment in full of the credit facilities provided for herein, an Issuing Bank shall have provided to the Administrative Agent a written consent to the release of the Revolving Lenders from their obligations hereunder with respect to any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (whether as a result of the obligations of the applicable Borrower (and any other account party) in respect of such Letter of Credit having been collateralized in full by a deposit of cash with such Issuing Bank, or being supported by a letter of credit that names such Issuing Bank as the beneficiary thereunder, or otherwise), then from and after such time such Letter of Credit shall cease to be a Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have no participations in such Letter of Credit, and no obligations with respect thereto, under Section 2.04(d) or 2.04(f). The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17(e), 2.22 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 provision hereof.
SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Signatures. (a) 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 and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof, including the commitments of the Lenders and, if applicable, their Affiliates under the Engagement Letter and any commitment advices submitted by them (but do not supersede any other provisions of the Engagement Letter or the Fee Letters (or any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank) that do not by the terms of such documents terminate upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, all of which provisions shall remain in full force and effect). Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
(b) 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
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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 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, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to agree to accept Electronic Signatures in any form or in any format without its prior written consent and pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, (i) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept any Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall be entitled to rely on such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of a Borrower or any other Loan Party 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 the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Loan Party hereby (A) 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 Borrowers and the 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, (B) the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or 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 Persons 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), (C) 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 (D) waives any claim against any Lender-Related Person for any Liabilities arising solely from the Administrative Agents and/or any Lenders 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 a Borrower and/or any Loan 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 this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and Issuing Bank, and each Affiliate of any of the foregoing, is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency and whether or not matured) or other amounts at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or Issuing Bank, or by such an Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of any
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Borrower against any of and all the obligations then due of such Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender or Issuing Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or Issuing Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement; provided that such setoff against obligations under this Agreement shall not apply in the case of amounts owed under any Receivables subject to a Permitted Receivables Facility by a Lender, Issuing Bank, or any of its Affiliates. The rights of each Lender and Issuing Bank, and each Affiliate of any of the foregoing, under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, Issuing Bank or Affiliate may have.
SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This Agreement (including this Section 9.09 (Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process)) shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
(b) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any Federal court of the United States of America or any court of the State of New York, in each case, sitting in New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action, suit, proceedings, claims and counterclaims arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, 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 shall be heard and determined, exclusively in such Federal court or, in the event such Federal court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, such state court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or any of its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action, proceeding, claim or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action, proceeding, claim or counterclaim in any such court.
(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement 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.
(e) Each Foreign Borrower hereby irrevocably designates and appoints CT Corporation System, National Corporate Research, Ltd., Corporation Services Company or another nationally recognized service firm as its authorized agent, to accept and acknowledge on its behalf, service of any and all process which may be served in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section in any Federal or New York State court sitting in the County of New York. Each Foreign Borrower represents and warrants that such agent has agreed in writing to accept such appointment and that a true copy of such designation and acceptance has been delivered to the Administrative Agent. If such agent shall cease so to act, each Foreign Borrower covenants and agrees to designate irrevocably and appoint without delay another such agent satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and to deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent evidence in writing of such other agents acceptance of such appointment.
SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM OR
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COUNTERCLAIM DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 9.11. 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 Arrangers, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks agrees to maintain the confidentiality of, and not disclose, the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Related Parties, including accountants, legal counsel and other agents and advisors, it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential, (b) to the extent requested by any governmental or regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable law or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies 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 confidentiality undertakings substantially similar to those of this Section 9.12 and in accordance with the standard processes of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any Lender, as applicable, or customary market standards for the dissemination of such type of information (which shall be deemed to include those required to be made in order to obtain access to information posted on IntraLinks, SyndTrak, Debtdomain or any similar website), in each case, that requires click through or other affirmative consent and acknowledgement to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement (in each case, that is an Eligible Assignee) or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its Related Parties) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Company or any Subsidiary and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Company, (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 9.12 or as a result of any improper disclosure by the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates or their and their Affiliates respective Related Parties or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company and that is not known by the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing to have provided, and that none of the Administrative Agent, Arrangers, Lenders or any of the Affiliates of the foregoing has reasonable grounds to believe that such source has provided, such Information in a breach of any confidentiality obligation to the Borrower. For purposes of this Section 9.12, Information means all information received from the Company relating to the Company or any Subsidiary or their businesses, other than (A) any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company and (B) information pertaining to this Agreement routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry; provided that, in the case of information received from the Company after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to
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maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
SECTION 9.13. 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 that are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the Charges), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the Maximum Rate) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such 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 9.13 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 NYFRB Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION 9.14. Release of Liens and Guarantees. (a) A Subsidiary Loan Party shall automatically be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents, and all security interests created by the Security Documents in Collateral owned by such Subsidiary Loan Party shall be automatically released, upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party 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. Upon any sale or other transfer by any Loan Party (other than to the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary that is not a CFC Holdco) of any Collateral in a transaction permitted under this Agreement, or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest created under any Security Document in any Collateral pursuant to Section 9.02, the security interests in such Collateral created by the Security Documents shall be automatically released.
(b) On the Release Date, the Liens on the Collateral under the Security Documents will automatically terminate and be deemed to have been released (it being understood that no such termination or release will modify or otherwise affect any Guarantee provided by any Loan Party under the Collateral Agreement).
(c) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to any Loan Party, at such Loan Partys 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.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have automatically released any Lien on any property granted to or held by it under the Collateral Agreement or any other Loan Document that is sold or distributed or to be sold or distributed as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder and under each other Loan Document. The Administrative Agent shall, at the expense of the applicable Loan Party, execute and deliver to such Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Agreement or other Loan Document.
(e) On the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent will release Radiant Payment Services, LLC from its obligations under the Loan Documents, and all security interests created by the Security Documents in Collateral owned by Radiant Payment Services, LLC shall be released. The Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to Radiant Payment Services, LLC, at the Companys
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expense, all documents that the Company shall reasonably request to evidence the release of Radiant Payment Services, LLC.
SECTION 9.15. Satisfaction of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement. If the Company fails to maintain its Investment Grade Rating at any time following the Investment Grade Date, then the Company shall deliver written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent. As promptly as practicable following the Non-Investment Grade Date, and in any event no later than 30 days thereafter (such date, the Delivery Date), the Company shall cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed Perfection Certificate dated the Delivery Date and signed by a Financial Officer of the Company, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, including the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent) filings made with respect to the Company, the Foreign Borrowers and the Designated Subsidiaries in the jurisdictions contemplated by the Perfection Certificate, delivered at least five Business Days prior to the Delivery Date, and copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated by such financing statements (or similar documents) are permitted by Section 6.02 or have been or will on the Delivery Date be released; provided that if, notwithstanding the use by the Company of commercially reasonable efforts without undue burden or expense to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied on the Delivery Date, the requirements thereof are not fully satisfied as of the Delivery Date, the satisfaction of such requirements shall not be a condition to the availability of any Loans hereunder so long as the Company has agreed in a written instrument to satisfy any remaining requirements by a date agreed to by the Administrative Agent (it being understood that any failure to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement by such later date will constitute, except to the extent additional time is agreed to by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, an Event of Default under paragraph (d) of Article VII).
SECTION 9.16. Certain Notices. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Loan Party that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT 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 and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
SECTION 9.17. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Company, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, the Company, the Subsidiaries and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications. The Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and their Affiliates may be engaged, for their own accounts or the accounts of customers, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and its Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or their Affiliates has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Company or any of its Affiliates.
SECTION 9.18. Non-Public Information. (a) Each Lender acknowledges that all information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Company or the Administrative Agent pursuant to or in connection with, or in the course of administering, this Agreement will be syndicate-level information, which may contain MNPI. Each Lender represents to the Company
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and the Administrative Agent that (i) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of MNPI and that it will handle MNPI in accordance with such procedures and applicable law, including Federal, state and foreign securities laws, and (ii) it has identified in its Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain MNPI in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including Federal, state and foreign securities laws.
(b) The Company, and each Lender acknowledge that, if information furnished by the Company pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement is being distributed by the Administrative Agent through the Platform, (i) the Administrative Agent may post any information that the Company has indicated as containing MNPI solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for Private Side Lender Representatives and (ii) if the Company has not indicated whether any information furnished by it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement contains MNPI, the Administrative Agent reserves the right to post such information solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for Private Side Lender Representatives. The Company agrees to clearly designate all information provided to the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of the Company that is suitable to be made available to Public Side Lender Representatives, and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on any such designation by the Company without liability or responsibility for the independent verification thereof.
SECTION 9.19. Conditional Non-Petition Covenant. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees that in the event it or any other Secured Party acquires any Interests in any Receivables Subsidiary (as creditor or otherwise) in connection with the exercise of remedies against the Collateral or otherwise in connection with the enforcement, collection or payment of the Obligations hereunder or under any Security Document, it shall not (including by acting on behalf of any such Secured Party or the Secured Parties generally), until one year and one day after the Third Party Interests of such Receivables Subsidiary have been satisfied in full, institute against such Receivables Subsidiary, or join in any institution against such Receivables Subsidiary of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, receivership, winding-up or liquidation proceedings or any similar proceedings under any bankruptcy or insolvency laws of any jurisdiction; provided that the foregoing shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to file any claim in or otherwise take any action with respect to any such proceeding that was instituted by another Person that is not one of its Affiliates against a Receivables Subsidiary. The foregoing agreement shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.20. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In. 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 an 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
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such 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
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(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
SECTION 9.21. Judgment Currency. (a) If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing hereunder in dollars into another currency, each party hereto agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction dollars could be purchased with such other currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which final judgment is given.
(b) The obligations of each party hereto in respect of any sum due to any other party hereto or any holder of the obligations owing hereunder (the Applicable Creditor) shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the Judgment Currency) other than the currency in which such sum is stated to be due hereunder (the Agreement Currency), be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, such party agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable Creditor against such deficiency. The obligations of the parties contained in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all other amounts owing hereunder.
SECTION 9.22. Amendment and Restatement of Prior Credit Agreement. (a) This Agreement shall amend and restate the Prior Credit Agreement in its entirety, and all of the terms and provisions hereof shall supersede the terms and conditions thereof.
(b) It is understood and agreed that any notice of termination of commitments under the Prior Credit Agreement is given only with respect to the commitments under the Prior Credit Agreement, and not with respect to the Commitments hereunder, and as of the Effective Date, each Lender identified on Schedule 2.01 has in effect a Commitment in the amount set forth opposite the name of such Lender on such Schedule. Each Lender that is also a lender under the Prior Credit Agreement hereby consents and agrees that no prior notice shall be required under the Prior Credit Agreement with respect to (i) termination of commitments under the Prior Credit Agreement or (ii) prepayment of loans under the Prior Credit Agreement; provided that notice thereof is given on or prior to the Effective Date. The parties hereto hereby agree that no amount shall be payable under Section 2.16 of the Prior Credit Agreement solely as a result of the repayment of any outstanding loan under the Prior Credit Agreement on the Effective Date.
SECTION 9.23. Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs. (a) To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Hedging 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).
(b) 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
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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
Rightsdefault 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 Rightsdefault 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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EXHIBIT B
Form of Reaffirmation Agreement
[Attached]
EXECUTION VERSION
REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT, dated as of August 31, 2023 (this Agreement), by and between NCR CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (the Company), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent under the Credit Agreement (as defined below) (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent).
WHEREAS:
A. | Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2011, as amended and restated as of July 25, 2013, as further amended and restated as of March 31, 2016, as further amended and restated as of August 28, 2019 (as amended by (I) that certain First Amendment, dated as of October 7, 2019, (II) that certain Second Amendment, dated as of April 7, 2020, (III) that certain Third Amendment, dated as of January 22, 2021, (IV) that certain Fourth Amendment, dated as of February 4, 2021, (V) that certain Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2021, (VI) that certain Incremental Term Loan A Facility Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2021, (VII) that certain Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement (TLA-2 Conversion), dated as of June 24, 2021, (VIII) that certain Fifth Amendment, dated as of December 27, 2022, (IX) that certain Sixth Amendment, dated as of June 30, 2023, and (X) that certain Seventh Amendment, dated as of the date hereof (the Seventh Amendment), the Credit Agreement), among the Company, the Foreign Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders have made available to the Company and the Foreign Borrowers certain credit facilities. |
B. | In connection with the Credit Agreement, the Company executed and delivered certain Loan Documents in favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to which it guaranteed certain of the Obligations and granted certain security interests to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. |
C. | Section 4(a)(ii) of the Seventh Amendment requires the Company to execute and deliver this Agreement. |
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. | Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. |
2. | The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent that this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors rights generally, and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. |
3. | The Company acknowledges that it expects to receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the transactions contemplated by the Seventh Amendment and the Credit Agreement and irrevocably consents to the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
4. | The Company acknowledges, confirms and agrees to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties that: |
(a) | the Loan Documents to which it is a party and any guarantees and indemnities granted by it thereunder continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms notwithstanding the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Seventh Amendment; |
(b) | all such guarantees and indemnities granted by it extend to the indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of each other Loan Party under or in relation to the Seventh Amendment and the Credit Agreement pursuant to the Loan Documents giving rise to such guarantees and indemnities; |
(c) | the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2011, as amended and restated as of January 6, 2014 and as further amended and restated as of March 31, 2016 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the Collateral Agreement), among the Company, the other Loan Parties party thereto and the Administrative Agent, to which the Company is a party and any Liens granted by the Company thereunder continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms notwithstanding the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Seventh Amendment; |
(d) | the Obligations described in the Loan Documents to which the Company is a party include all present and future indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of any and every kind, nature, and description (whether direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured) arising under or in relation to the Seventh Amendment and the Credit Agreement, and such Loan Documents extend thereto; |
(e) | neither this Agreement nor the Seventh Amendment shall evidence or result in a novation of the Loan Documents to which it is a party; |
(f) | as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the Seventh Amendment, the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Credit Agreement and in each other Loan Document to which the Company is a party are true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case, as though made on and as of the date hereof, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty is so true and correct on and as of such prior date; and |
(g) | this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a Loan Document under and pursuant to the Credit Agreement. |
5. | As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), the Company hereby grants to the |
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Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Article 9 Collateral (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) which the Company now has or at any time hereafter may acquire any right, title or interest. |
6. | The Company hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent (or its designee) at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any financing statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Article 9 Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto that indicate the collateral as all assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired of the Company or words of similar effect or of a lesser scope or with greater detail. |
7. | This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties and shall be binding on the Company and its successors and permitted assigns. |
8. | THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. |
9. | THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 9.09(B), 9.09(C), 9.09(D) AND 9.10 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, MUTATIS MUTANDIS. |
10. | 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. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement 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. 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, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
NCR CORPORATION | ||
By: |
||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page to Reaffirmation Agreement (Seventh Amendment)]
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page to Reaffirmation Agreement (Seventh Amendment)]
Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this Amendment), dated as of September 1, 2023, is entered into by and among the following parties:
(i) | NCR RECEIVABLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Seller (together with its successors and assigns, the Seller); |
(ii) | NCR CANADA RECEIVABLES LP, a limited partnership formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, as Canadian Guarantor (the Canadian Guarantor); |
(iii) | NCR CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation, as an initial Servicer (in such capacity, the U.S. Servicer) and as the Performance Guarantor (in such capacity, the Performance Guarantor); |
(iv) | NCR CANADA CORP., an unlimited company formed under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada (the Canadian Servicer, together with the U.S. Servicer, collectively, the Servicers, and each a Servicer), as an initial Servicer; |
(v) | MUFG BANK, LTD. (f/k/a The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch) (MUFG), as a Committed Lender and as a Group Agent; |
(vi) | VICTORY RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, as a Conduit Lender; |
(vii) | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Committed Lender, as a Group Agent and as the Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent); and |
(viii) | PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, as Structuring Agent. |
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein (including such terms used above) have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Receivables Purchase Agreement described below.
BACKGROUND
1. The parties hereto have entered into a Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2021 (as amended by the First Amendment thereto, dated as of August 22, 2022, the Second Amendment thereto, dated as of September 20, 2022, the Third Amendment thereto, dated as of December 27, 2022, the Fourth Amendment thereto, dated as of August 7, 2023 and as further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the Existing Receivables Purchase Agreement).
2. Concurrently herewith, the Canadian Servicer, the Canadian Guarantor, Cardtronics Canada Holdings Inc. (the Additional Originator), each Group Agent and the
Administrative Agent are entering into that certain Joinder and Amendment to the Canadian Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the Joinder Agreement).
3. The parties hereto desire to amend the Existing Receivables Purchase Agreement as set forth herein (as so amended, the Receivables Purchase Agreement).
NOW, THEREFORE, with the intention of being legally bound hereby, and in consideration of the mutual undertakings expressed herein, each party to this Amendment hereby agrees as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments to the Existing Receivables Purchase Agreement. The Existing Receivables Purchase Agreement is
hereby amended by deleting the stricken text (indicated in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and adding the inserted text (indicated in the same manner as the following example:
inserted text) as set forth on Exhibit A attached
hereto.
SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties of the Seller, Canadian Guarantor and Servicers. The Seller, the Canadian Guarantor and each of the Servicers hereby represent and warrant to each of the parties hereto as of the date hereof as follows:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by it in Section 6.01 or Section 6.02, as applicable, of the Receivables Purchase Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date hereof unless such representations and warranties by their terms refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date.
(b) Power and Authority; Due Authorization. It (i) has all necessary power and authority to (A) execute and deliver this Amendment, the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (B) perform its obligations under this Amendment, the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of, and the consummation of the transactions provided for in, this Amendment, the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by it by all necessary limited liability company action, limited partnership action, unlimited company action or corporate action, as applicable.
(c) Binding Obligations. This Amendment, the Receivables Purchase Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(d) No Termination Event. No Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, and no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event would result from this Amendment.
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SECTION 3. Effect of Amendment; Ratification. All provisions of the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, as expressly amended and modified by this Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect. After this Amendment becomes effective, all references in the Receivables Purchase Agreement (or in any other Transaction Document) to this Receivables Purchase Agreement, this Agreement, hereof, herein or words of similar effect referring to the Receivables Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Receivables Purchase Agreement as amended by this Amendment. This Amendment shall not be deemed, either expressly or impliedly, to waive, amend or supplement any provision of the Receivables Purchase Agreement other than as set forth herein. The Receivables Purchase Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.
SECTION 4. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof, when the Administrative Agent has received (i) counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by each of the parties hereto and (ii) counterparts of the Joinder Agreement duly executed by each of the parties thereto.
SECTION 5. Severability. Any provisions of this Amendment which are prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 6. Transaction Document. This Amendment shall be a Transaction Document for purposes of the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by facsimile or e-mail transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
SECTION 8. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION.
(a) THIS AMENDMENT, INCLUDING THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PERFECTION, THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE INTERESTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER IN THE COLLATERAL IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK).
(b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO (I) WITH RESPECT TO THE SELLER, THE CANADIAN GUARANTOR AND EACH OF THE SERVICERS, THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION, AND (II) WITH RESPECT TO EACH OF
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THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO, THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION, IN EACH CASE, OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING (I) IF BROUGHT BY THE SELLER, THE SERVICERS OR ANY AFFILIATE THEREOF, SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED, AND (II) IF BROUGHT BY ANY OTHER PARTY TO THIS AMENDMENT, MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED, IN EACH CASE, IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 8 SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT PARTY TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE SELLER, THE CANADIAN GUARANTOR OR THE SERVICERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PROPERTY IN THE COURTS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS. EACH OF THE SELLER, THE CANADIAN GUARANTOR AND THE SERVICERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING. THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE 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.
SECTION 9. Section Headings. The various headings of this Amendment are included for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment, the Receivables Purchase Agreement or any provision hereof or thereof.
SECTION 10. Reaffirmation of Receivables Purchase Agreement. After giving effect to this Amendment and each of the other transactions contemplated hereby, all of the provisions of the Receivables Purchase Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and the Performance Guarantor hereby ratifies and affirms the Receivables Purchase Agreement and acknowledges that the Receivables Purchase Agreement has continued and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
[Signature pages follow.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.
NCR RECEIVABLES LLC, as the Seller | ||
By: |
/s/ Vladimir Samoylenko | |
Name: Vladimir Samoylenko | ||
Title: Manager | ||
NCR CANADA RECEIVABLES LP, by its general partner, NCR CANADA RECEIVABLES GP CORP., as Canadian Guarantor | ||
By: |
/s/ Vladimir Samoylenko | |
Name: Vladimir Samoylenko | ||
Title: Director | ||
NCR CORPORATION, as a Servicer and as Performance Guarantor | ||
By: |
/s/ Michael Nelson | |
Name: Michael Nelson | ||
Title: Treasurer | ||
NCR CANADA CORP., as a Servicer | ||
By: |
/s/Neil Boyd | |
Name: Neil Boyd | ||
Title: Director |
Fifth Amendment to
Receivables Purchase Agreement
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, as a Group Agent and as a Committed Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Eric Bruno | |
Name: Eric Bruno | ||
Title: Senior Vice President | ||
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, as Structuring Agent | ||
By: |
/s/ Eric Bruno | |
Name: Eric Bruno | ||
Title: Managing Director |
Fifth Amendment to
Receivables Purchase Agreement
MUFG BANK, LTD., as a Group Agent and as a Committed Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Eric Williams | |
Name: Eric Williams | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
VICTORY RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, as a Conduit Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Kevin J. Corigan | |
Name: Kevin J. Corrigan | ||
Title: Vice President |
Fifth Amendment to
Receivables Purchase Agreement
Exhibit A
Amendments to Existing Receivables Purchase Agreement
[see attached]
Conformed through
EXECUTION VERSION
First Amendment, dated as of August 20, 2022,
Second Amendment, dated as of September 20, 2022,
Third Amendment, dated as of December 27, 2022
and
FourthExhibit A to Fifth Amendment, dated as of
August 7September 1, 2023
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 30, 2021
by and among
NCR RECEIVABLES LLC,
as Seller,
NCR CANADA RECEIVABLES LP,
as Canadian Guarantor,
THE PERSONS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
as Purchasers and as Group Agents,
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent,
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
as Structuring Agent,
NCR CANADA CORP.,
as a Servicer,
and
NCR CORPORATION,
as a Servicer
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
2 | |||||
SECTION 1.01. |
Certain Defined Terms | 2 | ||||
SECTION 1.02. |
Other Interpretative Matters | 39 | ||||
SECTION 1.03. |
References to Acts of the Canadian Guarantor | 40 | ||||
ARTICLE II TERMS OF THE PURCHASES AND INVESTMENTS |
40 | |||||
SECTION 2.01. |
Purchase Facility | 40 | ||||
SECTION 2.02. |
Making Investments; Return of Capital | 42 | ||||
SECTION 2.03. |
Yield and Fees | 43 | ||||
SECTION 2.04. |
Records of Investments and Capital | 43 | ||||
ARTICLE III SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES AND PAYMENT PROVISIONS |
44 | |||||
SECTION 3.01. |
Settlement Procedures | 44 | ||||
SECTION 3.02. |
Payments and Computations, Etc. | 47 | ||||
ARTICLE IV INCREASED COSTS; FUNDING LOSSES; TAXES; ILLEGALITY AND SECURITY INTEREST |
48 | |||||
SECTION 4.01. |
Increased Costs | 48 | ||||
SECTION 4.02. |
Funding Losses | 50 | ||||
SECTION 4.03. |
Taxes | 50 | ||||
SECTION 4.04. |
Inability to Determine LMIR; Change in Legality | 54 | ||||
SECTION 4.05. |
Back-Up Security Interest | 55 | ||||
SECTION 4.06. |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Affected Persons | 55 | ||||
SECTION 4.07. |
Successor LIBOR Rate | 56 | ||||
ARTICLE V CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND INVESTMENTS |
65 | |||||
SECTION 5.01. |
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness and the Initial Investment | 65 | ||||
SECTION 5.02. |
Conditions Precedent to All Investments | 65 | ||||
SECTION 5.03. |
Conditions Precedent to All Releases | 66 | ||||
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
67 | |||||
SECTION 6.01. |
Representations and Warranties of the SPV Entities | 67 | ||||
SECTION 6.02. |
Representations and Warranties of the Servicers | 73 | ||||
ARTICLE VII COVENANTS |
77 | |||||
SECTION 7.01. |
Covenants of the SPV Entities | 77 | ||||
SECTION 7.02. |
Covenants of the Servicers | 86 | ||||
SECTION 7.03. |
Separate Existence of the SPV Entities | 92 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION OF RECEIVABLES |
94 | |||||
SECTION 8.01. |
Appointment of the Servicers | 94 | ||||
SECTION 8.02. |
Duties of the Servicers | 95 | ||||
SECTION 8.03. |
Lock-Box Account Arrangements | 96 | ||||
SECTION 8.04. |
Enforcement Rights | 96 |
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SECTION 8.05. |
Responsibilities of the SPV Entities | 97 | ||||
SECTION 8.06. |
Servicing Fee | 98 | ||||
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION EVENTS |
98 | |||||
SECTION 9.01. |
Termination Events | 98 | ||||
ARTICLE X THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
102 | |||||
SECTION 10.01. |
Authorization and Action | 102 | ||||
SECTION 10.02. |
Administrative Agents Reliance, Etc. | 102 | ||||
SECTION 10.03. |
Administrative Agent and Affiliates | 103 | ||||
SECTION 10.04. |
Indemnification of Administrative Agent | 103 | ||||
SECTION 10.05. |
Delegation of Duties | 103 | ||||
SECTION 10.06. |
Action or Inaction by Administrative Agent | 103 | ||||
SECTION 10.07. |
Notice of Termination Events; Action by Administrative Agent | 104 | ||||
SECTION 10.08. |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Parties | 104 | ||||
SECTION 10.09. |
Successor Administrative Agent | 104 | ||||
SECTION 10.10. |
Erroneous Payments | 105 | ||||
ARTICLE XI THE GROUP AGENTS |
107 | |||||
SECTION 11.01. |
Authorization and Action | 107 | ||||
SECTION 11.02. |
Group Agents Reliance, Etc. | 108 | ||||
SECTION 11.03. |
Group Agent and Affiliates | 108 | ||||
SECTION 11.04. |
Indemnification of Group Agents | 108 | ||||
SECTION 11.05. |
Delegation of Duties | 109 | ||||
SECTION 11.06. |
Notice of Termination Events | 109 | ||||
SECTION 11.07. |
Non-Reliance on Group Agent and Other Parties | 109 | ||||
SECTION 11.08. |
Successor Group Agent | 109 | ||||
SECTION 11.09. |
Reliance on Group Agent | 110 | ||||
ARTICLE XII INDEMNIFICATION |
110 | |||||
SECTION 12.01. |
Indemnities by the SPV Entities | 110 | ||||
SECTION 12.02. |
Indemnification by the Servicers | 112 | ||||
SECTION 12.03. |
Currency Indemnity | 113 | ||||
ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS |
114 | |||||
SECTION 13.01. |
Amendments, Etc. | 114 | ||||
SECTION 13.02. |
Notices, Etc. | 114 | ||||
SECTION 13.03. |
Assignability; Addition of Purchasers | 115 | ||||
SECTION 13.04. |
Costs and Expenses | 118 | ||||
SECTION 13.05. |
No Proceedings; Limitation on Payments | 118 | ||||
SECTION 13.06. |
Confidentiality | 119 | ||||
SECTION 13.07. |
GOVERNING LAW | 120 | ||||
SECTION 13.08. |
Execution in Counterparts | 120 |
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SECTION 13.09. |
Integration; Binding Effect; Third-Party Beneficiaries; Survival of Termination | 121 | ||||
SECTION 13.10. |
CONSENT TO JURISDICTION | 121 | ||||
SECTION 13.11. |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 122 | ||||
SECTION 13.12. |
Ratable Payments | 122 | ||||
SECTION 13.13. |
Limitation of Liability | 122 | ||||
SECTION 13.14. |
Intent of the Parties | 123 | ||||
SECTION 13.15. |
USA Patriot Act | 123 | ||||
SECTION 13.16. |
Right of Setoff | 124 | ||||
SECTION 13.17. |
Severability | 124 | ||||
SECTION 13.18. |
Mutual Negotiations | 124 | ||||
SECTION 13.19. |
Structuring Agent | 124 | ||||
SECTION 13.20. |
Post-Closing Covenant relating to Certain Collections | 124 | ||||
ARTICLE XIV SPV ENTITY GUARANTY |
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SECTION 14.01. |
Guaranty of Payment | 125 | ||||
SECTION 14.02. |
Unconditional Guaranty | 125 | ||||
SECTION 14.03. |
Modifications | 127 | ||||
SECTION 14.04. |
Waiver of Rights | 127 | ||||
SECTION 14.05. |
Reinstatement | 128 | ||||
SECTION 14.06. |
Remedies | 128 | ||||
SECTION 14.07. |
Subrogation | 128 | ||||
SECTION 14.08. |
Inducement | 129 | ||||
SECTION 14.09. |
Security Interest | 129 | ||||
SECTION 14.10. |
Further Assurances | 130 |
EXHIBITS |
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EXHIBIT A |
| Form of Investment Request | ||
EXHIBIT B |
| Form of Assignment and Acceptance Agreement | ||
EXHIBIT C |
| Form of Assumption Agreement | ||
EXHIBIT D |
| Credit and Collection Policy | ||
EXHIBIT E |
| Form of Information Package | ||
EXHIBIT F |
| Form of Compliance Certificate | ||
EXHIBIT G |
| Closing Memorandum |
SCHEDULES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SCHEDULE I | | Commitments | ||
SCHEDULE II | | Lock-Boxes, Lock-Box Accounts and Lock-Box Banks | ||
SCHEDULE III | | Notice Addresses | ||
SCHEDULE IV | | Locations for Chattel Paper and Records |
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This RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this Agreement) is entered into as of September 30, 2021 by and among the following parties:
(i) NCR RECEIVABLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Seller (together with its successors and assigns, the Seller);
(ii) NCR CANADA RECEIVABLES LP, a limited partnership formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada (together with its successors and assigns, the Limited Partnership), by its sole general partner NCR CANADA RECEIVABLES GP CORP., a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada (together with its successors and assigns, the Canadian GP), as a guarantor (the Canadian Guarantor; together with the Seller, collectively, the SPV Entities, and each an SPV Entity);
(iii) the Persons from time to time party hereto as Purchasers and as Group Agents;
(iv) PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (PNC), as Administrative Agent;
(v) NCR CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (NCR), as initial Servicer (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the U.S. Servicer);
(viii) NCR CANADA CORP., an unlimited company formed under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada, as an initial Servicer (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Canadian Servicer; together with the U.S. Servicer, collectively, the Servicers, and each a Servicer); and
(v) PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company, as Structuring Agent.
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety, as of the date hereof, the Receivables Financing Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2014 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the Prior Agreement), among the Seller, the U.S. Servicer, various Group Agents and Purchasers party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Structuring Agent. Notwithstanding the amendment and restatement of the Prior Agreement by this Agreement, (i) the Seller and the U.S. Servicer shall continue to be liable to each of the Indemnified Parties for the fees and expenses payable by the Seller and/or the U.S. Servicer, as applicable, which are accrued and unpaid under the Prior Agreement on the date hereof (collectively, the Prior Agreement Outstanding Amounts) and all obligations under the Prior Agreement to indemnify such parties in connection with events or conditions arising or existing prior to the effective date of this Agreement and (ii) the security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent created under the Prior Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as security for the Seller Obligations (as defined herein), including Prior Agreement Outstanding
Amounts. This Agreement does not constitute a novation or replacement of the Prior Agreement, but hereby ratifies and reaffirms the Prior Agreement as amended and restated by this Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, each reference to the Prior Agreement in any other document, instrument or agreement shall mean and be a reference to this Agreement. Nothing contained herein, unless expressly herein stated to the contrary, is intended to amend, modify or otherwise affect any other instrument, document or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection with the Prior Agreement.
Concurrently herewith, the Seller is requesting that each Purchaser make a new non-ratable Purchase on the Closing Date such that, after giving effect to such Purchase, the each such Purchasers portion of the Aggregate Capital will be equal to its ratable share (based on Commitments) thereof.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
The Seller and Canadian Guarantor have acquired, and will acquire from time to time, Receivables from the Originators pursuant to the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement. The Seller desires to sell certain of the Receivables to the Purchasers and, in connection therewith, has requested that the Purchasers make Investments from time to time to the Seller, on the terms, and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
In connection with the Investments made hereunder, the parties hereto have requested that the Canadian Guarantor act as a guarantor hereunder and the Canadian Guarantor has agreed to act as a guarantor hereunder.
In consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained herein, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
Adjusted Net Receivables Pool Balance means, at any time, the excess of (i) the Net Receivables Pool Balance, over (ii) the Specifically Reserved Maintenance Revenue Amount; provided, however, that so long as the Level 1 Ratings Trigger is not in effect, the Specifically Reserved Maintenance Revenue Amount shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this definition.
Administrative Agent means PNC, in its capacity as contractual representative for the Purchaser Parties, and any successor thereto in such capacity appointed pursuant to Article X.
Adverse Claim means a lien, security interest, hypothec, deemed trust or other charge or encumbrance, or any other type of preferential arrangement; it being understood that none of the foregoing shall constitute an Adverse Claim to the extent (i) in favor of, or assigned to, the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) or (ii) created under or pursuant to,
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or expressly contemplated to exist and not prohibited by, any Transaction Document (including the Permitted Revolver Pledge and any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance, or any other type of preferential arrangement in favor of any Lock-Box Bank).
Affected Person means each Purchaser Party and each Program Support Provider, the parent or holding company that Controls any Purchaser Party or Program Support Provider, and any of their respective Affiliates that are party to, or entitled to any payment under, the Transaction Documents.
Affiliate means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
Aggregate Capital means, at any time of determination, the aggregate outstanding Capital of all Purchasers at such time.
Aggregate Yield means, at any time of determination, the aggregate accrued and unpaid Yield on the aggregate outstanding Capital of all Purchasers at such time.
Agreement has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Alternative Currency means Canadian Dollars.
Anti-Corruption Laws means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010, the Criminal Code (Canada), the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) and any similar anti-corruption laws or regulations administered or enforced in any jurisdiction in which any SPV Entity, any Servicer or any of their respective Subsidiaries conduct business.
Anti-Terrorism Law means any law in force or hereinafter enacted related to terrorism, money laundering, or economic sanctions, including Executive Order No. 13224, the USA PATRIOT Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701, et. seq., the Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1, et. seq., 18 U.S.C. § 2332d, and 18 U.S.C. § 2339B, and any regulations or directives promulgated under these provisions, and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada).
Applicable Law means, with respect to any Person, (x) all provisions of law, statute, treaty, constitution, ordinance, rule, regulation, ordinance, requirement, restriction, permit, executive order, certificate, decision, directive or order of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Person or any of its property and (y) all judgments, injunctions, orders, writs, decrees and awards of all courts and arbitrators in proceedings or actions in which such Person is a party or by which any of its property is bound. For the avoidance of doubt, FATCA shall constitute an Applicable Law for all purposes of this Agreement.
Assignment and Acceptance Agreement means an assignment and acceptance agreement entered into by a Committed Purchaser, an Eligible Assignee, such Committed Purchasers Group Agent and the Administrative Agent, and, if required, the Seller, pursuant to which such Eligible Assignee may become a party to this Agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto.
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Assumption Agreement has the meaning set forth in Section 13.03(i).
Attorney Costs means the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, costs, expenses and disbursements of external counsel.
Bank Rate for any Portion of Capital funded by any Purchaser on any day, means an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the LIBOR Rate for such Purchaser on such day or (b) if the Base Rate is applicable to such Purchaser pursuant to Section 4.04, the Base Rate for such Purchaser on such day; provided, however, that the Bank Rate for any day while a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing shall be an interest rate per annum equal to the sum of 2.00% per annum plus the greater of (i) the Base Rate for such Purchaser on such day and (ii) the LIBOR Rate for such Purchaser on such day.
Bankruptcy Code means the United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. § 101, et seq.), as amended from time to time.
Base Rate means, for any day and any Purchaser, a fluctuating interest rate per annum as shall be in effect from time to time, which rate shall be at all times equal to the greater of:
(a) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by the applicable Group Agent or its Affiliate as its reference rate or prime rate, as applicable. Such reference rate or prime rate is set by the applicable Group Agent or its Affiliate based upon various factors, including such Persons costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above or below such announced rate, and is not necessarily the lowest rate charged to any customer; and
(b) 0.50% per annum above the Overnight Bank Funding Rate.
Beneficial Ownership Rule means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
Breakage Fee means (i) for any Yield Period for which Yield is computed by reference to the CP Rate or the Euro Rate and a reduction of Capital is made for any reason on any day other than a Settlement Date or pursuant to Section 2.02(d), the amount, if any, by which (A) the additional Yield (calculated without taking into account any Breakage Fee) which would have accrued by the next Settlement Date (or, if earlier, the maturity of the underlying Note) on the portion of Capital so reduced exceeds (B) the income, if any, received by the applicable Purchaser from the investment of the proceeds of such reduction of Capital for a comparable time period or (ii) to the extent that the Seller shall fail to make an investment on the date specified by the Seller in connection with any request for funding pursuant to Article II of this Agreement due to a cancellation by the Seller, any failure by the Seller to accept the related Investment or any failure by the Seller to satisfy any of the conditions set forth in Section 5.02, the amount, if any, by which (A) the additional Yield (calculated without taking into account any Breakage Fee) which would have accrued by the next Settlement Date (or, if earlier, the maturity of the underlying Note) on the amounts so failed to be invested or accepted in connection with any such request for funding by the Seller exceeds (B) the income, if any, received by the applicable Purchaser from the investment of the proceeds of such reductions of Capital (or such amounts for which there was a failure to fund). A certificate as to the amount of any Breakage Fee (including the computation of
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such amount) shall be submitted by the affected Purchaser (or applicable Group Agent on its behalf) to the Seller and shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Business Day means any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which: (a) banks are not authorized or required to close in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, New York City, New York or Toronto, Ontario, Canada and (b) if this definition of Business Day is utilized in connection with calculating the LMIR or the Euro Rate, dealings are carried out in the London interbank market.
CAD VaR Percentage means 5.5%, or such other value-at-risk percentage with respect to CAD designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time upon ten (10) Business Days prior notice to the Seller.
Canadian Collection Account means each account identified as a Canadian Account on Schedule II to this Agreement (as such schedule may be modified from time to time in connection with the closing or opening of any Lock-Box Account in accordance with the terms hereof) (in each case, in the name of the Canadian Guarantor) and maintained at a bank or other financial institution that is, except as contemplated by Section 13.20, acting as a Lock-Box Bank pursuant to a Lock-Box Agreement for the purpose of receiving Collections.
Canadian Collection Account Bank means any Lock-Box Bank holding one or more Canadian Collection Accounts.
Canadian Defined Benefit Plan means a pension plan registered under the Income Tax Act (Canada), the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) or any other applicable pension standards legislation which contains a defined benefit provision, as such term is defined in subsection 147.1(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
Canadian Dollar, C$ or CAD means the lawful currency of Canada.
Canadian GP has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Canadian Guarantor has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Canadian Guarantors Limited Partnership Agreement means the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Canadian Guarantor, dated as of September 29, 2021, between the Canadian GP, as the general partner, and NCR Canada Corp., as the initial limited partner.
Canadian Lock-Box means any Lock-Box related to a Canadian Collection Account.
Canadian Originator and Canadian Originators have the meaning given to the term Originator in the Canadian Purchase and Sale Agreement, as the same may be modified from time to time by adding new Canadian Originators or removing Canadian Originators, in each case, with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
Canadian Purchase and Sale Agreement means the Canadian Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Canadian Servicer, the Canadian Originators,
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as sellers, and the Canadian Guarantor, as purchaser, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Canadian Receivable means each Receivable transferred (or purported to be transferred) to the Canadian Guarantor pursuant to the Canadian Purchase and Sale Agreement from time to time.
Canadian Sales Taxes means, collectively, GST, PST and QST and any other value added sales, provincial sales, use, transfer and other similar taxes now or hereafter imposed by any Governmental Authority in Canada and all interest, penalties, addition to tax and any similar liabilities with respect thereto.
Canadian Servicer has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Capital means, with respect to any Purchaser, the aggregate principal amount of all Investments made by such Purchaser pursuant to Article II, as reduced from time to time by Collections distributed and applied on account of such Capital pursuant to Section 3.01; provided, that if such Capital shall have been reduced by any distribution and thereafter all or a portion of such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason, such Capital shall be increased by the amount of such rescinded or returned distribution as though it had not been made.
Capital Coverage Amount means, at any time of determination, the amount equal to (a) the sum of (i) the Net Receivables Pool Balance at such time plus (ii) the amount of Collections then set aside and being held in trust by any Servicer or segregated in a separate account approved by the Administrative Agent, in either case, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 3.01(a), minus (b) the Total Reserves at such time; provided, however, that for purposes of reporting the Capital Coverage Amount on any Information Package or Investment Request, the Capital Coverage Amount shall be calculated assuming the amount set forth in clause (a)(ii) above is zero.
Capital Coverage Deficit means, at any time of determination, the amount, if any, by which (a) the Aggregate Capital at such time exceeds (b) the lesser of (i) the Capital Coverage Amount at such time and (ii) the Facility Limit at such time.
Cardtronics Canada Joinder means the Joinder and Amendment Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2023, executed by Cardtronics Canada Holdings Inc., and consented to by the Canadian Guarantor, the Administrative Agent, each Group Agent and NCR Canada Corp., as a Canadian Originator.
Change in Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) (i) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), other than an employee benefit plan or related trust of NCR or of NCR and any of its Subsidiaries, of Equity Interests in NCR representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in NCR; (ii) persons who were (A) directors of NCR on the date hereof, (B) nominated or approved by the board of directors of NCR, (C) nominated or approved by the board of directors of NCR as director candidates prior to
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their election to the board of directors of NCR or (D) appointed by directors who were directors of NCR on the date hereof or were nominated or approved as provided in clause (B) or clause (C) above, ceasing to occupy a majority of the seats (excluding vacant seats) on the board of directors of NCR; or (iii) the occurrence of any change in control (or similar event, however denominated) with respect to NCR under and as defined in any indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing, governing the rights of the holders of or otherwise relating to any Material Indebtedness of NCR;
(b) NCR ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Originator (other than NCR), the Canadian Servicer or the Canadian GP or otherwise ceases to Control any such Originator or the Canadian GP;
(c) NCR ceases to own, directly, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interest of the Seller free and clear of all Adverse Claims; or
(d) the Canadian GP and the Canadian Servicer cease to own, directly, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Limited Partnership free and clear of all Adverse Claims; or
(e) the Originators cease to own, directly, 100% of the Subordinated Notes free and clear of all Adverse Claims.
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the Closing 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) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to the agreements reached by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in Basel III: A Global Regulatory Framework for More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time), shall in each case, to the extent requiring any change to the compliance policies and practices (including relating to capital, liquidity or leverage requirements) of any Affected Person after the date hereof, be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
Charged-Off Receivable means a Receivable which, consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy, has been or should be written off the applicable Originators or the Sellers books as uncollectible.
Closing Date means September 30, 2021.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to time.
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Collections means, with respect to any Pool Receivable: (a) all funds that are received by any Originator, any SPV Entity, any Servicer or any other Person on their behalf in payment of any amounts owed in respect of such Pool Receivable (including purchase price, finance charges, interest and all other charges and, in the case of any Pool Receivables purchased by the Canadian Guarantor from a Canadian Originator, any amounts received on account of Canadian Sales Taxes), or applied to amounts owed in respect of such Pool Receivable (including insurance payments and net proceeds of the sale or other disposition of repossessed goods or other collateral or property of the related Pool Obligor or any other Person directly or indirectly liable for the payment of such Pool Receivable and available to be applied thereon), (b) all Deemed Collections, (c) all proceeds of all Related Security with respect to such Pool Receivable, (d) if applicable, all recoveries of value added Taxes or sales Taxes (including Canadian Sales Taxes) from any relevant Governmental Authority relating to any Pool Receivable that is a Defaulted Receivable and (e) all other proceeds of such Pool Receivable.
Commingled Excluded Receivables has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(h).
Commitment means, with respect to any Committed Purchaser (including a Related Committed Purchaser), the maximum aggregate amount of Capital which such Person is obligated to pay hereunder on account of all Investments, on a combined basis, as set forth on Schedule I or in the Assumption Agreement or other agreement pursuant to which it became a Purchaser, as such amount may be modified in connection with any subsequent assignment pursuant to Section 13.03 or in connection with a reduction in the Facility Limit pursuant to Section 2.02(e). If the context so requires, Commitment also refers to a Committed Purchasers obligation to fund Investments hereunder in accordance with this Agreement.
Committed Purchasers means PNC, MUFG and each other Person that is or becomes a party to this Agreement in the capacity of a Committed Purchaser.
Concentration Percentage means (i) for any Group A Obligor, 25.00%, (ii) for any Group B Obligor, 12.50%, (iii) for any Group C Obligor, 8.33%, (iv) for the largest Group D Obligor (by Obligor Percentage), 6.00%, and (v) for any other Group D Obligor, 5.00%.
Concentration Reserve Percentage means, at any time of determination, the largest of: (a) the sum of the five largest Obligor Percentages of the Group D Obligors, (b) the sum of the three largest Obligor Percentages of the Group C Obligors, (c) the sum of the two largest Obligor Percentages of the Group B Obligors and (d) the largest Obligor Percentage of the Group A Obligors; provided, that for purposes of calculating the foregoing each Pool Obligor that is classified as a Group A Obligor, Group B Obligor or Group C Obligor, due to the credit ratings of its parent company or other Affiliate (rather than the credit ratings of such Pool Obligor) shall be aggregated with such parent company or Affiliate (as the case may be) and with each other Pool Obligor classified as a Group A Obligor, Group B Obligor or Group C Obligor due to the credit ratings of such parent company or Affiliate (as the case may be).
Conduit Purchaser means each commercial paper conduit that is or becomes a party to this Agreement in the capacity of a Conduit Purchaser.
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Contract means, with respect to any Receivable, any and all contracts, instruments, agreements, leases, invoices, notes or other writings pursuant to which such Receivable arises or that evidence such Receivable or under which an Obligor becomes or is obligated to make payment in respect of such Receivable.
Control means, with respect to any Person, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto.
Covered Entity shall mean (a) any SPV Entity, any Servicer, each Originator and (b) each Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of a Person described in clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the direct or indirect (x) ownership of, or power to vote, 25% or more of the issued and outstanding equity interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or other Persons performing similar functions for such Person, or (y) power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by ownership of equity interests, contract or otherwise.
CP Rate means, for any Conduit Purchaser and for any Yield Period (or portion thereof) for any Portion of Capital, the per annum rate equivalent to the weighted average cost (as determined by the applicable Group Agent and which shall include commissions of placement agents and dealers, incremental carrying costs incurred with respect to Notes of such Person maturing on dates other than those on which corresponding funds are received by such Conduit Purchaser, other borrowings by such Conduit Purchaser (other than under any Program Support Agreement) and any other costs associated with the issuance of Notes) of or related to the issuance of Notes that are allocated, in whole or in part, by the applicable Conduit Purchaser to fund or maintain such Portion of Capital (and which may be also allocated in part to the funding of other assets of such Conduit Purchaser); provided, however, that if any component of such rate is a discount rate, in calculating the CP Rate for such Portion of Capital for such Yield Period (or portion thereof), the applicable Group Agent shall for such component use the rate resulting from converting such discount rate to an interest bearing equivalent rate per annum; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to the contrary, the Seller agrees that any amounts payable to Conduit Purchasers in respect of Yield for any Yield Period (or portion thereof) with respect to any Portion of Capital funded by such Conduit Purchasers at the CP Rate shall include an amount equal to the portion of the face amount of the outstanding Notes issued to fund or maintain such Portion of Capital that corresponds to the portion of the proceeds of such Notes that was used to pay the interest component of maturing Notes issued to fund or maintain such Portion of Capital, to the extent that such Conduit Purchasers had not received payments of interest in respect of such interest component prior to the maturity date of such maturing Notes (for purposes of the foregoing, the interest component of Notes equals the excess of the face amount thereof over the net proceeds received by such Conduit Purchaser from the issuance of Notes, except that if such Notes are issued on an interest-bearing basis its interest component will equal the amount of interest accruing on such Notes through maturity). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the CP Rate for any Conduit Purchaser for any day while a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing shall be an interest rate equal to the greater of (i) 2.00% per annum above the Base Rate for each day during such Yield Period (or portion
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thereof) and (ii) 2.00% per annum above the CP Rate calculated without giving effect to such Termination Event.
CRA means the Canada Revenue Agency and its successors.
Credit and Collection Policy means, as the context may require, those receivables credit and collection policies and practices of the Originators in effect on the Closing Date and described in Exhibit D, as modified in accordance with this Agreement.
Credit Risk Losses means, with respect to any Pool Receivable and its Related Rights, amounts owed but not received under such Pool Receivable or such Related Rights due to the relative creditworthiness (including willingness to pay) of the related Pool Obligor or other applicable obligor thereunder, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any amounts not received due to any incidental credit risk exposure to parties administering or servicing the collections thereon or due to the fact that such amounts are not owed (whether due to discounts, rebates, returned goods, setoffs, defenses or otherwise).
Days Sales Outstanding means, for any Fiscal Month, an amount computed as of the last day of such Fiscal Month equal to: (a) the average of the Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables as of the last day of each of the three most recent Fiscal Months ended on the last day of such Fiscal Month, divided by (b) (i) the aggregate initial Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables originated by the Originators during the three most recent Fiscal Months ended on the last day of such Fiscal Month, divided by (ii) 90.
Debt means, as to any Person at any time of determination, any and all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities (whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or joint or several) of such Person for or in respect of: (i) borrowed money, (ii) amounts raised under any bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (iii) the maximum aggregate amount of all letters of credit and letters of guaranty in respect of which such Person is an account party, (iv) any other transaction (including production payments (excluding royalties), installment purchase agreements, forward sale or purchase agreements, capitalized leases and conditional sales agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money entered into by such Person to finance its operations or capital requirements (but excluding accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of such Persons business payable on terms customary in the trade), (v) all net obligations payable by such Person upon an early termination under any Hedging Agreement or (vi) any guarantee or other obligation that has the economic effect of guaranteeing any such Debt.
Deemed Collections means all amounts required to be paid in cash by any Originator to any SPV Entity (whether or not actually paid) pursuant to Section 3.3 of the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement.
Defaulted Receivable means a Pool Receivable:
(a) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for more than 270 days from the original invoice date for such payment;
(b) that is a Charged-Off Receivable; or
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(c) as to which an Insolvency Proceeding shall have occurred with respect to the Pool Obligor thereof.
Default Ratio means the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward) computed as of the last day of each Fiscal Month by dividing: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables that became Defaulted Receivables during such month, by (b) the aggregate initial Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables originated by the Originators during the month that is nine Fiscal Months before such month.
Defaulting Purchaser Party means any Affected Person that (a) has failed to fund any portion of any Investment (whether directly or indirectly) required to be funded by it within two Business Days of the date required to be funded, (b) has notified the Seller or any Purchaser 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 (whether direct or indirect) with respect to any Investment (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Purchasers good-faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) to funding an Investment cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by a Purchaser Party made in good faith to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Affected Person that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund (whether directly or indirectly) prospective Investments, provided that such Affected Person shall cease to be a Defaulting Purchaser Party pursuant to this clause (c) upon such requesting Purchaser Partys receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent or (d) has (i) become the subject of an Insolvency Proceeding, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that an Affected Person shall not be a Defaulting Purchaser Party solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Affected Person or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Affected 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 Affected Person (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Affected Person.
Delinquency Ratio means the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward) computed as of the last day of each Fiscal Month by dividing: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables that were Delinquent Receivables on such day, by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables on such day.
Delinquent Receivable means a Pool Receivable as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for more than 180 days from the original invoice date for such payment.
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Dilution Amount means, with respect to any Fiscal Month, an amount equal to the aggregate reduction in the Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables in such Fiscal Month (without giving effect to the receipt of any Deemed Collections) resulting from: (i) defective, rejected or returned goods or services, (ii) revisions, cancellations, allowances, rebates, credit memos, discounts, warranty payments or other voluntary reductions in the amounts actually owed by the applicable Pool Obligor made by any SPV Entity, any Originator, any Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates (other than as a result of the receipt of Collections), (iii) setoffs, counterclaims or disputes between any Pool Obligor and any SPV Entity, any Originator, any Servicer or their respective Affiliates (whether arising from the transaction giving rise to a Pool Receivable or any unrelated transaction) or (iv) corrections to the reported Outstanding Balance of any Pool Receivable previously included in the Net Receivables Pool Balance in excess of its actual Outstanding Balance as of the date of such inclusion.
Dilution Horizon Ratio means, for any Fiscal Month, the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward) computed as of the last day of such Fiscal Month by dividing: (a) the aggregate initial Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables originated by the Originators during the most recent Fiscal Month, by (b) the aggregate amount of Non-Delinquent Receivables in the Receivables Pool as of the last day of such Fiscal Month.
Dilution Ratio means the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward), computed as of the last day of each Fiscal Month by dividing: (a) the product of (i) 25.00% (or such other percentage reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, based upon the results of its periodic audits and inspections of any SPV Entity and the Pool Receivables, to provide an estimate of the portion of Dilution Amounts not attributable to the crediting and rebilling of Pool Receivables) times (ii) the aggregate Dilution Amount with respect to all Pool Receivables for such Fiscal Month, by (b) the aggregate initial Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables originated by the Originators during the Fiscal Month prior to such Fiscal Month.
Dilution Reserve Percentage means, on any day, the product of (a) the sum of (i) 2.25 times the average of the Dilution Ratios for the twelve most recent Fiscal Months, plus (ii) the Dilution Volatility Component, multiplied by (b) the Dilution Horizon Ratio.
Dilution Volatility Component means, for any Fiscal Month, (a) the positive difference, if any, between: (i) the highest Dilution Ratio for any Fiscal Month during the twelve most recent Fiscal Months and (ii) the arithmetic average of the Dilution Ratios for such twelve Fiscal Months, times (b) (i) the highest Dilution Ratio for any Fiscal Month during the twelve most recent Fiscal Months, divided by (ii) the arithmetic average of the Dilution Ratios for such twelve Fiscal Months.
Electronic Invoice System means the electronic system or systems from time to time maintained by any Servicer or for any Servicer by third party vendors used in the ordinary course of any Servicers business, in either case for purposes of capturing invoice data, creating and/or generating invoices, storing and tracking invoices and otherwise administering invoices with respect to Pool Receivables.
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Eligible Assignee means (i) any Committed Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, (ii) any bank or financial institution reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and for so long as no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, consented to by the Seller (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or (iii) in the case of a Conduit Purchasers assignee, a multi-seller asset backed commercial paper conduit sponsored or administered by such Conduit Purchasers Committed Purchaser or an Affiliate of such Committed Purchaser, which commercial paper conduits Notes have short-term credit ratings of A1 (or better) by S&P and P1 (or better) by Moodys and for so long as no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, which commercial paper conduit has been consented to by the Seller (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
Eligible Foreign Obligor means any Foreign Obligor domiciled in Canada; provided that no Governmental Authority shall be an Eligible Foreign Obligor.
Eligible Receivable means, at any time of determination, a Pool Receivable:
(a) the Pool Obligor of which is: (i) a resident of the United States of America or an Eligible Foreign Obligor; (ii) not a Sanctioned Person; (iii) not subject to any Insolvency Proceeding; (iv) not an Affiliate of any SPV Entity, any Servicer or any Originator; (v) not the Obligor with respect to Defaulted Receivables with an aggregate Outstanding Balance exceeding 50% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all such Obligors Pool Receivables, (vi) not a natural person, and (vii) not an Excluded Obligor;
(b) that (i) if such Receivable is a U.S. Receivable, such Receivable is denominated and payable only in U.S. Dollars in the United States of America or (ii) if such Receivable is a Canadian Receivable, such Receivable is denominated and payable only in Canadian Dollars or U.S. Dollars, in each case, in Canada;
(c) the Obligor with respect to which has been instructed to remit Collections in respect thereof directly to (i) if such Receivable is a U.S. Receivable, a Lock-Box or Lock-Box Account in the United States of America (or if such U.S. Receivable is a Subject Cardtronics Receivable, to the Subject Cardtronics Account) or (ii) if such Receivable is a Canadian Receivable, a Lock-Box or Lock-Box Account in Canada;
(d) that does not have a due date which is more than 180 days after the original invoice date of such Receivable;
(e) that (i) if such Receivable is a U.S. Receivable, arises under a Contract for the sale of goods or services or the license of software to a resident of the United States of America or (ii) if such Receivable is a Canadian Receivable, arises under a Contract for the sale of goods or services or the license of software to an Eligible Foreign Obligor, in each case, in the ordinary course of the applicable Originators business;
(f) that arises under a duly authorized Contract that is (i) in full force and effect, (ii) governed by the laws of (x) if the related Receivable is a U.S. Receivable, the United States of America or of any State, district or territory thereof, (y) if the related Receivable is a Canadian Receivable, any province or territory of Canada, and (iii) a legal, valid and
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binding obligation of the related Pool Obligor, enforceable against such Pool Obligor in accordance with its terms;
(g) that if such Receivable (i) is a U.S. Receivable, has been sold or transferred by a U.S. Originator to the Seller pursuant to the U.S. Purchase and Sale Agreement with respect to which all conditions precedent under the U.S. Purchase and Sale Agreement have been met or (ii) is a Canadian Receivable, has been sold or transferred by a Canadian Originator to the Canadian Guarantor pursuant to the Canadian Purchase and Sale Agreement with respect to which all conditions precedent under the Canadian Purchase and Sale Agreement have been met;
(h) that, together with the Contract related thereto, conforms in all material respects with all Applicable Laws then in effect;
(i) that is not subject to any existing dispute, right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim, hold back defense or other defense against payment or Adverse Claim, in each case, only with respect to the portion of the Outstanding Balance of such Pool Receivable that is subject to such dispute, right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim, defense or Adverse Claim; provided that the deferred revenue liability included in the Specifically Reserved Maintenance Revenue Amount shall not constitute a dispute, right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim, hold back defense or other defense for purposes of this definition;
(j) that satisfies all applicable requirements of the Credit and Collection Policy;
(k) that, together with the provisions of the Contract affecting such Receivable, has not been modified, waived or restructured since its creation, except with the written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents or as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 8.02 of this Agreement;
(l) that if such Receivable (i) is a U.S. Receivable, in which the Seller owns good and marketable title, free and clear of any Adverse Claims, and that is freely assignable (including without any consent of the related Pool Obligor or any Governmental Authority), giving effect to any applicable provisions of the UCC regarding restrictions or prohibitions on assignment and (ii) is a Canadian Receivable, in which the Canadian Guarantor owns good and marketable equitable title thereof and in the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claims, and that is freely assignable (including without any consent of the related Obligor or any Governmental Authority unless such consent has been obtained);
(m) for which the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) shall have a valid and enforceable first priority perfected security interest therein and in the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim;
(n) that if such Receivable is (i) a U.S. Receivable, constitutes an account, general intangible or chattel paper and that is not evidenced by an instrument, each as defined in the UCC and (ii) a Canadian Receivable, constitutes an account (as defined
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in the PPSA), is not evidenced by an instrument or chattel paper (each as defined it the PPSA) and does not arise from the sale of minerals (as defined in the PPSA);
(o) that is neither a Defaulted Receivable nor a Delinquent Receivable;
(p) that represents amounts earned and payable by the Pool Obligor that are not subject to the performance of additional services or delivery of additional goods by the Originator thereof; provided, however, that if such Receivable is subject to the performance of additional services or delivery of additional goods by the Originator thereof, only the portion of such Receivable attributable to such additional services or goods shall be excluded from Eligible Receivables;
(q) that, if such Receivable is an Unbilled Receivable, is an Eligible Unbilled Receivable; and
(r) the payments on which are not subject to withholding taxes.;
(s) that is not a Subject Cardtronics Canada Receivable; and
(t) that, if such Receivable is acquired from Cardtronics Canada Holdings Inc., then the Seller and the Administrative Agent have received those items required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6(a) and (b) of the Cardtronics Canada Joinder within the timeframe specified therein.
Eligible Unbilled Receivable means, at any time, any Unbilled Receivable for which (a) the related Originator has recognized the related revenue on its financial books and records under GAAP, and (b) not more than thirty (30) days (or such longer period consented to by the Administrative Agent and the Group Agents) have expired since the origination date of such Unbilled Receivable.
Embargoed Property means any property (a) in which a Sanctioned Person holds an interest; (b) beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by a Sanctioned Person; (c) that is due to or from a Sanctioned Person; (d) that is located in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction; or (e) that would otherwise cause any actual or possible violation by any Purchaser Party of any applicable Anti-Terrorism Law if any Purchaser Party were to obtain an encumbrance on, lien on, pledge of or security interest in such property, or provide services in consideration of such property.
Equity Interest means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any rule or regulation issued thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Seller, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code or,
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solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(m) or 414(o) of the Code.
Erroneous Payment has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.10(a).
Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.10(d).
Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.10(d).
Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.10(d).
ETA means Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada).
Euro Rate means for any day during any Yield Period, the greater of (a) 0.00% and (b) the interest rate per annum determined by the applicable Group Agent (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) by dividing (i) the one-month Eurodollar rate for U.S. dollar deposits as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P. and shown on US0001M Screen or any other service or page that may replace such page from time to time for the purpose of displaying offered rates of leading banks for London interbank deposits in United States dollars, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the second Business Day preceding the first day of such Yield Period (or if not so reported, then as determined by the Administrative Agent from another recognized source for interbank quotation), by (ii) a number equal to 1.00 minus the Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage on such day. The calculation of the Euro Rate may also be expressed by the following formula:
Euro Rate = |
One-month Eurodollar rate for U.S. Dollars shown on Bloomberg US0001M Screen or appropriate successor |
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1.00 - Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage. |
Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage means, the maximum effective percentage in effect on such day as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the reserve requirements (including without limitation, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserve requirements) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as Eurocurrency Liabilities).
Excess Concentration Amount means, the sum, without duplication, of:
(a) the sum of the amounts calculated for each of the Pool Obligors equal to the excess (if any) of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables of such Obligor, over (ii) the product of (x) such Obligors Concentration Percentage, multiplied by (y) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables then in the Receivables Pool; plus
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(b) the excess (if any) of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for more than 90 days from the original invoice date for such payment over (ii) the product of (x) 30.00%, multiplied by (y) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables then in the Receivables Pool; plus
(c) the excess (if any) of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for more than 120 days but less than 151 days from the original invoice date for such payment over (ii) the product of (x) 10.00%, multiplied by (y) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables then in the Receivables Pool; plus
(d) the excess (if any) of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for more than 150 days from the original invoice date for such payment over (ii) the product of (x) 10.00%, multiplied by (y) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables then in the Receivables Pool; plus
(e) the excess (if any) of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables, the Obligor of which is a Governmental Authority, over (ii) the product of (x) 5.00%, multiplied by (y) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables then in the Receivables Pool; plus
(f) the excess (if any) of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables which have a due date which is more than 90 days after the original invoice date of such Receivable, over (ii) the product of (x) 5.00% multiplied by (y) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables then in the Receivables Pool; plus
(g) the excess (if any) of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables that are Unbilled Receivables, over (ii) the product of (x) 20%, multiplied by (y) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables then in the Receivables Pool;
provided, however, that for the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate amount included in the Excess Concentration Amount at any time with respect to any Pool Obligors Eligible Receivables shall not exceed the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all such Pool Obligors Eligible Receivables at such time.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or otherwise modified from time to time.
Excluded Obligor has the meaning set forth in Section 1.6 of the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement.
Excluded Receivable means any right to payment of a monetary obligation owed to any Originator, whether constituting an account, chattel paper, payment intangible, instrument or general intangible, in each instance, for the sale of goods, services rendered or the license of software and:
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(i) for which the account debtor has been designated as an Excluded Obligor under the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement; or
(ii) which arises under a service program agreement or other similar managed service or service-only contract between an Originator and a customer pursuant to which (A) such Originator provides installation, maintenance and other support services with respect to one or more ATMs and related software and (B) such customer agrees to make recurring monthly payments.
Any such right to payment arising from any one transaction, including, without limitation, any such right to payment represented by an individual invoice or agreement, shall constitute an Excluded Receivable separate from an Excluded Receivable consisting of any such right to payment arising from any other transaction; provided, that, any such right to payment referred to in this sentence shall be an Excluded Receivable regardless of whether the related account debtor or Originator treats the indebtedness related to such right to payment as a separate payment obligation.
Excluded Taxes means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to an Affected Person or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to an Affected Person: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, Canadian capital Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Affected Person being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Purchaser, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Purchaser, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Purchaser with respect to an applicable interest in the Investments or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Purchaser acquires such interest in the Investment or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Seller under Section 4.06) or (ii) such Purchaser changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Purchasers assignor immediately before such Purchaser became a party hereto or to such Purchaser immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Affected Persons failure to comply with Section 4.03(f), (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA and (e) withholding Tax imposed under the laws of Canada that is payable as a result of such Affected Person not dealing at arms length (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) with the Canadian Guarantor or any Canadian Originator (other than where such non-arms length relationship arises from such Affected Party 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 Transaction Document).
Facility Limit means, at any time of determination, the aggregate Commitment of all Committed Purchasers, which as of the Closing Date is equal to $300,000,000, as reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.02(e). References to the unused portion of the Facility Limit shall mean, at any time of determination, an amount equal to (x) the Facility Limit at such time, minus (y) the Aggregate Capital.
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FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any applicable intergovernmental agreement entered into between the United States and any other Governmental Authority in connection with the implementation of the following and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or official practices, adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement.
Federal Funds Rate means, for any day, the per annum rate set forth in the weekly statistical release designated as H.15(519), or any successor publication, published by the Federal Reserve Board (including any such successor, H.15(519)) for such day opposite the caption Federal Funds (Effective). If on any relevant day such rate is not yet published in H. 15(519), the rate for such day will be the rate set forth in the daily statistical release designated as the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities, or any successor publication, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (including any such successor, the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations) for such day under the caption Federal Funds Effective Rate. If on any relevant day the appropriate rate is not yet published in either H.15(519) or the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations, the rate for such day will be the arithmetic mean as determined by the Administrative Agent of the rates for the last transaction in overnight Federal funds arranged before 9:00 a.m. (New York time) on that day by each of three leading brokers of Federal funds transactions in New York City selected by the Administrative Agent.
Federal Reserve Board means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any entity succeeding to any of its principal functions.
Fee Letter has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).
Fees has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).
Final Payout Date means the date on or after the Maturity Date when (i) the Aggregate Capital has been reduced to zero and Aggregate Yield has been paid in full, (ii) all non-contingent Seller Obligations then owed by the Seller shall have been paid in full, (iii) all other non-contingent amounts then owing to the Purchaser Parties and any other SPV Entity Indemnified Party or Affected Person hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents have been paid in full and (iv) all accrued Servicing Fees have been paid in full.
Financial Officer of any Person means, the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, the chief accounting officer, the principal accounting officer, the controller, the treasurer, the assistant treasurer, director of finance of such Person or any other employee of such Person exercising management control or responsibilities with respect to such Persons involvement or performance of the transactions contemplated hereby.
First Post-Closing Date shall mean November 1, 2021.
Fiscal Month means the Servicers accounting month, as reported to the Administrative Agent from time to time.
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Fitch means Fitch Ratings, Inc. and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
Foreign Obligor means an Obligor which is organized in or whose principal place of business is in, any country other than the United States.
FX Reserve Percentage means, at any time of determination, the quotient, expressed as a percentage, of (a) the product of (i) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the Outstanding Balance of all Canadian Receivables, multiplied by (ii) the CAD VaR Percentage, divided by (b) the Adjusted Net Receivables Pool Balance.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, consistently applied or, in the case of the Canadian Guarantor, the Canadian Servicer or any Canadian Originator, generally accepted accounting principles in Canada, consistently applied; provided, however, that if any Person hereafter changes its accounting standards in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, including those of the SEC, to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards, GAAP with respect to such Person will mean such International Financial Reporting Standards after the effective date of such adoption.
General Partner has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Governmental Authority means the government of the United States of America, Canada or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial, territorial or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank, crown corporation 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 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 means, (i) for any Conduit Purchaser, such Conduit Purchaser, together with such Conduit Purchasers Related Committed Purchasers and related Group Agent, (ii) for PNC, PNC as a Committed Purchaser and as a Group Agent, (iii) for any other Purchaser that does not have a Related Conduit Purchaser, such Purchaser, together with such Purchasers related Group Agent and each other Purchaser for which such Group Agent acts as a Group Agent hereunder.
Group A Obligor means any Pool Obligor with short-term ratings of at least: (a) A-1 by S&P, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from S&P, a rating of at least A+ by S&P on such Obligors long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) P-1 by Moodys, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moodys, a rating of at least Al by Moodys on such Obligors long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities; provided, however, if such Obligor is rated by only one of such rating agencies, then such Obligor will be a Group A Obligor if it satisfies either clause (a) or clause (b) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) a Pool Obligor is wholly owned (directly or indirectly) by a parent company that satisfies that credit ratings requirements for a Group A Obligor or (y) such Pool Obligors Pool Receivables are guaranteed by an Affiliate of such Pool Obligor that satisfies
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that credit ratings requirements for a Group A Obligor, in either case, such Pool Obligor shall constitute a Group A Obligor and, for purposes of determining the Concentration Reserve Percentage and for purposes of clause (a) in the definition of Excess Concentration Amount, such Pool Obligor shall be aggregated with such parent company or Affiliate (as the case may be) and with each other Pool Obligor classified as a Group A Obligor due to the credit ratings of such parent company or Affiliate (as the case may be).
Group Agent means each Person acting as agent on behalf of a Group and designated as the Group Agent for such Group on the signature pages to this Agreement or any other Person who becomes a party to this Agreement as a Group Agent for any Group pursuant to an Assumption Agreement, an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement or otherwise in accordance with this Agreement.
Group Agents Account means, with respect to any Group, the account(s) from time to time designated in writing by the applicable Group Agent to the Seller and any Servicer for purposes of receiving payments to or for the account of the members of such Group hereunder.
Group B Obligor means any Pool Obligor that is not a Group A Obligor, with short-term ratings of at least: (a) A-2 by S&P, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from S&P, a rating of at least BBB+ by S&P on such Obligors long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) P-2 by Moodys, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moodys, a rating of at least Baal by Moodys on such Obligors long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities; provided, however, if such Obligor is rated by only one of such rating agencies, then such Obligor will be a Group B Obligor if it satisfies either clause (a) or clause (b) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) a Pool Obligor is wholly owned (directly or indirectly) by a parent company that satisfies that credit ratings requirements for a Group B Obligor or (y) such Pool Obligors Pool Receivables are guaranteed by an Affiliate of such Pool Obligor that satisfies that credit ratings requirements for a Group B Obligor, in either case, such Pool Obligor shall constitute a Group B Obligor and, for purposes of determining the Concentration Reserve Percentage and for purposes of clause (a) in the definition of Excess Concentration Amount, such Pool Obligor shall be aggregated with such parent company or Affiliate (as the case may be) and with each other Pool Obligor classified as a Group B Obligor due to the credit ratings of such parent company or Affiliate (as the case may be).
Group C Obligor means any Pool Obligor that is not a Group A Obligor or a Group B Obligor, with short-term ratings of at least: (a) A-3 by S&P, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from S&P, a rating of at least BBB- by S&P on such Obligors long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) P-3 by Moodys, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moodys, at least Baa3 by Moodys on such Obligors long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities; provided, however, if such Obligor is rated by only one of such rating agencies, then such Obligor will be a Group C Obligor if it satisfies either clause (a) or clause (b) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) a Pool Obligor is wholly owned (directly or indirectly) by a parent company that satisfies that credit ratings requirements for a Group C Obligor or (y) such Pool Obligors Pool Receivables are guaranteed by an Affiliate of such Pool Obligor that satisfies that credit ratings requirements for a Group C Obligor, in either case, such Pool Obligor shall constitute a Group C Obligor and, for
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purposes of determining the Concentration Reserve Percentage and for purposes of clause (a) in the definition of Excess Concentration Amount, such Pool Obligor shall be aggregated with such parent company or Affiliate (as the case may be) and with each other Pool Obligor classified as a Group C Obligor due to the credit ratings of such parent company or Affiliate (as the case may be).
Group Commitment means, with respect to any Group, at any time of determination, the aggregate Commitments of all Committed Purchasers within such Group.
Group D Obligor means any Pool Obligor that is not a Group A Obligor, Group B Obligor or Group C Obligor.
GST means all amounts payable under Part IX of the ETA, including HST.
Guaranteed Obligations has the meaning set forth in Section 14.01.
Hedging Agreement means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or any option or similar agreement, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, prices of equity or debt securities or instruments, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or any similar transaction or combination of the foregoing 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 a Person shall be a Hedging Agreement.
HST means all amounts from time to time payable as harmonized sales tax, including in the Provinces of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Ontario, under Part IX of the ETA.
Indemnified Taxes means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Seller under any Transaction Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
Independent Manager means (1) with respect to the Seller, a natural person appointed as an Independent Manager of the Seller in accordance with and as defined in the Sellers Limited Liability Company Agreement and (2) with respect to the Canadian Guarantor, a natural person appointed as an Independent Director of the Canadian GP in accordance with and as defined in the articles of the Canadian GP, in each case, who (A) for the five-year period prior to his or her appointment as an Independent Manager of the Seller or an Independent Director of the Canadian GP has not been, and during the continuation of his or her service as an Independent Manager of the Seller or an Independent Director of the Canadian GP is not: (i) an employee, director, stockholder, member, manager, partner or officer of the Seller, its sole member, the Canadian Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Manager of the Seller or an Independent Director of the Canadian GP); (ii) a customer or supplier of the Seller, its sole member, the Canadian Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Manager of the Seller or an Independent Director of the Canadian GP); or (iii) any member of the immediate family of a person described in (i) or (ii), and (B) (i) has prior experience as an independent director, manager or partner for an entity involved in a structured financing transaction whose charter documents
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require the consent of all independent directors, managers or partners thereof before such entity could consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it or could file a petition seeking relief under any applicable federal, state or provincial law relating to bankruptcy; and (ii) is providing its services as an Independent Manager of the Seller or an Independent Director of the Canadian GP through a recognized third party provider of professional independent director, manager or partner services in the ordinary course of its business.
Information has the meaning set forth in Section 13.06.
Information Package means a report, in substantially the form of Exhibit E.
Initial Schedule of Sold Receivables means the list identifying all Sold Receivables as of the Closing Date, which list has been provided to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date hereof.
Insolvency Proceeding means (a) any application, petition, case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, restructuring, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, (b) any steps are taken to appoint an administrator, monitor, receiver, interim receiver, receiver/manager, trustee, custodian or other similar official in respect of a Person or any substantial part of its property, (c) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors of a Person, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors of a Person, or other, similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors, in each of cases (a), (b) and (c) undertaken under U.S. Federal, state or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code and any applicable corporations legislation to the extent the relief sought under such corporations legislation relates to or involves the compromise, settlement, adjustment or arrangement of debt.
Inspection has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(g).
Intended Tax Treatment has the meaning set forth in Section 13.14.
Intercreditor Agreement means the Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent under the NCR Credit Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as defined therein, PNC, as Administrative Agent, NCR, the Seller, and the Canadian Guarantor, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Investment means any payment of Capital to the Seller by a Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.01(a) or 2.02.
Investment Company Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended or otherwise modified from time to time.
Investment Request means a letter in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto executed and delivered by the Seller to the Administrative Agent and the Group Agents pursuant to Section 2.02(a).
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IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
LCR Restricted Interest means any commercial paper or security (other than equity securities issued to NCR or any Originator that is a consolidated subsidiary of NCR under generally accepted accounting principles) within the meaning of Paragraph __.32(e)(viii) of the final rules titled Liquidity Coverage Ratio: Liquidity Risk Measurement Standards, 79 Fed. Reg. 197, 61440 et seq. (October 10, 2014), other than any interest that would not be a LCR Restricted Interest but for the act or omission of any Affected Person or any participant or assignee thereof.
Level 1 Ratings Trigger shall be deemed to be in effect at any time when both (a) either (i) NCR has a long-term corporate family rating of less than B2 by Moodys or does not have a long-term corporate family rating from Moodys; or (ii) NCR has a long-term corporate credit rating of less than B by S&P or does not have a long-term corporate credit rating from S&P; and (b) any Group Agent (in its sole discretion) has delivered written notice to the Seller, the Servicer and the Administrative Agent declaring a Level 1 Ratings Trigger to be in effect. Any Level 1 Ratings Trigger shall cease to be in effect upon the earlier to occur of (A) the delivery of a written notice by such Group Agent to the Seller, the Servicer and the Administrative Agent rescinding its declaration of such Level 1 Ratings Trigger and (B) NCR has a long-term corporate family rating of at least B2 from Moodys and a long-term corporate credit rating of at least B from S&P.
LIBOR Rate means (i) for any Purchaser (including, as of the date hereof, PNC) with which the Seller has agreed in writing that its LIBOR Rate shall be LMIR, LMIR, or (ii) for any other Purchaser (including, as of the date hereof, MUFG), the Euro Rate.
Liquidity Agreement means any agreement entered into in connection with this Agreement pursuant to which a Liquidity Provider agrees to make purchases or advances to, or purchase assets from, any Conduit Purchaser in order to provide liquidity for such Conduit Purchasers Capital and Notes.
Liquidity Provider means each bank or other financial institution that provides liquidity support to any Conduit Purchaser pursuant to the terms of a Liquidity Agreement.
LMIR means for any day during any Yield Period, the greater of (a) 0.00% and (b) the interest rate per annum determined by the applicable Group Agent (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) by dividing (i) the one-month Eurodollar rate for U.S. dollar deposits as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P. and shown on US0001M Screen or any other service or page that may replace such page from time to time for the purpose of displaying offered rates of leading banks for London interbank deposits in United States dollars, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day, or if such day is not a Business Day, then the immediately preceding Business Day (or if not so reported, then as determined by the Administrative Agent from another recognized source for interbank quotation), in each case, changing when and as such rate changes, by (ii) a number equal to 1.00 minus the Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage on such day. The calculation of LMIR may also be expressed by the following formula:
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LMIR = |
One-month Eurodollar rate for U.S. Dollars shown on Bloomberg US0001M Screen or appropriate successor |
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1.00 - Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage. |
LMIR shall be adjusted on the effective date of any change in the Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage as of such effective date.
Lock-Box means each locked postal box with respect to which a Lock-Box Bank who has, except as contemplated by Section 13.20, executed a Lock-Box Agreement pursuant to which it has been granted exclusive access for the purpose of retrieving and processing payments made on the Pool Receivables and which is linked to a Lock-Box Account listed on Schedule II (as such schedule may be modified from time to time in connection with the addition or removal of any Lock-Box in accordance with the terms hereof).
Lock-Box Account means each account listed on Schedule II to this Agreement (as such schedule may be modified from time to time in connection with the closing or opening of any Lock-Box Account in accordance with the terms hereof) (in each case, in the name of the Seller or Canadian Guarantor, as applicable) and maintained at a bank or other financial institution that is, except as contemplated by Section 13.20, acting as a Lock-Box Bank pursuant to a Lock-Box Agreement for the purpose of receiving Collections.
Lock-Box Agreement means each agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Seller or Canadian Guarantor, a Servicer (if applicable), the Administrative Agent and a Lock-Box Bank, governing the terms of the related Lock-Box Accounts, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Lock-Box Bank means any of the banks or other financial institutions holding one or more Lock-Box Accounts.
Loss Horizon A Ratio means, at any time of determination, the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward) computed by dividing: (a) the aggregate initial Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables originated by the Originators during the five most recent Fiscal Months, by (b) the aggregate amount of Non-Delinquent Receivables in the Receivables Pool as of such date.
Loss Horizon B Ratio means, at any time of determination, the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward) computed by dividing: (a) the sum of (x) the aggregate initial Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables originated by the Originators during the five most recent Fiscal Months plus (y) 35% times the aggregate initial Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables originated by the Originators during the sixth most recent Fiscal Month, by (b) the aggregate amount of Non-Delinquent Receivables in the Receivables Pool as of such date.
Loss Reserve Percentage means, at any time of determination, the sum of (a) 70.00% times the product of (i) 2.25, times (ii) the highest average of the Default Ratios for any three
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consecutive Fiscal Months during the twelve most recent Fiscal Months, times (iii) the Loss Horizon A Ratio, plus (b) 30.00% times the product of (i) 2.25, times (ii) the highest average of the Default Ratios for any three consecutive Fiscal Months during the twelve most recent Fiscal Months, times (iii) the Loss Horizon B Ratio.
Majority Group Agents means one or more Group Agents which in its Group, or their combined Groups, as the case may be, have Committed Purchasers representing more than 50% of the aggregate Commitments of all Committed Purchasers in all Groups (or, if the Commitments have been terminated, have Purchasers representing more than 50% of the Aggregate Capital); provided, however, that so long as there are two or more Groups party hereto, no less than two Group Agents shall constitute the Majority Group Agents.
Majority-Owned Subsidiary of a Listed Entity means an entity whose common stock or analogous equity interests are at least 51% owned by a company (i) listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange or (ii) whose common stock or analogous equity interests have been designated as a NASDAQ National Market Security listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market.
Material Adverse Effect means, with respect to any event or circumstance and with respect to any Person (or if no Person is specified, with respect to any SPV Entity, the Originators and the Servicers), a material adverse effect on:
(a) the assets, operations, business or financial condition of such Person;
(b) the ability of any such Person to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party;
(c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or the validity, enforceability, value or collectibility of any material portion of the Pool Receivables; or
(d) the status, perfection, enforceability or priority of the interest of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in the Pool Receivables.
Material Indebtedness means Debt (other than Debt under the Transaction Documents), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of any SPV Entity, a Servicer or an Originator in an aggregate principal amount of (i) $50,000,000 or more, in the case of Debt or Hedging Agreements of or guaranteed by a Servicer or an Originator and (ii) $15,325 or more, in the case of Debt or Hedging Agreements of any SPV Entity. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the principal amount of the obligations of any SPV Entity, a Servicer or an Originator in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that such Person would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
Maturity Date means the earliest to occur of (a) the Scheduled Maturity Date, (b) the date on which the Maturity Date is declared or deemed to have occurred under Section 9.01, (c) a Purchase and Sale Termination Date (as defined in the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement) under any Purchase and Sale Agreement with respect to all remaining Originators, and (d) the date
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selected by the Seller on which all Commitments have been reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.02(e).
Minimum Dilution Reserve Percentage means, on any day, the product of (a) the average of the Dilution Ratios for the twelve most recent Fiscal Months, multiplied by (b) the Dilution Horizon Ratio.
Monthly Settlement Date means (i) during the Temporary Period, the 24th day of such calendar month (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next occurring Business Day), or (ii) otherwise, the 20th day of each calendar month (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next occurring Business Day).
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
MUFG means MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Multiemployer Plan means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Seller or any of its ERISA Affiliates is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
NCR has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
NCR Credit Agreement means the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2011, as amended and restated as of July 25, 2013, as further amended and restated as of March 31, 2016, as further amended and restated as of August 28, 2019, (as further amended by (I) that certain First Amendment, dated as of October 7, 2019, (II) that certain Second Amendment, dated as of April 7, 2020, (III) that certain Third Amendment, dated as of January 22, 2021, (IV) that certain Fourth Amendment, dated as of February 4, 2021, (V) that certain Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2021, (VI) that certain Incremental Term Loan A Facility Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2021, and (VII) that certain Comet Conversion Incremental Revolving Facility Agreement (as therein defined)), and as further amended and restated as of June 24, 2021 (and as may be further amended, supplemented, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time) among NCR, the foreign borrowers party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the various financial institutions party thereto as joint lead arrangers, joint bookrunners, co-syndication agents, co-documentation agents, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Net Receivables Pool Balance means, at any time of determination: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables then in the Receivables Pool, minus (b) the Excess Concentration Amount.
New Lock-Box Accounts means account number 1128529 and account number 4029773, each maintained at the Royal Bank of Canada (and related lock-box or post office box).
Non-Consenting Affected Person has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06(b).
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Non-Delinquent Receivable means a Pool Receivable as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for less than 181 days from the original invoice date for such payment.
Notes means short-term promissory notes issued, or to be issued, by any Conduit Purchaser to fund its investments in accounts receivable or other financial assets.
Obligor means, with respect to any Receivable, the Person obligated to make payments under such Receivable pursuant to the Contract relating to such Receivable.
Obligor Percentage means, at any time of determination, for each Pool Obligor, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, (a) the numerator of which is the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables of such Obligor less the amount (if any) then included in the calculation of clause (a) of the Excess Concentration Amount with respect to such Obligor and (b) the denominator of which is the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables at such time.
OFAC means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of Treasury.
Originator and Originators means the U.S. Originators and the Canadian Originators.
Other Connection Taxes means, with respect to any Affected Person, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Affected Person and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Affected Person 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 Transaction Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Capital or Transaction Document).
Other Taxes means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Transaction Document except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 4.06).
Outstanding Balance means, at any time of determination, with respect to any Receivable, the then outstanding principal amount of such Receivable and, if applicable, any Canadian Sales Taxes payable thereunder; provided, that the Outstanding Balance of a Charged-Off Receivable shall be zero.
Overnight Bank Funding Rate means for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurocurrency borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (NYFRB), as set forth on its public website from time to time, and as published on the next succeeding Business Day as the overnight bank funding rate by the NYFRB (or by such other recognized electronic source (such as Bloomberg) selected by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of displaying such rate); provided, that if such day is not a Business Day, the Overnight Bank Funding Rate for such day shall be such rate on the immediately preceding
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Business Day; provided, further, that if such rate shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist, a comparable replacement rate determined by the Administrative Agent with the Sellers consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; provided that the Sellers consent shall not be required if the replacement rate is the Federal Funds Rate) (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error). If the Overnight Bank Funding Rate determined as above would be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero. The rate of interest charged shall be adjusted as of each Business Day based on changes in the Overnight Bank Funding Rate without notice to the Seller.
Participant has the meaning set forth in Section 13.03(e).
Participant Register has the meaning set forth in Section 13.03(f).
PATRIOT Act has the meaning set forth in Section 13.15.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.
Pension Plan means a pension plan as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA and with respect to which the Seller or any of its ERISA Affiliates may have any liability, contingent or otherwise.
Performance Guarantor means NCR.
Performance Guaranty means the performance guaranty, dated as of the Closing Date, executed and delivered by Performance Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Permitted Revolver Pledge means the grant of a security interest in the Subordinated Notes to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as collateral agent, pursuant to the NCR Credit Agreement and the Collateral Agreement and Security Documents as defined therein.
Person means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, unlimited liability company or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
Pledged Collateral has the meaning set forth in Section 14.09(a).
PNC has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Pool Obligor means an Obligor under a Pool Receivable.
Pool Receivable means a Receivable (other than a Subject Cardtronics Canada Receivable) in the Receivables Pool. For the avoidance of doubt, the Pool Receivables shall include both Sold Receivables and Unsold Receivables.
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Portion of Capital means, with respect to any Purchaser and its related Capital, the portion of such Capital being funded or maintained by such Purchaser by reference to a particular interest rate basis.
PPSA means in respect of each province and territory in Canada (other than the Province of Quebec), the Personal Property Security Act as from time to time in effect in such province or territory and, in respect of the Province of Quebec, the Civil Code of Quebec as from time to time in effect in such province.
Pro Rata Percentage means, at any time of determination, with respect to any Committed Purchaser, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), (a) the numerator of which is (i) prior to the termination of all Commitments hereunder, its Commitment at such time or (ii) if all Commitments hereunder have been terminated, the aggregate outstanding Capital of all Investments being funded by the Purchasers in such Committed Purchasers Group at such time and (b) the denominator of which is (i) prior to the termination of all Commitments hereunder, the aggregate Commitments of all Committed Purchasers at such time or (ii) if all Commitments hereunder have been terminated, the Aggregate Capital at such time.
Program Support Agreement means and includes any Liquidity Agreement and any other agreement entered into by any Program Support Provider providing for: (a) the issuance of one or more letters of credit for the account of any Conduit Purchaser, (b) the issuance of one or more surety bonds for which any Conduit Purchaser is obligated to reimburse the applicable Program Support Provider for any drawings thereunder, (c) the sale by any Conduit Purchaser to any Program Support Provider of any Capital (or portions thereof or participation interest therein) maintained by such Conduit Purchaser and/or (d) the making of loans and/or other extensions of credit to any Conduit Purchaser in connection with such Conduit Purchasers receivables-securitization program contemplated in this Agreement, together with any letter of credit, surety bond or other instrument issued thereunder.
Program Support Provider means, with respect to a Conduit Purchaser, any bank, insurance company or other funding institution providing liquidity, credit enhancement or back-up purchase support or facilities to such Conduit Purchaser.
PST means all taxes payable under any provincial sales or use tax or retail sales tax statute of any jurisdiction of Canada, other than the Province of Quebec, but in any event, excluding any GST.
Purchase and Sale Agreement means each of the U.S. Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Canadian Purchase and Sale Agreement.
Purchase and Sale Termination Event has the meaning set forth in the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement.
Purchaser Party means each Purchaser, the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent.
Purchasers means the Conduit Purchasers and the Committed Purchasers.
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QST means Quebec sales tax imposed under Title I of the Act respecting the Quebec sales tax (Quebec).
Quebec Assignment Agreement has the meaning given to it in the Canadian Purchase and Sale Agreement.
Rating Agency means each of S&P, Fitch and Moodys, to the extent then rating the Notes of any Conduit Purchaser (and/or each other rating agency then rating the Notes of any Conduit Purchaser).
Receivable means any right to payment of a monetary obligation owed to any Originator or any SPV Entity (as assignee of an Originator), whether constituting an account, chattel paper, payment intangible, instrument or general intangible, in each instance for the sale of goods, services rendered or the license of software, and includes, without limitation, the obligation to pay any finance charges, fees and other charges and any value added Taxes or sales Taxes (including all Canadian Sales Taxes) with respect thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, Receivable does not include any Excluded Receivable, and no right to payment described in clause (ii) of the definition of Excluded Receivable has at any time been a Receivable for any purpose under this Agreement or any Purchase and Sale Agreement. Any such right to payment arising from any one transaction, including, without limitation, any such right to payment represented by an individual invoice or agreement, shall constitute a Receivable separate from a Receivable consisting of any such right to payment arising from any other transaction.
Receivables Pool means, at any time of determination, all of the then outstanding Receivables (including both Sold Receivables and Unsold Receivables) transferred (or purported to be transferred) to the Seller or Canadian Guarantor pursuant to the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement prior to the Maturity Date.
Register has the meaning set forth in Section 13.03(c).
Related Committed Purchaser means with respect to any Conduit Purchaser, each Committed Purchaser listed as such for each Conduit Purchaser as set forth on the signature pages of this Agreement or in any Assumption Agreement.
Related Conduit Purchaser means, with respect to any Committed Purchaser, each Conduit Purchaser which is, or pursuant to any Assignment and Acceptance Agreement or Assumption Agreement or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement becomes, included as a Conduit Purchaser in such Committed Purchasers Group, as designated on its signature page hereto or in such Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, Assumption Agreement or other agreement executed by such Committed Purchaser, as the case may be.
Related Indemnified Party means, with respect to any Person, such Persons Related Parties and any other Person through which such first Person may claim reimbursement, compensation, contribution or indemnity hereunder by virtue of its relationship with such other Person.
Related Party means, with respect to any Person, such Persons Affiliates and the officers, directors, managers, agents and employees of such Person and its Affiliates.
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Related Rights has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement.
Related Security means, with respect to any Pool Receivable:
(a) all of each SPV Entitys and each Originators interest in any goods (including returned goods), and documentation of title evidencing the shipment or storage of any goods (including returned goods), the sale or license of which gave rise to such Receivable;
(b) all instruments and chattel paper that may evidence such Receivable;
(c) all other security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to time purporting to secure payment of such Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise, together with all UCC financing statements, PPSA financing statements or similar filings relating thereto;
(d) solely to the extent applicable to such Receivable, all of each SPV Entitys and each Originators rights, interests and claims under the related Contracts and all guaranties, indemnities, insurance and other agreements or arrangements constituting supporting obligations supporting payment and/or performance of any of the foregoing;
(e) all books and records of each SPV Entity and each Originator with respect to the foregoing;
(f) all of the applicable SPV Entitys rights, interests and claims under the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement with respect to such Receivable; and
(g) all proceeds of the foregoing.
Release has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).
Reportable Compliance Event means that: (a) any Covered Entity becomes a Sanctioned Person, or is charged by indictment, criminal complaint or similar charging instrument, arraigned, custodially detained, penalized or subject of an assessment for a penalty, or enters into a settlement with a Governmental Authority in connection with any sanctions or other Anti-Terrorism Law or Anti-Corruption Law, or any predicate crime to any Anti-Terrorism Law or Anti-Corruption Law; (b) any Covered Entity engages in a transaction that has caused the Purchasers, Administrative Agent or Group Agent to be in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Laws, including a Covered Entitys use of any proceeds of the Investments to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or make any payments to, directly or indirectly, a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Jurisdiction; or (c) any Collateral becomes Embargoed Property.
Reportable Event means any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Pension Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived).
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Required Capital Amount means, at any time of determination, an amount equal to the Total Reserves at such time.
Restricted Payments has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(s).
S&P means S&P Global Ratings and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
Sale Date means each of the following: (a) the Closing Date, (b) the date of each Investment, (c) the last day of each calendar month unless the Seller has (in its discretion) notified the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser in writing that such day shall not be a Sale Date, and (d) each other day (if any) designated as a Sale Date by the Seller in its discretion by prior written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser; provided, however, that no Sale Date shall occur on or after the Maturity Date.
Sanctioned Jurisdiction means any country, territory, or region that is the subject of comprehensive sanctions administered by OFAC or any other Governmental Authority of a jurisdiction whose laws apply to this Agreement or to any party hereto.
Sanctioned Person means (a) a Person that is the subject of sanctions administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State (State), including by virtue of being (i) named on OFACs list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons; (ii) organized under the laws of, ordinarily resident in, or physically located in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction; (iii) owned or controlled 50% or more in the aggregate, by one or more Persons that are the subject of sanctions administered by OFAC; (b) a Person that is the subject of sanctions maintained by the European Union (E.U.), including by virtue of being named on the E.U.s Consolidated list of persons, groups and entities subject to E.U. financial sanctions or other, similar lists; (c) a Person that is the subject of sanctions maintained by the United Kingdom (U.K.), including by virtue of being named on the Consolidated List Of Financial Sanctions Targets in the U.K. or other, similar lists; or (d) a Person that is the subject of sanctions imposed by any Governmental Authority of a jurisdiction in which any Covered Entity is organized or does business.
Scheduled Maturity Date means September 29, 2023.
SEC means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Secured Parties means each Purchaser Party, each SPV Entity Indemnified Party and each Affected Person.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or otherwise modified from time to time.
Seller has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Seller Obligations means all Prior Agreement Outstanding Amounts and all present and future indebtedness, reimbursement obligations and other liabilities and obligations (howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or due or to become due) of the Seller to any Purchaser Party, SPV Entity Indemnified Party and/or any
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Affected Person, arising under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and shall include, without limitation, all obligations of the Seller in respect of the SPV Entity Guaranty and the payment of all Capital and Yield on the Investments, all Fees and all other amounts due or to become due under the Transaction Documents (whether in respect of fees, costs, expenses, indemnifications or otherwise), including, without limitation, interest, fees and other obligations that accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding with respect to the Seller (in each case whether or not allowed as a claim in such proceeding).
Seller Obligations Final Due Date means the earlier to occur of (a) the date occurring 365 days following the Scheduled Maturity Date and (b) the date on which the Maturity Date is declared or deemed to have occurred under Section 9.01.
Sellers Limited Liability Company Agreement means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Seller, dated as of November 21, 2014, between NCR, as sole initial member, and Michelle Dreyer, as independent manager and special member.
Sellers Net Worth means, at any time of determination, an amount equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables at such time, plus (B) cash Collections held by the Seller, minus (ii) the sum of (A) the Aggregate Capital at such time, plus (B) the Aggregate Yield at such time, plus (C) the aggregate accrued and unpaid Fees at such time, plus (D) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Subordinated Notes at such time, plus (E) the aggregate accrued and unpaid interest on all Subordinated Notes at such time, plus (F) without duplication, the aggregate accrued and unpaid other Seller Obligations at such time.
Servicer has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Servicer Indemnified Amounts has the meaning set forth in Section 12.02(a).
Servicer Indemnified Party has the meaning set forth in Section 12.02(a).
Servicing Fee means the fee referred to in Section 8.06(a) of this Agreement.
Servicing Fee Rate means the rate referred to in Section 8.06(a) of this Agreement.
Settlement Date means with respect to any Portion of Capital for any Yield Period or any Fees, (i) prior to the Maturity Date, the Monthly Settlement Date and (ii) on and after the Maturity Date, each day selected from time to time by the Administrative Agent (with the consent or at the direction of the Majority Group Agents) (it being understood that the Administrative Agent (with the consent or at the direction of the Majority Group Agents) may select such Settlement Date to occur as frequently as daily) or, in the absence of such selection, the Monthly Settlement Date.
Sold Assets has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).
Sold Receivables means, collectively, (i) the Pool Receivables specified as Sold Receivables on the Initial Schedule of Sold Receivables, (ii) all additional Pool Receivables specified as Sold Receivables on the Investment Requests delivered with respect to all subsequent Investments made hereunder and (iii) all additional Pool Receivables designated as
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Sold Receivables and transferred by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.01(b) in connection with a Release as contemplated by the first paragraph in Section 3.01(a).
Solvent means, with respect to any Person and as of any particular date, (i) the present fair value of the assets of such Person exceeds the liabilities of such Person, (ii) the fair value of the assets of such Person exceeds the probable liability on such Persons debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person is able to pay its debts as they mature, (iv) such Persons capital is not unreasonably small for the business in which it is engaged and (v) such Person is not an insolvent person within the meaning of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada).
Specifically Reserved Maintenance Revenue Amount means the lesser of (i) the amount then included in the deferred revenue liability reported on the Originators books and records in respect of payments made by Persons that are Obligors on Eligible Receivables for goods or services that have not yet been delivered or performed by the Originators (and, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any portion of such deferred revenue liability in respect of outstanding Receivables, rather than payments, that remain subject to the performance of additional services or delivery of additional goods by Originators) and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables then owing by such Obligors.
Spot Rate means, on any day, with respect to the determination of the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, the exchange rate at which such Alternative Currency may be exchanged into U.S. Dollars as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m. New York City time, on such day as published on the Bloomberg Key Cross-Currency Rates Page for such Alternative Currency; provided that in the event that such rate does not appear on any Bloomberg Key Cross Currency Rates Page, the Spot Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be selected by the Administrative Agent and is reasonably satisfactory to the SPV Entities, or, in the absence of such an agreement, such Spot Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 11:00 a.m. New York time, on such date for the purchase of U.S. Dollars with the applicable Alternative Currency for delivery two (2) Business Days later; provided, that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SPV Entity has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
SPV Entity Guaranty has the meaning set forth in Section 14.01.
SPV Entity Indemnified Amounts has the meaning set forth in Section 12.01(a).
SPV Entity Indemnified Party has the meaning set forth in Section 12.01(a).
Structuring Agent means PNC Capital Markets LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company.
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Subject Cardtronics Account means that certain deposit account maintained by Cardtronics USA, Inc., with Zions Bancorporation, N.A. dba Amegy Bank identified by an account number ending with x0288.
Subject Cardtronics Canada Receivable means any Receivable for which the Originator is Cardtronics Canada Holdings Inc. and which did not arise from the line of business transferred from NCR Canada Corp. to Cardtronics Canada Holdings Inc. on or about September 1, 2023.
Subject Cardtronics Receivables means any Receivables the Obligor of which has been instructed to deposit Collections into the Subject Cardtronics Account.
Subordinated Note has the meaning set forth in the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement.
Sub-Servicer has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(d).
Subsidiary means, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock of each class or other interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or other interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such entity are at the time owned, or management of which is otherwise controlled: (a) by such Person, (b) by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (c) by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
Taxes means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
Temporary Period means the period commencing on August 1, 2022 and ending on (but excluding) November 1, 2022.
Termination Event has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01. For the avoidance of doubt, a Termination Event shall occur only after applicable cure periods, if any, specified in Section 9.01 have expired, and any Termination Event that occurs shall be deemed to be continuing at all times thereafter unless and until waived in accordance with Section 13.01.
Total Reserves means, at any time of determination, the product of (a) the sum of: (i) the Yield Reserve Percentage, plus (ii) the greater of (x) the sum of the Concentration Reserve Percentage plus the Minimum Dilution Reserve Percentage and (y) the sum of the Loss Reserve Percentage plus the Dilution Reserve Percentage, plus (iii) the FX Reserve Percentage, times (b) the Adjusted Net Receivables Pool Balance on such day.
Transaction Documents means this Agreement, each Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Quebec Assignment Agreement, the Lock-Box Agreements, the Fee Letter, the Intercreditor Agreement, each Subordinated Note, any Performance Guaranty, the Sellers Limited Liability Company Agreement, the Canadian Guarantors Limited Partnership Agreement, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
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Transaction Information means any information provided to any Rating Agency for the purpose of such Rating Agency providing or proposing to provide a rating of any Notes or monitoring such rating including, without limitation, any such information relating to any SPV Entity, the Originators, the Servicers or the Pool Receivables.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the applicable jurisdiction.
Unbilled Receivable means, at any time, any Receivable as to which the invoice or bill with respect thereto has not yet been sent to the Obligor thereof.
Unmatured Termination Event means an event that but for notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a Termination Event.
Unsold Receivables means, at any time, all Pool Receivables that are not then Sold Receivables. For the avoidance of doubt, all Canadian Receivables shall be Unsold Receivables.
U.S. Collection Account means each Lock-Box Account other than any Canadian Collection Account.
U.S. Collection Account Bank means any Lock-Box Bank holding one or more U.S. Collection Accounts.
U.S. Dollar Equivalent means, on any date on which a determination thereof is to be made, with respect to (a) any amount denominated in U.S. Dollars, such amount and (b) any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, the U.S. Dollar equivalent of such amount of such Alternative Currency determined by referenced to the Spot Rate determined as of such determination date.
U.S. Dollars, USD and $ each mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.
U.S. Lock-Box means any Lock-Box related to a U.S. Collection Account.
U.S. Obligor means an Obligor that is a corporation or other business organization and is organized under the laws of the United States of America (or of a United States of America territory, district, state, commonwealth, or possession, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) or any political subdivision thereof.
U.S. Originator and U.S. Originators have the meaning given to the term Originator in the U.S. Purchase and Sale Agreement, as the same may be modified from time to time by adding new U.S. Originators or removing U.S. Originators, in each case, in accordance with the terms 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. Purchase and Sale Agreement means the Amended and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the U.S. Servicer, the U.S. Originators and the Seller, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
U.S. Receivable means each Receivable transferred (or purported to be transferred) to the Seller pursuant to the U.S. Purchase and Sale Agreement from time to time.
U.S. Servicer has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03(f)(ii)(D).
Victory means Victory Receivables Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
Withdrawal Liability means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
Withholding Agent means the Seller, any Servicer or the Administrative Agent.
Yield means, means an amount payable to each Purchaser in respect of its Capital accruing on each day when such Purchaser has Capital outstanding, which amount for any Purchasers Capital (or portion thereof) for any day during any Yield Period (or portion thereof) is the amount accrued on such Capital (or portion thereof) during such Yield Period (or portion thereof) in accordance with Section 2.03(b).
Yield Period means: (a) before the Maturity Date: (i) initially the period commencing on the date of the initial Investment pursuant to Section 2.01 (or in the case of any fees payable hereunder, commencing on the Closing Date) and ending on (but not including) the next Monthly Settlement Date and (ii) thereafter, each period commencing on such Monthly Settlement Date and ending on (but not including) the next Monthly Settlement Date and (b) on and after the Maturity Date, such period (including a period of one day) as shall be selected from time to time by the Administrative Agent (with the consent or at the direction of the Majority Group Agents) or, in the absence of any such selection, each period of 30 days from the last day of the preceding Yield Period.
Yield Rate means, for any day in any Yield Period for any Investment (or any portion of Capital thereof):
(a) if such Investment (or such portion of Capital thereof) is being funded by a Conduit Purchaser on such day through the issuance of Notes, the applicable CP Rate; or
(b) if such Investment (or such portion of Capital thereof) is being funded by any Purchaser on such day other than through the issuance of Notes (including, without limitation, if a Conduit Purchaser is then funding such Investment (or such portion or Capital thereof) under a Program Support Agreement, or if a Committed Purchaser is then funding such Investment (or such portion or Capital thereof)), the applicable Bank Rate;
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provided, however, that no provision of this Agreement shall require the payment or permit the collection of Yield in excess of the maximum permitted by Applicable Law; and provided, further, that Yield for any Capital (or such portion thereof) shall not be considered paid by any distribution to the extent that at any time all or a portion of such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason.
Yield Reserve Percentage means, at any time of determination:
1.50 x DSO x (BR + SFR) |
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360 |
where:
BR |
= | the Base Rate; | ||||
DSO |
= | the Days Sales Outstanding for the most recently ended Fiscal Month; and | ||||
SFR |
= | the Servicing Fee Rate. |
SECTION 1.02. Other Interpretative Matters. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9. All terms used in the PPSA in the Province of Ontario in relation to the Canadian Guarantor or the Canadian Receivables or any Related Security with respect thereto, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such PPSA. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all references herein to Article, Section, Schedule, Exhibit or Annex shall mean articles and sections of, and schedules, exhibits and annexes to, this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) references to any amount as on deposit or outstanding on any particular date means such amount at the close of business on such day; (b) the words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement (and the words thereof, therein and thereunder have a corresponding meaning when used with other agreements or documents); (c) references to any Section, Schedule or Exhibit are references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to such agreement (or the certificate or other document in which the reference is made), and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or definition; (d) the term including means including without limitation; (e) references to any Applicable Law where a particular date or timeframe is relevant refer to that Applicable Law as amended or otherwise modified and as in effect on such date or within such timeframe and, if applicable, includes any successor Applicable Law; (f) references to any agreement where a particular date or timeframe is relevant refer to that agreement as amended or otherwise modified and as in effect on such date or within such timeframe; (g) references to any Person include that Persons permitted successors and assigns; (h) headings and captions are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof; (i) unless otherwise provided, in the calculation of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the term from means from and including, and the terms to and until
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each means to but excluding; (j) terms in one gender include the parallel terms in the neuter and opposite gender; (k) references to any amount as on deposit or outstanding on any particular date means such amount at the close of business on such day and (l) the term or is not exclusive.
SECTION 1.03. References to Acts of the Canadian Guarantor. For greater certainty, where any reference is made in this Agreement or in any other agreement executed pursuant hereto or contemplated hereby to which the Canadian Guarantor, the Limited Partnership or the Canadian GP, as general partner for the Limited Partnership, is party, to an act to be performed by, an appointment to be made by, an obligation or liability of, an asset or right of, a discharge or release to be provided by, a suit or proceeding to be taken by or against, or a covenant, representation or warranty (other than relating to the constitution or existence of the Canadian GP or the Limited Partnership) by or with respect to, (i) the Canadian Guarantor, (ii) the Limited Partnership or (iii) the Canadian GP, such reference shall be construed and applied for all purposes herein and therein as if it referred to an act to be performed by, an appointment to be made by, an obligation or liability of, an asset or right of, a discharge or release to be provided by, a suit or proceeding to be taken by or against or a covenant, representation or warranty (other than relating to the constitution or existence of the Canadian Guarantor or the Limited Partnership) by or with respect to, the Canadian GP as general partner for the Limited Partnership.
ARTICLE II
TERMS OF THE PURCHASES AND INVESTMENTS
SECTION 2.01. Purchase Facility.
(a) Investments Upon a request by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.02, and on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, the Conduit Purchasers, ratably, in accordance with the aggregate of the Commitments of the Related Committed Purchasers with respect to each such Conduit Purchaser, severally and not jointly, may, in their sole discretion, make payments of Capital to the Seller from time to time, and if and to the extent any Conduit Purchaser does not make any such requested payment of Capital or if any Group does not include a Conduit Purchaser, the Related Committed Purchaser(s) for such Conduit Purchaser or the Committed Purchaser for such Group, as the case may be, shall, ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments, severally and not jointly, make such payments of Capital to the Seller, in either case, from time to time during the period from the Closing Date to the Maturity Date. Each such payment of Capital by a Purchaser to the Seller shall constitute an Investment hereunder for all purposes. Under no circumstances shall any Purchaser be obligated to make any Investment to the extent that, after giving effect to such Investment and all other Investments being made on such date:
(i) the Aggregate Capital would exceed the Facility Limit;
(ii) the sum of (A) the Capital of such Purchaser, plus (B) the aggregate outstanding Capital of each other Purchaser in its Group, would exceed the Group Commitment of such Purchasers Group;
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(iii) if such Purchaser is a Committed Purchaser, the aggregate outstanding Capital of such Committed Purchaser would exceed its Commitment; or
(iv) the Aggregate Capital would exceed the Capital Coverage Amount.
(b) Sale of Receivables and Other Sold Assets. In consideration of the Purchasers respective agreements to make Investments in accordance with the terms hereof, the Seller, on each Sale Date, hereby sells, assigns and transfers to the Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Purchasers according to their Capital as increased or reduced from time to time hereunder), all of the Sellers right, title and interest in, to and under all of the following, whether now or hereafter owned, existing or arising (collectively, the Sold Assets): (i) all Sold Receivables, (ii) all Related Security with respect to such Sold Receivables, (iii) all Collections with respect to such Sold Receivables and (iv) all proceeds of the foregoing. Such sales, assignments and transfers by the Seller shall, in each case, occur and be deemed to occur for all purposes in accordance with the terms hereof automatically without further action, notice or consent of any party.
(c) Intended Characterization as a Purchase and Sale. It is the intention of the parties to this Agreement that the transfer and conveyance of the Sellers right, title and interest in, to and under the Sold Assets to the Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Purchasers according to their Capital as increased or reduced from time to time hereunder) on each Sale Date pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute a purchase and sale and not a pledge for security, and such purchase and sale of the Sold Assets hereunder shall be treated as a sale for all purposes (except as provided in Sections 2.01(d) and 13.14 and 4.03(i)). For the avoidance of doubt, this clause (c) shall not be construed to limit or otherwise modify Section 4.05 or any rights, interests, liabilities or obligations of any party thereunder.
(d) Obligations Not Assumed. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to the contrary, the foregoing sale, assignment, transfer and conveyance set forth in Section 2.01(b) does not constitute, and is not intended to result in, the creation or an assumption by the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser of any obligation or liability of the Seller, any Originator, any Servicer, or any other Person under or in connection with all, or any portion of, any Sold Assets, all of which shall remain the obligations and liabilities of the Seller, the Originators, the Servicers and such other Persons, as applicable.
(e) Selection, Designation and Reporting of Sold Receivables. The Seller (or the U.S. Servicer on its behalf) shall select and identify from the Pool Receivables (other than Canadian Receivables) all Sold Receivables to be sold pursuant to Section 2.01(b) in its sole discretion; provided, however, that (i) the Seller shall select Sold Receivables from the Pool Receivables, and the Seller shall transfer pursuant to Section 2.01(b) 100% of its interest in such Sold Receivables, and (ii) the Seller shall not permit the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Sold Receivables to exceed the Aggregate Capital at any time. The Seller shall maintain (or cause a Servicer to maintain) books and records sufficient to readily identify the Sold Receivables. The Seller and a Servicer shall cause (i) all Sold Receivables to be identified on each Investment Request in accordance with Section 2.02(a) and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of each Obligors Sold Receivables to be identified on each Information Package delivered hereunder.
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SECTION 2.02. Making Investments; Return of Capital. (a) Each Investment hereunder shall be made on at least one (1) Business Days prior written request from the Seller to the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent in the form of an Investment Request attached hereto as Exhibit A. Each such request for an Investment shall be made no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day (it being understood that any such request made after such time shall be deemed to have been made on the following Business Day) and shall specify (i) the amount of the Investment(s) requested (which shall (x) not be less than $1,000,000 and shall be an integral multiple of $100,000 and (y) not cause the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Sold Receivables (after giving effect to the addition of Pool Receivables to the Sold Receivables in connection with such Investment) to (A) exceed the Aggregate Capital or (B) be less than the Aggregate Capital by $1,000,000 or more), (ii) the allocation of such amount among the Groups (which shall be ratable based on the Group Commitments), (iii) the account to which the proceeds of such Investment shall be distributed, (iv) the date such requested Investment is to be made (which shall be a Business Day) and (v) all Pool Receivables that are or, effective upon the making of such Investment, will be, Sold Receivables.
(b) On the date of each Investment, the Purchasers shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Article V and in accordance with the other conditions set forth in this Article II, make available to the Seller in same day funds an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such Investments requested, at the account set forth in the related Investment Request.
(c) Each Committed Purchasers obligation shall be several, such that the failure of any Committed Purchaser to make available to the Seller any funds in connection with any Investment shall not relieve any other Committed Purchaser of any obligation hereunder to make funds available on the date such Investments are requested (it being understood, that no Committed Purchaser shall be responsible for the failure of any other Committed Purchaser to make funds available to the Seller in connection with any Investment hereunder).
(d) The Seller shall return in full the outstanding Capital of each Purchaser on the Seller Obligations Final Due Date. Prior thereto, the Seller shall on each Settlement Date, reduce the outstanding Capital of the Purchasers to the extent required under Section 3.01 in accordance with such Section. Without limiting the foregoing, on each Settlement Date the Seller shall be obligated (without regard to the amount of Collections then available) to reduce the Capital of the Purchasers to the extent necessary to cause no Capital Coverage Deficit (determined using the Capital Coverage Amount calculated as of the last day of the preceding Fiscal Month assuming that the amount described in clause (a)(ii) of the definition of Capital Coverage Amount is zero) to exist. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller, in its discretion, shall have the right to make a reduction, in whole or in part, of the outstanding Capital of the Purchasers (together with any accrued Yield and Fees in respect of such reduction in Capital): (i) on any Business Day upon two (2) Business Days prior written notice (each, a Reduction Notice) thereof to the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent; provided, however, that each such reduction in Capital shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 and shall be an integral multiple of $100,000 or (ii) within the same Business Day if requested by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time), or on the following Business Day if requested after such time, and without any minimum amount requirement, for the purpose of curing any Capital Coverage Deficit.
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(e) The Seller may, at any time upon at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent, terminate the Facility Limit in whole or ratably reduce the Facility Limit in part; provided, however, that no such reduction shall reduce the Facility Limit to an amount less than the Aggregate Capital at such time (after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Capital pursuant to clause (f) below). Each partial reduction in the Facility Limit shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of $2,000,000 and shall be an integral multiple of $100,000, and no such reduction (other than a reduction of the Facility Limit to zero) shall reduce the Facility Limit to an amount less than $75,000,000. In connection with any partial reduction in the Facility Limit, the Commitment of each Purchaser shall be ratably reduced.
(f) In connection with any reduction of the Facility Limit and the corresponding Commitments of the Purchasers, the Seller shall remit to the Administrative Agent (i) instructions regarding such reduction and (ii) for payment to the Purchasers, cash in an amount sufficient to pay (A) the Capital of the Purchasers in each Group in excess of the Group Commitment of such Group following such reduction, (B) accrued Yield and Fees in respect of the portion of Capital being prepaid, (C) any associated Breakage Fees and (D) to the extent there are any other non-contingent Seller Obligations then due and owing by the Seller, the portion of the amount of such Seller Obligations described in clause (D) above equal to the ratio of the reduction of the Commitments being effected relative to the amount of the Commitments immediately prior to such reduction. Upon receipt of any such amounts, the Administrative Agent shall apply such amounts first to the reduction of the outstanding Capital, and second to the payment of any remaining outstanding Seller Obligations with respect to such reduction, including any Breakage Fees, by paying such amounts to the Purchasers.
SECTION 2.03. Yield and Fees.
(a) On each Settlement Date, the Seller shall, in accordance with the terms and priorities for payment set forth in Section 3.01, pay to each applicable Group Agent, each applicable Purchaser, the Administrative Agent and/or the Structuring Agent certain fees (collectively, the Fees) in the amounts set forth in the fee letter agreements from time to time entered into, among the Seller, the members of the applicable Group (or their Group Agent on their behalf) and/or the Administrative Agent or the Structuring Agent (each such fee letter agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, collectively being referred to herein as the Fee Letter).
(b) The Capital of each Purchaser shall accrue Yield on each day when such Capital remains outstanding at the then applicable Yield Rate for such Purchaser. The Seller shall pay all Yield, Fees and Breakage Fees accrued during each Yield Period on the immediately following Settlement Date in accordance with the terms and priorities for payment set forth in Section 3.01.
SECTION 2.04. Records of Investments and Capital. Each Group Agent shall record in its records, the date and amount of each Investment made by the Purchasers in its Group hereunder, the Yield Rate with respect to the related Capital (and each portion thereof), the Yield accrued thereon and each repayment and payment thereof. Subject to Section 13.03(c), such records shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error. The failure to so record any such information or
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any error in so recording any such information shall not affect the obligations of the Seller hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents.
ARTICLE III
SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES AND PAYMENT PROVISIONS
SECTION 3.01. Settlement Procedures.
(a) Each Servicer shall set aside and hold in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties (or, if so requested by the Administrative Agent, segregate in a separate account approved by the Administrative Agent), for application in accordance with the priority of payments set forth below, all Collections on Pool Receivables that are received by such Servicer or any SPV Entity or received in any Lock-Box or Lock-Box Account; provided, however, that (A) the Servicers may from time to time release to the applicable SPV Entity from such Collections received on Unsold Receivables the amount (if any) necessary to pay the purchase price for Receivables purchased by such SPV Entity on such date in accordance with the terms of the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement and (B) the U.S. Servicer may, on any day and if so requested by the Seller, release to the Seller all or a portion of such Collections received on Sold Receivables in exchange for the Seller designating on such day an equivalent amount (based on aggregate Outstanding Balances) of Unsold Receivables as new Sold Receivables on Sellers books and records pursuant to Section 2.01(e), which new Sold Receivables will be automatically and immediately sold by the Seller to the Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Purchasers) pursuant to Section 2.01(b) upon such release on such day (each such release of Collections described in clauses (A) and (B) above, a Release); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any Collections that are not so Released shall be held in trust by the Servicers for the benefit of the Secured Parties or segregated and held in a separate account approved by the Administrative Agent unless and until such Collections are Released or distributed on a Settlement Date, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof. On each Settlement Date, the Servicers (or, following its assumption of control of the Lock-Box Accounts, the Administrative Agent) shall, distribute such Collections in the following order of priority:
(i) first, to each Lock-Box Bank, the amount of any fees, costs or expenses payable to such Lock-Box Bank by any SPV Entity in connection with maintaining its related Lock-Box Account(s) to the extent that such Lock-Box Bank is permitted to debit or otherwise pay itself such fees, costs or expenses from funds on deposit in such Lock-Box Account(s) pursuant to the terms of the applicable Lock-Box Agreement; provided, that the payment of such fees, costs and expenses from Collections on deposit in such Lock-Box Accounts on days other than Settlement Dates in accordance with the terms of the applicable Lock-Box Agreements shall not constitute a breach or default under this Agreement for any purpose;
(ii) second, to each Servicer for the payment of the accrued Servicing Fees payable for the immediately preceding Yield Period (plus, if applicable, the amount of Servicing Fees payable for any prior Yield Period to the extent such amount has not been distributed to such Servicer) plus any applicable Canadian Sales Taxes thereon;
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(iii) third, to each Purchaser and other Purchaser Party (ratably, based on the amount then due and owing), all accrued and unpaid Yield and Fees and Breakage Fees due to such Purchaser and other Purchaser Party for the immediately preceding Yield Period, plus, if applicable, the amount of any such Yield, Fees and Breakage Fees payable for any prior Yield Period to the extent such amount has not been distributed to such Purchaser or Purchaser Party;
(iv) fourth, as set forth in clause (x) or (y) below, as applicable:
(x) prior to the occurrence of the Maturity Date, to the Purchasers (ratably, based on the aggregate outstanding Capital of each Purchaser at such time) for the payment of a portion of the outstanding Aggregate Capital at such time, an aggregate amount (if any) necessary to cause no Capital Coverage Deficit (determined using the Capital Coverage Amount calculated as of the last day of the preceding Fiscal Month assuming that the amount described in clause (a)(ii) of the definition of Capital Coverage Amount is zero) to exist; or
(y) on and after the occurrence of the Maturity Date, to each Purchaser (ratably, based on the aggregate outstanding Capital of each Purchaser at such time) for the payment in full of the aggregate outstanding Capital of such Purchaser at such time;
(v) fifth, to the Purchaser Parties, the Affected Persons, the SPV Entity Indemnified Parties and the Lock-Box Bank (ratably, based on the amount due and owing at such time), for the payment of all other Seller Obligations then due and owing by any SPV Entity to the Purchaser Parties, the Affected Persons, the SPV Entity Indemnified Parties and the Lock-Box Bank (including any amounts payable under Sections 4.01, 4.03, 12.01 or 13.04 or under the Lock-Box Agreement);
(vi) sixth, to each SPV Entity, the amount of any accrued and unpaid interest on the Subordinated Notes, which amount the applicable SPV Entity shall pay to the applicable Originator(s);
(vii) seventh, prior to the occurrence of the Maturity Date, at the election of the Seller and in accordance with Section 2.02(d), to the payment of all or any portion of the outstanding Capital of the Purchasers at such time (ratably, based on the aggregate outstanding Capital of each Purchaser at such time);
(viii) eighth, to the applicable SPV Entity, the amount of any unpaid purchase price payable by such SPV Entity to the Originators for Pool Receivables under the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement to the extent required to be paid in cash on such Settlement Date, which amount the applicable SPV Entity shall pay to the applicable Originator(s);
(ix) ninth, to each SPV Entity, the amount of any principal then due and payable on the Subordinated Notes, which amount such SPV Entity shall pay to the applicable Originator(s); and
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(x) tenth, the remaining balance, if any, to each SPV Entity for its own account.
If any Servicer receives any cash payments or cash distributions from any SPV Entity or from Collections during any Yield Period (including in respect of Servicing Fees, expenses, or dividends) at any time during which a Capital Coverage Deficit existed or resulted from such payments or distributions (other than payments or distributions made to such Servicer on Settlement Dates pursuant to Section 3.01(a)), such Servicer shall return the amount of all such payments and distributions to such SPV Entity on the first Settlement Date following such Yield Period to be treated as Collections and applied in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 3.01(a); provided, however, that such Servicer may net from the amount it is required to return to any SPV Entity, the amount (if any) that would otherwise be paid to such Servicer on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 3.01(a) from available Collections (including Collections returned to any SPV Entity by such Servicer pursuant to this paragraph and by the Originators pursuant to Section 3.4 of the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement). If any delay by such Servicer to pay over such amounts causes any SPV Entity to incur the obligation to pay additional interest or fees in respect of such amounts, such Servicer shall additionally pay over to such SPV Entity, to treated as Collections and applied in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 3.01(a), an amount sufficient to compensate such SPV Entity for the amount of such interest and fees.
Amounts payable pursuant to clauses first through fifth above shall be paid first from available Collections on Sold Receivables and other Sold Assets, second, to the extent necessary in order to make all such payments in full, from Collections on Unsold Receivables that are U.S. Receivables and other Pledged Collateral relating to U.S. Receivables, and third, to the extent necessary in order to make all such payments in full, from Collections on Unsold Receivables that are Canadian Receivables and other Pledged Collateral relating to Canadian Receivables, which Collections on Unsold Receivables that are Canadian Receivables and other Pledged Collateral relating to Canadian Receivables shall be applied in satisfaction of the Canadian Guarantors obligations under its SPV Entity Guaranty. Sellers right to receive payments (if any) from time to time pursuant to clauses sixth through tenth above shall, to the extent arising from Collections on Sold Receivables, constitute compensation to the Seller for the Sellers provision of the SPV Entity Guaranty and the Purchaser Parties interests in the Pledged Collateral of the Seller. The Canadian Guarantors right to receive payments (if any) from time to time pursuant to clauses sixth through tenth above shall, to the extent arising from Pledged Collateral, constitute (i) first, reimbursement of the Canadian Guarantor of any amounts paid under its SPV Entity Guaranty and (ii) second, compensation to the Canadian Guarantor for the Canadian Guarantors provision of its SPV Entity Guaranty and the Purchaser Parties interests in the Pledged Collateral of the Canadian Guarantor.
(b) All payments or distributions to be made by any Servicer, any SPV Entity and any other Person to the Purchasers (or their respective related Affected Persons and the SPV Entity Indemnified Parties), shall be paid or distributed to the related Group Agent at its Group Agents Account. Each Group Agent, upon its receipt in the applicable Group Agents Account of any such payments or distributions, shall distribute such amounts to the applicable Purchasers, Affected Persons and the SPV Entity Indemnified Parties within its Group ratably; provided that if such Group Agent shall have received insufficient funds to pay all of the above amounts in full on any such date, such Group Agent shall pay such amounts to the applicable Purchasers, Affected
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Persons and the SPV Entity Indemnified Parties within its Group in accordance with the priority of payments set forth above, and with respect to any such category above for which there are insufficient funds to pay all amounts owing on such date, ratably (based on the amounts in such categories owing to each such Person in such Group) among all such Persons in such Group entitled to payment thereof.
(c) If and to the extent the Administrative Agent, any Purchaser Party, any Affected Person or any SPV Entity Indemnified Party shall be required for any reason to return to any SPV Entity or any underlying Obligor (including to any trustee, receiver, custodian or similar official thereof as a result of any Insolvency Proceeding with respect to such SPV Entity or such Obligor) any amount received on its behalf hereunder, such amount shall be deemed not to have been so received but rather to have been retained by such SPV Entity and, accordingly, the Administrative Agent, such Purchaser Party, such Affected Person or such SPV Entity Indemnified Party, as the case may be, shall have a claim (which claim may be contingent or subject to defenses) against such SPV Entity for such amount.
(d) If on any day any Originator is required to make a cash payment of Deemed Collections to any SPV Entity under any Purchase and Sale Agreement, such SPV Entity shall deposit (or cause to be deposited) the amount of such Deemed Collections to a Lock-Box Account for application as Collections in accordance with Section 3.01(a). Each SPV Entity shall promptly enforce the Originators obligations to pay Deemed Collections in accordance with the terms of the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement.
(e) Except as otherwise required by Applicable Law or the relevant Contract and subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, all Collections received from a Pool Obligor in payment of any Pool Receivable shall be applied to the Receivables of such Obligor in the order of the age of such Receivables, starting with the oldest such Receivable, unless such Obligor designates in writing its payment for application to specific Receivables.
SECTION 3.02. Payments and Computations, Etc. (a) All amounts to be paid by any SPV Entity or any Servicer to the Administrative Agent, any Purchaser Party, any Affected Person or any SPV Entity Indemnified Party hereunder shall be initiated by wire transfer no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the day when due in same day funds to the applicable Group Agents Account.
(b) Each SPV Entity and each Servicer shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, pay interest on any amount not paid by it when due hereunder, at an interest rate per annum equal to 2.00% per annum above the Base Rate, payable on demand and compounded monthly on each Monthly Settlement Date.
(c) All computations of interest under subsection (b) above and all computations of Yield, Fees and other amounts hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days (or, in the case of amounts determined by reference to the Base Rate, 365 or 366 days, as applicable) for the actual number of days (including the first but excluding the last day) elapsed. Whenever any payment or deposit to be made hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment or deposit shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of such payment or deposit.
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(d) Solely for purposes of reporting information regarding the Pool Receivables, the Net Receivables Pool Balance and the Capital Coverage Amount in any Information Package, Investment Request or similar report or certification, the portion of the Pool Receivables aggregate Outstanding Balance that (x) is subject to potential set-off or a similar right of offset or that remains subject to the performance of additional services or delivery of additional goods by the Originators or (y) constitutes an Eligible Unbilled Receivable, the applicable SPV Entity and the applicable Servicer shall either (i) report the actual amount thereof or (ii) report an estimate of such amount calculated in manner and using assumptions approved by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the applicable Servicer, and reporting such an estimate shall not be deemed to constitute a default under or breach of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. For the avoidance of doubt, the reporting and use of such an estimated amount pursuant to this paragraph shall not derogate from (x) any obligation of the Seller to ensure that no Capital Coverage Deficit exists based upon the actual portion of the Pool Receivables aggregate Outstanding Balance that is subject to potential set-off or a similar right of offset or that remains subject to the performance of additional services or delivery of additional goods by the Originators or (y) any obligation of the Seller or any Servicer to notify the other parties hereto that a Capital Coverage Deficit exists based upon such actual amounts.
(e) Conversion of Currencies. On any day when any computation or calculation hereunder requires the aggregation of amounts denominated in more than one currency, all amounts that are denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be converted to the U.S. Dollar Equivalent on such day.
(f) Interest Act (Canada). For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) and disclosure thereunder, whenever any yield, interest or fee to be paid under any Transaction Document is to be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, the yearly rate of interest to which the rate used in such calculation is equivalent is the rate so used multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year in which the same is to be ascertained and divided by 360. The rates of interest under this Agreement are nominal rates, and not effective rates or yields. The principle of deemed reinvestment of interest does not apply to any interest calculation under this Agreement.
(g) Criminal Interest. If any provision of this Agreement would oblige the Canadian Guarantor to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Committed Purchaser in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by Applicable Law or would result in a receipt by that Committed Purchaser of interest at a criminal rate (as such terms are construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)), then, notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by Applicable Law or so result in a receipt by that Committed Purchaser of interest at a criminal rate.
ARTICLE IV
INCREASED COSTS; FUNDING LOSSES; TAXES; ILLEGALITY AND SECURITY INTEREST
SECTION 4.01. Increased Costs.
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(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Affected Person (except any reserve requirement reflected in the LIBOR Rate);
(ii) subject any Affected Person to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) clauses (b) through (e) of Excluded Taxes and (C) Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income, capital, profits or revenue) on its loans, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii) impose on any Affected Person or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral, this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, any Program Support Agreement, or any Investment made by, or supported by, such Affected Person;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Affected Person of (A) acting as the Administrative Agent, a Group Agent or a Purchaser hereunder or as a Program Support Provider with respect to a Purchaser for the transactions contemplated hereby, (B) funding or maintaining any Investment(or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Investment) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Affected Person hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then, beginning on the Settlement Date following the Fiscal Month during which the Seller received written demand therefor, the Seller will pay to such Affected Person, in accordance with Section 3.01(a), such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Affected Person for such additional costs or expenses incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Affected Person determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements or liquidity has had or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Affected Persons capital as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of or the Investments made or supported by such Affected Person, in each case to a level below that which such Affected Person could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Affected Persons policies with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then, beginning on the Settlement Date following the Fiscal Month during which the Seller received written demand therefor, the Seller will pay to such Affected Person, in accordance with Section 3.01(a), such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Affected Person for any such reduction suffered.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Group Agent or Purchaser on behalf of the related Affected Person setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Affected Person as specified in clause (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Seller shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Affected Person to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Affected
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Persons right to demand such compensation; provided that the Seller shall not be required to compensate an Affected Person pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or expenses incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Affected Person (or its related Group Agent or Purchaser on its behalf) notifies the Seller of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions and of such Affected Persons intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 4.02. Funding Losses.
(a) The Seller will pay each Purchaser all Breakage Fees.
(b) A certificate of a Purchaser (or its Group Agent on its behalf) setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Purchaser, as specified in clause (a) above and delivered to the Seller shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Seller shall, subject to the priorities of payment set forth in Section 3.01, pay such Purchaser the amount shown as due on any such certificate beginning on the first Settlement Date following the Fiscal Month during which the Seller received such certificate.
SECTION 4.03. Taxes.
(a) Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up. Each payment by or on account of any obligation of the Seller (including, for avoidance of doubt, by the Canadian Guarantor) or a Receivable under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to any Affected Person shall be made without withholding for any Taxes, unless such withholding is required by any Applicable Law. If any Withholding Agent determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it is so required to withhold Taxes, then such Withholding Agent may so withhold and shall timely pay the full amount of withheld Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law. If such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, then the amount payable by the Seller shall be increased as necessary so that, net of such withholding (including such withholding applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section), the applicable Affected Person receives the amount it would have received had no such withholding been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the SPV Entities. Each SPV Entity shall timely pay or cause to be paid any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or, at the option of the Administrative Agent, timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(c) Evidence of Payment. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by or on behalf of the Seller to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Agreement, the Seller shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Indemnification by the Seller. The Seller shall indemnify each Affected Person receiving any payment under any Transaction Document for any (i) Indemnified Taxes that are paid or payable by such Affected Person in connection with this Agreement (including
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Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts paid or payable under this paragraph) 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, and (ii) any liability or loss (including associated costs to defend or report) of an Affected Person arising from Investments not treated by a Governmental Authority consistent with the Intended Tax Treatment. The indemnity under this paragraph shall be paid by the Seller beginning on the Settlement Date following the Fiscal Month during which the Seller receives a certificate from the related Group Agent of such Affected Person (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) stating the amount of any Indemnified Taxes so paid or payable by such Affected Person and describing in reasonable detail the basis for the indemnification claim. Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.
(e) Indemnification of the Administrative Agent by Affected Persons. Each Affected Person shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent (i) for any Taxes (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes, only to the extent that the Seller has not already indemnified (or is not already scheduled to indemnify) the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Seller to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to the failure of such Purchaser, its Related Conduit Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates that are Affected Persons to comply with Section 13.03(f) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Purchaser, its Related Conduit Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates that are Affected Persons, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Transaction Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. The indemnity under this paragraph shall be paid by the Settlement Date following the Fiscal Month during which the Administrative Agent delivers to the applicable Affected Person a certificate stating the amount of Taxes so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent. Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.
(f) Status of Purchasers. (i) Any Purchaser that is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, any applicable withholding Tax with respect to any payments under any Transaction Document shall deliver to each Withholding Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by such Withholding Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by such Withholding Agent as will permit such payments to be made without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding. In addition, any Purchaser receiving any payment under any Transaction Document, if requested by any Withholding Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by law or reasonably requested by such Withholding Agent as will enable such Withholding Agent to determine whether or not such Purchaser is subject to any withholding (including backup withholding) or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in clauses (A) through (E) of paragraph (f)(ii) below) shall not be required if in such Purchasers judgment such completion, execution or submission would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Purchaser. Upon the reasonable request of any Withholding Agent, an Purchaser shall update any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section 4.03(f). If any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section 4.03(f) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect with respect to any Purchaser, such Purchaser shall
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promptly (and in any event within 10 days after such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy) notify each Withholding Agent in writing of such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy and update the form or certification if it is legally eligible to do so. Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Withholding Agent shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that it is not legally able to deliver.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Purchaser receiving any payment under any Transaction Document shall, if it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to each Withholding Agent (in such number of copies as is reasonably requested by such Withholding Agent) on or prior to the date on which such Purchaser becomes a party hereto (or if not a party hereto, on or prior to the date on which it would, contingently or otherwise, become entitled to any payments hereunder), duly completed and executed copies of whichever of the following is applicable:
(A) in the case of a Purchaser receiving a payment under any Transaction Document that is a U.S. Person, IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Purchaser is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;
(B) in the case of a Purchaser receiving a payment under any Transaction Document, other than a U.S. Person, that is claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party (1) with respect to payments of interest under this Agreement, 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 (2) with respect to any other applicable payments under this Agreement, 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;
(C) in the case of a Purchaser receiving a payment under any Transaction Document, other than a U.S. Person, for whom payments under this Agreement constitute income that is effectively connected with such Purchasers conduct of a trade or business in the United States of America, IRS Form W-8ECI;
(D) in the case of a Purchaser receiving a payment under any Transaction Document, other than a U.S. Person, claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, both (1) IRS Form W?8BEN (or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable) and (2) a certificate to the effect that such Purchaser is not (x) a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (y) a 10 percent shareholder of the Seller within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code or (z) a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (each, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate);
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(E) in the case of a Purchaser receiving a payment under any Transaction Document, other than a U.S. Person, that is not the beneficial owner of payments made under this Agreement (including a partnership or a participating Purchaser), (1) an IRS Form W-8IMY on behalf of itself and (2) the relevant forms prescribed in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (F) of this paragraph (f)(ii) that would be required of each such beneficial owner, partner of such partnership or participant if such beneficial owner, partner or participant were a Purchaser; provided that if such Purchaser is a partnership and one or more of its partners are claiming the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, such Purchaser may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate on behalf of such partners; or
(F) any other form prescribed by law as a basis for claiming exemption from, or a reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax, together with such supplementary documentation as shall be necessary to enable each Withholding Agent to determine the amount of Tax (if any) required by Applicable Law to be withheld.
(iii) If a payment received by a Purchaser under any Transaction Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Purchaser 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 Purchaser shall deliver to any Withholding Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by such Withholding 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 Withholding Agent as may be necessary for such Withholding Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Purchaser has or has not complied with such Purchasers obligations under FATCA and, as necessary, to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (f)(iii), FATCA shall include any and all amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with FATCA.
(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any Affected Person 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 (including additional amounts paid pursuant to this Section), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of such Affected Person and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). In the event such Affected Person is required to repay such refund to the relevant Governmental Authority, such indemnifying party shall repay to such Affected Person , upon the request of the related Group Agent on behalf of such Affected Person (or in the event such indemnifying party is the Seller, in accordance with Section 3.01(a) beginning on the Settlement Date following the Fiscal Month during which the Seller has received such request), the amount of the refund paid by such Affected Person to such indemnifying party pursuant to the prior
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sentence (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph, in no event will any Affected Person be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph if such payment would place such Affected Person in a less favorable position (on a net after-Tax basis) than such Affected Person would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any Affected Person 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) Survival. Each partys obligations under this Section 4.03 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Purchaser Party or any other Affected Person, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the Seller obligations and any Servicers obligations hereunder.
(i) Intended Tax Treatment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Transaction Document, all parties to this Agreement covenant and agree to treat each Investment under this Agreement as debt (and all Yield as interest) for all U.S. federal, state, local and franchise tax purposes and agree not to take any position on any tax return inconsistent with the foregoing.
(j) References to Applicable Law. All references to Applicable Law in this Section 4.03 shall be deemed to include FATCA.
SECTION 4.04. Inability to Determine LMIR; Change in Legality.
(a) If any Group Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto) on any day, by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank Eurodollar market, either that: (i) U.S. Dollar deposits in the relevant amounts and for the relevant day are not available, (ii) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR Rate for such day or (iii) the LIBOR Rate determined pursuant hereto does not accurately reflect the cost to the applicable Affected Person (as conclusively determined by such Group Agent) of maintaining any Portion of Capital during such day, such Group Agent shall promptly give telephonic notice of such determination, confirmed in writing, to the Seller on such day. Upon delivery of such notice: (i) no Portion of Capital shall be funded thereafter at the Bank Rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate unless and until such Group Agent shall have given notice to the Seller that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist and (ii) with respect to any outstanding Portion of Capital then funded at the Bank Rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate, such Bank Rate shall automatically and immediately be converted to the Bank Rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
(b) If on any day, any Group Agent shall have been notified by any Affected Person that such Affected Person has determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive) that any Change in Law, or compliance by such Affected Person with any Change in Law, shall make it unlawful or impossible for such Affected Person to fund or maintain any Portion of Capital at or by reference to the LIBOR Rate, such Group Agent shall notify the Seller and the
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Administrative Agent thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, until the applicable Group Agent notifies the Seller and the Administrative Agent that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer apply, (i) no Portion of Capital shall be funded at or by reference to the LIBOR Rate and (ii) the Yield for any outstanding portions of Capital then funded at the Bank Rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate shall automatically and immediately be converted to the Bank Rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
SECTION 4.05. Back-Up Security Interest.
(a) If, notwithstanding the intent of the parties stated in Section 2.01(c), the sale, assignment and transfer of any Sold Assets to the Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Purchasers) hereunder (including pursuant to Section 2.01(b)) is not treated as a sale for all purposes (except as provided in Sections 2.01(d) and 13.14), then such sale, assignment and transfer of such Sold Assets shall be treated as the grant of a security interest by the Seller to the Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Purchasers) to secure the payment and performance of all the Sellers obligations to the Administrative Agent, the Purchasers and the other Secured Parties hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents (including all Seller Obligations). Therefore, as security for the performance by the Seller of all the terms, covenants and agreements on the part of the Seller to be performed under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including the punctual payment when due of the Aggregate Capital and all Yield and all other Seller Obligations, the Seller (i) hereby affirms its grant of a security interest pursuant to the Prior Agreement in the portion of Collateral (as defined in the Prior Agreement) comprised of the Sold Assets and (ii) hereby grants to the Administrative Agent for its benefit and the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in, all of the Sellers right, title and interest in, to and under all of the Sold Assets, whether now or hereafter owned, existing or arising.
(b) The Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have, with respect to all the Sold Assets, and in addition to all the other rights and remedies available to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties), all the rights and remedies of a secured party under any applicable UCC. The Seller hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) to file financing statements describing the collateral covered thereby as all of the debtors personal property or assets or words to that effect, notwithstanding that such wording may be broader in scope than the collateral described in this Agreement.
(c) For the avoidance of doubt, (i) the grant of security interest pursuant to this Section 4.05 shall be in addition to, and shall not be construed to limit or modify, the sale of Sold Assets pursuant to Section 2.01(b) or the Sellers grant of security interest pursuant to Section 14.09, (ii) nothing in Section 2.01 shall be construed as limiting the rights, interests (including any security interest), obligations or liabilities of any party under this Section 4.05, and (iii) subject to the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), this Section 4.05 shall not be construed to contradict the intentions of the parties set forth in Section 2.01(c).
SECTION 4.06. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Affected Persons.
(a) If any Affected Person requests compensation under Section 4.01, or if the Seller is required to pay any additional amount to any Affected Person or to any Governmental
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Authority for the account of any Affected Person pursuant to Section 4.03, then such Affected Person shall (at the request of the Seller) use commercially reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking the related Investments hereunder or to assign and delegate (or cause to be assigned and delegated) such Affected Persons rights and obligations hereunder to another office, branch or Affiliate of such Affected Person if, in the judgment of such Affected Person, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 4.01 or 4.03, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Affected Person to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Affected Person. The Seller hereby agrees to pay all reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Affected Person in connection with any such designation or assignment and delegation.
(b) If (i) any Affected Person requests compensation under Section 4.01, (ii) the Seller is required to pay any additional amount to any Affected Person or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Affected Person pursuant to Section 4.03, (iii) any Affected Person has become a Defaulting Purchaser Party or (iv) any Affected Person has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that requires the consent of each Group Agent (or the Group Agent of each affected Group) and with respect to which the Majority Group Agents shall have or would have granted their consent (any such Affected Person identified in clause (iv), a Non-Consenting Affected Person), then the Seller may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the related Group Agent and the Administrative Agent, require such Group Agent to cause the related Affected Person to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to all applicable transfer restrictions), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to another appropriate Person (which, in the case of a Purchaser, shall be an Eligible Assignee) that shall acquire such interest or, in the case of a Committed Purchaser, assume such Committed Purchasers obligations (which assignee may, in each case, be an existing Purchaser); provided that (A) the Seller shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld (provided that no such consent from a Non-Consenting Affected Person or its Affiliates shall be required, and any Non-Consenting Affected Person and its Affiliates shall be excluded from any determination of the Majority Group Agents for such purpose), (B) such Affected Person, if a Purchaser, shall have received payment of an amount equal to its outstanding Capital and, if applicable, accrued Yield and Fees thereon and all other amounts then owing to it hereunder from the assignee or the Seller, (C) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 4.01 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 4.03, such assignment is expected to result in a reduction in such compensation or payments for future periods and (D) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the failure of an Affected Person to provide a consent, the assignee shall have given such consent and, as a result of such assignment and delegation and any contemporaneous assignments and delegations and consents, the applicable amendment, waiver, discharge or termination can be effected. An Affected Person shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver or consent by such Affected Person or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Seller to require such assignment and delegation have ceased to apply.
SECTION 4.07. Successor LIBOR Rate.
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(a) Announcements Related to LIBOR. On March 5, 2021, the ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator of LIBOR (the IBA) and the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, the regulatory supervisor for the IBA, announced in a public statement the future cessation or loss of representativeness of overnight/Spot Next, 1-week, 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, 6-month and 12-month USD LIBOR tenor settings (collectively, the Cessation Announcements). The parties hereto acknowledge that, as a result of the Cessation Announcements, a Benchmark Transition Event occurred on March 5, 2021 with respect to USD LIBOR under clauses (1) and (2) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event below; provided however, no related Benchmark Replacement Date occurred as of such date.
(b) Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Transaction Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event, an Early Opt-in Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, 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) or (2) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Transaction 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 Transaction Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (3) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Transaction 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 Group Agents without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Group Agents comprising the Majority Group Agents.
(c) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, 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 Transaction 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 Transaction Document.
(d) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Seller and the Group Agents of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event, an Early Opt-in Election, or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date, (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 paragraph (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 Group Agent (or Majority Group Agents) pursuant to this Section 4.07 including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the
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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 Transaction Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 4.07.
(e) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Transaction 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 or USD LIBOR) 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 Yield 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 subclause (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 Yield Period for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(f) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Sellers receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Seller may revoke any request for an Investment (or Capital thereof) accruing Yield based on USD LIBOR, conversion to or continuation of Investments accruing Yield (or Capital thereof) based on USD LIBOR to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Seller will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for an Investment of or conversion to Investments accruing Yield under the Base Rate. 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 the Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.
(g) Term SOFR Transition Event. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Transaction Document and subject to the proviso below in this paragraph, if a Term SOFR 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 (i) the applicable Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder or under any Transaction Document in respect of such Benchmark setting (the Secondary Term SOFR Conversion Date) and subsequent Benchmark settings, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; and (ii) Capital outstanding on the Secondary Term SOFR Conversion Date accruing yield based on the then-current Benchmark shall be deemed to have been converted to Capital accruing yield at the Benchmark Replacement with a tenor approximately the same length as the yield payment period of the then-current Benchmark; provided that, this paragraph (g) shall not be effective unless the Administrative Agent has delivered to the Group Agents and
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the Seller a Term SOFR Notice. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to deliver a Term SOFR Notice after a Term SOFR Transition Event and may do so in its sole discretion.
(h) Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Section 4.07:
Available Tenor means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if the then current Benchmark is a term rate or is based on a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark that is or may be used for determining the length of any Yield Period 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 Yield Period pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 4.07, or (y) if the then current Benchmark is not a term rate nor based on a term rate, any payment period for yield calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Agreement as of such date. For the avoidance of doubt, the Available Tenor for LMIR is one month.
Benchmark means, initially, USD LIBOR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event, an Early Opt-in Election, or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to USD LIBOR or the then-current Benchmark, then Benchmark means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 4.07.
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:
(1) the sum of: (a) Term SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
(2) the sum of: (a) Daily Simple SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
(3) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Seller 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 U.S. Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
provided that, in the case of clause (1), such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is 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;
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provided, further, that, in the case of an Other Benchmark Rate Election, the Benchmark Replacement shall mean the alternative set forth in clause (3) above and when such clause is used to determine the Benchmark Replacement in connection with the occurrence of an Other Benchmark Rate Election, the alternate benchmark rate selected by the Administrative Agent and the Seller shall be the term benchmark rate that is used in lieu of a USD LIBOR-based rate in relevant other U.S. Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities; provided, further, that, with respect to a Term SOFR Transition Event, on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date, the Benchmark Replacement shall revert to and shall be determined as set forth in clause (1) of this definition. If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1), (2) or (3) 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 Transaction Documents.
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement:
(1) for purposes of clauses (1) and (2) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement, the applicable amount(s) set forth below:
Available Tenor |
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment | |
One-Week |
0.03839% (3.839 basis points) | |
One-Month |
0.11448% (11.448 basis points) | |
Two-Months |
0.18456% (18.456 basis points) | |
Three-Months |
0.26161% (26.161 basis points) | |
Six-Months |
0.42826% (42.826 basis points) |
* | These values represent the ARRC/ISDA recommended spread adjustment values available here: https://assets.bbhub.io/professional/sites/10/IBOR-Fallbacks-LIBOR-Cessation_Announcement_20210305.pdf |
(2) for purposes of clause (3) 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 Seller 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 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 U.S. Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities;
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provided that, if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate, more than one tenor of such Benchmark is available as of the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement will not be a term rate, the Available Tenor of such Benchmark for purposes of this definition of Benchmark Replacement Adjustment shall be deemed to be the Available Tenor that has approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustments) as the payment period for yield calculated with reference to such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement.
Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of Base Rate, the definition of Business Day, the definition of Yield Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of yield, timing of investment 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 Replacement 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 Replacement 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 Transaction Documents).
Benchmark Replacement Date means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the 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);
(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the date determined by the Administrative Agent, which date shall promptly follow the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein;
(3) in the case of a Term SOFR Transition Event, the date that is set forth in the Term SOFR Notice provided to the Group Agents and the Seller pursuant to this Section 4.07, which date shall be at least 30 days from the date of the Term SOFR Notice; or
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(4) in the case of an Early Opt-in Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, the sixth (6th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, is provided to the Group Agents, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, is provided to the Group Agents, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-in Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, from Group Agents comprising the Majority Group Agents.
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 the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the 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 a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent, the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 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 the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), 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
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(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) or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer 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 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 the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Transaction Document in accordance with this Section 4.07 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Transaction Document in accordance with this Section 4.07.
Corresponding Tenor with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest or yield payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
Daily Simple SOFR means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining Daily Simple SOFR for business loans; provided, that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.
Early Opt-in Election means, if the then-current Benchmark is USD LIBOR, the occurrence of:
(1) a notification by the Administrative Agent to (or the request by the Seller to the Administrative Agent to notify) each of the other parties hereto that at least five currently outstanding U.S. Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time contain (as a result of amendment or as originally executed) a SOFR-based rate (including SOFR, a term SOFR or any other rate based upon SOFR) as a benchmark rate (and such syndicated credit facilities are identified in such notice and are publicly available for review), and
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(2) the joint election by the Administrative Agent and the Seller to trigger a fallback from USD LIBOR and the provision by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Group Agents.
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 USD LIBOR or, if no floor is specified, zero.
Other Benchmark Rate Election means, if the then-current Benchmark is USD LIBOR, the occurrence of: (x) either (i) a request by the Seller to the Administrative Agent , or (ii) notice by the Administrative Agent to the Seller, that, at the determination of the Seller or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, U.S. Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time contain (as a result of amendment or as originally executed), in lieu of a USD LIBOR based rate, a term benchmark rate that is not a SOFR-based rate as a benchmark rate, and (y) the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and the Seller jointly elect to trigger a fallback from USD LIBOR and the provision, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Seller and the Group Agents.
Reference Time with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is USD LIBOR, 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day that is two London banking days preceding the date of such setting, and (2) if such Benchmark is not USD LIBOR, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
Relevant Governmental Body means the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
SOFR means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrators Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
SOFR Administrator means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
SOFR Administrators Website means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 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.
Term SOFR means, for the applicable Corresponding Tenor as of the applicable Reference Time, the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
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Term SOFR Notice means a notification by the Administrative Agent to the Group Agents and the Seller of the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event.
Term SOFR Transition Event means the determination by the Administrative Agent that (1) Term SOFR has been recommended for use by the Relevant Governmental Body, and is determinable for each Available Tenor, (2) the administration of Term SOFR is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent and (3) a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not in the case of an Other Benchmark Rate Election), has previously occurred resulting in a Benchmark Replacement in accordance with Section 4.07 that is not Term SOFR.
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
USD LIBOR means the London interbank offered rate for U.S. Dollars which, for the purposes of this Agreement, shall include LMIR and the Euro Rate.
(i) This Section 4.07 provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest in the event that the London interbank offered rate is no longer available or in certain other circumstances. 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 the London interbank offered rate or other rates in the definition of LIBOR Rate or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate therefor.
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND INVESTMENTS
SECTION 5.01. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness and the Initial Investment. This Agreement shall become effective as of the Closing Date when (a) the Administrative Agent shall have received each of the documents, agreements (in fully executed form), opinions of counsel, lien search results, UCC filings, PPSA filings, certificates and other deliverables listed on the closing memorandum attached as Exhibit G hereto, in each case, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (b) all fees and expenses due and payable by any SPV Entity on the Closing Date to the Purchaser Parties have been paid in full in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents.
SECTION 5.02. Conditions Precedent to All Investments. Each Investment hereunder on or after the Closing Date shall be subject to the conditions precedent that:
(a) the Seller shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent an Investment Request for such Investment in accordance with Section 2.02(a);
(b) the Servicers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent a pro forma Information Package, reflecting the Aggregate Capital, Total Reserves
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and the Capital Coverage Amount, each as calculated after giving effect to the proposed Investment;
(c) none of the conditions specified in Section 2.01(i) through (iv) shall exist after giving effect to such Investment;
(d) on the date of such Investment the following statements shall be true and correct (and upon the occurrence of such Investment, each SPV Entity and each Servicer shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such statements are then true and correct):
(i) the representations and warranties of each SPV Entity and each Servicer contained in Sections 6.01 and 6.02 are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Investment as though made on and as of such date unless such representations and warranties by their terms refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date;
(ii) no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, and no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event would result from such Investment;
(iii) no Capital Coverage Deficit exists or would exist after giving effect to such Investment; and
(e) the Maturity Date shall not have occurred.
SECTION 5.03. Conditions Precedent to All Releases. Each Release hereunder on or after the Closing Date shall be subject to the conditions precedent that:
(a)(i) after giving effect to such Release, the Servicers shall be holding in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties or shall have segregated in a separate account approved by the Administrative Agent, in either case, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 3.01(a), an amount of Collections sufficient to pay the sum of all accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees, Yield, Fees and Breakage Fees and, the amount of all other non-contingent Seller Obligations that are then due and owing and (ii) no Capital Coverage Deficit shall have existed as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Month;
(b) Each SPV Entity shall use the proceeds of such Release solely to pay the purchase price for Receivables purchased by such SPV Entity in accordance with the terms of the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement; and
(c) on the date of such Release the following statements shall be true and correct (and upon the occurrence of such Release, each SPV Entity and each Servicer shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such statements are then true and correct):
(i) the representations and warranties of such SPV Entity and such Servicer contained in Sections 6.01 and 6.02 are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Release as though made on and as of such date unless such
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representations and warranties by their terms refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date;
(ii) no Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, and no Termination Event would result from such Release; and
(iii) the Maturity Date has not occurred.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 6.01. Representations and Warranties of the SPV Entities. Each SPV Entity represents and warrants as of the Closing Date, as of each day on which an Investment or Release shall have occurred and as of each Settlement Date occurring prior to the Final Payout Date or acceleration under Article XI:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is a limited liability company and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted. The Limited Partnership is a limited partnership duly formed and validly existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, and has full power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted. The Canadian GP is the sole general partner for the Limited Partnership and is a corporation, validly existing in good standing under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, and has full power and authority to act as the general partner of the Limited Partnership.
(b) Due Qualification. Such Person is duly qualified to do business, is in good standing as a foreign entity and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification, licenses or approvals, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Power and Authority; Due Authorization. Such Person (i) has all necessary power and authority to (A) execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, (B) perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (C) grant a security interest in the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral to the Administrative Agent on the terms and subject to the conditions herein provided and (ii) has duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company, limited partnership or corporate action, as applicable, such grant and the execution, delivery and performance of, and the consummation of the transactions provided for in, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(d) Binding Obligations. This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which such Person is a party constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of such Person, enforceable against such Person in accordance with their respective terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii)
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as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(e) No Conflict or Violation. The execution, delivery and performance of, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof, will not (i) violate any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under its organizational documents or any material agreement or instrument to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim upon any of the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral pursuant to the terms of any agreement to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or (iii) violate in any material respect any Applicable Law.
(f) Litigation and Other Proceedings. (i) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of such Person based on written notice received by it, threatened, against such Person before any Governmental Authority and (ii) such Person is not subject to any order, judgment, decree, injunction, stipulation or consent order of or with any Governmental Authority that, in the case of either of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), (A) asserts the invalidity of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (B) seeks to prevent the grant of a security interest in any Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral by such Person to the Administrative Agent, the ownership or acquisition by such Person of any Pool Receivables or other Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (C) seeks any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the performance by such Person of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or (D) individually or in the aggregate for all such actions, suits, proceedings and investigations would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Governmental Approvals. Except where the failure to obtain or make such authorization, consent, order, approval or action would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all authorizations, consents, orders and approvals of, or other actions by, any Governmental Authority that are required to be obtained by such Person in connection with the grant of a security interest in the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral to the Administrative Agent hereunder or the due execution, delivery and performance by such Person of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party and the consummation by such Person of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect.
(h) Margin Regulations. Such Person is not engaged, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meanings of Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System).
(i) Taxes.
(i) Each SPV Entity has filed all material Tax returns required by Applicable Law to have been filed by it and has paid all material Taxes required by
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Applicable Law to be paid by it, other than any such Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established.
(ii) The Seller is, and has at all relevant times been, classified as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes and has not made any election under U.S. Treasury Regulation § 301.7701-3 to be classified as anything other than a disregarded entity that is disregarded as separate from a U.S. Person. The Seller is not subject to any Tax in any jurisdiction outside the United States. The Seller is not subject to any material amount of Taxes imposed by a state or local taxing authority. The Canadian Guarantor is not subject to any withholding Tax or net income Tax in Canada.
(iii) The Limited Partnership is, and at all relevant times has been since formation, a Canadian partnership for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada). Neither the Limited Partnership nor the Canadian GP is subject to any Tax in any jurisdiction outside Canada. The Limited Partnership is not and has not at any relevant time been a SIFT partnership as defined in Part IX.1 of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
(j) Solvency. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, such Person is Solvent.
(k) Jurisdiction of Organization; Legal Name. The Sellers sole jurisdiction of organization is the State of Delaware and such jurisdiction has not changed within the four months prior to the date of this Agreement. The legal name of the Seller is NCR Receivables LLC. The sole jurisdiction or organization of the Limited Partnership is the Province of Ontario, Canada, and the sole jurisdiction of organization of the Canadian GP is the Province of Ontario, Canada, neither such jurisdiction has changed since its formation. The legal name of the Limited Partnership is NCR Canada Receivables LP and the legal name of the Canadian GP is NCR Canada Receivables GP Corp.
(l) Investment Company Act. Such Person is not, and is not controlled by, an Investment company registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act. Such Person is not a covered fund under Section 13 of the U.S. Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder (the Volcker Rule). In determining that such Person is not a covered fund under the Volcker Rule, although other exemptions or exclusions under the Investment Company Act may apply, such Person relies on the exemption from the definition of investment company set forth in Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment Company Act and does not rely solely on the exemption from the definition of investment company set forth in Section 3(c)(1) and/or 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act.
(m) No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of formation of such Person there has been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to such Person.
(n) Accuracy of Information. All Information Packages, Investment Requests, certificates, reports, statements, documents and other information furnished or caused to be furnished to the Administrative Agent or any other Purchaser Party by such Person or by any Servicer on such Persons behalf pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any other
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Transaction Document, or in connection with or pursuant to any amendment or modification of, or waiver under, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, is, at the time the same are so furnished, true and correct in all material respects on the date the same are furnished to the Administrative Agent or such other Purchaser Party (other than forward-looking or projected information, with respect to which no representation or warranty is made, and otherwise as subsequently corrected as the Administrative Agent or such other Purchaser Party, as applicable, have deemed acceptable), and when taken as a whole, and in light of the circumstances in which and the purposes for which they were furnished, do not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.
(o) Sanctions and other Anti-Terrorism Laws. No: (i) Covered Entity: (x) is a Sanctioned Person, nor any employees, officers, directors, affiliates, consultants, brokers or agents acting on a Covered Entitys behalf in connection with this Agreement is a Sanctioned Person; (y) directly, or indirectly through any third party, engages in any transactions or other dealings with any Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Jurisdiction, or which otherwise are prohibited by any Applicable Laws of the United States or Applicable Laws of other applicable jurisdictions relating to economic sanctions and other Anti-Terrorism Laws; (ii) Pledged Collateral or Sold Asset is Embargoed Property.
(p) Transaction Information. None of such Persons nor any Affiliate of any such Persons acting on its behalf has delivered any Transaction Information to any Rating Agency without providing such Transaction Information to the applicable Group Agent prior to delivery to such Rating Agency. None of such Persons nor any Affiliate of any such Person acting on its behalf has participated in any oral communications with any Rating Agency in which such Person or such Affiliate has provided any Transaction Information without the participation of the applicable Group Agent.
(q) Perfection Representations.
(i) This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC or PPSA) in such Persons right, title and interest in, to and under the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral.
(ii) The security interest of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral has been perfected (or solely with respect to the Closing Date and the initial Investments and initial Releases hereunder will be perfected on or prior to the fifth Business Day following the Closing Date).
(iii) The Receivables included in any calculation of the Capital Coverage Amount (x) if a U.S. Receivable, constitute accounts or general intangibles or tangible chattel paper within the meaning of Section 9-102 of the UCC and (y) if a Canadian Receivable, constitutes an account within the meaning of the PPSA.
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(iv) The Seller owns and has good and marketable title (or in the case of U.S. Receivables constituting Sold Receivables, owned and had good and marketable title immediately prior to its sale thereof) to the U.S. Receivables and Related Security free and clear of any Adverse Claim. The Canadian Guarantor owns and has good and marketable equitable title to the Canadian Receivables and all Related Security with respect to the Canadian Receivables, free and clear of any Adverse Claim of any Person.
(v) All appropriate financing statements, financing statement amendments, continuation statements, financing change statements and similar filings have been filed (or, solely with respect to the Closing Date and the initial Investments and initial Releases hereunder, will be filed on or prior to the fifth Business Day following the Closing Date) in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under Applicable Law in order to perfect (and continue the perfection of) the sale of the Pool Receivables and Related Security from each Originator to such Person pursuant to the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Quebec Assignment Agreement and the Administrative Agents security interest in the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral.
(vi) Other than the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement, such Person has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral except as permitted by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. Such Person has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements or similar filings filed against such Person that include a description of collateral covering the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral other than any financing statement (i) in favor of the Administrative Agent, (ii) that has been terminated or (iii) that has been addressed in a manner consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent. Such Person is not aware of any judgment lien, ERISA lien or tax lien filings against such Person that have not been addressed in a manner consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent.
(vii) The U.S. Servicer is holding all chattel paper evidencing Pool Receivables in its possession or control as bailee for the Secured Parties and the Seller at the locations identified in Schedule IV, in the Electronic Invoice System or in other electronic document management systems (which may include document storage systems provided by third party vendors used in the ordinary course of the U.S. Servicers business).
(r) The Lock-Boxes and Lock-Box Accounts.
(i) Nature of Lock-Box Accounts. Each U.S. Collection Account constitutes a deposit account within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
(ii) Ownership. Each U.S. Lock-Box and U.S. Collection Account is in the name of the Seller, and the Seller owns and has good and marketable title to the U.S.
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Collection Accounts free and clear of any Adverse Claim. On and after the First Post-Closing Date, each Canadian Lock-Box and Canadian Collection Account will be or is in the name of the Canadian Guarantor, and the Canadian Guarantor owns and will have or has good and marketable title to the Canadian Collection Accounts free and clear of any Adverse Claim.
(iii) Control. Such Person has delivered, or in the case of the New Lock-Box Accounts, will have delivered on or prior to the First Post-Closing Date, to the Administrative Agent a fully executed Lock-Box Agreement relating to each Lock-Box and Lock-Box Account, pursuant to which each applicable Lock-Box Bank has agreed to comply with the instructions originated by the Administrative Agent directing the disposition of funds in such Lock-Box and Lock-Box Account without further consent by such Person, any Servicer or any other Person.
(iv) Instructions. Except for the New Lock-Box Accounts, neither the Lock-Boxes nor the Lock-Box Accounts are in the name of any Person other than the Seller or Canadian Guarantor. In the case of the New Lock-Box Accounts, on and after the First Post-Closing Date, such Lock-Box Accounts and the related Lock-Boxes will be in the name of the Canadian Guarantor. Since the Closing Date (or in the case of the New Lock-Box Accounts, since the First Post-Closing Date), neither such Person nor any Servicer has consented to the applicable Lock-Box Bank complying with instructions of any other Person other than the Administrative Agent.
(s) Ordinary Course of Business. Each remittance of Collections by or on behalf of such Person to the Purchaser Parties under this Agreement will have been (i) in payment of a debt incurred by such Person in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of such Person and (ii) made in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of such Person.
(t) Compliance with Applicable Law. Such Person has complied in all material respects with all Applicable Laws to which it is subject.
(u) Bulk Sales Act. No transaction contemplated by this Agreement requires compliance by it with any bulk sales act or similar law.
(v) Eligible Receivables. Each Receivable included as an Eligible Receivable in the calculation of the Net Receivables Pool Balance in any Information Package or in connection with any Investment or Release is an Eligible Receivable as of the date of such Information Package, Investment or Release.
(w) Opinions. The facts regarding such Person, any Servicer, each Originator, the Pool Receivables, the Related Security and the related matters set forth or assumed in the opinions of counsel relating to true sale and substantive non-consolidation matters delivered in connection with this Agreement and the Transaction Documents are true and correct in all material respects.
(x) Liquidity Coverage Ratio. Such Person has not issued any LCR Restricted Interests except in accordance with Section 7.01(v). Such Person further represents and warrants that it is a consolidated subsidiary of NCR under generally accepted accounting principles.
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(y) Beneficial Ownership Rule. As of the Closing Date, the Seller is an entity that is organized under the laws of the United States or of any state and is a Majority Owned Subsidiary of a Listed Entity and is excluded on that basis from the definition of Legal Entity Customer as defined in the Beneficial Ownership Rule.
(z) Service of Process. Solely with respect to the Canadian Guarantor, under the Applicable Laws of Canada, neither Canadian Guarantor nor any of its respective revenues, assets or properties has any right of immunity from service of process or from the jurisdiction of competent courts of Canada or the United States or the State of New York in connection with any suit, action, litigation, arbitration or proceeding, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of a judgment or execution of a judgment or from any other legal process with respect to its obligations under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the representations and warranties contained in this Section shall survive until the Final Payout Date.
SECTION 6.02. Representations and Warranties of the Servicers. Each Servicer represents and warrants as of the Closing Date, as of each day on which an Investment or Release shall have occurred and as of each Settlement Date occurring prior to the Final Payout Date or acceleration under Article XI:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The U.S. Servicer is a duly organized and validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with the power and authority under its organizational documents and under the laws of the State of Maryland to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted. The Canadian Servicer is a duly organized and validly existing unlimited company in good standing under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, with the power and authority under its organizational documents and under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted.
(b) Due Qualification. Such Person is duly qualified to do business, is in good standing as a foreign entity and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business or the servicing of the Pool Receivables as required by this Agreement requires such qualification, licenses or approvals, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Power and Authority; Due Authorization. Such Person has all necessary power and authority to (i) execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (ii) perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the execution, delivery and performance of, and the consummation of the transactions provided for in, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by such Person by all necessary corporate action.
(d) Binding Obligations. This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of such Person,
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enforceable against such Person in accordance with their respective terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(e) No Conflict or Violation. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which such Person is a party, the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by such Person will not (i) violate any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the organizational documents of such Person or any material agreement or instrument to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such agreement to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or (iii) conflict with or violate any Applicable Law, except to the extent that any such default, Adverse Claim or violation would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Litigation and Other Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending, or to the knowledge of such Person based on written notice received by it threatened, against such Person before any Governmental Authority: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents; (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the performance by such Person of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents.
(g) No Consents. Such Person is not required to obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval, registration, authorization or declaration of or with any Governmental Authority in connection with the execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party that has not already been obtained or the failure of which to obtain would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) Compliance with Applicable Law. Such Person (i) has maintained in effect all qualifications required under Applicable Law as are necessary to properly service the Pool Receivables and (ii) has complied in all material respects with all Applicable Law in connection with servicing the Pool Receivables.
(i) Accuracy of Information. All Information Packages, Investment Requests, certificates, reports, statements, documents and other information prepared or caused to be prepared by, or prepared at the direction of, such Person and furnished by it to the Administrative Agent or any other Purchaser Party pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or in connection with or pursuant to any amendment or modification of, or waiver under, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, is, at the time the same are so furnished, true and correct in all material respects on the date the same are furnished to the
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Administrative Agent or such other Purchaser Party (other than forward-looking or projected information, with respect to which no representation or warranty is made, and otherwise as subsequently corrected as the Administrative Agent or such other Purchaser Party, as applicable, have deemed acceptable), and when taken as a whole, and in light of the circumstances in which and the purposes for which they were furnished, do not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.
(j) Location of Records. The offices where such Person keeps all of its records relating to the servicing of the Pool Receivables are located at the addresses set forth in Schedule IV.
(k) Credit and Collection Policy. With respect to each Pool Receivable, such Person has complied in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy.
(l) Eligible Receivables. Each Receivable included as an Eligible Receivable in the calculation of the Net Receivables Pool Balance in any Information Package or in connection with any Investment or Release was an Eligible Receivable as of the date of such Information Package, Investment or Release.
(m) Servicing Programs. No license or approval is required for the Administrative Agents use of any software or other computer program used by such Person, any Originator or any Sub-Servicer in the servicing of the Pool Receivables, other than those which have been obtained and are in full force and effect.
(n) Servicing of Pool Receivables. Since the date of NCRs most recent annual report on form 10-K filed under the Exchange Act, there has been no material adverse change in the ability of such Person to service and administer the collection of the Pool Receivables.
(o) No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of NCRs most recent annual report on form 10-K filed under the Exchange Act, there has been no Material Adverse Effect on such Person.
(p) Investment Company Act. Such Person is not an investment company, or a company controlled by an investment company, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
(q) No Sanctions. No: (a) Covered Entity: (i) is a Sanctioned Person, nor any employees, officers, directors, affiliates, consultants, brokers or agents acting on a Covered Entitys behalf in connection with this Agreement is a Sanctioned Person; (ii) directly, or indirectly through any third party, engages in any transactions or other dealings with any Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Jurisdiction, or which otherwise are prohibited by any Applicable Laws of the United States or Applicable Laws of other applicable jurisdictions relating to economic sanctions and other Anti-Terrorism Laws; (b) Sold Asset or Pledged Collateral is Embargoed Property.
(r) Transaction Information. Neither such Person nor any Affiliate of such Person acting on its behalf has delivered any Transaction Information to any Rating Agency without providing such Transaction Information to the applicable Group Agent prior to delivery
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to such Rating Agency. Neither such Person nor any Affiliate of such Person acting on its behalf has participated in any oral communications with any Rating Agency in which such Person or such Affiliate has provided any Transaction Information without the participation of the applicable Group Agent.
(s) Financial Condition. The consolidated balance sheets of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2021 and the related statements of income and shareholders equity of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter then ended, copies of which have been furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Group Agents, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in accordance with GAAP.
(t) Bulk Sales Act. No transaction contemplated by this Agreement requires compliance by it with any bulk sales act or similar law.
(u) Taxes. Such Person has filed all material Tax returns required by Applicable Law to have been filed by it and has paid all material Taxes required by Applicable Law to be paid by it, other than any such Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established.
(v) Opinions. The facts regarding the Seller, Canadian Guarantor, such Person, each Originator, the Pool Receivables, the Related Security and the related matters set forth or assumed in the opinions of counsel relating to true sale and substantive non-consolidation matters delivered in connection with this Agreement and the Transaction Documents are true and correct in all material respects.
(w) Chattel Paper. The U.S Servicer holds all chattel paper in its possession or control that evidence Pool Receivables as bailee for the Secured Parties and the Seller, and shall not transfer possession or control of such chattel paper to any third party without the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Group Agents. All such chattel paper is held at the locations identified in Schedule IV, in the Electronic Invoice System or in other electronic document management systems (which may include document storage systems provided by third party vendors used in the ordinary course of the U.S. Servicers business).
(x) Service of Process. Solely with respect to the Canadian Servicer, under the Applicable Laws of Canada, neither the Canadian Servicer, nor any of its revenues, assets or properties has any right of immunity from service of process or from the jurisdiction of competent courts of Canada or the United States or the State of New York in connection with any suit, action, litigation, arbitration or proceeding, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of a judgment or execution of a judgment or from any other legal process with respect to its obligations under this Agreement.
(y) Canadian Defined Benefit Plan. No Canadian Originator has sponsored, maintained, contributed to, or otherwise incurred liability under any Canadian Defined Benefit Plan.
(z) Canadian Tax Residency. No Canadian Originator is a non-resident of Canada for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the representations contained in this Section shall survive until the Final Payout Date.
ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS
SECTION 7.01. Covenants of the SPV Entities. At all times from the Closing Date until the Final Payout Date:
(a) Payment of Principal and Yield. The Seller shall duly and punctually pay Capital, Yield, Fees and all other amounts payable by the Seller hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Existence. The Seller shall keep in full force and effect its existence and rights as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Limited Partnership shall keep in full force and effect its existence and rights as a limited partnership formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, and the Canadian GP shall keep in full force and effect its existence and rights as a corporation under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Each SPV Entity shall obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral.
(c) Financial and Other Reporting. Each SPV Entity will maintain a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and each SPV Entity (or any Servicer on its behalf) shall furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent:
(i) Annual Financial Statements of each SPV Entity. Promptly upon completion and in no event later than 90 days after the close of each fiscal year of each SPV Entity, annual unaudited financial statements of such SPV Entity certified by a Financial Officer of such SPV Entity that they fairly present in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP, the financial condition of such SPV Entity as of the date indicated and the results of its operations for the periods indicated.
(ii) Information Packages. As soon as available and in any event not later than three (3) Business Days prior to each Monthly Settlement Date, an Information Package as of the most recently completed Fiscal Month.
(iii) Other Information. Within a reasonable time following any such request, such additional information regarding the Pool Receivables or the operations, business or financial condition of any SPV Entity, any Servicer or any Originator as the Administrative Agent or any Group Agent may from time to time reasonably request as it deems reasonably necessary to protect the interests of the Administrative Agent, the Group Agents or the other Secured Parties with respect to the Pool Receivables or their respective rights and remedies under the Transaction Documents.
(iv) Quarterly Financial Statements of the Servicers. As soon as available and in no event later than 45 days following the end of each of the first three
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fiscal quarters in each of the Servicers fiscal years, (i) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and statements of income of each Servicer and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such fiscal quarter, in each case setting forth comparative figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter in the prior fiscal year, all of which shall be certified by a Financial Officer of each Servicer that they fairly present in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP, the financial condition of each Servicer and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations for the periods indicated, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes and (ii) managements discussion and analysis of the important operational and financial developments during such fiscal quarter.
(v) Annual Financial Statements of the Servicers. Within 90 days after the close of each of the Servicers fiscal years, the consolidated balance sheet of each Servicer and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows for such fiscal year setting forth comparative figures for the preceding fiscal year, all reported on by independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing (without a going concern or like qualification or exception) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP, the financial condition of each Servicer and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations for the periods indicated.
(vi) Other Reports and Filings. Promptly (but in any event within ten days) after the filing or delivery thereof, copies of all financial information, proxy materials and reports, if any, which any Servicer or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries shall publicly file with the SEC or deliver to holders (or any trustee, agent or other representative therefor) of any of its material Debt pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing the same.
(vii) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any financial information, proxy statements or other material required to be delivered pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall be deemed to have been furnished to each of the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent on the date that such report, proxy statement or other material is posted on the SECs website at www.sec.gov.
(d) Notices. Each SPV Entity (or a Servicer on its behalf) will notify the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent in writing of any of the following events promptly upon (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after) a Financial Officer learning of the occurrence thereof, with such notice describing the same, and if applicable, the steps being taken by the Person(s) affected with respect thereto:
(i) Notice of Termination Events. A statement of a Financial Officer of each SPV Entity describing any Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event that has occurred and is continuing and the action, if any, which each SPV Entity proposes to take with respect thereto.
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(ii) Litigation. The institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or governmental proceeding against any SPV Entity, any Servicer or any Originator, which with respect to any Person other than such each SPV Entity, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) Adverse Claim. Any Person shall obtain an Adverse Claim upon the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral or any portion thereof (including with respect to any Lock-Box, Lock-Box Account and any Collections).
(iv) Name Changes. At least thirty (30) days (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent in writing) before any change in any Originators or any SPV Entitys name, jurisdiction of organization or formation, registered office, chief executive office, or principal place of business, its addition of a French name or any other change requiring the amendment of UCC financing statements or PPSA financing statements or other similar filings under any Applicable Law, a notice setting forth such changes and the proposed effective date thereof.
(v) Change in Accounting Policy. Any material change in any accounting policy of any SPV Entity or any Originator that would reasonably be expected to affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (it being understood that any change to the manner in which any Originator accounts for the Pool Receivables shall be deemed material for such purpose).
(vi) Purchase and Sale Termination Date. The occurrence of any Purchase and Sale Termination Date with respect to all remaining Originators under, and as defined in, any Purchase and Sale Agreement.
(vii) Material Adverse Effect. Promptly after the occurrence thereof, notice of any Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Conduct of Business. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under the Transaction Documents (including pursuant to and in accordance with Section 7.01(l)), each SPV Entity will carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise as it is presently conducted. Each SPV Entity will do all things necessary to remain duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a domestic organization in its jurisdiction of organization and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Compliance with Applicable Laws. Each SPV Entity will comply with all Applicable Laws to which it may be subject, except where the failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Furnishing of Information and Inspection of Receivables. Each SPV Entity will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent from time to time such information with respect to the Pool Receivables and the other Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral as the Administrative Agent or any Group Agent may reasonably request. Each SPV Entity will, during regular business hours and with reasonable prior written notice, permit the
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Administrative Agent and each Group Agent, their respective agents or representatives and/or certified public accountants or other auditors acceptable to the Administrative Agent, to: (A) examine and make copies of and abstracts from all books and records relating to the Pool Receivables or other Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral, (B) visit the offices and properties of such SPV Entity for the purpose of examining such books and records, (C) discuss matters relating to the Pool Receivables, the other Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral or such SPV Entitys performance hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party with any of the officers, directors, employees or independent public accountants of such SPV Entity, to the extent reasonably available, having knowledge of such matters and (D) conduct a review of its books and records with respect to such Pool Receivables and other Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral (each inspection and audit described in clauses (A) though (D) above, an Inspection). Each SPV Entity shall reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Group Agents for their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with one such Inspection per twelve-month period (which Inspection shall include any related inspections of any Servicer and any Originators) and the Administrative Agent and Group Agents will each bear their own costs and expenses for any additional Inspections during such twelve-month period; provided, that each SPV Entity shall also reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Group Agents for their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with any additional Inspections that the Administrative Agent and the Group Agents deem desirable to conduct while any Termination Event has occurred and is continuing. In connection with any such Inspection, (1) to the extent no applicable confidentiality agreement is already in place with respect to such Person, each Person conducting such Inspection (including any third party certified public accounting firms or auditing firms) shall have agreed in writing to maintain the confidentiality of any SPV Entitys and its Affiliates confidential non-public information on terms reasonably acceptable to the parties thereto (it being understood that terms substantially comparable to the terms of confidentiality agreements previously agreed to by any SPV Entity or its Affiliates with respect to inspections of the Receivables shall be reasonably acceptable) and (2) the Administrative Agent and the Group Agents shall conduct, and shall cause their respective agents, representatives, accountants and auditors to conduct, such Inspection in a commercially reasonable manner so as to minimize any burden (financial or otherwise) on any SPV Entity and its Affiliates and any disruption to the business and operations of any SPV Entity and its Affiliates (it being understood and agreed that an Inspection conducted in a substantially similar manner and scope as that conducted by the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date shall be deemed commercially reasonable).
(h) Payments on Pool Receivables; Lock-Box Accounts. Each SPV Entity (or a Servicer on its behalf) will, and will cause each Originator to, instruct all Pool Obligors to deliver all payments on the Pool Receivables to a Lock-Box Account or a Lock-Box. Each SPV Entity (or a Servicer on its behalf) will, and will cause each Originator to, maintain such books and records necessary to identify Collections received from time to time on Pool Receivables and necessary to segregate such Collections from other property of the Servicers and the Originators. If any Collections are received by such SPV Entity, a Servicer or an Originator other than in a Lock-Box Account, it shall hold such payments in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and promptly (but in any event within two (2) Business Days after receipt) remit such funds into a Lock-Box Account. If any funds other than Collections (or other proceeds of the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral) are deposited into any Lock-Box Account, each SPV Entity (or a Servicer on its behalf) will, within two (2) Business Days, identify
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and transfer such funds to the appropriate Person entitled to such funds. Each SPV Entity shall only add a Lock-Box Account (or a related Lock-Box) or a Lock-Box Bank to those listed on Schedule II to this Agreement, if the Administrative Agent has received notice of such addition and an executed and acknowledged copy of a Lock-Box Agreement (or an amendment thereto) in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent from the applicable Lock-Box Bank (or pursuant to other arrangements consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent). No SPV Entity shall terminate a Lock-Box Bank or close a Lock-Box Account (or a related Lock-Box) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller and the U.S.
Servicer shall be permitted to (x) instruct Obligors in respect of Subject Cardtronics Receivables to deliver payments on Subject Cardtronics Receivables to the Subject Cardtronics Account so long as such Obligors were directed to pay to the
Subject Cardtronics Account prior to the Closing Date
and, (y) instruct obligors with respect to Excluded Receivables to deliver payments in respect of such Excluded Receivables to a U.S. Collection Account (Commingled Excluded Receivables)
and (z) instruct Obligors in respect of Subject Cardtronics Canada Receivables to deliver payments on
Subject Cardtronics Receivables to any deposit account. If a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event shall have occurred and is continuing, then the Seller (or the U.S. Servicer on its
behalf) shall cause all Collections received in the Subject Cardtronics Account to be transferred into a U.S. Collection Account within two (2) Business Days of receipt. If at any time the Administrative Agent (acting in its sole discretion) so
instructs the Seller or U.S. Servicer in writing, the Seller (or the U.S. Servicer on its behalf) shall cause the Subject Cardtronics Account to (i) be assigned or novated from Cardtronics USA, Inc., to the Seller, (ii) become subject to a
Lock-Box Agreement and (iii) become, and meet all requirements hereunder for, a Lock-Box Account, in each case, within not more than thirty (30) days after the Sellers or U.S. Servicers receipt of such notice; provided,
however that at (x) at no time shall the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables that are Subject Cardtronics Receivables plus the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Commingled Excluded Receivables exceed 5.0%
of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables then in the Receivables Pool and (y) the Seller (or the U.S. Servicer on its behalf) shall maintain such books and records necessary to identify and differentiate Collections relating to
Subject Cardtronics Receivables and Commingled Excluded Receivables from other Collections and amounts received by it (or an Affiliate thereof).
(i) Sales, Liens, etc. Except as otherwise provided herein, no SPV Entity will sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to, any Pool Receivable or other Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral.
(j) Extension or Amendment of Pool Receivables. Except as otherwise permitted in Section 8.02, (i) no SPV Entity will, and will not permit any Servicer to, alter the delinquency status or adjust the Outstanding Balance or otherwise modify the terms of any Pool Receivable in any material respect, or amend, modify or waive, in any material respect, any term or condition of any related Contract that would affect any Pool Receivable and (ii) with respect to each Pool Receivable, each SPV Entity shall comply in all material respects with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Credit and Collection Policy and, to the extent material to such Pool Receivable and to the extent not reflected from time to time in the Dilution Amount, the terms of the related Contract.
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(k) Change in Credit and Collection Policy. Except to the extent required by Applicable Law (in which case such SPV Entity shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent), such SPV Entity will not make any change to the Credit and Collection Policy that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents. Promptly following any material change in the Credit and Collection Policy, each SPV Entity will deliver a copy of the updated Credit and Collection Policy identifying such material change to the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent.
(l) Fundamental Changes. Such SPV Entity shall not, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents, permit itself (i) to merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to, any Person or (ii) to be directly owned by any Person other than an Originator. Each SPV Entity shall provide the Administrative Agent with at least 30 days (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent in writing) prior written notice before making any change in the such SPV Entitys name (including the addition of a French name) or location, registered office, domicile or chief executive office or making any other change in such SPV Entitys identity, structure or jurisdiction of formation that would reasonably be expected to impair or otherwise render any UCC financing statement filed pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document seriously misleading as such term (or similar term) is used in the applicable UCC or impair or render ineffective any PPSA financing statement or other similar filing made pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; each notice to the Administrative Agent and the Group Agents pursuant to this sentence shall set forth the applicable change and the proposed effective date thereof.
(m) Books and Records. Each SPV Entity shall maintain and implement (or cause a Servicer to maintain and implement) administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate records evidencing Pool Receivables and related Contracts in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain (or cause a Servicer to keep and maintain) all documents, books, records, computer tapes and disks and other information reasonably necessary for the servicing of each Pool Receivable (including records adequate to permit the daily identification of each Pool Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Pool Receivable).
(n) Identifying of Records. Each SPV Entity shall: (i) identify (or cause a Servicer to identify) its master data processing records relating to Pool Receivables and related Contracts with a legend that indicates that the Pool Receivables have been pledged in accordance with this Agreement and (ii) cause each Originator so to identify its master data processing records with such a legend; provided, that no SPV Entity shall be obligated to include any notation or legend on, or otherwise mark, any Contracts.
(o) Change in Payment Instructions to Pool Obligors. No SPV Entity shall (and shall not permit any Servicer or any Originator to) make any change in its (or their) instructions to the Pool Obligors regarding payments to be made to the Lock-Box Accounts (or any related Lock-Box), other than any instruction to remit payments to a different Lock-Box Account (or any related Lock-Box), unless the Administrative Agent shall have consented to such change in writing.
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(p) Security Interest, Etc. Each SPV Entity shall (and shall cause each Servicer to), at its expense, take all action necessary to establish and maintain a valid and enforceable first priority perfected security interest in the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim, in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties), including taking such action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the security interest of the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) as the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party may reasonably request. In furtherance of the foregoing, each SPV Entity hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) to file such continuations of the financing statements described in Section 4.05 as it deems necessary and appropriate to maintain such perfected security interest. Each SPV Entity shall cause the Servicers, from time to time and within the time limits established by law, to prepare and present to the Administrative Agent for the Administrative Agents authorization and approval, all financing statements, amendments, continuations, financing change statements or initial financing statements in lieu of a continuation statement or financing change statement, or other filings necessary to continue, maintain and perfect the Administrative Agents security interest as a first-priority interest. The Administrative Agents approval of such filings shall authorize such SPV Entity to file such financing statements or other filings under the UCC or PPSA. Notwithstanding anything else in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, no SPV Entity shall have any authority to file a termination, partial termination, release, partial release, discharge, partial discharge or any amendment that deletes the name of a debtor or excludes collateral of any such financing statements or other similar filings filed in connection with the Transaction Documents, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
(q) Further Assurances. Each SPV Entity hereby authorizes and hereby agrees from time to time, at its own expense, promptly to execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and to take all further actions, that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of exercising and enforcing the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
(r) Certain Amendments. Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents, no SPV Entity (and will not permit any Originator or any Servicer to) amend, modify, waive, revoke or terminate any Transaction Document to which it is a party in any material respect. Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents, Seller will not (and will not permit any Originator or any Servicer to) amend, modify, waive, revoke or terminate the Sellers Limited Liability Company Agreement. Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents, the Seller shall not permit the existence of any other limited liability company agreement, as defined in the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, of the Seller, other than the Sellers Limited Liability Company Agreement. Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents, Canadian Guarantor will not (and will not permit any Originator or any Servicer to) amend, modify, waive, revoke or terminate the Canadian Guarantors Limited Partnership Agreement or the articles of the Canadian GP (or any other organizational documents serving a similar purpose).
(s) Restricted Payments. (i) Except as set forth below, no SPV Entity will: (A) purchase or redeem any of its membership interests, ordinary shares, preferred shares or other Equity Interests, (B) declare or pay any dividend, pay a return of capital, make a distribution to its
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partners or set aside any funds for any such purpose, (C) prepay, purchase or redeem any Debt other than in accordance with or pursuant to any Transaction Document, (D) lend or advance any funds or (E) repay any loans or advances to, for or from any of its Affiliates (the amounts described in clauses (A) through (E) being referred to as Restricted Payments).
(ii) Subject to the limitations set forth in clause (iii) below, any SPV Entity may make Restricted Payments so long as such Restricted Payments are made only in one or more of the following ways: (A) such SPV Entity may make cash payments (including prepayments) on the Subordinated Notes in accordance with their respective terms and (B) such SPV Entity may declare and pay dividends if, both immediately before and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Sellers Net Worth is not less than the Required Capital Amount.
(iii) Any SPV Entity may make Restricted Payments only out of the funds, if any, it receives pursuant to Section 3.01 of this Agreement (or, in the case of the Canadian GP, from any such funds received by it as a permitted distribution from the Limited Partnership); provided that no SPV Entity shall pay, make or declare any Restricted Payment (including any dividend) if, after giving effect thereto, any Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing.
(iv) For the avoidance of doubt, no Release made by any SPV Entity pursuant to Section 5.03 shall be deemed to be a Restricted Payment.
(t) Other Business. No SPV Entity will: (i) engage in any business other than the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, (ii) create, incur or permit to exist any Debt of any kind (or cause or permit to be issued for its account any letters of credit or bankers acceptances) other than pursuant to this Agreement or the Subordinated Notes or (iii) form any Subsidiary.
(u) Use of Collections Available to such SPV Entity. Each SPV Entity shall apply the Collections available to such SPV Entity for legal and valid purposes in accordance with the applicable terms of the Transaction Documents.
(v) Liquidity Coverage Ratio. No SPV Entity shall during the term of this Agreement issue any LCR Restricted Interests except with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents, which consent specifies or acknowledges that the relevant commercial paper or security to be issued is an LCR Restricted Interest.
(w) Transaction Information. No SPV Entity shall deliver any Transaction Information to any Rating Agency without providing such Transaction Information to the applicable Group Agent prior to such delivery, nor permit any of its Affiliate to do so on its behalf. No SPV Entity shall provide any Transaction Information in any oral communications with any Rating Agency without the participation of the applicable Group Agent, nor permit any of its Affiliates to do so on its behalf.
(x) Sellers Net Worth. The Seller shall not permit the Sellers Net Worth to be less than the Required Capital Amount.
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(y) Chattel Paper. The Seller shall cause all chattel paper evidencing Pool Receivables held by the U.S. Servicer in its possession or control to be held by the U.S. Servicer as bailee for the Secured Parties and the Seller at the locations identified in Schedule IV, in the Electronic Invoice System or in other electronic document management systems (which may include document storage systems provided by third party vendors used in the ordinary course of the U.S. Servicers business); provided, however, that following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Termination Event, the Seller shall cause the U.S. Servicer to as promptly as practicable following receipt of written request therefor from the Administrative Agent, (a) provide the Administrative Agent with such access to the Electronic Invoice System, and, to the extent reasonably practicable, such other electronic document management systems, as is necessary to permit the Administrative Agent to identify, monitor and track the chattel paper stored therein, (b) implement such restrictions on the access of the officers, directors, agents and employees of the U.S. Servicer to the Electronic Invoice System as are reasonably necessary to ensure that possession or control of the chattel paper stored therein is not transferred to any third party, and/or (c) use its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver or cause to be delivered all tangible chattel paper to the Administrative Agent; provided, that the foregoing shall be conducted in a manner reasonably calculated to comply with any applicable confidentiality or restrictions on disclosure to which the U.S. Servicer or any Originator is subject (including with respect to Obligor information); and provided, further, that compliance with any such request by the U.S Servicer will not materially impede or adversely affect Collections on, or the collectibility of, the Pool Receivables.
(z) Beneficial Ownership Rule. Promptly after the Seller ceases to be a Majority Owned Subsidiary of a Listed Entity, the Seller shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser, a certification of the Seller as its beneficial owner(s) complying with the Beneficial Ownership Rule, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser.
(aa) Sanctions and other Anti-Terrorism Laws; Anti-Corruption Laws.
(i) Each SPV Entity shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing upon the occurrence of a Reportable Compliance Event. If at any time any Pledged Collateral or Sold Assets becomes Embargoed Property, in addition to all other rights and remedies available to the Purchaser Parties, upon request by the Administrative Agent or any of the Purchasers, such SPV Entity shall provide substitute Pledged Collateral or Sold Assets acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers that is not Embargoed Property.
(ii) Each SPV Entity shall not permit a violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws and shall maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with such Anti-Corruption Laws.
(iii) No SPV Entity shall (a) become a Sanctioned Person or allow its employees, officers, directors, affiliates, consultants, brokers, and agents acting on its behalf in connection with this Agreement to become a Sanctioned Person; (b) directly, or indirectly through a third party, engage in any transactions or other dealings with any Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Jurisdiction, including any use of the proceeds of the
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Investments to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or, make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Jurisdiction; (c) repay the Capital or pay any other Seller Obligations with funds derived from any unlawful activity; (d) permit any Sold Asset or Pledged Collateral to become Embargoed Property; or (e) engage in any transactions or other dealings with any Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Jurisdiction prohibited by any Applicable Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions relating to economic sanctions and any Anti-Terrorism Laws.
(bb) Canadian Defined Benefit Plan. The Canadian Guarantor shall not sponsor, maintain, contribute to, or otherwise incur liability under, any Canadian Defined Benefit Plan.
(cc) Taxes.
(i) The Seller shall file all material Tax returns required by Applicable Law to be filed by it and shall pay all material Taxes required by Applicable Law to be paid by it, other than any such Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established.
(ii) The Seller shall at all relevant times be classified as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes and shall not made any election under U.S. Treasury Regulation § 301.7701-3 to be classified as anything other than a disregarded entity that is disregarded as separate from a U.S. Person. The Seller shall not become subject to any Tax in any jurisdiction outside the United States. The Seller shall not become subject to any material amount of Taxes imposed by a state or local taxing authority. The Canadian Guarantor shall not become subject to any withholding Tax or net income Tax in Canada.
SECTION 7.02. Covenants of the Servicers. At all times from the Closing Date until the Final Payout Date:
(a) Financial Reporting. Each Servicer will maintain a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and the Servicers shall furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent:
(i) Compliance Certificates. (a) A compliance certificate promptly upon completion of the annual report of the Servicers and in no event later than 90 days after the close of the Servicers fiscal year, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit F signed by its chief accounting officer or treasurer solely in their capacities as officers of each Servicer stating that no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, or if any Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, stating the nature and status thereof and (b) within 30 days after the close of each fiscal quarter of the Servicers, a compliance certificate in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit F signed by its chief accounting officer or treasurer solely in their capacities as officers of the Servicers stating that no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is
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continuing, or if any Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, stating the nature and status thereof.
(ii) Information Packages. As soon as available and in any event not later than three (3) Business Days prior to each Monthly Settlement Date, an Information Package as of the most recently completed Fiscal Month.
(iii) Other Information. Within a reasonable time following any such request, such additional information regarding the servicing of the Pool Receivables or the operations, business or financial condition of any Servicer as the Administrative Agent or any Group Agent may from time to time reasonably request as it deems reasonably necessary to protect the interests of the Administrative Agent, the Group Agents or the other Secured Parties with respect to the Pool Receivables or their respective rights and remedies under the Transaction Documents.
(iv) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any materials required to be delivered pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall be deemed to have been furnished to each of the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent on the date that such materials are posted on the SECs website at www.sec.gov.
(b) Notices. Each Servicer will notify the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent in writing of any of the following events promptly upon (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after) a Financial Officer learning of the occurrence thereof, with such notice describing the same, and if applicable, the steps being taken by the Person(s) affected with respect thereto:
(i) Notice of Termination Events. A statement of a Financial Officer of each Servicer describing any Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event that has occurred and is continuing and the action, if any, which such Servicer proposes to take with respect thereto.
(ii) Representations and Warranties. The failure of any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Servicer under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to be true and correct in any material respect when made.
(iii) Litigation. The institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or governmental proceeding against any SPV Entity, any Servicer, or any Originator which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) Adverse Claim. Any Person shall obtain an Adverse Claim upon the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral or any portion thereof (including with respect to any Lock-Box, Lock-Box Account and any Collections).
(v) Name Changes. At least thirty (30) days (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent in writing) before any change in any Originators or any SPV Entitys name, jurisdiction of organization or formation, registered office, chief executive office, or principal place of business, its addition of a French name or any other change requiring the amendment of UCC financing statements or PPSA financing
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statements or other similar filings under any Applicable Law, a notice setting forth such changes and the effective date thereof.
(vi) Change in Accounting Policy. Any material change in any accounting policy of any Servicer that would reasonably be expected to affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
(vii) Purchase and Sale Termination Date. The occurrence of a Purchase and Sale Termination Date with respect to all remaining Originators under, and as defined in, any Purchase and Sale Agreement.
(viii) Material Adverse Effect. Promptly after the occurrence thereof, notice of any Material Adverse Effect with respect to any Servicer.
(c) Conduct of Business. Each Servicer will do all things necessary to remain duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing as a domestic corporation in its jurisdiction of incorporation and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted if the failure to have such authority could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise permitted under the Transaction Documents, the Servicers will not make any material changes to its servicing practices or the conduct of its business, except to the extent any such change would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Compliance with Applicable Laws. Each Servicer will comply in all material respects with all Applicable Laws to which it may be subject, except where the failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Cooperation with Inspections. Each Servicer will cooperate in connection with any Inspection duly conducted hereunder pursuant to Section 7.01(g), including to permit the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent or their respective agents or representatives and/or certified public accountants or other auditors, during regular business hours and with reasonable prior written notice, to (i) examine and make copies of and abstracts from all books and records relating to the Pool Receivables or other Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral, (ii) visit the offices and properties of any Servicer for the purpose of examining such books and records and (iii) discuss matters relating to the Pool Receivables, the other Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral or any Servicers performance hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party with any of the officers, directors, employees or independent public accountants of any Servicer, to the extent reasonably available, having knowledge of such matters; and (iv) conduct a review of its books and records with respect to such Pool Receivables and other Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral.
(f) Payments on Pool Receivables; Lock-Box Accounts. Each Servicer will (or will cause each Originator to) instruct all Pool Obligors to deliver all payments on the Pool Receivables to a Lock-Box Account or a Lock-Box. Each Servicer will, and will cause each Originator to, maintain such books and records necessary to identify Collections received from time to time on Pool Receivables and necessary to segregate such Collections received from other property of such Servicer and the Originators. If any Collections are received by such Servicer
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other than in a Lock-Box Account, it shall hold such payments in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and promptly (but in any event within two (2) Business Days after receipt) remit such funds into a Lock-Box Account. If any funds other than Collections (or other proceeds of the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral) are deposited into any Lock-Box Account, such Servicer will, within two (2) Business Days, identify and transfer such funds to the appropriate Person entitled to such funds. A Servicer shall only add a Lock-Box Account (or a related Lock-Box), or a Lock-Box Bank to those listed on Schedule II to this Agreement, if the Administrative Agent has received notice of such addition and an executed and acknowledged copy of a Lock-Box Agreement (or an amendment thereto) in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent from the applicable Lock-Box Bank (or pursuant to other arrangements consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent). A Servicer shall only terminate a Lock-Box Bank or close a Lock-Box Account (or a related Lock-Box) with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller and the U.S. Servicer shall be permitted
to (x) instruct Obligors in respect of Subject Cardtronics Receivables to deliver payments on Subject Cardtronics Receivables to the Subject Cardtronics Account so long as such Obligors were directed to pay to the Subject Cardtronics Account
prior to the Closing Date
and, (y) instruct obligors with respect to Excluded Receivables to deliver payments in respect of such Excluded Receivables to a U.S. Collection Account and (z) instruct Obligors in respect of Subject Cardtronics Canada Receivables to deliver payments on Subject
Cardtronics Receivables to any deposit account. If a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event shall have occurred and is continuing, then the Seller (or the U.S. Servicer on its behalf)
shall cause all Collections received in the Subject Cardtronics Account to be transferred into a U.S. Collection Account within two (2) Business Days of receipt. If at any time the Administrative Agent (acting in its sole discretion) so
instructs the Seller or U.S. Servicer in writing, the Seller (or the U.S. Servicer on its behalf) shall cause the Subject Cardtronics Account to (i) be assigned or novated from Cardtronics USA, Inc., to the Seller, (ii) become subject to a
Lock-Box Agreement and (iii) become, and meet all requirements hereunder for, a Lock-Box Account, in each case, within not more than thirty (30) days after the Sellers or U.S. Servicers receipt of such notice; provided,
however that at (x) at no time shall the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables that are Subject Cardtronics Receivables plus the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Commingled Excluded Receivables exceed 5.0% of the
aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables then in the Receivables Pool and (y) the Seller (or the U.S. Servicer on its behalf) shall maintain such books and records necessary to identify Collections relating to Subject Cardtronics
Receivables and Commingled Excluded Receivables from other Collections and amounts received by it (or an Affiliate thereof).
(g) Extension or Amendment of Pool Receivables. Except as otherwise permitted in Section 8.02, (i) the Servicers will not alter the delinquency status or adjust the Outstanding Balance or otherwise modify the terms of any Pool Receivable in any material respect, or amend, modify or waive, in any material respect, any term or condition of any related Contract that would affect any Pool Receivable and (ii) with respect to each Pool Receivable, each Servicer shall comply in all material respects with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Credit and Collection Policy and, to the extent material to such Pool Receivable and to the extent not reflected from time to time in the Dilution Amount, the terms of the related Contract.
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(h) Change in Credit and Collection Policy. Except to the extent required by Applicable Law (in which case each Servicers shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent), the Servicers will not make any change to the Credit and Collection Policy that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents. Promptly following any material change in the Credit and Collection Policy, the Servicers will deliver a copy of the updated Credit and Collection Policy identifying such material change to the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent.
(i) Books and Records. Each Servicer will maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate records evidencing Pool Receivables and related Contracts in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents, books, records, computer tapes and disks and other information reasonably necessary for the servicing of each Pool Receivable (including records adequate to permit the daily identification of each Pool Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Pool Receivable).
(j) Identifying of Records. Each Servicer shall identify its master data processing records relating to Pool Receivables and related Contracts with a legend that indicates that the Pool Receivables have been pledged in accordance with this Agreement; provided, that no Servicer shall not be obligated to include any notation or legend on, or otherwise mark, any Contracts.
(k) Change in Payment Instructions to Pool Obligors. The Servicers shall not (and shall not permit any Sub-Servicer to) make any change in its instructions to the Pool Obligors regarding payments to be made to the Lock-Box Accounts (or any related Lock-Box), other than any instruction to remit payments to a different Lock-Box Account (or any related Lock-Box), unless the Administrative Agent shall have consented to such change in writing.
(l) Security Interest, Etc. Each Servicer shall, at its expense, take all action necessary to establish and maintain a valid and enforceable first priority perfected security interest in the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim, in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties), including taking such action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the security interest of the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) as the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party may reasonably request. Each Servicer shall, from time to time and within the time limits established by law, prepare and present to the Administrative Agent for the Administrative Agents authorization and approval, all financing statements, amendments, continuations, financing change statements or initial financing statements in lieu of a continuation statement or financing change statement, or other filings necessary to continue, maintain and perfect the Administrative Agents security interest as a first-priority interest. The Administrative Agents approval of such filings shall authorize such Servicer to file such financing statements or other filings under the UCC or PPSA, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything else in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, the Servicers shall not have any authority to file a termination, partial termination, release, partial release, discharge, partial discharge or any amendment that deletes the name of a debtor or excludes collateral of any such financing statements or other similar filings filed in connection with the Transaction Documents, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
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(m) Further Assurances. Each Servicer hereby agrees from time to time, at its own expense, promptly to execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and to take all further actions, that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of exercising and enforcing the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
(n) Certain Amendments. Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents, the Servicers will not amend, modify, waive, revoke or terminate any Transaction Document to which it is a party in any material respect. Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents, the Servicers will not amend, modify, waive, revoke or terminate the Sellers Limited Liability Agreement. Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents, the Servicers shall not permit the existence of any other limited liability company agreement, as defined in the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, of the Seller, other than the Sellers Limited Liability Company Agreement. Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents, Servicers will not (and will not permit any Originator or the Servicers to) amend, modify, waive, revoke or terminate the Canadian Guarantors Limited Partnership Agreement or the articles of the Canadian GP (or any other organizational documents serving a similar purpose).
(o) Transaction Information. The Servicers shall not deliver any Transaction Information to any Rating Agency without providing such Transaction Information to the applicable Group Agent prior to such delivery, nor permit any of its Affiliate to do so on its behalf. The Servicers shall not provide any Transaction Information in any oral communications with any Rating Agency without the participation of the applicable Group Agent, nor permit any of its Affiliates to do so on its behalf.
(p) Chattel Paper. The U.S. Servicer shall hold all chattel paper in its possession or control that evidence Pool Receivables as bailee for the Secured Parties and the Seller, and shall not transfer possession or control of such chattel paper to any third party without the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Group Agents. All such chattel paper shall be held at the locations identified in Schedule IV, in the Electronic Invoice System or in other electronic document management systems (which may include document storage systems provided by third party vendors used in the ordinary course of the U.S. Servicers business). During the occurrence and continuation of a Termination Event, the U.S. Servicer shall, as promptly as practicable following receipt of written request therefor from the Administrative Agent, (a) provide the Administrative Agent with such access to the Electronic Invoice System, and, to the extent reasonably practicable, such other electronic document management systems, as is necessary to permit the Administrative Agent to identify, monitor and track the chattel paper stored therein, (b) implement such restrictions on the access of the officers, directors, agents and employees of the U.S. Servicer to the Electronic Invoice System as are reasonably necessary to ensure that possession or control of the chattel paper stored therein is not transferred to any third party, and/or (c) use its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver or cause to be delivered all tangible chattel paper to the Administrative Agent; provided, that the foregoing shall be conducted in a manner reasonably calculated to comply with any applicable confidentiality or restrictions on disclosure to which the U.S. Servicer or any Originator is subject (including with respect to Obligor information); and provided, further, that compliance with any such request by the U.S. Servicer
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will not materially impede or adversely affect Collections on, or the collectibility of, the Pool Receivables.
(q) Sanctions and other Anti-Terrorism Laws; Anti-Corruption Laws.
(i) Each Servicer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing upon the occurrence of a Reportable Compliance Event. If at any time any Pledged Collateral or Sold Assets becomes Embargoed Property, in addition to all other rights and remedies available to the Purchaser Parties, upon request by the Administrative Agent or any of the Purchasers, the Servicers shall provide substitute Pledged Collateral or Sold Assets acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers that is not Embargoed Property.
(ii) Each Servicer shall not permit, and shall not cause its respective Subsidiaries to permit, any violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws and shall maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with such Anti-Corruption Laws.
(iii) The Servicers shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) become a Sanctioned Person or allow its employees, officers, directors, affiliates, consultants, brokers, and agents acting on its behalf in connection with this Agreement to become a Sanctioned Person; (b) directly, or indirectly through a third party, engage in any transactions or other dealings with any Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Jurisdiction, including any use of the proceeds of the Investments to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or, make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Jurisdiction; (c) repay the Capital or pay any other Seller Obligations with funds derived from any unlawful activity; (d) permit any Sold Assets or Pledged Collateral to become Embargoed Property; or (e) engage in any transactions or other dealings with any Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Jurisdiction prohibited by any Applicable Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions relating to economic sanctions and any Anti-Terrorism Laws.
(r) Taxes. Such Person shall file all material Tax returns required by Applicable Law to be filed by it and shall pay all material Taxes required by Applicable Law to be paid by it, other than any such Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established.
SECTION 7.03. Separate Existence of the SPV Entities. Each SPV Entity and each Servicer hereby acknowledges that the Secured Parties, the Group Agents and the Administrative Agent are entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents in reliance upon each SPV Entitys identity as a legal entity separate from any Originator, any Servicer and their Affiliates. Therefore, each SPV Entity and each Servicer shall take all steps specifically required by this Agreement or reasonably required by the Administrative Agent or any Group Agent to continue each SPV Entitys identity as a separate legal entity and to make it apparent to third Persons that such SPV Entity is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of the Originators, any Servicer and any other Person, and is not a division of the Originators, any Servicer, its Affiliates or any other Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to and consistent with the other covenants set forth herein and in the
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other Transaction Documents, each of the SPV Entities and each Servicer shall (i) comply with (x) all applicable provisions set forth in Section 9(j) of the Sellers Limited Liability Company Agreement (as amended solely in accordance with this Agreement) and (y) all applicable provisions set forth in Section 3.12 of the Canadian Guarantors Limited Partnership Agreement (as amended solely in accordance with this Agreement) and in the articles of the Canadian GP, (ii) not take any action inconsistent with the foregoing or contrary to the related matters set forth or assumed in the opinions of counsel relating to true sale and substantive non-consolidation matters and (iii) take such actions as shall be required in order that:
(a) Not fewer than one member of the Sellers board of managers and the Canadian GPs board of directors shall at all times meet the criteria set forth in the definition of Independent Manager or Independent Director, as applicable.
(b) The Seller, the Canadian Guarantor and the Servicers shall (A) give written notice to the Administrative Agent of the election or appointment, or proposed election or appointment, of a new Independent Manager of the Seller or a new Independent Director of the Canadian GP, which notice shall be given not later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the date such appointment or election would be effective (except when such election or appointment is necessary to fill a vacancy caused by the death, disability, or incapacity of the existing Independent Manager, or the failure of such Independent Manager to satisfy the criteria for an Independent Manager set forth in the definition thereof, in which case the Seller or the Canadian Guarantor, as applicable, shall provide written notice of such election or appointment within one (1) Business Day) and (B) with any such written notice, certify to the Administrative Agent that the Independent Manager satisfies the criteria for an Independent Manager set forth in the definition thereof.
(c) The Sellers Limited Liability Company Agreement shall include provisions to the effect that: (A) the Sellers board of managers shall not approve, or take any other action to cause the filing of, a voluntary bankruptcy petition with respect to the Seller unless the Independent Manager shall approve the taking of such action in writing before the taking of such action and (B) such provision and each other provision requiring an Independent Manager cannot be amended without the prior written consent of the Independent Manager.
(d) The Canadian GPs articles shall include provisions to the effect that: (A) the Canadian GPs board of directors shall not approve, or take any other action to cause the filing of, a voluntary bankruptcy petition with respect to the Canadian GP or the Limited Partnership unless the Independent Manager shall approve the taking of such action in writing before the taking of such action and (B) such provision and each other provision requiring an Independent Manager cannot be amended without the prior written consent of the Independent Manager.
(e) The Sellers or the Canadian Guarantors Independent Manager shall not at any time serve as a trustee in bankruptcy for the Seller, the Canadian GP, the Limited Partnership, any Originator, any Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates.
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ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION
OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 8.01. Appointment of the Servicers.
(a) The servicing and administering of collections on the Pool Receivables shall be conducted by the Persons so designated from time to time as the Servicers in accordance with this Section 8.01.
(i) Until the Administrative Agent gives notice to any Servicer (in accordance with this Section 8.01) of the designation of a new Servicer:
(A) solely with respect to the U.S. Receivables, NCR is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, a Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof; and
(B) solely with respect to the Canadian Receivables, NCR Canada Corp. is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, a Servicer for and on behalf of the Canadian Guarantor pursuant to the terms hereof.
(ii) Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event (i) reasonably believed by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Group Agents to have resulted, in whole or in part, due to an act or omission of a Servicer or (ii) with respect to which, in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent or the Majority Group Agents, the replacement of a Servicer would be reasonably likely to cure or mitigate such Termination Event or otherwise reduce any losses expected to be suffered by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party or maximize Collections on the Pool Receivables, then in any such case, the Administrative Agent may (with the consent of the Majority Group Agents) and shall (at the direction of the Majority Group Agents) designate as a Servicer any Person (including itself) to succeed any Servicer or any successor Servicer, on the condition in each case that any such Person so designated shall agree to perform the duties and obligations of a Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall not have any obligation to designate itself as, or to become, a successor Servicer except in its sole discretion.
(b) Upon the designation of a successor Servicer as set forth in clause (a) above, each applicable existing Servicer agrees that to the extent permitted by Applicable Law it will terminate its activities as a Servicer hereunder in a manner that the Administrative Agent reasonably determines will facilitate the transition of the performance of such activities to the new Servicer. Each applicable existing Servicer shall cooperate with and assist such new Servicer. Such cooperation shall include access to and transfer of records (including all Contracts) related to Pool Receivables and use by the new Servicer of all licenses (or the obtaining of new licenses), hardware or software necessary to collect the Pool Receivables and the Related Security.
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(c) Each Servicer acknowledges that, in making its decision to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Administrative Agent and each member in each Group have relied on such Persons agreement to act as a Servicer hereunder. Accordingly, each Servicer agrees that it will not voluntarily resign as a Servicer without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents.
(d) A Servicer may delegate its duties and obligations hereunder to any subservicer (each a Sub-Servicer); provided, that, in each such delegation: (i) such Sub-Servicer shall agree in writing to perform the delegated duties and obligations of such Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof, (ii) such Servicer shall remain liable for the performance of the duties and obligations so delegated, (iii) each SPV Entity, the Administrative Agent, each Purchaser and each Group Agent shall have the right to look solely to such Servicer for performance, (iv) the terms of any agreement with any Sub-Servicer shall provide that the Administrative Agent may terminate such agreement upon the termination of such Servicer hereunder by giving notice of its desire to terminate such agreement to such Servicer (and such Servicer shall provide appropriate notice to each such Sub-Servicer) and (v) if such Sub-Servicer is neither an Affiliate of NCR nor a collection agent for Defaulted Receivables, the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents shall have consented in writing in advance to such delegation.
(e) If any Servicer is replaced as Servicer hereunder, such Servicer shall take such actions reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and the successor Servicer to transition the servicing of the applicable Pool Receivables to such successor and to permit the successor Servicer to service the Collections on the applicable Pool Receivables, including, without limitation, providing the Administrative Agent and the successor Servicer with any information and data with respect to the Pool Receivables in the possession of, or reasonably available to, such Servicer or its Affiliates. In connection with any such actions by any Servicer, each SPV Entity shall pay to each Servicer its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses from such SPV Entitys own funds if and when such funds are released to such SPV Entity from time to time pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(x).
SECTION 8.02. Duties of the Servicers.
(a) Each Servicer shall take or cause to be taken all such action as may be necessary or appropriate to service and administer the collection of each Pool Receivable from time to time, all in accordance with this Agreement and all Applicable Laws, with commercially reasonable care and diligence, in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy in a manner consistent in all material respects with the past practices of the Originators (after taking into consideration the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents). Each Servicer shall set aside, for the accounts of each Group, the amount of Collections to which each such Group is entitled in accordance with Article III hereof. Each Servicer may, in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy and consistent with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, take such action, including modifications, waivers or restructurings of Pool Receivables and related Contracts, as such Servicer may reasonably determine to be appropriate to maximize Collections thereof, reflect adjustments expressly permitted under the Credit and Collection Policy or as expressly required under Applicable Laws or the applicable Contract or in a manner that does not adversely affect the Pool Receivables or Collections thereon; provided, that for purposes of this Agreement: (i) such action shall not, and shall not be deemed to, change the
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number of days such Pool Receivable has remained unpaid from the date of the original due date related to such Pool Receivable, (ii) such action shall not alter the status of such Pool Receivable as a Delinquent Receivable or a Defaulted Receivable and (iii) if a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, a Servicer may modify, waive or restructure a Pool Receivable (or reflect any related adjustments) only upon the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. Each Servicer shall hold in trust for each SPV Entity and the Secured Parties all records and documents (including computer tapes or disks) that relate to the Pool Receivables. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may direct any Servicer to commence or settle any legal action to enforce collection of any Pool Receivable that is a Defaulted Receivable or to foreclose upon or repossess any Related Security with respect to any such Defaulted Receivable.
(b) The Servicers obligations hereunder shall survive until, and terminate on, the Final Payout Date.
SECTION 8.03. Lock-Box Account Arrangements. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Termination Event, the Administrative Agent may (with the consent of the Majority Group Agents) and shall (upon the direction of the Majority Group Agents) at any time thereafter give notice to each Lock-Box Bank that the Administrative Agent is exercising its rights under the Lock-Box Agreements to do any or all of the following: (a) to have the exclusive ownership and control of the Lock-Box Accounts transferred to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and to exercise exclusive dominion and control over the funds deposited therein, (b) to have the proceeds that are sent to the respective Lock-Box Accounts redirected pursuant to the Administrative Agents instructions rather than deposited in the applicable Lock-Box Account and (c) to take any or all other actions permitted under the applicable Lock-Box Agreement. Each SPV Entity hereby agrees that if the Administrative Agent at any time takes any action set forth in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive control (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) of the proceeds (including Collections) of all Pool Receivables and each SPV Entity hereby further agrees to take any other action reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of transferring such control. Any proceeds of Pool Receivables received by any SPV Entity or any Servicer thereafter shall be sent promptly to, or as otherwise instructed by, the Administrative Agent (and until so sent, shall be deemed to be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties)).
SECTION 8.04. Enforcement Rights.
(a) At any time following the occurrence and during the continuation of a Termination Event, until the Final Payout Date:
(i) the Administrative Agent may instruct any SPV Entity or any Servicer to give notice of the Secured Parties interest in Pool Receivables to each Pool Obligor, which notice shall direct that payments be made directly to the Administrative Agent or its designee (on behalf of the Secured Parties), and such SPV Entity or such Servicer, as the case may be, shall give such notice at the expense of such SPV Entity or such Servicer, as the case may be; provided, that (i) if such SPV Entity or such Servicer, as the case may be, fails to so notify each Pool Obligor within two (2) Business Days following instruction by the Administrative Agent to do so or (ii) at any time following the
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occurrence of a Termination Event pursuant to Section 9.01(e) or (f), then, in either case, the Administrative Agent (at such SPV Entitys or such Servicers, as the case may be, expense) may so notify the Pool Obligors;
(ii) the Administrative Agent may request any Servicer to, and upon such request such Servicer shall: (A) assemble all of the records necessary or appropriate to service and administer the collection of the Pool Receivables and the Related Security, and transfer or license to a successor Servicer the use of all software necessary or appropriate to service and administer the collection of the Pool Receivables and the Related Security, and make the same available to the Administrative Agent or its designee (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and (B) segregate all cash, checks and other instruments received by it from time to time constituting Collections in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and, promptly upon receipt, remit all such cash, checks and instruments, duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of transfer, to the Administrative Agent or its designee;
(iii) the Administrative Agent may assume exclusive control of each Lock-Box Account and notify the Lock-Box Banks that the applicable SPV Entity and the applicable Servicer will no longer have any access to the Lock-Box Accounts in accordance with Section 8.03;
(iv) the Administrative Agent may (or, at the direction of the Majority Group Agents shall) replace the Person then acting as a Servicer in accordance with Section 8.01; and
(v) the Administrative Agent may collect any amounts due from an Originator under any Purchase and Sale Agreement or from NCR under any Performance Guaranty.
(b) Each SPV Entity hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties), and irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution and with full authority in the place and stead of such SPV Entity, which appointment is coupled with an interest, to take any and all steps in the name of the such SPV Entity and on behalf of such SPV Entity necessary or desirable, in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent, after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Termination Event, to collect any and all amounts or portions thereof due under any and all Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral, including indorsing the name of such SPV Entity on checks and other instruments representing Collections and enforcing such Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subsection, none of the powers conferred upon such attorney-in-fact pursuant to the preceding sentence shall subject such attorney-in-fact to any liability if any action taken by it shall prove to be inadequate or invalid, nor shall they confer any obligations upon such attorney-in-fact in any manner whatsoever.
SECTION 8.05. Responsibilities of the SPV Entities. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each SPV Entity shall (i) perform all of its obligations, if any, under the Contracts related to the Pool Receivables to the same extent as if interests in such Pool Receivables had not been pledged hereunder, and the exercise by the Administrative Agent, or any other Purchaser
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Party of their respective rights hereunder shall not relieve such SPV Entity from such obligations and (ii) pay when due any Taxes, including any sales taxes payable in connection with the Pool Receivables and their creation and satisfaction. None of the Purchaser Parties shall have any obligation or liability with respect to any Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral, nor shall any of them be obligated to perform any of the obligations of any SPV Entity, any Servicer or any Originator thereunder.
SECTION 8.06. Servicing Fee.
(a) Subject to clause (b) below, each of the Seller and the Canadian Guarantor shall pay to its Servicer a fee (the Servicing Fee) equal to 1.00% per annum (the Servicing Fee Rate) of the daily average aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Pool Receivables for which such Servicer has primary servicing responsibility pursuant to Section 8.01(a). Accrued Servicing Fees shall be payable from Collections to the extent of available funds in accordance with Section 3.01.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing and for greater certainty, no Servicing Fee or other consideration with respect to the servicing of the Pool Receivables shall be payable to the Canadian Servicer as long as the Canadian Servicer is NCR Canada Corp. or an Affiliate thereof.
(c) If either Servicer ceases to be NCR, NCR Canada Corp. or an Affiliate of either of them, the Servicing Fee shall be the greater of: (i) the amount calculated pursuant to clause (a) above and (ii) an alternative amount specified by the successor Servicer and agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent not to exceed 110% of the aggregate reasonable costs and expenses incurred by such successor Servicer in connection with the performance of its obligations as Servicer hereunder.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION EVENTS
SECTION 9.01. Termination Events. If any of the following events (each a Termination Event) shall occur:
(a) Any SPV Entity, any Originator or any Servicer shall fail to make when due any payment or deposit required to be made by it under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and such failure, shall continue unremedied for two (2) Business Days;
(b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any SPV Entity, any Originator or any Servicer (or any of their respective officers) under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any information or report delivered by any SPV Entity, any Originator or any Servicer pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, shall prove to have been incorrect or untrue in any material respect when made or deemed made or delivered, and such incorrect or untrue representation, warranty, information or report, solely to the extent capable of cure, shall continue unremedied for thirty (30) days;
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(c) any SPV Entity, any Originator or any Servicer shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (other than any such failure which would constitute a Termination Event under another clause set forth in this definition of Termination Event), and such failure, solely to the extent capable of cure, shall continue unremedied for thirty (30) days;
(d) this Agreement or any security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall for any reason cease to create, or for any reason cease to be, a valid and enforceable first priority perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent with respect to the Sold Assets or Pledged Collateral, free and clear of any Adverse Claim;
(e) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of any SPV Entity, any Originator or any Servicer or their respective debts, or of a substantial part of their respective assets, under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of an administrator, monitor, receiver, interim receiver, receiver/manager, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any SPV Entity, any Originator or any Servicer or for a substantial part of their respective assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(f) any SPV Entity, any Originator or any Servicer shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of any proceeding or petition described in clause (e) of this Section 9.01, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of an administrator, monitor, receiver, interim receiver, receiver/manager, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for itself 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 or (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the board of managers (or similar governing body) of any SPV Entity, any Originator or any Servicer (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to above in this clause (f) or clause (e) of this Section 9.01;
(g) a Capital Coverage Deficit shall occur, and shall not have been cured within three (3) Business Days following any SPV Entitys or any Servicers actual knowledge or receipt of notice thereof;
(h) any Seller, any Originator or any Servicer fails to make any payment (whether of principal or interest) in respect of any Material Indebtedness when and as the same shall become due and payable, after giving effect to any period of grace specified for such payment in the agreement or instrument governing such Material Indebtedness;
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(i) any event or condition exists under any Material Indebtedness of the any SPV Entity, any Originator or any Servicer that causes such Material Indebtedness to become due prior to its scheduled maturity or any event or condition exists and continues without waiver or remedy for a period of 30 days that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that no Termination Event shall arise under this clause (i) due to (i) any secured Material Indebtedness becoming due solely as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the assets securing such Material Indebtedness or (ii) any Material Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a refinancing thereof, in each case, so long as such Material Indebtedness is paid or otherwise satisfied as a result thereof within two Business Days of when due;
(j) any of the following shall occur:
(A) the average Default Ratios for any three consecutive Fiscal Months exceeds 6.00%;
(B) the average Delinquency Ratios for any three consecutive Fiscal Months exceeds 20.00%;
(C) the average Dilution Ratios for any three consecutive Fiscal Months exceeds 6.00%; or
(D) the Days Sales Outstanding exceeds 80 days;
(k) any SPV Entity shall be required to register as an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act;
(l) any SPV Entity or any Servicer shall fail to deliver an Information Package pursuant to this Agreement, and such failure shall remain unremedied for three (3) Business Days;
(m) any material provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall cease to be in full force and effect (except to the extent resulting from an act or omission of any Purchaser Party or any of their respective Affiliates), or any of the any SPV Entity, any Originator or any Servicer (or any of their respective Affiliates) shall so state in writing;
(n) a Change in Control shall occur;
(o) Any Servicer shall resign as Servicer other than in accordance with Section 8.01(c);
(p) Any SPV Entity (or, in the case of the Limited Partnership, the general partner thereof) shall fail at any time (other than for ten (10) Business Days following notice of the death or resignation of any Independent Manager) to have an Independent
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Manager who satisfies each requirement and qualification specified in this Agreements definition of Independent Manager;
(q) either (i) the Internal Revenue Service shall file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 6323 of the Code with regard to any assets of any SPV Entity, any Originator or any Servicer, or (ii) the PBGC shall file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA, Section 303(k) of ERISA, or 430(k) of the Code with regard to any of the assets of any SPV Entity or any of its ERISA Affiliates;
(r) (i) the occurrence of a Reportable Event; (ii) the adoption of an amendment to a Pension Plan that would require the provision of security pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the Code or Section 307 of ERISA; (iii) the existence with respect to any Multiemployer Plan of an accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 431 of the Code or Section 304 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (iv) the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan; (v) the incurrence of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan or the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of any SPV Entity or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Multiemployer Plan; (vi) the receipt by any SPV Entity or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or any plan administrator of any notice relating to the intention to terminate any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (vii) the receipt by any SPV Entity or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (viii) the occurrence of a prohibited transaction with respect to the Seller or any of its ERISA Affiliates (pursuant to Section 4975 of the Code); (ix) the occurrence or existence of any other similar event or condition with respect to a Pension Plan or a Multiemployer Plan, with respect to each of clause (i) through (ix), that either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) a Purchase and Sale Termination Event shall occur under any Purchase and Sale Agreement with respect to all applicable remaining Originators; or
(t) one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against any SPV Entity, any Originator, or any Servicer, or any Subsidiary of any of the foregoing involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or to the extent not covered by a reputable and solvent insurance company) and such judgments and decrees either shall be final and non-appealable or shall not be vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal for any period of 30 consecutive days, and the aggregate amount of all such judgments equals or exceeds $50,000,000 (or solely with respect to any SPV Entity, $15,325);
then, and in any such event, the Administrative Agent may (or, at the direction of the Majority Group Agents shall) by notice to the Seller (x) declare the Maturity Date to have occurred (in which case the Maturity Date shall be deemed to have occurred), and (y) declare the Aggregate Capital and all other non-contingent Seller Obligations to be immediately due and payable (in which case the Aggregate Capital and all other non-contingent Seller Obligations shall be
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immediately due and payable); provided that, automatically upon the occurrence of any event (without any requirement for the giving of notice) described in subsection (e) or (f) of this Section 9.01 with respect to the Seller, the Maturity Date shall occur and the Aggregate Capital and all other non-contingent Seller Obligations shall be immediately due and payable. Upon any such declaration or designation or upon such automatic termination, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties shall have, in addition to the rights and remedies which they may have under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, all other rights and remedies provided after default under the UCC, PPSA and under other Applicable Law, which rights and remedies shall be cumulative. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may obtain from any court of competent jurisdiction an order for the appointment of an interim receiver, a receiver, a manager or a receiver and manager of the Canadian Guarantor or of any or all of its Pledged Collateral and, by instrument in writing appoint one or more interim receiver, a receiver, a manager or a receiver and manager of the Canadian Guarantor or any or all of its Pledged Collateral with such rights, powers and authority as may be provided for in the instrument of appointment or any supplemental instrument, and remove and replace any such interim receiver, receiver, manager or receiver and manager from time to time. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, any such interim receiver, receiver, manager or receiver and manager appointed by the Administrative Agent shall (for purposes relating to responsibility for acts or omissions) be considered to be the agent of the Canadian Guarantor and not of the Administrative Agent or any of the other Secured Parties. Any proceeds from liquidation of the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral shall be applied in the order of priority set forth in Section 3.01.
ARTICLE X
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
SECTION 10.01. Authorization and Action. Each Purchaser Party hereby appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties other than those expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents, and no implied obligations or liabilities shall be read into any Transaction Document, or otherwise exist, against the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent does not assume, nor shall it be deemed to have assumed, any obligation to, or relationship of trust or agency with, the Seller or any Affiliate thereof or any Purchaser Party except for any obligations expressly set forth herein. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, in no event shall the Administrative Agent ever be required to take any action which exposes the Administrative Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to any provision of any Transaction Document or Applicable Law.
SECTION 10.02. Administrative Agents Reliance, Etc. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them as Administrative Agent under or in connection with this Agreement, in the absence of its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent: (a) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for any Purchaser Party or any Servicer), independent certified public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted
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to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (b) makes no warranty or representation to any Purchaser Party (whether written or oral) and shall not be responsible to any Purchaser Party for any statements, warranties or representations (whether written or oral) made by any other party in or in connection with this Agreement; (c) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement on the part of any Purchaser Party or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of any Purchaser Party; (d) shall not be responsible to any Purchaser Party for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; and (e) shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in so relying, upon any notice (including notice by telephone), consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by facsimile) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties.
SECTION 10.03. Administrative Agent and Affiliates. With respect to any Investment or interests therein owned by any Purchaser Party that is also the Administrative Agent, such Purchaser Party shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Purchaser Party and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any of its Affiliates may generally engage in any kind of business with the Seller or any Affiliate thereof and any Person who may do business with or own securities of the Seller or any Affiliate thereof, all as if the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to any other Secured Party.
SECTION 10.04. Indemnification of Administrative Agent. Each Committed Purchaser agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Seller or any Affiliate thereof), ratably according to the respective Pro Rata Percentage of such Committed Purchaser, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; provided that no Committed Purchaser shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct.
SECTION 10.05. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.
SECTION 10.06. Action or Inaction by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take action under any Transaction Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Group Agents or the Majority Group Agents, as the case may be, and assurance of its indemnification by the Committed Purchasers, as it deems appropriate. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document in accordance with a request or at the direction of the Group Agents or the Majority Group Agents,
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as the case may be, and such request or direction and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all Purchaser Parties. The Purchaser Parties and the Administrative Agent agree that unless any action to be taken by the Administrative Agent under a Transaction Document (i) specifically requires the advice or concurrence of all Group Agents or (ii) may be taken by the Administrative Agent alone or without any advice or concurrence of any Group Agent, then the Administrative Agent may take action based upon the advice or concurrence of the Majority Group Agents.
SECTION 10.07. Notice of Termination Events; Action by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Unmatured Termination Event or Termination Event unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from any Purchaser Party or any SPV Entity stating that an Unmatured Termination Event or Termination Event has occurred hereunder and describing such Unmatured Termination Event or Termination Event. If the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, it shall promptly give notice thereof to each Group Agent, whereupon each Group Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to its respective Conduit Purchaser(s) and Related Committed Purchaser(s). The Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, concerning an Unmatured Termination Event or Termination Event or any other matter hereunder as the Administrative Agent deems advisable and in the best interests of the Secured Parties.
SECTION 10.08. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Parties. Each Purchaser Party expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Seller or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent. Each Purchaser Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent that, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Purchaser Party and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, it has made and will continue to make its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, prospects, financial and other conditions and creditworthiness of each SPV Entity, each Originator or any Servicer and the Pool Receivables and its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to take, or omit, action under any Transaction Document. Except for items expressly required to be delivered under any Transaction Document by the Administrative Agent to any Purchaser Party, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Purchaser Party with any information concerning any SPV Entity, any Originator or any Servicer that comes into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its directors, officers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.
SECTION 10.09. Successor Administrative Agent.
(a) The Administrative Agent may, upon at least thirty (30) days notice to each SPV Entity, each Servicer and each Group Agent, resign as Administrative Agent. Except as provided below, such resignation shall not become effective until a successor Administrative Agent is appointed by the Majority Group Agents as a successor Administrative Agent and has accepted such appointment. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Majority Group Agents, within thirty (30) days after the departing Administrative Agents
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giving of notice of resignation, the departing Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Secured Parties, appoint a successor Administrative Agent as successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Majority Group Agents within sixty (60) days after the departing Administrative Agents giving of notice of resignation, the departing Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Secured Parties, petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. For so long as no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Seller shall have the right to approve any successor Administrative Agent appointed hereunder, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(b) Upon such acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights and duties of the resigning Administrative Agent, and the resigning Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Transaction Documents. After any resigning Administrative Agents resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article X and Article XII shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 10.10. Erroneous Payments.
(a) If the Administrative Agent notifies a Purchaser, a Group Agent or a Secured Party, or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Purchaser a Group Agent or Secured Party (any such Purchaser, Group Agent, Secured Party or other recipient, a Payment Recipient) that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion (whether or not after receipt of any notice under immediately succeeding clause (b)) that any funds received by such Payment Recipient from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Purchaser, Group Agent, Secured Party, or other Payment Recipient on its behalf) (any such funds, whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an Erroneous Payment) and demands the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Administrative Agent and shall be segregated by the Payment Recipient and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and such Purchaser, Group Agent or Secured Party shall (or, with respect to any Payment Recipient who received such funds on its behalf, shall cause such Payment Recipient to) promptly, but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made, in same day funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds at the greater of the Overnight Bank Funding Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Payment Recipient under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(b) Without limiting immediately preceding clause (a), each Purchaser, Group Agent or Secured Party, or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Purchaser, Group
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Agent or Secured Party, such Purchaser hereby further agrees that if it receives a payment, prepayment or repayment (whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise) 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, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates), or (z) that such Purchaser, Group Agent or Secured Party, or other such recipient, otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part) in each case:
(i) (A) in the case of immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), an error shall be presumed to have been made (absent written confirmation from the Administrative Agent to the contrary) or (B) an error has been made (in the case of immediately preceding clause (z)), in each case, with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment; and
(ii) such Purchaser, Group Agent or Secured Party shall (and shall cause any other recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf to) promptly (and, in all events, within one Business Day of its knowledge of such error) notify the Administrative Agent of its receipt of such payment, prepayment or repayment, the details thereof (in reasonable detail) and that it is so notifying the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 10.10(b).
(c) Each Purchaser, Group Agent or Secured Party hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Purchaser or Secured Party under any Transaction Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Administrative Agent to such Purchaser, Group Agent or Secured Party from any source, against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under immediately preceding clause (a) or under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement.
(d) In the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered by the Administrative Agent for any reason, after demand therefor by the Administrative Agent in accordance with immediately preceding clause (a), from any Purchaser or Group Agent that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) (and/or from any Payment Recipient who received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) on its respective behalf) (such unrecovered amount, an Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency), upon the Administrative Agents notice to such Purchaser or Group Agent at any time, (i) such related Purchaser shall be deemed to have assigned its Capital (but not its Commitments) with respect to which such Erroneous Payment was made in an amount equal to the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (or such lesser amount as the Administrative Agent may specify) (such assignment of the Capital (but not Commitments), the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment) at par plus any accrued and unpaid interest (with the assignment fee to be waived by the Administrative Agent in such instance), and is hereby (together with the Seller) deemed to execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, (ii) the Administrative Agent as the assignee Purchaser shall be deemed to acquire the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, (iii) upon such deemed acquisition, the Administrative Agent as the assignee Purchaser shall become a Purchaser or Group Agent, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous
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Payment Deficiency Assignment and the assigning Purchaser shall cease to be a Purchaser or Group Agent, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, its obligations under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement and its applicable Commitments which shall survive as to such assigning Purchaser and (iv) the Administrative Agent may reflect in the Register its ownership interest in the Capital subject to the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment. The Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, sell any Capital acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and upon receipt of the proceeds of such sale, the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency owing by the applicable Purchaser be reduced by the net proceeds of the sale of such Capital (or portion thereof), and the Administrative Agent shall retain all other rights, remedies and claims against such Purchaser or related Group Agent (and/or against any recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf). For the avoidance of doubt, no Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment will reduce the Commitments of any Purchaser and such Commitments shall remain available in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In addition, each party hereto agrees that, except to the extent that the Administrative Agent has sold Capital (or portion thereof) acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent may be equitably subrogated, the Administrative Agent shall be contractually subrogated to all the rights and interests of the applicable Purchaser, related Group Agent or Secured Party under the Transaction Documents with respect to each Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (the Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights).
(e) The parties hereto agree that an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Seller Obligations owed by any SPV Entity or any Servicer, except, in each case, to the extent such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from any SPV Entity or any Servicer for the purpose of making such Erroneous Payment.
(f) To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, no Payment Recipient shall assert any right or claim to an Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives, and is deemed to waive, 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 Erroneous Payment received, including without limitation waiver of any defense based on discharge for value or any similar doctrine
(g) Each partys obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 10.10 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Seller Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Transaction Document.
ARTICLE XI
THE GROUP AGENTS
SECTION 11.01. Authorization and Action. Each Purchaser Party that belongs to a Group hereby appoints and authorizes the Group Agent for such Group to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to such Group Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. No Group Agent
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shall have any duties other than those expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents, and no implied obligations or liabilities shall be read into any Transaction Document, or otherwise exist, against any Group Agent. No Group Agent assumes, nor shall it be deemed to have assumed, any obligation to, or relationship of trust or agency with the Seller or any Affiliate thereof, any Purchaser except for any obligations expressly set forth herein. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, in no event shall any Group Agent ever be required to take any action which exposes such Group Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to any provision of any Transaction Document or Applicable Law.
SECTION 11.02. Group Agents Reliance, Etc. No Group Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them as a Group Agent under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents in the absence of its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Group Agent: (a) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the Administrative Agent, any SPV Entity or any Servicer), independent certified 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; (b) makes no warranty or representation to any Purchaser Party (whether written or oral) and shall not be responsible to any Purchaser Party for any statements, warranties or representations (whether written or oral) made by any other party in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; (c) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document on the part of any SPV Entity or any Affiliate thereof or any other Person or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of any SPV Entity or any Affiliate thereof; (d) shall not be responsible to any Purchaser Party for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, any other Transaction Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; and (e) shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in so relying, upon any notice (including notice by telephone), consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by facsimile) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties.
SECTION 11.03. Group Agent and Affiliates. With respect to any Investment or interests therein owned by any Purchaser Party that is also a Group Agent, such Purchaser Party shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Purchaser and may exercise the same as though it were not a Group Agent. A Group Agent and any of its Affiliates may generally engage in any kind of business with any SPV Entity or any Affiliate thereof and any Person who may do business with or own securities of any SPV Entity or any Affiliate thereof or any of their respective Affiliates, all as if such Group Agent were not a Group Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to any other Secured Party.
SECTION 11.04. Indemnification of Group Agents. Each Committed Purchaser in any Group agrees to indemnify the Group Agent for such Group (to the extent not reimbursed by SPV Entity or any Affiliate thereof), ratably according to the proportion of the Pro Rata Percentage of such Committed Purchaser to the aggregate Pro Rata Percentages of all Committed Purchasers in such Group, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against such Group Agent in any way relating to or
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arising out of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any action taken or omitted by such Group Agent under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; provided that no Committed Purchaser shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Group Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct.
SECTION 11.05. Delegation of Duties. Each Group Agent may execute any of its duties through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. No Group Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.
SECTION 11.06. Notice of Termination Events. No Group Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Unmatured Termination Event or Termination Event unless such Group Agent has received notice from the Administrative Agent, any other Group Agent, any other Purchaser Party, any Servicer or any SPV Entity stating that an Unmatured Termination Event or Termination Event has occurred hereunder and describing such Unmatured Termination Event or Termination Event. If a Group Agent receives such a notice, it shall promptly give notice thereof to the Purchaser Parties in its Group and to the Administrative Agent (but only if such notice received by such Group Agent was not sent by the Administrative Agent). A Group Agent may take such action concerning an Unmatured Termination Event or Termination Event as may be directed by Committed Purchasers in its Group representing a majority of the Commitments in such Group (subject to the other provisions of this Article XI), but until such Group Agent receives such directions, such Group Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as such Group Agent deems advisable and in the best interests of the Conduit Purchasers and Committed Purchasers in its Group.
SECTION 11.07. Non-Reliance on Group Agent and Other Parties. Each Purchaser Party expressly acknowledges that neither the Group Agent for its Group nor any of such Group Agents directors, officers, agents or employees has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by such Group Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the any SPV Entity or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by such Group Agent. Each Purchaser Party represents and warrants to the Group Agent for its Group that, independently and without reliance upon such Group Agent, any other Group Agent, the Administrative Agent or any other Purchaser Party and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, it has made and will continue to make its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, prospects, financial and other conditions and creditworthiness of any SPV Entity or any Affiliate thereof and the Pool Receivables and its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to take, or omit, action under any Transaction Document. Except for items expressly required to be delivered under any Transaction Document by a Group Agent to any Purchaser Party in its Group, no Group Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Purchaser Party in its Group with any information concerning any SPV Entity or any Affiliate thereof that comes into the possession of such Group Agent or any of its directors, officers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.
SECTION 11.08. Successor Group Agent. Any Group Agent may, upon at least thirty (30) days notice to the Administrative Agent, each SPV Entity, each Servicer and the Purchaser Parties in its Group, resign as Group Agent for its Group. Such resignation shall not become
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effective until a successor Group Agent is appointed by the Purchaser(s) in such Group. Upon such acceptance of its appointment as Group Agent for such Group hereunder by a successor Group Agent, such successor Group Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights and duties of the resigning Group Agent, and the resigning Group Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Transaction Documents. After any resigning Group Agents resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article XI and Article XII shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was a Group Agent.
SECTION 11.09. Reliance on Group Agent. Unless otherwise advised in writing by a Group Agent or by any Purchaser Party in such Group Agents Group, each party to this Agreement may assume that (i) such Group Agent is acting for the benefit and on behalf of each of the Purchaser Parties in its Group, as well as for the benefit of each assignee or other transferee from any such Person and (ii) each action taken by such Group Agent has been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action on the part of the Purchaser Parties in its Group.
ARTICLE XII
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 12.01. Indemnities by the SPV Entities.
(a) Without limiting any other rights that the Administrative Agent, the Purchaser Parties, the Affected Persons and their respective officers, directors, agents and employees (each, a SPV Entity Indemnified Party) may have hereunder or under Applicable Law, each SPV Entity, jointly and severally, hereby agrees to indemnify each SPV Entity Indemnified Party from and against any and all claims, losses and liabilities (including Attorney Costs) arising out of or resulting from this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the use of proceeds of the Investments or the security interest in respect of any Pool Receivable or any other Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as SPV Entity Indemnified Amounts); excluding, however, (x) SPV Entity Indemnified Amounts to the extent arising out of or resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such SPV Entity Indemnified Party or any of its Related Indemnified Parties or the breach by such SPV Entity Indemnified Party or any of its Related Indemnified Parties of its obligations under any Transaction Document to which it is a party, in each case, as determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction, and (y) Taxes that are covered by Section 4.03. Without limiting the foregoing, the SPV Entity Indemnified Amounts shall include any and all claims, losses and liabilities (including Attorney Costs) arising out of or resulting from any of the following (but excluding amounts described in clauses (x) and (y) above):
(i) any Pool Receivable being included as an Eligible Receivable as part of the Net Receivables Pool Balance but which is not an Eligible Receivable at such time;
(ii) any representation or warranty by any SPV Entity under this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents, any Information Package or any other information or report delivered by or on behalf of any SPV Entity pursuant hereto being untrue or incorrect when made or deemed made;
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(iii) any failure of any SPV Entity to perform any of its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions hereof and of each other Transaction Document (including any covenants relating to actions or prohibitions applicable to or required by the Canadian GP or any other Person expressly set forth herein);
(iv) the commingling of Collections of Pool Receivables at any time with other funds;
(v) any third party investigation, litigation or proceeding (actual or threatened, but excluding any such investigation, litigation or proceeding brought by another SPV Entity Indemnified Party) against a SPV Entity Indemnified Party by reason of such SPV Entity Indemnified Partys participation in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the use of proceeds of any Investments or in respect of any Pool Receivable or other Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral or any related Contract;
(vi) any third party claim (actual or threatened, but excluding any such claim brought by another SPV Entity Indemnified Party) against a SPV Entity Indemnified Party arising from any activity by any SPV Entity or any Affiliate of such SPV Entity in servicing, administering or collecting any Pool Receivable;
(vii) any failure of a Lock-Box Bank to comply with the terms of the applicable Lock-Box Agreement or any amounts payable by the Administrative Agent to a Lock-Box Bank under any Lock-Box Agreement;
(viii) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy of the Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment of any Pool Receivable (including, without limitation, a defense based on such Pool Receivable or the related Contract not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms), or any other claim resulting from or arising out of collection activities with respect to such Pool Receivable or the sale of goods or the rendering of services related to such Pool Receivable or the furnishing or failure to furnish any such goods or services or other similar claim or defense not arising from the financial inability of any Obligor to pay undisputed indebtedness;
(ix) any reduction in Capital as a result of the distribution of Collections if all or a portion of such distributions shall thereafter be rescinded or otherwise must be returned for any reason; or
(x) any breach of any Contract as a result of the sale, assignment or declaration or creation of a trust in respect of any Canadian Receivable related thereto pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) In no event shall any SPV Entity be liable hereunder to any SPV Entity Indemnified Party or any other Person for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, including but not limited to lost profits, even if such SPV Entity has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
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(c) If for any reason any indemnification to which a SPV Entity Indemnified Party would otherwise be entitled pursuant to the terms of Section 12.01(a) is unavailable to such SPV Entity Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold it harmless, then each SPV Entity shall contribute to such SPV Entity Indemnified Party the amount paid or payable by such SPV Entity Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of such SPV Entity and its Affiliates on the one hand and such SPV Entity Indemnified Party on the other hand in the matters contemplated by this Agreement as well as the relative fault of each SPV Entity and its Affiliates and such SPV Entity Indemnified Party with respect to such loss, claim, damage or liability and any other relevant equitable considerations. The reimbursement, indemnity and contribution obligations of any SPV Entity under this Section shall, to the extent not duplicative, be in addition to any liability which such PV Entity may otherwise have.
(d) All amounts owed by any SPV Entity under this Section 12.01 shall be paid by such SPV Entity, in accordance with Section 3.01(a), beginning on the Settlement Date following the Fiscal Month during which any SPV Entity and the Administrative Agent have received written demand of the related SPV Entity Indemnified Amounts from the Group Agent related to the SPV Entity Indemnified Party or its Group Agent on its behalf. Any indemnification or contribution under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 12.02. Indemnification by the Servicers.
(a) Each Servicer, jointly and severally, hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each SPV Entity, the Administrative Agent, the Purchaser Parties, the Affected Persons and their respective officers, directors, agents and employees (each, a Servicer Indemnified Party), from and against any loss, liability, expense, damage or injury suffered or sustained by reason of (i) any Servicers failure to duly and punctually perform its obligations pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, (ii) the breach by any Servicer of any of its representations, warranties or covenants hereunder, (iii) any violation of Applicable Law by any Servicer, (iv) any Adverse Claim asserted by any creditor of any Servicer against any of the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral, (v) any third party claim against a Servicer Indemnified Party for damages caused by the Servicers servicing, administration or collection of Pool Receivables, (vi) any governmental investigation or proceeding against a Servicer Indemnified Party based on the Servicers servicing, administration or collection of Pool Receivables, (vii) the commingling of Collections of Pool Receivables at any time with other funds, (viii) the failure of any Pool Receivable which any Servicer includes as an Eligible Receivable as part of the Net Receivables Pool Balance to be an Eligible Receivable at such time, (ix) the voluntary resignation of any Servicer hereunder, in each case, including any judgment, award, settlement, Attorney Costs and other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any actual or threatened action, proceeding or claim or (x) any breach of any Contract as a result of the sale, assignment or declaration or creation of a trust in respect of any Canadian Receivable related thereto pursuant to this Agreement (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as, Servicer Indemnified Amounts); excluding, however, (A) Servicer Indemnified Amounts to the extent arising out of or resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Servicer Indemnified Party or any of its Related Indemnified Parties or the breach by such Servicer Indemnified Party or any of its Related Indemnified Parties of its obligations under any Transaction Document to which it is a party, in each case, as determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent
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jurisdiction and (B) any Credit Risk Losses or losses arising under arrangements (synthetically or otherwise) to the extent such arrangements have the effect of replicating, in whole or in part, exposure to Credit Risk Losses.
(b) In no event shall any Servicer be liable hereunder to any Servicer Indemnified Party or any other Person for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, including but not limited to lost profits, even if such Servicer has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(c) If for any reason any indemnification to which a Servicer Indemnified Party would otherwise be entitled pursuant to the terms of Section 12.02(a) is unavailable to such Servicer Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold it harmless, then each Servicer shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Servicer Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Servicers and its Affiliates on the one hand and such Servicer Indemnified Party on the other hand in the matters contemplated by this Agreement as well as the relative fault of the Servicers and its Affiliates and such Servicer Indemnified Party with respect to such loss, claim, damage or liability and any other relevant equitable considerations. The reimbursement, indemnity and contribution obligations of the Servicers under this Section shall, to the extent not duplicative, be in addition to any liability which the Servicers may otherwise have.
(d) All amounts owed by the Servicers under this Section 12.02 shall be paid by the Servicers by the Settlement Date following the Fiscal Month during which a Servicer has received written demand of the related Servicer Indemnified Amounts from the applicable Servicer Indemnified Party (or the related Group Agent on its behalf). Any indemnification or contribution under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 12.03. Currency Indemnity.
(a) If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert an amount owing hereunder in one currency into another currency, each party hereto agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that provided for in the definition of Spot Rate.
(b) The obligations of each SPV Entity and each Servicer in respect of any amount due to any party hereto (or their respective assigns) or any holder of the obligations owing hereunder or under any other Transaction Document (the Applicable Creditor) shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the Judgment Currency) other than the currency in which such amount is stated to be due hereunder (the Agreement Currency), be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Creditor of any amount adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, the applicable SPV Entity or Servicer, as the case may be, shall, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, indemnify the Applicable Creditor against such loss.
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(c) Any indemnification under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 13.01. Amendments, Etc.
(a) No failure on the part of any Purchaser Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any party from any such provision shall be effective unless in writing and signed by the Seller, the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents, and each waiver or consent granted hereunder shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that (A) no amendment, waiver or consent shall be enforceable against any Servicer or Canadian Guarantor unless in writing and signed by such Servicer or Canadian Guarantor; (B) no amendment, waiver or consent shall increase any Committed Purchasers Commitment hereunder without the consent of such Committed Purchaser and (C) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent:
(i) change (directly or indirectly) the definitions of, Capital Coverage Deficit, Defaulted Receivable, Delinquent Receivable, Eligible Receivable, Facility Limit, Scheduled Maturity Date, Net Receivables Pool Balance or Total Reserves or any component of any of the foregoing contained in this Agreement, or increase the then existing Concentration Percentage for any Pool Obligor or change the calculation of the Capital Coverage Amount;
(ii) reduce the amount of Capital, Yield or Fees that are payable on account of any Investment or any Commitment or delay any scheduled date for payment thereof;
(iii) change any Termination Event;
(iv) change any of the provisions of this Section 13.01 or the definition of Majority Group Agents; or
(v) change the order of priority in which Collections are applied pursuant to Section 3.01.
SECTION 13.02. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (which shall include facsimile communication) and faxed or delivered, to each party hereto, at its address set forth under its name on Schedule III hereto or at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Notices and communications by facsimile shall be effective when sent (and shall
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be followed by hard copy sent by regular mail), and notices and communications sent by other means shall be effective when received.
SECTION 13.03. Assignability; Addition of Purchasers.
(a) Assignment by Conduit Purchasers. This Agreement and the rights of each Conduit Purchaser hereunder (including each Investment made by it hereunder) shall be assignable by such Conduit Purchaser and its successors and permitted assigns (i) to any Program Support Provider of such Conduit Purchaser without prior notice to or consent from the Seller or any other party, or any other condition or restriction of any kind, (ii) to any other Purchaser with prior notice to the Seller but without consent from the Seller or (iii) with the prior written consent of the Seller (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, however, that such consent shall not be required if a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), to any other Eligible Assignee. Each assignor of an Investment or any interest therein may, in connection with the assignment or participation, disclose to the assignee or Participant any information relating to the Seller and its Affiliates, including the Pool Receivables, furnished to such assignor by or on behalf of the Seller and its Affiliates or by the Administrative Agent; provided that, prior to any such disclosure, the assignee or Participant agrees to preserve the confidentiality of any confidential information relating to the Seller and its Affiliates received by it from any of the foregoing entities in a manner consistent with Section 13.06(b). For the sake of clarity, any sale, assignment, participation, pledge or similar transfer by a Conduit Purchaser of any Investments, Sold Receivables, Sold Assets, or Pool Receivables (whether in whole or in part) shall require and be deemed a transfer of the associated rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect therewith.
(b) Assignment by Committed Purchasers. Each Committed Purchaser may assign to any Eligible Assignee or to any other Committed Purchaser all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment and any Investment or interests therein owned by it); provided, however that:
(i) except for an assignment by a Committed Purchaser to either an Affiliate of such Committed Purchaser or any other Committed Purchaser, each such assignment shall require the prior written consent of the Seller (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, however, that such consent shall not be required if a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing);
(ii) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under this Agreement;
(iii) the amount being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance Agreement with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than the lesser of (x) $10,000,000 and (y) all of the assigning Committed Purchasers Commitment;
(iv) each such assignment (or sale, participation, pledge or similar transfer) by a Committed Purchaser of any Investments, Sold Receivables, Sold Assets, or
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Pool Receivables (whether in whole or in part) shall require and be deemed a transfer of the associated rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect therewith; and
(v) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement.
Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, (x) the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement, and to the extent that rights and obligations under this Agreement have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, have the rights and obligations of a Committed Purchaser hereunder and (y) the assigning Committed Purchaser shall, to the extent that rights and obligations have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, relinquish such rights and be released from such obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Committed Purchasers rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Committed Purchaser shall cease to be a party hereto).
(c) Register. The Administrative Agent shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Seller, maintain at its address referred to on Schedule III of this Agreement (or such other address of the Administrative Agent notified by the Administrative Agent to the other parties hereto) a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance Agreement delivered to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Committed Purchasers and the Conduit Purchasers, the Commitment of each Committed Purchaser and the aggregate outstanding Capital (and stated interest) of the Investments of each Conduit Purchaser and Committed Purchaser from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the Seller, the Servicers, the Administrative Agent, the Group Agents, and the other Purchaser Parties shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Committed Purchaser or Conduit Purchaser, as the case may be, under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Seller, any Servicer, any Group Agent, any Conduit Purchaser or any Committed Purchaser at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Procedure. Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement executed and delivered by an assigning Committed Purchaser and an Eligible Assignee or assignee Committed Purchaser, the Administrative Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance Agreement has been duly completed, (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Seller and any Servicer.
(e) Participations. Each Committed Purchaser may sell participations to one or more Eligible Assignees (each, a Participant) in or to all or a portion of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment and the interests in the Investments owned by it); provided, however, that:
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(i) such Committed Purchasers obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Commitment to the Seller hereunder) shall remain unchanged;
(ii) such Committed Purchaser shall remain solely responsible to the other parties to this Agreement for the performance of such obligations;
(iii) the Seller, the Servicers and each Purchaser Party shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Committed Purchaser in connection with such Committed Purchasers rights and obligations under this Agreement; and
(iv) any agreement or instrument pursuant to which such Committed Purchaser sells such a participation shall provide that such Committed Purchaser shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (except that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Committed Purchaser will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (C) of the proviso to Section 13.01(a) that affects such Participant).
(f) Participant Register. Each Committed Purchaser that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Seller, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participants interest in the Investments or other obligations under this Agreement (the Participant Register); provided that no Committed Purchaser shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participants interest in any Commitments, Investments or its other obligations under this Agreement) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Investment or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Committed Purchaser shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(g) Assignments by Agents. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent therein shall be assignable by the Administrative Agent or such Group Agent, as the case may be, and its successors and assigns; provided that in the case of an assignment to a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or such Group Agent, so long as no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, such assignment shall require the Sellers consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
(h) Assignments by the Seller or the Servicers. Neither the Seller nor, except as provided in Section 8.01, the Servicers may assign any of its respective rights or obligations
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hereunder or any interest therein without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent (such consent to be provided or withheld in the sole discretion of such Person).
(i) Addition of Purchasers or Groups. The Seller may, with written notice to the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent, add additional Persons as Purchasers (by creating a new Group) or cause an existing Purchaser to increase its Commitment; provided, however, that the Commitment of any existing Purchaser may only be increased with the prior written consent of such Purchaser. Each new Purchaser (or Group) shall become a party hereto, by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent and the Seller, an assumption agreement (each, an Assumption Agreement) in the form of Exhibit C hereto (which Assumption Agreement shall, in the case of any new Purchaser, be executed by each Person in such new Purchasers Group).
(j) Pledge to a Federal Reserve Bank. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (i) any Purchaser, Program Support Provider or any of their respective Affiliates may at any time pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of its interest in, to and under this Agreement (including, without limitation, rights to payment of Capital and Yield) and any other Transaction Document to secure its obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, without notice to or the consent of the Seller, the Servicers, any Affiliate thereof or any Purchaser Party; provided, however, that that no such pledge shall relieve such assignor of its obligations under this Agreement.
SECTION 13.04. Costs and Expenses. In addition to the rights of indemnification granted under Section 12.01 hereof, each SPV Entity agrees to pay, in accordance with Section 3.01(a) beginning on the Settlement Date following the Fiscal Month during which each SPV Entity has received written demand therefor, all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Purchaser Party in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (together with all amendments, restatements, supplements, consents and waivers, if any, from time to time hereto and thereto), including, without limitation, (i) Attorney Costs incurred in connection with obtaining advice regarding their rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents or in connection with the enforcement of any such rights or remedies and (ii) reasonable accountants, auditors and consultants fees and expenses and fees and charges of any nationally recognized statistical rating agency incurred in connection with the administration and maintenance of this Agreement or advising the Administrative Agent or any other Purchaser Party as to their rights and remedies under this Agreement or in connection with the enforcement of any such rights or remedies.
SECTION 13.05. No Proceedings; Limitation on Payments.
(a) Each of each SPV Entity, the Administrative Agent, each Servicer, each Group Agent and each Purchaser hereby covenants and agrees (and each other Person who acquires any interest in an Investment shall be deemed to have covenanted and agreed) with each Conduit Purchaser and with each other that, until the date that is one year plus one day after the Notes or other outstanding senior indebtedness of such Conduit Purchaser have been paid in full, it will not institute or cause or participate in the institution of any Insolvency Proceeding against such Conduit Purchaser.
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(b) Each of each Servicer, each Group Agent and each Purchaser hereby covenants and agrees (and each other Person who acquires any interest in an Investment shall be deemed to have covenanted and agreed) with each SPV Entity and with each other that, until the date that is one year plus one day after the Final Payout Date, it will not institute or cause or participate in the institution of any Insolvency Proceeding against any SPV Entity. The Administrative Agent hereby covenants and agrees that, until the date that is one year plus one day after the Final Payout Date, it will not institute or cause or participate in the institution of any Insolvency Proceeding against any SPV Entity without the consent of the Majority Group Agents.
(c) Notwithstanding any provisions contained in this Agreement to the contrary, a Conduit Purchaser shall not, and shall be under no obligation to, pay any amount, if any, payable by it pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document unless (i) such Conduit Purchaser has received funds which may be used to make such payment and which funds are not required to repay such Conduit Purchasers Notes when due and (ii) after giving effect to such payment, either (x) such Conduit Purchaser could issue Notes to refinance all of its outstanding Notes (assuming such outstanding Notes matured at such time) in accordance with the program documents governing such Conduit Purchasers securitization program or (y) all of such Conduit Purchasers Notes are paid in full. Any amount which any Conduit Purchaser does not pay pursuant to the operation of the preceding sentence shall not constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code) against or company obligation of such Conduit Purchaser for any such insufficiency unless and until such Conduit Purchaser satisfies the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) above. The provisions of this Section 13.05 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 13.06. Confidentiality.
(a) Each of the Administrative Agent and the other Purchaser Parties agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its Related Parties, including its accountants, legal counsel, advisors and other agents, it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential, (ii) to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it, (iii) to the extent required by Applicable Law or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, any Program Support Provider or any Originator, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) to any nationally recognized statistical rating organization in connection with obtaining or maintaining the rating of any Conduit Purchasers Notes or as contemplated by 17 CFR 240.17g-5(a)(3), (vii) subject to an agreement containing confidentiality undertakings substantially similar to those of this Section, to (x) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (y) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its Related Parties) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any SPV Entity and its obligations, (viii) with the consent of any SPV Entity or any Servicer, as applicable, (ix) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this clause (a) or (y) becomes available to any Purchaser Party or any Affiliate of any Purchaser Party on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than any SPV Entity or any Servicer. For purposes of
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this clause (a), Information means all information received from any SPV Entity or any Servicer relating to any SPV Entity, any Servicer or their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to any Purchaser Party on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any SPV Entity or any Servicer; provided that, in the case of information received from any SPV Entity or any Servicer after the date hereof (other than in connection with an Inspection), such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this clause (a) shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
(b) Each SPV Entity and each Servicer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its Related Parties, including its accountants, legal counsel, advisors and other agents, it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential, (ii) to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (iii) to the extent required by Applicable Law (including applicable filings under the Exchange Act) or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, any Program Support Provider or any Originator, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) with the consent of the applicable Purchaser Party, (vii) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this clause (b) or (y) becomes available to any SPV Entity, any Servicer, or any of their Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than a Purchaser Party. For purposes of this clause (b), Information means the Fee Letter and all information received from a Purchaser Party that is clearly identified as confidential at the time of delivery. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this clause (b) shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
SECTION 13.07. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF).
SECTION 13.08. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart hereof by facsimile or other electronic means shall be equally effective as delivery of an originally executed counterpart.
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SECTION 13.09. Integration; Binding Effect; Third-Party Beneficiaries; Survival of Termination. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents contain the final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof superseding all prior oral or written understandings. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. The Secured Parties are express third-party beneficiaries hereunder; provided, that the rights of each such third-party beneficiary shall be subject to the compliance by such third-party beneficiary with the provisions of the Transaction Documents (including, to the extent applicable, the provisions of Section 4.03(f) and Section 4.06 of this Agreement) that relate to such rights. No other third-party beneficiary rights are intended or conferred hereunder. This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms and shall remain in full force and effect until the Final Payout Date; provided, however, that the provisions of Sections 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 10.04, 10.06, 11.04, 12.01, 12.02, 13.04, 13.05, 13.06, 13.07, 13.09, 13.11 and 13.13 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 13.10. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. (a) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THEY MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING. THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE 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.
(b) NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, EACH OF THE CANADIAN GUARANTOR AND THE CANADIAN SERVICER (COLLECTIVELY, THE FOREIGN ENTITIES) HEREBY IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES, APPOINTS AND EMPOWERS THE U.S. SERVICER AS ITS DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT TO RECEIVE, ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE FOR AND ON ITS BEHALF, AND ITS PROPERTIES, ASSETS AND REVENUES, SERVICE FOR ANY AND ALL LEGAL PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICES AND DOCUMENTS WHICH MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN THE COURTS REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION 13.10 WHICH MAY BE MADE ON SUCH DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH LEGAL PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED FOR SUCH COURTS, WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT. IF FOR ANY REASON SUCH DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT HEREUNDER SHALL CEASE TO BE AVAILABLE TO ACT AS SUCH, EACH FOREIGN ENTITY AGREES TO DESIGNATE A NEW DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK ON THE TERMS AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION 13
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SATISFACTORY TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. EACH FOREIGN ENTITY FURTHER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS AND AGREES TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL LEGAL PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICES AND DOCUMENTS OUT OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BY SERVING A COPY THEREOF UPON THE AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION 13.10 (WHETHER OR NOT THE APPOINTMENT OF SUCH AGENT SHALL FOR ANY REASON PROVE TO BE INEFFECTIVE OR SUCH AGENT SHALL ACCEPT OR ACKNOWLEDGE SUCH SERVICE) OR BY MAILING COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED AIRMAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO IT AT ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 13.02 OR OTHERWISE DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT. EACH FOREIGN ENTITY AGREES THAT THE FAILURE OF ANY SUCH DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT TO GIVE ANY NOTICE OF SUCH SERVICE TO IT SHALL NOT IMPAIR OR AFFECT IN ANY WAY THE VALIDITY OF SUCH SERVICE OR ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED THEREON. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL IN ANY WAY BE DEEMED TO LIMIT THE ABILITY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER SECURED PARTIES TO SERVE ANY SUCH LEGAL PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICES AND DOCUMENTS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR TO OBTAIN JURISDICTION OVER THE UNDERSIGNED OR BRING ACTIONS, SUITS OR PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE UNDERSIGNED IN SUCH OTHER JURISDICTIONS, AND IN MANNER, AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
(c) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO IT AT ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 13.02. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 13.10 SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
SECTION 13.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT.
SECTION 13.12. Ratable Payments. If any Purchaser Party, whether by setoff or otherwise, has payment made to it with respect to any Seller Obligations in a greater proportion than that received by any other Purchaser Party entitled to receive a ratable share of such Seller Obligations, such Purchaser Party agrees, promptly upon demand, to purchase for cash without recourse or warranty a portion of such Seller Obligations held by the other Purchaser Parties so that after such purchase each Purchaser Party will hold its ratable proportion of such Seller Obligations; provided that if all or any portion of such excess amount is thereafter recovered from such Purchaser Party, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
SECTION 13.13. Limitation of Liability.
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(a) No claim may be made by any SPV Entity or any Affiliate thereof or any other Person against any Purchaser Party or their respective Affiliates, members, directors, officers, employees, incorporators, attorneys or agents for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages in respect of any claim for breach of contract or any other theory of liability arising out of or related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection herewith or therewith; and each SPV Entity and each Servicer hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue upon any claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor. None of the Purchaser Parties and their respective Affiliates shall have any liability to any SPV Entity or any Affiliate thereof or any other Person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of any SPV Entity or any Affiliate thereof in connection with or as a result of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent that any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses incurred by any SPV Entity or any Affiliate thereof result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Purchaser Party in performing its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(b) The obligations of each of the parties under this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents are solely the corporate or limited liability company obligations of such Person, and no recourse shall be had against, and no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to or be incurred by any incorporator, stockholder, member, partner or Related Party of any such Person or those of any of their Affiliates by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute or otherwise, and any and all personal liability for breaches by any such Person of such obligations, either at common law or at equity, or by statute, rule or regulation, is hereby expressly waived with respect to every such incorporator, stockholder, member, partner or Related Party as a condition of and in consideration for the execution of this Agreement.
SECTION 13.14. Intent of the Parties. The parties have entered into this Agreement with the intention that the Investments and the obligations of any SPV Entity hereunder will be treated under United States federal, and applicable state, local and foreign tax law as debt (the Intended Tax Treatment). The SPV Entities, the Servicers, the Administrative Agent and the other Purchaser Parties agree to file no tax return, or take any action, inconsistent with the Intended Tax Treatment unless required by law. Each assignee and each Participant acquiring an interest in an Investment, by its acceptance of such assignment or participation, agrees to comply with the immediately preceding sentence.
SECTION 13.15. USA Patriot Act. Each of the Administrative Agent and each of the other Purchaser Parties hereby notifies each SPV Entity and each Servicer that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) (the PATRIOT Act), the Administrative Agent and the other Purchaser Parties may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each SPV Entity and each Servicer, which information includes the name, address, tax identification number and other information regarding each SPV Entity and each Servicer that will allow the Administrative Agent and the other Purchaser Parties to identify each SPV Entity and each Servicer in accordance with the PATRIOT Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the PATRIOT Act. Each SPV Entity and each Servicer agrees to provide the Administrative Agent and each other
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Purchaser Parties, from time to time, with all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act.
SECTION 13.16. Right of Setoff. Each Purchaser Party is hereby authorized (in addition to any other rights it may have), at any time during the continuance of a Termination Event, to setoff, appropriate and apply (without presentment, demand, protest or other notice which are hereby expressly waived) any deposits and any other indebtedness held or owing by such Purchaser Party (including by any branches or agencies of such Purchaser Party) to, or for the account of, each SPV Entity, against any non-contingent Seller Obligations then owed by the Seller hereunder; provided that such Purchaser Party shall notify each other party hereto promptly following such setoff, and any subsequent payments made by any SPV Entity under Section 3.01 shall be adjusted to correct for any non-pro rata exercise of the rights under this Section 13.16, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 13.17. Severability. Any provisions of this Agreement which are prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 13.18. Mutual Negotiations. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are the product of mutual negotiations by the parties thereto and their counsel, and no party shall be deemed the draftsperson of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any provision hereof or thereof or to have provided the same. Accordingly, in the event of any inconsistency or ambiguity of any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, such inconsistency or ambiguity shall not be interpreted against any party because of such partys involvement in the drafting thereof.
SECTION 13.19. Structuring Agent. Each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Structuring Agent shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement, other than the Structuring Agents right to receive fees pursuant to Section 2.03. Each party acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on the Structuring Agent in deciding to enter into this Agreement and to take, or omit to take, any action under the Transaction Documents.
SECTION 13.20. Post-Closing Covenant relating to Certain Collections. Each of the Canadian Guarantor and the Canadian Servicer covenants and agrees it will perform each of following covenants, in each case, within the applicable time periods set forth below:
(a) On or prior to the First Post-Closing Date, deliver to the Administrative Agent a fully executed Lock-Box Agreement with respect to the New Lock-Box Accounts, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
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the Administrative Agent, covering general corporate, enforceability and security interest perfection matters with respect to the Lock-Box Agreement entered into in connection with each of the New Lock-Box Accounts; and
(c) If the Canadian Guarantor and the Canadian Servicer fail to deliver the fully executed Lock-Box Agreement with respect to any New Lock-Box Account to the Administrative Agent in the manner required by the preceding clause (a), then the Administrative Agent (in its sole discretion) may by written notice to each SPV Entity and each Servicer declare the Receivables of any or all Obligors that make payments into any New Lock-Box Account for which there is no executed Lock-Box Agreement to no longer constitute Eligible Receivables after the First Post-Closing Date, and such Receivables shall thereafter not constitute Eligible Receivables for any purpose of the Transaction Documents.
ARTICLE XIV
SPV ENTITY GUARANTY
SECTION 14.01. Guaranty of Payment. The Seller hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Purchaser, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties the prompt payment of the Sold Receivables by the related Obligors and all other payment obligations included in the Sold Assets (collectively, the Seller Guaranteed Obligations), in each case, in full when due, whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise (such guaranty, the Seller Guaranty). The Canadian Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Purchaser, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties the prompt payment of the Seller Obligations (collectively, the Canadian Guarantor Guaranteed Obligations; together with the Seller Guaranteed Obligations, the Guaranteed Obligations), in each case, in full when due, whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise (such guaranty, the Canadian Guarantor Guaranty; together with the Seller Guaranty, the SPV Entity Guarantees). Each SPV Entity Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not of collection and is a continuing irrevocable guaranty and shall apply to the related Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising. To the extent the obligations of any SPV Entity hereunder in respect of its SPV Entity Guaranty shall be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason (including because of any applicable state, provincial or federal law relating to fraudulent conveyances or transfers) then such obligations of such SPV Entity shall be limited to the maximum amount that is permissible under Applicable Law (whether federal, state, provincial or otherwise and including the Bankruptcy Code and any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws).
SECTION 14.02. Unconditional Guaranty. The obligations of each SPV Entity under its SPV Entity Guaranty are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the related Guaranteed Obligations, any Contract, any Transaction Document or any other agreement or instrument referred to therein, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor. Each SPV Entity agrees that its SPV Entity Guaranty may be enforced by the Administrative Agent or the Purchasers without the necessity at any time of resorting to or exhausting any other security or collateral and without the necessity at any time of having recourse to any of the other Transaction
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Documents or any collateral, including the Sold Assets and Pledged Collateral, hereafter securing the Guaranteed Obligations, the Seller Obligations or otherwise, and each SPV Entity hereby waives the right to require the Administrative Agent or the Purchasers to make demand on or proceed against any Obligor, any Originator, any Servicer or any other Person or to require the Administrative Agent or the Purchasers to pursue any other remedy or enforce any other right. Each SPV Entity further agrees that no Person or Governmental Authority shall have any right to request any return or reimbursement of funds from the Administrative Agent or the Purchasers in connection with monies received under or in respect of any SPV Entity Guaranty. Each SPV Entity further agrees that nothing contained herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent or the Purchasers from suing on any of the other Transaction Documents or foreclosing its or their, as applicable, security interest in or lien on the Sold Assets, the Pledged Collateral or any other collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations or the Seller Obligations or from exercising any other rights available to it or them, as applicable, under any Transaction Document, or any other instrument of security and the exercise of any of the aforesaid rights and the completion of any foreclosure proceedings shall not constitute a discharge of such SPV Entitys obligations under its SPV Entity Guaranty; it being the purpose and intent of each SPV Entity that its obligations under its SPV Entity Guaranty shall be absolute, independent and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Neither any SPV Entity Guaranty nor any remedy for the enforcement thereof shall be impaired, modified, changed or released in any manner whatsoever by an impairment, modification, change, release, increase or limitation of the liability of any Obligor, any Originator or any Servicer or by reason of the bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution or winding-up of any Obligor, any Originator, any SPV Entity or any Servicer. Each SPV Entity hereby waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension, accrual, or increase of any of its Guaranteed Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser on its SPV Entity Guaranty or acceptance of its SPV Entity Guaranty. All dealings between any Obligor, any Originator, any Servicer or any SPV Entity, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers, on the other hand, shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon its SPV Entity Guaranty. Each SPV Entity hereby represents and warrants that it is, and immediately after giving effect to its SPV Entity Guaranty and the obligation evidenced hereby, will be, solvent. Each SPV Entity Guaranty and the obligations of the respective SPV Entity thereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be subject to any limitation, impairment or discharge for any reason (other than payment in full of all related Guaranteed Obligations), including the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser shall have had notice or knowledge of any of them: (A) any failure to assert or enforce or agreement not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy with respect to the Sold Assets, the Pledged Collateral or the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any guaranty of or other security for the payment of the Sold Assets or the Guaranteed Obligations, (B) any waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to departure from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating to any Termination Event) of any Transaction Document or any agreement or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any guaranty or other security for the Sold Assets or the Guaranteed Obligations, (C) to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect, (D) the application of payments received from any source to the payment of Debt other than the Guaranteed Obligations, even though the
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Administrative Agent might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Guaranteed Obligations, (E) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security interest in any of the Sold Assets or other Pledged Collateral, (F) any defenses, set-offs or counterclaims which any SPV Entity, any Originator, any Servicer or any Obligor may allege or assert against the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser in respect of the Sold Assets or the Guaranteed Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury, and (G) any other act or thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any SPV Entity as an obligor in respect of the Sold Assets or the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION 14.03. Modifications. Each SPV Entity agrees that: (a) all or any part of any security interest, lien, collateral security or supporting obligation now or hereafter held for any Guaranteed Obligation may be exchanged, compromised or surrendered from time to time; (b) none of the Purchasers or the Administrative Agent shall have any obligation to protect, perfect, secure or insure any security interest or lien now or hereafter held, if any, for the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) the time or place of payment of any Guaranteed Obligation may be changed or extended, in whole or in part, to a time certain or otherwise, and may be renewed or accelerated, in whole or in part; (d) any Obligor, any Originator, any SPV Entity or any Servicer and any other party (including any co-guarantor) liable for payment of any Guaranteed Obligation may be granted indulgences generally; (e) any of the provisions of Contracts or any other agreements or documents governing or giving rise to any Guaranteed Obligation may be modified, amended or waived; and (f) any deposit balance for the credit of any Obligor, any Originator, any Servicer or any SPV Entity or any other party (including any co-guarantor) liable for the payment of any Guaranteed Obligation or liable upon any security therefor may be released, in whole or in part, at, before or after the stated, extended or accelerated maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations, all without notice to or further assent by any SPV Entity, which shall remain bound thereon, notwithstanding any such exchange, compromise, surrender, extension, renewal, acceleration, modification, indulgence or release.
SECTION 14.04. Waiver of Rights. Each SPV Entity expressly waives to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law: (a) notice of acceptance of its SPV Entity Guaranty by the Purchasers and the Administrative Agent; (b) presentment and demand for payment or performance of any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) protest and notice of dishonor or of default (except as specifically required in this Agreement) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or with respect to any security therefor; (d) notice of the Purchasers or the Administrative Agent obtaining, amending, substituting for, releasing, waiving or modifying any security interest or lien, if any, hereafter securing the Guaranteed Obligations, or the Purchasers or the Administrative Agent subordinating, compromising, discharging or releasing such security interests or liens, if any; (e) all other notices, demands, presentments, protests or any agreement or instrument related to the Sold Assets or the Guaranteed Obligations to which such SPV Entity might otherwise be entitled; (f) any right to require the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser as a condition of payment or performance by such SPV Entity, to (A) proceed against any Obligor, any Originator, any Servicer or any other Person, (B) proceed against or exhaust any other security held from any Obligor, any Originator, any Servicer or any other Person, (C) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account, securities account or credit on the books of the Administrative Agent, the Purchasers or any other Person, or (D) pursue any other remedy in the power of the Administrative Agent or the Purchasers whatsoever; (g) any defense arising by reason of the
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incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of any Obligor, any Originator, any Servicer or any other Person including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Sold Assets or the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of any Obligor, any Originator, any Servicer or any other Person from any cause other than payment in full of the Sold Assets and the Guaranteed Obligations; (h) any defense based upon any Applicable Law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (i) any defense based upon the Administrative Agents or any Purchasers errors or omissions in the administration of the Sold Assets or the Guaranteed Obligations; (j) (A) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms of this Agreement and any legal or equitable discharge of the Sold Assets or the Guaranteed Obligations, (B) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such SPV Entitys liability under its SPV Entity Guaranty or the enforcement of its SPV Entity Guaranty, (C) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (D) promptness, diligence and any requirement that the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers protect, secure, perfect or insure any other security interest or lien or any property subject thereto; and (k) to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by Applicable Law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms of this Agreement and its SPV Entity Guaranty.
SECTION 14.05. Reinstatement. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, the obligations of each SPV Entity under this Article XIV shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and each SPV Entity agrees that it will indemnify Administrative Agent and each Purchaser on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable fees of counsel) incurred by such Person in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
SECTION 14.06. Remedies. Each SPV Entity agrees that, as between the SPV Entities, on the one hand, and Administrative Agent and the Purchasers, on the other hand, the Guaranteed Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Article X (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in Article X) notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing such Guaranteed Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or such Guaranteed Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the SPV Entities.
SECTION 14.07. Subrogation. Each SPV Entity hereby waives all rights of subrogation (whether contractual or otherwise) to the claims of the Administrative Agent, the Purchasers and the other Secured Parties against any Obligor, any Originator, any Servicer or any other Person in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations until such time as all Guaranteed Obligations have been
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indefeasibly paid in full in cash and the Final Payout Date has occurred. Each SPV Entity further agrees that, to the extent such waiver of its rights of subrogation is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation shall be junior and subordinate to any rights the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser may have against any Obligor, any Originator, any Servicer or any other Person in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION 14.08. Inducement. The Purchasers have been induced to make the Investments and Releases under this Agreement in part based upon the SPV Entity Guarantees, and each SPV Entity desires that its SPV Entity Guaranty be honored and enforced as separate obligations of such SPV Entity, should Administrative Agent and the Purchasers desire to do so.
SECTION 14.09. Security Interest. (a) To secure the prompt payment and performance of its SPV Entity Guaranty, each SPV Entity hereby pledges, mortgages, charges and assigns (by way of security) to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers and the other Secured Parties, and grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers and the other Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in and lien upon, all of the undertaking, property and assets of such SPV Entity, whether now or hereafter owned, existing or arising and wherever located, including the following (collectively, the Pledged Collateral): (i) all Unsold Receivables, (ii) all Related Security with respect to such Unsold Receivables, (iii) all Collections with respect to such Unsold Receivables, (iv) the Lock-Boxes and Collection Accounts and all amounts on deposit therein, and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time evidencing such Lock-Boxes and Collection Accounts and amounts on deposit therein, (v) all rights (but none of the obligations) of such SPV Entity under the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreement; (vi) all personal and fixture property or assets of such SPV Entity of every kind and nature including, in any event, all goods (including inventory, equipment and any accessions thereto), instruments (including promissory notes), documents, documents of title, accounts, chattel paper (whether tangible or electronic), deposit accounts, securities accounts, securities entitlements, letter-of-credit rights, commercial tort claims, securities and all other investment property, supporting obligations, money, any other contract rights or rights to the payment of money, insurance claims and proceeds, and all intangibles and general intangibles (including all payment intangibles) (each as defined in the UCC or the PPSA, as applicable) and (vii) all proceeds of, and all amounts received or receivable under any or all of, the foregoing.
(b) Each SPV Entity confirms that value has been given by the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties to such SPV Entity, that such SPV Entity has rights in its Pledged Collateral existing at the date of this Agreement, and that such SPV Entity and the Administrative Agent have not agreed to postpone the time for attachment of the security interests granted hereunder to any of the Pledged Collateral of such SPV Entity. The security interests granted hereunder with respect to the Pledged Collateral of each SPV Entity created by this Agreement shall have effect and be deemed to be effective whether or not the related Guaranteed Obligations of such SPV Entity under its SPV Entity Guaranty or any part thereof are owing or in existence before or after or upon the date of this Agreement. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the provision of any financial accommodation by any Secured Party shall oblige any Secured Party to make any financial accommodation or further financial accommodation available to either SPV Entity or any other Person.
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(c) The Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have, with respect to all the Pledged Collateral, and in addition to all the other rights and remedies available to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties), all the rights and remedies of a secured party under any applicable UCC or PPSA or under this Agreement, including Section 9.01. Each SPV Entity hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file financing statements describing the collateral covered thereby as all of the debtors personal property or assets or words to that effect, notwithstanding that such wording may be broader in scope than the collateral described in this Agreement.
(d) Immediately upon the occurrence of the Final Payout Date, the Pledged Collateral shall be automatically released from the lien created hereby, and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent, the Purchasers and the other Purchaser Parties hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Pledged Collateral shall revert to the applicable SPV Entity; provided, however, that promptly following written request therefor by such SPV Entity delivered to the Administrative Agent following any such termination, and at the expense of such SPV Entity, the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to such SPV Entity UCC-3 termination statements (or equivalent PPSA discharges) and such other documents as such SPV Entity shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.
(e) For the avoidance of doubt, the grant of security interest pursuant to this Section 14.09 shall be in addition to, and shall not be construed to limit or modify, the sale of Sold Assets pursuant to Section 2.01(b) or the Sellers grant of security interest pursuant to Section 4.05.
SECTION 14.10. Further Assurances. Promptly upon request, each SPV Entity shall deliver such instruments, assignments or other documents or agreements, and shall take such actions, as the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser deems appropriate to evidence or perfect its security interest and lien on any of the Pledged Collateral, or otherwise to give effect to the intent of this Article XIV.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
NCR RECEIVABLES LLC, as the Seller | ||
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NCR RECEIVABLES CANADA LP, by its general partner, NCR CANADA RECEIVABLES GP CORP., as Canadian Guarantor | ||
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NCR CORPORATION, as a Servicer | ||
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent | ||
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Group Agent for the PNC Group | ||
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Committed Purchaser | ||
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PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, as Structuring Agent | ||
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MUFG BANK, LTD., as a Committed Purchaser for the MUFG Group | ||
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MUFG BANK, LTD., as a Group Agent for the MUFG Group | ||
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VICTORY RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, as a Conduit Purchaser of the MUFG Group | ||
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Investment Request
[Letterhead of Seller]
[Date]
[Administrative Agent]
[Group Agents]
Re: Investment Request
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to that certain Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2021, among NCR Receivables LLC (the Seller), NCR Canada Receivables LP, as Canadian Guarantor, NCR Corporation, as a Servicer, NCR Canada Corp., as a Servicer (together with NCR Corporation, collectively, the Servicers), the Purchasers party thereto, the Group Agents party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Agreement). Capitalized terms used in this Investment Request and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.
This letter constitutes an Investment Request pursuant to Section 2.02(a) of the Agreement. The Seller hereby request an Investment in the amount of [$ ] to be made on [ , 20__] (of which $[ ] will be funded by the PNC Group, and $[ ] will be funded by the MUFG Group). The proceeds of such Investment should be deposited to [Account number], at [Name, Address and ABA Number of Bank]. After giving effect to such Investment, the Aggregate Capital will be [$ ].
The Seller hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to such Investment, as follows:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Seller, the Canadian Guarantor and each Servicer contained in Sections 6.01 and 6.02 of the Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Investment as though made on and as of such date unless such representations and warranties by their terms refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date;
(ii) no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, and no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event would result from such Investment;
(iii) no Capital Coverage Deficit exists or would exist after giving effect to such Investment; and
Exhibit A-1
(iv) the Maturity Date has not occurred.
Exhibit A-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this letter by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.
Very truly yours, | ||
NCR RECEIVABLES LLC | ||
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EXHIBIT B
[Form of Assignment and Acceptance Agreement]
Dated as of , 20
Section 1.
Commitment assigned: |
$ | [_____ | ] | |
Assignors remaining Commitment: |
$ | [_____ | ] | |
Capital allocable to Commitment assigned: |
$ | [_____ | ] | |
Assignors remaining Capital: |
$ | [_____ | ] | |
Yield (if any) allocable to Capital assigned: |
$ | [_____ | ] | |
Yield (if any) allocable to Assignors remaining Capital: |
$ | [_____ | ] |
Section 2.
Effective Date of this Assignment and Acceptance Agreement: [ ]
Upon execution and delivery of this Assignment and Acceptance Agreement by the assignee and the assignor and the satisfaction of the other conditions to assignment specified in Section 13.03(b) of the Agreement (as defined below), from and after the effective date specified above, the assignee shall become a party to, and, to the extent of the rights and obligations thereunder being assigned to it pursuant to this Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, shall have the rights and obligations of a Committed Purchaser under that certain Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2021 among NCR Receivables LLC, NCR Canada Receivables LP, NCR Corporation, as a Servicer, NCR Canada Corp., as a Servicer, the Purchasers party thereto, the Group Agents party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Agreement). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.
By executing this Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, the assignee hereby covenants and agrees with each other party to the Agreement that: (i) until the date that is one year plus one day after the Notes or other outstanding senior indebtedness of any Conduit Purchaser have been paid in full, it will not institute or cause or participate in the institution of any Insolvency Proceeding against such Conduit Purchaser, and (ii) until the date that is one year plus one day after the Final Payout Date, it will not institute or cause or participate in the institution of any Insolvency Proceeding against the Seller or the Canadian Guarantor. This covenant shall survive any termination of the Agreement.
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent | ||
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NCR RECEIVABLES LLC, | ||
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EXHIBIT C
[Form of Assumption Agreement]
THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of [ , ], is among NCR Receivables LLC (the Seller), [ ], as conduit Purchaser (the [ ] Conduit Purchaser), [ ], as the Related Committed Purchaser (the [ ] Committed Purchaser and together with the Conduit Purchaser, the [ ] Purchasers), and [ ], as group agent for the [ ] Purchasers (the [ ] Group Agent and together with the [ ] Purchasers, the [ ] Group).
BACKGROUND
The Seller and various others are parties to a certain Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2021 (as amended through the date hereof and as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Receivables Purchase Agreement). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meaning assigned to such terms in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. This letter constitutes an Assumption Agreement pursuant to Section 13.03(i) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement. The Seller desires [the [ ] Purchasers] [the [ ] Committed Purchaser] to [become a Group] [increase its existing Commitment] under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the [[ ] Purchasers] [[ ] Committed Purchaser] agree[s] to [become Purchasers within a Group thereunder] [increase its Commitment to the amount set forth as its Commitment under the signature of such [ ] Committed Purchaser hereto].
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the [ ] Purchasers and the [ ] Group Agent as of the date hereof, as follows:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Seller contained in Section 6.01 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement are true and correct on and as of such date as though made on and as of such date;
(ii) no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the assumption contemplated hereby; and
(iii) the Maturity Date shall not have occurred.
SECTION 2. Upon execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller and each member of the [ ] Group, satisfaction of the other conditions with respect to the addition of a Group specified in Section 13.03(i) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement (including the written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Group Agents) and receipt by the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement (whether by facsimile or otherwise) executed by each of the parties hereto, [the [ ] Purchasers shall become a party to, and have
Exhibit C-1
the rights and obligations of Purchasers under, the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Commitment with respect to the Committed Purchasers in such Group as shall be as set forth under the signature of each such Committed Purchaser hereto] [the [ ] Committed Purchaser shall increase its Commitment to the amount set forth as the Commitment under the signature of the [ ] Committed Purchaser hereto].
SECTION 3. By executing this Agreement, each of the parties hereto hereby covenants and agrees with each other party to the Agreement that: (i) until the date that is one year plus one day after the Notes or other outstanding senior indebtedness of any Conduit Purchaser have been paid in full, it will not institute or cause or participate in the institution of any Insolvency Proceeding against such Conduit Purchaser, and (ii) until the date that is one year plus one day after the Final Payout Date, it will not institute or cause or participate in the institution of any Insolvency Proceeding against the Seller. This covenant shall survive any termination of the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 4. THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF). This Agreement may not be amended or supplemented except pursuant to a writing signed be each of the parties hereto and may not be waived except pursuant to a writing signed by the party to be charged. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, and by the different parties on different counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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Exhibit C-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
[___________], as a Conduit Purchaser | ||
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[___________], as a Committed Purchaser | ||
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[_____________], as Group Agent for [_________] | ||
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NCR RECEIVABLES LLC, | ||
as Seller | ||
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EXHIBIT D
Credit and Collection Policy
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EXHIBIT E
Form of Information Package
(Attached)
Exhibit E
EXHIBIT F
Form of Compliance Certificate
To: PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent
This Compliance Certificate is furnished pursuant to that certain Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2021 among NCR Receivables LLC (the Seller), NCR Canada Receivables LP, (the Canadian Guarantor), NCR Corporation, as a Servicer, NCR Canada Corp., as a Servicer (together with NCR Corporation, collectively, the Servicers), the Purchasers party thereto, the Group Agents party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Agreement). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Agreement.
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:
1. I am the duly elected of the Servicer.
2. I have reviewed the terms of the Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and I have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and condition of the Seller and the Canadian Guarantor during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements.
3. The examinations described in paragraph 2 above did not disclose, and I have no knowledge of, the existence of any condition or event which constitutes a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event, as each such term is defined under the Agreement, during or at the end of the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements or as of the date of this Certificate [, except as set forth in paragraph 5 below].
4. Schedule I attached hereto sets forth financial statements of the Servicer and its Subsidiaries for the period referenced on such Schedule I.
[5. Described below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraph 3 above by listing, in detail, the nature of the condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the action which Seller has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect to each such condition or event:]
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The foregoing certifications are made and delivered this day of , 20 .
NCR CORPORATION | ||
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SCHEDULE I TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
A. Schedule of Compliance as of , 20 with Section(s) of the Agreement. Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms used in this Compliance Certificate have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.
This schedule relates to the month ended: .
B. The following financial statements of the Servicer and its Subsidiaries for the period ending on , 20 , are attached hereto:
EXHIBIT G
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Exhibit G-1
SCHEDULE I
Commitments
PNC Group
Party |
Capacity |
Maximum Commitment | ||
PNC |
Committed Purchaser | $ 187,500,000 | ||
PNC |
Group Agent | N/A |
MUFG Group
Party |
Capacity |
Maximum Commitment | ||
MUFG |
Committed Purchaser | $ 112,500,000 | ||
Victory |
Conduit Purchaser | N/A | ||
MUFG |
Group Agent | N/A |
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SCHEDULE II
Collection Accounts maintained at Bank of America, N.A., with the following account numbers:
8188215778
3282507021
1058908
3271595060
3284734334
8188067193
Collection Accounts maintained at Royal Bank of Canada, with the following account numbers:
1128529
4029773
Collection Accounts maintained at Amegy Bank, with the following account numbers:
0005728185
0005724627
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SCHEDULE III
Notice Addresses
(A) in the case of the Seller, at the following address:
NCR Receivables LLC:
864 Spring St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30308-1007
Attn: Treasurer
Email: law.notices@ncr.com
(B) in the case of the U.S. Servicer, at the following address:
NCR Corporation:
864 Spring St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30308-1007
Attn: Treasurer
Email: law.notices@ncr.com
(C) in the case of the Canadian Guarantor, at the following address:
864 Spring St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30308-1007
Attn: Treasurer
Email: law.notices@ncr.com
(D) in the case of the Canadian Servicer, at the following address:
864 Spring St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30308-1007
Attn: Treasurer
Email: law.notices@ncr.com
(E) in the case of PNC or the Administrative Agent, at the following address:
PNC Bank, National Association
Three PNC Plaza
225 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2707
Attention: Brian Stanley
Telephone: (412) 768-2001
Facsimile: (412) 762-9184
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E-mail: Brian.Stanley@pnc.com
(F) in the case of MUFG or Victory, at the following address:
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
1221 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10020
Attn: Securitization Group
Telephone: (212) 782-5980
Facsimile: (212) 782-6448
E-mail: securitization_reporting@us.mufg.jp
(G) in the case of any other Person, at the address for such Person specified in the other Transaction Documents; in each case, or at such other address as shall be designated by such Person in a written notice to the other parties to this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE IV
Locations for Chattel Paper and Records
Physical Locations
864 Spring St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30308-1007
Additional (hard copy and backup tape) backup services provided by:
Recall Corporation
One Recall Center
180 Technology Parkway
Norcross, GA 30092
Electronic Storage
Business Operations Center (BOC)
Electronic Order Jacket (EOJ)
Web Ordering Tool (WOT)
Invoice Engine
Maintained from offices at:
864 Spring St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30308-1007
Legal Electronic Contract Management System (ECMS)
Maintained from offices at:
864 Spring St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30308-1007
Additional electronic storage provided by:
Datamatics Global Services Limited
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